Yeah games like Doom blow my mind nowadays in how they look so... Empty
The environments were basically four walls and a bunch of monsters... No buildings, no architecture, nothing
The last time I played it, which was about 5 years ago or something, it felt really weird
It made me realize just how "dark" games used to be, they had this really oppressive atmosphere or something... Im not sure if thats a direct result of the emptiness I described but it makes you feel something that you wont find in any modern game
Actually, its not just games but movies as well... Take older movies like Alien or Terminator, they are just so dark... I remember as a kid I couldnt bear watching the chasing scene at the end, it scared the hell out of me
Now you dont find that anymore... I dont think its even possible to get that kind of feel from a movie or a game, because there is too much detail and information everywhere...
I think the closest a modern game came to that for me was Dead Space 1, it had a sort of "rawness" that I hadnt seen in games in a long time
But then with the sequel they made it much more mainstream/actiony and it became just another "horror" game
Meh Im just rambling but maybe someone will understand what I mean