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What are old games you can 100% say stood the test of time and someone who's only played modern games would still really enjoy?
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Games from from PS1 era and back. Console, handheld, PC, doesn't matter.
For me I'd say Super Metroid and Link to the Past, both of these games I played for the first time I think 20 years after their release and the lack of QoL features from older games just weren't a problem at all with these two.
Also I suppose a lot of Squaresoft RPGs from the PS1 era, but I'm not sure if they have truly aged well or if I'm biased from having played a lot of them back in the day. That said maybe Capcom's Breath of Fire IV would be one that actually stood well the test of time.
This post is a stealthy recommendation request for some older titles for me to go back to. Mind I was playing most of the games from back then as they were released but I suppose I missed a few gems specially in Nintendo handhelds.
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Is there a website or some kind of database to find old pc games (90s and 2000s)?
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I know you can just google it but i want to browse a bunch of games like you can on steam. I don't know much about these era of games so i wouldn't know what to google. Specifically looking for third person rpgs or scifi rpgs like mass effect and dark souls.
I have gog and steam and a few others but none have a ton of old games to choose from. Gog might have the most between them.
Basically, the amount of games you can look through on steam and gog, i want the same for games from 90s and 2000s. I just found two nice rpgs that I would've never knew to google. I'm bet there's many more out there.
Top Comment: Honestly no. PC gaming is not as robustly documented as well as consoles. PC were (and still kind of are) the wild west. You had a TON of games that might have had regional releases or limited releases that would have gotten missed by bigger publications. There was also a TON of shovelware. What you can try is browsing the various 'abandon-ware' sites that exist. They won't be complete, but they'll have the bigger releases. We can't link here because they're legally gray (much closer to the not legal area), so you'll have to use some Google Fu.
Is there a database for old games?
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Hello,
I'm wondering if there is some sort of database or something similar that can help me find older games. Looking to remember old games played and maybe find new ones I might enjoy. I would need something with screenshots for example it might have the name of the game, some sort of text maybe a description and some screenshots. As screenshots, the visual aspect of the game normally is what gets me into the game.
Any other ways of finding out about the these sort of games is welcome. Also can and is preferred to include post 2000s games such as ps2, DS and/or 3DS for example. Pretty much games that are inaccessible or difficult to access etc.
Top Comment: It might require a few more clicks than you'd prefer due to the site structure, but mobygames.com is pretty comprehensive.
What are your favourite old games that are still worth playing through today?
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Lately been feeling a strong urge to go back and play through a few older nostalgic games (borderlands and halo) and I know there are some great ones that I have never played. Enlighten me, please!
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Best place to buy old games
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I got tasm2 from dk oldies and it didn't work and the replacement they sent me was worse then the first one where's a good place to buy games
Top Comment: Dkoldies is trash, so is Amazon. Use eBay, best prices online with excellent buyer protection
Were old games just better, or is nostalgia really that strong?
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Hope it fits the r/patientgamer discussion, don't think r/gaming will offer the type of replies I am looking for.
So I've been playing games actively for the past 20 to 25 years. With hours increasing and decreasing depending on life at the time, I think I can average 3-4 hours daily, but mostly exclusive to PC (maybe 2% Gameboy and PS4).
I've started out on the 12 inch floppies with black and green graphics on games i don't remember the title of, graduating to "classics" like Dune 2, Wolfenstein 3D, X-Wing, Quest of Glory, Half Life -- to name a few.
When I think about what I consider to be amazing games, like a "top 20", the titles that come to mind tend to be older. Early 2000-2010 seems to be the golden time for me. They stuck with me, whether it was the gameplay, story or otherwise.
This list includes titles like Warcraft 3, S.T.A.L.K.E.R, Half Life, Max Payne, KotOR, Mass Effect, X-Wing vs Tie-Fighter.. I can go on with this list for a while.
Now if I limit myself to the last 5 or so years, this list is considerably shorter. Perhaps more interestingly, is that they are games that tend to do 1 thing just perfectly right. Celeste, Cuphead, Bloodborne, DOOM. With exception of maybe Bloodborne, it still doesn't invoke that same affection somehow.
I have to admit that in general the story driven games have become stronger. I really liked the stories Horizon and TLoU, but Horizon suffered from "too much repeatable content" and TLoU had fidgety combat for me, they just don't stick around as well. Mass Effect's story was somewhat similar, but they just did the rest better somehow.
Was it due to new games constantly breaking new territory as a relatively fresh method of entertainment? Is the impact just dampened due to some sort of fatigue? Can you relate, especially if you've been around a bit longer as well?
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It's because those older games were unrefined, people were developing stuff that just seemed good and had no real idea how it would pan out. It was the wild west and that had a lot of experimentation and risk associated with it. You might be able to think of a lot of the top 10% of games from the 90's but you won't remember the other 90% that were terrible.
At this point genres have already been defined. People largely know what works and what doesn't. There's far less creativity and far more refinement. You can still find a lot of creativity, but you won't get it from the biggest game developers because they just want to make a safe return on investment.