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Most likely, simply the cause of the whole industry hype on graphics.

I'll take Ultima Underworld 1 as an example for myself. I got this recommended to me by my cousin some years ago. It's an old game, graphics are simply horrible by today's standards, the controls are hard to master, etc. I would never have started it or gotten past by the first 5 minutes if it wasn't for how high I value my cousins opinion. In the end I had an excellent experience and devoured Ultima Underworld 2 as soon as I was done.

I think a great deal of people would enjoy the old games if they would just get past the first 5 minutes, though some people are lost causes. Often it's not just the graphics, but also the controls that prevent this. They are very dumed down these days.You can't really blame anyone for their shallow taste if they just haven't been really encouraged to try oldies. Sad, but true. My truth anyway.