10 Games That Are Still GOOD 20 Years LATER

[@snoookie456]

I'd just like to point out a few more bangers that imo still hold up: - Splinter Cell Chaos Theory - Prince of Persia Sands Trilogy - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - Lord of the Rings: Return of the King - Star Wars: Republic Commando - Neighbors from Hell - The Punisher There are more I'm missing, but playing through these ones now is even more impressive than when they first released. Being able to compare them with what's released now or even just realistically looking back on how limited technology was at the time, it honestly gives me even more of an opportunity to be shocked at how incredibly lucky we were to have such games back then.

[@chris42069]

Chaos Theory 🐐

[@Mrchair905]

Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow was the first stealth action game I ever played.

[@Mrchair905]

@@chris42069Nah man the first Splinter Cell is the real goat.

[@lunarjellyfish5538]

upvote for the LotR games. Would also include Ninja Gaiden Black, even though it's 2005. We're only a month away from 2025 after all

[@TheMistyBlueLounge]

Splinter Cell was solid, the original campaign, then online multiplayer in Pandora Tomorrow, and Chaos theory to top it off. A good time for stealth action, honorary mention for SOCOM 2 which was my first online game for a console. Not sure it would hold up today like Splinter Cell does though.

[@28doodler]

Knights of the Old Republic still holds up as well. The story is still one of the best ever told, and the rpg mechanics made DND and Star Wars mesh perfectly.

[@brielab17]

Agreed! I worry that the KOTOR remake seems to be stuck in production hell, but hopefully Saber gets it out eventually

[@tanzolo4487]

The gameplay is horribly outdated tho

[@williamklemp3764]

​@@tanzolo4487 surprisingly, imma have to disagree with you on that point, Kotor Gameplay still holds up solidly. I really enjoy the simpler controls and streamlined UI. Characters are responsive, and I love that force speed works outside combat(still pissed that's never come back) If anything doesn't hold up, it's the combat. While I understand the need for automatic fighting in such a large game, it hurts to watch my character get hit by an attack I'm sure I could deflect if I had control like in Jedi survivor.

[@primoz1231]

Game mechanics worked so well they copied it to another game franchised called Mass Effect. Just change light/dark side options with Paragon/renegade, include well developed story and boom instant hit that is getting its own TV show.

[@Ad-skip]

Amen to that.

[@SoFarSoGoodSoWhat14]

That period of like, 1998-2004 was so fuckin peak, especially for PC gaming, we didn't know how good we had it

[@Piggy991]

Even worse is we though the quality will never end. Wrong.

[@pranze3484]

I disagree, it was clunky and far cry, half life all that stuff was impressive visually but ultimately boring.

[@jimmyv3170]

Facts that was my peak gaming years. I would also add 2005-2006 as well because we got Resident Evil 4, Call of Duty 2, and God Of War 1&2 while stuff like Gears of War and Elder Scrolls Oblivion with their screenshots (pre rendered lol) was giving us a glimpse of what future games would look like

[@moseswarshana9588]

don’t forget it was peak console gaming too!

[@Desmond9100]

@@jimmyv3170 Don´t forget F.E.A.R. (2005)

[@NicholasClane]

Tony Hawks Underground 2 My favorite part of the TH series. Amazing maps design, cool graffiti creation, mad story - just love its all

[@jimmyv3170]

Pulling million point combos as Shrek on the Bermuda Triangle level lol

[@jokajive]

my personal favorite was THPS4. good soundtrack and vibes

[@mr.tightywhitey8085]

Wolfenstein: Return to Castle Wolfenstein was so good and incredibly underrated.

[@dmo848]

The multiplayer was what got me into having online. That was the first full on war game out that was fun. My uncle showed me it once and that was all it took. Was like a drug

[@mr.tightywhitey8085]

@ I replayed that game so many times when I was kid it’s insane.

[@BlakeAustin2011]

That one got very repetitive though. I loved it, but it was a slog.

[@burnssuck]

That didn't make waves like the Machine Games versions. It was fun tho

[@pjetrs]

@@dmo848 Wolfenstein ET was the absolute shit online. That was an insanely fun community with lots of great (modded) servers, loads of clans and all around just so much fun. I can still dream a few of those maps, like Gold Rush

[@jordesuvi]

Halo 2 is the absolute GOAT. One of the first shooters I remember playing

[@nicknguyen3943]

Same here bro. Halo is only campaign game that I replayed it 100 times from easy to veteran. Other campaign games i just play once and move on next game.

[@STEELCURTAIN719]

Here I am thinking like 20 90's games, yes many DOS games, yet 20 years ago is 2000's lol.

[@gameranxTV]

😅

[@Mr3ppozz]

This is a fact... 20 years ago is mid to late 90s and you can't convince me otherwise !!! Facts are not allowed!! 😂😂😂😂

[@dmo848]

Command and conquer. Oh how i miss that game. Nothing like it anymore

[@STEELCURTAIN719]

@@dmo848 that and Warcraft 2!

[@turismofoegaming8806]

There were so many games that came out in the 90s that I still absolutely love and will always love and still play them and a lot of times have better experiences and more fun playing some of those older games even today!! It's my favorite time and gaming when I think about it? When it was all about the fun!!! we didn't have all of this interconnectivity, but we also didn't have all the aggravating bits that we have nowadays either? It was simple, it was unique, and everybody was putting out bangers!

[@GYTCommnts]

Doom 3. I love it. I play it yearly, and leaving the controversies behind, is a solid FPS, and a great single player adventure, with many great mods that make it totally playable nowadays.

[@theMADTXgamer]

Cannot agree more

[@DisorientedWanderer]

Same here. Still great as well as classic doom with something like smooth doom or project brutality depending on my mood. I struggle to excuse that shotgun though.

[@1D991]

I definitely still play it. The Switch port with the QOL changes (the flashlight) is great

[@McGeezle]

Have you played Phobos

[@bilalathar2278]

Red Alert 2 is also such a timeless game that it still holds up and the skirmish mode with friends is great fun.

[@privacyvalued4134]

A properly modded out Total Annihilation is a vastly superior RTS to RA2. TA is, simply put, the best RTS ever made. No one has ever made a remotely equivalent game...not even the original author of TA.

[@Boss_Fight_Index_muki]

the theme song, hell march

[@SgtWilko1979]

RA2 was awesome but I have an enduring soft spot for Generals... the b*stard step child of C&C.

[@deang5386]

Red Alert 2 is still great!

[@mrbobgamingmemes9558]

Yeah i would like to see modern graphics with the same exact gameplay

[@joaov33r]

NFS: Most Wanted, I'm replaying it now after 20 years. still amazing

[@tarikcorbo]

I am replaying it at the moment too, my favourite NFS game.

[@mrbobgamingmemes9558]

Yeah, but most wanted still under 20 years old

[@advanced8998]

Not yet 20 years

[@joaov33r]

@@mrbobgamingmemes9558 yeah, next year it won't hold up as much

[@brodriguez11000]

Music was the main draw.

[@dylanyacuel5084]

Simpson hit and run deserved to be on here

[@lololollololol629]

Yeah, it has some bullshit moments but it's so fun lol... I've still never managed to finish it I might have to download an emulator to give it another try..(Again lol)

[@PatrickByrne-e5v]

meh. all due respect but Its weirdly overrated by folk that were v young when it came out and weren't playing Vice City or... anything. So So many games came out between end of 2002 and beginning of 2004... so many that were just insane leagues ahead of hit n run in every way.

[@RizzyGyatt]

@@PatrickByrne-e5v name literally five games that AREN'T in the GTA series that are ahead of hit n run. like...i know waht ur saying, but this should be a forum for recommendations, not demarcations.

[@twall91]

Hit n run is absolutely overrated

[@anthonyvanderkroft4940]

I couldnt agree more​@@PatrickByrne-e5v

[@RadishAcceptable]

It's worth mentioning just how much better Riddick looked than everything else at the time. It's because it was the first game to use normal mapping, the very first, and that technical leap was absolutely huge.

[@mohamedsaleh6026]

Wasn't Doom 3 the first to have popularised normal mapping? Nontheless, Escape from Butcher Bay looked absolutely state - of - the - art in the console space upon its release.

[@RadishAcceptable]

@@mohamedsaleh6026 Well, I looked it up. Apparently it was some game I've never heard of that did it first, and then Virtua Fighter did it after that, but it was the first big hit that got popular that used it.

[@newsbender]

@@RadishAcceptableVirtual Fighter 4, not Virtual Fighter. Important distinction.

[@1D991]

It blew my mind back in the day

[@LisaFenix]

When I was in middle school I had gone to Gamestop to get Half Life 2, I was talking to the employee about it and he recommended I also get two cheap used copies of Escape from butcher bay and Timesplitters 2. Those games all made such a huge impact on me, I gotta give a shoutout to that gamestop dude for recommending some games that are still iconic and fun as hell!!

[@bowlerbuddyjoey1]

Oh, hey yeah, I remember you, glad you enjoyed the games.

[@da_pawz]

@@bowlerbuddyjoey1 Good try... LoL

[@720jlconner]

Dude I remember when Soul Calibur 2 first came out on Dreamcast. Was 19 and had just moved into my first apartment in Huntington beach Ca with 3 of my friends in a 2 bedroom. We'd have Soul Calibur matches every other night for hours and hours. Trying to get a ring out with Asteroth or Nightmare when your getting your butt kicked. So many great memories.

[@joelavery3235]

Halo 3 is the GOAT for me. All the great modes in it. Racing on the quad bikes with someone on the back blasting rockets at other racers was so fun!

[@theunderdog9353]

Halo 2 was my first Halo game back in the day, and it's still my favorite. The voice acting, music and atmosphere was nothing like I ever experienced in a videogame back then. Halo 2 was the game that showed me how deep and amazing a game can be. It's the game that turned me into a hardcore gamer instead of a casual

[@pissweed70]

Same here, Halo 2 is my all time favorite game. I put a lot of hours in that game from campaign and co-op campaign to online multiplayer, made a lot of good friends back then, still in contact with some of them to this day. lot of fond memories, and still play the multiplayer maps eventho its by myself just like to sit in the nostalgia reminisce the good times, and I'll admit I was pretty young when i played online i was a "squeaker" some some other gamers would call it lol.

[@BasedDad]

Roller Coaster Tycoon 2: Create an incomplete roller coaster named "You will die if you get on this ride" and riders get on and die Classic 😎

[@mikajacobsen860]

That feels like an allegory for something

[@unbrokn001]

The ride never ends... (Part one, I know.)

[@dariusszolnicki7585]

Ohh yea good times

[@coldwhite4240]

The equivalent in Transport Tycoon (which I preferred to Roller Coaster) is to create a looped track, set two trains in opposite directions head-on, and get them to pass through a station called "Last stop" or something like that. 😅

[@stephenjacewicz4594]

Because 2004 was one of the greatest video game years of all time.

[@brodriguez11000]

We needed the release after the economic mess following 2001.

[@kubasuveetzky8602]

2015

[@MeTaLISaWeSoMe95]

Sid Meyers Pirates. Still the undisputed king of the pirate genre. Fable The Lost Chapters. Its still as charming as it ever was. Mario Kart Double Dash. Some of the best kart racing mechanics ever put in a game. Morrowind. Unequaled atmosphere and worldbuilding to this day. Jak and Daxter. All 3 of them. Humor and story hold up, and the platforming is solid even now. Some of the best platformers ever made.

[@dio_branflakes9953]

Still replay vanilla morrowind multiple times a year

[@1D991]

Pirates was great fun, shame we haven't gotten a another game like it (well, there's that quadruple-A one)

[@metalcollection1]

F.E.A.R. is almost 20 years old and it's insanely good to this day. I often revisit it and both DLCs.

[@ninjapirate47]

Amen, brother.

[@lopa-u9f]

no it's poor

[@Anes.024]

Max Payne was my favourite game growing up I remember installing every part and trying to complete the whole story in one day. Truly a Masterpiece that needs a remaster today

[@JoriDiculous]

Remedy is working on remasters of Max Payne 1 and 2. Too bad they don't own the IP (or right too MP 1,2) or the whole Remedy Universe would be so much more complete.

[@JasonDerek73]

​@@JoriDiculousI'm super hyped for MP remakes, plus Control 2 will hopefully be fire like the first. Remedy has become my favorite dev, if only they'd remake Quantum Break for ps, or at least port it. I'd be happy with a port.

[@MrRezRising]

Man, I played the original on pc back in the day, when the ppl in the cutscenes were the creator and his family members helping him out as a struggling dev.

[@Anes.024]

@@MrRezRising Sam did a good job with the faces in that game 😂

[@MrRezRising]

@@Anes.024 They were memorable. Also, I was about 31 then and just rediscovering gaming and a bud handed me MP. It was a good moment. Experiencing that time period up 'till now, as a grown up, I'm proud to say I was there. Same bud also gave me Deus Ex.

[@SpreadTheLoveNotSTDs]

Jak and Daxter (2001), Jak II (2003), Jak 3 (2004) are banger 20+ year old games worth playing

[@CaptainRonRico]

Grand Theft Auto San Andreas will always be remembered as the 1st game we were terrified our parents would find out we were playing.

[@Zeroninja-j5c]

lol hot coffee mod.

[@thecircledk8597]

Manhunt was before that. That freaked parents out big time. Was banned in various countries

[@BlakeAustin2011]

Someone didn’t grow up in the Sega CD era…

[@ordinary_deepfake]

CD sucked

[@Axtrudithorize]

If you're a baby 😂

[@stiffeeg7427]

Vice City when it first released was a complete game changer, the gameplay the graphics the soundtrack. Even San Andreas can't compete from that front.

[@HappyBirthdayMrPresident]

Graphics and Soundtracks were definitely better in VC but San Andreas had tons of stuff to do. Even GTA 5 couldn't match it.

[@TheDisturbedBaboon]

Currently replayling Prince Of Persia : The Sands Of Time. It also holds up amazingly well.

[@dmo848]

Two thrones was up there also. Idk kinda like all the prince of Persia games. Even the old Sega that was hard as heck

[@TheRealUcanUwill]

I loved that game at a time, so I tried it couple years back, and naw, didn't hold up for me at all, but granted I gave up instantly, I remember thinking that controls are not like what I remember haha.

[@RizzyGyatt]

i cant get through sot but two thrones is peak

[@jakehuffman537]

2 thrones was good. But Warrior Within was the best one all around

[@jimmyv3170]

Yeah idk why they ignore those games. I know Prince of Persia had a 2D game out this year but most people gaming now grew up on the 3D hack and slash/wall running parkour games.

[@Chasm9]

Havok is not from Valve. From Wiki: Havok is a middleware software suite developed by the Irish company Havok. Havok provides physics engine, navigation, and cloth simulation components that can be integrated into video game engines. In 2007, Intel acquired Havok Inc.[2] In 2008, Havok was honored at the 59th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards for advancing the development of physics engines in electronic entertainment. In 2015, Microsoft acquired Havok.[3] Valve's Source game engine uses VPhysics, which is a physics engine modified from Havok[21]

[@colorlessink]

This is exactly what has been on my mind for some days now. How Riddick and Splinter Cell blew my mind graphics wise. Glad to see Riddick here! Sadly SC or Thief not mentioned. Pandora and Chaos Theory for me were 😙👌🏻 Edit: Forgot Mafia too! Just completed the Definitive Edition, saw some bugs but gosh what a story and still absolutely beautiful.

[@fleetjacob]

Chaos Theory is such a classic. Really gorgeous game visually, and a great soundtrack and sound design as well

[@twall91]

I’m shocked SC isn’t in this list now that you mention it…

[@jimmyv3170]

Upscale the textures and Chaos Theory would looklike it came out today

[@billybobscat6233]

That last part about halo 2. . Sargent Johnson saying " Hang On Everyone " always reminds me of my buds Jason and Tyler. R.I.P Buddahthesniper 21:18

[@YorkshireLADGaming]

Isn't johnson, it's lord hood

[@Kuryux]

Diablo 2 deff deserved at least a honorable mention...

[@TheRealUcanUwill]

Our life in Lithuania was playing Diablo 2, Heroes of Might and Magic 2 and 3, and Commandos. We never were big on consoles, PC master race. Current kids grew up on pathetic phones, I couldn't last a day without my PC.

[@FireBlade57]

Missing on this list: Age of Empires 2, Splinter Cell 1, Advanced Wars (GBA). All still fantastic games.

[@Gearparadummies]

Deus Ex. One of the best story-driven futuristic RPGs ever made and one of the top five PC games of all time. Square Enix's DE games were good but they have nothing on the original.

[@paradsecar]

Sid Meier's Pirates is still fun to play every now and then. A hell of a lot more so than Skull and Bones, anyway.

[@DarkForce2024]

I prefer the original, original Commodore C64 version. First pirate game I ever played, at 6/7 years old. Still a classic.

[@jeremydukes4228]

Skull and bones is great. People give that game a lot of shit and I had my doubts but I loved it. Playing the 8 hr demo was enough to make me purchase it after

[@ErosXCaos]

Doom 3 was the benchmark for graphics. It’s Ultra settings pushed computers to their limits for _years!_ The original game (not the BFG edition) still looks and plays great, and the lighting rivals modern games.

[@SeriesGamer2008]

Metal Gear Solid 3. It's aged liked fine wine, the controls are somewhat janky and the dialog can be cringey at times, but it's still a Masterpiece with one of the best video game stories and an incredible level of attention to detail.

[@dmo848]

The only 1 I've never played. I must get at it at some point

[@donnyboi1990]

@@dmo848 You are missing out, all the games are so good.(pro tip: try playing twin snakes instead of the original, it has the graphics and features of 2.)

[@McNasty43]

@@donnyboi1990 Thank you for this. I feel like sometimes Twin Snakes is hated on because it veered into anime levels of cheese, even though MGS2 leaned fully into it. People get too wrapped up in MGS1 being this grounded spy thriller, but it was probably that way because of the technical limitations of the PS1. Twin Snakes feels like what it would have been like if it was made later, with a little extra cheesy sauce on top.

[@AlizaAyers-g8s]

Nice to see the Ridick games. It was such as surprisingly good game!

[@tehvalheru]

Pity these games are gone from both Steam and GOG - it shows that capitalism got lawyered too much when there is no one collecting easy revenue from these old but still good games.

[@brodriguez11000]

Second had mech which was rare back then.

[@andybrown4284]

@@tehvalheru Vin owns the rights so they might make a return once the fast & family franchise finally gets buried and he needs an income

[@EagleHeart19]

​@@tehvalheruThis is why I only buy physical media

[@adamw7052]

Love your comment, and youre such a beauty too ;)

[@bahamutbbob]

Jet Set Radio is one of my all-time favorites. When I finally got to play Jet Set Radio Future, I was kinda disappointed. I loved Bomb Rush Cyberfunk being a throwback to both of them, though.

[@Shipwreck15151]

JSR is still one of my top 5, maybe even top 3 games of all time. I remember my mom bought me a used Dreamcast because she couldn’t get a used PlayStation at the time, and it came with JSR and Shenmue. Both just absolutely exquisite games!

[@jayvalentino3393]

Jsrf soundtrack was god-tier tho. Cyber funk had it all but the music just doesnt hit the same

[@whyjnot420]

I bought a 51" HDTV just for Soul Calibur 2, back when it launched. Not big by todays standard, but in 2002 it was massive (and cost as much as a used car).

[@joshowawood1786]

Thank god you mentioned halo 2. Best halo game of all time. The remaster looked beautiful.

[@gameranxTV]

It really is!

[@joshowawood1786]

@@gameranxTV and you could play as the covenant! With covenant allies and invisibility, I mean come on.

[@rashonkelly3598]

@@joshowawood1786next Halo game should follow that actually.

[@KisekiFan]

Too bad we never got to 'finish the fight' in that game.

[@joshowawood1786]

@@rashonkelly3598 it should just be a straight covenant story of that silver guy with the missing jaw

[@tharunpranav15]

Def Jam fight for ny was way ahead of its time

[@nonokoko753]

Revisited Pshyconauts lately and that game holds up so well. Sly trilogy too.

[@gameranxTV]

👍🏼part 2

[@Mc_Lovin-nd6cl]

Yeah, playing it in 2k resolution and game having that amazing art direction, made it feel like it came out just few years ago 🙌...

[@OtterloopB]

Psychonauts 1 will always be a classic. 2... eh. The art direction and musical score are wonderful, but the levels and humor lacked the same bite the first game had.

[@stuartmorley6894]

Played both Psychonauts this year. The first holds up incredibly. The second is one of the best platformers of all time, only losing a few points for the combat being a bit meh.

[@tazziplissken]

I came to the comments to see if anyone else had mentioned Psychonauts. Such a great game.

[@grayaj23]

F.E.A.R. is one I replay once in a while. That bolter gun is one of the best weapons in any FPS.

[@FireButtonGaming]

Command and Conquer (pretty much all of them up to generals) and Resident Evil 2 get my vote

[@GoddessPallasAthena]

That was such a great era of gaming. It was when games were expected to ship completed. It was before loot boxes and microtransactions. It was about creating the most fun game experience they could. One of the games I LOOOOVED from that era was Burnout 3. Not just racing, but CRASHING in novel ways. There was even a mode to create as much destruction as possible. It wasn't realistic, but it was PURE FUN. Thanks for including Rollercoaster Tycoon 2, by the way. Those games were so enjoyable!!

[@richdelaney9500]

One of my favorite all-tine classics is Mercenaries....it definitely would look amazing with remastered graphics, while retaining the complete destruction physics.

[@Wind-Waker7272]

Yes🎉 loved them dearly

[@Arkere]

Hearing the Jet Set Radio audio made me instantly start smiling, that game was such a big part of my childhood.

[@martijnkemper9776]

I still play SSX3 on GameCube every now and then. Thank you for including Rollercoaster!

[@lololollololol629]

I either played this one or ssx tricky, not sure which but it had mario characters in it.. I think I had a ps2 version of one of them and a gamecube version..

[@keatstone218]

​@@lololollololol629 that would be SSX On Tour which was released after 3

[@lololollololol629]

@@keatstone218 Then I had that one and tricky for sure, I just didn't remember which one lol.. Fun games..

[@TheMistyBlueLounge]

I keep thinking about SSX Tricky lately, really nothing quite like it... I liked Snowboard Kids too!

[@calar8]

Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind. Gameplay is janky and can be a bit rough to get into, but for my money it still has one of the best fantasy worlds ever created.

[@Daniel-p5w1t]

Better than Skyrim for sure

[@dio_branflakes9953]

@@Daniel-p5w1teasily

[@Megablueliner1]

World of Warcraft is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month and is still going strong. Honestly incredible, really.

[@Corn_DOG]

@Megablueliner1 I thought about having that on my personal list but it is hard to make an agreement that your even playing the original wow anymore. It has changed so much over the decades and even playing "classic wow" isn't even that accurate to the original... so many quality of life changes. It's like owning a replica instead of an antique

[@DeltaTango2024]

​@Corn_DOG if I start with the newest expansion do I still lvl up from lvl 1 in the original starting areas?

[@matthewcreelman1347]

How is it that the game that’s actually still going strong with millions of regular players isn’t #1 on the list? Shesh.

[@brandonroe8308]

​@@DeltaTango2024Yes, but you level up incredibly fast.

[@TallulahSoie]

As a retired FFXI guy I agree the staying power is something else.

[@grownupadultperson4885]

Time splitters future perfect is still to this day a great game to play through with an incredibly fun diverse story

[@mechboltxl4591]

The James bond games during the ps2 gen were really good. Night fire was peak.

[@TheGheddon]

Half Life 2 is stunning, I have started replaying it, and I am not disappointed.

[@LynellY48]

I recently replayed Kingdom hearts 2. I know it's a game for the fans, but man that game holds up even after all this time

[@zbennalley]

I played FFVII and it's 27 years old it's so strange to think about how much a jump technically wise games advanced in 7 years

[@brodriguez11000]

And GPUs.

[@alfredhoonter5955]

Woah..the lighting in Chronicles of Riddick looks insane for a game from 2004.

[@gameranxTV]

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Is The Dev’s Longest Game To Date

[@gmoder10]

back when there was no always online, no battle passes, no microtransactions, no deluxe editions, no muddy upscaling fsr dlss bullshid, no rtx gimmicks. the game you bought was the finished product and it worked from start to finish. good times and im glad i was there.

[@whitehorsemilitia]

Even those old games had bugs and glitches, only reason we mostly didn't notice is because we believed some of the bugs were actually a part or feature in the games.

[@siliconandsteel]

Jedi Outcast is a great game. And the sense of progression only adds to it. The moment you get your lightsaber, it feels earned. The game is at its best around the duel with Tavion. You are equipped to face a formidable enemy without being OP yet. There is more tension than in the final, still very good, fight with Desann. I have replayed them many times. For a quick run through stormtroopers, I would sometimes just play the demo, because it had a smaller level, not included in the full game, and it was pure fun.

[@SMJSmoK]

Yeah I definitely agree with Tavion being the high point. As you said, the Desann duel is fine, but he's so powerful that you just keep throwing yourself at him with after quickloads until you eventually get a lucky hit.

[@bahamutbbob]

Havok was used in the Source engine, but Havok was NOT developed by Valve.

[@Dreddtube]

I came to the point of the same mistake. Havok was developed by...Havok, a company based in Dublin. The company and the engine were bought by Microsoft. Never has Havok been a part of Valve.

[@perfecthollywood]

Black, best looking fps of its time. Still holds up today. Game was a work of art. Came out in 2006 so it’s approaching 20 years.

[@gameranxTV]

Nice pick! :)

[@McGeezle]

Best looking console fps maybe

[@TheGiggleMasterP]

Y'all play Pong recently? That shits fire

[@JoriDiculous]

Played it in a game quite recently, a month or so i guess. No idea What game though 😂

[@acerimmer8338]

That game will always only be 20 years old, dammit!

[@TheWayloski]

I cannot stress how GOOD Halo MCC has been the last few years. Everything runs great and they added reach and ODST making it a fantastic collection.

[@PANTYEATR1]

6:46 - Max Payne 2 is an excellent game. I still own it for PS2 💪😎

[@siliconandsteel]

The game I have played immediately after finishing Max Payne 2, was Max Payne 2. It does not slow down and it makes you want more, the world created by Remedy only helps with that. Don't worry about graphics, just feel how Max moves and shoots. It gives Diablo II-esque rush.

[@ohmanthatguy2443]

The Resident Evil Remake on Gamecube. So good on release and still holds up.

[@greenbow7888]

Halo: CE and Halo 2 were just brilliant. .............. I will never forget them.

[@lyndonmarquis414]

Fable. I don’t care about its flaws, I just love that game and I still play it now.

[@PatrickByrne-e5v]

My hot leftfield pick would be Rainbow 6 3 on xbox. I had so much fun with that game on xblive. Man there were so so many great games coming out between 2002 and 2005 its crazy

[@SpeesKeek02]

Saints Row 1 is from 2006 but i replay it almost every year. Not that it holds up though😂

[@jeanyves4220]

For Roller Coaster Tycoon 2, I feel it’s worth mentioning that there is still and active community playing it, and the created Open RCT2 that expands the game, adding new controls, rides (including coaster types with new sprites) and scenery elements.

[@bubeisme]

Imagine coming home from school on a Friday evening, settling into your room, and spending the entire weekend playing these games. No drama, no stress. Just enjoying the early 2000s.

[@GracelessTarnished]

Metroid Prime is the greatest game of the generation with only Resident Evil 4 giving it a run for its money. Its a bona fida masterpiece and truly aged like fine wine.

[@Lawrence_Talbot]

Anyone remember Chip’s challenge? My dad and I absolutely loved that game back in the day

[@chrissyboy7047]

I used to play it on the Atari Lynx 😁

[@Notevenallowedtoburnwood]

Great game. Had it on the Amstrad cpc464. Loved the crazy music.

[@ninjapirate47]

Have it for the commodore 64, mate. Great puzzle game. Ear grating music, full package!

[@devincarter6005]

Halo 2 at number one is fitting for sure. Masterpiece

[@josephchristianruiz6581]

I've been playing max payne 2 on PC since 2003, im telling you there's alot of mods that you can install for it like The Punisher, The Matrix, there's this favorite mod that I still play up to this day called " Max Rambo 1.25" and the difference of that mod is that the Bullet Time is infinite and the world is a whole lot slower like literally frame by frame movement already and alot of the weapons fire rates are sped up to 100 times. You'll see that when you fire your weapons you can literally make a wall of bullets on how fast the fire rate was for shotguns and watch enemies flying when your turn off bullet time 😂. I've been playing this game for so long this game experienced multiple gpu's already, Nvidia Geforce 2, GTX860,. GTX970m, GTX1070, GTX1080, GTX1070ti, RTX3080ti 😂.

[@gameranxTV]

👌

[@fourthhorseman4531]

I'd like to nominate F.E.A.R. from 2005. Still has great atmosphere and is a hell of a lot of fun today.

[@brodriguez11000]

Get me some office space.

[@jojoppium]

Another one for the list : Kingdom hearts 2, it s 19 years old but at the time it felt like a game from the future

[@slazeblaze319]

i recently just played kingdom hearts 2, im ngl the game feels extremely modern. cant believe its from 2006!!! blows me away

[@glock9ine277]

50 Cent Bulletproof and Def Jam fight for new York will always be 2 gems for me..I re bought a ps2 after I became un poor just so I could go back to Vendetta, Bulletproof and Fight For New York

[@dutchboe]

Ooh i was expecting hitman 2 silent assassin...that game was just incredible

[@jameshilliv]

Dark Cloud, Dark Cloud 2, Rogue Gallaxy, Ico, Sphinx & the Cursed Mummy, God of War I & II. I'm not sure if these are all 20 years or older, but these are the games I keep coming back to.

[@mechboltxl4591]

Rogue galaxy came out in 2007.

[@jameshilliv]

That's why I said I wasn't sure if they are 20 or older, because of Rogue Galaxy. I knew the American release was after the ps3 was released. It's a shame too. If it would have been made for ps3 it would have been huge, but not a lot of people were buying ps2 games in 2007. They were saving money to buy a ps3 or already had one and were buying ps3 games.

[@mechboltxl4591]

@@jameshilliv rogue galaxy is an underrated rpg

[@jameshilliv]

@@mechboltxl4591 Definitely.

[@marcosfdecarvalho]

I'm really missing Doom II. That's the game that I come back the most and its still incredible all the times.

[@brodriguez11000]

Quake too.

[@SMJSmoK]

@@brodriguez11000 I absolutely agree that Quake is incredible, but I would say that the partly sprite based graphics of Doom 1 and 2 aged better that Quake's early 3D models. Doom also has a much more coherent art direction, while Quake just kind of throws a bunch of themes together (which makes sense when you learn about its troubled development).

[@MikadoYuma]

I'd like to add Fable to the list. Probably the best game from my childhood, and it came out Sept. 2004 so its just over 20 years old.

[@gezblair]

I think we will all still be playing Tetris when the last black hole mines start to die at the end of the universe.

[@bobjackson5525]

I 100% agree.

[@EXMachina.]

It's crazy that so many great was released on a Single year with each port having it's own masterpiece like GTA SA on PS2, Halo 2 on XBOX and PC with Half Life 2.

[@Jomenaa]

Call of Duty 1 and 2 (2003 and 2005 respectively). Those games played and looked so well that when I still had crappy market pc I used to replay them so so many times! When newer games started using fancier shaders and looked and ran so much worse on lowest settings than these first 2 CoD's, I just went back there and enjoyed my time again :D

[@dmo848]

Same here with my crappy dell pc that i bought with my own money as a kid

[@johnmiller678]

Chronicles of Riddick was such a surprise when it came out and very underrated. Loved that game. Mad Max might be a more modern example of the same situation.

[@Beer_Wolf]

Half Life 2... the biggest seller for me, just like HL1, is the mods. That alone adds massive longevity to the game.

[@TomasMaldonado93]

i've never played half life back in the day, some years ago i got a VR headset and tried Half Life Alyx, and that was the best gaming experience i had, period. so then i had to try all the other half lifes and to my surprise, they are al alvilable to play in VR. they are from 20 years ago, but thanks to their physics system and shit it looks like it was made to play on VR lol, super fun.

[@MemoryPallas]

Thanks for the nostalgia fix. I can still remember booting up Jedi Outcast on my PIII/GeForce3 rig and being completely blown away by how awesome it was.

[@gameranxTV]

Hey thanks for watching :)

[@thestraydog]

I wish some of these games were easier to access, I was thrilled when they released Star Wars: Republic Commando on PSN and I'm still having fun with that game

[@ayceod]

Thanks to physical copies of a game, most of them are available at your local retro game store. Won't be so lucky with games of the future.

[@thestraydog]

@ayceod That's true, but the retro game market is ridiculous as far as their skyhigh prices are now. Some games that were going for $20 5 or 10 years ago are now $400, I don't get it...

[@blubug768]

the high seas is the way to go!

[@ayceod]

@@thestraydog You are absolutely right about that. I have been an active collector for about 15 years now, and when I first started collecting, I could find games for .60 cents at Goodwills. I found a DS Lite in a case with 5 games for $10 at a thrift store once.. So upsetting what has become of the collectors on a budget scene.

[@michellepatino8733]

@@ayceodit really is a shame that they are wanting $100s of dollars for this stuff.

[@M4ruta]

_Jagged Alliance 2_ is a game that I've come back to for over two decades now. It's amazing how well it holds up.

[@andrecoetzee8629]

I wish Riddick would come back to steam

[@gameranxTV]

👆🏻

[@TheRealUcanUwill]

I wish they made another move, last one was good, the only time I ever liked Vin Diesel I think, well, apart Guardians of the Galaxy.

[@Tyranniod]

Half life 2, doom 3, Ratchet and clank 3, Jak 3, GTA San Andreas just to name a few.

[@mikasammallahti1272]

Half life 2 is great game🤩👌

[@kgreig8365]

Doom 3 graphically really holds up well at 20! An underrated masterpiece, 1st person horror game. Running at 1440 or 4K with headphones provides an amazingly immersive experience in 2024...

[@SMJSmoK]

Nowadays there's this narrative that Doom 3 strayed too far from what makes Doom Doom. And yeah it's definitely different, but I remember back then everyone loved it and it also sold really, really well.

[@The_Turk_Jerk]

1:40 Don't forget about the dismemberment code.

[@TheDisturbedBaboon]

g_sabermorerealistic 3

[@McGeezle]

​@@TheDisturbedBaboon can it be combined with the ragdoll code?

[@TheDisturbedBaboon]

@@McGeezle hm I don't know I'm not aware of that one!

[@matteste]

Heroes of might and magic 3, Doom, Warcraft 3, Star Wars episode 1 racer, Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne and so many more. There are just so many classics that are still a blast to play.

[@gameranxTV]

Absolutely! A ton of great games out there :)

[@timmystwin]

VTM:Bloodlines better be here. Once patched it's incredible. Still has some great facial animations and the voice acting is peak... and it's as old as HL2. (As in, same day)

[@gameranxTV]

👍🏼part 2

[@jameskattoor1415]

With the Release of Stalker 2, you guys should make a video about all those crazy Stalker mods like GAMMA and EFP. Radiophobia 3 is like the remastered version of Stalker SOC!!

[@gameranxTV]

Thanks for the suggestion! :D

[@jameskattoor1415]

@@gameranxTV 🤩🤩

[@gadson92]

MAX PAYNEEE

[@gameranxTV]

Woo

[@haydenjurado1661]

"Does this feel like a jake list, because yes it is." Had me rolling 😂

[@Luigidragon54]

the original Starcraft on PC is still amazing after 20 years, the story is still so good the online still works and all the custom maps are just so great to play even if it shows it's age a bit.

[@Mr3ppozz]

To me all the RTS games from that era.. CnC...Warcraft..Starcraft... I still love those...even though they show their age they are still just as fun to me just for nostalgic fun

[@StevilKanevil_]

5:05 - Havok wasn't made by Valve just so you know, it was made by an Irish company and I think they're owned by Microsoft now

[@mandisaplaylist]

0:50 Is it just me or does the gun really literally sound like "pew, pew, pew, pew ..."

[@SWATforce1]

The TimeSplitters trilogy, Darkwatch, Driv3r, Worms 4: Mayhem, Half Life 2, Serious Sam, Doom 3 and 007 Nightfire are the ones from that era I will always go back to.