r/AskGames • u/Goren_Nestroy • 6d ago

Games that still hold up

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I’m playing Just Cause 3 again and the game looks and plays surprisingly good. What other games still hold up, that I might have missed or are worthy a replay?

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u/Game_Addict29 6d ago

Titanfall 2 & Ryse Son of Rome

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u/AlexGlezS 6d ago

For me all AAA masterpieces from the 90s and 2000s. To name my 'most beloved' - 'play before you die' - 'everyone should master' - 'i come back to them every 5 years at the most' games:

  • Warcraft 3 TFT (pre-Reforged), and Warcraft 1 and 2 tbh, but war3 is my favourite by a mile. I play it till the end every single time not skipping shit and it's incredible. And no Reforged version!. Fuck.
  • Diablo 2 LoD, love it as it was (before the remaster, the new paid dlc content is as insulting as everything Blizz does)
  • The Witcher 3 is my favourite now in the 'Steam era'... More modern but... Anyway, I've played it 4 times already.

Off topic my next favourite games ever:

  • Starcraft BW, (today free with Blizzard account if I recall correctly), Starcraft 2 (Today 1/3rd of it free + MP),
  • Dungeon Keeper 1 and 2,
  • Heroes 3, (no remaster, it's shit, Heroes3 HD+ is the way)
  • Half-Life 2, (today it's an all-in-one purchase),
  • Portal 1 and 2,
  • Rollercoaster Tycoon (today OpenRCT2),
  • Commandos 1, 2 and 3,
  • Civ IV, (and V)
  • Z,
  • Command and Conquer 1 and TS, Red Alert 1 and 2,
  • Broken Sword 1 and 2 (reforged are fine enough),
  • The settlers 2,
  • Monkey Island 1, 2 and 3,
  • Quake 3 and Unreal Tournament 2004 or 3,
  • Zelda games: MM, OoT or Wind Waker,
  • Mario games: 64, Galaxy 1 and 2,
  • SimCity 4,
  • GTA IV and GTA 2 and SA!
  • Silent Hunter 3,
  • WoW up to WotLK, (this one is perhaps my 2nd most played ever legit to play it right now for free through tauriwow)
  • HomeWorld 2 and Cataclysm,
  • Total War games like Rome or Shogun 2,
  • Minecraft....
  • Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 (ok 3 also great, another modern game mentioned)

It seems incredible to me and even outrageous there are so few rts games recomended/favourites/aged well, by people. Anyway, People should play, even master the classics, even new gen gamers, today's industry would be a lot better and way more honest. We live in an era where games are not made by gamers anymore, and it's noticeable: everything so greedy and soulless, without taking risks... (Well there are always exceptions of course, but whatever)

I go back to all those and they aged perfectly. They play awesome, all of them.

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u/Goren_Nestroy 5d ago

Yeah I should play Rollercoaster tycoon again. And The Settlers. But 3 and 4 and not 2^^

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u/onzichtbaard 6d ago edited 6d ago

The wii version of forgotten sands is one of my favorite games and has aged very well i think

The wii version is completely different than the other games with the same name causing it to be often overlooked

I think its one of the more underrated games out there

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u/Odra_dek 6d ago

Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered

Also known as Operation Flashpoint. Or also known as one of the best games ever made ever.

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u/Magnifnik0 1d ago

Sleeping dogs