With several exceptions. Anything on Newgrounds, The Henry Stickmin Collection, Papa Louie Games, Happy Wheels, and anything preserved by that one website.
Spore! It had such potential. Especially sad that galactic adventures never took off. I know No Man's Sky is kind of taking over what that was supposed to be, but I miss the customization in Spore.
The initial buzz for Spore was that it was going to be heavy on science - evolution from single cell organism to a race capable of interstellar travel.
FFT advanced was the first game I truly truly binged. I lived in a house without cable TV or Internet in rural scotland as a kid. That game got me through so many boring days
Earthbound is pretty good. Mother 3 kinda wrecked my soul and I'd live to get an official American release but I don't think that will happen without the story being changed significantly.
B&W literally rewrote the rules for how game AI worked. The AI knew basically nothing when the game started, and LEARNED TO DO THINGS as the game went on. That just isn't a thing anymore!
Heroes 3 is still alive due to the fan made expansion Horn of Abyss. This expansion is of very high quality: it adds new pirate-themed town called "Cove", new campaigns, maps, items on map, artifacts and some balance tweaks. The expansion is of very, very high quality - probably better than the Armageddon's blade expansion. You also get a multiplayer mode with lobby. There is also HD mod that adds various "quality of life" improvements to the game and upgrades the graphics.
EDIT: I have been informed that there is a community-driven adaptation of Midair, a spiritual successor to the combat which I love so much in Tribes. Check it out here:
Ascend was good, but unfortunately HiRez did HiRez things and made an atrocious pay scheme and released unbalanced items, such as that insane plasma cannon. Sad they didn't try to fix their pay model until it was way too late.
Especially when you hear what the plan was going to be for Dead Space 4. A return to proper survival horror with you playing an Isaac traveling from world to world trying to stay alive in a galaxy with the brethren moons awake.
Came here to say this. Every Max Payne game is in my top 10 best games of all time. I agree that 3 had a totally different atmosphere, but it also had the most satisfying gun play of any game I've played in my whole life. It's a shame Rockstar didn't carry over the highly polished shooting mechanics into GTA or RDR.
SOCOM 2 was my peak of video gaming skill. I was in high school and would play that game for like 12 hours a day. I was in the #2 clan in the world USA on Gamebattles.
Mercenaries. If you have the chance to play Mercinaries 2, do it. It's absolutely favourite game of all time. They were working on a third but it got cancelled and the studio folded.
Fun fact, The Last of Us team at Naughty Dog was originally going to be making a Jak and Daxter sequel but switched. I hope to see another Jak and Daxter game someday.
Fun fact: Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy was one of the first games to be able to complete start to finish without a single loading screen. After starting the game you can beat the whole game start to finish(if you don’t die) without ever seeing a loading screen.
MYST. There hasn’t been a new one in a long time, and everything after Exile has been really meh... but the first two games were some of my favorites of all time and the world building was fantastic.
I'd love a Bully sequel and for Nintendo to release a new Advance Wars game. I know there is Wargroove but it hasn't hooked me in like Advance Wars did.
100% agree. Absolutely loved Spore, I actually bought it on disk when it came out. This franchise had so much potential. So disappointed that they didn't make another (Dark Spore doesn't count, totally different). Game was different than most
Spore done today would be like No Man's Sky, except way better. Such a solid game. The only downside was the galaxy-level missions got really repetitive.
My favorite franchise of all time. I’ve been waiting for anything new for it for years. I was elated when they were added to Smash Bros. Although BK is dead, the collect-a-thon genre is having a bit of a resurgence so I’m happy about that at least.
This one right here. Street racing in real cities with no handholding. Missed the exit from the 405 into the streets? Go fuck yourself, either take the next one or turn around because we aren’t correcting that
I came to post this as well, dark cloud 2/dark chronicle was an amazing game, fully voice acted was rare those days and the side games helped develop the character for the story line. Truly an excellent game.
New Yorker here. I still hear the relevant Parasite Eve music in my head when visiting the real NYC locations used in the game, and will always remember fighting the giant T-Rex skeleton every time I'm at the Museum of Natural History.
One of the best games of the 2000s, probably one of the best on the GBA period. And the second one was even better! Ridiculous how much game there was in one little GBA cartridge. The third one wasn't exactly awful but it failed to capture the same feeling, or something. It was still a good rpg though, shame it didn't do better.
Such great games. Leisure Suit Larry may not have aged well, ethics-wise, but it was hilarious back in the day. An updated version (better graphics, gameplay, and ethics) would be awesome.
Infamous 1 and 2 were two of my favorite games of all time, the story was insane and it was so much fun to just free roam and fuck shit up. I loved it so much. Would pay top dollar for a PC port or remaster of the OG 2, too bad sony owns it and doesn't give a fuck about old games.
Was coming here to say this. One would think that with the Netflix series they would have at least done a remake of Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, but no.
TimeSplitters was amazing.. especially the one that had the level maker. There were like 50 characters, a ton of weapons, a lot of stages. You just can't beat it.
There is a "Bioshock 4" in the works! 2k has been working on it calling it "project parkside". Hopefully its another authentic experience, not a cash grab
Indiana Jones, now that Nathan Drake is done we just have Lara raiding tombs. Which is good. But I grew up playing puzzle quest type games. Thank you devs for just making current hits and nothing with deep story content that I don't have to buy dlc(s) to get.
Of all time - its got to be Ultima - Ultimas 1,3 and 6 revolutionized graphic RPG.
Age of Mythology
RIP to my boy Arkantos. Long live Atlantis.
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WUV WOO
I would like to see a Dino Crisis reboot on current gen consoles.
I loved Dino crisis. I mean I was pretty young at the time so it also kinda scared me, but I loved it all the same!!
On December 31st it will be all old flash games
With several exceptions. Anything on Newgrounds, The Henry Stickmin Collection, Papa Louie Games, Happy Wheels, and anything preserved by that one website.
Command and Conquer: Red Alert
And a stellar soundtrack too.
Tesla coil online.
Dungeon Keeper
It is pay day
Monkey Island. TellTale brought it back and made a great five part series. They set up so much. That will never happen now.
Agree 100%, what a series. And I’d also throw in the other SCUMM based games too - Full Throttle, The Dig, Day of the Tentacle etc.
Spore! It had such potential. Especially sad that galactic adventures never took off. I know No Man's Sky is kind of taking over what that was supposed to be, but I miss the customization in Spore.
I think my main beef with the Galactic Adventures thing is that it didn't really follow the rest of the game's premise very well.
The initial buzz for Spore was that it was going to be heavy on science - evolution from single cell organism to a race capable of interstellar travel.
RoadRash
The spiritual successor Road Redemption is a lot of fun!
Burnout.
I spent hundreds of hours playing Burnout 3, Revenge and NFS: Hot Pursuit 2010 back in the day.
Burnout 3: Takedown is the greatest arcade Racing game of all time.
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FFT advanced was the first game I truly truly binged. I lived in a house without cable TV or Internet in rural scotland as a kid. That game got me through so many boring days
JET SET RADIOOOO
Hopefully Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is the second hand revival we’re waiting for. Even Naganuma is in charge for the whole soundtrack!
understand understand
Earthbound is pretty good. Mother 3 kinda wrecked my soul and I'd live to get an official American release but I don't think that will happen without the story being changed significantly.
Why would the story have to be changed?
Legacy of Kain
Soul Reaver, what a game.
GOAT voice acting in a game series.
Sly Cooper. We need a proper 5th game to undo the misery that was Thieves In Time.
Came to say this!
I Care about those boys and I want to see more adventures.
They did my girl Penelope dirty. Felt like the writer just wanted to abandon a character for a cheap twist. Penelope deserved better.
Thank God someone said it. The way they ended Thieves is infuriating, and the fact it’s been 7 years with no closure is so frustrating.
I had to scroll entirely too far to find this. Sly Cooper was such a fantastic game. The only reason I bought a PS3 was to play Sly 4.
Wario. I used to play the shit out of Wario Land 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Black & White. RIP.
We’ve got this notion that we’d quite like to sail the ocean so we’re building a big boat to leave here for good
My friend used to play this until dawn.
Im surprised no one picked up this franchise or even the same concept with nowadays VR technology.
B&W literally rewrote the rules for how game AI worked. The AI knew basically nothing when the game started, and LEARNED TO DO THINGS as the game went on. That just isn't a thing anymore!
Heroes of Might and Magic
HOMM 3 is what my username is about.
Heroes 3 is still alive due to the fan made expansion Horn of Abyss. This expansion is of very high quality: it adds new pirate-themed town called "Cove", new campaigns, maps, items on map, artifacts and some balance tweaks. The expansion is of very, very high quality - probably better than the Armageddon's blade expansion. You also get a multiplayer mode with lobby. There is also HD mod that adds various "quality of life" improvements to the game and upgrades the graphics.
SimCity. It's sad that SimCity 4 is still the best one to this day, and there won't be another since Maxis is dead.
Pretty sure Cities: Skylines is the canon SimCity 5.
Any love for the other Sim games? Nothing will ever quite fill the hole that SimTower's elevator management has left in my gaming life.
EDIT: I have been informed that there is a community-driven adaptation of Midair, a spiritual successor to the combat which I love so much in Tribes. Check it out here:
Shazbot!
Ascend was good, but unfortunately HiRez did HiRez things and made an atrocious pay scheme and released unbalanced items, such as that insane plasma cannon. Sad they didn't try to fix their pay model until it was way too late.
Silent Hill or Dead Space
Especially when you hear what the plan was going to be for Dead Space 4. A return to proper survival horror with you playing an Isaac traveling from world to world trying to stay alive in a galaxy with the brethren moons awake.
In my restless dreams,
Ah! Remember when the playable teaser was released a few years back
Dead Space was straight up assassinated by EA. Forced unpopular mechanics into the game and shut the studio down when it underperformed.
F-Zero :( :( :(
I heard that Nintendo don't think theres any room for the series to grow, which I disagree with.
I didn’t ask to cry today.
The reason the franchise is dead is that F-Zero GX was perfect. I can’t think of anything to improve. Even the graphics hold up.
Crimson Skies. There are no two words that are cooler placed together than "Sky Pirate".
Those planes should have been added to flight simulator 2020.
Armored Core. From Software hit the Souls money and left my robo homies to rust.
2nded. Owned all of them for PS1&2. Great games.
Max Payne
Came here to say this. Every Max Payne game is in my top 10 best games of all time. I agree that 3 had a totally different atmosphere, but it also had the most satisfying gun play of any game I've played in my whole life. It's a shame Rockstar didn't carry over the highly polished shooting mechanics into GTA or RDR.
The original Max Payne was siiiiiiiick. Bullet time was such a novel idea for a shooter at the time.
SOCOM
SOCOM 2 was my peak of video gaming skill. I was in high school and would play that game for like 12 hours a day. I was in the #2 clan in the world USA on Gamebattles.
YEEESSSSS!!!!
Running off that does anyone remember the game MAG on ps3 by the same developers?
Mercenaries. If you have the chance to play Mercinaries 2, do it. It's absolutely favourite game of all time. They were working on a third but it got cancelled and the studio folded.
The wrong Pandemic ended.
Oh no you didnt
Dude, I was so stoked when I saw the footage from Mercenaries 3 development. Then found out it was cancelled :(
Using the bunker buster on the main building was so fun lol
Is splinter cell dead?
There hasn't been a splinter cell game in what, 5 years? But hey, they just put Sam Fisher in R6 Siege!
Ubisoft keeps teasing it and putting Sam Fisher in other games.
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It’s tricky TRICKY tricky TRICKAYYYY
SSX Tricky was one of my favorite games to play
SSX 3 & On Tour are my most played PS2 games , the replay value of those games is infinite
MOUNT GARIBALDI
Jak and Daxter.
Fun fact, The Last of Us team at Naughty Dog was originally going to be making a Jak and Daxter sequel but switched. I hope to see another Jak and Daxter game someday.
Fun fact: Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy was one of the first games to be able to complete start to finish without a single loading screen. After starting the game you can beat the whole game start to finish(if you don’t die) without ever seeing a loading screen.
Jak and Daxter's been done so dirty. The original and Jak II are such good games. Jak III isn't my favorite, but at least it was still fun to play.
Used to love switching my lil' flying car from "High" to "Low" and absolutely pancaking a Krimson Guard foot solider below.
Such a good series!
Mega Man Battle Network
Mega Man Legends as well.
Where in time is Carmen San Diego.
Twisted Metal.
Maybe Legend of Dragoon?
HARPOOOON.
Was just discussing with my roommate how dumb Sony is for just leaving this property dead. It has so much potential.
Sim City. Fuck you EA. EA took one of the most known and established franchises that spanned decades and unceremoniously humiliated and killed it.
Goddamn I remember how hyped I was to be able to make a whole region with friends.
MYST. There hasn’t been a new one in a long time, and everything after Exile has been really meh... but the first two games were some of my favorites of all time and the world building was fantastic.
I'd love a Bully sequel and for Nintendo to release a new Advance Wars game. I know there is Wargroove but it hasn't hooked me in like Advance Wars did.
Earthworm Jim
Earthworm Jim holds a very special place in my heart. I'm really sad that I had to scroll down this far to find it.
spore, it deserved so much more but got shot down by ea
100% agree. Absolutely loved Spore, I actually bought it on disk when it came out. This franchise had so much potential. So disappointed that they didn't make another (Dark Spore doesn't count, totally different). Game was different than most
Spore done today would be like No Man's Sky, except way better. Such a solid game. The only downside was the galaxy-level missions got really repetitive.
I have design-documents somewhere from when I was in university studying games design. My premise? "What would I do to improve a game?"
Is Banjo Kazooie sort of dead? Two incredible games IMO
My favorite franchise of all time. I’ve been waiting for anything new for it for years. I was elated when they were added to Smash Bros. Although BK is dead, the collect-a-thon genre is having a bit of a resurgence so I’m happy about that at least.
Roller Coaster Tycoon. Nothing after 3 is cannon
Try Planet Coaster! Same team as RCT3
Spent countless hours in RCT2
Midnight Club.
Midnight Club 3 Dub Edition and LA babbyyyyyyyyy!!
This one right here. Street racing in real cities with no handholding. Missed the exit from the 405 into the streets? Go fuck yourself, either take the next one or turn around because we aren’t correcting that
Metal Gear
Solid answer.
Konami did MG dirty
MGS3 is still one of my all time favorites.
Guitar hero
I would still be playing Guitar Hero Live if they didn't change the guitar controls.
I was always a Rock Band player for the better drums. I do miss those games.
Left 4 Dead
There’s a new updated for L4D2 called Last Stand
Dark Cloud
I came to post this as well, dark cloud 2/dark chronicle was an amazing game, fully voice acted was rare those days and the side games helped develop the character for the story line. Truly an excellent game.
Prince of Persia
KOTOR
just want Microsoft to gain the rights to make a single star wars game so Obsidian can make the third game
Kreia, man. That's a character done right
Jade Empire
Onimusha
Parasite eve, they should really remake it
New Yorker here. I still hear the relevant Parasite Eve music in my head when visiting the real NYC locations used in the game, and will always remember fighting the giant T-Rex skeleton every time I'm at the Museum of Natural History.
Brothers in Arms, they really need to make a new one. Like a proper one though with Matt’s story
Chrono Trigger.
I recently started playing it on steam. I can’t believe the port from a ds game is better than most ps3/4 ports
Fight Night. My friend and I were evenly matched and played for hours.
I am surprised there hasn't been a boxing game in a while. It's such a good genre to completely disappear.
Golden Sun
This is mine, too. Wasn't exactly in love with Dark Dawn but the first two games were outstanding, and damn if DD didn't end on a sodding cliffhanger.
One of the best games of the 2000s, probably one of the best on the GBA period. And the second one was even better! Ridiculous how much game there was in one little GBA cartridge. The third one wasn't exactly awful but it failed to capture the same feeling, or something. It was still a good rpg though, shame it didn't do better.
aw man, i remember writing a game-faq for that about 20 years ago. My favorite game of all time.
Yes! Golden Sun, I just loved the djinn system and the elaborate summon sequences. Reminds me of everything I love about older final fantasy games
Army Men
Oh my god red faction. I loved to tunnel through maps in 1 and 2 with the launchers and the destruction in guriallas was incredible
Portal
I was so sad when I found that the plans for Portal 3 were cancelled ;-;
There's a
Portal and Portal 2 were both amazing games. I'm still holding out hope that they will revive the franchise at some point.
Pretty much any of the old Sierra ‘Quest’ series; Space Quest, King’s Quest, etc.
Such great games. Leisure Suit Larry may not have aged well, ethics-wise, but it was hilarious back in the day. An updated version (better graphics, gameplay, and ethics) would be awesome.
Dune RTS
Suikoden
Came here to make sure someone mentioned this. At least we will get Eiyuden Chronicle in a few years
Infamous
Infamous 1 and 2 were two of my favorite games of all time, the story was insane and it was so much fun to just free roam and fuck shit up. I loved it so much. Would pay top dollar for a PC port or remaster of the OG 2, too bad sony owns it and doesn't give a fuck about old games.
The first 2 were absolutely amazing and told a great cohesive narrative across both games.
Prototype
Campy, overly-violent, and one of the best superpower-based game franchises ever.
Metal Slug
The Planetside series (Planetside and Planetside 2.) There are no other games like them that have PVP FPS combat on such a large scale.
Skate and mirrors edge
There was a new Skate game in development earlier this year though, not sure how it’s doing now
Fucking loved Mirror's Edge. I even loved the reboot, shame it didn't do that well.
Caesar / Pharaoh / Zeus / Emperor
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1351080/Pharaoh_A_New_Era/
No One Lives Forever.
Lemmings
Castlevania. No new game since 2008 :(
Was coming here to say this. One would think that with the Netflix series they would have at least done a remake of Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, but no.
Syphon Filter, unless it's had a comeback. I haven't been keeping up.
The Taser is still one of my all time favourite video game weapons. I used to love zapping dudes on rooftops until they lit on fire and fell off.
Castlevania. Hoped after the Netflix anime we will get a new game, but nope.
Ape Escape 100%. Ape Escape 3 is one of my top 5 games of all time
Sleeping dogs
a man without a pork bun is not a whole man
One of my favorite all time games
The 'Theme' series of games.
Is punch out a dead game franchise?
Mechwarrior
Every Valve series, but especially Portal
Dead Space
Commander keen
TimeSplitters
TimeSplitters was amazing.. especially the one that had the level maker. There were like 50 characters, a ton of weapons, a lot of stages. You just can't beat it.
I can't believe these games weren't even very popular when they were around
Bully!
Bioshock. It was the first mature game that I played and is easily in my top five games of all time
There is a "Bioshock 4" in the works! 2k has been working on it calling it "project parkside". Hopefully its another authentic experience, not a cash grab
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic (KOTOR).
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Indiana Jones, now that Nathan Drake is done we just have Lara raiding tombs. Which is good. But I grew up playing puzzle quest type games. Thank you devs for just making current hits and nothing with deep story content that I don't have to buy dlc(s) to get.
Lucas Arts was another thing.
Rock Band? Learned how to play drums because of that game.
I would have entire parties centered around Rock Band. You didn’t need to be a gamer or really all that musically talented, it was just fun.