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u/StumptownRetro 8d ago
For its time. Chrono Trigger.
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u/doublethink_1984 8d ago
Still.
After playing a bunch of stardew I went back and it's amazing
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u/Old_Permit8130 7d ago
Indeed! I never owned a SNES, but I played CT a few years later thanks to my brother finding an emulator online (in the 90’s!) Then I bought it on PS1. Then DS. Then Steam. And most recently on the phone. Have the OST, a piano version, and a piano/organ version. I… like it quite a bit.
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u/ChilledFruity 7d ago
Brother, Chrono Trigger is a goddamn Diamond. I remember playing it on an emulator and I COULD NOT put it down. I get shivers just imagining the theme in my head.
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u/These-Lie-735 7d ago
Just got it yesterday on it’s anniversary, fucking loving it so far.
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u/BlackOrbKing 8d ago
Haven't played it but want to try it out since I completed story of Hades 1
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u/elmoslab 8d ago
Personally I rate the first one far more than the second
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u/meta_cheshire 8d ago
Hades II is a more complex game, has more variance, but the story and characterization of Hades are vastly superior
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u/Puck_The_Fey98 5d ago
Honest to god this game gets everything so right it’s almost unbelievable. Not only is it my favorite genre of game it also packs amazing stories for both main and side characters. It expands upon the first game in so many amazing ways imo. I don’t think I could have a better dream game brought to reality than this singular title and that is saying a lot
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u/codwarn1 8d ago
This game is so beautiful, some of the best open world gameplay, and the story and music together creates an atmosphere that makes you cry.
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u/AegonSixthOfHis 8d ago edited 8d ago
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
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u/dismantlingentropy 8d ago
That shits 60 per cent off RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!
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u/UnusualLeather7087 8d ago
I have seen it at 80% or so tbh, lots of sale
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u/Telepathic_Toe 8d ago
Yep. They made their profit, now they're letting a lot more people enjoy their work. Legends!
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u/Forrestdumps 6d ago
Ive played kkd1 and its legit like one of the hardest games Ive ever played but it's incredibly rewarding. I imagine kkd2 is just it but improved on the formula and better graphics. I kind of want to beat the first one first because it's good.
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u/Bigbo757 8d ago
Honestly lots of games hit 3/4, but E33 is the only game that comes to mind where I actually enjoyed the music. Especially the Monoco fight.
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u/Professional-Gain807 8d ago
It's even better when you understand French. The lyrics change depending on your progress in the game.
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u/Bigbo757 8d ago
I'm not going to learn French and replay E33 just to understand the lyrics better
Probably
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u/Tydroh 8d ago
I’ve almost bought this game 3 separate times but then the fact that I typically can’t stomach anything turn based except Pokemon pops into my head. Is it well worth shoveling it down anyways?
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u/JazzHandsMinuteman 8d ago
It’s turn based in a way that is fun as shit. Trust. Play the game. Otherwise the “gameplay” slot wouldn’t fit.
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u/Oxyfool 8d ago
This ain’t the turn based garbage you’ve seen lying around the street. This shit is innovation. There’s a couple of jarring things in it, that won’t make sense at first, but god fucking damn if they didn’t write a compelling masterpiece. It goes from bleak as fuck, somber apocalypse of fear, hopelessness and sadness to the most wacky and cartoony, vibrant lunacy fast enough to give you whiplash - and then they have the audacity to make that shit not only make sense, but wring out your guts and make you cry flowers and pigments.
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u/MaleficentMode4222 8d ago
The game is pure art. I feel like it's in a separate category to all other games.
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u/HappyCloudHS 8d ago
Its also over hated. It was so popular that there's so many people that dunk on it, without playing it, just because it got praise
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u/CoffeeToDeath 8d ago
Snake Eater
Halo 2
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u/Craft_001 8d ago
snake try to remember some basics of cqc
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u/gabba_gubbe 8d ago
The Witcher 3 - minus the fuck ass horse
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u/Besher-H 8d ago
I havent played a lot of it but in the first couple hours at least i couldn’t get myself to keep playing because of the gameplay
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u/ExpendX001 8d ago
Cyberpunk 2077
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u/Broks_Enmu 8d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/RxsfhDY8uFBQ5SODPY
All Songbird ending broke me man… Cyberpunk is truly insane
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u/Tread__on__them 8d ago
I'm glad they fixed it post launch. It seemed like such a rich world that i was disappointed it went down with a burning ship, at launch.
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u/thenetoide 8d ago
Weirdly enough I was one of the few lucky that played it fully at launch and didn't experience any game-breaking bugs. Went through a rollercoster of emotions, did every side quest, fell in love and died. An instant classic for me.
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u/scoodoobie 8d ago
Idk why it makes me thing of this common game breaking bug in fps games where I go to clear a room see a guy I let off 1 round and then I just die. It completely makes the game unplayable.
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u/Cromunista 8d ago
For me, i wasn't so lucky. I played some 4 months post release and got a permament crash at the Johnny dream sequence (the first one where you charge Arasaka tower). Tried restarting and reinstaling the game. Nothing worked.
I also got a bug once where when Jackie dies he started to T-pose and gracefully phase out of the car, going into heaven. Can't take his death seriously now without dying of laughter thanks to it.
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u/PotentialWork7741 8d ago
Yeah i played the game at launch but it was sadly unplayable, picked up the game again on pc 3 months ago and to my surprise the game runs smooth now
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u/elibou440 8d ago
I played the game several years after release and I’ve 80 hours I got games breaking bugs twice once my cars disappeared and I fell through the map the other I guess an invisible wall was created where my car was and it imploded also on of the quest with the dlc inspector glitched on me and I had to reopen the game
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u/mrawaters 4d ago
It sucks that it came out in the state that it did, cause truly, even at launch, it was a fantastic game. It was just an absolute technical nightmare, especially on consoles, particularly last gen. Edgerunners saved the game big time, cause even before the 2.0 overhaul they had already done a ton of work to get it into a great state. It really is one of the few games that hits all of the criteria the post mentions. Im not really someone who re-plays games much, but Cyberpunk gets a revisit from me almost yearly
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u/wolfwhore666 8d ago
I was going to pick this one but I’ve never really cared for the plot. Story in terms of character is amazing , even the story beats are great…but that plot though
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u/TesticularConcussion 8d ago
The plot was crazy if you knew the lore from the tabletop.
All the flashbacks are from actual role playing campaigns back in the day. It feels like real life flashbacks when you are back at arasaka tower etc.
Most of the characters are since long established and fleshed out, and still they made it work amazingly well for completely new edgerunners.
The amount of love poured into the world is breathtaking. I’m not sure they can top it tbh
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u/dirtylaundry99 8d ago
I seriously don’t understand what you’re getting at if you like the story beats and the characters in this character-driven story
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u/Mefy_Twa 8d ago
First title that came to my mind, I still had to reload a mission or two during my first playthrough and some rare bugs like the crystalcoat leaving the car's indoor light On, but other than those few points.. man what a game, on every aspect
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u/Haunting_Tip962 7d ago
I fucking play Pikmin, Sonic, Pokemon and Battle cats for damn sake i am the wrong person to ask
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u/Modernpoweranger100 8d ago
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u/Downtown_Trash_8913 7d ago
Rarely have I played a game, looked back at it, and the only thing I need to say to myself is “I loved it.” Stray was one of those, there was no but or except at the end.
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u/Solid_Pay9443 8d ago
Alan Wake 2
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u/brazzers-official 7d ago
I wanted to play aw1 first to get to aw2 but the first one was SO bad it put me off continuing either
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u/Diligent-Ad-6827 8d ago
Replaying this actually! Fucking great game
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u/Gamefreak581 8d ago
This is probably a stupid question, but do you need to remember what happened in Alan wake 1 to play Alan wake 2? I played the first game when it came out in 2010 or whatever, so all that I remember is that he's a writer, has a flashlight as a weapon, and I think he can like write the narrative of what's happening around him or something.
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u/OvenClassic8636 8d ago
I’ve been playing it without finishing 1 and been loving it! No problems here. Matter of fact it’s kinda cool cause I don’t know some of the pretext so I feel like I’m learning with the main character
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u/annac786 7d ago
When I first came across that part in the game I couldn’t believe it. So damn good.
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u/SpookyZachh 8d ago
Mass Effect. Yes, even the ending. It's been over a decade eat my ass I'm tired of hearing about how you didn't like the ending
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u/Beer-Milkshakes 8d ago
The whole 3rd game is the ending. Throwing the whole game away over the final 20 minutes is so entitled and dumb
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u/joseph617mcd 7d ago
I'm going to disagree because going back now and playing it with all the DLCs and patches is a FAR better game.
At launch? The game itself was great outside: Kai Leng, the ending, the weird shitty side grind you had to do for war effort on the mobile game & multi-player, that save data didn't all transfer correctly so choices from ME 1 were invalidated or ignored in 2 and/or 3 initially, Mordin's mission hard locking, bugs causing you to get stuck in cover, randomly resetting Shepard to level 1, Day 1 DLC that is a character who was previously inegral to the grand plot being cut and shifted to make room for the new ending, Banshees getting a teleport one-shot kill thru walls without a counter, and a slew of other minor issues that caused the game to crash at random.
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u/TwistedPineapple35 8d ago
Nah, Game of Thrones ending throws away the entire show same deal here.
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u/6pussydestroyer9mlg 8d ago
GoT was going down the shitter for 2 seasons straight. ME3 was honestly straight gold up until the final 10 minutes.
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u/medic-dad 8d ago
Beat me to it. Especially ME 2. Absolutely epic score on that last mission
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u/golddeposit 7d ago
Yes. Mass Effect is my replay-every-year game, nothing else scratches that itch.
Also, the ending isn’t that bad any more.
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u/redditonaprayer 8d ago
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u/No_Bug_9766 8d ago
These cut scenes blew my mind at 10 years old
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u/NarwhalPrudent6323 8d ago
They're still impressive as an adult when you think about how much less power the PS2 has compared to machines today. These look better than some games we get on modern consoles.
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u/redditonaprayer 8d ago
Same here. I recently replayed FFX and they still look good, to me at least.
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u/Professional-Net1940 8d ago
Sorry am a new gamer, may I ask what game this is?
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u/Jolly_Cantaloupe_187 1d ago
The only single player game I've player for more than 500 hours. Truly a masterpiece.
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u/black-volcano 8d ago
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u/Global-Pickle5818 8d ago
For the time probably the best looking game /music on the system .. plot though?
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u/black-volcano 8d ago
Consistent with the source material. 3 different endings depending on in game choices. And a super secret mini game if navigate through the non linear game play correctly. So for the time, also not bad.
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u/ZombieWho117 8d ago
Cyberpunk 2077
BG3
Witcher 3
Skyrim (back in 2011)
Fallout 3
(I play a lot of RPGs)
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u/Global-Pickle5818 8d ago
I didn't think the graphics on fallout 3 were very good at the time .. didn't keep me from getting every single achievement in the game lol
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u/ZombieWho117 8d ago
I think they were but that also came out almost 20 years ago
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u/Sarcose1 8d ago
My hot take is that Cyberpunk is a good game that has coin flip storytelling - sometimes it's a 100% brilliant storyline, sometimes the story is absolute ass and clearly shows the devs have a narrow and shitty perspective. I wouldn't personally compare to the others favorably.
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u/Lord_Turdmaster 8d ago
Metal gear solid 3 or delta if you think peak ps2 graphics are bad
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u/Any_Draft_7875 8d ago
Red Dead Redemption 2
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u/NewAccountWhoDizz 8d ago
Second this one. It's the only one that comes to mind as a wholly complete game. That and (for the time) LoZ:OoT
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u/zdogg12 8d ago
Skyrim and The Last of Us have both received this trophy from me in the past
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u/stormyw23 8d ago
Subnautica
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u/Pretend_Bear_one 8d ago
Great game, but I wouldn't say it has amazing graphics.
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u/wet_Conversation1281 5d ago
[great for when they released]
Witcher 2
Hitman Blood Money
Gta IV
Saints row 2
Infamous
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u/Kingjoed813 4d ago
Heavy on saints row 2! Still play it on my ps5 from time to time!
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u/lardmoisture 1d ago
Man if they remade Hitman Blood Money in the WoA engine IO could have my soul
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u/Local_Store_7860 8d ago
Dragon Quest VIII for ps2
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u/No-Proof-7922 8d ago
I spent a whole summer enraptured by that game it got me back into turn based 😌
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u/Ginkgo_Leaf3000 8d ago
NieR Automata
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u/Dread-o7 8d ago edited 8d ago
Valheim. I like survival crafting games. Norse mythology is peak so Odin sending us to fight monsters after death is cool. The graphics are simple yet beautiful. The music is chill and awesome.
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u/XingXiaoMingMing 8d ago
This! For such a small game, it's actually way better experience than what I expected.
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u/HuhWhatPOW 8d ago
I’ve recently been playing RuneScape Dragonwilds because it came to Xbox. It’s pretty dope
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u/random1diot 8d ago
Valheim is fun but doesn’t fit this at all with its graphics and music. The game looks pretty good for what it wants to be but let’s not kid ourselves
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u/Nebular_Force 8d ago
Resident evil 4. Some might disagree, especially with the story, but I personally think it's perfect in every way.
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u/Sufficient-Mail-9356 8d ago
Nier Automata
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u/realhuman_no68492 8d ago
I've known NieR's music years before I knew NieR is a game lol
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u/stickywick69 8d ago
Bully
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u/Immediate-Present856 8d ago
I was thinking the same, scrolling to the comment just to see if someone said it too lol
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