I think I know what you mean. I'm a young guy, but even I find the complexity of today's games slighty off-putting. I grew up in the era of the NES, SNES and Genesis, I'll always be more drawn to games of that era. Thank goodness those classics still live on through emulators, compilation titles, etc, otherwise I probably wouldn't play games at all.
Just played through Final Fantasy 3 (VI) for the upteenth time recently and I still love it. Just goes to show how timeless a good story is.