I partially disagree. I agree that games before the PS2 generally haven't aged well. On the other hand, I think something that a lot of people miss is that the polygonal look of PS1/N64/90s PC games is just as charming for people who grew up with them at an early age. There are games like Strafe that intentionally emulated that specific look. In reality, 8 bit graphics look similarly poor if you take the nostalgia glasses off. They have simplistic art, garish colour palettes, repetitive music and the games themselves were also incredibly basic in scope.

I tried to play Sonic Mania (16-bit look) when it came to PS Plus and I found the art a bit hard to look at, tbh. I can't stand the retro look and sounds that some indie games overindulge in. I didn't really grow up with this look besides GBA games though. I and a lot of other people would take Pro Skater, MGS1 and Ocarina of Time any day over NES/SNES/Mega Drive games.

Yeah i could see the mileage vary depending on what era we all cut our teeth in. Our nostalgia meters will all be different. You have a point.

I guess then as far as the author goes, which RE1-3 would we or should we put in the proverbial time capsule? The OG polygons from the PS1/N64/Dreamcast era...or the equally well received RE1-3 remakes of the modern era? Everything was cutting edge once upon a time. How do we preserve that in spite of progress? Do we need to?

We're just going to have to agree to disagree I consider the PS3 remaster a traditional remaster but the PS4 a graphical Remaster, there is a difference btw the two with the latter requiring more effort and work but still not the same as a remake in eyes.

It ain’t great.