What games of older generations would you put up? i dont mind the genre really, id would just love to hear yalls suggestions.

      • CycloneWolf
        18·
        9 months ago

        The Orange Box was a lot of people’s first Steam purchase. It’s hard to overstate just how much gaming value was included.

            • entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org
              3·
              9 months ago

              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

      • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        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.

    • Mandy@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      10·
      9 months ago

      i recently streamed metroid fusion but had to stop cause the infinite spin jump simply didnt work, very sad cause its a good one

        • Mandy@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
          41·
          9 months ago

          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

          • WarmSoda@lemm.ee
            41·
            9 months ago

            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.

  • ADHDefy@kbin.social
    361·
    9 months ago

    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. :)

    • Case@unilem.orgEnglish
      9·
      9 months ago

      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.

      • ADHDefy@kbin.social
        1·
        9 months ago

        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.

    • MrMcGasion@lemmy.world
      5·
      9 months ago

      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.

      • soloner@lemmy.world
        2·
        9 months ago

        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!

  • Remmock@kbin.social
    21·
    9 months ago

    Fatal Frame
    Rule of Rose
    Clocktower (the series, but I recommend 3)
    Resident Evil
    American McGee’s Alice
    Fear Effect
    Dino Crisis

    Depending on your definition of “older” you also have:
    Alien: Isolation
    Fran Bow
    What Remains of Edith Finch
    Life is Strange

    • heatiskillingme@kbin.social
      3·
      9 months ago

      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!