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Well yeah… it’s about that time that games were only a decade of advancement since computer gaming was created. Prior to that it was speak and spell and pong.
You can make one of these for just about every year.
2023 was one of the most recent years, with games like: Baldur’s Gate 3, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Alan Wake 2, Final Fantasy 16, Diablo 4, Street Fighter 6, Lies of P, Octopath Traveller 2, Dave the Diver, and Hi-Fi Rush.
I'm surprised to see Xenogears sitting smack in the middle of all that. Don't get me wrong, I loved the game, but I've never met another person offline who had heard of it. I have tried many, many times to beat many different turn based RPGs. I just simply can't, I get bored. They're just menu simulators to me. But Xenogears was the sole exception to that rule in my life thanks to it making you perform combos for your moves. I ripped its music and used it on HTML webpages as a kid. I still have and frequently use my OG beta gmail account, which includes the first name of the main character, Fei.
I hear, in tomb raider 3 there is a secret code that will show her boobs.
It was a lie!!
I got my son the game boy camera and the printer for Xmas this year
This album/song came a year later in '99, but I think it still fits here, it was recorded in '98 lol.
Our standards were much lower. We’ve been spoiled.
But, on the other hand, games have gotten kind of shit lately.
A local pawn shop is selling PS1 Spyro the Dragon for $70.
With bony hands I hold my partner, On soulless feet we cross the floor, The music stops as if to answer, An empty knocking at the door. It seems his skin was sweet as mango, When last I held him to my breast, But now, we dance this grim fandango, And will four years until we rest.
I played every game on that image except rollaway, and whatever is below 1080?
Xenogears is one of my all time favorite games. What could have been...
Most of these are above mid but not at all "legendary". The series they are part of are legendary, but the specific games are not at all the high point and reason for that. There are definitely some timeless masterpieces there, but not enough to make it some singular year that has never been surpassed or equalled.
I closed my eyes and pointed at a random spot. Got Thief twice in a row.
Guess I gotta play it now.
That’s a lot of bangers
I get that you can't include all the bangers but banjo kazooie and turok 2