I feel for the most part that many of the games of this era are certainly solid titles in there own right, but with that said, they are hardily the paragon of perfection either. I would also agree that there is still a bit of a line between this generation and later generations that will keep them divided, by which I mean that the games of this generation will always have a special place for those who played them in their time, whereas people who came into the genre later, and thus were introduced with different expectations, will likely be forever baffled by how this generation remains popular.