Super Mario was great. I remember having my mind blown when they released Mario 64, I wasn't old at the time, granted, but it was and still is superb.
I remember a bit about Heretic, thinking it was similar to Doom (not sure how accurate that is though), but never played HeXen, to be honest I don't think I've heard of it before! AoE always have a place in my heart, they are definitely up there as some of the best RTS. I remember the old Star Wars game, can't remember what it was called, but it had exactly the same mechanics and visuals, just with Star Wars shit (so no change there with recent games!)
That is generalizing a bit but it's also true. Games nowadays require cut scenes to tell most of the story. Sure, older games did too, but it wasn't purely narrative based. Conkers Bad Fur Day, for example, had a fair few cut scenes, but they were almost entirely for comedic purposes. Games like Doom, Wolfenstein, Gauntlet Legends etc had next to none.
I remember a bit about Heretic, thinking it was similar to Doom (not sure how accurate that is though), but never played HeXen, to be honest I don't think I've heard of it before! AoE always have a place in my heart, they are definitely up there as some of the best RTS. I remember the old Star Wars game, can't remember what it was called, but it had exactly the same mechanics and visuals, just with Star Wars shit (so no change there with recent games!)
That is generalizing a bit but it's also true. Games nowadays require cut scenes to tell most of the story. Sure, older games did too, but it wasn't purely narrative based. Conkers Bad Fur Day, for example, had a fair few cut scenes, but they were almost entirely for comedic purposes. Games like Doom, Wolfenstein, Gauntlet Legends etc had next to none.
