Take the Nostalgia Away. What Do You Get?

[Koh]

There are a few N64 games I like a lot (Mario Party 1 and 2, and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 and 2) which are all from about the same era. The main reason I like them so much is nostalgia (though I didn't get THPS2 until about 2005 or 2006 I think). Without that, I would probably not like Mario Party that much because (I think) it's totally unfair, like on purpose. It seems like it does everything within its power (rigging dice values and chance game turnouts, etc) to change the game on you. That might seem crazy and I could definitely be wrong, but some things just seem a little coincidental for me so I'm suspicious.

The Tony Hawk games were really good, but now they're pretty dated. I can get all 30 tapes in THPS1 in a sitting, but to this day I've never gotten past that one level (Venice Beach I think it is) in THPS2. Maybe I could, but I haven't put the time towards it.

This is exactly what I mean. If you take the nostalgic onlook of something away, it becomes much more of an open book in which you can analyze all the flaws and good points, yet still be entertained, rather than a movie where you're just idly watching and being entertained, hardly giving much of a second thought to.