What is the Golden Age for you?

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>>381670367
1996-2007

98-2005

>>381670367
1995-2004
The Birth and Death of FPS

>>381670367
17th century

1992-2008

>>381670367
Burning Crusade - Cataclysm

>>381670367
Whatever year RE4 came out was probably the end of it.

everything inbetween the black swordsman and conviction

the nakazato race in battle stage I think
volume 3 to volume 13 of berserk

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>>381670367
For consoles the 4th gen for pc 1995-2006

>>381670367
best berserk arc

>>381670367
2013-Now

>>381670367
94 - 2004. It's literally the time when pretty much all of the good shit came out. Some really good shit came out before but never was there such a huge condensed and packed set of great games coming out.

1985 - 2004. It all went downhill after that.

>>381671413
2005. And yes it was easily... that year only 3 good games came out and after that literally fucking nothing.

>all these people jaded and unable to enjoy modern vidya

>>381670367
1977 - 1994

No 3D graphics to ruin video games. 60 frames per second was the standard, not the exception.

Snes and PS1.

>>381670367
Third and fourth gen.

Now- but it depends on how you look at it. Entire catalogs of games are openly available for "procurement". Modding tools and game creation are open to those who seek to go down that road. It's pretty much open season and if anyone wants to start up and play videogames, they have a lot of opportunities to access historical titles without necessarily needing an excess technological know-how and expensive hardware.

Though all I can say is that me and the PSX/N64 era and I have no lost love. I did not care for those consoles/ that generation for the most part.

>>381670474
First post more-or-less best post

>1990-2005

2D had evolved past blobs and peaked in the late 90s. Meanwhile, 3D hit the scene and matured before being plagued by waggle, dlc, and pay to win shit of modern consoles.

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>>381672264
too many games for me to keep up with

i never thought this was gonna be a problem

>>381670367
1933-1945

>>381671908
If only more than half of those games could maintain their framerate instead of constant drops

>>381670367
arcade days

2000-2007

Not as if the previous decade wasn't phenomenal, but I love the PS2 and GBA

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From Sonic 2 to Gears of War

>>381671817
The correct answer

>>381671761
this tbqh

>>381670474
more or less this

Arguably 2000-2010. PS2 era that gently slid into Ninty domination and the whole slew of games that came for the NDS was an amazing amoint of games to experience.

When warcraft 3 custom maps weren't dead, and when the ladder had some new people instead of just smurfs i guess that was early 2000s up to 2011 or so.

>>381670367
Now
Because you have access to everything that came before

>>381670367
*smacks lips*
IMMA FINNNA BE A MEMBER OF S.T.A.R.S

>>381675214
this, coupled with overall portability thanks to PSP homebrew, marked 2011 a very good year to be a poorfag

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Generation 7 ruined everything.

>>381670367
AYO DIS DEAD BITCH NIGGA RITE HERE SMELL WORSE THAN AUNTIE KASHIDA´S FAMMOUS GUMBO GET OUTTA HERE SMELLY WHITEBOI

>>381670367
>Ancient times
1993-1997

>New era enlightenment
1998-2002

>Golden age
2003-2007

>Renaissance
2008-2012

>Post apocalypse
2012-present

>>381670367
When I was too stupid to understand how the world revolves around suffering and would just get up early in the morning to watch Looney Tunes.
video games

>>381676610
>console weeaboo trash
hello neo /v/

>>381671464
This anon gets it

>>381677260
Really? Armored Core? weeb trash? Kys you cynical generic v poster

>>381676791
what the hell? 08-12 was the beginning of the end.

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>>381676791

>>381676791
change Renaissance to Apocalypse and that's pretty much good

>>381670367
The time before I was born

1997-2003

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Started last spring. It's not just gaming, it's the start of a new Golden Age for mankind.

gaming died with the PS2

>>381670367
1922–1991

1997 was the pinnacle year for all vidya.

>>381676271
Are you me? Nostalgiafags deserves be exterminated

>>381677260
You're retarded.

Oh well, It can't be helped for some.

Right now, because its all that we have

>>381670367
1991-2005

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>>381670367
The 90s. Pretty shitty era for every other form of entertainment though.

>>381670367
1985-1995

3D ruined everything

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>>381670367
There have been multiple golden ages, but it sure as hell wasn't during the mid 00's. PS2 had a severely long drought and PC gaming was going nowhere.

>>381680696
Are you even old enough to be on this site?

>>381681592
>PC gaming was going nowhere

2004-2005 are widely regarded as some of the best years for PC gaming, ever.

It will start the day I die

>>381670367
96-04

>>381670367
1998-2004

although going back to as early as 1994 like >>381671764 is also acceptable

>>381681734
Things were much different back then. Everything was overpriced, from software to hardware, and the userbase was pretty sparse. Since there were few decent hosts, modding communities were limited to independent websites with only a handful of mods.

>>381682391
Depends what is meant by "Golden Age" then. I took it to just mean quality of game releases, in which case the region of 2004 takes the crown no contest

But if you're weighing things like "how comfortable were the couches at my local internet cafe at the time" then yeah it broadens the competition a bit

>>381682751
>2004 takes the crown no contest
1998, 1999 and 2001 want to have a word with you

>>381670367
WC3 custom maps multiplayer
wow bc

The 2D bronze age : 1989 - 1994
The PC golden age : 1995 - 2005
The high definition era : 2006 - 2010
The video game downfall : 2011 - 2015
The great gaming depression : 2016 - today

>>381683712
>The great gaming depression : 2016 - today
wrong

2017 is rivaling 1999 in terms of quality

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>>381683686
i want to go back

>>381684045
Imagine having tastes this shit.

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>>381670367
2000 - 2007

>>381670367
1986-2006

>>381684313
he's just young

>>381670474
hmm. Hear hear.

1980 - 2000

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>>381684045
>2017 is rivaling 1999 in terms of quality

Name 1 game that has the same amount of impact as CS, System Shock 2, Shenmue, THPS, Pepsiman, or Planescape: Tournament.

>>381670474

/thread

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>>381676610

>>381684749
Why even reply to him? He's literally only capable of posting the latest consolewar bait or whatever the latest "game" that people want to call art is. You already know he has nothing to say.

>>381684910
He's saying it became less diverse tho and he's pissed about it. It's a good point all MC's are usually generic white dude. Then the sjws come in and we get the occasional generic black dude. Why can't we just have good characters of every race?

>>381671845

>that year only 3 good games came out

DMC 3
Battlefront 2
SotC
the Warriors
FEAR
Fahrenheit
Chaos Theory
Republic Commando
X-Men Legends 2
Mercenaries
God of War
Timesplitters FP

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128 bits era: tons of games coming every month, booth babes at the E3, sexy chicks in vidya everywhere. I still like some modern games, tho.

>>381670474
Can't argue with that.

>>381670367

doom and snes era

>>381670367
2004-2007

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>>381670474
I already posted my golden age but nevermind that, this guy has it correct. I want to go back so fucking bad.

>>381684910
(you)

>>381684910
fking retarded couldnt help himself to mention pol, he's actually making fun of the generic white male protagonists movie '''''''games''''''''

>>381684313
>>381684749
Not him, but
>Nier, Persona, Zelda, Odyssey, Xenoblade, Rabbids, South Park, Wolfenstein, Battlefront 2, Hollow Knight, Cuphead, The End is Nigh, Sundered, Super Lucky's Tale, Frostpunk

>>381685618
> all that console trash

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>>381685618
>Nier
Standard hack and slash
>Persona
3 and 4 were better
>Zelda
Still doesn't beat OoT
>Odyssey
It's not fucking out yet
>Xenoblade
ahahahaha, sequels can eat shit
>Rabbids
Literally just Xcom
>South Park
not out yet also it's a sequel to a game that played like thousand year door
>Wolfenstein
Great looking sequel to a great game but it's not out yet and it's a sequel
>Battlefront 2
but Battlefront II already exists, is out, and is much better
>Hollow Knight
metroidvania i pirated because the dev wouldn't stop fucking shilling here
>Cuphead
boss rush and not out yet
>The End is Nigh
oh boy a watered down super meat boy that also isn't fucking out
>Sundered
boring indie shit platformer that isn't out yet but it looks pretty. yawn.
>Super Lucky's Tale
not out yet, more furfag pandering, do we really need another yooka laylee conundrum?
>Frostpunk
pre rendered trailer followed by more grimdark edgy survival craft bullshit that's not even out yet

>>381676610
>generation 7
>includes generation 8
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

>>381670367
The 90s.

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>>381670367
Not there yet, but almost.
>good force feedback steering with 1080° of movement and customs wheels to change from road cars to F1
>H pattern shifter without feedback from the clutch but good enough so far
>pedals with pressure measuremement for the brake
>analog handbrake
>head mounted displays with good resolutions so you dont stare at pixel
>simulators got better the last 5 years
As for flying sims is the same for all the screens, the sims getting better and the peripherials.

Now. Most of the big names from the 90s are still working games, new studios are created while the old ones mostly remain faithful to themselves. A few studios turned to shit but it's not that bad otherwise.

This isn't like the anime industry, where there's less than 10 good studios out of hundreds of them.

>>381670474
Pretty much this, at least for PC.

>>381687335

>Most of the big names from the 90s are still working games

Yeah, like...

>>381670367
1992-2002

>>381676610
This is a fucking shit image. Most of the stuff at the top is Japanese games. It's also implying the diversity is the problem, and not that werstern games are just garbage made to appeal to the lowest common denominator. The games are still just as shit today, even though the insert women and niggers into everything. Japanese games are still far superior. Literally nothing has changed.

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the ancient era: pre 1998
the classic era: 1998 - 2005
the good era: 2006 - 2011
the greatest disappointments: 2012 - 2013
the greatest stagnation: 2014 - now

>>381670474

>2007
>Same year Portal came out

This is so true it frightens me

>>381671089
>1995-2004
>not 1995-2001

>>381670367
This upcoming lineup from Nintendo is going to blow everything else out of the water!