Had a visit from an old friend. We were talking about the downfall of gaming all around, and especially the absence of a true PC public tailored titles. The biggest game market being kids with their parents credit cards, but it's no wonder in the system where personal income is the ultimate life achievement.
To put the philosophy aside for a bit, we were watching some yt videos about PS1 era. It's the time we got into the world of true 3D video games, as no one could afford a PC or anything decent but cheap Chinese console copies, mostly Nintendo and Sega. Until PS came. I still have my niner, as we called the last serials of the original design, I also have a cabinet full of games. I need to change the laser motor, it's almost dead. Also, a new pair of gamepads, some kind of adapter to use it on one of my monitors if possible.
Games and series of game titles like GT, Parasite Eve, Dino Crisis, Metal Gear Solid, Driver, Oddworld, Legacy of Kain, Silent Hill, Resident Evil, Final Fantasy, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Bushido Blade, Medal of Honor, Suikoden, Castlevania, Oldschool NFS, Colin McRae Rally, Tenchu, Panzer Front, Twisted Metal, Vigilante 8, Chrono Cross, Tomb Raider, Doom, Quake, Syphon Filter, Sid Meier's Civilization, Sim City, The Winning Eleven, (and forgive me if I missed something and I know I did), make an impressive lineup for any platform at a given time. Even just couple of these in their respective genre, will put to shame most games nowadays. There are such exclusives like Bushido Blade, Parasite Eve, GT...
The conclusion: the games were indeed a product of a higher quality, refinement, and style. It's not that we're old, and the nostalgia BS, nope. My poor developers... It's insane what a lack of dignity and selling your best talents for money can do to the creative mind. Remember Todd Howard from the Morrowind days? Yup.
