There’s just something so nice about prerendered games, they look so crisp and just pop on the screen 
This is lineage 1 a korean mmorpg I’ve been playing on a private server. I’m planning on downloading diablo, diablo 2, and fallout to keep scratching this itch.
I think it’s just the style of the mid to late 90’s cg that gives it that kind of sheen to it, like you said toys.
there’s a reason one of the first major CGI films was Toy Story. Early CGI looked like plastic