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10/10 video games
>>750743517
Fuck yeah OP
I played the shit out of this as a lad. Thought it was all a fever dream. I wonder if its aged well
Probably the first game I played as a kid, aside from the ones that came with 3.1. DOS Commander Keen
obvious answer
had a lot of fun with this. great indie title
>>750743517
Why didn't Mystical Ninja go on to become a popular series? It seemed to have the elements to comprise one, and new games in the late '90s and early 2000s were getting sequels if they were particularly good. Did the game not fare well, critically, or in sales?
>>750745095
Very obvious answer, yet extremely compelling. In 1998, through 2000, sometimes 2001, I played it. I also played Majora's Mask in 2000-2001, which I would say is about equally as good, although it seems like the fans are divided pretty much over it.
>>750743517
great adventure was better than mystical ninja by a full tier.
>>750743517
this
>>750745784
Kys
C'mon son
>>750746214
My childhood.
So many repetitive hours spent on this game.
Honestly it's pretty horrible compared to the other HM games, day was absurdly short.
>>750743517
never played it
>>750744880
was my first game too beside prince of persia
>>750745095
prefer a link to past and links awakening
>>750745645
awesome
>>750745253
not awesome
>>750745784
wtf, why
>>750746010
not my type of game
>>750746036
first was better
>>750746214
what a waste of time 0/10
>>750746229
love the doom series
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>>750746289
>Stardew Valley
>>750744994
>me an hour into this game
"Okay I guess this is kind of cool? Seems like Zelda Skyrim. Guess I'll continue on for now."
>me five hours into this game
"Holy shit this is my favorite Zelda game outside of Majora's Mask / Link to the Past and is easily contending with both."
>>750746668
metroid prime not awesome? you smockin something?
>>750745784
0/10
12 yo ban
>>750746645
this one is better.
>>750746739
game reallly opens up after a couple of hours. basically after Hateno Lab it's about as open as they come. love it
>>750746836
box art has come a long way
>>750746668
>wtf, why
Because I spent hundreds of hours playing multiplayer on LAN with friends back in the day before Xbox live was a thing. Shit was fun.
>>750746070
My nigga
>>750743517
>>750746739
Same here. I also loved the way they managed to make it feel like an entirely new game, yet at the same time, it feels like the same old Zelda. They totally changed it, yet kept it the same somehow.
>>750746793
sorry but the 3D games of metroid did not hook me
>>750746645
>>750746836
second was way better
>>750746383
mah fuggin nigguh.
kh2 was better tho
>>750746668
Fuck you harvest moon 64 is the best gane ever made
>>750746669
even my dad played this a lot
>>750746793
I liked the first Metroid Prime, though it seemed to get a little tedious toward the end, especially if you're going for 100%. Prime 2 was a much better and vastly underrated game, in my opinion.
>>750746669
So much fun with this one..
>>750743517
>>750747247
OP here, thought about posting this
>>750747512
Youre wrong about that, friend
>>750746383
Probably had the strongest narrative in the series -- which isn't saying much, but at least it wasn't so ungodly convoluted.
>>750743517
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BezU3yyii-I
>>750747025
Mega Man prolly would have sold a hell of a lot more copies if it had decent box art. I swear I avoided that game because the artwork on it was sooooo shitty. A buddy of mine loaned it to me like "yo, it's actually a good game, try it!" and I loved it.
>>750746836
The first 3 Mega Man games were better than anything that came after.
>>750747776
why do you think kh1 was better?
>>750747702
yeah I'm with you on 100%. just playing through the game blows me away with the atmosphere though. holds up well today
>>750745663
Moniqua
>>750745784
hurr durr isssa bad game b/c i don't appreciate the shooter genre
>halo redefined the console shooter genre with amazing ai, stunning visuals for its time, and innovative multiplayer gameplay. if you disagree with objective points then go fock yourself alternative fact loving cunt
>>750747934
Basically. The magic was just gone after 3.
>>750747934
>>750748301
you forgot about mm7 and mmx?
>>750746966
>games for windows
>kek
>>750746668
Oh look! Its the autistic opinion faggot again! Thanks for showing me that your still alive! Sometimes I wonder if you kill yourself. Hopefully see you again sometime, it gets better.
And by getting better, i mean life. But probably not yours.
>>750743517
Factorio
>>750747937
Memories, i guess. It was the perfect game, totally unexpected and i had so much anticipation for the second but it tried too hard to change a system that wasnt broken. Also, the levels, youre basically playing the game twice over. It just didnt have the same unbelievable magic from the first, although there were some great moments.
>>750747751
cheap post b/c too easy
>>750743517
Rust
>>750745784
honestly halo is a fucking great game. the series is complete shit now, but the first 3 were amazing.
>>750748301
Exactly. By the time they got to 6, it was like they weren't even trying anymore. 9 and 10 were okay, but still pale in comparison to 1-3
>>750743517
Dude it won't even run at am appreciable frame rate throughout most of the game.
>>750748447
>he can't greentext
>>750748733
nostalgia goggles. even with those 10/10 is ridiculous
>>750748592
After 3 it feels lile the land before time series. Destiny 1 & 2 have that old school halo feeling, least for me it does
>>750748705
That game was pure crack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArRGec2FvN8
>>750748499
i still think kh2's combat is less clunky than kh1's but kh1's still fucking amazing and right behind kh2 as the greatest game of all time for me
Who remembers Quake?
>>750748871
God goldberg was the best, hulk was overrated, nash was underrated
>>750748930
You have excellent taste, i cant take that away from you
>>750747937
KH 2 is "better" in the sense that the combat in the game has more "open" battle arenas. This allowed for faster movement and more flashy battles where Sora and Co. can fly all over the place. It also removed heal spamming which forced the player to be more tactical about healing and forced the player to be more focused on fighting as opposed to switching gears in a bind and finding a semi-safe spot to heal, but all of this is more of an action RPG preference as opposed to sincerely being "better."
The reason why KH1 is probably better is because it technically didn't have time to put it's foot in it's mouth in terms of narrative. KH heavily establishes a "good vs. evil" theme. If you do that fighting "neutrals" or "nobodies" has to be done particularly well else it kind of falls flat. Like could you imagine if in Micheal Corleone's arc to become the Godfather he didn't have to take out nastier pieces of work than his father, he had to take out people neutrally aligned? Part of the reason that's kind of hard to imagine is because it already starts to sort of fall flat.
KH1's strength was that it was a simple story -- a boy and his friend's wish to explore new places and Sora's wish to find his friends. That's a very solid desire line. Organization 13 get's half it's members rubbed out before you even get to the 2nd game which renders takes away some of their teeth. If their goal is for you to release as many hearts taken by heartless, why are they and any nobodies up in your grills at all? Doesn't make a whole lot of sense. The whole prologue with Roxas and Namine ties in CoM, sure, but at the cost of a stronger and more simple narrative.
Nobodies are designed kind of neatly, but their tie in is anything but.
>>750746966
The best
>>750748457
kek. i never posted anything like this before
>>750747364
In the middle of playing it right now with the Master Sword quest. One of my favorite parts is they don't sugar coat Ganon at all. He fucking wrecked the entire region and only Zelda is keeping him from destroying everything. Like the Divine Beasts as well, They are ominous watching them from afar.
>>750748592
>the series is complete shit now
ODST and Reach were both kind of boring to me, but I actually liked Halo 4. 5 wasn't so good, either, mainly because in every mission, you have AI companions with you, and it kind of takes away from that sense of being all alone against near impossible odds, yet managing to survive anyway that made the first game so good. They've ruined the atmosphere of the games with that shit.
>>750748257
Tribes and, especially, Tribes 2 pioneered the multiplayer gameplay found in Halo. Tribes2 was infinitely more of a tactical game.
As a single player game, Halo all day, but online as a multiplayer game Tribes and Tribes2 were hands down better.
>>750749214
i liked 4 as well, but it was easier to type than "the series is complete shit now expect 4 wasn't bad." than again i just typed it out now so i guess i'm just fucking retarded.
>>750749149
The only thing negative I can say about the game is that they should have had more than 4 dungeons, but all the different shrines, and just the sheer amount of world there is to explore kind of makes up for it. I've easily got 200 hours in the game, and I'm still discovering new shit every now and then. And the DLC is even good. The master sword trials were hard as fuck, but not frustratingly hard.
This.
>>750743517
Oh shiiiit. I was just thinking about this game for the first time in years today
>>750749828
A little monotonous at times, but it used to be a yearly ritual in which I'd take one day off and beat the whole game.
>>750745095
IMO the greatest game of all time.
>>750749784
Pretty much. Disappointing with the lack of dungeons compared to regular Zelda games, but god damn did they make up for it with the sheer amount of content in the entire world.
>>750749851
Lol is this that Star Wars RTS? I never fully got into it and played shit games of it, but despite that it was still kinda fun.
>>750750038
pretty sure thats age of empires...
>>750749990
was great until CoD 1+2 upped the ante. Yeah, before CoD was the same shit over and over w/child infested multiplayer
No sega dreamcast love in here?
>kill yourselves
>>750750189
No he's right... it was an SW RTS
i love the first dark souls, the 3rd one is great also. 2nd one lost me. bought the first one the day it came out loved it ever since.
>>750750368
second glance i can see the droid tanks. looks an awful like age of emps 2
>>750750189
I see an emperor's guard and episode 1 droids so I'm going to have to disagree.
>>750748931
I still play Quakeworld whenever possible.
>>750748401
i'm 100% sure he was including those
>>750748931
Yes, lots of fun but probably not a 10.
Great game for its time though
>>750750430
This was my shit. One of the best beat-em-up arcade ports ever. So much fun with a buddy
this rage inducing sonovabitch
>>750743517
>>750749105
t r u t h
gameplay, soundtrack, humor. this game is awesome
>>750749851
Yesssssssss this fuckin game, still got it on gog
can't have this thread without chrono trigger
>>750750831
i liked this one more
>>750748401
>you forgot about mm7 and mmx
The X series was good, at least the first 3. I haven't played anything after MMX3, so I can't comment on the rest of them.
>>750746711
Is that shit really as good as people say it is? It looks like a redo of Harvest Moon.
>>750746383
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6AD98QvOvaw
>>750746836
That cover art is fucking genius.
>>750751303
looks like he's holding back a shit
>>750746669
i was like 8 when i saw this in the video store
i always wanted to play it
but my parents wouldn't let me rent it because it looked too violent
>>750750796
Agreed. Harder than shit. I spent many a night as a kid swearing at that game. Here's one that's slightly less sadistic with the difficulty and cheap deaths.
>>750748486
Easily one of the best indie titles thus far.
>>750743517
>Total Annihilation
>Supreme Commander
>Dungeon Siege
>Mario 64
>Breath Of The Wild
Only games I'm going to be obsessed with til the day I die.
>>750748871
the fuck is Raven doing on the cover?
your sacred fire game better be A1 if you wanna beat me at this game
>>750750352
YESSSS!!!!
>>750750891
This is a hidden gem. One of the best RPGs ever.
>>750752168
>hidden
what? one of the most popular games ever on the system? I agree it isn't given enough credit as an RPG but it sure as hell wasn't a hidden gem
Persona 5 and ff7
>>750747247
So much this
>>750748705
Great game and series
>>750752178
Oh shit, jinx
>>750752331
Maybe not hidden, but not as recognized as it should have been, especially not when it was new. Fair?
>>750751685
This and pic related are probably rockstar's most overlooked classics. They need to make another beat em' up someday.
Most prefer 7, but I really love 8 so much more
>>750751195
Hey anon, SW is godlike, you should give it a try.
>>750749851
Re-bought this shit on steam not to long ago. Best decision I've made all year
>>750746668
>harvest moon 64 was 0/10
>my opinion can be safely disregarded
>>750751195
Its everything that Harvest Moon should be and better on top of it.
>>750752523
I still have the disk for this
Greatest game ever. So simple, yet such genious behind it.
>>750752063
Also got the disk for this shit still
>>750752668
Oh shit it's on Steam now? I still have the actual disc for it
>>750752331
>>750752502
not hidden but it came out very late when ereryone was looking towards the n64.
i don't remember if i ever even saw this in stores here in europe
>>750750976
Scrolled through just to make sure it was here. Ty.
>>750743517
Legend of the Mystical Ninja was my version, still one of the best arcade-style games I have played as you can throw shekels as an attack
>>750752751
That's awesome. I still have croc 2
>Almost 2018
>Not playing the most immersive 1v1 strategy game of the century
>ISHIGGYDIGGY
>>750751303
genius if you wanted to keep as many people as possible from buying it.
>>750749828
Hell yah I still got the disk for this as well
>>750752765
Whoops, you posted the wrong picture there anon ;3
>>750752964
wat
>>750753027
Fuck yeah, this was the tits
>>750751195
thats what it is. but i gotta say, for a one man project, its sublime. i honestly wish that now that the dude has money he would expand on it big time and make it a huge adventure id play the shit out of it.
>>750746669
I got one and 2 still for my ps2
>>750748705
MOTHERFUCKING MONKEYS AND DUAL P90S
>>750751824
my nigga. before dark souls was hard, tenchu was harder.
>>750752923
There was a 2nd one? Cool
>>750753043
This took up a lot of my childhood.
Witcher 3...... tho it's not 10/10
It's 11/10
>>750750721
you mean the game that INVENTED MOUSE LOOK aint a 10? have a seat noob.
>>750750985
Really? I thought this was the worst one of the series (I've never played Warhammer though)
I had and still have a ps2 version of this game, I don't think anyone will know what it is but I've played over 2000 hours of this fucking game. It brings back insane nostalgia
>>750753273
garbage game
>>750753575
This
Me and my close 2 buddies used to hang out at the one guys house. We would binge on snacks and play computer games everytime there was a holiday. The 6 week summer holidays were always best.
>we'd play Pro Evo, wcw vs nwo, championship manager and gangsters.
Gangsters was the boss
>>750753274
Yea, was just as good
SHOOT THOSE WIRES
>>750753705
Sweet
>>750753172
i have this and sarger's heroes for ps1. sarges heroes on N64 was fucking awesome, the ps1 version was complete dogshit, most disappointing game ever.
Correct answers are as follows
>>750744994
>>750745095
>>750746036
>>750746383
>>750746966
>>750747605
>>750750402
>>750750976
>>750752583
>>750753043
>>750753067
Everything else in this thread is inferior, I'll happily take any queries
Also special mention for Doom, reboot is not 10 but original is easy 10 and possibly GOAT.
t. Gaming Expert
You won't believe me, but I don't care.
>no games released within the past ten years aside from nintendo
why are developers so fucking shit this generation?
all this cashcow milking faggotry really killed the industry.
>>750751195
It's honestly better in nearly every way to harvest moon. HM feels better, but SW is probably a superior game.
Shit game but people praise it so onto the list it goes
gotta catch all the niggers that escaped from prison like a time cop. also, just a tidbit, this is the 1st game that required the dual-shock controller
Get on my level faggots.
>nigger has died from dysentery
>>750753845
Addictive games are more profitable than great games, and also easier to make.
Nintendo are an exception because they have a reputation to uphold.
Most great games of the last 10 years (besides nintendo) have been indie titles because they're trying to make a name for themselves.
>>750753833
>gaming expert
>misses genre defining paradigm shifting, ushering the modern era of multiplayer game aka quake
I'm surprised I've never seen this gem pop up in these threads before.
The story was great and the game was challenging.
Decent puzzles in dungeons, hard side bosses+dungeons, mini games, and the pets you got to evolve.
>>750753833
Have you played the Brutal Doom mod made for the original series? I highly recommend it.
A lot of long nights on this one in the
late 90s-early 2000s
>>750747222
>>750747875
My nigga.
Where are you from? Guardian heroes is my favorite game of all time.
>>750753510
it had two army types with wildly different play styles and had working ship combat. all the others just have the same main types of units and some different side units. this was two whole different styles on everything. though you could go one or the other.
>>750753833
Probably never played a persona game in your life.
>>750754144
I'm a HUGE fan of the first Wild Arms but never played 2 or 3. How are they?
Anyone?
This was seriously the best $8 I ever spent.
>>750752855
I ended up with 2 copies somehow. Best racer I've played in my life. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed was close to beating it, though.
Company of heroes was probably the most fun ive ever had in RTS multiplayers. 3v3's were fuckin epic, bringing back warcraft 2 and old starcraft intensity flashbacks, but the capture the flag element of it really added something that made those last minutes of a match just epic in all ways possible.
>>750746711
dubs for truth.
I love Stardew Valley.
>>750749239
Thank you for reminding me of this
>>750747605
i bought this when I got my first playstation, it was hella expensive and it wasn't because I read any reviews or anything. I was like 12 years old, poor as fuck, but I had played mystic quest, secret of mana, and FF3 on my super nintendo and knew it had to be a good game. Back then FF games didn't have the bad rep they have now.
>>750754046
/thread
this is the greatest game to ever exist and nothing will ever top it
>>750754091
Ok I'll take that as a query.
Quake was an important game, that much is true, but it doesn't hold up under scrutiny. It's generally considered the first true 3d fps, and it did have a lot of that id flair for level design and such, but most of its appeal came from the 3d. It handled nicely, guns were good, killer soundtrack...but it falls short of a 10 for a few reasons.
First off, it didn't really have as much impact on MP gaming as it might seem. Doom already opened the door to deathmatch, and while popularity grew with quake that was due more to advances in networking technology. It was Quake 3 that really ignited the deathmatch scene, though it was then competing with counterstrike for attention.
Secondly, it suffers terribly from 50 shades of brown. They went too hard on the grit, which coupled with grainy textures made it look a little too messy.
Also consider that the legacy of a game doesn't necessarily denotes it's quality......
Ugh tablet typing isn't good for long posts. Feel free to ask for certain details so I can reply more succinctly.
>>750750891
U n d e r r a t e d
I've played this so much that I've literally worn one of the audio pins bare on my cartridge - causing very non-amiable sounds - and I don't even fucking care because the game is still good enough to make up for that.
Also, fuck that Gunstar Super Heroes bullshit that came out a few years ago. Seriously, fuck. that. noise.
>>750754412
Haven't played 2, but 3 is pretty damn good and is the last Wild Arms game to have a similar battle system to the first game, so I think you'll like it.
>>750754282
I tried to tell 'em here: >>750749239
I still play both though it's really hard to get a good game nowadays. Tribes2 is almost all servers full of bots and Tribes is almost all empty servers.
>>750743517
My favorite as a kid next to Duke Nukem and Commander Keen
>>750753922
TF2 was such a blast when it came out.
>>750754130
THANK YOU
>>750754809
yeah i havent played tribes in a loooooong time. was the 1st online pc game i ever played, was fucking awesome, even with aol 56k
>>750754130
JESUS I'VE BEEN TRYING TO REMEMBER THE NAME OF THAT ONE FOREVER
>NATSUME
oh god, please tell me it has a good translation.
>>750754246
I have, and I have very strong feelings on the matter.
First off you need to know, in my opinion Doom 2 is the GOAT (increased enemy variation just puts it over the original)
Most doom fans dismiss the brutal doom mod as a gore mod that only adds blood effects.
THEY. ARE. WRONG.
The brutal doom mod (in my opinion) achieves the impossible and actually improves the game. There are many subtle tweaks besides the graphics that really polish the experience. One example - imp leap attack.
As intense as it gets and satisfying beyond belief. 11/10 mastapeece.
>>750753705
The copy of this game I'd always rent from Blockbuster always froze so I never got to fully enjoy this game. I'd always rent it again and again praying it would work.
>>750743517
Mystical Ninja was my shit. I love you OP
>>750746669
Damn you just brought the nostalgia flood on me
>>750754409
Not many big games I haven't played anon, though not necessarily always to completion (there are only so many hours in a day).
It's kinda niche but appeals strongly to a certain demographic, which it is increasingly targeted at.
Persona games average an 8, none hit 10.
>>750755031
Nice joke
>>750755048
Damn that sucks. Maybe try and iso and emulate it?
best indie game I've ever played gettin hollow knight soon though
>>750753922
t. Gaming expert
TF2 is an interesting one, was definitely a 10 on release and for a while after, but updates eventually diluted the experience. Can't immediately think of any other examples of games that actually got worse.
Zero Divide was the GOAT fighting game for the early PSX mainly because it had the play mechanics of Virtua Fighter with all 3 axis of movement.
>>750755263
I might try and snag a copy of it off eBay. I've been buying PS1 games I never owned as a kid. The PS1 defined my fucking childhood, so having the physical games would mean the world to me.
>tfw I also want to own Tomba and Tomba 2 for PS1
>tfw they both go for $50+
>tfw I owned Tomba 1 but lost the disc years ago
I still remember my dad buying the game for my sisters and me during a trip to Sears back in 1998
>>750746458
damn i remember playing this all fuckin night in high school with my buddy and thinking we were the coolest dudes around when we were getting really good at Faust
but really we were just wasting the formative years of our lives and pissing away the opportunity to feel young sexlove with horny young girls who have daddy issues and were eager to make bad decisions haha
please end me i lack the courage to do so willingly
>>750754972
It came out in the US and still have my cartridge.
Apparently there was a sequal on GBA, but I never got around to it
>>750754046
can play it here for free, no bullshit, runs in browser
https://archive.org/details/msdos_Oregon_Trail_The_1990
>>750755516
>I still remember my dad buying the game for my sisters and me during a trip to Sears back in 1998
cool story grandpa. whats an sears?
>>750754652
no actually it does hold up under scrutiny. and it literally started the mp scene. it literally started the entire scene. let me say that again, it literally started the scene. literally started it. that was the pivotal moment where people sperged out. what came later is irrelevant, of course it had better graphics, level design etc. but you could take all that away and still play quake and still b satisfied with the gameplay.
>>750743517
>>750755516
Neat. I loved the PS1 too, was revolutionary in my eyes. Another thing I loved was Spiro.
>>750755000
>Nicetrips
I concur with your observations wholeheartedly, especially on the improvement notion. I feel the incorporation of simply being able to target and shoot enemies which are behind the first enemy that is straight in front of your shot (even with height difference for those unfamiliar) achieves the effect has greatly benefited doom as well as bring it to a more modern standard without obfuscating the original. I pick this one because with that and free look are the only things which quite irk me with what standard I have today for games but wouldn't mind say 15-20 years ago. Now for say Wolfenstein I could live without that feature because of its lack of verticality.
Doom 2 is also the one I am playing now (for the first time). It's so nice to be able to play these games now, I never had a computer that could handle doom back in the days.
>>750754412
1st is probably the best in the series, I like it better than Alter code F -- it's remake.
2nd is a fairly weak game. It has it's moments, but it suffers from having a shitty plot thought most of the game, an interesting twist in regards to the main antagonist organization, a bizarre twist that leads to the 2nd the last boss fight which was already a terrible plot point IMO but the twist somehow made it even worse, and is mired in one of the worst engrish translations I've ever had to endure. You'll Never Be Alone Wherever You Go is pretty neat opening though. Also the main character's transformation ability is pretty neat. Lots of optional bosses and content too. The final boss, which is more of a cinematic experience than a "true boss fight" is also stereotypical yet oddly moving.
3 is a solid game and tries to rekindle a lot of what worked in 1 with a dash of what worked in 2. In fact one of the main antagonists is a direct homage to one of the protagonists in 2 and an antagonist in 1 in a good way. This game has vastly more interesting and tactical boss fights compared to the 1st and 2nd entries. The story is alright but quickly tanks, IMO, as it builds up to the final boss. Kind of disappointing, but at least it was somewhat foreshadowed.
All in all I give first a 9/10
Second 6/10
and third a 7/10.
>>750746289
wtf
>>750756059
I think Spyro 1 is one of the few games out of the dozens I originally owned that I actually still have. Good fucking times.
>tfw 8 years old
>tfw weekend and no homework
>tfw fall asleep at 2am playing the Downhill Jam level of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
>wake up early Saturday morning at like 8am
>pop in Spyro 2
>Spyro says "Okay, no problem! I'll collect a few talismans, give Ripto the old hotfoot, and be in Dragon Shores by lunchtime!"
>I beat Ripto
>look at clock
>not even lunchtime
>mfw
I miss being a kid
>>750756450
Fucking Pro skater man. Great game too
>>750750976
Perfect game
>>750754130
Ancient. Fucking. Cave.
>>750753943
I remember the first time I popped this shit in and how fucking odd the control scheme was, but I was hooked by the second level.
Still remember twirling the analog stick trying to get just that little extra time of hover distance with the flyer gadget. Thought the stun club was actually a lightsaber too back then.
>>750748297
I never realized contra was an intentional rip off of ALIENS before
how did they not get sued out of existence
>>750750976
This game like follows 3 act structure to a T and manages to customize it to every individual gaming experience.
Instead of using action as a hook like so many other games it uses the fun of minigames in the millennial fair which is just kind of genius. Instead of having to endure a boring cutscene or that "tutorial battle" in which you only control Ramza in FFT, you're free to stay as long or short as you like.
Pacing is amazing. Sets up everything you need to know by the time you hit the call to adventure in the Aeris Dome.
Midpoint 2nd act climax with the fight against Magus is really freakin' cool.
Kingdom of Zeal creates such an amazing sense of wonder when you get there, and they actually do something never done before with a silent protagonist at the bitter end of act 2 which blew me away the first time I played.
Act 3 is much like the millennial fair in the sense you can spend as much or as little time as you'd like on the side quests.
It's a game tailor made for the player. I don't think any JRPG has quite been able to do that since.
>>750744682
Same. Roller skating mecha
None of my friends heard of it
>>750745493
Yes
>>750757000
Witnessed.
To be fair Batman is a total ripoff of The Shadow and they got away with it. I think the lack of internet back then was probably a huge contributor, but even then this kind of thing happens to this day.
"It ain't cheating if you don't get caught" and the such.
>>750745493
Really liked the soundtrack to Great Adventure too.
>>750755440
>>750753833
>gaming expert
This is pinnacle autism right here
>>750756164
I can't do bad "engrish" so I'm glad I never played 2. My PS2 is in storage and my PC isn't powerful enough to run PCSX2 so I'll hold off on 3 for now. I do still have my mem cards from my old PSX and my save states from Wild Arms are still there so when my PS2 is with me I pull 'em out and play.
>>750755750
Sorry but you're wrong, Doom started it.
Source: I was fucking there.
>>750757316
>Zeal
Oh I remember the first time I got there my jaw dropped. What an atmosphere, no pun intended, when you finally get up there. Take that place and compare it with 'The Future' - polar opposites. It just makes the impact of Zeal all the greater to player.
>>750757586
Trust me, missing out on the 2nd game isn't so bad. There are 2 antagonists that are supposed to be comic reliefs. The engrish makes it so tedious and annoying and that's the tip of the ice berg.
I played and beat it once. I don't think I'll ever pop it in again.
From a player's perspective, just be on guard when you play 3. Lots of boss fights and most of which aren't pushovers. It's a lot less "Armor down and then nuke" like it was in the first game.
>>750756161
For full effect of intensity, go for doom 1 ultra-violence, no deaths allowed. If you die, restart the chapter.
For serious hard mode, do the same thing for doom 2 all 32 levels (which I managed)
I then did final doom but no hard mode, just no death per level was hard enough!
>>750754972
Yeah I think I actually may have that GBA one. Good on keeping your cart', too. I remember my cousin playing this one day when I was visiting as a kid some aeon ago. Looked quite engaging from what I sat through of it. I only saw it that one day and had long forgotten the name. I'll pick up this game once I go on another RPG spree.
>>750754267
Ma nigga
All that time spent in Kurns
>>750743517
But you already posted the best game ever made.
>>750758205
You know what the neat thing is about the first trip to Zeal? There's virtually no combat when you first get there and yet CT has been first and foremost pretty much about combat and the cool tech combinations the entire time prior and yet Zeal is still so compelling.
Zeal doesn't just contrast with the future, it really really sticks out in a lot of ways -- in the best ways.
>>750748297
Me and my oldman always Play this Game whenever he is around and play this game for half a day best time i had with him...till he died
>>750757556
I won't prove it, expect nobody to believe me, but follow threads and feel free to try me
>>750758676
GOAT RTS
>>750753833
Okay, I'll bite:
How is FF8 a "10"?
sigh...
>>750758658
Yeah yeah I agree. You're feelin' what I'm feeling about Zeal almost exactly it seems. Now Anon, I bid you good night, for I am only 2 hours of sleep for 48 hours AND I want to flee before that OTHER Chrono game gets mentioned.
>>750754027
Fucking literally the best rpg ever made. I desperately want someone to make a new age one of this.
>>750759234
Hah! Night anon!
>>750754027
>>750759325
I only tried to play the older titles but they just seemed too slow to be interesting. Was I just not giving it proper go of it or is the 64 one way better?
>>750759095
Not gonna write up a review on my tablet in the early hours, how about you tell me why you think it's not, and I'll try to argue against that?
>>750758676
is any starcraft game comparable to this?
i played AoE / AoM / most C&C games & most warhammer, but never starcraft
>>750747605
Just started replaying for the millionth time, but with the New Threat not. Highly recommend for anyone looking to replay this game.
>>750758307
>most of which aren't pushovers
The Hayokonton will forever be the stuff of nightmares. The first time I got the boat and ran into them I was slaughtered.
Returned to the roots of the series and improves on it in every single way. They took time to refine the series and perfected it.
>>750760230
>>750759604
n64 one is quite a bit better, but is only marginally faster paced. I suggest emulating it and running it at 25% or so faster.
>>750754307
Sorry for the delay.Guardians is such an overlooked gem and I'm from Philly
>>750753943
top kek.
>>750759670
Well I can try.
While I don't think it has the weakest plot in the series, it's certainly not one of the best. It starts rapidly declining after disc 1 in fact. Some people complain about the individual characters themselves, I think that's not necessarily a fair criticism as opposed to a difference in preference, but the plot itself is just meh.
The combat system can be made inconsequential by disc 1 robbing the game of any challenge. I mean, sure, in a game like FF9 you can purposely stay at level 1 and give yourself a challenge, that's the mark of good design, but it's actually to your advantage to stay as low leveled as possible in FF8. I'm not saying the idea is bad btw, but certainly the execution.
I think the highlights of the game are improved graphics from 7, Tetra Master, and the soundtrack is pretty good.
I don't think FF8 is a bad game, I just don't think it's a "10."
finally, before we get to the end of this thread, I gotta post Gunstar Heroes. 15/10 game if there ever was one.
Is this what we're reduced to? Reliving golden moments with other canons, comparing games that shaped our childhoods, pouring over the memories, remembering how good life could be, fuck me put cowboy bebop soundtrack on and the nostalgia is damn near enough to put a tear in my eye. Damn. Well. I may as well contribute. Thanks for the memories
