Did the nes get way too much credit in the 2010s ?
Oct 24, 2020 5:00:34 GMT 10
Post by slashpop on Oct 24, 2020 5:00:34 GMT 10
For almost the entire full decade nes nostalgia was almost everywhere. While the system itself still holds up and is definitely worthy of tons of praise, do you think that it got way too much credit? Im beginning to think it did, and that consoles like the genesis and snes should have gotten more way attention prior to the mini consoles, in the midst of 2010s or even today considering the games were more playable more polished and just as icnonic if not more generally speaking.
I think the main issue is the way the nes was regarded as main focus point of old school gaming. I think what sets the nes back a bit is far too many first party titles were simply too hard when they came out, literally needed magazines or guidebooks or were a dead end, or were rage inducing or to hard to finish for kids, not to mention a lot of consoles were faulty even when barely used. Also a lot of people never experienced those games or still need to cheat as a lot of games like zelda, metroid are far too cryptic to beat with 0 help.
I dunno, I think the other systems and the 16 bit era generally offered a better difficulty curve, had more polished graphics and gameplay therefore deserved and even today deserve more credit, even though the nes is still really good system.
Your thoughts?
I think the main issue is the way the nes was regarded as main focus point of old school gaming. I think what sets the nes back a bit is far too many first party titles were simply too hard when they came out, literally needed magazines or guidebooks or were a dead end, or were rage inducing or to hard to finish for kids, not to mention a lot of consoles were faulty even when barely used. Also a lot of people never experienced those games or still need to cheat as a lot of games like zelda, metroid are far too cryptic to beat with 0 help.
I dunno, I think the other systems and the 16 bit era generally offered a better difficulty curve, had more polished graphics and gameplay therefore deserved and even today deserve more credit, even though the nes is still really good system.
Your thoughts?
