Games you must play before you die.

[castletonsnob]

This topic was inspired by the book "1001 Video Games You Musty Play Before You Die". I've heard it's a good book, but it came out in 2010, so it's kind of dated.



Are there any games you feel like someone MUST play before they die?

[Clash, Never a Meter Maid]

Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Resident Evil 4, FFVII Original, Zelda Ocarina/Breath/Majora/Link To Past, Arkham City, Mario World, and Third Strike or Alpha 3 if you even have a passing interest in fighters.

[Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast]

Chrono Trigger

[chrom]

Red Dead Redemption

[Hit Girl]

Polybius

Play it and you might die

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Personally? None. There's a handful of PS exlusives that I wouldn't mind playing – Uncharted, The Last of Us, Ghost of Tsushima, Spider-Man, Rise of the Rōnin – but I'm past the stage where I'd regret never getting a chance to play them.

In general, since 2010? Red Dead Redemption 2 and Mass Effect 2.

[fw91]

Russian Roulette. I heard some played just before they died.

[Starshine]

None of them.

I legitimately don't think any game exists that's transcends so high as to appeal to everyone.

Like, a lot of the games already listed that I haven't played straight up don't appeal to me, and I'm at the age now where time is such a commodity I'm not willing to invest that much into something that on the surface looks so middling to me.

Except Russian Roulette, I'd probably kill at that.

[Rave]

Entirely subjective. Depends on one's genres of choice. I'm an RPG brat first and foremost, so Chrono Trigger. I still remember the day the owner of the rental place I frequented at the time brought it out. He'd just gotten a copy, I think I was the first person to play it.

Another choice would be my first real taste of Atlus, and that's SMT: Nocturne. Easier to find now that the remaster's a thing. I really need to get back to it, was roadblocked at Ahriman.

[Bo Rida]

Tetris
Mario 3
Pac-man
Wii Sports
Daytona USA (in an arcade)

That's probably it.

[castletonsnob]

Dark Souls.

[Lizuka #BLM]

Mar 19, 2024 6:07:52 GMT -5 castletonsnob said:

Dark Souls.

I'd a lot rather just skip to the dying. I played about a half hour of Elden Ring and that was enough to get me to swear off the entire genre. That kind of, "Beat your head against the wall until you succeed," style is just the exact antithesis of fun to me.

[tirtefaa]

I mean, there's really only a few for the historical context they have to video games...other than that, who knows.

Space Invaders
Pac-Man
Super Mario Bros.
Tetris
Mortal Kombat
Doom
Pokemon Red & Blue
Grand Theft Auto III

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Mar 19, 2024 6:07:52 GMT -5 castletonsnob said:

Dark Souls.

I can safely say that Dark Souls and any other Soulslike game are on my list of "Games I must never play before I die."

[Savage Gambino]

Mar 18, 2024 22:50:44 GMT -5 fw91 said:

Russian Roulette. I heard some played just before they died.

I was gonna say chicken, but I think I like yours better.

[Magnus the Magnificent]

Ski Free

Hey, wanna know what life brings, play Ski Free!
Oh, this looks kinda cool, pretty easy, too.
Doin' good so far.
Oh, tight turn.
Made it!
Phew!
A f***in' Ye-Tay ate me?!?!?

[Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster]

HuniePop.

[The Lach is very tired]

The two Last Of Us games.
Final Fantasy 7 (and possibly the remake once the final part is released)
ESPN NFL 2K5
Sim City 2000
Assassins Creed 4 - Black Flag
Championship Manager 3
Mortal Kombat