A gentle mist curled around the gravestones as I struggled to find my way out. It was 2021, and I was wandering along the seemingly endless stone wall which separates Cimetière du Père-Lachaise from the rest of Paris. The air resounded with what I assumed was schoolyard glee, but which sounded exactly like screaming. I’d […]
I don’t think I could just limit my candidates to three. One of my personal criteria is that the game was awesome when released (one of those games I kept obsessing about, outside gaming time), but is also good now when replayed (discounting the typical gameplay QoL improvements since then). Several really good games do that for me (in no particular order):
Silent Hill 2
Morrowind
Terranigma
Bloodborne
Chrono Trigger
Half-Life
Baldur’s Gate 2
Pokémon Crystal
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
Tactics Ogre
Ultima 6
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
… and many others.
Most of them are old, mainly because I don’t know if my modern favorites will pass the test of time in 10 years (games like Crimson Desert, Control, Lies of P or Wuchang).
I don’t think I could just limit my candidates to three. One of my personal criteria is that the game was awesome when released (one of those games I kept obsessing about, outside gaming time), but is also good now when replayed (discounting the typical gameplay QoL improvements since then). Several really good games do that for me (in no particular order):
… and many others.
Most of them are old, mainly because I don’t know if my modern favorites will pass the test of time in 10 years (games like Crimson Desert, Control, Lies of P or Wuchang).