actually just looked at my psx collection and not many of the 3d games have held up all that well...
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only an idiot would deny that the ps1 was an rpg powerhouse. thing is plenty of the other genres, especially action games (my personal fav), suffered heavily in the transition from 2d to 3d and that along with the weak hardware meant that we didn't get to see a lot of great ideas fully realized until the ps2 era. i couldn't tell you how many times i got frustrated during the ps1 era because it was so hard to find a great fast-paced game that wasn't bogged down by loading, story, clumsy menus, etc...