/vr/ - Retro Games

On the night /vr/ started, I made a Xenogears thread. And it was fantastic.

Things seem to have changed around here since then. But let's take some time to discuss what I consider to be one of the greatest RPGs ever made.

I know it has its flaws. And theres always a lot of talk about the second disc. But the story is heartrending and incredibly ambitious in terms of scope, the soundtrack is stellar and the gameplay is fun.

http://youtu.be/SIF2crvBSDU

I got into gaming when I was about 5 years old. My older brother got me a NES for either Christmas or my birthday, but it was one of those things where someone gets you a gift for themselves. I had absolutely no desire to play video games, and I was pretty surprised when I got it. I vividly remember being about 4 and seeing an ad for the NES and thinking to myself "That looks so stupid, who would want that?" I must have found Super Mario Brothers fun enough, because I've been playing games ever since.

I'm really fond of the Sega CD. I always have been. It has a small library, but it's full of real gems and quite a few games that are just historical curiosities.

Lunar: Eternal Blue is a game that means a lot to me. It was my first RPG, and like most people with their first RPGs, it impressed upon me what the genre should be. Xenogears means a lot to me for very personal reasons. I shared that story once on /v/, but I don't really wanna get into that one again. At least not right now.

I still play retro games today because it's fun. Games come out today that are still good, and I won't be so curmudgeonly as to say they're even few and far between. But some old games are still good, and there's so many of them.