Getting That Nostalgia Fix

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Greetings gentle peoples of the interwebs,


Today I picked up the original Wolfenstein 3D, & a remake of Sid Meier's Pirates, (the original of which was one of my first PC games). So I decided I would ask, what games have you, dear members, been using to scratch that nostalgia itch of late?


Have you recently picked up an old reliable from the days of yore, or have your eye on a particular old friend?
 

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I brought the hi-def versions Maniac Mansion 2 and Grim Fandango on Steam. The directors commentary is really interesting!
 

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Planning to get a retropi later,. should be interesting to get some old snes games up n running for inspiration :)
 

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harvest moon, mostly back to nature
 
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I started playing through Earthbound again! I enjoy that game so much!
 

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Skyrim and Civ 1.


I loved Skyrim and dropped about 600 total hours into that game and completed all the content it had.  Getting it again on the Xbox One was just a good reason to make a new character and do it all over again.


Civ 1...  Eh, I just really really like the art style of this Civ game.  I don't know why, I just really like the whole, "You're playing a Board Game" type style of it.  Kind of wish more of those games took on that look, 'cause it's really kind of cool to me.


Oh, I guess I've been playing Mass Effect 1 again.  I recently joined the EA Origin Access thing or whatever it is... where for $5 a month, I can basically get access to some really awesome games.  Like... all the Dragon Age and Mass Effect games (DLC must be bought separately, however).  But, I started playing Mass Effect 1 on the computer and can now understand why people had issues controlling the Mako.  Basically, it's controls really aren't designed for a mouse and keyboard.  Then again, aiming Sniper Rifles in the PC version sucks as well.  I could keep that drift down pretty well with my joystick.  It's too difficult to do with a mouse.  It's made me understand why a lot of shooters have adopted this "Sniper Rifles rarely ever drift" feature when they're also on PC's.  Basically, it's because it's very difficult to correct for constant drift with a mouse... so they have to dumb it down enough that it's a non-issue.  By "drift" I mean the back and forth sway as well as the up and down sway that happens within a set radius of where you're aiming and it's relatively random so it's not just some pattern you can acclimate to.  I can see why Mass Effect 2 dumbed down sniper rifles now to the point that they're pinpoint accurate from the word "go".  Just too difficult to correct for the drift on PC.  Whereas, if you have a controller... a minor thumbstick movement corrects it easily.


A few months ago, I was playing Dragon Age Origins again.  I got all the achievements for each starting story and... that was all I did.  I always forget how much I hate the Ostigar stuff.  Rest of the game is great.  Ostigar is a terrible opening to a game.
 

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Its a good time for nostalgia. Bought games that i never managed to beat, old favorites and games that i only saw in demos or looked interesting. When Silent hill came out the demo scared me alot. Now im going for the ufo ending.
 

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Greetings gentle peoples of the interwebs,


Today I picked up the original Wolfenstein 3D, & a remake of Sid Meier's Pirates, (the original of which was one of my first PC games). So I decided I would ask, what games have you, dear members, been using to scratch that nostalgia itch of late?


Sid Meier's Pirates is such a fun game, I'm not sure how it was so good.
 
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Assassin's Creed II always makes me feel the same feeling every time I play it. It's just one of those games like that.
 

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Was playing Spore, don't know if you guys have heard of that game but that was a serious childhood game for me. Still awesome bit sad that almost no one else has played the game.
 

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Just got boxed Shining Soul for GBA. Don't even have a working gba, but used to play it a lot when i was a kid.


The feels... 
 

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well GOG was kind enough to offer Neverwinter Nights diamond beginning of December. Had it still as discs, but well GOG games are optimized for recent OS. Skipped the rather insipid main campaign, but was glad to return to Undrentide and the Underdark.


And barely a week after I was done, (early January) they were kind again and sent me a coupon to 75% off of Neverwinter Nights 2 complete :)


Getting my nostalgia fix for cheap :) and got the expansions that I didn't play years ago.


really liked the ideas behind Storm of Zehir, and now replaying the OC to get a LV20 for Mask of the Betrayer.
 

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