I propose that the PS2 GTA games still hold up to this day. I have spent this past summer extensivel playing all the PS2 GTA games and while some gameplay aspects are a little clunky (can't get around that), all other aspects are fucking fantastic. Tone is pitch perfect. The soundtracks to all titles are enjoyable enough to wanna look up songs afterward. And each game provides a decent amount of sidemissions to tackle when you get burnt out on the main story. Vice City's business missions filled this and San Andreas had a plethora of options to choose from. It was a game that kept on giving way past the 50 hour mark.
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Christopher Hernandez
Admittedly, GTA3 didn't have much in the way of sidesissions it still had a charm about it as it required its players to learn Liberty City as there was no in game map. Something about that fostered a personal connection with the game. Also it had the most streamlined plot and aggressive gangs which encouraged the player to constantly arm themselves with weapons and armor, fostering the concept that this player character (Claude) is an absolute monster.
Jaxon Barnes
GTA III would've been a lot better without those faggot gangs. Going to Portland later on in the game is like asking for death.
Jeremiah Brooks
I think that Tony Hawk Undergound 1 & 2 were the pinacle of the Tony Hawk game franchise. Both games had engaging stories, sick gameplay, and extremely entertaining levels. I'm actually going to revisit that game because of this thread.
>. Going to Portland later on in the game is like asking for death.
You are not wrong in any way shape or form. If I had my way, I'd remove that excessive gang violence or at the very least remove shotguns and aks from their arsenal.
Anthony Reyes
i mean you could get a bulletproof car but that happens near the end of the game
exiting the car though is another question
Lincoln Perez
They certainly do hold up, although the driving in GTA3 is absolute terrible. They all have their uniqueness that make playing each of the games a different experience from each other. Unfortunately the GTA "feel" pretty much falls apart with V which is an absolute bore and indistinguishable from other recent sandbox titles.
Sleeping Dogs manages to capture the same essence as the PS2 titles with its detailed portrayal of Hong Kong. The city is alive. It doesn't feel absolutely empty like V or Watchdogs do.
Juan Price
I consider Timesplitters 3 to be one of my top five FPS or all time. The story mode incorporates time travel in an extremely easy to understand and entertaining fashion. And beyond the engrossing SP, the multiplayer offers a plethora of options for you to engineer a game in any way imaginable and that's not even counting the level editor. In terms of bang for your buck, I have yet to see any game that matches what Timesplitters: Future Perfect provides for the player.
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Isaac Taylor
fuck yeah that game was great. 1 had the best story but 2 had the best tone
Jace Taylor
I know this is a ps1 game, but Spider-Man was fucking fantastic for a variety of reasons. Deliberate level design allowed for very tight gameplay as Spider-Man could both do whatever a Spider-Can as well as operate in a level based structure. The game constantly kept the setting varied and incorporated a healthy dose of carefully constructed boss fights. Not to mention the fun CG custcenes that tie everything together and enough cheats to warrant an entire separate playthrough independent of the extra difficulty modes (what if storymode). One of my favorite games that falls in my category of, "Games that keep on giving far beyond what you would expect.". Another game I incorporate into that gorup is Pokemon Silver/Gold and GTA: San Andreas
Gabriel Martin
My nigga. This game was such a blast to play and the storyline is straight out of a comic book. I fucking love the end chase and fight with Monster Ock, it's so well-designed.
Nicholas Sanchez
>Fair Warning: I'm not 100% happy with this opinion.
Borderlands 2 is one of my favorite games of all time. It has an addictive mix of FPS combat with slight tactical elements and RNG guns with thousands of various combinations that make each gun feel unique (even if slightly). It's a game where I spent over a 100 hours playing the game and I have yet to beat the regular campaign with every character class. About to start a game with Gaige
Joshua Gutierrez
Star Wars: Jedi Academy by Raven Software is my favorite game of all time. It's a game that allows for incredible amounts of character force power progression and level design. A multiplayer that allows for custmoization in nealy every manner possible, and an innate modding capability that allows for unique models, maps, and entire gameplay additions (Movie Duels 2). Steam says I've invested over 100 hours in JA and that doesn't even come close to the actual hours i've invested into this game (x-fire, public servers, private servers, etc).
If I was on a desert island and I was limited to one game to play for the rest of my life. I'd pick Jedi Academy.
>Jedi Outcast is god tier as well and while it has a stronger SP story, the modding in JA is unparalleled
Evan Peterson
Metroid Fusion is one of the single strongest games to ever release for the GBA Advance. While not the strongest game in the entire Metroid franchise, Fusion served as both one of the most beginner friendly entries into the series in combination with expanding the lore in interesting ways that also allowed for interesting gameplay opportunities (stealth sections in Fusion led way to stealth sections in Zero Mission).
This is a game that provides large amounts of assistance for the player at the beginning of the game and then gradually removes informed gameplay direction and then leaves it in the hands of the player. Again, I know this might be classified as the easiest metroid but I still think it's one of the strongest in the series.
Julian Turner
360 era had better games than the ps2 era
i agree with you on 3 and vice city but SA ran like dogshit on the ps2. funny how it still got perfect ratings and we all liked it. just goes to show there was a time where we didnt give a rats ass on framerates.
Aiden Campbell
Arkham Origins has the strongest story of the entire Arkham Franchise in combination with having the strongest boss fights. Sure, the game isn't as tightly made as Arkham City but it's still a fucking phenomenal game with a solid story and a breathtaking soundtrack by Christopher Drake
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Andrew Lee
gta 3 had a map ya dingus
though the city's small enough for you to memorize the layout and never use it
Adam Sanchez
Transformers: War for Cybertron was a solid first person shooter with a 8 hour campaign and that's just playing through the normal difficulty mode. The soundtrack on the other hand is god tier.
Completely unrelated to this thread. I've been a game for over a decade but I've never sat down and actually completed a Zelda from start to finish. I'm interested in wanting to get into the 3d series, would you say I start with Ocarina, Majora's Mask, Wind Waker, or Twilight Princess?
Another unrelated question, which Elder Scrolls should I start with. Oblivion or Skyrim?
I'm playing on PC so I never got the hard copy of the map of the three islands like in the PS2 version. And yes you had a minimap, but it was more/less useless in directing you towards objectives far away from you necessitating the learning of the three islands.
James Watson
War for Cybertron Music.
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WarioWare Inc is one of my top ten favorite games of all time. It was revolutionary in its approach towards engaging the audience and with it';s over the top humor combined with its polished simplistic gameplay is an award winning combo on every level.
Levi Russell
Ocarina is the best place to start, lays the foundation for every subsequent game.
Hunter Collins
This game is fucking marvelous
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OFFICIAL RANKING OF PLATFORMS THAT HAVE AGED THE BEST, GENS 1-6 EDITION
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18. PC (1989 and earlier)
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19. EVERYTHING ELSE
Andrew Richardson
Fuck, I forgot the Gamecube. Probably put that somewhere around the PS1.
Alexander Davis
only cause the pc has been around all the time doesn't mean that the games aged well.
look at fucking Half Life 1
Kayden Richardson
I'd say Morrowind is the best start. Not because it's the best necessarily, but because it's the median between the super casual games after it, and the oldschool games before it.
Logan Peterson
Gaming crash within 5 years
Better economic conditions for the average male, stagnation of the quality of games and price increases, and a general societal burn out of menial distractions. Gaming will still be a thing, but it'll end up with people modding older vidya with cult followings to their likings rather than purchasing new games.
Isaiah Walker
>pc at the top
the 2000's were just a mess of shovelware and shitty shooters.
Ayden Peterson
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back is one of the most solid platformers ever made. There is so much beyond the 25 crystal journey.
Henry Sanchez
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