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[–] Downpour@programming.dev 12 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

Real boomer energy. While graphics improvement flattened out, other things (that are more important) have continued improving.

Off the top of my head.. Zoomers got: Disco Elysium, The Outer Wilds, Undertale, and a million other indies.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 points 19 minutes ago

I mean, millennials also got those

[–] Laser@feddit.org 4 points 2 hours ago

Most of these titles don't have mainstream appeal though. The example is true for the majority of players.

I do love me some indie games (probably 95% of what I play atm are Noita and Balatro) but I'll admit it was really cool as a child / teenager / young adult to see the improvements over time.

[–] Jc6666@lemm.ee 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Minecraft for me lol, from age 9 to 20 (zoomer)

[–] bearboiblake@pawb.social 8 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

this is just a millenial version of a boomer meme. you guys are really shaping up to become what you hated. complaining about kids these days not enjoying the same shit you did when you were a kid. what next, you gonna complain about how gen alpha are destroying the economy because they're not buying avocados or something?

stop the inter-generational fighting, honestly, it's cringe and a huge distraction from the fact that the rich fucks in charge are looting us for all we're worth. let's fight them, instead of eachother

[–] spacesatan@leminal.space 3 points 2 hours ago

complaining about kids these days not enjoying the same shit you did when you were a kid

I have 0 idea how you could have read that from the image. It's about the seemingly exponential improvement in graphics or just how fast things were changing in gaming.

[–] Ricaz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 hours ago
[–] tauren@lemm.ee 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

stop the inter-generational fighting, honestly, it’s cringe and a huge distraction from the fact that the rich fucks in charge are looting us for all we’re worth

Bro, take a deep breath, that is just a meme. People can be nostalgic sometimes, there is nothing wrong with that.

[–] bearboiblake@pawb.social -2 points 3 hours ago

except its not just nostalgia, is it? over 50% of this meme is dedicated to dumb culture war shit.

[–] AidsKitty@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

I Love resident evil 4. Great game.

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 hours ago

Shit like this made me think we would hit singularity around now,

Oh boy, was I naive

[–] uuldika@lemmy.ml 17 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

VR actually went through this from 2014-2024 or so. the original Oculus DK had such chonky pixels, very rudimentary tracking, game integration sucked, no hand controls. it rapidly got better to the point where playing Riven is like straight up being teleported into the world..

..except for like, being able to run around or touch things. so it's stayed niche.

[–] suite403@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Not as widespread as the systems shown above though. Older VR games and even VR in general is pretty niche.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

What's the status of VR right now? Any major advancement? I know oculus got bought by Facebook, so no way in hell I'd ever get that.

[–] rustyricotta@lemmy.ml 8 points 12 hours ago

Strong rumors of Valve's new VR launching this year. Quite excited for that. Otherwise, the status (in my opinion) is stagnant. I still have fun occasionally getting into VR though.

[–] uuldika@lemmy.ml 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

regrettably, Meta is the state of the art for VR. the Meta Quest 3 is stunningly crisp for the price point. it's almost retina-scale with the pixels, the head/spatial tracking is extremely accurate and doesn't require any base station or wired attachment, and you can fluidly stream VR games from your PC wirelessly at 1080p and like 120fps with nearly no latency or reality sickness.

I played Myst and Riven while I was sick with COVID last year, and it was one of the top five visual experiences of my lifetime (along with seeing the Grand Canyon and taking psychedelics.)

Meta has also recently finally cracked the holy grail of non-chonky AR glasses with full FoV, though the gallium nitride waveguide process is quite expensive and yields are too poor for them to sell it. but they look like slightly nerdy glasses that let you see holograms superimposed on your vision, even outdoors in the light.

unfortunately, VR is still anti-social and there's not much content there, and the company leading the way is awful. but even just for Riven alone it was worth it to me.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago

Ah hopefully other companies will advance becuase there is no way I'm giving my money to that shit company

[–] arotrios@lemmy.world 30 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Gen X version:

Year 1: Pong

Year 5: PacMan

Year 10: Super Mario Brothers

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 14 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

We got lied to so hard on cover art, it took decades to believe anything.

Adventure: Cover.

Adventure: Reality.

This site shows some top lies, and shows that Activision, didn't lie so much.

[–] Cyclist@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

Don't you dare knock Adventure!

[–] 3dmvr@lemm.ee 52 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Yeah holy shit, we really went through eras playing games, theyve pretty much only ever known fortnite, like modern 18 year olds

[–] Gigasser@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Nah, zoomers went through the whole indie horror game gauntlet, Minecraft, terraria, etc.

Edit Addendum: Also, don't forget about games like Friday Night Funkin and the plethora of mods that it spawned. The Five Nights at Freddy's fandom was basically a cult at some point and still memed. Cuphead was a big enough phenomenon to get it's own animated series. Stardew Valley is another game that will doubtless have influence beyond it's years. Motherfucking Undertale, sans memes, etc. VA-11 HALL-A was pretty popular for a while too. Don't forget about Among Us. Lethal Company is still getting updates. SCP Secret Laboratory is another one people forget about, but is still a game with a dedicated player base. Kenshi...oh man great game released in 2018. Fucking Persona 5 and Metaphor ReFantaszio, great games. MiSide is a new game, a horror game that doubtless has a small yet dedicated following. No Man's Sky is great, especially after they fixed it. Many Gen-Z doubtless remember Subnautica. Ultrakill is something that is quite special.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago

I mean, they've decided to stick with fortnite, roblox, minecraft, whatever. But, there have been thousands of great games released that they just chose not to play.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 17 points 20 hours ago

Either only Fortnite, or a mix of that + Minecraft + Roblox.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 21 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

I did 10 yrs of TF2. Better graphics might have come in that time, but I only noticed the phlogastinator.

[–] Baguette@lemm.ee 4 points 14 hours ago

Pyro pre nerf had one of the most op build of degreaser (any) flare gun and axtinguisher

It was also very fun, along the lines of scout cleaver sandman pre nerf

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

Still using dead ringer after they nerfed it several times over lol

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 24 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (2 children)

Gen X version:

(Had to cheat and put an arcade game for 1980, because I'm not aware of any notable console games from that year. In reality the console games from then looked much, much worse than Pac-Man)

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 14 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 12 points 19 hours ago

Even as a millennial this is one of the first games I played (and I still love it). I dumped the ROM so I can play it forever.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 11 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (5 children)

Zoomers played Minecraft

Millennials and Alpha play(ed) Fortnite

You could also put 10 years of RuneScape or WoW for millennials and a plethora of games that came out between 2010-2020 for Zoomers

[–] Bristingr@lemm.ee 18 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

Millennials did not play Fortnite.

[–] expr@programming.dev 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Not true! I installed it and played for 5 minutes once!

[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, I played a few times right when it came out, but put it down, didn't feel like it was for me. I am currently 37, so pretty middle of the pack millennial. I'm sure someone born in '95 played.

[–] tomenzgg@midwest.social 2 points 13 hours ago

My sister was born in 97, my brother in 93, and me in 90 and I always have to remind myself she isn't, technically, a millennial.

No idea if she's played Fortnite, though.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 3 points 16 hours ago

My wife's current fortnite addiction would suggest otherwise

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[–] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 18 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

Maybe graphical advancements have slowed down (especially since it takes half a decade to make a game now) but this feels a little disingenuous. Bottom is supposed to be Fortnite? I can see someone playing WoW or Quake or UT for 10 years since its release too.

Theres more variety in gaming today then there ever was, many more single dev games succeeding because they dont need to impress the likes of EA to publish their game thanks to the internet and free distribution. More platforms to choose from and multiplatform releases are more common.

The successes of one game are not reflective whole medium or the current state of gaming.

[–] jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

That's the average "modern thing bad" to you. Especially the ones shitting on things around kids

I really hoped we millennials would remember getting shit on constantly and maybe not do it.

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[–] Razzazzika@lemm.ee 9 points 21 hours ago

I mean... sure, but when i was a kid if I wanted a free game I had to pirate it but all you need nowadays is to have an epic game store account and you get a free legal game every week. I would have loved that as a kid.

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