What games this generation will go down as classics?
I'm thinking Batman Arkham Asylum and HL2. (HL2 might not be this generation, i know)
Posted Sep 6, 2010, 6:12 PM UTC · edited
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Hate to be the one to say it, but 'World of Warcraft'
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i don't think its really a "classic". a huge game for our generation, but it's not going to be a game that you can pick up again 10 years down the line and still get the same experience.
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Yes, but despite it not being the first, it will be considered the Father of MMOs or somesuch title.
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I think Ultima Online claims the title as the "Father of MMOs" (In my opinion, anyway)
But, I agree that WoW is a significant player in the history of MMOs.
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EQ,DAOC,WOW... whats next in the line of great mmos?
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I agree. UO is what set the standard. Not EQ. Not WOW. Not DOAC.
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Yeah I agree too, but I think the unfortunate fact is that most people will remember the one that really didn't start it all off, since WoW was nowhere near the first MMO, but I already hear people calling it that and it pisses me off.
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Thank god they aren't updating the graphics anytime soon.
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Give it ten years and we'll have WoW2.
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Half Life 2, Super Mario Galaxy, Fallout 3, Portal, LittleBigPlanet, probably many others.
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In twenty years people will look back at Fallout 3 and think: "Fallout 3 was the worst game ever made*.
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That's an exaggeration, but compared to Fallout 1 and 2 it was a pathetic, dumbed down piece of unoriginal shit. I still enjoyed the hell out of it and lost several weeks to it, but it massively failed to live up to the standards its predecessors set.
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I truly and honestly believe that Fallout 3 is the worst game ever made.
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What in particular makes you think so poorly of it?
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Why is that?
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Because it is the worst game ever made.
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What makes it so bad? Apart from the shooting mechanics without VATS I think it's fucking awesome. So do most who have played it and most respectable game reviewers...
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Oh damn, I better get my fallout 3 tattoo removed then...fuck.
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You forgot about fallout 1 and 2.
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Fallout 1 and 2 were two of the best games ever made. It's a travesty that that worthless piece of crap Fallout 3 shares the same name with them.
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Nostalgia is funny like that. When I replayed Fallout 2 I was like "wtf! I don't remember the UI and controls sucking this bad". Oh, and the long periods of endless, pointless wandering were completely forgotten over time apparently. Yeah, avoid revisiting your past whenever possible because it probably wasn't as special as you remember.
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Fallout 3 fucking sucks now. No one will replay it because it will have been remade into a game that actually is fun. And no ice-skating either. Imagine that.
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I won't lie, I thought Galaxy 2 was better than it's predecessor.
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In the actual game mechanics, you're probably right - but I felt like the presentation of the first Galaxy (plot cutscenes and tons of little details) and the originality and freshness of everything makes it a better experience than Galaxy 2 in spite of how much more there is to do in the sequel. In other words, Galaxy 2 might technically be a better game, but I think Galaxy is much more of a classic.
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Minecraft
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Sometimes I think we all forget the game is in ALPHA.
I love it but it's not even done yet, it definitely lacks quite a bit in its current state.
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Well, Half Life 2 obviously.
Probably Bioshock, Portal and TF2 as well.
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Its time that we admit that HL2 was a generation ago.
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Indeed. Half-Life 2 was released on the original Xbox (a sixth gen console) and was also slated for a Dreamcast release (also a sixth gen console), We're well into the seventh generation already (the Xbox 360 was released in 2005).
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Episode 2 wasn't :P
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Getting close to it.....
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HL2 is a PC game, what exactly defines a generation for those?
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When the technology used to play it originally is significantly outdated.
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Well, then that would be yearly, or every other year at the most.
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No, a PC game should share the "generation" of the worst console that can run it at 100%.
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What has the state of gaming come to?
I wouldn't be happy to have a single one of these titles in my collection once they age enough to become supposed classics.
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What has the state of gaming come to?
That's a good question. What has the state of gaming come to when someone doesn't want a game, regardless of how fun it is, because of its age?
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I think you're mis-interpreting my post?
The games listed that I replied to are terribly generic and boring.
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Portal? Generic? Have you played it?
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I did mis-interpret your post, but I'm still just as surprised that you could say this about Portal.
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tf2 generic. lol. go home.
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Metal Gear Solid 4 and Mass Effect
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I hate when people say this. Yes, MGS4 has a ton of cutscenes, but it's also got some of the best and most polished gameplay of any game in recent memory.
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Most polished, as in been redone too many times. Felt and played like MGS1
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Should it have played differently?
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The problem?
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Errr....for one thing MSG1 used fixed camera angles whereas MGS4 uses a 3rd person behind the back view (which IMO is a great control layout...could never finish Snake Eater due to it's camera angle dependent control layout).
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Braid and Portal.
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Both are awesome, I can't believe Portal isn't higher on the list when you can still have groups of nerds burst into Still Alive two years after it came out.
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Demons Souls
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Hopefully minecraft.
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Halo.
You know that in 20 years, people will look back with fondness on all the nights they spent on lan games in their dorms, or on their couches.
I will at least.
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I completely agree, but I believe Halo qualifies as last generation.
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Well the top rated comment has Half Life 2 in it, which sure as hell ain't this generation.
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Ahh -- i thought generation = people generation, not console.
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Which Halo?
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With Halo: Combat Evolved being the only thing not blurred.
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I definitely have to say that playing Halo 1 on the hardest mode is one of my fonder gaming memories. The same with Metroid Prime. THAT game is a work of art.
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Cave Story
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Fallout 3
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you misspelled "oblivion".
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Touche. Oblivion was also fantastic.
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still not as widely played as your example, though. points to you. also i've still not even started F3, honestly...
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If you put as many hours into Oblivion as I have, you'll love Fallout 3. If you get the chance to start playing it, don't be prepared to stop.
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Red Dead Redemption is a contender I'd say. As is Assassin's Creed II. Ubisoft successfully took people's complaints from the first Assassin's Creed, fixed them and made a beautiful game.
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The DRM was awful, but throw that aside, and you have a great story and fun gameplay. It may not be super challenging, but it's definitely eye candy. I'd say it's up there as a classic. Classics aren't perfect, just things that are widely viewed and accepted as "awesome."
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With all the DRM you could want.
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Assassin's Creed? Really?
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Assassin's Creed 2. Classic. Really.
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Mass Effect, Uncharted 2, HL2, and Batman Arkham Asylum for me.
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I think Uncharted 2 Needs its own lil repost. This game was fantastic and the only game in recent memory that I restarted right after beating it.
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Why was Uncharted 2 so good? I hear good things but I'm not into adventure games too much ... (Loved the Metal Gear Series for reference).. should I pick them up?
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Uncharted 1 can be a rental but DEFINITELY pick up Uncharted 2....It's been said that it was 2009's best Summer Blockbuster...the story was pretty decent. The characters are charming. The action and gameplay was awesome. Controls were tight and free PSN Multiplayer online adds to the replay value. Seriously it is considered PS3's best game for a reason. I have all the MGS's and this is still the only game I've replayed. One playthrough should be about 12-14 Hours. Uncharted 1 is like 9-10.
I can't put it better than Adam Sessler of G4TV Seriously this review is worth reading.
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The best way that I can put it is that it's like playing the protagonist in an action movie.
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Arkham Asylum definitely. Best batman game ever. Can't wait for Arkham City.
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I like Batman too. And I played this game all the way through (save the tedious combat side challenges). But it's very straightforward, if atmospheric. I think it is rated highly as it is batman, and the game doesn't mess anything up. It's not as funny as Portal, and shares none of the inventiveness of LBP. And Uncharted does the "good-looking, but hand-holding adventure game" better.
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Castle Crashers
I want it to be on this thread so bad. That is one of the best side-scroller/beat 'em up team games I have ever played.
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Castle Crashers has more of a "cult classic" kind of feel to it and not really a mainstream classic.
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I 100% know what you mean, but in that same respect I feel that Braid (which belongs on this list) is kind of in the same vein.
I think Cult Classics will be more and more prominent as legitimate classics as gaming goes on and DLC/Indie stuff becomes more prevalent.
SO, I still want Castle Crashers on this bad boy.
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HALO.
I hate Halo. It will follow me forever.
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I don't think Halo is that amazing of a game (and seriously, calling everyone who doesn't like it a hipster?). That being said, the multiplayer is fun and it's one of the only FPSs on current consoles that allows 4 player split-screen.
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Most of the people that hate halo aren't doing it to be cool, but because they are PC players. When Halo came out it was the best modern FPS for consoles, but PC FPSs blew it out of the water (at least from the perspective of someone who was used to PC FPSs).
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Halo Combat Evolved will probably go down as the only console game in which I linked up 4 systems in the same large basement, for 8 on 8 matches. I can't even begin to estimate how many hours were spent playing it. If Bungie ever wants to remake Halo classic with just the addition of online play I will be the first person to buy it.
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Does Persona 4 count as "this generation?" It was a PS2 title, but it was released in 2008, which is later than a lot of the other titles that people have listed (like Team Fortress 2 and Portal).
A lot of Atlus's titles have become "instant classics" for me, though admittedly that may be due to the fact that many of them are practically love letters to the dungeon crawlers of years past (particularly the Etrian Odyssey titles). One title that sticks out from among the rest is Devil Survivor, in large part because of how interesting the story is (and how many different directions that story can take). I've done several playthroughs where I've essentially "role-played" the entire way through (making decisions at branching paths based on which characters/events I think are most interesting) and I still haven't fully explored many of the things that I think are interesting. The game was also did a good job bridging the common divide between gameplay in story by making me really hate some of the enemy characters to the point where I wanted to actually kill them.
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tis a sad day that I can offer but one upvote.
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I'm in the midst of playing this now on PCSX2, mmm PS2 emulation.
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I've heard at least half a dozen people say that they installed PCSX2 just to play Persona 4. (I count myself one of them.) Atlus could make a killing if they ported that game to PC.
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It was that and FFXII
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
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Good game but might not go down as classic because of how buggy it was.
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Civ is always classic....except for those shitty ones that came out between 2 and 3 but we try to forget those.
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The Mass Effect Series is a definite.
Agreed.
i hope not
I'm with you on this one. Mass Effect is hugely over-rated. It (like Super Paper Mario) lacked FUN.
"FUN" =/= Enjoyment.
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