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Are they the 'epics' of their time, or some things that are less well known?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

Morrowind, Shenmue, Earthbound, all the the Mega Mans, Starcraft

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Currently replaying the Sly Cooper series, it will always be a favorite of mine

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

I have replayed Baldur's Gate 2 more than any other narrative game, and will probably do another playthrough in the coming years. So it's most likely that. Oh, and Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven multiplayer on the PS2 whenever I am over at one specific friend's place. That was our go-to couch game growing up and it's still nostalgic.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Quest for Glory series! Betrayal at Krondor

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (4 children)

Yeeeeah! I haven’t played these in forever but Hero’s Quest was my first Sierra adventure and holy shit was it magic. And Krondor - Raymond freakin Feist writing games!!

Both absolutely epic! Although in my case we’d be playing fast and loose with the term “youth” this was stuff I played after college but still.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

I've been on a Doom kick for a bit, although it's modified to retain some more current gen flair. Just finished Going Down Turbo with Project Brutality. Is it faithful to the OG? Not quite, but it's truly amazing how far the the engine has come despite being heavily modified in its own right.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Major mix of eras and platforms, but here is my list.

AoE2

NFSU2

Halo MCC

Sim City 2000

Streets of Sim City

Roller Coaster Tycoon

Mario Kart 64

Perfect Dark

Goldeneye

Battlefield 3

Super Mario Bros Deluxe

Mario 64

Overwatch

Half Life 2 +eps

Gary's Mod

Command and Conquer Generals: Zero Hour

Fallout New Vegas

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I forgot simcity 2000 - that is one hell of a classic! hl2 is good until you get to the part where you have to set the turrets up and you just die and die and die. I got it when it was free on the steam weekender a few months back but totally forgot about that part. I've just given up now as the fun has gone from it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Every final fantasy game i seem to play over and over again on loop, bunch of different iterations. Played the nes ff1, then the ps1 remake, then the GBA remake, and then the pixel remaster. Currently playing thr pixel remaster of 2. GBA was the only other version I played of that.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I played lightbike a variation of armagetron (that imo was honestly superior, it had jumping, boosting, maps that took advantage of that, skins back when they were cheap) but I still play armagettron on ocassion, agains the ai for the most part. Loved that ipod game. I wish it was still popular, think they got scared of licensing disputes with disney and a bit greedy with the microtransactions towards the end, started to effect gameplay through boosts.

I wish some of the changes like jumping and maps that were more than just one grid made it over to armagettron or another pc version but those stayed simple sadly.

I would eat up a modern cross platform tron lightbike game with maps like the ipodgame, jumping, boosts, etc. and cosmetics like rocketleague as long as they don't give you a leg up. It would be all I play.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

I bloody loved Harry The Handsome Executive. It was an Ambrosia Software shareware game from the 90s and was surprisingly underrated. Will probably run on Infinite Mac but it never got an OS X port or anything

I have an old iBook which it still runs great on

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

I still find Civil War Generals 2 to be a really fun and challenging game. The visuals are still perfectly readable and charming.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (3 children)

The original Legend of Zelda. I still have it on cartridge and every once in a while I'll just steamroll the entire game and whoop Ganon's ass. I can usually do it in about 4 hours.

I don't use any glitches or speedrun optimizations, I just know where everything is and what order to do things in.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

I have been considering a second quest play lately. All these years I have never played the second quest.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

• Rollercoaster Tycoon 3. Hate it or love it, I still think it's an amazing game.

• Chuzzle Deluxe. Recently got back into it after purchasing it a few months ago.

• Zuma Deluxe. Same thing applies.

• Sonic Unleashed. Went from playing on PS2 to 360 to now Steam Deck. The 360/PS3 version is absolutely superior, though.

Any others I can think of are all things I started playing closer to when I was a teen, so I'm not counting them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Does chess count?

Probably Sims and SimCity, I go back to them fairly often.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Rogue, Hack, Nethack. Basically nethack, but it built on those before it. Occaisonally Larn. Amiga Larn.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Dungeon master and Dungeon master chaos strikes back

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

They're all well-known: Pac-Man (first game I ever played), Super Mario games, Metroid games. Anything past SNES I feel like I was too old to consider it my "youth."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Quite a bunch, but the ones I come more often to my mind (and that are not DS titles, if not it would be Jump Ultimate Stars, Metroid Prime Hunters or Mario Kart DS) are:

Jackie Chan Stutmaster and Toy Story 2, both PS1 games (among other PS1 titles).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Still playing Call of Duty: United Offensive multiplayer on PC nearly every day

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

I still play some of my old school Pokemon games from time-to-time such as Red, Silver, Ruby, and Platinum.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

HL2 still holds up after 10+ playthroughs.

Last time I played it was when the commentary track was added. Played 80% of the game in one sitting because I was so hooked.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Thunder force 4 or lightning force in my youth was a really fun game. Played it to death on the Genesis. It still holds up. I still play it from time to time.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Quite a few, but the one that I've played the most is Super Metroid. I do like to play through the different Mega Man games too and a few others, but they are almost all well known games.

I have rediscovered other games that I totally overlooked because I thought they were too kiddy or too hard like The NewZealand Story, Gimmick and so many shmups.

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