By Emma Boyle
In gaming the word ‘nostalgia’ brings to mind 16-bit characters, chiptune music and consoles that make the Xbox One look like a slim, svelte machine. That’s understandable because over the past couple of years, the gaming industry has seized on our love of the games of our childhoods and revived them with re-masters, re-makes, and re-releases.
But as much as we love getting to relive those long afternoons sitting cross-legged on the floor in front of the TV, ignoring the warnings of our eyes going square, this retro resurgence is becoming slightly exhausting.
As it’s simply defined as a ‘sentimentality for the past’, you could quite as easily feel nostalgic for something that happened last weekend, never mind 20 years ago. Nostalgia is simply longing for a time when things were good and very few of us need to go back to the days of Spyro to find the last time a game made us feel happy or content.
The good old days
That’s why the recent rise in standalone spin-off games is so interesting. Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, Dishonored: Death of the Outsider, and Life is Strange: Before the Storm are just some of the games that are branching off from …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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