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What's your greatest "gaming high" you've been chasing ever since? Please take care not to spoil anything, if you are going to be story-specific. (infosec.pub)
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For 90s kids, there's no need for explanation. For others, well, pokemon was a phenomenon. It was everywhere, on TV, in magazines, toys, stickers. You could trade pokemon at the school excursion on the bus.

You felt alive in this world, pokemon gen 1-2 were the pinnacle of pokemon for me. And in gen2, finishing the game, and lo and behold, there's a whole other region (kanto) waiting for you to explore it. The night cycle in the game blew my mind in ways that I have been chasing ever since.

I know it will never be reached again, but the memory will remain as powerful as it was that evening of the early 00s. What is your greatest gaming high, that you know will never be topped again, and that you have been chasing ever since?

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[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Xenogears. It was a life-changing game for me. The concepts and philosophy it introduced to my teenage brain tangibly altered my world view over time. It broke me out of a mold I didn't even know I was in. Nothing compares to it for me. As a game, it's well made, but has it's share of sticking points. But it did for me something no other game has.

I've had similar feelings of wonder and awe in other games but not the same life altering impact to my world view.

In a more light-hearted "omg such game, much amazing, very nostalgia" category though, Doom, Duke Nukem 3D, Quake 1, HL1, Stalker, Morrowind, and Oblivion all hold special places in my memories.

Three more modern games that really brought a sense of wonder to me are Nier Automata, Mirror's Edge 1, and Outer Wilds.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

As an aside, Xenogears is awesome with a higher resolution and widescreen. It's BS that it can be done emulated, but they've never bothered doing it officially (or even re-releasing it at all, for that matter). Uh, we'll just pretend the second disc never happened, though...

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

I wish it'd get a proper remake, with the second half fully fleshed out. I'd even take a remaster with the second disc content fleshed out. Lol