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Gaming often fetishises the new but many great things exist in the past, so let's strap into our time machines and talk about our favourite games released before say 2010? (self.gaming)

submitted 1 year ago by insurgenRat to c/gaming

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Just as with books, movies, plays etc the past holds a treasure trove of amazing experiences. Unless you have a lot more free time than I do it's unlikely you've played anywhere near the majority of the classics. Let's get out those pink sunnies and compare notes on some of our favourite releases.

I've recently been going back in time a little on the retro pi and looking at console games I never had.

I have to say Chrono Trigger blew me away with it's stunning art, puzzles with surprisingly little moon logic, and beautiful music.
Mario golf on the SNES is very simple but for tired evenings cuddling on the couch it's been a winner in our household.
The n64 Zelda games are surprisingly great too although that awkward period of 3d had some unusual controls. Even the gameboy ones are a blast although the water temple in oracle of ages it a bit frustrating.
Heroes of might and magic 2 and 3 hold a special place in my heart and I can still dump hours into skirmishing with those (32167 for when hom2 gets too frustrating amiright?)
I loved neverwinter knights as a kid but recently tried to check it out again and just... idk the magic wasn't there. I think now I'd rather just play some actual ttrpgs instead of sprawling CRPGs

PS1 is a mystery box to me so I'd love to hear some recommendations from that old thing. All I ever played on it was time crisis at my mates house (which was and is soooo coool, RIP lightguns).

What about you folks? What games hold a special place in your heart? or what have you checked out for the first time recently and found it's actually pretty good?

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[–] ystael 6 points 1 year ago

            
              From Gamecube, the first Metroid Prime -- nearly every Metroid game is good, but Prime 1 was and remains something special. I am not sure people really believed going in that the lonely exploration of the 2D Metroid games could make the leap to 3D, with its very different perspective on environmental puzzles. Prime succeeded brilliantly, and while adding scannable objects with words was a break from Metroid series tradition, it ended up making the world feel more immersive, not less. Just remastered for Switch, and it's really, honestly, just a remaster -- they didn't need to change a thing.
From PlayStation, Einhänder. I am not a shmup enthusiast, more somebody who likes shmups and loves watching shmups, but is too impatient to put in the required practice. (I may have gotten to stage 3 of Ikaruga on a single credit ... once.) Einhänder is the only shmup I have ever beaten. A big part of that is the way the gunpod system works: you have several different choices of weapon available at any time, which means most problems in the game have several genuinely different solutions. It's not as memorization-intensive as R-Type or as reliant on reaction time and flawless focus as your typical Cave game. This was also the first game that got me to figure out how to rip soundtracks off of PlayStation games so I could listen to it at work.
From PlayStation, another vote for Final Fantasy Tactics. The game was amazing but (as with all the best JRPGs) the soundtrack took it up another level. I can still hear "Trisection" in my head whenever I picture one of those gridded hills.
From Game Boy Advance, Wario Land 4. It's just ... weird and creative and wacky and stressful and frustrating. I don't normally like classic Mario platformers much; dying in one hit to a mushroom has always irritated me. (Dying in one hit in a shmup is OK, somehow.) Wario's 8-hit health pool and the emphasis on environmental puzzle-solving makes this game feel much more like a metroidvania in some ways. Plus you smash enemies with your butt.