Listen up zoomers, alphas, and betas. We millenials were privileged enough to enjoy the period of “earnestness” on the internet. We used to be allowed to like and enjoy things. It truly was a better time, and you missed out.

Below is a list of games. Read on to learn a little bit about what we used to have. They will inspire you.


Animal Crossing: Wild World - TRUTH NVKE: Wild World > New Horizons. They turned Animal Crossing into a half-assed live service crafting survival game. Calm down, I still enjoyed NH. But the dialog used to be so good man. Two weeks in, I felt like I had heard everything the villagers were ever going to say. Gone: Building relationships with the store owners, Tom, Mable & Sable, etc. upgrading the shops, discovering the various secrets, more visiting characters, the pelicans replaced by a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ATM machine. Isn't that a perfect metaphor for today. shout out animalcrossingforums.com , we used to share friend codes and use McDonald's free Wi-Fi to trade rare paintings. And you would get flamed if you were a dirty time traveler.
Batman: Arkham Knight - RIP Rocksteady. No really. It’s been a decade and we got a Suicide Squad where you kill Batman because he “causes psychological harm to criminals”. And then you kill Superman with bullets. THEN canceled the Superman open world game, which would have released alongside the Superman movie. I mean ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Rest In Peace. If you haven’t played the Arkham games, I’m almost jealous. Go enjoy your peak.
Elite Beat Agents - According to the new gens, this was made into some online game called osu. I doubt it has an amazing story with anime men in black that save the world via dancing. I feel like this plays best on actual DS hardware, but to each their own. Truly, truly wish Nintendo would revive this. But now that their main console is an Android tablet, I doubt we will get something experimental like this again.
Fallout: New Vegas - It's too clunky. Only gets good 10 hours in. It’s all talking. It’s overhyped. At this point, I'm gatekeeping. The game sucks. Don't play it.
Fallout 76 - t’s a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ game fundamentally. I hate the live service FOMO slop. But damn if the Fallout loop isn’t fun, and the world isn’t amazing to explore. first 6 months, chef's kiss. I genuinely enjoyed the world as desolate as it was. It felt like a true post apocalypse. I hear it’s really good now, I haven’t forced myself to jump back in and grind, because all of my gear was nerfed to hell (rip my duped two shot explosive).
GTA IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony - Remember good rockstar stories? We were supposed to have single-player DLCs for GTAV and RDR2. But the unwashed brainrotted masses couldn’t just not buy shark cards by the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ billions, telling Rockstar they never have to try again. Now the studio is wholly different from what it was. OG founders gone, Lazlow gone, shifted focus to online and MTX, moving AWAY from edgy humor (lol), the list goes on. Mark my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ words, GTA VI is going to be NOWHERE near the humor and quality of V. Anyway, GTA IV perfectly encapsulates 2000s America, and the gritty tone really fit the story. Play it.
Guild Wars 2 - My friends who loved Guild Wars back in the day say 2 is ♥♥♥♥ compared to 1. I only barely played 1, so didn't have the attachment. I also played Guild Wars 2 at launch and experienced some of the best community moments of my gaming life, even stopping by a fellow guildmates place not once but twice, in Georgia and Michigan. Shoutout to the OG PLNT. Sylvari gang 4lyfe.
MGSV: The Phantom Pain - Kojima truly has that dog in him. My man predicted the rise of AI in like 2002. I played them in this order: V, 3, 2, then 4. Personally, never played 1, just didn’t have a PS growing up. Loved the novelization of it, however. MGS V is such a great example of everything feeding back into a central theme of “the war economy.” You have your base, the soldiers, the missions, the environment, the upgrades, the story, the online play, all kind of feeding the theme “endless war” in war-torn countries to gain power and money. If you read some history, the rise of Private Military Companies (PMCs) is also pretty true to life, if not exaggerated.
Pokémon Gold/Silver - If you didn't carry your game boy link cables to school you missed out. Personally Gen II is my favorite as I feel like over 250 is way better than 151. But the art style remained very consistent, the story was great, and going back to KANTO?! I felt like that ♥♥♥♥ was revolutionary. Why haven’t we had a modern Pokémon game that spans multiple regions? Game Freak and Nintendo are too busy suing indie companies, they can’t focus on making a decent game with the most profitable franchise on the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ planet.
Sins of a Solar Empire The only 4X game I’ve really dove into. think it’s just great. The games last 4 hours but not 400 hours.
Sonic Adventure 2 - I have a little bit of the ‘tism in me. Loved the Sonic games growing up. Rollin' around at the speed of sound
Team Fortress 2 - will still be around after Overwatch Overwatch 2
Total War: Shogun 2 - SHOOOGGUUUUU-



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