Take the Nostalgia Away. What Do You Get?

[Koh]

Can't argue with that; I'm still playing games of old that I either didn't have, or missed completely from the lack of the console, such as the SNES. You are still able to enjoy older games if they're designed well enough. I don't expect many, if any, people to have done a 180 on their view from a nostalgic game, just more of the glaring flaws or problems they noticed upon a replay years later, and how it affects the game as a whole. The main inspiration behind this thread was the reading of the posts from other forums by other users. Too often have I seen things like "I played X in my childhood, and it's the best game of all time." Sure it's a matter of opinion and experiences, however, that line always sounds close-minded and nostalgia driven. If you go back and look on older games you used to enjoy from a more objective standpoint, you'll find all sorts of annoyances or problems that you never noticed or paid attention to when you were younger, because the "magic" made you see otherwise, that affect the game as a whole in a negative way. Doesn't automatically make the game as a whole bad (unless it's a REALLY bad problem), but does affect how one would approach it today.