I miss unironically edgy games

[Anonymous No.7816086]

What are some games from the sixth generation of video games (OG Xbox, PS2, GameCube and Dreamcast) that you consider “edgy” or self-serious?

[Anonymous No.7816098]

>>7816086
say what you will about 3D sonic, but ow the edge was actually pretty fun, probably hasnt aged very well, but the was you could access different levels based on what ends you picked on each level was interesting.

[Anonymous No.7816103]

>>7816086
That E rating isn't for edgy, anon.

[Anonymous No.7816520]

>>7816103
Do you see that 10+? Go back to playing Spyro if you can't handle a game with GUNS

[Anonymous No.7816864]

In a good way

[Anonymous No.7817031]

>>7816086
If only the edge was coupled with good gameplay
>>7816098
Retarded zoomer detected, Shadow is fucking trash
t. beat the Final Story when I wasn't a braindead child with no taste
>probably hasnt aged very well
It was god awful when it was released

[Anonymous No.7817043]

>>7816086
Dirge of Cerberus and Warrior Within are edgy as fuck, but I love them. WW was the first edgy game I played when I was 9, so it has a special place in my heart, but I was fucking retarded in the Garden puzzle

[Anonymous No.7817114]

>>7816086
My cousin couldn't finish Killer7 because he said it was too edgy, with characters dying in cutscenes, Heaven Smile in general, and characters saying "Fuck" all the time. I didn't think it was edgy, seen anime way worse.
I'm not sure if Roadkill is edgy, but it did always strike me as "trying too hard to be cool".
Spawn: Armageddon is as ridiculous as it is edgy. The giant cyborg ape fight is a great example of this.

[Anonymous No.7817118]

Tenchu, Ninja Gaiden, SHinobi, Legacy of Kain

[Anonymous No.7817208]

[Anonymous No.7817323]

cannot go wrong with Vexx, it rivals Mario 64 in some aspects, protagonist has wolverine gauntlets & the main macguffin is anatomically accurate beating hearts

[Anonymous No.7817336]

>>7816098
shadow was shit. its core concept turns the poor flow of 3D sonic level design into a feature instead of a bug

[Anonymous No.7817458]

>>7816086
Can't believe they had Shadow say Fuck.

[Anonymous No.7817540]

First thing that comes to mind

[Anonymous No.7818135]

>>7817540
there really wasn't anything edgy about black. it was basically a micheal bay FPS.

[Anonymous No.7818167]

>>7816086
Shadow was so fucking over the top. I loved it even if it was really stupidly designed in a lot of ways

[Anonymous No.7818176]

>>7816086

[Anonymous No.7818181]

>>7816086
God Hand's gotta be the edgiest one, right?

[Anonymous No.7818434]

>>7817031
>>7817336
I played it when it came out too as a kid
ill admit though I always hated 2d sonic so i wasnt really attached to 'how a sonic game should play', I always liked going slow and exploring all nooks and crannies

[Anonymous No.7818449]

>>7817118
How is Ninja Gaiden edgy?

[Anonymous No.7818620]

Jak 2 & 3 were both pretty fun, shooting mechanics and small size of the open world have aged quite a bit though

[Anonymous No.7818649]

>>7818620
It's interesting because it didn't do what Ratchet and Clank did with the shooting. It was more trying to free form the shooting so you would focus more on your position and movement and other abilities, and the shots would mostly hit where they needed to go.

Funnily enough, Insomniac would follow this with a similar formula in Sunset Overdrive.

[Anonymous No.7818669]

>>7816086
I didn't even find Shadow's game all that edgy. It already crossed the line by giving him guns so nothing that goes on in the game is remotely on the edge.

[Anonymous No.7818676]

>>7816098
>probably hasnt aged very well
It wasn't exactly good when it released.

[Anonymous No.7818702]

>>7818449
>How is Ninja Gaiden edgy?
Because you play as a leather S&M gear ninja who fights disgusting nightmare demons.

Keep in mind, OP is talking about the sixth generation, which would be the Ninja Gaiden I'm talking about.

[Anonymous No.7818803]

First that came to mind.

[Anonymous No.7818837]

The ironic age was a curse and post-irony is a poor consolation prize.

"Cool" can only be achieved by media that dares to enter into self-serious territory, and now that we've conditioned the industry not to even try for fear of ridicule, we no longer have anything that's actually cool.

[Anonymous No.7818904]

>>7816086

[Anonymous No.7820303]

>>7818904
What worries me the most is how American McGee's life is so fucked up.

[Anonymous No.7820321]

>>7818434
>ill admit though I always hated 2d sonic so i wasnt really attached to 'how a sonic game should play', I always liked going slow and exploring all nooks and crannies
You don't have to have any experience with Sonic games to realize that Shadow is complete trash
You had shit taste

[Anonymous No.7820323]

>>7818837
90s - peak ironic
00s - awkward
10s - post-ironic awkward

[Anonymous No.7820324]

>>7816098
there's much, much better 3D Sonic console games but it's a hell of a lot better than the two games it was stuck between, Heroes and 06

[Anonymous No.7820327]

>>7818434
> I always liked going slow and exploring all nooks and crannies
Have you played CD? You might like that one. You can hunt for rings in the future or go break Eggman's machines in the past.

[Anonymous No.7821381]

>>7820327
Too bad the concept sounds cooler on paper than it is in practice, the level design in that game is garbage

[Anonymous No.7821413]

>>7818702
>S&M gear ninja
I like the first 3D NG but I've never liked that costume. I liked his more traditional ninja garb at the beginning of the game much more.

[Anonymous No.7822829]

>>7816520
*ahem*

[Anonymous No.7822903]

Fuck no this shit was the worst.

[Anonymous No.7822917]

>>7816098
This

[Anonymous No.7822923]

>>7820321
Filtered.

[Anonymous No.7822932]

>>7820323
20s - post-awkward sincerity

[Anonymous No.7824675]

>>7818837
This. Just this.

[Anonymous No.7824681]

>>7818837
Sonic is easily the best example of this. SA2 Sonic, the guy who's just that, a guy who loves adventure? Yep, cool. Now he's a goddamn Marvel quip machine.

[Anonymous No.7825532]

>>7816098
I remember the light speed dash and switching rails actually working, unlike Heroes

[Anonymous No.7825540]

>>7817031
>Retarded zoomer detected
What the fuck does that word even mean anymore if it's being used to describe people playing the goddamned gamecube?
Do you think that today's teens are playing ps2 and gamecube games?

[Anonymous No.7825604]

>>7825540
Yes they absolutely do play ps2 and gamecube games. even shovelware like sponge bob gets remade for the current gen

[Anonymous No.7826526]

>>7825540
>What the fuck does that word even mean anymore

Life cycle of language on 4chan

>A word invented with a clear meaning
>Retards on 4chan use it and bring its understanding down to their level (a level where words only mean "good" "bad" or a are a type of generic insult
>Eventually people notice the word has lost all meaningfulness and just ruins conversations by making sentences meaningless
>Gradually the language becomes more corrupt and with each new word corrupted it becomes harder and harder to have a proper conversation.

[Anonymous No.7826576]

>>7826526
How ironic that those who call out "zoomers" the most are using zoomerspeak themselves.

[Anonymous No.7826728]

I think this might be a good example?

[Anonymous No.7826732]

>>7826728
Yeah, that and Darkwatch and Prototype, though Prototype wasn’t on Gen 6 consoles.

[Anonymous No.7826894]

>>7818837
Good post, fully agree

[Anonymous No.7827584]

>>7816086
That game is a bad example, but I agree with your general sentiment. They need to bring back games that weren't afraid to piss off soccer moms.

[Anonymous No.7828401]

>>7816086
I miss Shadow the Hedgehog because it was a really fun game.
Wish it was as fast as Sonic Heroes, but it was great with what it offered.

[Anonymous No.7828409]

>>7816086
Games today have just as much cursing and guns and take themselves even more seriously.

[Anonymous No.7828727]

>>7828409
Yeah but they don’t have that level of “cool”, they don’t take risks on how the characters act or speak and the aesthetics are just bland. Remember Oni from Bungie? Or The Suffering for the Xbox?