@white_fangs I understand your girlfriend on this topic, and I think it’s not about the art/tech, but the design. It’s very hard for me to appreciate an old game if I haven't played it when I was a kid. Modern indie games that play on nostalgia often have a very modern gameplay.
And then, there is also this category of games that are too recent to be considered as retro, and too old to still be interesting to new players. Perhaps Event[0] falls into this trap?