After All These Years...

A verily recent thread came up about Deus Ex and how it was supposedly the best game ever (http://www.gamespot.com/forums/topic/29010578/12-years-later-deus-ex--still-the-best-game-ever). What with all these talks about how the game was great for its time and how it still is amazing to this day, this was not to be the case for other System Warrirors and some argued how time was working against the aged old classic of 2000.

It got me thinking, what game do you feel after all these years, has stood the test of time? As in, what game was amazing back then that if you played it right now, today, at this very moment, it would have the exact same impact that it made on you some time ago. Try and keep it in the previous gen rather than a game from this gen as this gen may have amzing games the time hasn't exactly been unkind yet so let's wait on those games and focus on the games that have had time become an enemy and see which one had prevaild.

So, what game has held up against the test of time? Well System Wars, what are your thoughts? :|

Counter Strike.
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If it has to be sp? Hard to say... Resident Evil 3, KoTOR, HL2, Rome Total War.

If you're just talking last gen and no other gens before it, then I would say Ico. The atmosphere, design, and gameplay are still awesome. I suspect many will probably pick games like Ico imo. Games with great artistic design(as opposed to technical graphics), a good storyline, and solid gameplay.

Great great game.

Halo CE hands down and for proof, Halo CEA using the same 2001 game-play with this gen visuals is better than 90% of this gen shooters. :o :P

Cool thread.

Something I argue all the time is that the quality of a game, as in purely how fun it is to play, doesnt really change over time. This point is dismissed alot, because of the way review systems work, that being a 9 score years ago isnt the same as a 9 score now. I stand by this though, a game that is truely great fun to play will still be so in 10 years, 20 years from now. Good gaming is timeless, its only what we expect from things that changes our opinion over time.

On topic a little more, I would say the metal gear games have aged well. The basic premise of the way the game plays is still as great as it was upon release.The graphics etc are garbage by todays standards, but the quality of the actual gameplay isnt any less great than it was at the time.

I would also say most platformers, Mario being first among them, hold the test of time real well for the same reasons. Also the PS2 era GTA games, Im playing 3 on a tablet, and it still kicks ass.

Counter Strike.
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If it has to be sp? Hard to say... Resident Evil 3, KoTOR, HL2, Rome Total War.

padaporra

Nope, doesn't have to SP. Any game you feel that has stood the test of time (MP or SP) you can list them. :)

Jazz Jackrabbit 2. It's from 1998 and it hasn't aged one bit. I still play it very regularly, both single player and multiplayer.

The Metroid Prime games also come to mind. MP1 and 2 from 2002 and 2004 respectively are still fantastic games to play.

Finally, F-Zero GX (2003) still is one of the fastest, most challenging and most polished racing titles out there. Wipeout can eat its heart out.

Tetris

Civilization

UFO : Enemy Unknown

Super Mario World

Metroid Prime

Zelda WW

[QUOTE="padaporra"]

Counter Strike.
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If it has to be sp? Hard to say... Resident Evil 3, KoTOR, HL2, Rome Total War.

Goyoshi12

Nope, doesn't have to SP. Any game you feel that has stood the test of time (MP or SP) you can list them. :)

Burnout 3.

Everquest 1 before they tried turning it into WoW.

Halo CE and Link to the Past come to mindmems_1224

Counter Strike.

padaporra

I have to agree here. And maybe World of Warcraft now, since is from 2004 and still has 10 million players.

Tetris

Civilization

UFO : Enemy Unknown

Super Mario World

Metroid Prime

Zelda WW

milannoir

Tetris is the best example. Still as fun and addictive now as it was upon intial release. The game isn't held back by its graphics because those shine in their simplicity.

Zelda WW is also a good example because its graphics still look great and the 3D Zelda gameplay hasn't changed all that much.

SMW did indeed hold up excellent after all these years and so did a number of other platformers on the SNES (and Genesis) most notably Super Mario World 2 and the Donkey Kong Country series. It's funny to see that these games have hold up far better than later games that came out in the early days of 3D.

Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 and Knuckles. Mostly sonic 2 though, the level design is amazing in that game.

Super Street Fighter II Turbo

Yoshi's Island

Super Mario World

Super Mario All-Stars

Smash TV

F-Zero (original)

Counter-Strike 1.6

Doom 1/2/Ultimate...

Duke Nukem 3D

GoldenEye (mainly for the specific way it perfecly blends stealth and full shooting gameplay without ever really forcing it on you)

Halo CE (On Xbox and in pretty much every way except for it's graphics now)

Sega Rally

Tetris

Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Super Metroid

Punch Out!!

Super Punch Out!!

Advance Wars

Cave Story

Pokemon (2D portable versions)

UN Squadron

Super Aleste

Shufflepuck Cafe

Gokujou Parodius (and most of the other Parodius games)

Star Fox (yup, even with the simple polygon graphics and definately still far more so than the likes of Star Fox 64 and it's sequels)

Gunsmoke

Rhythm Heaven

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[QUOTE="mems_1224"]Halo CE and Link to the Past come to mindmusicalmac

[QUOTE="musicalmac"][QUOTE="mems_1224"]Halo CE and Link to the Past come to mindRyviusARC

HL2

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[QUOTE="RyviusARC"][QUOTE="musicalmac"] I like this answer. If Diablo 2 supported higher resolutions, I'd also give it a nod.BrunoBRS

Ocarina of Time. I was trying out some Wii games and was disappointed with how they looked on my large HDTV even with component cables, but I loaded up OoT and was amazed. It's held up so well, and doesn't look bad (considering its a N64 game) on my HDTV.

not sure if it works in Bnet thoPurpleHaze89

HL2

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el3m2tigre

I could name off games forever, but I'll stick to the pre 2001 notables that I care about.

Snafu
Streets of Rage
Streets of Rage 2
Streets of Rage 3
Sonic 1
Sonic 2
Sonic 3
Sonic & Knuckles
M.U.S.H.A/Musha Aleste
Thunder Force III
Thunder Force IV/Lightening Force (btw it's really not spelled as "Lightning")
Batman (Genesis)
Revenge of Shinobi
Shinobi III
Herzog Zwei
Two Crude Dudes
Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition
Vitrua Fighter 2
Virtual On Cyber Troopers
Galactic Attack
Sonic 3D Blast (Saturn)
NIGHTS into Dreams
NBA Jam T.E (Saturn)
Ocarina of Time
Majora's Mask
Super Smash Bros.
Pokemon gen 1
Super Mario Bros.
Mario Land
Duck Hunt
Tie Fighter
X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter
Mega Man X
TMNT: The Hyperstone Heist
Turtles in Time
A Link to the Past
Chrono Trigger

Yeah, I'm done for now....

Halo CE hands down and for proof, Halo CEA using the same 2001 game-play with this gen visuals is better than 90% of this gen shooters. :o :P

SecretPolice

I agree. Isn't it sad the direction shooters have progressed? I expected Halo:CE battlefields times 10 this gen. Instead, we got hallways.

***The snes classics hold up the best though, imo.

[QUOTE="PurpleHaze89"] not sure if it works in Bnet thomusicalmac

Super Mario World

Zelda: OoT

Zelda: WW

Half-Life

Mario Galaxy

Half-Life 2

Warcraft III

Starcraft

Starcraft II

Halo CE

Sonic Adventure

If you mean games that are still good today, that you could bust out any time and play for hours:

Counter-Strike

WarCraft 3 Frozen Throne

Quake 3 Arena

Mario Kart for the N64

Smash Bros

StarCraft Brood War

WarCraft 3

GTA San Andreas

Baldurs Gate/Icewind

Dale series

Final Fantasy 7,8,9

Halo CE, Metroid Prime, Super Mario World, Shadow of the Colossus (just played through this for about the fifth time last week), ALttP, and I'm sure there are others I could name...

1. Final Fantasy VI
2. Final Fantasy VII
3. OoT
4. MGS
5. Chrono Trigger

These are my top 5.

[QUOTE="PurpleHaze89"] not sure if it works in Bnet thomusicalmac

So many choices, for me it would be

1. Halo

2. Final Fantasy 7

3. Sonic Adventure

4. Donkey King 64

5. Metal gear solid 1, 2, 3

6. Warcraft 2 and 3

Goddam Halo that stubborn SoB. Stil fun to this day. Playing MP is just so goddam fun.

Goddam Halo that stubborn SoB. Stil fun to this day. Playing MP is just so goddam fun.

OB-47

All I know about that son of a gun is that the PC demo still has a community! THE DEMO FOR @#$%ING HALO:CE ON PC STILL HAS A COMMUNITY! :o

I think that (and the fact that a hell of a lot of people have said it on their list already) says a lot about the game already. If the PC demo has a community then who knows how big the original Xbox community is and how many people still play it. :|

Beat it the other day on my 360, I feel it has held up pretty well.

oh and this too!

God,love the online mp and stil a bkast to play

Il finish with this

Great game, looking ot get the HD release on 360 soon!

[QUOTE="OB-47"]

Goddam Halo that stubborn SoB. Stil fun to this day. Playing MP is just so goddam fun.

Goyoshi12

All I know about that son of a gun is that the PC demo still has a community! THE DEMO FOR @#$%ING HALO:CE ON PC STILL HAS A COMMUNITY! :o

I think that (and the fact that a hell of a lot of people have said it on their list already) says a lot about the game already. If the PC demo has a community then who knows how big the original Xbox community is and how many people still play it. :|

I don't think the original was Xbox live sadly. I never got to play online. It would be huge though. Halo 2 was huge even after Halo 3 came out

[QUOTE="Goyoshi12"]

[QUOTE="OB-47"]

Goddam Halo that stubborn SoB. Stil fun to this day. Playing MP is just so goddam fun.

OB-47

All I know about that son of a gun is that the PC demo still has a community! THE DEMO FOR @#$%ING HALO:CE ON PC STILL HAS A COMMUNITY! :o

I think that (and the fact that a hell of a lot of people have said it on their list already) says a lot about the game already. If the PC demo has a community then who knows how big the original Xbox community is and how many people still play it. :|

I don't think the original was Xbox live sadly. I never got to play online. It would be huge though. Halo 2 was huge even after Halo 3 came out

[QUOTE="OB-47"]

[QUOTE="Goyoshi12"]

All I know about that son of a gun is that the PC demo still has a community! THE DEMO FOR @#$%ING HALO:CE ON PC STILL HAS A COMMUNITY! :o

I think that (and the fact that a hell of a lot of people have said it on their list already) says a lot about the game already. If the PC demo has a community then who knows how big the original Xbox community is and how many people still play it. :|

Bardock47

I don't think the original was Xbox live sadly. I never got to play online. It would be huge though. Halo 2 was huge even after Halo 3 came out

I think it's amazing games last that long. WoW is rumoured to last 25 years! That's crazy!

[QUOTE="OB-47"]

Goddam Halo that stubborn SoB. Stil fun to this day. Playing MP is just so goddam fun.

Goyoshi12

All I know about that son of a gun is that the PC demo still has a community! THE DEMO FOR @#$%ING HALO:CE ON PC STILL HAS A COMMUNITY! :o

I think that (and the fact that a hell of a lot of people have said it on their list already) says a lot about the game already. If the PC demo has a community then who knows how big the original Xbox community is and how many people still play it. :|