Era can be defined as a console generation, a decade, one specific year, whatever you want. I’d encourage you to give a list of your favourite games from the generation of choice and why it was the best to you. Nostalgia is a totally viable reason too.

I’ll go first. For me, the 360 era is my GOAT. As someone in their 20s, I grew up with the 360 so nostalgia is definitely a big factor. But on top of that, I still feel like the games during that time were some of the best we’ve had. 2011 alone was a fantastic year, with Dark Souls, Skyrim, Portal 2 and many more great games. I was going to list out my favourite games from 2005-2013 but I love so many it would be far too long of a post.

I’d love to hear some of you talk about your favourite time period of games too, whether it’s agreeing with my choice or giving different opinions

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@midwest.social
    24·
    7 months ago

    The present. I can use emulation to play all my old favorites, often for free, and there’s never been such a rich plethora of indie and studio games available.

    • cod@lemmy.worldOPM
      7·
      7 months ago

      Very logical answer. What are some of your old favourites you like to emulate?

      • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@midwest.social
        13·
        7 months ago

        NES: River City Ransom, Crystalis, Zelda ][

        SNES: Super Mario World, Chrono Trigger, Link to the Past

        GB: Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, Minish Cap, Tetris

        DOS: The Quest for Glory series, ZZT

        • Refurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org
          3·
          7 months ago

          If you haven’t played Terranigma, you should do that. It’s on the level of Chrono Trigger in how good it is.

          It was never released in North America, so get the PAL ROM along with the NTSC (60Hz) patch from RHDN

      • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@midwest.social
        2·
        6 months ago

        Adding a separate comment to add, if you’ve never played it, Super Mario X was a very fun, apparently not-entirely-legal fangame made my Redigit (who went on to create Terraria). He took it down at Nintendo’s demand, but you can still find a copy.