Here's the thing with these memes. Videogames haven't changed THAT MUCH between 2001 and 2021. However games changed TREMENDOUSLY between 1990 and 2000.
Look at the jump between Final Fantasy 6 (1994) and Final Fantasy 7 (1997)! So much changed in just 3 years! Games evolved so fast in the 90s!
Heck look at the jump from FF9 (2000) to FFX (2001)! I feel like the transition from PS1 to PS2 was the last really huge technical leap between successive console generations.
(Fun fact: FF9 began development before FF8 was completed)
If you remember the transition from 16-bit to 32-bit then that's why "20 years ago" will forever feel like the era of sprite based games.
I say all this with love. I enjoy every era of games. 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, 128-bit, 2D, 3D, 2.5D they're all good!
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