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gus, do gaming w Why I Probably Hate your Favorite Video Game's "Awesome Story" (an incomplete list)

What video games do you think had a good story then?

Anabriated,

I can’t think of a story focused game that fits any of these points… has OP played many story driven games before?

EremesZorn, do gaming w 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?

All the old MechWarrior games, starting with MechWarrior 2. That was my childhood. PGI didn’t have what it takes to recapture that with MechWarrior Online or MechWarrior 5.
Shout out to Half-Life 1 and Team Fortress Classic (1.5). THAT was my teenage years. I played an insurmountable amount of TFC, adminned a couple servers, and took zero interest in TF2, because it just wasn’t the same without concs, throwable frag nades, etc.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl was a gamechanger though. That released when I was in college. Fell in love with the hopeless atmosphere, good gunplay, and the eurojank. I still play the various S.T.A.L.K.E.R. mods to this day and am eagerly awaiting the release of number 2 (slated for December, but we will see. Devs have been through a lot).

Toxic_Tiger,

I played the first STALKER at uni as well and loved it. Along with Red Orchestra that a mate was a play tester for.

All games paled in comparison to how much time I sunk into WoW between 2006 and 2011 though.

EremesZorn,

I know a lot of people that played WoW back then, and their experiences were largely the same. I didn’t get much into MMOs beyond Guild Wars 1 at that time. Final Fantasy XIV was good for a time, but Elder Scrolls Online blew me away after they basically redid the game. That was obviously much later in life, though, and that’s a very different framework of MMORPG than classic WoW and its early expansions.

EremesZorn, do gaming w Describe a game in 5 words or less, and see if anyone can guess it.

Cyborg space ninjas. War crimes.

draggeta,

Warframe?

kelvinjps, do gaming w What forgotten cult classic games are worth revisiting?

shipped a local multiplayer naval game I played this game with my sister and cousin, super fun

all-knight-party, do gaming w What forgotten cult classic games are worth revisiting?
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Vanquish, best "cover" shooter that I've ever played, really wish it'd get a Switch port and that Platinum would revisit it.

Sliding around on jets, going into slo mo to hit weak points, vaulting cover and initiating slomo, it's all so fucking fun and visceral.

Prox,

Imagine if Bayonetta and Gears of War had a baby, and then that baby devoted an entire button solely to smoking a cigarette during a gunfight.

Prox, do gaming w What forgotten cult classic games are worth revisiting?

Hybrid Heaven on N64. Great game with a super interesting battle mechanic. I’ve never played anything else quite like it. Maybe The Surge would be the closest system, wherein you can target specific body parts for interesting effects. But you can’t suplex an alligator in The Surge.

azureeight, do gaming w 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?

Had a partner want to practice hacking a 3ds before they closed the shop so I can play PS1 games. The first one I put on that mofo is Azure Dreams, my first and probably favorite dungeon crawler roguelike with a city builder. Also Breath of Fire IV is one of my absolute favorite games ever.

0nyxee,

Both Azure Dreams and BOF IV were great. Haven’t heard mention of them in years

lowleveldata, do gaming w Actual Hidden Gems on Steam

Adding some from my library

  • Dropsy - 1329 Reviews

    • A weird point and click with nice atmosphere. The soundtracks are neat too.
  • The Blackwell Legacy - 1122 Reviews

    • The Blackwell series are point and click games about ghosts. It’s cool to see familiar characters through out the series and how they change (or unchanged) .
  • Railroad Ink Challenge - 65 Reviews

    • It’s the digital version of a puzzle board game I highly recommend. High re-play value and fun to play solo or with friends. (The digital version should be solo only but you can compete with online leader boards)
GuyFleegman, do gaming w Actual Hidden Gems on Steam
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This is a great list and these all look amazing. Thank you for taking the time to compile it and share!

ArtVandelay, do gaming w What forgotten cult classic games are worth revisiting?
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Well, never meet your heroes… Or just never look up cult classics… I was going to recommend a little “game” I enjoyed, then I went around looking if there was an updated version… Turns out the creator decided to make some NFT crap based on it. What a disappointment.

bermuda, do gaming w Actual Hidden Gems on Steam

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  • Hieracosphinx,

    Oh that sounds awesome. Thanks for sharing!

    thekerker, do gaming w 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?
    @thekerker@beehaw.org avatar
    • Doom and Doom II: Hell on Earth
    • Choplifter
    • Duke Nukem 3D
    • X-Wing
    • Quake III Arena
    • MechWarrior
    • GoldenEye 007
    • Rogue Squadron
    • Shadows of the Empire
    • Metal Gear Solid
    • Siphon Filter
    • Ein Händer
    • Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell
    • Colony Wars
    • Colony Wars II: Vengeance
    • Counter-Strike
    • Half-Life
    • Oni
    • Command & Conquer: Red Alert
    • Total Annihilation
    • Dune 2000
    • Star Control III
    • Delta Force
    • Deus Ex

    So many great games from my childhood.

    TheSkoomaCat,
    @TheSkoomaCat@beehaw.org avatar

    Quake III but no I or II? I see you’ve got DOOM on your list, I’m curious, did you not like the first two quake games or just didn’t play them? Otherwise you’ve got my list down pat (plus a few extras).

    thekerker,
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    Nope, I only ever played Quake III Arena.

    orbital_malice42, do gaming w Why I Probably Hate your Favorite Video Game's "Awesome Story" (an incomplete list)

    I’d say this is the result of someone asking ChatGPT for “rage bait post for a video game forum” but it has too much insufferable personality to be AI generated

    jehreg, do gaming w Best sub-20 hour games?

    Gris. It’s like playing an art piece.

    thekbob,

    Similar vein, but I replay Journey often, as well.

    razibaba, do piracy w I started pirating movies again after a decade

    welcome again… and i stopped pirating movies and started streaming over internet on pirate website.

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