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New refugee here. Ran away from the chaos that is "new gaming".

I've set up RPCS3, PSX2 and Duckstation (sorry Xbox and other consoles folks. I'm from a country where the PlayStation was the dominant force) and I've been having so much fun. What brought me back is the realization of how crappy most new games are. The infinite chase after those "shadows", "lights", and "details" has killed gaming. All of this made the hardware requirements really high, and good hardware is really expensive. Also, there is no joy in new games (at least for me). It's just all the same.

I've been going through a catalog of old games I've missed out on in my youth, and oh boy! Games were really good back then.

Edit: I welcome all the suggestions if you would like to suggest some good older games.

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[–] ExtraMedicated@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Shadow of the Colossus has been a long-time favorite of mine. I also liked Fatal Frame. I think I also remember enjoying Rule of Rose, but I have very little memory of that one. I just remember it was weird.

[–] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Will get those, too. So many people recommended SOC. Never played it

[–] VagueAnodyneComments@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Katamari games from the PS2/3 era are great

Check out this community and consider enabling achievements on your emulators. I found it really enhances the social aspect of the experience.

https://retroachievements.org/

[–] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't understand what this achievement website does. I do have achievements enabled on my rpcs3, but how do I send them to the site?

[–] VagueAnodyneComments@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

make an account and then add your credentials to the emulator

[–] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Oh ok. That sounds easy. Thank you so much.

[–] veeesix@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My top three favourites from the PS3 era would probably be Shadow of the Colossus, Ico, and Journey.

[–] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago
[–] db2@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Crono Cross. You don't really need to emulate it though, it's on steam now.

[–] EtnaAtsume@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

An undying classic

[–] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I'll be checking that out. Thank you

[–] BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 days ago

With Radical Dreamers so you don’t need to patch a snes rom for that either.

[–] BroBot9000@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Excellent!!! Love me the ps2 era of gaming.

See if you can find Metal Arms: Glitch in the System. That’s a fun romp.

[–] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

So many recommendations. I'm saving this post

[–] viral.vegabond@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Which games have you been playing, or which ones have been your favorites so far?

[–] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Started with GOW1 and 2. Finished both and now halfway through Ascension then I'd switch to the very first uncharted, then do some soccer on PS1 and PS2 and 3. I have a whole bunch of games on the list.

[–] viral.vegabond@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

GOW are classics for sure.

Check out the sly cooper games too, those were great 👍

[–] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Holy shit, thank you for the reminder. I've played one of them and totally forgot. I'm definitely getting them.

[–] viral.vegabond@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nice, glad to help out! Consider doing some reviews, or just letting us know how you like them :)

Also, Captain Blood is another one to take a look at!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3040220/Captain_Blood/

[–] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This game looks very nice. Right up my ally. Thank you

[–] viral.vegabond@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

You're welcome!