What games of older generations would you put up? i dont mind the genre really, id would just love to hear yalls suggestions.
Portal!
Calling this game “older” is hurting my soul, though.
if it makes you feel any better, you dealt psychic damage to me as well
My steam account is 15y old, the Orange Box was my first purchase.
The Orange Box was a lot of people’s first Steam purchase. It’s hard to overstate just how much gaming value was included.
Mine was Counter Strike, bundled with CS: Condition Zero.
My account is old enough to buy cigarettes
My back hurts
I thought at that time you couldn’t buy condition zero separately, only within the orange box 🤔
I bought it before the orange box existed, like I said it was bundled with the OG Counter-Strike and CS: Condition Zero Deleted Scenes.
To be clear: Condition Zero came out in '04, the Orange Box came out in '07.
My Steam account is 18 years old, so I bought CS in '05
You did that on purpose.
I had to sign up for this new fangled “Steam” back when I had to use 5 CDs to install Half-Life 2. Lost that account years ago though, unfortunately.
Metroid is likely the most famous
i recently streamed metroid fusion but had to stop cause the infinite spin jump simply didnt work, very sad cause its a good one
It’s not in Dread either. Drives me crazy.
It is in fusion tho, it just LITERALLY didnt work correctly, i got it working maybe once or twice and than never again
idk how i managed to get up to the final boss in dread, but i really didnt like it, the big selling points of the robots where so annoying, like a pale imitation of the samus x of…fusion
I spent 200+ hours with Dread when it came out. Shiniest new toy in awhile so I played the hell out of it. I tried playing it the other week and it doesn’t really feel like Metroid to me now.
Long ass opening with an intro fight we can’t even play.
Samus flies across the room. She’s way way too fast.
Far too much of a focus on boss fights.
Weakest exploration in the series.
Super missiles don’t bounce off anything.
The scary robots are in obvious locations and can just be run past.Super Metroid is still top dog. If you want a modern metroidvania check out Axiom Verge.
cool, ill check it otu
Is Mirror’s Edge “older” already?
unfortunately, yes, its been 15 years
I’m still alive I cannot apologise
Late 00s first person, non-shooter game involving a female protagonist expertly traversing platforms in a techno-dystopia covered in white, with a theme song “Still Alive”.
Portal and Mirror’s Edge have a lot more in common than I realise
Mirror’s edge still had shooty bits if you wanted to. But of course the proper play-through is the one where you take the 100% non-lethal approach :)
Portal had shooty bits, I mean the whole game revolved around a gun and shooting the correct locations.
You’re technically right. But I think we both know that I meant regular gun shooty bits, not portal gun shooty bits :)
Wow, wow, wow
Obvious one, but the original Tomb Raider.
its been a while, i should go back to those
Don’t forget to lock the butler in the fridge
EDIT: Just remembered Perfect Dark
Beat me to it by a minute… First one that came to mind, well second, with the first being the obvious Tomb Raider
NOLF huh, thats a new one for me, thanks
NOLF was great, it just had a bad timing with the release
Beyond Good & Evil
I started playing this for the first time earlier today. Only 3 hours in, but I can already tell why it has a very adamant fan base to this day.
i remember when i was a lil gal, i had trouble with the first block pushing puzzle lmao
It’s a cult classic for a reason
But Nietzsche was a boy!!
How old are we talking? Final Fantasy VI, Super Metroid, Resident Evil 2, and the OG Tomb Raider series are all pretty old but great.
Portal, Portal 2, Mirror’s Edge, Alien Isolation, Child of Light, Celeste, Tales of Berseria, Final Fantasy XIII, Slime Rancher, the newer Tomb Raifer games, and A Plague Tale are a few games from previous gens that hold up really well.
A more recent game that flew under a lot of people’s radars is Kena: Bridge of Spirits, and it was a lot of fun. Also, Atelier Ryza and Alba: A Wildlife Adventure are very worth mentioning, too. :)
I have to call out Mirror’s Edge, it is a great experience if you have the right mindset.
Trying to play it with an FPS philosophy is not the way.
Atelier Ryza
Don’t forget the rest of Atelier series!
That’s true! There’s a lot of good games in that series, I’ve heard. I have yet to play most of them myself.
I haven’t played a lot, but I did played Atelier Iris 3 as well as Atelier Rorona. Mana Khemia is fun as well
Kena: Bridge of Spirits really is an excellent game, I’ve done a couple of playthroughs at different difficulty levels, and there is so much more depth to the gameplay than I realized on my first playthrough. It’s fun, challenging, has a decent story, beautiful environments, and some really cool bosses. The fact that it’s an indie studio’s first game still blows my mind.
Just wanted to add my own recommendation of Kena to anyone who might be interested, even though it’s a more recent game.
It’s been on my wishlist for a while cuz I thought it looked pretty good but wasn’t quite sure if I should try it.
Now I know to buy it next time there’s a good steam sale. You’ve sold me!
Don’t forget Parasite Eve!
How dare you have such great taste on the internet? I can’t even fight you over this list.
Portal
Perfect Dark
Tomb Raider
Metroid
Mirror’s Edge
Fatal Frame
Rule of Rose
Clocktower (the series, but I recommend 3)
Resident Evil
American McGee’s Alice
Fear Effect
Dino CrisisDepending on your definition of “older” you also have:
Alien: Isolation
Fran Bow
What Remains of Edith Finch
Life is Strangewow, what a list, thanks
What Remains Of Edith Finch is downright amazing.
Life is strange 🥹🥹🥹
Alien isolation stressed me out.
Ms. Pac-Man, obvs
Magical Diary: Horse Hall was fun
i kinda like how that one looks, thanks
No One Lives Forever.
Bayonetta.
Blood rayne, for “older sexy action woman game”
Jill of the Jungle, if you like Commander Keen era PC platformers.
Hah I was thinking about that one, I played the three of them (I think that’s all of them?) way back in the early 90s. What a novel concept, a jungle lady saving a prince!
Metroid.
How did I scroll through this list and not see Samus Aran mentioned?
Damn I just replied the same thing without bothering to scroll. Hahaha
King’s Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella
One of my most favorite King’s Quest games. And one of the first games I remember playing with a proper female lead.are the kings quest games selfcontained? do i need any of the previous ones to fully understand what is happening?
There are callbacks to earlier entries in the series but they can stand alone.
cool, thanks
I think the third Leisure Suit Larry has a female lead in some parts too.
