If you think a game should be higher or lower in ranking, then upvote or downvote it. If you don’t see a game on the list that you think should be on the list then create a top level reply with the name and system.

  • johnthebeboptist@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 days ago

    Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee (PS1)

    So many games that I even upvoted that are still absolutely amazing haven’t really aged perfectly control- or gameplay-wise, but Oddworld could be released today and it would still be perfect.

  • zod000@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    2 days ago

    It just barely makes the cut off since it came out in 99, but Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri is my favorite strategy game of all time. It even managed to get a Linux port and you can get it on GOG. I was excited when Civ: Beyond Earth was announced that it would be a true successor, but sadly it wasn’t even close.

  • zod000@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    2 days ago

    Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

    Edit: nevermind, this was already posted. I literally did a search on the page first and it didn’t match for some reason.

  • WideEyedStupid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    91·
    2 days ago

    I am very sad that I’ve scrolled several pages and haven’t seen the obvious one (though I could just be blind):

    Deus Ex.

    Edit: or perhaps it’s because Deus Ex is from 2000 and I don’t know if it counts yet. Maybe I’ll wait 'til next year!

    • redisdead@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 day ago

      My thought when reading the title of the thread was “If Half-Life fits the bill, it’s half life.”

      Revolutionary game.

    • viking@infosec.pubEnglish
      11·
      3 days ago

      Bloody hell, I didn’t realize it’s that old. I played it in high school, feels like yesterday.

      • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caEnglish
        17·
        3 days ago

        Play Black Mesa, you deserve it. Not only it’s Half-Life like you’ve never seen it, but there’s also a completed Xen campaign.

        • viking@infosec.pubEnglish
          7·
          3 days ago

          I did, it’s amazing. Also just replayed HL2 with some fancy graphics mod, pretty cool stuff.

      • Arbiter@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        3 days ago

        Yeah, this is the make us feel old thread.

        We’re only a couple months from the launch lineup for the ps2 qualifying here.

        • GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
          5·
          3 days ago

          My hope is that this becomes a living document that will show up in search engines and make people aware of lemmy and can be reffered to when people ask “what should i play?” Thats why the title says “best” instead of “most popular.” There’s a lot of hidden gems posted already.

  • skulblaka@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    2 days ago

    I missed System Shock 1 and 2 on release (I was 1 and 6 years old, respectively) but I’ve recently been playing the SS1 remake and, holy shit, this is an incredible game.

    I think the original is held back by its UI but the actual game itself, which the remake pretty much preserves almost one to one, is incredibly solid even by modern standards. I’ve been super hooked on it and it’s opened my eyes to an entire lineage of games that I’ve not paid attention to - System Shock 2, Deus Ex, and Prey are the big three that I have my eye on when I finish with SS1 Remake.