>>109942
see, I'm not big at all on sandbox games
I want to get into the action ASAP, and the Genesis is full of that (my favorite system is the PS1 though, which strikes a good balance of having pick up and play games with technical advancement; Dino Crisis 2 kicks ass, all the trappings of a survival horror game (which I'm not a big fan of), but it's mechanically an action shooter with tons of ammo everywhere and dinosaurs coming at you on nearly every screen).

games became padded out and boring in modernity
all fat, no meat
old-school games are the opposite, and usually to extremes: all lean, no fat (and too gamey, pun intended)
which is also why I like PS1 games so much, they are at a crossing point in the evolution of games from being extremely straightforward experiences to extremely drawn out ones