If you think a game should be higher or lower in ranking, then upvote or downvote it. If you don’t see a game on the list that you think should be on the list then create a top level reply with the name and system.

    • redisdead@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      My thought when reading the title of the thread was “If Half-Life fits the bill, it’s half life.”

      Revolutionary game.

    • viking@infosec.pubEnglish
      0·
      2 years ago

      Bloody hell, I didn’t realize it’s that old. I played it in high school, feels like yesterday.

      • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caEnglish
        4·
        2 years ago

        Play Black Mesa, you deserve it. Not only it’s Half-Life like you’ve never seen it, but there’s also a completed Xen campaign.

        • viking@infosec.pubEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          I did, it’s amazing. Also just replayed HL2 with some fancy graphics mod, pretty cool stuff.

      • Arbiter@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Yeah, this is the make us feel old thread.

        We’re only a couple months from the launch lineup for the ps2 qualifying here.

        • GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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          2 years ago

          My hope is that this becomes a living document that will show up in search engines and make people aware of lemmy and can be reffered to when people ask “what should i play?” Thats why the title says “best” instead of “most popular.” There’s a lot of hidden gems posted already.

  • johnthebeboptist@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    2 years ago

    Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee (PS1)

    So many games that I even upvoted that are still absolutely amazing haven’t really aged perfectly control- or gameplay-wise, but Oddworld could be released today and it would still be perfect.

    • Thrawn@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      I hear people say all the time that it is perfect. It definitely has imperfections.

      However while I will insist on it being imperfect it has still been my number one favorite game for at least two decades.

      It is easily the closest to perfect I think you could possibly ask for with the hardware limitations and the fact that teams don’t have magical infinite time or budgets. Anyone with even a slight interest in RPGs should play it.

      Plus it gave us the musical career of Yasunori Mitsuda

  • WideEyedStupid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    I am very sad that I’ve scrolled several pages and haven’t seen the obvious one (though I could just be blind):

    Deus Ex.

    Edit: or perhaps it’s because Deus Ex is from 2000 and I don’t know if it counts yet. Maybe I’ll wait 'til next year!

    • hitstun@fedia.io
      1·
      2 years ago

      There are better Zelda games. ALTTP is clever, for sure, but the path through the game has too many obtuse moments. I don’t know how I would have gotten through it the first time without Nintendo Power magazine. I liked Link’s Awakening and Link Between Worlds more, though without Link to the Past, we wouldn’t have those games.

      Now, the Super Metroid and A Link to the Past Randomizer is an incredible achievement and a must-play for people who have finished both original games.

    • Psythik@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      Boooo! The World Is Not Enough was superior in every way. Fully-voiced dialog and a working physics engine, on the freaking Nintendo 64! No Oddjob bullshit in multiplayer, either.

      Never understood why everyone sleeps on TWINE and praises GoldenEye. Every single time. Y’all missed out on a really good sequel.

      Edit: *sigh* See what I mean? Why does everyone hate this game!?

  • skulblaka@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    I missed System Shock 1 and 2 on release (I was 1 and 6 years old, respectively) but I’ve recently been playing the SS1 remake and, holy shit, this is an incredible game.

    I think the original is held back by its UI but the actual game itself, which the remake pretty much preserves almost one to one, is incredibly solid even by modern standards. I’ve been super hooked on it and it’s opened my eyes to an entire lineage of games that I’ve not paid attention to - System Shock 2, Deus Ex, and Prey are the big three that I have my eye on when I finish with SS1 Remake.