The "hardcore" future

[DHXIII]

@Skarro: Bioshock is indeed one of the finest games ever made, It just serves as a lesson to all game developers, and realistically all FPS creators should take some notes from it's book.

Personally I am a retro gamer, I find myself constantly intrigued by consoles that are of the retro kind; I always was intrigued by the clever usage of a system and how creativity could override the limitations of a console. For example, Super Metroid, a game brimming with creativity and a fantastic atmosphere yet it is limited heavily by it's hardware. And I believe that the game would be considerably worse has it been made in a modern context. However, despite my natural love for all things retro I do enjoy new games.

I feel that I enjoy these games for a completely different reason for example I appreciate Bioshock for it's artistic merit, great gameplay and it's incredible ability to convey a story in a non-cut scene structure where-as I appreciate Super Mario World because it's fun. It's hard to explain but I do believe that modern games are missing something that only retro games can seem to achieve. Even games that are capitalizing on that nostalgic vibe such as Donkey Kong Country: Returns seem to miss out on something that was so great on the SNES version. That 'something' is hard to actually define however, I'm sure someone on this forum will understand what I am talking about.