I lot of people create imaginary gaming obstacles and 'standards' to define themselves. I mean imagine being someone online who's only real knowledge is games, but you mingle with hundreds others like you. Well you gotta stand out. So all of a sudden 'you only like 8 bit games' its so wrong it must be right!
Or maybe only Final Fantasy games are the true role playing game, you could spout that, get an FF avatar, post exciting pics of FF games. Wow! they're suddenly a personality, someone to come to for info on 8 bit gaming or FINAL FANTASY WOO.
The truth is if I want to talk to someone about gaming, I want to talk to someone who doesnt feel they know a lot about the subject, but only know that they have fun with what they play.
You can't create a 'good era' from something as subjective as 'good games' and the idea that people even bother is fucking hilarious and proves that even they can get tired of arguing sales figures.
Play some freaking games or get out of the pool.
Etoilet: Old games are more polished because there's less going on. Its easy to polish a bullet being shot at an alien and the space around it. Imagine trying to polish complex environments, its not easy, and I dont know how they even come close, and neither do you. Accept what they have accomplished or dont. The point of gaming isnt to stand back and admire it like a Monet, its a freaking videogame.