Era can be defined as a console generation, a decade, one specific year, whatever you want. I’d encourage you to give a list of your favourite games from the generation of choice and why it was the best to you. Nostalgia is a totally viable reason too.

I’ll go first. For me, the 360 era is my GOAT. As someone in their 20s, I grew up with the 360 so nostalgia is definitely a big factor. But on top of that, I still feel like the games during that time were some of the best we’ve had. 2011 alone was a fantastic year, with Dark Souls, Skyrim, Portal 2 and many more great games. I was going to list out my favourite games from 2005-2013 but I love so many it would be far too long of a post.

I’d love to hear some of you talk about your favourite time period of games too, whether it’s agreeing with my choice or giving different opinions

  • viking@infosec.pub
    20·
    2 months ago

    Around the turn of the millennium. Games were designed for offline use and had way more immersive campaigns, were shipped by and large ready and bug-free, and so were add-on campaigns.

    And since graphics were not as refined as they are now, additional efforts were placed on gameplay.

    My top list (by release year):

    • Diablo II (1996)
    • Dungeon Keeper (1997)
    • Half-Life (1998)
    • Thief: The Dark Project (1998)
    • Thief 2 (1999)
    • Dungeon Keeper 2 (1999)
    • Heroes of Might & Magic 3 (1999)
    • Gothic II (2002)

    Never had a console and don’t get along with controllers whatsoever, so those are all referring to the PC versions.

      • viking@infosec.pub
        3·
        2 months ago

        I’ve recently replayed Thief and Thief 2, they still hold up well!

        Tried Gothic II, and unfortunately the controls feel very clunky today. Or maybe it’s just me. But somehow third person view doesn’t really work for me anymore.

    • cod@lemmy.worldOPM
      2·
      2 months ago

      I recently picked up a few of those games on my pc. Wanting to try Gothic II out soon ish, and Thief 1 & 2 as well soon

      • viking@infosec.pub
        3·
        2 months ago

        For Thief and Gothic II there are unofficial graphic mods out there that improve things massively. They basically replace the original models with those from Thief II and Gothic 3, and also fix some bugs.

        https://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=152429 - that’s a user made campaign for Thief, the thread also has links to all the patches and updates. The campaign is also absolutely great with overwhelmingly massive maps, but you should play the original first.

      • 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de
        2·
        2 months ago

        I really hope you enjoy Thief 1/2! The two are some of my top games of all time and the second one is after 25 years still the best pure stealth game.

        As was already said, do make sure to install TFix or T2Fix (depending on the game) to get widescreen/high resolution renderer and just modern hardware support in general.

      • zerofk@lemm.ee
        2·
        2 months ago

        Gothic 1 is my all time favourite RPG. 2 is everything a sequel “should” be: bigger, some mechanics improvements without losing the core, and (with the expansion) callbacks to 1 and familiar characters. And yet it also lost some of the atmosphere. This is why 1 will always be my favourite.

        Despite that, it’s still a great game, and many people’s favourite. I hope you’ll enjoy it.