Star Wars knights of the old republic 1 and 2
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Morrowind.
Portal, Final Fantasy, StarCraft, Mass Effect 1 and 2, Half-life 2, Portal 2, COD Modern Warfare… to begin with
GTA2 - top down view and sound effects were fantastic.
Tribes online was one of the first mostly open world team based team fps I played. Some of the vehicle mechanics were clunky but many games never even bothered to try to implement such features before or since.
SNES- super Street fighter 2 turbo, NBA jam TE, Ken Gruffy baseball, Zelda link to the past, supermarioworld
N64- Mario kart 64, Mario golf, Goldeneye, 1080 snowboarding, blitz NFL
Warcraft 2 is hard to go back to because of some of the QOL improvements war3 introduced but the sound board from war 2 may never be outdone.
Diablo II - years of my life. Obligatory fuck Duriel
Unreal Tournament 2004 - weapon selection, play style and map variety options with bots that weren't great but much better than what had preceded them. Graphics were incredible at the time and for me still look good on some levels.
Max Payne - the time slowing feature, consistent and well done noir theme and feel and an enjoyable narrative make it one that even though I only played through twice I remember 20 years later.
You might enjoy crpgaddict, a blog that is playing through every computer roleplaying game in chronological order, providing scores for each one on various metrics. The reason I bring him up is that he doesn't rate on a curve, or give things marks for being "good for its time" - if pool of radiance scores higher than skyrim, it's not because it was influential or good for its time, but because he thinks it's outright better regardless of age (just an example - I'm not saying he would actually rate those two games that way, and he has not rated skyrim). There are early 80s games that he remembers fondly and had a huge impact on the industry that he rates as like 23/100 or whatever, because the scale leaves room for the Witcher 3.
It takes a long time to get through all those games, so he's currently up to the early 90s, having updated his blog regularly for over a decade. But his list of highest rated games might be a good place to start.
Oh, and while we're talking about old-ish RPGs that would score well on his scale, I might as well mention Morrowind and the Baldur's Gate series (before 3, obviously), which he won't reach for a long time but has been known to hold up as solid examples of the genre. Personally I still think Baldur's Gate 2 is great. I'm also a big fan of the quest for glory series, which crpgaddict has rated, but might not make his list of top scoring RPGs, because they're a hybrid adventure/RPG, so not all of their strengths appear on a scale designed for pure RPGs.
Crusader: No Remorse and No Regret.
Controls kinda fucking suck in the modern day, but the games are still solid fun.
If you like rpgs (real ones, turn based, not this action rpg thing)
Chrono Trigger
Final Fantasy 6, 7, Tactics (the ogs, not remakes)
Secret of Mana
Lufia 2
Grandia 2
Breath of Fire
...And why not, kickle cubical
Weird to gatekeep what a "real" rpg is, implying it's turn based, then mention games which are "active time", like SoM or FF7.
Add Golden Sun to that list.
Star wars Jedi Knight: Outcast and Jedi Knight: Academy.
I'm not really much of a Star wars fan and I looooved those fucking games.
How old? Heretic, Zork, Nethack, Metroid Zero ( it's basically OG Metroid with quality of life upgrades). On the old Nokia, we had snake....
Sorry to let you down but Super Metroid sorry to burst your bubble but while NES may have had Metroid it was not the GOAT before the term was instituted.
"OG" means "Original Gangster", like first of its kind.
Age of Empires II
The remaster is one of the few remasters that are not just a rip-off.
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Look up a top 25 list for the SNES and play every one of them
Yea well ever since they did a huge crackedown on emulation. No thanks other wise I would download the shit out of them.
Well, if you can afford it, the SNES classic has most of the stuff worth playing, with a couple of curiosities thrown in.
Believe it or not and I am showing my age but still own an SNES . And that was the last system I have ever bought.
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Super Metroid because it's amazing, and Castlevania Symphony of the Night for the same reason. I may be biased because those are two of my favorites ever but I swear they legit hold up.
Ummm do not know who would disagree with you about Super Metriod but that is my go to game when I am sick of the stupid shit that is being pushed out today.
As someone who didn't play them back in the day, I feel like SotN holds up but Super Metroid doesn't. Just as another opinion. I couldn't really get into metroid fusion either. To me it feels like the moment-to-moment action gameplay is too clunky in the early metroid games I've played, even if the exploration element is neat. I did enjoy playing SotN for the first time a couple of years ago though. It's been a while since I played either, so they're not totally fresh in my memory - I guess it's possible that I'm just more forgiving of clunky melee combat than clunky shooting.
Tangentially related, always amuses me how "metroidvania" has become the genre name, when originally it was just a way that reviewers poked fun at the big change between SotN and earlier castlevanias. They were like "this isn't what I expect from a castlevania, it's a great game but maybe they should have named it metroidvania", and the name stuck. Another odd fact about that terminology is that according to interviews, the SotN designer never played metroid - they were inspired by the non-linear exploration with different routes opened up by items/upgrades in Zelda games (although obviously adding that to castlevania's platformer gameplay makes it more closely resemble metroid). So it should probably be considered a zeldavania.
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Need for Speed Underground 2 was great came. Not sure how much nostalgia ia in there but it just felt good for a racer.
Bloons TD holds a special place in my heart and so does Runescape.
I know I am old and you don't have to call me it but F Zero was my first forway into racing.
I loved F-Zero on the SNES and an old game called PoD: Planet of Death on the family PC.
Starwars Knights of the old Republic 1 and 2 they are on steam and kotar 1 can be played on a phone. AC blackflag. Dragon age origins. If you want a more specific recommendation based on a old gaming system let me know.
Katamari Damacy for the spectacle of it. Wait for a switch sale and let your mind be blown.
There are also 3 of them on PC and are quite cheap.