What's you're favorite pre-2000 game?

[Benjamin]

Yeah games were better before, genuinely. All I really like games for now is multiplayer and gameplay. Stories, settings, characters - all that stuff is shocking right now.

But to pay my dues here are my top 3 games from the past with characters who were relatable, dialogue that was great, stories that were engaging blah blah blah.

Each one is a double-whammy because dudes could make sequels back in the day. The same game but with a jump button is not a sequel.

3. Suikoden & Suikoden II

Yeah, you have to overthrow the corrupt government, you get your own castle, you have to recruit 108 friends to do it with, some of your friends die, you do big wars and little fights and there's an unbelievably long and in depth cooking minigame. Doesn't have the sheen of my 2 and 1 picks, but it has a whole lot of charm and a whole lot of heart. Japanese as hell, in that way where they try and portray Europe. Even the bad stuff in this game is endearing.

2. Fallout & Fallout 2


Really, Fallout 2 is the best game I've ever played, and I'm 99% sure it will be the best game I ever play. Only reason it's in the #2 slot is because I played #1 when I was younger and grew up with it. Fallout 2 is so good, and all other games since so much worse, that it is actually depressing. You can kill every single person in the game, or you can kill no one at all, and can complete the game just fine either way. You can play it any way you want. You can even play it as much as you want. You can finish the game in ~20 minutes if you so desire, or you can quite easily spend days talking to each of the unbelievably well-written NPCs and doing all their subquests. Fallout 1 is basically the same yeah, just not quite as good, but tighter at the same time. Less scope for freedom but the plot and setting are more involved as a result.

1. Final Fantasy VII & Final Fantatsy VIII

Yeah the big boys. Ignore all the shocking atrocities committed under the final fantasy franchise. Yeah, all the ones before 7 were awful. Yeah, all the ones after 8 were awful (well, 10 was okay.) Hell, even the last 25% of 8 is actually pretty bad. Every single FF7 spin-off has been shockingly gross. But take these two games, 7 especially, at face value, and you wont find anything better today. 8 was a little more reaslitic in a few ways, but 7 was dramatic. 7's story felt genuinely important and relevant. Gushy gush.

Basically, FF7 and Fallout 2 are the only videogames I would say are 'good.' A few are average, all the rest are bad.

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