Old but gold - what are you playing?

[The Floating Nose]

Spoiler: Oh I don't know, I suppose there is that one game I try to mention every five posts I make. I do like playing that once in a bluemoon just to make myself smile...

It can also boast one of hell of a soundtrack

Holy Crap ! That game was just so fucking badass ! Mr.Socky was my favorite character ! An extremely underrated series overall.

 

[Kotaro]

Spoiler: Oh I don't know, I suppose there is that one game I try to mention every five posts I make. I do like playing that once in a bluemoon just to make myself smile...

It can also boast one of hell of a soundtrack

Holy Crap ! That game was just so fucking badass ! Mr.Socky was my favorite character ! An extremely underrated series overall.

Best. Console. FPS. EVER.

 

[Rooster893]

Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus. That game is golden.

 

[Lionsfan]

I actually just fired up the N64, and I've been going through Banjo-Kazooie and the Legend of Zelda games

Ahh, to be ninja'd. Yeah I also hooked up the N64, and I discovered that as an adult Conker's Bad Fur Day is not at all as fun as I remembered it being. So that made me re-re-^9 play Banjo and Tooie, I'd like Threeie to surprise us with its very existence more than ever now.

Yeah, I mean I had some fun with Nuts and Bolts, just messing around trying to create crazy vehicles, but I want a Banjo Threeie game

 

[Bob the zombie]

Godzilla:Save the earth

nothing reliefs stress like destroying a city as godzilla

 

[Jfswift]

I rocked it out with some classic side scroller action with contra and goonies II on the nes.

 

[cswurt]

I actually decided to retract what I'd just posted for reasons that I will not explain.
Not that my opinion's any different.

 

[Magnatek]

All I can say to this is that I'm so glad Sega is releasing the Heritage Collection. I've been having a blast playing Jet Set Radio. In addition, I just reinstalled Sonic CD, so there's that I've been aiming to play, as well.

 

[CrimsonBlaze]

I'm currently playing through xenosaga episode 1,2 and 3 . The story is amazing , i haven't played 3 yet , but i'm replayig the first two to get back into it . I wannna know how the story ends .

Just to let you know, Xenosaga Ep. 3 has an encyclopedia that let's you know everything that occurred in the previous installments and some detailed information on anything that you were probably questioning or were confused about. However, I think it's best to learn about the story through gameplay and cut-scenes.

A few things that I will mention about Xenosaga Ep. 3 is that the battle system is the best of the three, the story has so many plot twists it's ridiculous, and beware: it gets a little too religious as you head towards the end of the game.

OT: I'm thinking about restarting Disgaea 2 on my PS2 simply because it was my first Disgaea game and after completing 1 and 3, I know more about the game and can actually take advantage of all the is offered in the game (i.e. item world, residents, master/student skills, etc.).

 

[wabbbit]

Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory.

Damn, playing this game again reminds me just how great is was. Little things like temporarily disrupting the lights, throwing objects/whistling to get guards attention, even the ability to instantly throw a guy over your shoulder when you kill him/knock him out, they're all conspicuously absent from conviction.

That being said, the game controls like ass, but the sheer number of ways to progress through an area are staggering.

Do I blow the lights, then knife all the alerted enemies in the back? Stalk them one by one and drop them all unconscious in a corner? Create a distraction and then slip passed them completely unnoticed? Or do I charge in guns blazing?

This is how you do a linear stealth game. It's no wonder CT is still held up as a pinnacle in the genre.

Add in dynamic background noise (you can be louder in areas with higher background noise without alerting enemies) and the ability to complete the entire game not killing anyone other than certain targets and you have my favorite stealth game of all time.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed Conviction, but it moved too far in the action direction to be a decent stealth game anymore.

I am on the second to last mission now and luckily I forgot 90% of the game so it's like new again!
In Conviction I killed everything that moved as all the AI were always bigging themselves up about how amazing they were and how they were evil.(pretty much asking to be dragged off a balcony)

In my run through of Chaos Theory I am listening to conversations and realising that they are just normal guys - some talk about how they don't want to be on shift or that they are having doubts about the bosses. Because of this I have changed my play style to total stealth, only knocking people out I need to and only having to kill (outside of the objective) once in the whole game - It was a quick reaction to being seen which I regret, but he was stood next to an alarm point.

I do love the dialog in this game though, the characters you meet are brilliant, the interrogations are often quite funny - i especially loved the dialog about Ninja's in the kidnap mission.(and the reference to the previous game)


Plus, it still looks pretty nice for an old game on PC!

 

[sms_117b]

Man, my goldie oldie is, well I have two

Spoiler: Transport Tycoon Deluxe

and

Spoiler: Haegemonia: Legions of Iron

+1 internet to whoever else has even heard of these, +10 to those that have played one

 

[JdaS]

Snip lots of Zelda OoS/OoA gush.

Fucking yes! I had OoS and my friend had it too. I still remember playing it side by side with him, one helping the other when needed. My sister had OoA but never finished it. I tried but that one was harder than OoS, I think.

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

Recently?

Syndicate (the proper one)
Diablo
Baldur's Gate 2
Doom
Masters of Orion 2
Beneath a Steel Sky (replay inspired by the news this week of an upcoming sequel)
Fallout 2
Morrowind
Blade of Destiny
Total Annihilation
Commander Keen 4
Alpha Centauri
GTA 3
and
Scorched Earth

The games in the above list have all been played within the two months or so.

Man, my goldie oldie is, well I have two

Spoiler: Transport Tycoon Deluxe

And now I know what I'm replaying next week. I haven't touched this game in years.

 

[aether-x3]

These games aren't that old but I have been really into playing Saints Row 1 & 2 lately . Though mostly 2.

Been itching to play Digital Devil Saga 1 & 2 again. might go do that..

 

[GBag_20]

I've been playing re-re-re-replaying chrono trigger to see if i have missed any of the many endings, also i have been playing super metroid 3 and secrect of mana, as you can tell i got my snes out a dusted it off!

 

[Waffle_Man]

There is a reason for this image:

Spoiler

I'm pretty sure that there are people out there that have seen everything, but I know how to play through the game on realistic by heart and I still find new stuff.

 

[MrMixelPixel]

Right now? Metroid: Zero Mission. I've already 100%ed GBA Super Mario World and GBA Super Mario Bros. 3

What do you know, I'm playing that too! It's sooo much easier the second time through... Not to say the first run through was super difficult.

My current gaming habit is... "Play League of Legends for hours, get bored, play old Nintendo goodie, watch movie, go back to League"

It's pretty entertaining so far.

 

[Fjartholf]

Man, my goldie oldie is, well I have two

Spoiler: Transport Tycoon Deluxe

and

Spoiler: Haegemonia: Legions of Iron

+1 internet to whoever else has even heard of these, +10 to those that have played one

What do i get for having played both?

also: playing some Master of Orion 2 and trying to get Wizardry 8 working on my Laptop

 

[Saika Renegade]

Back when Activision wasn't a cripplingly huge pile of criticism bait and fanboy human shields, they released the Mechwarrior 2 series. I fondly recall and still have the Mechwarrior 2 Mercenaries expansion, and I play that old gem even now. Sure, it requires a little bit of creative virtual machine work to get it to play, but it's worth it. It brings back better times.

 

[darlarosa]

Baldur's Gate and Arcanum: SoMO