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  • A lot of pre-1990 games are pretty clunky, so you kinda have to see them either as someone from the era would or try to appreciate them for what they are today. That being said, a lot of them are still fun with this in mind.

    The Gauntlet series is probably my favorite early game. It's better played with 2-4 people, but can be played alone. It's essentially a dungeon crawler, but the levels and enemies are interesting and fun to navigate.

    Some other good ones are Dig Dug (pacman but more fun and underground), Galaga or Galaxian (arcade space shooters), Adventure for the Atari 2600 (first rpg and first easter egg in video game history), Rampage (be a giant monster and destroy buildings), 1943 (airplane shmup (shoot em up) with cool powerups and pixel art) and toobin (also a shmup where you're on an inertube and navigate perilous waters. Sounds boring but it has really cool level progression and game mechanics later in the game).

  • The Halo 4 theme was so good that I would let it play out before starting a game most of the time. Definitely my favorite title theme.

    Some other good ones are Skyrim, LOZ Ocarina of Time, and Star Wars Republic Commando

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  • Like others have said, this is an age old question. Plato's Cave is my favorite rendition of the question.

    The simple solution would be reason. Unless we live in a dystopia in full effect, like in 1984 or Fahrenheit 451, there will usually be multiple sources and perspectives on an issue or event, AI or not. Get info from all sides, and make a well informed personal decision with the info available. Never believe something initially and only do so if it is confirmed by multiple sources. Use logic, science, reason, ethos, or even faith as tools to seek and verify truth

  • I feel like stories have never been my go to. I always find myself playing games with excellent gameplay, rather than story (Mindustry, Balatro, Galaga, etc). I love a good story don't get me wrong, but gameplay is my main attraction to games, and I feel thats where games started. If you look at retro games like Dig Dug or Adventure, or even modern indie titles like Balatro the attraction is basically 90% gameplay

  • I agree, AAA games are long dead. However there was a time where AAA games were amazing, maybe around the PS2/Gamecube/Xbox era. Back when devs were allowed creative freetom to make the games they actually wanted and try new things. I think a lot of people with these complaints miss that level of catered quality from back then

  • Games with amazing OSTs:TES SkyrimTES OblivionTES MorrowindLOZ Minish CapLOZ A Link to the PastLOZ Ocarina of TimeSonic and the Secret RingsMinecraftHalo 1-4 & ReachBonus: Music by Ola Gjeilo (not a soundtrack but falls closely in line with Skyrim's explore music, might even be better)

    Favorite tracks from said games:Skyrim: Far Horizons (London Symphony Orchestra Version)Oblivion: The Wings of KynarethMorrowind: Over the Next HillMinish Cap: Mt. Crennel (Orchestral Remake)Link to the Past: Lost WoodsOcarina of Time: Gerudo ValleySonic & the Secret Rings: The Place that was Found (Evil Foundry)Minecraft: Wet HandsHalo 1-4 & Reach: main title themesOla Gjeilo: The Rose II

  • Me reading the Epic of Gilgamesh 4000 years later

  • I find them really boring, especially in RPG contexts. The difference is night and day when you walk into a handcrafted dungeon that has situational storytelling, creative direction, and ambiance that conveys a specific feeling. Bethesda games do this exceptionally well, for example.

    Handcrafting a world also gives meaning to exploration; when I explore a procedurally generated world I feel like I'm just walking around aimlessly, looking for just another treasure chest or enemy to fight. But in a hand-crafted world, there are specific things to look for, situational stories to be told, or even secrets to find that the creator hid. That's a lot more fun to explore than walking around in a glorified geometric algorithm

  • I hate that they tried to blame the developers here. I feel like they are just as exploited as the consumers. Many times have I tried to be passionate about my own work only to have it crushed and expunged by greedy upper management. I'd hate to be them working years on a passion project only to have it degraded by corporate grifters sending it into microtransaction hell

  • Microsoft is quickly becoming the worst company in gaming, which is saying something when you have the likes of Nintendo and EA. They bought up a bunch of quality companies making good games just to fire everyone and shut them down so their crappy flagship titles have no competition. Companies want to kill and destroy all games old, new, and even hypothetical so that their glorified slot machines get the spotlight. This is the beginning of the end for mainstream gaming. (Indie gaming is going strong though).

  • Genshin Impact in a nutshell

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  • I love how you wrote this like a counter-ad. Hard agree, jamocha shakes are the best cheap shake and Arby's gets a totally bad rap. Just add Arbys or Horsey sauce to whatever you get to make it 10x better

  • Those PC-88 pics look really cool. Just goes to show that you don't need a cutting edge PC for good graphics (or even a GPU at all in this case).

    Also speaking of Michael Jackson, his Sega Genesis game Moonwalker is definitely a hidden gem worth checking out. Smooth gameplay and criminally underrated

  • All of my favorite Star Wars games are on sale. When star wars games were good; "before the dark times, before EA."

    Knights of the Old Republic I & IIDark forcesEmpire at WarJedi AcademyJedi OutcastRepublic CommandoBattlefront I & II (Lucasarts ones not EA)Shadows of the EmpireBounty Hunter

    All great games worth playing imo

  • I'm interested to read your interview, I've often wondered what motivations are present for the minds behind services like that. I wonder how many are from a benevolent will to share entertainment & preserve games, and how many are simply just financial

  • Xenia was one of the few programs I kept windows for, good to check it off the list. I'll definitely be downloading and tinkering with it soon

  • Command and Conquer perhaps? CC Tiberium Wars came out around 2007. Starcraft is also a similar RTS; Starcraft 2 came out in 2010

  • These come to mind where you can kill enemies, be a girl, and are or are similar to an rpg:

    Middle Earth: Shadow of War: main character is a guy but in one of the expansions you can play the story as Galadriel. Killing monsters and game mechanics are peak

    Skyrim Mods: ik you mentioned Skyrim, but The Wheels of Lull, The Tools of Kagrenac, and The Forgotten City are game sized mods in of themselves and are very good

    Elder Scrolls III Morrowind and IV Oblivion: both as good as Skyrim, but in different ways. Go in with an open mind and you will be amazed

    Star Wars KOTOR I & II: my favorite games of all time, very much games where you can choose how your character acts and who they become. Great story too, as a fan of star wars or not

  • I recently got back into Batman Arkham City. The last time I played it was 2016 or so, and I forgot what it was about. I remember it being really good, but I'm enjoying it even more this time around. They really nailed all the characters spot on (coming from reading the graphic novels and comics)

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