I watched the series of the early 2000s and 2010s and compared them with the series closer to the 2020s and directly felt the difference, as if the authors really tried something before, I really cried when watching or was happy for the characters. The same with games, I played several games from the 2000s, and one sank into my heart, even after playing it a few years later, its plot still evokes vivid and pleasant memories, which has not yet happened with any game from the 2010s and even more so from the 2020s.
I’m not the only one, am I?
@BetaSoldier It’s probably gonna be a bit of both. If you grew up in the 00s/10s, then you would’ve been watching a lot of that stuff during a more influential point in your life, and one where you have far less to compare it to, so it feels a lot better. Plus when rewatching unless there’s some stuff that really doesn’t hold up you’ll be leaning on the nostalgia a lot.
I’ve run into a lot of stuff from the past 6 years that’s hit me like a truck, a lot of it in the indie space.