Games you used to think were great but now they're just "alright"

[Himu]

I've been playing Super Mario Bros. 3 and World on the GBA in random bathroom spurts. I never had an NES or SNES as a kid, so I didn't get to play them as much as everyone else, but I still loved the games, and would play them when I could.

I still think they're some quality games, but not as good as I remember. I think Yoshi's Island is the reason for this because it's the game I compare every 2d platformer to and it's really hard to top. The Mario's before YI just feel so drab in comparison.

SMB3's levels feel too short, and SMW's platforming isn't as fun.

I can go back to SMB1 and SMB2 US just fine, but 3 and World just aren't as fun as they used to be. 

Final Fantasy VII is probably the biggest candidate for this thread for me though. I used to praise that game so much and then when I started to play other rpgs outside of Final Fantasy and Square, I kinda realized how mediocre it is, and these days I can't stand playing it.

[The Sceneman]

Most PS1 games have dated terribly

[TakingBackSunday]

Ocarina of Time, unfortunately.  Even though I use it as my basis of getting into gaming for real, I go back and play it now and sort of see how Majora's Mask is better in almost every single way other than length.

Still love it, but it's not perfect to me anymore.

[Oblivion]

The only problem I had when I replayed OoT recently was that it just feels much too small and short.

[Mondain]

everything on Dreamcast

can't believe how strikingly small all of its games' environments are

[The Sceneman]

everything on Dreamcast

can't believe how strikingly small all of its games' environments are

Skies of Arcadia is still huge and fuck awesome, Rez still plays better than most games

[bork]

everything on Dreamcast

can't believe how strikingly small all of its games' environments are

Skies of Arcadia is still huge and fuck awesome, Rez still plays better than most games

But you can play better versions of Skies and Rez on the GC and PS2.

[ToxicAdam]

80% of the games in existence. That's why I rarely go back to play a game more than 5 years old.

[The Sceneman]

everything on Dreamcast

can't believe how strikingly small all of its games' environments are

Skies of Arcadia is still huge and fuck awesome, Rez still plays better than most games

But you can play better versions of Skies and Rez on the GC and PS2.

Yeah but they still hold up really well on the Dreamcast, at least in my opinion