/vr/ - Retro Games

Let's give Marathon some love. I've been replaying it lately, and it's as great as ever. The writing is damn good, and everything is presented to you in a very subtle,understated format, little things like finding a cyborg facing a terminal and accessing the terminal reveals a passage about Roman history, suggesting the aliens are intelligent and are researching you.

The gameplay is also satisfying. I find myself very cautious in going through levels, because the saves and health refills are rarely ever handed to you, which can make dying fairly unattractive when you realise it could set you back to the previous level. The aliens are uniquely designed, and while a bit easy to deal with most of the time, can easily become overwhelming in large numbers.

I think a link to Aleph One is worth adding to the OP pasta; free games are always worth mentioning.
http://source.bungie.org/