I imagine that will bring differences later on. Part of it is the development time of games as well though. When you work on a game for 3-5 years it just slows things down as well.
Is The Last Of Us a retro game?
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Retro is the first generation I played and anything before, it never moves from that, I don't make the rules that's just how it is.
I did.If you're gonna quote from Wikipedia, at least link to the relevant article.
Retrogaming - Wikipedia
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Words have different meanings when applied to different context.
Let's not pretend otherwise, please.
If this was 2001 (when we were playing Halo 1) and we were talking about a 1993 game (original Doom), this wouldn't even be a discussion. But games evolved fast during that time.
What this shows, if anything, is how little games have progressed in just under a decade.
From that point of view, TLOU is hardly retro.
Doom wasn't retro in 2001 either, TloU is not retro now.
Other places include PS3 in their Retro Games forum.
Although most likely these places are also not normal.
lets be real here, PS3 games are not retro, PS2 sure, but PS3 needs at least to the end of this generation before it can call itself retro.
OP read my sarcastic post in the other thread and thought they could make a thread about it.
It's my fault, folks. I'm sorry.
It's my fault, folks. I'm sorry.
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Retro gaming terminology is going to turn into the same debate as JRPGs. You'll have people that take things literally to classify something, and you'll have others that understand how language evolves and the spirit of the meaning.
PS3/360 gen won't be retro anytime soon. Certainly not as fast as the bit eras. Hell, the NES was retro during the PS1/N64 era. And some of those games were like 5 years old at the time.
PS3/360 gen won't be retro anytime soon. Certainly not as fast as the bit eras. Hell, the NES was retro during the PS1/N64 era. And some of those games were like 5 years old at the time.
TLOU? Strong no. But I will provide my hot take that the 2000s part of that generation is almost there, those games are ugly and clunky!
I dig this post. Meanings change and some people, like myself, like to clearly define and classify things. It's all perspective.
IMO…
Best played on a CRT screen is retro
A system that plays cartridge games is retro
If it's HD it's not retro.
If you can buy it in a store still (used or new) it's not retro
If under 25's think it's too old and ugly to play it is retro. Lol.
nobody would have called the nes a retro console when the snes was released and there were 7 years between those consoles. It's been 8 years since The Last Of Us was released therefore a more accurate statement would be that it's a last gen game.
Edit: and to address the remaster argument nobody would have considered mario 3 a retro game at the time because mario all stars was released.
Edit: and to address the remaster argument nobody would have considered mario 3 a retro game at the time because mario all stars was released.
I personally would hardly even consider the PS2 retro.
But a console with a HDMI cable? lol no, you cannot consider that retro yet, and likely not for quite a long time.
But a console with a HDMI cable? lol no, you cannot consider that retro yet, and likely not for quite a long time.
I think using the term retro to convey a difference between now and past simply based on time that has passed is doing a disservice to the term retro. I think it needs to convey a distinct difference in style and design choices. Many of the games made 15 years ago and now are near identical when it comes to the style and design, and I do not feel comfortable calling them retro - regardless of how much time has passed.
If it'll make people here acknowledge that they're old, yeah, it's a retro game. It'll be a part of retro reviews soon enough >:)
Maybe at the start of the next generation can the discussion about the PS3 being retro start considering even now the cross-gen period isn't over and it doesn't look like it will for a year or two considering the world right now.
Also, I may not know what tech will look like in 2028, but calling GTA4 "retro" then is the day I turn into a walking pile of bones
Also, I may not know what tech will look like in 2028, but calling GTA4 "retro" then is the day I turn into a walking pile of bones
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