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Re: Going Back In Time - Do You Play Retro Games To Reconnect With Your Past?

DreadfulDragon

In general, I play older games because modern gaming lost its way somewhere around 2003 and, outside of indie games and smaller niche titles, has become increasingly less enjoyable with every passing year, so I revert to games that remain unaffected by the changes that have made mainstream videogames so unappealing to me.

Then there's the fact that I'm now able to play all of the video games I never got chance to when I was younger as well as games I didn't even know existed at the time. I have no nostalgic attachment to any of these games and yet some of them have become all time favourites.

Having said that, however, there are those rare days — usually when I'm ill — where I want nothing more than boot up old games I grew up with and pretend like I'm 8 years old all over again.