• 3DMVR@lemm.ee
    5·
    2 months ago

    Yeah holy shit, we really went through eras playing games, theyve pretty much only ever known fortnite, like modern 18 year olds

    • Gigasser@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 months ago

      Nah, zoomers went through the whole indie horror game gauntlet, Minecraft, terraria, etc.

      Edit Addendum: Also, don’t forget about games like Friday Night Funkin and the plethora of mods that it spawned. The Five Nights at Freddy’s fandom was basically a cult at some point and still memed. Cuphead was a big enough phenomenon to get it’s own animated series. Stardew Valley is another game that will doubtless have influence beyond it’s years. Motherfucking Undertale, sans memes, etc. VA-11 HALL-A was pretty popular for a while too. Don’t forget about Among Us. Lethal Company is still getting updates. SCP Secret Laboratory is another one people forget about, but is still a game with a dedicated player base. Kenshi…oh man great game released in 2018. Fucking Persona 5 and Metaphor ReFantaszio, great games. MiSide is a new game, a horror game that doubtless has a small yet dedicated following. No Man’s Sky is great, especially after they fixed it. Many Gen-Z doubtless remember Subnautica. Ultrakill is something that is quite special.

      • 3DMVR@lemm.ee
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        2 months ago

        thats not zoomers tho, thats over 18, 20+ at least, idk my nephews have never bought a game its just fortnite and/or roblox

    • The Octonaut@mander.xyz
      1·
      2 months ago

      The point of the meme is the experience of witnessing the unique rate of progress in game engines, not the variety. There’s definitely more variety now than ever before, if you go looking for it l, and I say that as a 40 year old curmudgeon.

  • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    My take from this meme is that Zoomers and later are more “captured” by a few big platforms than previous ones.

    And perhaps earlier ones, too.

    Like, my aunts and relatives are trapped on Facebook sharing Trumpy memes. Kids younger than me seems to be really into ultra-short videos or mobile-ish games. The only people I know that know how to use a desktop PC, beyond the bare minimum for work are… about my age? Other than a senior dev.

    This is a huge generalization and small sample, but still. I’m not worried about other generations doing things I don’t like (that’s always true, and a good thing), I’m worried about them being more trapped.

  • Downpour@programming.dev
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    2 months ago

    Real boomer energy. While graphics improvement flattened out, other things (that are more important) have continued improving.

    Off the top of my head… Zoomers got: Disco Elysium, The Outer Wilds, Undertale, and a million other indies.

  • Agent641@lemmy.world
    0·
    2 months ago

    I did 10 yrs of TF2. Better graphics might have come in that time, but I only noticed the phlogastinator.

    • Baguette@lemm.ee
      1·
      2 months ago

      Pyro pre nerf had one of the most op build of degreaser (any) flare gun and axtinguisher

      It was also very fun, along the lines of scout cleaver sandman pre nerf

  • samus12345@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    Gen X version:

    (Had to cheat and put an arcade game for 1980, because I’m not aware of any notable console games from that year. In reality the console games from then looked much, much worse than Pac-Man)