Era can be defined as a console generation, a decade, one specific year, whatever you want. I’d encourage you to give a list of your favourite games from the generation of choice and why it was the best to you. Nostalgia is a totally viable reason too.

I’ll go first. For me, the 360 era is my GOAT. As someone in their 20s, I grew up with the 360 so nostalgia is definitely a big factor. But on top of that, I still feel like the games during that time were some of the best we’ve had. 2011 alone was a fantastic year, with Dark Souls, Skyrim, Portal 2 and many more great games. I was going to list out my favourite games from 2005-2013 but I love so many it would be far too long of a post.

I’d love to hear some of you talk about your favourite time period of games too, whether it’s agreeing with my choice or giving different opinions

  • Refurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org
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    5 months ago

    The 90s era of gaming, extending to the early 2000s. SNES, Genesis, PC Engine, N64, PS1, PS2, GameCube.

    It was the era before the Internet and video gaming became extremely linked. The sheer number of classics that still hold up today, even compared to modern games, are very numerous.

    • cod@lemmy.worldOPM
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      5 months ago

      There’s lots of late 90’s-early 2000’s answers here. You’re definitely not alone in that thought

      • lunarul@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        Add one more here. Some of the greatest games came out in that period.

        I made before a list of the top 10 games that impacted me the most and a large part are from that period. In no particular order:

        • Worms (particularly Worms World Party)
        • The Settlers II
        • Master of Orion II
        • Heroes of Might and Magic (particularly the first 3)
        • Phantasmagoria
        • WWF WrestleMania
        • Little Big Adventure
        • Monkey Island (especially 1-3)
        • Dizzy (all games in the series)
        • Jet Set Willy
        • Refurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org
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          5 months ago

          The best thing about this reply is that literally none of those games are on my list, since I haven’t played any of them (except for a Flash clone of Worms as a kid). That just goes to show the sheer amount of quality gaming that there was.

          My list is moreso comprised of console games. In no particular order, and includes some later indie games:

          • Chrono Trigger (GOAT, ranked number 1 above all the rest of these. Fantastic story, gameplay, music, pacing, etc. I haven’t played any other game as polished as this one)
          • Terranigma (A surprisingly deep and philosophical game for the time, even compared to other great JRPGs of the same era, or of any era)
          • Yoshi’s Island (just raw fun)
          • Super Mario 64 (also just raw fun)
          • Majora’s Mask (Surprisingly deep and emotional for a Zelda game)
          • Silent Hill 1, 2, and 3 (2 in particular opened my eyes to actually being able to feel emotions for the first time)
          • Super Meat Boy (Addiction: the video game)
          • The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth (Crack: the video game)
          • OMORI (another fantastic and emotional game, almost on the level of Silent Hill 2, but replay value isn’t very high IMO)
          • A Link to the Past (Just raw fun, but in Zelda form)
          • Guitar Hero 1, 2, and 3 (I was especially involved in the customs scene back then)
          • Final Fantasy VI (A fantastic story in general)
          • Super Smash Bros (the series as a whole)