What old games have you dredged up recently and why?

I don't think I could do it with save states either. I think I also found good spots to spend AGES grinding to get myself to higher levels, that was my other trick. I think that once I got the hang of killing Skull Balls that I used them to get loads of exp.

I was playing The Suffering on the eXBox, and was checking out versions of Berzerk on mame. The Suffering to see if my eXBox still worked, Berzerk because I love killing those robots.

Not trying to gate keep. Honest. I just think it's funny how a lot of the games mentioned here make me feel old because other people find them old.

To contribute my teenage son is enjoying Earthbound.

Searching for a good Star Wars FPS experience, I've installed Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2. I was enjoying the campaign from the new Battlefront 2, but the 10 hour trial only lets you play about 1.5 hours of the campaign. Anyway, we'll see how this goes. I haven't played it since the late 90s.

Shadows of the Empire (N64) was actually one of my favorite games growing up. I had a wicked time on the speeder bike level, found all kinds of holes in the invisible walls, .... really played the crap out of that one. Somehow it's not for everyone though. (Third-person for most of it, mind you.) I think I picked it up on gog or steam or somewhere recently but I'm afraid to boot it up.

billt721 wrote:

Searching for a good Star Wars FPS experience, I've installed Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2. I was enjoying the campaign from the new Battlefront 2, but the 10 hour trial only lets you play about 1.5 hours of the campaign. Anyway, we'll see how this goes. I haven't played it since the late 90s.

Republic trooper is on STEAM, I think.

Star Fox (SNES Classic)

I played a few levels while waiting for the Direct to start the other day. I was pleasantly surprised to find that it's still fun to play. Looking back, it's hard to believe the SNES could handle what looks more like a bad N64 game than something of the same generation as Link to the Past, Final Fantasy III, and Mega Man X.

King of Dragon Pass. It came out in 1999 but I’m playing it on iOS But it doesn’t seemed to have been changed any so I think it counts. It’s a PERFECT get-interrupted-frequently-and-resume-hours-later-game. Bit of a steap learning curve but once you are over the hump you always want to do one more turn.

jrralls wrote:

King of Dragon Pass.

You know there's a sequel....https://www.gamerswithjobs.com/node/...

I dredged up Star Trek: Legacy. Literally everyone told me it was, at best, mediocre.

The best thing about it is the voice talent. Gameplay wise it is boring, confusing and uninspired. Glad Bethesda didn't hold onto that license for long.

Chrono Trigger. Always meant to play it, but never did. At the insistence of BF, I decided to finally do it on Steam. And honestly, the game is boring. Yeah, yeah, it is an old game and a product of its time, but I'm really scratching my head at the love for this game. When my favorite JRPG of all time, Suikoden II, came out just a few years later, it blows my mind that this game gets such intense fan fare. Heck, Suikoden came out the same year and was a much better game.

Veloxi wrote:

I dredged up Star Trek: Legacy. Literally everyone told me it was, at best, mediocre.

The best thing about it is the voice talent. Gameplay wise it is boring, confusing and uninspired. Glad Bethesda didn't hold onto that license for long.

It probably says a lot that I know I own this game, but can't remember anything about it.

Stevintendo wrote:
Veloxi wrote:

I dredged up Star Trek: Legacy. Literally everyone told me it was, at best, mediocre.

The best thing about it is the voice talent. Gameplay wise it is boring, confusing and uninspired. Glad Bethesda didn't hold onto that license for long.

It probably says a lot that I know I own this game, but can't remember anything about it.

Sounds about right.

I've started playing Civ IV for the last week+ because it was the last Civ that really held my attention for several Sands' units (1000s of hours). I used to play on Prince and won, but I've lost for 8 games straight. I wonder if playing on a regular world instead of large would help.

robc wrote:

I've started playing Civ IV for the last week+ because it was the last Civ that really held my attention for several Sands' units (1000s of hours). I used to play on Prince and won, but I've lost for 8 games straight. I wonder if playing on a regular world instead of large would help.

Are you playing with the expansions, or just the base game?

Back when I played Civ IV pretty regularly, I noticed that the AI opponents that came out with Beyond the Sword -- Justinian, Gilgamesh, De Gaulle, etc. -- seemed to play better and more aggressively than the AI opponents from the base game or Warlords.

Red Dead Redemption on Xbox One X. For a game this old it has no right to look so good. As soon as I wrap up Spider-Man I plan on going for 100% game completion before the sequel comes out next month. John Marston is one of my favorite video game protagonists ever.

I've been having a great time along old NES games on Switch recently. I'm focussing mainly on The Legend of Zelda for now, but I'd say I'll play a few of them from start to finish in the coming months.

Not "old" old compared to most other games being played in this thread, but I just finished Saints Row 2. The SR3 thread was bumped recently with news of the Switch port, this gave me the urge to play again, but I realised I've had SR2 sitting in my pile for a so long I'd try it out.

While it's not as smooth an experience as SR3 with a bit of light modding it was still an enjoyable time.

Dredged up Tales of Symphonia. I'm decidedly mixed on the game. I'm enjoying parts of it, but really hating others. It has, perhaps, the worst world map system I've ever encountered in a game. It's slow to travel, the camera is ABYSMAL, the monster generation and encounter rates are ridiculous, and it is just a really frustrating experience that didn't have to be. I'm not sure what they were thinking when they made it, but it really puts a sour taste in your mouth when playing.

BoogtehWoog wrote:

Dredged up Tales of Symphonia. I'm decidedly mixed on the game. I'm enjoying parts of it, but really hating others. It has, perhaps, the worst world map system I've ever encountered in a game. It's slow to travel, the camera is ABYSMAL, the monster generation and encounter rates are ridiculous, and it is just a really frustrating experience that didn't have to be. I'm not sure what they were thinking when they made it, but it really puts a sour taste in your mouth when playing.

...and the parts you enjoy are?

AUs_TBirD wrote:

...and the parts you enjoy are?

Lol, sorry.

I'm starting to enjoy it more now. The world map system is still garbage, but I make sure to beeline for any guidestones (enables better world map movement and views) ASAP. The combat has gotten better as I've gotten leveled, which has made it less difficult and tedious to play. The story is opening up and while it isn't amazing or anything thus far, I'm enjoying it and the characters. I'm not too far into the game judging by the walkthrough I'm occasionally using (maybe 1/5th of the way through at 10+ hours). The game is a slog to start, but seems to be picking up pace.

It's been a long time since I've played it, but I remember having a very bleh take on the story ... at first.

I don't want to spoil anything, but the story is super generic and tropey at first, and then gets a LOT better after you hit a certain plot milestone. I am not big into the Tales games (I've played Symphonia, way back when, and some of Zestiria more recently), but I have heard that this is par for the course with the Tales stories, and is a thing that series fans really enjoy. The games first start out as a generic story that clearly fits a certain archetype, then gradually deconstructs that archetype.

I recently completed another playthrough of Starflight 2 (1989). I decided to make all of my characters Elowan, which is the weakest physical race and name my friends and see who survives.

My Doctor was the first to die which led to two more deaths before I could replace her.

IMAGE(https://i.imgur.com/ZukpzNK.png)

Her replacement was swapped to a G'Nunk ship in a crew exchange, a warrior race who probably ate her. My G'Nunk Doctor named G'Ahow was well trained but terrible bedside manner.

IMAGE(https://i.imgur.com/QcjlRF8.png)

So I swapped her in another crew exchange but this time with the depressed Dweenle. I wonder if any Dweenle survived on that ship after the exchange...

IMAGE(https://i.imgur.com/GLNzflX.png)

Type: Pathetic

Doodlesmez survived but three others sacrificed themselves to save the universe. RIP Tom, Eric and Mary.

Edited to add G'Nunk Doctor's name but unfortunately I didn't save a screenshot of her before sentencing her to the Dweenle.

mrwynd wrote:

I decided to make all of my characters Elowan, which is the weakest physical race and name my friends and see who survives.

I've never made my crew one sole race, but I always name the crew after friends.

Elowan though...wow. Then Dweenle. Damn.

That is amazing!

LastSurprise wrote:

It's been a long time since I've played it, but I remember having a very bleh take on the story ... at first.

I don't want to spoil anything, but the story is super generic and tropey at first, and then gets a LOT better after you hit a certain plot milestone. I am not big into the Tales games (I've played Symphonia, way back when, and some of Zestiria more recently), but I have heard that this is par for the course with the Tales stories, and is a thing that series fans really enjoy. The games first start out as a generic story that clearly fits a certain archetype, then gradually deconstructs that archetype.

Yeah, I've played several Tales games (Phantasia, Vesperia, and now Symphonia). It is something I enjoy about the games. It definitely feels like this one is going to take a pretty dark turn going forward. And I'm enjoying the turns I'm seeing so far.

Veloxi wrote:
mrwynd wrote:

I decided to make all of my characters Elowan, which is the weakest physical race and name my friends and see who survives.

I've never made my crew one sole race, but I always name the crew after friends.

Elowan though...wow. Then Dweenle. Damn.

Elowan > G'Nunk > Dweenle !

I find it highly amusing to send a G'Nunk warrior to a Dweenle ship. How many complaints about back pain or just existence before the G'Nunk murdered them all?

LastSurprise wrote:

I don't want to spoil anything, but the story is super generic and tropey at first, and then gets a LOT better after you hit a certain plot milestone.

IMAGE(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/Wild_things_%28movie_poster%29.jpg/220px-Wild_things_%28movie_poster%29.jpg)

Also: Bill Murray!

Keithustus wrote:
LastSurprise wrote:

I don't want to spoil anything, but the story is super generic and tropey at first, and then gets a LOT better after you hit a certain plot milestone.

IMAGE(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/Wild_things_%28movie_poster%29.jpg/220px-Wild_things_%28movie_poster%29.jpg)

Also: Bill Murray!

DID SOMEONE SAY BILL MURRAY?

Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES Online)

So obviously I've played this and Super Mario Bros. before, and my NES Mini has both of these games on it side by side, but something about the presentation of the NES Online collection is really making me appreciate just how big a jump there is between the first game and the third - especially when my understanding is that 3 is basically the first proper sequel to Super Mario Bros. For NES game, this is really impressive, and I don't think I ever fully saw that before.