With so few good new titles being released these days, especially by major studios, I figured I'd make a thread for everyone to share your favourite classic or older games, especially if they're lesser-known titles that others might have missed at the time.
I'll open with The Saboteur (2009), Mercenaries (2005) and Saints Row 2 ( The 2008 original)
Quake 1 is a lot of fun. I prefer it over the sequels because they all lack the Romero design.
Unreal Tournament series was excellent and just made me realize where Fortnite actually came from.
The Castlevania series is full of amazing games. The Metroidvania are a lot of fun.
Mystical Ninja Goemon has a lot of fan translated games. It's a good series that only did well in Japan. I wish there was a new one even now.
Virtual On and Crazy Taxi are going to be in my arcade some day.
You should also check out classic Indies. Fans and professionals make games for old school consoles all the time. Some are really good.
Unreal Tournament 2004 multiplayer.
Maybe the only game that I totally jones for that I can't play anymore. An absolutely perfect game except for the network stack which was so buggy I wouldn't want to even run it in a VM on today's internet.
Time for an old school LAN party.
UT 2004 is my top rated multiplayer FPS of all time. It was just so damn polished. I remember buying the UT GOTY then a year later seeing it for sale.
"How can they just sell it again? I just bought it!"
Then I played it. It was just outstanding. I wasn't even mad.
Quake 1 remains such a standout for me. I still remember the Deathmatch levels..."Claustrophobopolis" ... "The Bad Place."
Loved zapping people by jumping in the water and using the lightning gun.
KeeperOfTheGate discharges into the water. 😎
My son and I play it at least once a month.
You'll love Daikatana.
If only I could love the NPCs...
Did Romero make you his bitch?