i totally get what you mean but i think that even low tier low effort menus used to have wayyyy more aura than the slop material design inbred shit we see today EVERYWHERE
case in point: this was a DEMO DISC
the gap between the avgn premiere and today is 20 years. the gap between the avgn premiere and october 1985, the debut of the nintendo entertainment system in north america, is 19 years and 7 months.
avgn is now further into the past than he's gonna take you back