Pixelated Vs. Realistic

In a generation of out of this world effects and over the top graphics, it is hard to look back at the 2D, pixelated game styles that existed in the past. Also an age of reboots, remasters, remakes, and retries, it's hard to find an original game anymore. The golden era of games was the time where you had to go to an arcade and spend quarters to move a little pixel car going two frames per second, jumping for joy when you crossed the checkered finish line. With the invention of the internet, consoles, gaming computers, mobile devices, and the like, we have the arcade in the comfort of our own homes and can bring them anywhere with us. Anyone can be a gamer, whether you play a match-three candy game, throw perturbed birds across a screen at little green pigs, shoot gory zombies with crossbows, or lead a raid into the underworld. Games are more prevalent and gamers are more accepted in today's society. So who is to say what the best games are? If everyone can be a gamer wouldn't it be in the eye(or hand) of the beholder? There is nothing realistic about wielding a diamond pickaxe, expecting it to break cobblestone, or being in a victorious raid to only do a stupid dance that becomes a worldwide meme. But in an effort to escape the real-life world, sometimes pixels and unrealistic expectations are more appealing. Some like to play games that they know aren't real and they don't have to follow the rules of real life, like merging dragons or winning at slots. Others want to feel like warriors or heroes, taking up guns and baseball bats to take on villains or monsters. Some enjoy being scared and want to go into a house that looks real while others just want to be jump scared by talking animatronic teddy bears. It all comes down to taste and preference. There are so many types of games, so many gaming platforms that one could spend an entire lifetime trying to play them all and still not even scratch the surface. To define the 'best' game, one must first define what a 'game' really is. In order to know what a 'gamer' is, you need to know what qualifies as the games they are playing. If you pick up a phone and download an app so you can waste time in between meetings or if you pick up a controller and sit in front of a tv screen for hours, you are considered a gamer. Why? Because you are playing a game. Something that gets our minds off of our real-life if even for a moment. It's all just pixels on a screen, whether it looks real or clearly like colors and blocks on a background, it's all just moving pictures that entertain us. So to answer the question, what type of games are better? I don't know. You tell me.