I used to be a passionate gamer, and I often find myself nostalgic for the golden era of video games when there were new ideas popping left and right.
Now, it feels like we’re caught between long-delayed triple-A titles and a constant stream of indie platformers. Originality seems to have taken a backseat, with many games regurgitating the same concepts.
What do you think defined the golden era of gaming? Are we currently in a rut, or is there a chance for fresh ideas to emerge again?
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The holy trinity for me is SNES, PSX, PS2. I know this is massively colored by when you grew up and what you had access to, but nothing since has outshined these in terms of actual fun for me.
My golden era was PS2/Xbox 360. The games I have fond memories of playing are the first three Harry Potter games, Gunbound, Lineage 2, Battlefield 2, COD MW 1&2. Since then, I’ve only played Batman: Arkham Asylum, Tomb Raider (2013), Witcher 3 and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.
Right now, since we pretty much can still play any of the old games we would like. There are enough great games out there to last anyone multiple lifetimes.
Whatever you were playing when you were 12.
Same as the golden era for SNL. No you don’t understand when I was a teenager it was way better than now.
For context the very first video game I ever played was in 1970s and it was Called pong.
For me video games were the best between 2000 and I’m not sure the end point maybe 2015. But starting in 2000 is when the hardware was good enough to give you really great graphics. Also, you started seeing widespread use of broadband so online games MMO’s really came into their own.
I mean, I was really fortunate. I had a great job so I would fuck around with Java games at work and then go home and play World of Warcraft and ever quest. It was just a great time to be a gamer in the early 2000s.
1991 to 2007
Prove me wrong people … prove me wrong.
Very early 2000’s. In the console we had PS2 and XBOX, which were both game changers. PC games also hit a really great stride, where we were seeing technological advances met with creativity.
I love mid-to-late 1990’s gaming from a nostalgia perspective, but I still think 2000’s were the golden era.
Megadrive era for me.
Elite dangerous exists now, so it’s definitely now!
It’s right now. Indies everywhere, and we’ve successfully gotten past the worst of the always-online bullshit and PTW that plagued the early part of the millennium. More than half of my “all time favorite” games are still in active production today (sometimes continued by fans), and I’m not a young guy.
For me the golden age of gaming was 16 bit, late 80s early 90s, when I was a teenager. The Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, SNES, Sega Genesis. There were some great games released for these machines.
Money Island 1 times…
Each game seemed to pushing the boundaries of technology and game design.
Alone on the dark Doom3d
Each new installment of Lucas Arts…
Great times.
Yes I am old.
