Yeah I mentioned Resistance because at least it does some sstuff differently, especially the third iteration. But most of what it does really well is basically being more old school in all the right ways. Killzone is great but it's a bit less distinct except for Helghast being awesome.shrekfan246 said:Well, I tried to avoid "gritty first-person shooters" since the OP apparently doesn't care for them, which is why I didn't mention Killzone either. For the Xbox it's a bit unavoidable, since Gears is arguably the biggest franchise on the platform.SkarKrow said:Hey for the PS3 don't forget Resistance, there's been a lot of good stuff this generation I think alongside all the bullshit.shrekfan246 said:Welcome to the Escapist!Daniel said:In essence, what modern games are the kids of today going to grow up with, and cherish many years from now? Where will their nostalgia lie?
Now that that's out of the way.
Depends, really. For the Wii, there's Xenoblade Chronicles, Super Mario Galaxy, Kirby's Return to Dreamland, Twilight Princess/Skyward Sword, Metroid Prime Trilogy, Sonic Colors (though that's mostly wishful thinking on my part), Donkey Kong Country Returns, Okami, Last Story, Pandora's Tower (which will hopefully eventually get a US release), No More Heroes, and a few more that I can't really think of at the moment...
For the Xbox 360 you've got... er... Halo and Gears of War, I guess? Lost Odyssey maybe?
For the PS3 you've got Demon's Souls, inFamous, LittleBigPlanet, Metal Gear Solid 4, Disgaea 3/4, Uncharted.
Then cross-console there's Assassin's Creed, Batman: Arkham Asylum/City, Bioshock, Dark Souls, Darksiders, Dead Space, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, (hopefully) Dishonored, Dragon Age: Origins, Skyrim, Mass Effect, Portal, Sonic Generations (more wishful thinking).
I'm trying my damndest to only think of this console generation because I'm at the age where I remember DOS-gaming back on my PC, but I technically grew up with the Sega Genesis, Nintendo 64, and Playstation 2 all at different times. I'm also wondering if these games aren't already "too old" for the current generation or something... hm.
Really I dunno though, I'm nostalgic for the MegaDrive (Genesis), Master System, PS1, PS2. To a lesser extent the Dreamcast that I got a few weeks ago because fucking hell I wanted one when they came out.
If your talking about Nintendo 64 games I'm afraid it is to old for some people who started this gen I was playing Ocarina of time and my freind came up to me and said this game looks crap. I died a little inside that day.shrekfan246 said:I'm trying my damndest to only think of this console generation because I'm at the age where I remember DOS-gaming back on my PC, but I technically grew up with the Sega Genesis, Nintendo 64, and Playstation 2 all at different times. I'm also wondering if these games aren't already "too old" for the current generation or something... hm.
Nah, if i really would want to play it i`ll buy a box or wich would be better anyway a capable gaming pc. No need for bloodspilling over 10hours of additional quest gameplay, a new form and some items.Gone Rampant said:However, I'm gonna say bet that we'll see Todd Howard being executed by PS3 fanboys if Dawnguard doesn't come out soon.
This is something I've recently experienced. I've got a friend who recently got into old Nintendo titles, and who now talks about them as if it's been years since he first picked them up, when in actual fact, he's always been pretty biased against Nintendo up until lately...Elementary - Dear Watson said:I bet there will still be a false nostalgia...
We talk about games we like, and then the classics we like as well...
However it is also very common for people to talk about games in a nostalgic kind of way that they didn't even play as a kid... or at the time when they were around!
I think, with all the downloadable classics, and backward capability then the next gen will still be nostalgic about the simpler classic games that they are still playing now! (Pokemon red/blue, Super Mario Land, Ocarina of Time, and many other games that they were too young for anyway!!)
There are some games like that for me, tough I was never an MMO person I loved some games as a kid and I remember as being some of my most fun times as a kid but I can never go back to playing just because they do not work very good on new systems or the controls are so out of date and obtuse that they are simply not fun to play now that I have played games done so much better. I am sure that if I spent the time I could get them running perfect, find ways to fix graphics errors and rebind the entire control scheme but I would rather just stumble across the disk every few month when looking for something else, take a moment to remember the fun times and move on to my original task.Daniel C said:You can mention them all you like, I've no problem with that. I'm just not that crazy about them myself.shrekfan246 said:Well, I tried to avoid "gritty first-person shooters" since the OP apparently doesn't care for them, which is why I didn't mention Killzone either. For the Xbox it's a bit unavoidable, since Gears is arguably the biggest franchise on the platform.
MMOs are actually an interesting one to bring up. I myself have really great memories and stories to share about my time in World in Warcraft, but I wouldn't go back to that game if you paid me. Even looking at a game like League of Legends, it's something that you have to invest alot of time in if you go back to playing it. I'll always speak fondly of WoW, but I'll never go back to playing it. I guess it's a different sort of nostalgic game.SlamDunc said:I think some games remembered fondly will be the Mass Effect, Halo and Gears of War series. Maybe even some games like Fallout 3 and Skyrim but I am not so sure about those.
I don't think games like LoL will achieve this great level of nostalgia though. It seems those who stop playing seem to forget about them pretty quickly.
The interesting thing is that we don't know how long a game like League of Legends is going to last. As far as the next generation is concerned, it could be a staple of their library, and won't really have a nostalgic value as a result. It's one to keep an eye on, to say the least.
The problem is, is that people put older games on some sort of peddle-stool[footnote]obscure TV reference... internet cookie up for grabs for the first person to name it![/footnote]. When a game comes out it gets slated on every aspect it has that isn't directly comparable to another game at that time. For example: 'This game is great, but the driving controls are shoddy' meaning that they wern't as good as other similar titles, and 'weapon choice is limited' because there were only 12 types of gun not 24...CityofTreez said:Right, because every generation before this was perfect, with thousands apon thousands of great games.krazykidd said:There will be no nostalgia . This generation ( graphics asside) is the worst generation . We are going to forget it existed , save for a few titles such as DA:O , Dark/demons souls .
Oh wait.
Heh, yeah that series too. However, Mass Effect is an IP of Bioware, not Obsidian. Still, by saying "everything Obsidian" I thought it would be assumed that whatever else that was memorable from either developer could just be inferred to be there - whatever the reader imagines. Still, nice catch; that will probably be considered a piece of future nostalgia as well.sunsetspawn said:You forgot Obsidian's big hit, Mass Effect, but just the first one because that company really went to shit when Activision bought it out.Chimichanga said:KOTOR 1 & 2, Jade Empire, Neverwinter Nights, and pretty much anything by Obsidian