Era can be defined as a console generation, a decade, one specific year, whatever you want. I’d encourage you to give a list of your favourite games from the generation of choice and why it was the best to you. Nostalgia is a totally viable reason too.

I’ll go first. For me, the 360 era is my GOAT. As someone in their 20s, I grew up with the 360 so nostalgia is definitely a big factor. But on top of that, I still feel like the games during that time were some of the best we’ve had. 2011 alone was a fantastic year, with Dark Souls, Skyrim, Portal 2 and many more great games. I was going to list out my favourite games from 2005-2013 but I love so many it would be far too long of a post.

I’d love to hear some of you talk about your favourite time period of games too, whether it’s agreeing with my choice or giving different opinions

  • viking@infosec.pub
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    7 months ago

    Around the turn of the millennium. Games were designed for offline use and had way more immersive campaigns, were shipped by and large ready and bug-free, and so were add-on campaigns.

    And since graphics were not as refined as they are now, additional efforts were placed on gameplay.

    My top list (by release year):

    • Diablo II (1996)
    • Dungeon Keeper (1997)
    • Half-Life (1998)
    • Thief: The Dark Project (1998)
    • Thief 2 (1999)
    • Dungeon Keeper 2 (1999)
    • Heroes of Might & Magic 3 (1999)
    • Gothic II (2002)

    Never had a console and don’t get along with controllers whatsoever, so those are all referring to the PC versions.