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Ask Slashdot: What Modern PC Games Would You Recommend For An Old School Gamer?

Posted by BeauHD on from the blast-from-the-past dept.

wjcofkc writes: The last time I was a serious gamer, I was playing Quake and Quake World. That type of first person shooter, with the qualities it offered in terms of physics, level layout, and community, produced for me some very fun times. I have long since fallen away from gaming entirely, but frequently look back to that era with great fondness. My question to the community is, are there any current games that recapture the spirit of the original Quake? Note: This is strictly for PC gaming as I do not own a console.

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  1. Re:Nothing by UnknownSoldier · · Score: 5, Interesting

    > Games haven't changed, I have.

    Yes they HAVE changed -- often times for the worse. FPS Map Design 1993 vs 2010

    Modern games are full of bullshit:

    * unskippable cut-scenes
    * MTX (micro-transaction) because the game devs don't respect your Time, Space, nor Wallet.
    * Season Pass
    * bullshit DLC (DownLoadable Content)
    * QTE (Quick-Time Events) You remember Dragon's Lair ? Yup, that's what modern "AAA" gaming has devolved into.
    * Grindfests aka Skinner boxes
    * Flat UI that you can't fucking tell what are UI elements you can interact with vs static elements.
    * Multiplayer games that don't allow you to run your own server -- typical EA bullshit.

    When the "gaming industry" refers to its customers as "whales" you know they don't give a fuck about you -- only how long they can keep "milking" you. If you wat to know the general state of the "industry" Jim Sterling excellent Jimquisition pretty much sucks up the fuckery that publishers and devs try to pull.

    With that said I'm a professional game developer and have over 500+ games in my Steam Library. This is my "best of the best" of modern games are in alphabetical order (I've included the "genre" in parenthesis):

    * Borderlands 1 and 2 (FPS)
    * Dishonored 1 and 2 (FPS)
    * Doom (2017) (FPS)
    * Elite: Dangerous (Space)
    * Inside (Adventure)
    * Left for Dead (1 not 2) (FPS)
    * Limbo (Adventure)
    * Luftrausers (2D shmup)
    * Minecraft (3D Survival)
    * Path of Exile (RPG)
    * Portal 1 and 2 (Puzzle)
    * Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 1 and 2
    * Serious Sam 1, 2, and 3 (FPS)
    * Terraria (2D Survival)
    * Team Fortress 2 (FPS)
    * The Stanley Parable (Story)
    * The Talos Principle (FPS)
    * The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (Puzzle)
    * The Witness (Puzzle)
    * Torchlight 1 and 2 (RPG)

    Stay away from grind-shift-fests like:

    * Defiance
    * Destiny
    * Diablo 3
    * Evolve
    * Fashionframe, er, Warframe

    There are still some good games out there -- but about 95% of them are shit. i.e. Any game that has non-cosmetic MTX is crap.