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Hoping Castlevania: Symphony of the Night makes the list because it's quite relevant to this channel. Alucard, the half-vampire son of Count Dracula, is an exiled outgroup elite who slays his own father because the once-proud Count Dracula has fallen into madness and degeneracy Alucard might be considered a Bonapartist. His worldview is Noblesse Oblige- he does not deny his inherent nobility but remains a champion of the peasants (humans) that his evil father Dracula threatens to exterminate. Also the game is SICK
My buddies and I played it well into the 2000s. We had a "skate house" and we were too poor to buy a ps2 or 360 so we played an old 64 with the only game we had being goldeneye. Skate between part time job shifts and play 64 and smoke pot all night. I miss being 18-24. Then I had a child and then the world went nuts. I still skate with my son, but I only skate pools and bowls now. None of that hard-core street stuff, kickflipping a ten set isn't feasible in my mid 40s.
My first computer game was Pong played on the telly. We thought it was amazing. Moved on to the ZX Spectrum with the rubber keyboard and that started my programming career, including typing in games from magazine listings.
The original X-COM game... remember my older brother coming home with it for Amiga one day, it's connected to the song "Spaceman" by Babylon Zoo for me as that song was on Top of the Pops when I was playing it a lot.
My honourable mention for stealth that I never hear anyone mention is 'Prisoner of War' Not incredible stealth mechanics but essentially an escape game set inside a POW camp (Stalag Luft and Colditz) Day/night cycles with guards on scheduled patrols. You have to be in specific parts of the compound at certain times (barracks/mess hall etc) and not get caught anywhere you shouldn't be. And god forbid you miss roll call in the morning. Having to steal rations and tools from the commanding officers quarters. Bribing guards. No option for violence. Pure timing and stealth. What a game, although somewhat short and primitive feeling now. Endlessly wishing for a sequel
@AndrewSF8898 There is definitely a healthy dose of nostalgia involved in my admiration for it. It's been a long time since I played it so I imagine it feels dated. But, you might not mind that. I often think of how good a game could be made if they updated this with modern hardware and features. Could be incredible and very unique.
I see others are suggesting Morcar play Dark Souls 3 or Elden Ring, but I think you'd like Demon's Souls the most. It's the least button-mashy and most "Zelda-like" for lack of a better word. That one feels like a true adventure, whereas the later Souls entries are rhythm games with anime boss fights. Only problem is Demon's is PS exclusive.
Dark souls 1 is still best in class in any case. Elden ring does have the added appeal of pure volume of content/builds/environments etc. But you're right, if he is straying further and further from action games then he'd probably struggle with the faster paced titles. The roll spam in ds3 got pretty old for me too personally. Still haven't played demons souls, to my shame. Would you suggest playing the original over the remake? People say the remake is good but I'm sceptical.
This is great! Thank you for sharing. Wish I could leave comments to interact at each point. There's a lot of overlap in my own gaming history since I'm a little younger. Glad I found your content through Auron!
I have 100s of hours in Stardew Valley and it's so much deeper than many know. Graveyard keeper was ok, but at the end I beat it and they were like "do you want to stay?" and my mood was "I hate you all, going back to my love, screw you lol" Not played that other farm sim, though think I watched a review once and thought it was a bit too weeby, but might take another look
He's gonna take us back to the past! my honourable mentions: Conquest of the Crystal Palace- NES Homeworld- PC AvP- PC (1999) System Shock 2- PC Contra 4- NDS AoE Rise of Rome- PC Resident Evil 0- GameCube N.A R.C.- arcade cabinet Kerbal Space Program- PC Turok- N64 Disgaea- PS2 Smash Bros- N64 Sky Rogue- PC
the Baldurs gate saga (1,2 and TOB) with ascension and stratagems played on the highest difficulty is the best gaming experience i have had ever. i played it when i was 12 and now at 36 and i will go though the story once every year or every 2 years for the rest of my life probably even though i have less time on my hands playing these kinds of games.
As I'm listening to your video you're literally listing all my favourite games from my childhood and to this day. Mario 3, Megaman 2, Capcom Vs SNK games. I loved the Castlevania games on the NES and Soul Calibur on the Dreamcast.
I love Dwarf Fortress, but it can be a chore to play. For every 1 minute of combat and gameplay, I spend at least 10 minutes trying to figure out what actually happened by reading. But reading the stories is always worth it.
AA you're not old. I remember Watergate. Also, 90's arcades were all right, but arcades in the early 80's were the absolute best. Every week something new would show up, something never seen before.
I envy that experience. By the 90s gaming was becoming a pretty solitary experience and I would have loved to be able to share the love in an arcade with my friends. There was just no such thing where I grew up.
Vice City, Civ4, Rimworld. Impeccable taste. Rightly or wrongly my parents let me get VC when it came out, so the 80s movie references went over my head, but still an all time classic for me
this brought back so much gaming nostalgia, if I'm allowed to have that as just a 2003 zoomer. when I was younger, so much younger than today, I had my mums old Sega megadrive, the games I played most were the original road rash, with the epic synth wave music, finished it several times and I didn't know how to save the game, so I did that in a single 6 hour sitting all day. I also played that home alone game which was hilarious, watching the robbers fall into all your traps, as well as some plane game where you shoot down defences and other planes. then I got a DS, the big one, played so many games on that, mario kart was a favourite, super mario, sim city, plants vs zombies, and many others. then the family got a wii, which was when I really got into games more, mario kart and wii sports, especially resort later, super mario, super mario galaxy 1, never liked the second one. anno, which was probably my favourite town builder/colony manager ever. wii fit for some reason was a heap of fun, harvest moon magical melody, classic British motor racing, some other racing game called wrecked or something, crash car?. super smash bros brawl, being the only fighter game I ever really played. the xbox 360 was next for me, I took a huge interest in the fifa series, playing mostly manager mode, F12012, test drive unlimited, probably my favourite of all time, I only keep the console to play it. Sega rally. when the xbox one came out was when we finally got internet to our house so I could play online games, world of tanks was one I play a lot, fifa 20 and 23, didn't get the other new ones. bannerlord, forza 6 and horizon 1 and 4, civ 6, at some point I got the new series x, but it shares all the same games as the last xbox, Hunter call of the wild. unfortunately I've never been able to afford a PC for gaming, I've only ever had a laptop which can't do to much and is for uni, one day I'll get into it, because there are so many games I've been told I'll love. my favourite console is probably the Wii, the games still visually hold up pretty well and there are so many classics for me. edit, holy shit I forgot civilisation revolution on the 360
Final Fight as the definitive side-scrolling beat-em-up is fair, but Golden Axe in the arcade was a very, very close second and worth an honourable mention.
AA, 3 90s / early 00s games that I am curious if you've ever played or tried: Cutthroats: Terror on the High Seas (1999) - neat and addictive pirate sim. Disciples: Sacred Lands (1999) - dark fantasy alternative to HoMM and AoW with cool artwork and atmosphere. Zoo: Tycoon (2001) with its expansions, well done and satisfying tycoon game. Transport Tycoon Deluxe (1995) - now open source and known as OpenTTD, many consider the GOAT of transport / logistic management sims. Soldier of Fortune (2000) - straightforward spec ops action hero story with cool locations, no fat, just go through levels and shoot the enemies with satisfying shooting and gore mechanics. You'll find none of these on Steam except Disciples.
slay the spire was so good it spawned a subgenre of games that just copy its systems wholesale also I've not gotten around to old xcom but I'm quite fond of xenonauts maybe you haven't played this type of game but there's something to be said for what I'd call automation or factory sims, and easily the "best in class" would have to be factorio, I'd recommended it if you have a lot of free time
If you want a good RPG where you use spreadsheets and think ahead, check out UnderRail. It's like Fallout, but way way way harder. Wards normies off like nothing else.
AA, regarding the detective genre, have you heard about a game called Shadows of Doubt? I believe it's still in early access, but I think you'd like it as it nails this sensation of being a detective that you speak of. It's kind of like a detective immersive sim that is completely procedurally generated and persistent-world, meaning that every one of a hundred or so citizens are simulated. It gets a bit stale after solving a couple dozen cases, but it's definitely one of the best games I played in the last couple of years.
For point and click adventures, I highly recommend Riven: The Sequel to Myst. There's a remaster, but it changes some things and the original still holds up. There is story, but it's mostly told in three big chunks, and what the characters are saying is important to solving the puzzles as well. The puzzle logic is very "immersive," rather than being a detached abstraction, it requires you to think about the entire context of what's happening and regard the world as a real place. Very unique aesthetic, one of my favorite games of all time.
I think a lot of people our age experienced a lot of 8 bit gaming. Firstly those computers had long tail the Commodore 64 ran from 1982 to 1994. Spectrum from 1983 to 1992. Also as you say older brothers which was certainly how i was introduced to them.
Never met a Monkey Island player I didnt like. Just played them all through again recently (except 'Tales of...') and they feel as fresh as ever. The humour and voice acting of guybrush is on point. S tier experience
Streets of Rage > Final Fight. Genesis does what Nintendon't. Truly though, your choices are prestigious with Deus Ex, BGII, Thief, CKII, Rimworld. So many excellent picks. You might give Primordia a try to scratch the itch for a good Point & Click. Excellent soundtrack, great little story with multiple endings, cool post-apocalyptic setting with references to Fallout here and there. Well worth the 9 hours or so.
I had the Amiga circa 90/91. We loved Speedball 2 then PGA Tour Golf which we'd play smoking hash and drinking Holsten Pils before and after going out. Hours spent changing clubs and judging the wind. Sensible Soccer was shit.
52:00 battle brother is great but i always hit a wall where i just found it impossible to progress without everyone dying. Im voting for XCom Terror from the Deep.
Tropico Paradise Island is the goat. Once you get the condos. Everything after that they just over complicated it. The soundtrack is incredible. I still have an old PC that can play it. I'll fire it up an binge every couple years. It won't play Cossacks European Wars though, that's another good one, it takes a lot of micro management though.
AA, you should try Dawncaster on mobile for a deckbuilder roguelike. Basically a Slay the Spire clone, but I think it actually has more depth and is actively updated.
Deus Ex is my favourite. Other than pure text based games which came before it, it was one of the first to have a truly immersive story with multiple endings and numerous plot choices and ancillary "quests" where you could pick up interesting information.
Dragon Age 1 was at the level of The Lord Of The Rings almost and Dragon Age Veilguard is at the level of The Lord Of The Flies (the London backstreet Soho version).
Talking of old PCs with green screens I had a Kaypro. Games were made of letters. Games like ladder. Had an Atari 2600. Played arcades. Played on Spectrum and Commodores but prefered the Atari. Had a NES... Amiga was awesome. Stopped after PS2/ Gamecube era because things became more online and story orientated. I just wanted to play games in what time I had.
3D Platformers should have a separate classification from 2D ones Megaman X is far better than Megaman Tekken 5 is the best fighting game Dark Souls 1 isn't even the best in its series. Dark Souls 3 is far superior. The runner-up choice of New Vegas is correct Your slightly against San Andreas, is noted
@AcademicAgent In my past, yes. I logged many an hour into Eve Online and WoW up through Wraith of the Lich King. World of Warships is what I play the most these days due partially to the low time commitment. Minecraft is a game I always go back to because, to me, it is like playing with LEGOs, but you never run out of LEGOs. I was born in 1984, so my childhood gaming was pretty similar.
With 93 £ I bought 36 games, such as Spellforce series, Gothic, Risen, the first 2 Dragon Age, first 2 witcher, Morrowind, Oblivion etc etc. Keep in mind that many of them are 50+ hours if you intend to explore everthing and still cheaper than one single garbage game from 2024. PS: Bloodborne is my favourite!
Vice City is the right pick. Vice City was the best. The only one that really has anything on it is IV (and that's only because the physics are so good.)
I've noticed you didn't mention Workers and Resources: Soviet Republic, but considering you love construction and management I'd hope you are aware of it. If not, check it out.
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Hey hey people, AA here.
It’s been eight months since his last video 😕
@monolith94
No, it's been 2 weeks...
@@monolith94 he just put one out recently
Ask not what Todd Howard can do for you but what you can do for Todd Howard
2:50 AA finally admits he's been on the Spectrum since the late '80s.
We’re entering the Slop arc
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I didn't know Morcar played 20 genres... I thought he didn't play games where you run around as the little man. 😏
Indeed, shameful man-moving on display here.
So very nice for our village elder to sit us around the bonfire and regale us with the tales of yore. Loved the video!
Hoping Castlevania: Symphony of the Night makes the list because it's quite relevant to this channel. Alucard, the half-vampire son of Count Dracula, is an exiled outgroup elite who slays his own father because the once-proud Count Dracula has fallen into madness and degeneracy
Alucard might be considered a Bonapartist. His worldview is Noblesse Oblige- he does not deny his inherent nobility but remains a champion of the peasants (humans) that his evil father Dracula threatens to exterminate.
Also the game is SICK
Best Castlevania imo
What is man but a miserable little pile of secrets!
I played Goldeneye for so long during 1999 it’s gave me Goldenitis
My buddies and I played it well into the 2000s. We had a "skate house" and we were too poor to buy a ps2 or 360 so we played an old 64 with the only game we had being goldeneye. Skate between part time job shifts and play 64 and smoke pot all night. I miss being 18-24. Then I had a child and then the world went nuts. I still skate with my son, but I only skate pools and bowls now. None of that hard-core street stuff, kickflipping a ten set isn't feasible in my mid 40s.
Somebody needs to find AA’s Dark Souls play through… *it must be done*
Hint: Imperium Ludionum
its literally the Dark Souls of Dark Souls playthroughs
It's not too difficult since Morcar stole them ages ago
My first computer game was Pong played on the telly. We thought it was amazing. Moved on to the ZX Spectrum with the rubber keyboard and that started my programming career, including typing in games from magazine listings.
AA and AM both praising Fallout: New Vegas? Blessed.
The GameCube was a shocking console for fighting games?
I OBJECT!
SSBM is the greatest fighting game of all time!
The original X-COM game... remember my older brother coming home with it for Amiga one day, it's connected to the song "Spaceman" by Babylon Zoo for me as that song was on Top of the Pops when I was playing it a lot.
My honourable mention for stealth that I never hear anyone mention is 'Prisoner of War'
Not incredible stealth mechanics but essentially an escape game set inside a POW camp (Stalag Luft and Colditz)
Day/night cycles with guards on scheduled patrols. You have to be in specific parts of the compound at certain times (barracks/mess hall etc) and not get caught anywhere you shouldn't be. And god forbid you miss roll call in the morning.
Having to steal rations and tools from the commanding officers quarters. Bribing guards. No option for violence. Pure timing and stealth.
What a game, although somewhat short and primitive feeling now.
Endlessly wishing for a sequel
Interesting suggestion, will check it out then.
@AndrewSF8898 There is definitely a healthy dose of nostalgia involved in my admiration for it. It's been a long time since I played it so I imagine it feels dated. But, you might not mind that.
I often think of how good a game could be made if they updated this with modern hardware and features.
Could be incredible and very unique.
@@Faux-losophyI was remembering this game the other day. It was a great game at the time.
I see others are suggesting Morcar play Dark Souls 3 or Elden Ring, but I think you'd like Demon's Souls the most. It's the least button-mashy and most "Zelda-like" for lack of a better word. That one feels like a true adventure, whereas the later Souls entries are rhythm games with anime boss fights. Only problem is Demon's is PS exclusive.
Ya Demon's Souls was great but most people missed out on it
Dark souls 1 is still best in class in any case.
Elden ring does have the added appeal of pure volume of content/builds/environments etc. But you're right, if he is straying further and further from action games then he'd probably struggle with the faster paced titles. The roll spam in ds3 got pretty old for me too personally.
Still haven't played demons souls, to my shame. Would you suggest playing the original over the remake? People say the remake is good but I'm sceptical.
Imagine not suggesting DS II. He won't play any of them though after the trauma
Not the remake though, emulate the PS3 version
@fahrenheit2795 DS2 is more of the stuff he said he liked about DS1 when playing it.
This is great! Thank you for sharing. Wish I could leave comments to interact at each point. There's a lot of overlap in my own gaming history since I'm a little younger. Glad I found your content through Auron!
I have 100s of hours in Stardew Valley and it's so much deeper than many know.
Graveyard keeper was ok, but at the end I beat it and they were like "do you want to stay?" and my mood was "I hate you all, going back to my love, screw you lol"
Not played that other farm sim, though think I watched a review once and thought it was a bit too weeby, but might take another look
He's gonna take us back to the past!
my honourable mentions:
Conquest of the Crystal Palace- NES
Homeworld- PC
AvP- PC (1999)
System Shock 2- PC
Contra 4- NDS
AoE Rise of Rome- PC
Resident Evil 0- GameCube
N.A R.C.- arcade cabinet
Kerbal Space Program- PC
Turok- N64
Disgaea- PS2
Smash Bros- N64
Sky Rogue- PC
the Baldurs gate saga (1,2 and TOB) with ascension and stratagems played on the highest difficulty is the best gaming experience i have had ever. i played it when i was 12 and now at 36 and i will go though the story once every year or every 2 years for the rest of my life probably even though i have less time on my hands playing these kinds of games.
CKII is a great shout! Still better than CKIII imo
As I'm listening to your video you're literally listing all my favourite games from my childhood and to this day. Mario 3, Megaman 2, Capcom Vs SNK games.
I loved the Castlevania games on the NES and Soul Calibur on the Dreamcast.
"Too good to play" is a perfect way to phrase it. I need to purposefully set aside a whole weekend for Civ VI before I can commit to it. Dangerous.
I basically need to wait until my wife and daughter go away on holiday together to start Total War Warhammer 3. Too good.
Morcar Dark Souls 3 run wen
this
Fighting game in a pizza shop waiting for your pizza is a pretty great nostalgia memory. Anybody else?
Snake, what happened? Snake? Snaaaaaakke
Nothing happened, I'm perfectly fine.
@@solidsnake619 Nothing ever happens.
“Nothing ever happens” is the message of MGS2. It’s all a managed simulation.
reading this as i’m playing mgs3 lol
AA is a man of Renaissance😊.
That little intro sequence is absolutely brilliant
I love Dwarf Fortress, but it can be a chore to play. For every 1 minute of combat and gameplay, I spend at least 10 minutes trying to figure out what actually happened by reading. But reading the stories is always worth it.
The trailer ad combo!
AA you're not old. I remember Watergate. Also, 90's arcades were all right, but arcades in the early 80's were the absolute best. Every week something new would show up, something never seen before.
I envy that experience. By the 90s gaming was becoming a pretty solitary experience and I would have loved to be able to share the love in an arcade with my friends. There was just no such thing where I grew up.
@@peterc3262 It only lasted a few years but it felt like forever.
Vice City, Civ4, Rimworld. Impeccable taste. Rightly or wrongly my parents let me get VC when it came out, so the 80s movie references went over my head, but still an all time classic for me
this brought back so much gaming nostalgia, if I'm allowed to have that as just a 2003 zoomer. when I was younger, so much younger than today, I had my mums old Sega megadrive, the games I played most were the original road rash, with the epic synth wave music, finished it several times and I didn't know how to save the game, so I did that in a single 6 hour sitting all day. I also played that home alone game which was hilarious, watching the robbers fall into all your traps, as well as some plane game where you shoot down defences and other planes.
then I got a DS, the big one, played so many games on that, mario kart was a favourite, super mario, sim city, plants vs zombies, and many others.
then the family got a wii, which was when I really got into games more, mario kart and wii sports, especially resort later, super mario, super mario galaxy 1, never liked the second one. anno, which was probably my favourite town builder/colony manager ever. wii fit for some reason was a heap of fun, harvest moon magical melody, classic British motor racing, some other racing game called wrecked or something, crash car?. super smash bros brawl, being the only fighter game I ever really played.
the xbox 360 was next for me, I took a huge interest in the fifa series, playing mostly manager mode, F12012, test drive unlimited, probably my favourite of all time, I only keep the console to play it. Sega rally.
when the xbox one came out was when we finally got internet to our house so I could play online games, world of tanks was one I play a lot, fifa 20 and 23, didn't get the other new ones. bannerlord, forza 6 and horizon 1 and 4, civ 6, at some point I got the new series x, but it shares all the same games as the last xbox, Hunter call of the wild.
unfortunately I've never been able to afford a PC for gaming, I've only ever had a laptop which can't do to much and is for uni, one day I'll get into it, because there are so many games I've been told I'll love.
my favourite console is probably the Wii, the games still visually hold up pretty well and there are so many classics for me.
edit, holy shit I forgot civilisation revolution on the 360
Another World/Out of This World looks like it was way ahead of its time, especially graphically.
Final Fight as the definitive side-scrolling beat-em-up is fair, but Golden Axe in the arcade was a very, very close second and worth an honourable mention.
Honestly I think Golden Axe in the arcade takes it.
Some of my earliest memories were playing Golden Axe with my dad on the Genesis. Good times.
If you're getting distracted and sidetracked playing GTA you are playing it correctly LOL
39:25 The Great Ace Attorney is even better by far. It is Phoenix Wright's great great-grandfather who is protagonist .
AA, 3 90s / early 00s games that I am curious if you've ever played or tried:
Cutthroats: Terror on the High Seas (1999) - neat and addictive pirate sim.
Disciples: Sacred Lands (1999) - dark fantasy alternative to HoMM and AoW with cool artwork and atmosphere.
Zoo: Tycoon (2001) with its expansions, well done and satisfying tycoon game.
Transport Tycoon Deluxe (1995) - now open source and known as OpenTTD, many consider the GOAT of transport / logistic management sims.
Soldier of Fortune (2000) - straightforward spec ops action hero story with cool locations, no fat, just go through levels and shoot the enemies with satisfying shooting and gore mechanics.
You'll find none of these on Steam except Disciples.
slay the spire was so good it spawned a subgenre of games that just copy its systems wholesale
also I've not gotten around to old xcom but I'm quite fond of xenonauts
maybe you haven't played this type of game but there's something to be said for what I'd call automation or factory sims, and easily the "best in class" would have to be factorio, I'd recommended it if you have a lot of free time
If you want a good RPG where you use spreadsheets and think ahead, check out UnderRail. It's like Fallout, but way way way harder. Wards normies off like nothing else.
Diddy Kong racing is amazing. Possibly the greatest driving game of all time!
AA, regarding the detective genre, have you heard about a game called Shadows of Doubt? I believe it's still in early access, but I think you'd like it as it nails this sensation of being a detective that you speak of. It's kind of like a detective immersive sim that is completely procedurally generated and persistent-world, meaning that every one of a hundred or so citizens are simulated. It gets a bit stale after solving a couple dozen cases, but it's definitely one of the best games I played in the last couple of years.
For point and click adventures, I highly recommend Riven: The Sequel to Myst. There's a remaster, but it changes some things and the original still holds up. There is story, but it's mostly told in three big chunks, and what the characters are saying is important to solving the puzzles as well. The puzzle logic is very "immersive," rather than being a detached abstraction, it requires you to think about the entire context of what's happening and regard the world as a real place. Very unique aesthetic, one of my favorite games of all time.
Tell that Morcar wizar to do Dark souls 3 playthrough.
No DS2 skipping is acceptable.
@@fastenedcarrot9570 Why? It's a bloody awful game.
@@ArmchairOps No it isn't, also still not an excuse to skip if it it was.
I look forward to the Christmas Eve list. Edit - Not quite so much now because you said you don't much like FPS.
Totally agree with Half-Life as the best FPS, but I find it hilarious that he posted footage of the beta version instead of the actual game
I think a lot of people our age experienced a lot of 8 bit gaming. Firstly those computers had long tail the Commodore 64 ran from 1982 to 1994. Spectrum from 1983 to 1992. Also as you say older brothers which was certainly how i was introduced to them.
In Evolian terms, the Warrior plays Dark Souls. The Priest/Scholar plays 4X.
Endless Legend...yeah, man. Yeah.
I wish you and your family an amazing holiday.
Thanks for all your hard work sir!
Gary Grigsby's War in the East II
It feels like the combination of mainly playing on the pc and then only buying nintendo consoles used to be quite common. I did so myself.
All the monkey island games are great, loved those
Never met a Monkey Island player I didnt like.
Just played them all through again recently (except 'Tales of...') and they feel as fresh as ever.
The humour and voice acting of guybrush is on point.
S tier experience
Streets of Rage > Final Fight. Genesis does what Nintendon't. Truly though, your choices are prestigious with Deus Ex, BGII, Thief, CKII, Rimworld. So many excellent picks.
You might give Primordia a try to scratch the itch for a good Point & Click. Excellent soundtrack, great little story with multiple endings, cool post-apocalyptic setting with references to Fallout here and there. Well worth the 9 hours or so.
Best game ever
The last ninja c64.
Vice City I don’t think is controversial. That was and still is an incredible game.
I think you would really like UnderRail, CRPG where your preparation matters almost as much as your character's stats.
Didn't even mention Doom when talking about FPS games. Has to be bait, which I am clearly falling for but tbf it's good bait.
As both a might and magic 3 guy and an Xcom guy, yes it is indeed battle brothers. For a less well known recommendation Mutant Year Zero.
I've just bought Battle Brothers based on this stream's recommendation and I must say, I prefer it to Wartales which is a decent game.
Racing wise Top Gear was my first. Loved the music and they’ve reused in retro style racer “Horizon”
AA’s got excellent taste in games! I am one of those XCOM people, but I will give Battle Brothers a try.
This is really excellent AA, nearly as good as Mellow Moments.
I had the Amiga circa 90/91. We loved Speedball 2 then PGA Tour Golf which we'd play smoking hash and drinking Holsten Pils before and after going out. Hours spent changing clubs and judging the wind. Sensible Soccer was shit.
I had a blue and white football manager handheld knockoff, and I played the hell out of it for a year in my youth. I don't even like football.
Fairly new to the channel, never realised AA was into gaming. Nice video.
His friend Morcar has a UA-cam channel where he plays a variety of games half-way through.
My stated preference is HoMM but my revealed preference is AoW.
52:00 battle brother is great but i always hit a wall where i just found it impossible to progress without everyone dying. Im voting for XCom Terror from the Deep.
Let the games begin!
I'm happy you gave Settlers 2 an honourable mention. Love that game. I actually still have a copy .... I wonder if I can get it running ....
"Civ 4 is the best but I play Civ 6" Revealed preferences, folks.
It would be interesting to see Morcar do a playthrough of Baldur's Gate 1 or 2.
Heroes III, Xcom, Unicorn overlord, Advanced wars (by web version) probably my favorite TBS games.
Bought remastered Heroes III during the last Steam sale.
Played it a few times but it was a lot harder than I remembered.
Got my head caved in.
Tropico Paradise Island is the goat. Once you get the condos. Everything after that they just over complicated it. The soundtrack is incredible. I still have an old PC that can play it. I'll fire it up an binge every couple years. It won't play Cossacks European Wars though, that's another good one, it takes a lot of micro management though.
I didn't know my hero Kerr Avon - I mean Paul Darrow - had a role in a computer game (Contradiction).
51:41 4th Type: 🔥 FIRE EMBLEM ❤❤❤
He never played Borderlands either ?!?
AA, you should try Dawncaster on mobile for a deckbuilder roguelike. Basically a Slay the Spire clone, but I think it actually has more depth and is actively updated.
Another world! I thought I was the only one who loved that game! Tough, but so stylish.
Total War games are excellent to casually play while doing other things ie: family/ work. Paradox Studios games as well.
No Resident Evil 4? Can't trust AA on anything at all ever again.
Tactical rpgs involve turns and grids, as well as the roleplaying customary of rpgs. Try shadowrun.
Dragon Age is a clear winner, the dialog in the cutscenes was perfect in every way.
The Witcher 3 is my favourite game but the older Bioware games are up there too, Kotor 1 & 2 being my favourites. I must get back to DA: Origins.
Deus Ex is my favourite.
Other than pure text based games which came before it, it was one of the first to have a truly immersive story with multiple endings and numerous plot choices and ancillary "quests" where you could pick up interesting information.
Dragon Age 1 was at the level of The Lord Of The Rings almost and Dragon Age Veilguard is at the level of The Lord Of The Flies (the London backstreet Soho version).
You better be talking about origins.
Talking of old PCs with green screens I had a Kaypro. Games were made of letters. Games like ladder. Had an Atari 2600. Played arcades. Played on Spectrum and Commodores but prefered the Atari. Had a NES... Amiga was awesome. Stopped after PS2/ Gamecube era because things became more online and story orientated. I just wanted to play games in what time I had.
I dont really play games, but I saw cyberpunk 2077 and had to give it a go. Its mental to see how far games have come.
I am sorry that you have play that trash.
@DerUnglaublicheFrank LoL you have a deus ex avitar. And not the good one.
3D Platformers should have a separate classification from 2D ones
Megaman X is far better than Megaman
Tekken 5 is the best fighting game
Dark Souls 1 isn't even the best in its series. Dark Souls 3 is far superior. The runner-up choice of New Vegas is correct
Your slightly against San Andreas, is noted
Another World. Incredible. Played it recently
You had me right up until the tier list. We are not the same. 😂
Big MMO guy?
@AcademicAgent In my past, yes. I logged many an hour into Eve Online and WoW up through Wraith of the Lich King.
World of Warships is what I play the most these days due partially to the low time commitment.
Minecraft is a game I always go back to because, to me, it is like playing with LEGOs, but you never run out of LEGOs.
I was born in 1984, so my childhood gaming was pretty similar.
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Case of the Golden Idol is the BEST in detective class games.
My choice for point-and-click would be Riven. Myst was utterly absorbing and then Riven just completely topped it.
Still haven't found a 4x game that scratches the itch like what Space Empires V gave me.
With 93 £ I bought 36 games, such as Spellforce series, Gothic, Risen, the first 2 Dragon Age, first 2 witcher, Morrowind, Oblivion etc etc. Keep in mind that many of them are 50+ hours if you intend to explore everthing and still cheaper than one single garbage game from 2024.
PS: Bloodborne is my favourite!
Where?
@Vingul steam, I waited for events such as Black Friday to buy them at 75-80% price reduction
@@Cozonac3000 I see, all I got for black friday was Ableton Live Suite :)
CD Keys is usually even cheaper
@@Cozonac3000 Some exceptional games on that list.
this man just outed himself a casual.
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Never have managed to find a disk 22 for Monkey Island 1.
Crash magazine cheat codes, those were the days.
ZAMN was perhaps the best SNES game. It was rated 10/10 by the heavy critics across the board, in its day. Infinity replayable and challenging.
The best detective game is Umineko. There is no competition.
I like the Age of Wonders shoutout! (Heroes 3 guy)
Vice City is the right pick. Vice City was the best. The only one that really has anything on it is IV (and that's only because the physics are so good.)
SoulCalibur II is definitely my favourite fighting game of all time.
I've noticed you didn't mention Workers and Resources: Soviet Republic, but considering you love construction and management I'd hope you are aware of it. If not, check it out.
Game you missed: Metal slug, Streets of Rage, Resident Evil 1, Stellaris