Highly disagree. I still replay No One Lives Forever (hilarious game) and the Max Payne 1 & 2 every few years. These games had great stories, game play, and characters; last time I replayed them was during the pandemic in 2020.

Then I agree to disagree, playing my childhood games feel like trying to drive a horse cart after having used a 4wd electric car made in 2022. The characters and stories are ok at best but they only feel nice because the rest is absolute dog shit by modern standards

What games are these tho? Gotta give specifics in a thread of specifics. I mean you still see people on twitch playing “classics” all the time. You also have cliques that still routinely play games like mother and chronotrigger on a religious level.

It really depends on the game. I agree with GP that those particular franchises are timeless. DOOM is also imminently replayable as-is. But there are plenty of games that aren't.