Were those console games? I don't remember them. Did you ever play any of the rogue-like games, like ADOM or Nethack? The "graphics" were ascii characters. Emphasis was on replayability (if that's even a word) not flash.
FFX was PS2 and Zelda was on the N-64 and Game Cube. I have "Far Cry" on my PC currently.
I never played those. I ended up going from no graphics like Adventure to graphic based games. (Did play the vector ones, but other than the Vectrex, those were only in arcades).
Emphasis was on replayability (if that's even a word) not flash.
We are finally reaching the point where the physics engines, graphics, and AI are being combined into some really kick games. Unfortunately, you need a top of the line PC to play em.