Yeah, it has some bullshit moments but it's so fun lol... I've still never managed to finish it I might have to download an emulator to give it another try..(Again lol)
meh. all due respect but Its weirdly overrated by folk that were v young when it came out and weren't playing Vice City or... anything. So So many games came out between end of 2002 and beginning of 2004... so many that were just insane leagues ahead of hit n run in every way.
There were so many games that came out in the 90s that I still absolutely love and will always love and still play them and a lot of times have better experiences and more fun playing some of those older games even today!! It's my favorite time and gaming when I think about it? When it was all about the fun!!! we didn't have all of this interconnectivity, but we also didn't have all the aggravating bits that we have nowadays either? It was simple, it was unique, and everybody was putting out bangers!
I'd just like to point out a few more bangers that imo still hold up: - Splinter Cell Chaos Theory - Prince of Persia Sands Trilogy - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - Lord of the Rings: Return of the King - Star Wars: Republic Commando - Neighbors from Hell - The Punisher There are more I'm missing, but playing through these ones now is even more impressive than when they first released. Being able to compare them with what's released now or even just realistically looking back on how limited technology was at the time, it honestly gives me even more of an opportunity to be shocked at how incredibly lucky we were to have such games back then.
A properly modded out Total Annihilation is a vastly superior RTS to RA2. TA is, simply put, the best RTS ever made. No one has ever made a remotely equivalent game...not even the original author of TA.
The multiplayer was what got me into having online. That was the first full on war game out that was fun. My uncle showed me it once and that was all it took. Was like a drug
@@dmo848 Wolfenstein ET was the absolute shit online. That was an insanely fun community with lots of great (modded) servers, loads of clans and all around just so much fun. I can still dream a few of those maps, like Gold Rush
This is exactly what has been on my mind for some days now. How Riddick and Splinter Cell blew my mind graphics wise. Glad to see Riddick here! Sadly SC or Thief not mentioned. Pandora and Chaos Theory for me were 😙👌🏻
I loved that game at a time, so I tried it couple years back, and naw, didn't hold up for me at all, but granted I gave up instantly, I remember thinking that controls are not like what I remember haha.
Psychonauts 1 will always be a classic. 2... eh. The art direction and musical score are wonderful, but the levels and humor lacked the same bite the first game had.
Played both Psychonauts this year. The first holds up incredibly. The second is one of the best platformers of all time, only losing a few points for the combat being a bit meh.
Jet Set Radio is one of my all-time favorites. When I finally got to play Jet Set Radio Future, I was kinda disappointed. I loved Bomb Rush Cyberfunk being a throwback to both of them, though.
JSR is still one of my top 5, maybe even top 3 games of all time. I remember my mom bought me a used Dreamcast because she couldn’t get a used PlayStation at the time, and it came with JSR and Shenmue. Both just absolutely exquisite games!
Sid Meyers Pirates. Still the undisputed king of the pirate genre. Fable The Lost Chapters. Its still as charming as it ever was. Mario Kart Double Dash. Some of the best kart racing mechanics ever put in a game. Morrowind. Unequaled atmosphere and worldbuilding to this day. Jak and Daxter. All 3 of them. Humor and story hold up, and the platforming is solid even now. Some of the best platformers ever made.
I wish some of these games were easier to access, I was thrilled when they released Star Wars: Republic Commando on PSN and I'm still having fun with that game
@ayceod That's true, but the retro game market is ridiculous as far as their skyhigh prices are now. Some games that were going for $20 5 or 10 years ago are now $400, I don't get it...
@@thestraydog You are absolutely right about that. I have been an active collector for about 15 years now, and when I first started collecting, I could find games for .60 cents at Goodwills. I found a DS Lite in a case with 5 games for $10 at a thrift store once.. So upsetting what has become of the collectors on a budget scene.
Max Payne was my favourite game growing up I remember installing every part and trying to complete the whole story in one day. Truly a Masterpiece that needs a remaster today
Remedy is working on remasters of Max Payne 1 and 2. Too bad they don't own the IP (or right too MP 1,2) or the whole Remedy Universe would be so much more complete.
@@JoriDiculousI'm super hyped for MP remakes, plus Control 2 will hopefully be fire like the first. Remedy has become my favorite dev, if only they'd remake Quantum Break for ps, or at least port it. I'd be happy with a port.
Man, I played the original on pc back in the day, when the ppl in the cutscenes were the creator and his family members helping him out as a struggling dev.
@@Anes.024 They were memorable. Also, I was about 31 then and just rediscovering gaming and a bud handed me MP. It was a good moment. Experiencing that time period up 'till now, as a grown up, I'm proud to say I was there. Same bud also gave me Deus Ex.
Crazy I haven’t played that game in almost 15 years, yet it still has a massive community. I’m sure it’s radically different than it was back then, but it’s cool to see a game have that much dedication and dev support
@Megablueliner1 I thought about having that on my personal list but it is hard to make an agreement that your even playing the original wow anymore. It has changed so much over the decades and even playing "classic wow" isn't even that accurate to the original... so many quality of life changes. It's like owning a replica instead of an antique
I either played this one or ssx tricky, not sure which but it had mario characters in it.. I think I had a ps2 version of one of them and a gamecube version..
Skull and bones is great. People give that game a lot of shit and I had my doubts but I loved it. Playing the 8 hr demo was enough to make me purchase it after
Imagine coming home from school on a Friday evening, settling into your room, and spending the entire weekend playing these games. No drama, no stress. Just enjoying the early 2000s.
Metal Gear Solid 3. It's aged liked fine wine, the controls are somewhat janky and the dialog can be cringey at times, but it's still a Masterpiece with one of the best video game stories and an incredible level of attention to detail.
@@dmo848 You are missing out, all the games are so good.(pro tip: try playing twin snakes instead of the original, it has the graphics and features of 2.)
@@donnyboi1990 Thank you for this. I feel like sometimes Twin Snakes is hated on because it veered into anime levels of cheese, even though MGS2 leaned fully into it. People get too wrapped up in MGS1 being this grounded spy thriller, but it was probably that way because of the technical limitations of the PS1. Twin Snakes feels like what it would have been like if it was made later, with a little extra cheesy sauce on top.
Absolutely iconic! Trying to take your dodge Neon and make it a full stage 3 srt 4 and fighting throughout the 201 unique races was my favorite challenge
That game is 20 years old? My god I am old. First Underground was the game that blew my mind the most, ever. My friend and I were still playing Need For Speed 2 when that came out, but his older brother came back from college and showed us Underground. That game was revolutionary, racing game where racing wasn't even the most fun part.
@@brookejames3781 Sadly, the Neon wasn't in Underground 2, just UG1 and UGR(PSP) - if it was in the game, I'd be driving it instead of the Focus right now...
Doom 3. I love it. I play it yearly, and leaving the controversies behind, is a solid FPS, and a great single player adventure, with many great mods that make it totally playable nowadays.
Watching this video I recall playing some of my old games with some great memories. Like Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Serious Sam, MDK 2, Lemony Snickets a series of Unfortunate Events, Madagascar 2, Heavy Metal FAKK 2, Double Dragon, Tekken 3, Street Fighters, Devil May Cry 3 SE, DMC4, Postal 2,and many more old and modern games also don't forget the games in this list. I am glad I still play video games and will keep on playing till I get old till I die. I feel so lucky that I got to play so many amazing games and made so many beautiful memories. ❤
I had a box full of early 2000's games, with a PS2 slim and a $500 Zelda Gamecube MasterQuest disc. A bunch of comic books too, including #1 issues from the launch of Image comics, McFarlane Spidey issues, etc. Moved out west before covid, came back home to discover everything I owned got kept, except that one box. Hundreds, if not possibly thousands of dollars just sitting in a landfill. Nostalgia.
Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind. Gameplay is janky and can be a bit rough to get into, but for my money it still has one of the best fantasy worlds ever created.
Our life in Lithuania was playing Diablo 2, Heroes of Might and Magic 2 and 3, and Commandos. We never were big on consoles, PC master race. Current kids grew up on pathetic phones, I couldn't last a day without my PC.
I was born around the time these games came out and it's cool to hear the people talk about these games the way I talk about the witcher or Skyrim or black ops 2, crazy to think of those as "the good ol' days" now
i spent thousands of hours playing Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 in high school, experimenting whacky designs all night long and then just hopped on into the car and enjoy my creation.
Saying Jedi Knight 2 "Forces you to play with the worst weapons" is missing the point completely. That's why the light saber feels so powerful. People used to understand this kind of thing. Setup, payoff. Now it seems everyone wants everything, immediately. And we wonder why so much of what comes out now feels lacking. Some of that is down to immediately giving everyone exactly what they want all the time.
43 is not old, you are in the right place, I grew up on Sega Genesis, Rock and Roll racing was the game I played the most, that game was damn good, I bet no one has heard of that. I went back years later thinkign why that was so good, and as a Kid, I dint even realise, that game was 3D, I mean its top down, but it really had basic 3D tracks and stuff, one of the very rare GENESIS games that had 3D elements. When Jakes mentions '''youngsters'' trying to convince San Andreas was good, f that, this is not the audience, we do not need to cater to spermatozoids, we remember San Andreas was good, Jake, come on. LoL, sorry, my back hurts I guess...
Dude, Soul Caliber 2 was one of the all time greatest fighting games and I remember playing as Maxi and Mitsirugi, but my younger brother could pick just about any character and mop the floor with any of us
Roller Coaster Tycoon... Omgosh I spent sooooooooo many hours building the ultimate parks and soooooo much time building deadly rides and killing my guests lol drowning them was almost always my fave way
I was a little late to the Metroid Prime bandwagon back in the day, sinking so many hours into playing the first game. I remember it being the first video game that I ever genuinely dug myself into playing. I would give _SO_ much to be able to play a Metroid Prime game legitimately with a mouse and keyboard!
I loved all the games on this list, but I still go back and play Jedi outcast and academy haha. Favorite memory from academy: maxing out choke to lift troopers, and hitting them with a max push to send them flying haha
Fear Gun Deus Ex Symphony of The Night Crash Bandicoot Crash Team Racing Blood Omen Nightmare Creatures 2 (Bloodborne father) Half Life 1 Thief System Shock 2 (the first one is iconic, but it need time to get used to it) Aria of Sorrow Silent Hill 3 Marvel vs Capcom 2 Conker's Bad Fur Day Tony Hawk Pro Skater American McGee Alice VTM Bloodlines VTM Redemption Baldur's Gate 1
HL1 doesn't hold up THAT well. There's a fan made (and Valve approved) remake called Black Mesa that faithfully recreates all of HL1 in the Source engine.
In 2011, on the day SWToR was launching, I remember playing Jedi Academy multiplayer with my dad and brother because I couldn't think of anything else to pass the time. I did play SWG before that and up to when the game shutdown, same with my dad.
I had to look up Castlevania Lords of Shadow to see when it came out. Gameranx, you better have that one ready for in 6 years. No game will ever recapture the immersive story telling genius that decided to combine Patrick Stewart and Robert Carlyle and Natasha McElhone into the same game. And the ending…the greatest twist ending no one saw coming at the time! That game is a chef’s kiss that I wish they never made a sequel.
Vice City when it first released was a complete game changer, the gameplay the graphics the soundtrack. Even San Andreas can't compete from that front.
I still have my original CD box from when Half-life 2 released in 2004. I’ll never get rid of it. My ultimate favourite game. Can’t wait for the RTX one.
Call of Duty 1 and 2 (2003 and 2005 respectively). Those games played and looked so well that when I still had crappy market pc I used to replay them so so many times! When newer games started using fancier shaders and looked and ran so much worse on lowest settings than these first 2 CoD's, I just went back there and enjoyed my time again :D
Jet Set Radio Future and SSX brought me back to my childhood deciding whether to go with Playstation or Xbox!! =D ( Of course I stuck with Playstation and am still quite content with it ) I miss playing Jet Set Radio Future and SSX 3. I think they were just demos or at least SSX 3 was, but I really miss em! Also I liked Castlevania but Megaman was my favorite when it comes to side scrollers. Thank you so much for this vid, Gameranx! Thx for bringing those memories back to life! Much love to anyone reading this who can remember playing those games on the Playstation 1! I wish everyone a happy life.
Rise of Nations I think is most underrated one. Red Alert 2 also. I was obsessed with the genre, but personally, I do not think it holds up, at least to me. Matches are just too quick, plays out the same every time, there is very little content in reality, and its barely a strategy, its just rewards quickness. I grew to love slow pace games, I play Stellaris or CIV on slowest speeds, I can play throught a match for week or longer, go to work, thinking what will I do next when I go back, I can spend like 8 hours in Stellaris just micromanaging and accomplishing bunch of nothing, but I love that, I do not see the appeal of 30 minute '''strategy'' game anymore. I can still pop Heroes of Might and Magic 3 any day, one of the best games ever made, almost 30 years old at this point, pumped for new instalment that will be like spiritual successor to the third game.
C'mon Falcon, you can't mention Chronicles of Riddick and NOT also include a blurb about how AWESOME the menu interface was, and in my experience to this day still is one of the coolest designed menus ever!
Some of my fav older games are the KOTOR series, fable, Star Wars republic commando, and Vectorman (sega genesis). I love that you added escape from butchers bay! Great game :)
San Andreas was the last Rockstar game I really played and loved. I was obsessed with it. I played like 30 minutes of GTA 4 and GTA 5, never played RDR, and RDR2 I didn't like. I remember going absolutely insane wanting to play those games, but they weren't on PC, or didn't run on my PC (GTA4). Then time passed by, and I just don't care anymore, I think I will never play GTA or RDR, I know thats crazy, but oh well...
I really think Halo 1 is actually better than Halo 2 and it’s obvious after a few levels. Halo 2 has levels that end at narratively random times and it just feels distracting but no one talks about it. It feels like they had to just cut levels in 2 for technical reasons. Yeah the library is flawed I know but it’s just one level out of 10.
Doom 3 graphically really holds up well at 20! An underrated masterpiece, 1st person horror game. Running at 1440 or 4K with headphones provides an amazingly immersive experience in 2024...
Doom 3 was the benchmark for graphics. It’s Ultra settings pushed computers to their limits for _years!_ The original game (not the BFG edition) still looks and plays great, and the lighting rivals modern games.
Simpson hit and run deserved to be on here
Yeah, it has some bullshit moments but it's so fun lol... I've still never managed to finish it I might have to download an emulator to give it another try..(Again lol)
meh. all due respect but Its weirdly overrated by folk that were v young when it came out and weren't playing Vice City or... anything. So So many games came out between end of 2002 and beginning of 2004... so many that were just insane leagues ahead of hit n run in every way.
Here I am thinking like 20 90's games, yes many DOS games, yet 20 years ago is 2000's lol.
😅
This is a fact... 20 years ago is mid to late 90s and you can't convince me otherwise !!! Facts are not allowed!! 😂😂😂😂
Command and conquer. Oh how i miss that game. Nothing like it anymore
@@dmo848 that and Warcraft 2!
There were so many games that came out in the 90s that I still absolutely love and will always love and still play them and a lot of times have better experiences and more fun playing some of those older games even today!!
It's my favorite time and gaming when I think about it? When it was all about the fun!!! we didn't have all of this interconnectivity, but we also didn't have all the aggravating bits that we have nowadays either? It was simple, it was unique, and everybody was putting out bangers!
I'd just like to point out a few more bangers that imo still hold up:
- Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
- Prince of Persia Sands Trilogy
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
- Star Wars: Republic Commando
- Neighbors from Hell
- The Punisher
There are more I'm missing, but playing through these ones now is even more impressive than when they first released. Being able to compare them with what's released now or even just realistically looking back on how limited technology was at the time, it honestly gives me even more of an opportunity to be shocked at how incredibly lucky we were to have such games back then.
Chaos Theory 🐐
Roller Coaster Tycoon 2:
Create an incomplete roller coaster named "You will die if you get on this ride" and riders get on and die
Classic 😎
That feels like an allegory for something
Red Alert 2 is also such a timeless game that it still holds up and the skirmish mode with friends is great fun.
A properly modded out Total Annihilation is a vastly superior RTS to RA2. TA is, simply put, the best RTS ever made. No one has ever made a remotely equivalent game...not even the original author of TA.
the theme song, hell march
RA2 was awesome but I have an enduring soft spot for Generals... the b*stard step child of C&C.
Wolfenstein: Return to Castle Wolfenstein was so good and incredibly underrated.
The multiplayer was what got me into having online. That was the first full on war game out that was fun. My uncle showed me it once and that was all it took. Was like a drug
@ I replayed that game so many times when I was kid it’s insane.
That one got very repetitive though. I loved it, but it was a slog.
That didn't make waves like the Machine Games versions. It was fun tho
@@dmo848 Wolfenstein ET was the absolute shit online. That was an insanely fun community with lots of great (modded) servers, loads of clans and all around just so much fun. I can still dream a few of those maps, like Gold Rush
This is exactly what has been on my mind for some days now. How Riddick and Splinter Cell blew my mind graphics wise. Glad to see Riddick here! Sadly SC or Thief not mentioned. Pandora and Chaos Theory for me were 😙👌🏻
Chaos Theory is such a classic. Really gorgeous game visually, and a great soundtrack and sound design as well
Currently replayling Prince Of Persia : The Sands Of Time. It also holds up amazingly well.
Two thrones was up there also. Idk kinda like all the prince of Persia games. Even the old Sega that was hard as heck
I loved that game at a time, so I tried it couple years back, and naw, didn't hold up for me at all, but granted I gave up instantly, I remember thinking that controls are not like what I remember haha.
Tony Hawks Underground 2
My favorite part of the TH series. Amazing maps design, cool graffiti creation, mad story - just love its all
Revisited Pshyconauts lately and that game holds up so well. Sly trilogy too.
👍🏼part 2
Yeah, playing it in 2k resolution and game having that amazing art direction, made it feel like it came out just few years ago 🙌...
Psychonauts 1 will always be a classic.
2... eh. The art direction and musical score are wonderful, but the levels and humor lacked the same bite the first game had.
Played both Psychonauts this year. The first holds up incredibly. The second is one of the best platformers of all time, only losing a few points for the combat being a bit meh.
Jet Set Radio is one of my all-time favorites. When I finally got to play Jet Set Radio Future, I was kinda disappointed. I loved Bomb Rush Cyberfunk being a throwback to both of them, though.
JSR is still one of my top 5, maybe even top 3 games of all time. I remember my mom bought me a used Dreamcast because she couldn’t get a used PlayStation at the time, and it came with JSR and Shenmue. Both just absolutely exquisite games!
That period of like, 1998-2004 was so fuckin peak, especially for PC gaming, we didn't know how good we had it
Even worse is we though the quality will never end. Wrong.
I disagree, it was clunky and far cry, half life all that stuff was impressive visually but ultimately boring.
Command and Conquer (pretty much all of them up to generals) and Resident Evil 2 get my vote
Sid Meyers Pirates. Still the undisputed king of the pirate genre.
Fable The Lost Chapters. Its still as charming as it ever was.
Mario Kart Double Dash. Some of the best kart racing mechanics ever put in a game.
Morrowind. Unequaled atmosphere and worldbuilding to this day.
Jak and Daxter. All 3 of them. Humor and story hold up, and the platforming is solid even now. Some of the best platformers ever made.
I wish some of these games were easier to access, I was thrilled when they released Star Wars: Republic Commando on PSN and I'm still having fun with that game
Thanks to physical copies of a game, most of them are available at your local retro game store. Won't be so lucky with games of the future.
@ayceod That's true, but the retro game market is ridiculous as far as their skyhigh prices are now. Some games that were going for $20 5 or 10 years ago are now $400, I don't get it...
the high seas is the way to go!
@@thestraydog You are absolutely right about that. I have been an active collector for about 15 years now, and when I first started collecting, I could find games for .60 cents at Goodwills. I found a DS Lite in a case with 5 games for $10 at a thrift store once.. So upsetting what has become of the collectors on a budget scene.
@@ayceodit really is a shame that they are wanting $100s of dollars for this stuff.
Max Payne was my favourite game growing up I remember installing every part and trying to complete the whole story in one day.
Truly a Masterpiece that needs a remaster today
Remedy is working on remasters of Max Payne 1 and 2.
Too bad they don't own the IP (or right too MP 1,2) or the whole Remedy Universe would be so much more complete.
@@JoriDiculousI'm super hyped for MP remakes, plus Control 2 will hopefully be fire like the first. Remedy has become my favorite dev, if only they'd remake Quantum Break for ps, or at least port it. I'd be happy with a port.
Man, I played the original on pc back in the day, when the ppl in the cutscenes were the creator and his family members helping him out as a struggling dev.
@@MrRezRising Sam did a good job with the faces in that game 😂
@@Anes.024 They were memorable.
Also, I was about 31 then and just rediscovering gaming and a bud handed me MP. It was a good moment.
Experiencing that time period up 'till now, as a grown up, I'm proud to say I was there.
Same bud also gave me Deus Ex.
World of Warcraft is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month and is still going strong. Honestly incredible, really.
Crazy I haven’t played that game in almost 15 years, yet it still has a massive community. I’m sure it’s radically different than it was back then, but it’s cool to see a game have that much dedication and dev support
@Megablueliner1 I thought about having that on my personal list but it is hard to make an agreement that your even playing the original wow anymore. It has changed so much over the decades and even playing "classic wow" isn't even that accurate to the original... so many quality of life changes. It's like owning a replica instead of an antique
I still play SSX3 on GameCube every now and then.
Thank you for including Rollercoaster!
I either played this one or ssx tricky, not sure which but it had mario characters in it.. I think I had a ps2 version of one of them and a gamecube version..
Y'all play Pong recently? That shits fire
Played it in a game quite recently, a month or so i guess. No idea What game though 😂
Sid Meier's Pirates is still fun to play every now and then. A hell of a lot more so than Skull and Bones, anyway.
I prefer the original, original Commodore C64 version. First pirate game I ever played, at 6/7 years old. Still a classic.
Skull and bones is great. People give that game a lot of shit and I had my doubts but I loved it. Playing the 8 hr demo was enough to make me purchase it after
Metroid Prime was the sole reason I wanted a gamecube. All of the Prime games are still some of my all time favorites.
Halo 2 is the absolute GOAT. One of the first shooters I remember playing
Grand Theft Auto San Andreas will always be remembered as the 1st game we were terrified our parents would find out we were playing.
lol hot coffee mod.
Manhunt was before that. That freaked parents out big time. Was banned in various countries
Someone didn’t grow up in the Sega CD era…
CD sucked
If you're a baby 😂
Imagine coming home from school on a Friday evening, settling into your room, and spending the entire weekend playing these games.
No drama, no stress.
Just enjoying the early 2000s.
Because 2004 was one of the greatest video game years of all time.
Anyone remember Chip’s challenge? My dad and I absolutely loved that game back in the day
I used to play it on the Atari Lynx 😁
Metal Gear Solid 3. It's aged liked fine wine, the controls are somewhat janky and the dialog can be cringey at times, but it's still a Masterpiece with one of the best video game stories and an incredible level of attention to detail.
The only 1 I've never played. I must get at it at some point
@@dmo848 You are missing out, all the games are so good.(pro tip: try playing twin snakes instead of the original, it has the graphics and features of 2.)
@@donnyboi1990 Thank you for this. I feel like sometimes Twin Snakes is hated on because it veered into anime levels of cheese, even though MGS2 leaned fully into it. People get too wrapped up in MGS1 being this grounded spy thriller, but it was probably that way because of the technical limitations of the PS1. Twin Snakes feels like what it would have been like if it was made later, with a little extra cheesy sauce on top.
BlackMesa and OpenRCT2 are miracles ❤
Hasn't been 20 years just yet but BioShock is still a phenomenal series even in modern day, specially with the Remaster.
"Does this feel like a jake list, because yes it is." Had me rolling 😂
Hearing the Jet Set Radio audio made me instantly start smiling, that game was such a big part of my childhood.
I think we will all still be playing Tetris when the last black hole mines start to die at the end of the universe.
honorable mention would be NFS Underground 2, such a goated game
Absolutely iconic! Trying to take your dodge Neon and make it a full stage 3 srt 4 and fighting throughout the 201 unique races was my favorite challenge
That game is 20 years old? My god I am old. First Underground was the game that blew my mind the most, ever. My friend and I were still playing Need For Speed 2 when that came out, but his older brother came back from college and showed us Underground. That game was revolutionary, racing game where racing wasn't even the most fun part.
Yep 🙌
@@brookejames3781 Sadly, the Neon wasn't in Underground 2, just UG1 and UGR(PSP) - if it was in the game, I'd be driving it instead of the Focus right now...
Thank god you mentioned halo 2.
Best halo game of all time.
The remaster looked beautiful.
It really is!
@@gameranxTV and you could play as the covenant! With covenant allies and invisibility, I mean come on.
@@joshowawood1786next Halo game should follow that actually.
Too bad we never got to 'finish the fight' in that game.
@@rashonkelly3598 it should just be a straight covenant story of that silver guy with the missing jaw
Doom 3. I love it. I play it yearly, and leaving the controversies behind, is a solid FPS, and a great single player adventure, with many great mods that make it totally playable nowadays.
The Resident Evil Remake on Gamecube. So good on release and still holds up.
Havok was used in the Source engine, but Havok was NOT developed by Valve.
Twisted Metal Black is STILL banging. Soundtrack, fast gameplay, dark tone, it all remains as impactful as it did back then
Another one for the list : Kingdom hearts 2, it s 19 years old but at the time it felt like a game from the future
Oh yeah! New video! Gameranx never disappoints with their videos.
0:21 GIVE ME THAT NOSTALGIA!!!
Watching this video I recall playing some of my old games with some great memories. Like Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Serious Sam, MDK 2, Lemony Snickets a series of Unfortunate Events, Madagascar 2, Heavy Metal FAKK 2, Double Dragon, Tekken 3, Street Fighters, Devil May Cry 3 SE, DMC4, Postal 2,and many more old and modern games also don't forget the games in this list. I am glad I still play video games and will keep on playing till I get old till I die. I feel so lucky that I got to play so many amazing games and made so many beautiful memories. ❤
I had a box full of early 2000's games, with a PS2 slim and a $500 Zelda Gamecube MasterQuest disc. A bunch of comic books too, including #1 issues from the launch of Image comics, McFarlane Spidey issues, etc. Moved out west before covid, came back home to discover everything I owned got kept, except that one box. Hundreds, if not possibly thousands of dollars just sitting in a landfill. Nostalgia.
1:40 Don't forget about the dismemberment code.
g_sabermorerealistic 3
NFS: Most Wanted, I'm replaying it now after 20 years. still amazing
I am replaying it at the moment too, my favourite NFS game.
Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind. Gameplay is janky and can be a bit rough to get into, but for my money it still has one of the best fantasy worlds ever created.
Halo 3 is the GOAT for me. All the great modes in it. Racing on the quad bikes with someone on the back blasting rockets at other racers was so fun!
Jedi Outcast has a vr mod that is SO GOOD. First person, full motion controls. It really elevates that game.
Diablo 2 deff deserved at least a honorable mention...
Our life in Lithuania was playing Diablo 2, Heroes of Might and Magic 2 and 3, and Commandos. We never were big on consoles, PC master race. Current kids grew up on pathetic phones, I couldn't last a day without my PC.
I cannot stress how GOOD Halo MCC has been the last few years. Everything runs great and they added reach and ODST making it a fantastic collection.
Thank u for bringing those sweet memories ..
I was born around the time these games came out and it's cool to hear the people talk about these games the way I talk about the witcher or Skyrim or black ops 2, crazy to think of those as "the good ol' days" now
I played FFVII and it's 27 years old it's so strange to think about how much a jump technically wise games advanced in 7 years
Love it when people talk about jet set radio future. Such a gem of a game
Ooh i was expecting hitman 2 silent assassin...that game was just incredible
I think I replayed Max Payne 2 the most of all 3 games. I just love that you can just spray bullets into 1 enemy and he just keeps flying
Just started a playthrough of the orange box and man is that game so so atmospheric and fun. What a killer
i spent thousands of hours playing Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 in high school, experimenting whacky designs all night long and then just hopped on into the car and enjoy my creation.
Saying Jedi Knight 2 "Forces you to play with the worst weapons" is missing the point completely. That's why the light saber feels so powerful. People used to understand this kind of thing. Setup, payoff. Now it seems everyone wants everything, immediately. And we wonder why so much of what comes out now feels lacking. Some of that is down to immediately giving everyone exactly what they want all the time.
Couldn’t agree more about Halo 2 and Jet Set Radio Future, they are still such treats to return to 💜
F.E.A.R. is almost 20 years old and it's insanely good to this day. I often revisit it and both DLCs.
I'm really missing Doom II. That's the game that I come back the most and its still incredible all the times.
Max Paine changed my life back then. I’m old. 43. I grew up with nes and it’s always been a big part of my life. I am a gamer for better or worse.
43 is not old, you are in the right place, I grew up on Sega Genesis, Rock and Roll racing was the game I played the most, that game was damn good, I bet no one has heard of that. I went back years later thinkign why that was so good, and as a Kid, I dint even realise, that game was 3D, I mean its top down, but it really had basic 3D tracks and stuff, one of the very rare GENESIS games that had 3D elements.
When Jakes mentions '''youngsters'' trying to convince San Andreas was good, f that, this is not the audience, we do not need to cater to spermatozoids, we remember San Andreas was good, Jake, come on. LoL, sorry, my back hurts I guess...
Dude, Soul Caliber 2 was one of the all time greatest fighting games and I remember playing as Maxi and Mitsirugi, but my younger brother could pick just about any character and mop the floor with any of us
Roller Coaster Tycoon... Omgosh I spent sooooooooo many hours building the ultimate parks and soooooo much time building deadly rides and killing my guests lol drowning them was almost always my fave way
I was a little late to the Metroid Prime bandwagon back in the day, sinking so many hours into playing the first game. I remember it being the first video game that I ever genuinely dug myself into playing. I would give _SO_ much to be able to play a Metroid Prime game legitimately with a mouse and keyboard!
One awesome detail about Escape from Butcher Bay was that every inmate was uniquely designed in terms of appearance.
I'm always disappointed I never see 4 x 4 Evo on these lists.
Ninja gaiden bro, best game of 2004!
I loved all the games on this list, but I still go back and play Jedi outcast and academy haha. Favorite memory from academy: maxing out choke to lift troopers, and hitting them with a max push to send them flying haha
SSX3 is a relic from a time when EA put out banger after banger
My first thought when I saw this vid was escape from butcher bay so i'm SOO hyped to see it on this list!!!!
Fear
Gun
Deus Ex
Symphony of The Night
Crash Bandicoot
Crash Team Racing
Blood Omen
Nightmare Creatures 2 (Bloodborne father)
Half Life 1
Thief
System Shock 2 (the first one is iconic, but it need time to get used to it)
Aria of Sorrow
Silent Hill 3
Marvel vs Capcom 2
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Tony Hawk Pro Skater
American McGee Alice
VTM Bloodlines
VTM Redemption
Baldur's Gate 1
HL1 doesn't hold up THAT well. There's a fan made (and Valve approved) remake called Black Mesa that faithfully recreates all of HL1 in the Source engine.
the 20 year old game that I think still holds up is MvC2. I am so glad we have it back!
In 2011, on the day SWToR was launching, I remember playing Jedi Academy multiplayer with my dad and brother because I couldn't think of anything else to pass the time. I did play SWG before that and up to when the game shutdown, same with my dad.
I had to look up Castlevania Lords of Shadow to see when it came out.
Gameranx, you better have that one ready for in 6 years. No game will ever recapture the immersive story telling genius that decided to combine Patrick Stewart and Robert Carlyle and Natasha McElhone into the same game. And the ending…the greatest twist ending no one saw coming at the time! That game is a chef’s kiss that I wish they never made a sequel.
Jedi outcast/ academy multiplayer was godlike. Such a great community.
Vice City when it first released was a complete game changer, the gameplay the graphics the soundtrack. Even San Andreas can't compete from that front.
I still have my original CD box from when Half-life 2 released in 2004. I’ll never get rid of it. My ultimate favourite game. Can’t wait for the RTX one.
Call of Duty 1 and 2 (2003 and 2005 respectively). Those games played and looked so well that when I still had crappy market pc I used to replay them so so many times! When newer games started using fancier shaders and looked and ran so much worse on lowest settings than these first 2 CoD's, I just went back there and enjoyed my time again :D
Same here with my crappy dell pc that i bought with my own money as a kid
Nice to see the Ridick games. So underrated! It was such as surprisingly good game!
what are you talking about man, that's what made sanandreas memorable and that's the charm of the game I feel like we're spoiled these days
Jet Set Radio Future and SSX brought me back to my childhood deciding whether to go with Playstation or Xbox!! =D ( Of course I stuck with Playstation and am still quite content with it ) I miss playing Jet Set Radio Future and SSX 3. I think they were just demos or at least SSX 3 was, but I really miss em! Also I liked Castlevania but Megaman was my favorite when it comes to side scrollers. Thank you so much for this vid, Gameranx! Thx for bringing those memories back to life! Much love to anyone reading this who can remember playing those games on the Playstation 1! I wish everyone a happy life.
Yeah! GTA! I still got my physical copy too!! 😎
Almost every RTS game released back then are still good.
Rise of Nations I think is most underrated one. Red Alert 2 also. I was obsessed with the genre, but personally, I do not think it holds up, at least to me. Matches are just too quick, plays out the same every time, there is very little content in reality, and its barely a strategy, its just rewards quickness. I grew to love slow pace games, I play Stellaris or CIV on slowest speeds, I can play throught a match for week or longer, go to work, thinking what will I do next when I go back, I can spend like 8 hours in Stellaris just micromanaging and accomplishing bunch of nothing, but I love that, I do not see the appeal of 30 minute '''strategy'' game anymore.
I can still pop Heroes of Might and Magic 3 any day, one of the best games ever made, almost 30 years old at this point, pumped for new instalment that will be like spiritual successor to the third game.
C'mon Falcon, you can't mention Chronicles of Riddick and NOT also include a blurb about how AWESOME the menu interface was, and in my experience to this day still is one of the coolest designed menus ever!
That's Jake, not Falcon ..
Im just soo glad I was a teen in the early 2000s so I could enjoy the peak of gaming!
amazing nostalgic list really nostalgic
Some of my fav older games are the KOTOR series, fable, Star Wars republic commando, and Vectorman (sega genesis). I love that you added escape from butchers bay! Great game :)
They are real G's for showing real Rollercoaster Tycoon gameplay with no added music lol
San Andreas is my favourite GTA game and one of the best games ever made in my opinion
San Andreas was the last Rockstar game I really played and loved. I was obsessed with it. I played like 30 minutes of GTA 4 and GTA 5, never played RDR, and RDR2 I didn't like. I remember going absolutely insane wanting to play those games, but they weren't on PC, or didn't run on my PC (GTA4). Then time passed by, and I just don't care anymore, I think I will never play GTA or RDR, I know thats crazy, but oh well...
Max Payne and Dead to Rights will hold a special place in my heart forever
Time splitters future perfect is still to this day a great game to play through with an incredibly fun diverse story
Smort. The algorithm seems to love videos pining for old games, and I'm glad.
Thanks Jake🦅
I wish old games were more easily available
I still play the Ace Combat Holy Trinity (4, 5, Zero) on PS2.
I really think Halo 1 is actually better than Halo 2 and it’s obvious after a few levels. Halo 2 has levels that end at narratively random times and it just feels distracting but no one talks about it. It feels like they had to just cut levels in 2 for technical reasons. Yeah the library is flawed I know but it’s just one level out of 10.
I specifically got into PC gaming so that I could play Riddick series, and not only does it also have controller support but widescreen support too!
Doom 3 graphically really holds up well at 20! An underrated masterpiece, 1st person horror game. Running at 1440 or 4K with headphones provides an amazingly immersive experience in 2024...
Doom 3 was the benchmark for graphics. It’s Ultra settings pushed computers to their limits for _years!_ The original game (not the BFG edition) still looks and plays great, and the lighting rivals modern games.