/vr/ - Retro Games

don't you think focusing on playing games is better than focusing on beating games
you might miss out on a lot of enjoyment otherwise

>>1685529

What the fuck are you talking about

How do you beat a game without playing it?

>>1685928

... u wot mate.

>>1685928
Some games have several hundred hours of content yet allow you to beat them in under 20 minutes. Yeah you'll play the game, but if your focus is just on beating it you'll probably miss out on some amazing things. The person you're questioning seems to be thinking a little too deep into this, though.

Super Mario Bros 3
Chrono Trigger
Doom
Fallout
And some other iconic game, can't think of anything really. Sonic 2 maybe?

>>1685950
I was just playing Duck Tales 2 and while you can beat the game in like 15 minutes collecting all the treasures for the best ending is going to take you hours. Came up in my mind as a particularly telling example of what you're talking about.

Every game is worth playing, every life is worth living

The Longest Journey (yeah, I know)
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
Xenogears
Sonic the Hedgehog 3&K
Baldur's Gate

Not a totally accessible list, but I think these are the pinnacles of each facet of retro gaming experiences. Deus Ex would be on the list if we could go forward a year or so.

>>1685950
casul as fuark. 1cc-ing an arcade game gives infinite more feels than "iconic" games

Tibia

>>1686471
Fuck you, retard.

>>1686442
>Baldur's Gate
Oh god, ha ha.

Before I die?

I still have and want to finish Einhander,Illbleed,Gradius 2,Terranigma and Deus Ex,so here's you top 5.

>>1686564
>terranigma
I love you

>>1686564
>Illbleed
mah cracka.

>>1686486
dude apparently forget to turn numlock on

>>1686646
It's not that the sequel isn't superior; it is, it just wasn't released before the retro cutoff.

>>1685950

It's beat before you die. Not beat within a week

>>1686690
longest journey wasn't either, no? It matters a little, this cutoff is retarded for a board with low activity such as this. And you can't realistically expect a decent discussion about games from 2000-2002 with /v/ anyway.

>>1686708
It technically qualifies. In its native Norway, it was released in 1998. I agree that the cutoff is silly, though there does have to be a line drawn somewhere, otherwise the board doesn't have much of a point.

>>1686564
Terranigma is on my list as well.
Just now finally getting around to beating Illusion of Gaia, that was also on my list.

I'd like to beat the Lufia series [ already beat Lufia 2 ].

Dragon Warrior 7. I got as far as the Cloud Boss, then I didn't play it for about 1 week, when i was playing another game. Then I forgot where all the portals and shit lead, and my battle strategies, and what classes i was aiming for, and pretty much...everything.
But I swear, I will beat it this year.

Has anyone here read this? It goes up to the modern day but obviously it has a ton of retro games on there too.

>>1686743
Yeah but i haven't read the revised edition. The original one has some really dubious pics from the 2000's.

>>1686743
Does it list every single game Molyneux had anything to do with?

I dunno lol

for me
final fantasy 6
shenmue
megaman legends
ocarina of time
punch out

I would kill for legends or shenmue 3

>>1689292
>Legends 3
Had to bring it up, didn't ya?

Deja Vu
Desert Bus
S.O.S.
Papers Please
Starflight