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Hardware limitations forced developers to focus more on gameplay design instead of graphics..

I cannot stand photorealistic games and do not play them

Top 1% game. I hope to god Sony don't buy Fromsoft...

Maybe something will happen *if* Sony acquires FromSoft?

weird addition maybe but genshin has this feeling for me, with the war happening rn and the abyss's effects on the lands its getting more darker and deeper

you can go for sekiro too, senpou temple monks to make their own divine child and get the immortality, literally kidnap kids and do experiment on them and if they are unsuccessful they turn them into taro troops or centipede or the kids just dies.

My problem with Spec Ops is I figured it out pretty quick. I didn't want to use the White Phosphorus in the first place but they spawn unlimited enemies. I tried winning without and yeah they don't end if you don't use WP. When I did use it and saw all those dots I immediately thought I bet those are civvies and didn't bomb. The game just stay there until you do so you don't have a choice though someone did point out you always have the choice to stop playing.

I know fallout is creepy to begin with but clearing the supermarket always scared me

Will European assault get a retrospect video?

One of the few games where I went and asked myself WTF in disgust , horror and terror was F.E.A.R, that game was psychological and literal horror acompanied by the depths of what human fucked up human nature can really do if we are blinded by ego, ignorance and no moral codex. I won't spoil much for somebody who hasn't played it but one of the few fucked up things is that father puts his daughter in an induced coma in a sphere like medical sarcophagus because she had exhibited phenomenal psychic powers and he wants her to give birth to a child so that child has the same genes as her for science experiments.

Man somone only plays fps military games and it shows. Theres plenty more fucked up things in games that come out of nowhere. Silent Hill 2 with angelas story is the biggest one on the top of my head.

Isometric games were the best! Far more relaxed to play...

It really shows what kind of monster Gavin when paragon Shepard shows anger and disgust and beats Gavin with a gun. All of those voice lines and actions are usually reserved for renegade Shepard. And all totally justified as even the player is probably feeling the same, especially if you are neurodivergent or know someone who are.

the most played part is where people skipped 'life is strange' lol

i played it in 2022.... it's the GREATEST

Final Fantasy 9

Make more on this topic.

This is why ra2 is peak

we love Scott Cawthon's pre rendered graphics

I consider final fantasy VII and Kirby super star ultra my favorite games of all time and 60% of the reasons i love those games are the prerendered graphics and models

I am a bit disappointed I did not see my all time favorite game Ultima VII Pagan in here. 🙂

Hmm. I seem to be in the tiny minority who kept project overlord going. 😬 To me. One man’s suffering was nothing in the face of galactic extermination. Anything was justifiable to stop the Reapers. Any edge had to be taken. In times of such extremes, ethics and morals were lofty ideals, survival by any means was all that mattered. If we had defeated the reapers, I’d have gladly paid for such a crime… Course I was peak edgelord in 2010. Might have a different take if I replayed it nowadays lol

Dam. If that was me in spec ops and id just done that, I’d eat my own bullet. 😱

Can't wait for Gothic remake!

Terms of more modern Isometric games, the Shadowrun Returns games are phenomenal.

The way only three games were touched on here when I can think of so, so many more is so scary. Please do more of these😭

Add resident evil 3 to this list

I have to say, the Overlord DLC was the one mission in the Mass Effect trilogy that managed to unnerve me. I think a lot of my unease on the mission was due to just how at odds with typical Mass Effect design the interface device was. It was pretty jarring to finally reach David and go from the typical grey-plastic-and-holographic-display Mass Effect aesthetic to something that wouldn't look out of place in Warhammer 40k (I'm thinking of Penitent Engines, or anything connected to the Adeptus Mechanicus.)

Jagged Alliance 2 is the best game of all time

Back when games used to be fun and not a chore like most modern 3d games

If you only play "Life is Strange" once, it's a nice experience. It's only when you play it a second time and decide on the exact opposite as last time and notice that the overall outcome and story arc stay the exact same with only minor deviations you notice that the game mechanic isn't quite as intelligent as it was advertised and you're majorly let down.

Time to reinstall Sim City 4!

They Are Billions is another great isometric one!

Gun could do with a remake, with a continuation from where it left off, with plenty of side-missions and plenty of activities available for when the main story is complete, also maybe a suprise set of missions after completion...Great game, full of flavour and atmosphere!🤠💫

I played Gothic for the 9000th time in 2024, my friend if your not satisfied with the graphics of "Gothic 1" with all due respect DON'T install it, Gothic is a holy artifact and shall NOT be modified

I almost thought it was a game adaption of the gyro manga

Love the sim city 4 music

Every time I see even a split second of signalis in a video essay my head perks up like “my hyperfixation???👀👀👀👀”

I always adored the art style of Commandos 2, it's a shame more developers didn't create games based in that era with that artistic style.

I questioned why a video with this title needed a cw, then I remembered autoplay.

Reminds me of the Bloody Baron Quest in Witcher 3. Wasn't ready for that like at all.

Spec ops: the line had my entire guts sink into a black hole.. what an amazing delivery of dark and disturbing real events

I've always found that the prisoner segment of Tomb Raider (2013) reminded me of Outlast, which is one of my favourite horror games. But that section was unexpectedly scary in the action adventure game

wow, a videogame video essay with post-ironic horror themes that talks about spec ops the line! theres only like 500000000 of those already available! and wow, the guy talking has a low-tone unenthustiastic voice???? this is amazing!

pre rendered graphics are bad, which is why they arent used any more. Every one of those scenes would look 1000x better in 3d

for anyone that doesn't understand how horrifically bad white phosphorus is should watch ChemicalForce's video on it

Totally agree with you. They still look awesome!

Unfortunately I largely disagree with the statement that combat is simply a stat check. Enemies can take minimum amount of damage regardless of your stats. With enough know how and being able to avoid damage or Parry enemy strikes, you can pretty much kill any enemy in the game at level 1. It takes time effort and concentration but it's doable. Getting more stats and becoming stronger just easier, but by no means does this make combat a simple stat check.

No one’s talking about the Sim City 4 soundtrack? It gives me goosebumps

I loved commandos when it came out. Even my rubbish PC could manage it fine.