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Born in 1992, I felt this way as well. I literally spent months playing Crash Bandicoot when I was 9-13 years old.

When I finally got a computer, I realized I don't like the aesthetic of the newer games at all, and so got into programming without ever finishing a single game on the computer.

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There's no such thing as the aesthetic of newer games. Sure, there's a bunch of blockbusters which share a similar aesthetic, but there are (and were) plenty of different games.

The best sellers of 2001 (the year of Halo) were The Sims and Rollercoaster Tycoon; not exactly dark and violent games.

I'm sure now you've heard of the Lucas Arts adventure games, but that's definitely what you should have been playing!