[General Discussion] Do RPG's Get Better With Age?

I am fairly disappointed with the direction role playing games have taken in recent years. There have been very few classics and a plethora of shlock filler cookie cutter crap.

The last 'great' in my eyes was Final Fantasy Tactics.

The SNES on the other hand was littered with assloads of amazing role playing games. (The graphics of the SNES haven't aged well and yet I am a sucker for sprites.) The reason I love the SNES games still, is mostly in regards to the excellent storytelling and the music, which was necessity as the SNES didn't boast 'cutting edge' graphics.
Still, the games endure.

Do Rpg's get better with age? Not if they are crap to begin with. The only reason I keep coming back to the SNES era, playing the games continually, is for the sole reason that they are far better than what RPG's currently have to offer in recent days. The quality of old generation games is far better, IMO.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Megavolt

Nowadays it's easy to get annoyed with a Tidus. You could say that it's an all or nothing situation. If you like him, great. If you don't, you can't escape the quirks of his character.

That's a good point. I think one of the things that irritates me regarding so many characters of RPG's of recent days, is the noticeable absence of anything close to maturity. In modern rpg's, it seems that there is a growing number of "Hey we're young and stupid so lets produce banal conversation, have fun and paint the town brown!" characters which really do just that.

One of the things that I like about Final Fantasy IV and VI is that nearly all characters are mature enough to realize the gravity of their predicament. There is a sense of courage displayed in knowing what they are up against and choosing to go up against it anyway. This sense of maturity allows the characters to bring the emotional depth of the story around in a realistic way. We don't get that sense with Tidus, who really is just a jock who goes "HAHA" and "WHOA!" and "*Guess what? My name is Tidus and I'm a completely uninspired creation", regardless of what's going on around him. (*This ideal clearly isn't limited to only final fantasy games.)

Role playing markets try to cater to young impressionable fan bases for future growth. Therefore it is in the companies interest to create YOUNG AND WACKY! characters which appeal to a younger following of gamers so that they may be molded into what the company wants.

I fucking hate it.

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It's not really fair to ask a person of young and undetermined age to get into Final Fantasy VI, unless they are mature, intelligent and perceptive...

I honestly believe that a certain age and maturity is imperative in understanding game context and mechanics. These days, it's just not the same game... People want their QUICK fix. And to be truthful, there is NO SUCH THING. THE JOURNEY (To quote Street Fighter 2, Ryu's ending) ... Is EVERYTHING.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.