What games of older generations would you put up? i dont mind the genre really, id would just love to hear yalls suggestions.

    • Mandy@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      i recently streamed metroid fusion but had to stop cause the infinite spin jump simply didnt work, very sad cause its a good one

        • Mandy@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
          41·
          1 year ago

          It is in fusion tho, it just LITERALLY didnt work correctly, i got it working maybe once or twice and than never again

          idk how i managed to get up to the final boss in dread, but i really didnt like it, the big selling points of the robots where so annoying, like a pale imitation of the samus x of…fusion

          • WarmSoda@lemm.ee
            41·
            1 year ago

            I spent 200+ hours with Dread when it came out. Shiniest new toy in awhile so I played the hell out of it. I tried playing it the other week and it doesn’t really feel like Metroid to me now.

            Long ass opening with an intro fight we can’t even play.
            Samus flies across the room. She’s way way too fast.
            Far too much of a focus on boss fights.
            Weakest exploration in the series.
            Super missiles don’t bounce off anything.
            The scary robots are in obvious locations and can just be run past.

            Super Metroid is still top dog. If you want a modern metroidvania check out Axiom Verge.

  • ADHDefy@kbin.social
    311·
    1 year ago

    How old are we talking? Final Fantasy VI, Super Metroid, Resident Evil 2, and the OG Tomb Raider series are all pretty old but great.

    Portal, Portal 2, Mirror’s Edge, Alien Isolation, Child of Light, Celeste, Tales of Berseria, Final Fantasy XIII, Slime Rancher, the newer Tomb Raifer games, and A Plague Tale are a few games from previous gens that hold up really well.

    A more recent game that flew under a lot of people’s radars is Kena: Bridge of Spirits, and it was a lot of fun. Also, Atelier Ryza and Alba: A Wildlife Adventure are very worth mentioning, too. :)

    • Case@unilem.orgEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      I have to call out Mirror’s Edge, it is a great experience if you have the right mindset.

      Trying to play it with an FPS philosophy is not the way.

      • ADHDefy@kbin.social
        1·
        1 year ago

        That’s true! There’s a lot of good games in that series, I’ve heard. I have yet to play most of them myself.

    • MrMcGasion@lemmy.world
      5·
      1 year ago

      Kena: Bridge of Spirits really is an excellent game, I’ve done a couple of playthroughs at different difficulty levels, and there is so much more depth to the gameplay than I realized on my first playthrough. It’s fun, challenging, has a decent story, beautiful environments, and some really cool bosses. The fact that it’s an indie studio’s first game still blows my mind.

      Just wanted to add my own recommendation of Kena to anyone who might be interested, even though it’s a more recent game.

      • soloner@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        It’s been on my wishlist for a while cuz I thought it looked pretty good but wasn’t quite sure if I should try it.

        Now I know to buy it next time there’s a good steam sale. You’ve sold me!

  • Remmock@kbin.social
    19·
    1 year ago

    Fatal Frame
    Rule of Rose
    Clocktower (the series, but I recommend 3)
    Resident Evil
    American McGee’s Alice
    Fear Effect
    Dino Crisis

    Depending on your definition of “older” you also have:
    Alien: Isolation
    Fran Bow
    What Remains of Edith Finch
    Life is Strange

  • InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works@sh.itjust.works
    13·
    1 year ago

    I remember creating a female Twi’lek Jedi in some of the old LucasArts Jedi games.

    • LucasArts Jedi something something
    • KOTOR
    • Baldur’s Gate
    • Fallout Although these were more like “create-your-own protagonists” rather than “known hero protagonists” that people recognize.

    Aside from the classics already mentioned in the thread, Lara, Chell, Samus, Valentine, Redfield, etc. here’s a few that come to mind:

    • Peach in Super Mario 2, the game that feels more like a mushroom trip, than a trip to mushroom kingdom
    • Aya from Parasite Eve
    • Chun Li from Street Fighter, also Cammy
    • Mortal Kombat
    • Tekken
    • Soulcalibur
    • Dead or Alive
    • Sarah Kerrigan in Starcraft(s), although it’s an RTS, so protagonist is a bit loose.
    • Rayne from BloodRayne, the first video game character to appear in PlayBoy, eh
    • Ellie from The Last Of Us, damn it’s been 10 years already? Is that an old game already? Am I old? Nevermind, don’t answer.
    • Clem from The Walking Dead
    • Joanna from Perfect Dark

    I’m sure I’m forgetting a few others.

    • heatiskillingme@kbin.social
      3·
      1 year ago

      Hah I was thinking about that one, I played the three of them (I think that’s all of them?) way back in the early 90s. What a novel concept, a jungle lady saving a prince!