7 Video Games That Exploited Your Nostalgia (And WON)

7. Retro Skins - Resident Evil 2 Remake & Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes

"Graphics will never get any better than this"

I remember saying this about Final Fantasy IX.

Now upon reflection, I was an idiot, but at the time I seriously thought that the likes of Zidane and crew were the best realized and most beautiful-looking sprites I'd ever seen.

Looking at the landscape of today where even trackside flowers on kart racing games have more fidelity than the best-looking moments of my childhood titles it's almost brain-breaking to think how graphics can improve further, and yet I, alongside so many will always get a huge nostalgia pop whenever a developer offers us the chance to play current-gen games with classic skins.

I honestly feel like blood Ed Gein for how much I crave these low-poly skins, and the likes of the almighty Resident Evil 2 Remake and MGS: Ground Zeroes are heightened immensely through their appreciation for what came before. It might seem like a small detail to many, but the fact that the devs chose to remind people of their title's lineage in a loving and humorous way shows a lot of thanks for the foundations built by these classic titles.

Hell in the case of Ground Zeros, the PS1-inspired snakeskin actually comes with a special mission that infuses the gameplay with a supremely retro tone that will send shivers of ecstasy through your blocky bones.