What are some of the most iconic, "Everyone Should Play" games... you've not played?

[G-type | 2,539]

On 4/24/2024 at 4:36 PM, Reed Rothchild said:

Counter:

If you didn't "grow up playing it as a little kid, still wearing dem nostalgia goggles" you probably won't like it feel any especially strong feelings about it 

Pokemon red/blue came out when I was in college. I remember seeing someone playing it before class and my initial reaction was, "They're still making gameboy games?"

[Hammerfestus | 3,892]

On 4/24/2024 at 12:56 PM, RH said:

I own Metal Gear Solid, but other than 5 minutes of the original NES Metal Gear game, I've never played a Metal Gear game.

They are high on my list though.  I definitely need to get the PS2 titles before they get too insanely priced with time.  I feel like all of those games would be right up my alley.

None of the other games are as good as the PSX MGS.

[Hammerfestus | 3,892]

I too have never played a proper Pokémon game.  By 1998 I was in full teenager PlayStation mode.  My younger brother had Pokémon.  At the time I definitely would have considered it and the accompanying tv show for little kids.

[JamesRobot | 5,840]

Another pokemons virgin here.  But I'm pretty sure I shouldn't play it. 

I did play cards but only briefly as a way to brainwash my kid into playing Magic.  

[DefaultGen | 5,436]

1 hour ago, Hammerfestus said:

None of the other games are as good as the PSX MGS.

you cannot top this video game

[CMR | 522]

I've never played Skyrim.  Oblivion and Fallout 3 were enough to convince me not to bother.

[Sumez | 2,995]

3 hours ago, CMR said:

I've never played Skyrim.  Oblivion and Fallout 3 were enough to convince me not to bother.

If those don't click with you, you definitely made the right choice 

[RH | 4,983]

Yeah, I never played any of those games.  Fallout piqued my interest but way back in the days of Morrowind, I saw how many hours many of my casual gamer friends were spending on it and I just didn’t want to get into a game where I could see myself spending 200-400 hours in it.

This general attitude has held true since then.  I like a good, long game but eventually the idea to me just seems like to much and it becomes a personal point of diminishing returns.  I mean, I get that with any game you can stop playing whenever you want, and I am the king of unfinished games, but I at least have the hope of beating most games I start.  A MASSIVE game likes is more than I want to consider trying to get into. I think BotW is the largest open world game I ever allowed myself to get into.

[cj_robot | 546]

21 hours ago, CMR said:

I've never played Skyrim.  Oblivion and Fallout 3 were enough to convince me not to bother.

Same. Put a decent amount of hours into Morrowind, just to see what everyone was all excited about, but found it really aimless and boring. Gave Oblivion a shot, but quit on that one even quicker. Consequently, Skyrim was never even a consideration for me.

Edited May 12 by cj_robot

[Makar | 1,950]

I have never played super Mario 64, castlevania, or Ff vii. 
 

also have technically tried but barely touched Metroid. And I have only ever played and beaten final fantasy 1. 

[NostalgicMachine | 254]

I've never played Skyrim or Dark Souls, etc.

I tapped out so long ago on new games, lmao.