Why were the N64 games so good?
I’ve been seeing a lot of Nintendo 64 eve/wwe game mods online recently, and watching them, I couldn’t help but notice that, despite the ropey graphics (by 2026 standards), the moves all look great. I don’t know how to explain it, but they look so much more impactful than any of the new games, and that’s even with the newer games having all of the modern gaming advancements, like collision detection, game engines, etc.
Even the older Smackdown games look better than today’s games, though still not as good as N64
Can someone with a better understanding of game mechanics, or a better vocabulary than me, explain why the moves in No Mercy, etc, look so good?