I'm starting to run out of interesting thread titles.
Anyway, here's a straight question for all of you. What are some games that you think get a free ride to popularity because of nostalgia?
ALSO What games do you think other people will put on this list that you still enjoy?
For me, the former category would be empty without some mention of the early Final Fantasy games. I was late to the FF party; I never played a FF game until the GC generation, and by then I had already played plenty of other RPGs and JRPGs. When a friend of mine finally lent me FF7 to try (because I had heard it wildly proclaimed as the best game EVARRRRRRR), I got two hours in and got so bored I couldn't continue.
While I'm at it, let's add GoldenEye to the list too. Yes it was fucking awesome at the time, but unless you have a huge stiffy for James Bond - and even in those graphics, I can't blame you - it really doesn't stack up against anything more recent, or Perfect Dark.
Perfect Dark is the game I will put in the latter category. I saw it mentioned in another thread that nostalgia is the reason the upgrade has a 4.5/5 rating on XBLA and this is probably true. That said, it still made my week when I found out there was a new version and my brother and I have been playing the hell out of it. I don't think it will ever get old for me.
EDIT: Dear God, how did I forget Doom? Whenever I get sick of the mainstream FPS bullshit that clogs up the market, I get on my dad's old computer and fire up Doom 2. Yeah, the graphics suck and there's virtually no story, but there are a variety of baddies to murder, a standard but useful slew of guns to murder them with, and the haunting certainty that right around the corner is something that's going to murder you first.
So in recap, my list:
Games that get a free ride:
FF7 (and early FFs in general)
GoldenEye
Games that deserve the free ride:
Perfect Dark
Doom and Doom II
Anyway, here's a straight question for all of you. What are some games that you think get a free ride to popularity because of nostalgia?
ALSO What games do you think other people will put on this list that you still enjoy?
For me, the former category would be empty without some mention of the early Final Fantasy games. I was late to the FF party; I never played a FF game until the GC generation, and by then I had already played plenty of other RPGs and JRPGs. When a friend of mine finally lent me FF7 to try (because I had heard it wildly proclaimed as the best game EVARRRRRRR), I got two hours in and got so bored I couldn't continue.
While I'm at it, let's add GoldenEye to the list too. Yes it was fucking awesome at the time, but unless you have a huge stiffy for James Bond - and even in those graphics, I can't blame you - it really doesn't stack up against anything more recent, or Perfect Dark.
Perfect Dark is the game I will put in the latter category. I saw it mentioned in another thread that nostalgia is the reason the upgrade has a 4.5/5 rating on XBLA and this is probably true. That said, it still made my week when I found out there was a new version and my brother and I have been playing the hell out of it. I don't think it will ever get old for me.
EDIT: Dear God, how did I forget Doom? Whenever I get sick of the mainstream FPS bullshit that clogs up the market, I get on my dad's old computer and fire up Doom 2. Yeah, the graphics suck and there's virtually no story, but there are a variety of baddies to murder, a standard but useful slew of guns to murder them with, and the haunting certainty that right around the corner is something that's going to murder you first.
So in recap, my list:
Games that get a free ride:
FF7 (and early FFs in general)
GoldenEye
Games that deserve the free ride:
Perfect Dark
Doom and Doom II
