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>I have a huge Steam backlog Yeah, and by the time you get to many of those games they will feel clunky and outdated. It's not just the graphics that ages, but

by Aerroon 15d ago

>I have a huge Steam backlog Yeah, and by the time you get to many of those games they will feel clunky and outdated. It's not just the graphics that ages, but also the game mechanics, UI and UX, and the general presentation of the game. I would rather play Path of Exile than Diablo 2. >I concede that that’s always been the case for durable written works thanks to the local library. But the scale of convenient supply now is staggerin. I think even these written works go through "improvements". It's difficult to point out what is better about the more recently written stories, but somehow they are more appealing (in some aspects). Picking up an old book is harder than a new one if you're very familiar with a genre.

glimshe 15d ago
> It's difficult to point out what is better about the more recently written stories, but somehow they are more appealing (in some aspects) For starters, the use of the language. Even a book written 20-30 years ago can feel a bit off in word choice and idioms. I know many people are into that, but for others it just increases the cognitive load of reading.
- allarm 15d ago
  The purpose of reading is to challenge your mind, literally the cognitive load. If slang from 20 years ago is preventing you from reading a book, that’s a sign of mental laziness.
  - glimshe 15d ago
    Many/most people don't read for a mental workout.
    - allarm 13d ago
      That's also a sign of mental laziness.
msm_ 15d ago
>Yeah, and by the time you get to many of those games they will feel clunky and outdated. I don't agree with what you wrote literally (I almost exclusively play old and old-ish games, and I have fun), but: >Path of Exile is a 2013 free-to-play action role-playing video game developed and published by Grinding Gear Games I'm confused. Why is your example of a modern game is a game from 2013? Most people's backlog is probably shorter than 13 years, so if 13 year old games are fine then I'm not sure that contradicts OPs point.
- ChoGGi 15d ago
  He may have meant poe2; it came out last year? Then again the remaster of d2 was fairly recent and quite playable by my standards.
  - Hikikomori 15d ago
    PoE is still getting new content 3 times per year, the dev is committed supporting both games for a long time.
  - simonra 15d ago
    PoE2 is still in early access, I feel it would be wrong to say that it is out until the makers claim that the product is ready to stand on its own two feet in the market
- riizade 15d ago
  The analogy works if you know the comparison. I mean, first, Diablo 2 did come out in 2000, 13 years before Path of Exile. But also Path of Exile is maybe the game that has received the most updates and content of any game in existence (No Man's Sky looks stingy compared to Path of Exile, imo). It receives a small expansion's worth of content every ~4 months. Path of Exile in 2026 is an entirely different experience from Path of Exile in 2013. I absolutely would not play the 2013 version today (and also am unable to because it's a live service game). The better comparison would be Path of Exile 2, which came out last year or comes out later this year depending on your perspective on Early Access games, but it's less a 1:1 evolution of Diablo 2 and more its own thing. I also like old games, but I grew up in the D2 era, so they hold nostalgia factor for me. There will always be games that stand out as classics, like Diablo 2 and Super Mario 64, but not many people play them who didn't already play them during their era, and even fewer people are going out of their way to play Titan Quest or Gex 64 for the first time in 2026. Games do age, more so than books and movies, imo, because it's a younger medium and the technology keeps evolving. As an aside, I also think entertainment industries are not saturated. I'm always hunting for recommendations that hit just the right spot, and so much is a miss for me. I'd love if there were 10 Path of Exiles to choose from, I'd play them all. (Hell, I'd be happy with just one quality Pokémon game...)

by Aerroon 15d ago

glimshe 15d ago

> It's difficult to point out what is better about the more recently written stories, but somehow they are more appealing (in some aspects) For starters, the use of the language. Even a book written 20-30 years ago can feel a bit off in word choice and idioms. I know many people are into that, but for others it just increases the cognitive load of reading.

allarm 15d ago
The purpose of reading is to challenge your mind, literally the cognitive load. If slang from 20 years ago is preventing you from reading a book, that’s a sign of mental laziness.
- glimshe 15d ago
  Many/most people don't read for a mental workout.
  - allarm 13d ago
    That's also a sign of mental laziness.

msm_ 15d ago

>Yeah, and by the time you get to many of those games they will feel clunky and outdated. I don't agree with what you wrote literally (I almost exclusively play old and old-ish games, and I have fun), but: >Path of Exile is a 2013 free-to-play action role-playing video game developed and published by Grinding Gear Games I'm confused. Why is your example of a modern game is a game from 2013? Most people's backlog is probably shorter than 13 years, so if 13 year old games are fine then I'm not sure that contradicts OPs point.

ChoGGi 15d ago
He may have meant poe2; it came out last year? Then again the remaster of d2 was fairly recent and quite playable by my standards.
- Hikikomori 15d ago
  PoE is still getting new content 3 times per year, the dev is committed supporting both games for a long time.
- simonra 15d ago
  PoE2 is still in early access, I feel it would be wrong to say that it is out until the makers claim that the product is ready to stand on its own two feet in the market
riizade 15d ago
The analogy works if you know the comparison. I mean, first, Diablo 2 did come out in 2000, 13 years before Path of Exile. But also Path of Exile is maybe the game that has received the most updates and content of any game in existence (No Man's Sky looks stingy compared to Path of Exile, imo). It receives a small expansion's worth of content every ~4 months. Path of Exile in 2026 is an entirely different experience from Path of Exile in 2013. I absolutely would not play the 2013 version today (and also am unable to because it's a live service game). The better comparison would be Path of Exile 2, which came out last year or comes out later this year depending on your perspective on Early Access games, but it's less a 1:1 evolution of Diablo 2 and more its own thing. I also like old games, but I grew up in the D2 era, so they hold nostalgia factor for me. There will always be games that stand out as classics, like Diablo 2 and Super Mario 64, but not many people play them who didn't already play them during their era, and even fewer people are going out of their way to play Titan Quest or Gex 64 for the first time in 2026. Games do age, more so than books and movies, imo, because it's a younger medium and the technology keeps evolving. As an aside, I also think entertainment industries are not saturated. I'm always hunting for recommendations that hit just the right spot, and so much is a miss for me. I'd love if there were 10 Path of Exiles to choose from, I'd play them all. (Hell, I'd be happy with just one quality Pokémon game...)