The "New" Enduring Classics

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aguspal

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dr_what said:
Hello Escapists !
So recently, I've been replaying Super Metroid on the SNES and I was impressed with how well it had endured the test of time by being as engaging and enjoyable today, despite the now inferior 16-bit technology of its time.
I have two younger cousins both born post 2001 who have been raised with the DS and the Wii, and have played my ps3. On their most recent visit, they came across my n64 and super mario 64 and OoT and mario kart, and spent the entire visit quietly enjoying these older games. Considering these kids usually bring their DS(s) with them and tend to get hyper still,this was pretty damn impressive.
These games date from the early noughties to the nineties and are recognised as enduring classics for their systems, and still hold relevance today. Which brings me to my point.

My fellow escapists, what games of the current Gen do you think will become the "new" enduring classics 10 or 20 years down the line ?

My Votes are :
-Red Dead Redemption
-Portal/Portal 2
-The Arkham Series
-Skyrim
-Assasins Creed 2

I would very much like to hear your opinions !

Oh cmon...

The arkham series a classic? Wow really did people like that game THAT fucking much when in reality is one of the most repetitive and just plain bad game that I have played so far...

RDR and AC2 I cant comment because I havent played them now I plan to. Skyrim is a good candidate. Portal 1 and 2 are kinda there too, a little overrated but still good.
 

scorptatious

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Well the Portal games are obvious.

Followed by...
LittleBigPlanet series
Pokemon Black/White
Super Meat Boy
Castle Crashers
Team Fortress 2
Batman: Arkham City
Valkyria Chronicles
Fallout 3 and New Vegas
Mass Effect series
Demon Souls
Dark Souls
Angry Birds
Plants vs. Zombies

I'm probably forgetting a few games, but oh well.
 

KoudelkaMorgan

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Demon's Souls
Dark Souls
Etrian Odyssey
The Dark Spire
Radiant Historia
Borderlands (NOT Borderlands 2)

These are the only recent games I have replayed lately.

I'd add Minecraft to the list but I stopped playing that a looooong time ago. It used to be fun, now its...whatever the opposite of intuitive and streamlined is.
 

sXeth

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Skyrim'll easily be supplanted by whatever newer shinier ES comes next. Morrowind's cult status came upon it for having a more unique and individualized setting, as well as a ton more characterization, which has only cut down across Oblivion and Skyrim.

Souls don't really offer much new to the action RPG genre. The main distinction between Dark Souls and Zelda is difficulty and tone. The difficulty is largely by removing features (like pausing, saving, jumping, etc) which is stepping backwards more then forwards, and the dark tone bubble is going to burst eventually (if it hasn't already). Also, while literally everything else in the game was horrible, Dragons Dogma basically killed the other three in "How to fight big monsters properly" (with a leg up by borrowing Shadow of the Colossus).

Portal has decent odds, but probably in a more niche fashion in the same subgroups that still replay Myst.

LittleBigPlanet is basically the main competition to Mario these days and probably gets the nod for introducing the console level editor to widespread use.
 

regalphantom

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Portal 1 & 2
Bioshock
New Vegas
Bastion
Possibly Borderlands 2
Possibly Dishonoured (haven't played it yet)

That's it really.