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

      • CycloneWolf@midwest.social
        16·
        2 years 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·
              2 years 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·
        2 years 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
      9·
      2 years 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·
          2 years 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·
            2 years 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.

  • tjsauce@lemmy.world
    151·
    2 years ago

    Tomb Raider (1996). The levels are well designed and work with the tank controls in a way that lets you master Lara Croft’s acrobatic descent through haunting environments that feel far more threatening than most games I see today

  • InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works
    13·
    2 years ago

    I remember creating a female Twi’lek Jedi in some of the old LucasArts Jedi games.

    • LucasArts Jedi something something
    • KOTOR
    • Baldur’s Gate
    • Fallout Although these were more like “create-your-own protagonists” rather than “known hero protagonists” that people recognize.

    Aside from the classics already mentioned in the thread, Lara, Chell, Samus, Valentine, Redfield, etc. here’s a few that come to mind:

    • Peach in Super Mario 2, the game that feels more like a mushroom trip, than a trip to mushroom kingdom
    • Aya from Parasite Eve
    • Chun Li from Street Fighter, also Cammy
    • Mortal Kombat
    • Tekken
    • Soulcalibur
    • Dead or Alive
    • Sarah Kerrigan in Starcraft(s), although it’s an RTS, so protagonist is a bit loose.
    • Rayne from BloodRayne, the first video game character to appear in PlayBoy, eh
    • Ellie from The Last Of Us, damn it’s been 10 years already? Is that an old game already? Am I old? Nevermind, don’t answer.
    • Clem from The Walking Dead
    • Joanna from Perfect Dark

    I’m sure I’m forgetting a few others.