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Old 11-28-2024, 01:40 PM   #1
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'It Used to Be Better' but It's Not Usually as Good as You Remember



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Old 11-29-2024, 03:27 PM   #2
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This is literally one of my favorite articles I've ever read. Well done.
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Great article. I was in my 40s and you make great points. Tecmo Super Bowl with every team. RBI baseball on Nintendo. Tecmo basketball on super Nintendo. All great games. Doubt any are better than NBA 2k25. And, I won’t even play 25 a lot because I am mad about the limited camera angles in freestyle.

Nostalgia goes hand in hand with first impressions and an innocent/ignorant mind.
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Personally, I still love NBA Jam 2000. Is it ***? Well, kinda, especially the CPU AI. The substitution system is better than the current 2K25 substitution system though.
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Great article. I was in my 40s and you make great points. Tecmo Super Bowl with every team. RBI baseball on Nintendo. Tecmo basketball on super Nintendo. All great games. Doubt any are better than NBA 2k25. And, I won’t even play 25 a lot because I am mad about the limited camera angles in freestyle.

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Personally, I still love NBA Jam 2000. Is it ***? Well, kinda, especially the CPU AI. The substitution system is better than the current 2K25 substitution system though.
Haha well everything is better than the 2K sub system. I think by 2000 I was a little Jam'd out and my last hurrah had more been with NBA Hangtime.
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Haven't finished reading yet but had to comment. This makes me think of how, for YEARS, I've gone back and forth about whether or not I should buy a PS2 and some old favorite games (NBA Street, Blitz, Hitz, NFL 2k5, etc) but I could never get myself to pull the trigger because I have a feeling I'll play for maybe a few hours, perhaps realize the games aren't quite as fun as I remembered, and then never touch them again.

I also scratched that nostalgia itch recently by getting an Xbox 360 from a cousin who hadn't touched it in years. I played NFL Blitz from 2012 and it held up well. I still had fun, but it was way too easy against the CPU. Also played the NBA Live 10 demo. Not that bad once you get used to it. I still like the presentation and video style of it.
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