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[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I think the franchise just lost it's novelty value. There wasn't really anywhere to take it that could expand the experience in a meaningful way. I remember loving the GH games and playing the shit out if them for years, but I also remember them going stale and boring because it was always just more of the same simple game mechanic with a new background track.

The rosy red glasses of nostalgia is making us biased.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 3 points 2 months ago

Yeah. The game came with a bulky peripheral which locked in a lot of gameplay. It also didn't help that arcades were pretty dead at the time of the Great Recession.

I feel like the genre would have had more legs if it started as an arcade game in the 90's.

[–] warbond@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I hate how right you are. I guess what I'm really looking for is a way to recreate that magic, but an accessible shot of nostalgia every now and then would do just fine. I guess I'll look into clone hero and see.