Maybe we usually see those games with rose-tinted glasses along with nostalgia bias?

That'd just be a broad generalisation. Although that apply to most of AAA fps a lot of niche fps games still retain some challenge and innovation in them. You just have to look deep and far out enough.

Sad thing is all the remakes are going to be fps now and their original genre is not marketable enough according to their publishers. Most laughable thing is the one that 2K said about turn-based genre is dead. This come from the publisher of the most profitable turn-based game.

Good thing that some publishers and developers tried to do proper remake. Paradox to make their own Syndicate which called Cartel and Goldhawk making their own version of XCom called Xenonauts.

Or just come play Arma II with some of us. Maybe you're just getting too old for fast-reflexes-twitchy games.

Yes, in RO2 we can even check our mag whether it's full, half-full,close to empty or empty. The remaining bullets are still there in the mag even after we reload for new mag. It means we keep the mags that are not empty and only dispose the empty ones. So if you're not careful enough you might end up with mag with close to empty, trying to fight a few enemies at once. You'd be f***ed by then.

Then again some people disagree with this when they consider Civ V as dumbed down version of Civ series along with mass amount of DLCs. I can see improvement made in V but there are some regression too when some previous features are taken out. Felt like 1 step forward 2 steps back. Apply to some other series too but maybe it's just me being Angry Internet Man. Good thing some of the concerns can rectified by modding. Yay for moddability!

Some games nowadays are too linear perhaps so it restrict the emergent gameplay which typical gamers really like. Just look at the list of greatest games (Deus Ex,GTA etc) that give us freedom and the ability to play how we like. Though I must say there are some linear game that are good but then again games like Half-Life and Metro series still give some freedom.

This is the best example of modern mechanics put into old games that work very well!

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/10/17...-is-remarkable/

Nope last month we got:

Gemini Rue
The Book of Unwritten Tales
The Dream Machine Chapter 3

And upcoming games like Botanicula (from creators of Samorost and Machinarium)