I almost had this on my list.
I don’t see this one get talked about too often, but it was the first video game I ever played way back when I was like four years old lol. The title screen music is super nostalgic for me.
1 Like
Jedi Outcast is one of my favorites too! Such a fun game! There was a cool Darth Maul mod for it as well. The online used to be super fun too back in the GameSpy days
@creative_name it’s probably the most underrated entry in the whole series
1 Like
Final Fantasy
Diablo
Elden Ring is definitely near the top for me
List (at least today’s)
- Borderlands The Pre-Sequel (Borderlands is great overall, but the Pre-sequel is the best)
- Splinter Cell franchise
- Elden Ring
- Celeste (though I haven’t been good enough to beat it quite yet)
- Firewatch
- Uncharted
- A really old PC game called G-Police (I might think it’s horrible now, but it was the game that made me like video games)
G-Police (1997) - PC Gameplay 4k 2160p / Win 10 - YouTube - Nier Automata
- Resistance Trilogy
- Halo: Combat Evolved
1 Like
Forgot about the hundreds of hours I put into the Command and Conquer games years ago.
2 Likes
Oh man, Red Alert 2 and Tiberian Sun are my favorites.
The metric for me is gaming moments that blew my mind. Moments that will live with me till the day I die
Turning into Super Sonic in Sonic 2. What a surprise that was.
Bear in mind this was a time where you you had very little resources to figure out how to work out a game other than buying a magazine every month which MIGHT have a cheat for the game you’re currently playing!
Grabbing that first flower that allowed you to shoot fireballs in Super Mario Bros. 8 year old mind officially blown.
Meeting Sepiroth for the first time in FF7 and watching all those numbers appear when he was dishing out damage and you were firing out double digits with your low tier weapon.
That first sniper kill in GoldenEye. They gave you the BEST weapon with 30 seconds of beginning the game. Genius.
The theme music for the first level in Streets Of Rage. You could literally feel your adrenal glands work king overtime
Winning that first Champions League in Championship Manager 01/02 with your home town team after 5 years of trying.
Master Fox unmasking himself as Liquid Snake once you changed that key which ultimately was shitty game mechanics to pad out the game, covered up with a bombshell.
‘The keys changed shape!’
‘Master, I’ve never heard you so excited’
The 10 minute ladder climb after killing The End (OAP sniper) in MGS3
These are the ones that immediately spring to mind. So many more
4 Likes
I played through this a few months ago back at college. Made it through all but one of the B-sides. You know a game’s good when you have to retry the same section like 200x and it still doesn’t get boring lol
1 Like
I liked 2 the best. Probably because it’s the first one I played and I think I just got burnt out after that. They’re great games, though.
I tell you what, Remnant 2 is really freakin good. There’s a but of a learning curve, but I’m having a blast now.
1 Like
Surprised no one’s mentioned Read Dead Redemption 1 or 2. Both are masterpieces.
1 Like
ChongLord is cultured, oh how delightful!
I would love to play it looks great, but I don’t have a new enough pc or a PS5.
Been playing a lot of Indie games on my switch lately. Some of my favorite indies are Dead Cells, Panzer dragoon remake, Stray (you play as a cat in a world inhabited by androids), enter the gungeon, Hollow Knight (but I suck at it).
1 Like
Listen sonny jim, I come from a country which gave birth to the TV and telephone
If it wasn’t for us, you wouldn’t be getting your daily fix of the Kardashian’s and doomscrolling Tik Tok
So don’t talk to me about culture!
Dishonored always floats around the top 5. I loved the art style, the world building, the powers, and the story. However, the best thing was the fact that taking the easy route of killing everything made the game harder while the non-violent route resulted in Count of Monte Cristo level vengeance on your targets.
Baldurs Gate 3 is climbing my list VERY quickly. Everything about this game is just wow. I don’t game much anymore because to be quite honest, it’s rare anything comes out that really appeals to me. This a great throwback though and has given me feelings I haven’t had since I was a teenager when it comes to gaming. I can see why it’s become the highest rated PC game of all-time.
I haven’t played Tears of the Kingdom, but Baldurs Gate 3 must be a shoo-in for GOTY. Or decade…
Idk, there’s some serious competition this year.
Tears of the Kingdom and Remnant 2 should be considered as well and I have high expectations for Starfield and Lords of the Fallen. We haven’t had a year like this in a while.
I wish
1 Like
Starfield is the first game my pc doesn’t meet the specs for. I’ve got an i7 6700k and you need an i7 6800.
It’s probably for the best since I’m already getting too much screen time with Baldurs Gate 3.
New PCs are crazy expensive.
1 Like