Yeah, no kidding, a lot of modern games are trying to coast by on a gimmick or pretty graphics(Looking at you, Prey, the Halo games and so many others.) rather than actual atmosphere and content.
Plus, I think the low graphical quality and such sometimes helped a bit. Players had to rely more on their own imagination to bring it all to life, it was more immersive, somewhere halfway between a book and a game.
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