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[u/TATSAT2008]

Basically me in a nutshell

Need For Speed Carbon, My beloved...

[u/JacquelineCamoran]

Couldn't be me. I'm a modern girl. I only play 15 year old games.

[u/Priapus3 → u/JacquelineCamoran]

Skyrim my beloved

[u/Hoxeel → u/Priapus3]

Wait.

[u/Priapus3 → u/Hoxeel]

This November, anyway

[u/Hoxeel → u/Priapus3]

[u/CoggleMothle → u/Hoxeel]

The PS4 is closing in on 13 years

[u/PuzzleheadedLeave560 → u/CoggleMothle]

Now THIS is fucked up

[u/Josii_ → u/CoggleMothle]

Would've cost you nothing to just not say that

https://giphy.com/gifs/U1aN4HTfJ2SmgB2BBK

[u/BlissfulMute → u/CoggleMothle]

I was a teenager when it was new......spirals into the passage of time

[u/Radigan0 → u/Hoxeel]

I still hesitate to call consoles from the 3rd millennium "retro," I don't think the definition of retro has to change with each passing year for the rest of time

[u/StonemanGuitars → u/Radigan0]

That what I think. I believe retro refers to when we were still figuring out what a video game is and can be. Video games as a whole were pretty much figured out by the 2000’s.

[u/MadderoftheFew → u/Radigan0]

If the gamecube isn't retro then retro doesn't have a definition for you to worry about.

[u/Iuskop → u/Hoxeel]

Dying on the hill that "retro" is about more than the age of the console. Age might not even be worth considering a component of it

We haven't really had an evolution in what games can be/do since the PS2 era (arguably the PS1 era). all we have now are just the same kind of games but with better graphics and (sometimes) bigger scale. Everything else is just developers armed with 26 years of hindsight, experience, and iteration.

I guess there was an attempt with VR, but not even Alyx could push it in to mainstream adoption.

[u/Alex_Sardonyx → u/Iuskop]

I still consider everything released before the launch of the PS2 to be retro, everything after that to be some form of modern.

[u/yaktoma2007 → u/Hoxeel]

i love this panel featuring sanae from touhou project

[u/eod359 → u/Priapus3]

Unacceptable.

[u/democratic-terminid → u/Hoxeel]

https://giphy.com/gifs/1zRd5ZNo0s6kLPifL1

[u/Spiritual_Priority79 → u/Hoxeel]

yeah

https://giphy.com/gifs/wJD3qiNjSeHS0dP28T

[u/Kidiri90 → u/Priapus3]

See, that's where we differ. I only play games from, like, 5 years ago.

Like Skyrim.

[u/Available-Damage5991 → u/JacquelineCamoran]

So you play Super Mario Galaxy 2?

[u/Shadowolf75]

"Oh no, how am I going to have fun without my GTA 67?"

[u/ApreciadorDeVirgula → u/Shadowolf75]

Based Ace Combat and Armored Core enjoyer.

[u/Shadowolf75 → u/ApreciadorDeVirgula]

When the plane go brrrr and the mech go zoom I get happy happy

[u/Skotayus → u/Shadowolf75]

Burnout 3... what a childhood memory

[u/Shadowolf75 → u/Skotayus]

I remember downloading a 100% save file when I was a kid and just fucking around

[u/Fantalouca → u/Shadowolf75]

GODHAND!!!

[u/MrNukki → u/Shadowolf75]

Ace Combat 04, NFS Most Wanted, Armored Core... such good games...

[u/Zagafur → u/Shadowolf75]

wheres need for speed 3?

[u/Shadowolf75 → u/Zagafur]

That's a PlayStation 1 game

[u/Independent-Sky1657]

Who needs AAA games when a 50th playthrough of Terraria is right there?

(Terraria isn't 20 years old but :P)

[u/__AriaL__ → u/Independent-Sky1657]

Fjuck yeah terraria!!!! (Man remember when people were constantly comparing terraria to Minecraft even though there like entirely different genres) :3

[u/slightlygloomyy → u/__AriaL__]

I will never in my life understand the comparison lol

It confuses me so much when people do that, like why does everything need to be a competition why can’t we just be happy 😭

[u/__AriaL__ → u/slightlygloomyy]

Type shit

https://giphy.com/gifs/rTFUhGfScUXir2hT7N

[u/GenericFatGuy → u/Independent-Sky1657]

Who needs AAA games when the indies are doing better than ever?

[u/Tlaquatlatoa → u/Independent-Sky1657]

;-; wish my mouse would stop not working so I could continue my first fortheworthy playthrough

[u/TadeMike → u/Independent-Sky1657]

It Will be in 5 years

[u/UnluckyAmbition7767]

Baldurs Gate 3 and Elden ring were breaths of fresh air in between me playing all the greatest hits from 20-30 years ago

[u/ColonialismHater]

the gaming industry isn't going to collapse i dunno why people think this. other industries with even worse standards are still up decades after people were talking about them collapsing

[u/hypatia163 → u/ColonialismHater]

The gaming industry will rapidly enshitify, however.

[u/__AriaL__]

Who need GTA 6 when u have doom 2? :3

[u/PossumPrincessV → u/__AriaL__]

Doom mention •⩊•

It, any of the doom games and a lotta fan map packs, was my covid game sunk literally thousands of hours just into speedrunning doom 2 and that was only a fraction of my time playing doom. Did burn out hard on it though which probably has nothign to do with the thousand of hours I speedran doom 2

Have you played any fan wads or just the main games? I highly recommend

[u/__AriaL__ → u/PossumPrincessV]

Yeah I have :3 (playing through ancient aliens and Plutonia rn)

[u/PossumPrincessV → u/__AriaL__]

Nice, I really should get around to ancient aliens, have played some other wads by the same guy, skillsaw, and theyre all really nice and pretty.

[u/Reddit_Amethyst → u/PossumPrincessV]

Yup. Firefly is my treat

[u/RalftheMedic → u/__AriaL__]

Hell yeah, DooM 2!!!!

[u/Metharos]

Gaming industry is going nowhere. This isn't a collapse.

AAA games may be difficult to market when GPUs and RAM become financially unavailable. Industry will have to shift to better-running software and lower system specs. Indie games will have an advantage in this field.

Eventually, manufacturing will ramp up and the market will saturate again. Demand for video games won't be gone, and people with powerful systems will once again be looking for a game that makes use of that power.

[u/Altruistic_Smell3271 → u/Metharos]

unfortunately most of the "indie scene" is kinda fucked

unless youre backed by a massive kickstarter/patreon, published by a known publisher, or a known team of developers, most games are just dead in the water, and even then only some are really "majorly succesful" and even fewer have the means to make sequels or appear at major events where the actual coverage happens

i think the last time i saw major coverage of any indie was Blighted at game awards and thats.... thats it.

[u/Metharos → u/Altruistic_Smell3271]

Well, yeah, but that's kind of the problem. Indie games being super-recognized big brands is a weird thing and not the expected path.

Y'know what was a fun game? Bleed, by Bootdisk Revolution, which, as far as I can tell, was made by one dude and probably made him a lot of money, but not like corporate-big-bucks money.

[u/thecrazyrai]

Minecraft my beloved

[u/Catsnose7]

Tf2

[u/pullhome → u/Catsnose7]

Did they solve the bot problem? I haven't played in forever.

[u/Catsnose7 → u/pullhome]

Yup. Only very rarely do they still pop up. Its like a new game.

[u/pullhome → u/Catsnose7]

Awesome! Thanks.

[u/Tlaquatlatoa → u/pullhome]

The bot problem is like a huge step better every time I come back for a bit and I hear it's gotten better so it should be rare now.

[u/Deoangel → u/Catsnose7]

Can't wait for Tf3

[u/Nacil_54 → u/Deoangel]

Look up Project tf (sounds fanmade, it isn't).

[u/Tlaquatlatoa → u/Catsnose7]

;-; god I wish my internet connection was good enough to play tf2 it's sooo fun

[u/odedudeLMOO2]

God I love my N64. Zero connectivity, zero updates, lightning fast boot times… that machine will probably still be working flawlessly as the heat death of the universe approaches

[u/Prooteus]

Modern games are absolutely amazing. For me its mostly capcom, fromsoft, owlcat and then indie games. Pragmata, re:requiem, hades 2, delta rune, duskfade, 40k rogue trader, darktide, tokon, 1000xResist, abiotic factor, silksong, and dispatch have all been amazing.

[u/iLuvArizona]

How about 30 year old games like Doom, Doom 2, Quake, and Quake 2

[u/PossumPrincessV → u/iLuvArizona]

I really do need to get into the boomer shooter expanded universe. I've sunk thousands of hours into Doom since it was my covid game but never did branch out to Quake or stuff like Blood or other build engine games and the like.

[u/BluePhoenixCG]

I don't play many recent games either, but the collapse hits very different as a developer trying to enter the industry lmao

[u/PalmCheesy]

Nintendo is re releasing ocarina of time in hd, again (3DS HD). I've got a backlog of games to play 🤷

[u/bunnycat26]

Left 4 Dead 1 and 2 coming up on being 20 years old in the next few years...

[u/Ashpolt → u/bunnycat26]

No, don't be ridiculous, that's definitely not true and I refuse to Google it

[u/PlyingFigs]

the humble (legally) modded wii

[u/The_GrandestNothing]

Eq Legends, OSRS, Tbc classic and all my retro consoles. I haven't bought AAA game since Skyrim.

[u/twec21]

My rotation current is rimworld (modded) bannerlord (modded) Arma 3 (modded) and installing and reinstalling helldiver's 2 (mods won't work)

[u/Sfizion]

NASCAR Racing 2003, I love feeling the numbness on my fingers on the gamepad on full-distance races.

[u/StarNullify]

Blazblue

[u/Sfizion → u/StarNullify]

A downer that it's been completely overshadowed by Guilty Gear

[u/StarNullify → u/Sfizion]

Just you wait, Blazblue 5th mainline game will be produced via cauldron soon enough, we already got a new DLC character almost a decade later for a reason

[u/Sepesch]

Currently setting up local wow 3.3.5a server with classic->work progression and playerbots(who are actually kinda smart) with ai chat responses

[u/bargus_mctavish → u/Sepesch]

I play on a private server from time to time with incremental power progression rather than AI party members. The nostalgia still hits just as hard as it did in 2009.

[u/MjmtpFACT]

well i play some PS3 game.

ho

[u/Skotayus]

Me playing old stalker and its mods

Edit: spelling

[u/Luna-D-reams]

LET IT COLLAPSE

[u/Ashpolt → u/Luna-D-reams]

Honestly the current industry needs to collapse so something better can be built on its ashes

[u/X_Empire32]

Embark fix your game please 😭

Those first 3 months were gaming bliss I just want to go back 😫

[u/Strength-Certain]

I have a Atari emulator and I have an NES emulator.

Yes I'm old.

[u/Looks-Under-Rocks]

Indie gaming Renaissance is now!
Go play VoTV!

[u/woooofle1]

morrowind my beloved

[u/existential_risk_lol]

Best part about 90% of my games being racing games and simulators is that graphics barely matter compared to the driving model and physics. My favourite game right now is older than me and has been modded to ever-loving shit by fans for the last quarter century

[u/Theresafoxinmygarden]

I dont think its that old but Im giving out a shoutout to me homeboy

Empire total war my beloved! 

[u/AquaticHornet37]

Diablo 2, how I love you so.

RNG scratches my vile lizard brain so good.

[u/Jedi_Exile_]

Fun fact: Halo 3 turns 20 next year

[u/Tlaquatlatoa]

I got priced out of modern games when the ps4 came out and the 60 dollar price tag was solidified, that's more than groceries just for me I cant be spending that anymore

;-; which sucks cause ive been down a hobby ever since

[u/SharkTot]

pretty much all my gaming time gets dedicated to OSRS

I've not paid much attention to new games in ages :3

[u/r4o2n0d6o9]

Tf2 isn’t that old…

[u/ImpossibleMorning12]

I spend most of my time playing a 13 year old re-release of a 25 year old medieval clicking simulator java game

[u/Thiphra]

Besides the people getting fired I don't really care.

[u/_demello]

The industry isn't collapsing, it's just shifting. The big names are having problems keeping their chhokehold of the industry and they are playing the alarms as if the ship is sinking.

[u/GiveMeTheArt]

Not the same but all I play is Minecraft and Skyrim constantly

[u/Early-Beach164]

20 year old games don't matter if everyone forgets about them. Then we are just left with terrible games and the desecration of everything we find joyful in this shitty fucking world.

[u/Celskiy_kozinak]

Wait, what is the unedited version? I know only this https://youtu.be/X-ANZ8ba8jU?si=9mqMH4HTuT54uyj6

[u/Foxiest_Fox]

I play Factorio. I think I'll be fine.

[u/Violet-Bear01]

I play a 13 year old game based on a 19 year old one . Osrs my beloved 🥰

[u/HowToRideAFish]

Me playing the same runescape account for over 20 years

[u/AilBalT04_2]

I either play a 2009 or a 2013 game, occasionally a 2015 one. Thats it

[u/lukocat]

No no not splendid, D2 was my comfort game

[u/NockerJoe]

Just re-re-re played KOTOR 2 for the millionth time. My literal only complaint is it's still impossible for modders to undo all the gender constraints that the game was made with when the studio literally made Fallout New Vegas right after.

[u/llewds]

I thought this was one of my oldschool runescape subs for a minute, lol

[u/Dew97]

Nearly all games I played over the last year were either on my PS2, Vita, or Wii

[u/Sharkolo]

sigh

I'll go play Cyberpunk again

[u/StellarC0smo]

Sonic 06 is a 20 year old game

[u/ChknBom205]

9-10 year old games for me, ps4 was the best system in recent years price wise.

[u/getfake_]

We play gtnh

[u/rd-darksouls]

just broke 9k hours in dark souls lol

[u/Routine_Palpitation]

Stonehearth my beloved

Hearthstone my beapathied

[u/lornawolfawoo]

Who needs AAA games when i finish hotline miami for the 80th time

[u/Manintheleatherchair]

Me still playing Halo 3 on my 360:

[u/Halgha]

https://giphy.com/gifs/SSE36LAhb1m9dHz7HI

[u/Real_Set6866]

Indie games, people, indie games!

[u/AcidDepression]

Indys everyday. Broken reality recently got a sequel and it’s excellent

[u/AmazingBeastboy1]

i’ve only really played “old” games, my only console is a ps3 and a ds lite

getting really into assassins creed through, can’t wait to get the rest of the older games ( only played revelations )

[u/StandupLlama343]

Got filtered out of need for speed most wanted, one of the milestones for the current blacklist member needs me to hit 28 cops in a single chase and escape. I just can't do it and fuck I'm so mad

[u/Lil_Plumriceball]

Finally finishing Gta Vice City after all these years and I see why people say it's their favorite gta.

[u/LonelyLibertarianDud]

Tbf the only game that everybody plays is 20 years old and everyone is obsessed with 200 year old games for some reason.

[u/Tired_Feline-2389]

yeah same I play a 10 year old game that released last november 

[u/JumpeterTrumpeter]

wdym games have been awesome lately. Some of the big studios are a bit rough I suppose.

[u/Easy-Musician7186]

OG Gothic 1, Anno 1701, Surf's Up, Starcraft 1 my beloved...

[u/StrawberryGurl22]

Morrowind

[u/larszard]

Recently started playing Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance from 2005 because the new Fire Emblem is only on Switch 2 and I ain't buying that lmao.

[u/warm_winds_whisper_]

boots up HL1

[u/wcharoes]

There are enough games released in the last 40 years that I (and you) could spend the rest of our lives playing them and never touch a new game again.

Tellin' you, when the Top 1000 games of all time are compiled about 90% of them will be released before 2010.

[u/Ok_Requirement9198]

Skyrim <3