That’s right Rudie is back with another List Thread. This time Select Button Dot Net what is the best games you’ve never played? Why have you never played?
This was a bonus list on my Top 100 and it was a real fun bonus list to do. What you didn’t read my Top 100 Games List? YOU SHOULD.
Thief 1 and 2 (PC)
Superhot VR
Brave Firefighters (Arcade)
Manic Game Girl (PS1)
House Party (PC)
Zork series
Yume Nikki (PC)
Pokemon Gold/Silver (GB)
Tower of Druaga (Arcade)
Dwarf Fortress (PC)
I’ll bump this thread every day for a week because this is a question that takes time to consider.
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Cruelty Squad
Boku no Natsuyasumi
Ultima Underworld
Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere
Daggerfall
Dragon Quest V
Gravity Rush
Mother 3
Outer Wilds
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Shadow Tower
Way of the Samurai
Dead Rising
reason: same boring answer for all. insufficient time/will >__<
I haven’t played any post Half-Life first person shooters or VR games because I get nauseated.
rival schools story mode
toys dream
el dorado gate
a bunch of castlevania-looking chinese 00s phone games
that one hunter x hunter metrovania on game boy color
planet harriers
prop cycle
segasonic the hedgehog
the wild rings
Generally I have no problem playing the games I want to play so I theoretically shouldn’t have many
…… Firing up steam or an emulator is just impractical these days + I really should have played Silent Hill and Faxanadu earlier and don’t know why I didn’t
Too many to list because I famously do not play video games but I think among the big ones I would definitely enjoy and find personally meaningful, ff8 and 9 gotta be pretty high up there. The ps1 in general is a big blind spot for me
I read a lot of FF8 fanfic back in the day for some reason in spite of never having played a single minute of the game.
Also yeah same PS1 is a whole ass region of the games canon that I’ve never touched and probably never will
legend of Zelda wind waker
legend of Zelda skyward sword
legend of Zelda tears of the kingdom
legend of Zelda ocarina of time
legend of Zelda majoras mask
legend of Zelda twilight princess
legend of Zelda breath of the wild
legend of Zelda a link between worlds
legend of Zelda the minish cap
legend of Zelda phantom hourglass
One (PSX)
Titanfall 2
Thunder Force 3
Resident Evil 4
Final Fantasy 5
Touhou 6
Waku Waku 7
Dragon Quest 8
Mighty No. 9
Gunlord X
Uru: Ages Beyond Myst
Disco Elysium
Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
Return of the Obra Dinn
Pentiment
The Forgotten City
Steamboat Chronicles
Mercenary III
Romancing Saga II
Crypt Worlds
Barkley Shut Up And Jam Gaiden
Everblue 2
Shadow Hearts Covenant
Garage
Alice: An Interactive Museum
10 Beautiful Postcards
Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong Nou
Flower, Sun, and Rain
The reason I haven’t played these is that I usually forget or I pick something less interesting but more convenient. I’ve also gotten better at prioritizing things that matter in my life and video games are low on that list.
A separate list I ponder frequently is sb/ic fan faves that I played specifically due to their positive reputation in these parts, but bounced off of almost immediately for idiosyncratic personal reasons. That list so far includes
BoF Dragon Quarter
Dragons Dogma
I still think the hive mind is right about these games, and my own inability to enjoy them registers to me as a personal failing or weakness.
Guess I just have to be cautious whenever a game with Dragon in the title earns high praise here (dq excepted, naturally)
Now that I think of it, maybe this is why I’ve always avoided the Yakuza games
Disco Elysium and Outer Wilds
i have had them both installed on my duck for months. “never” isnt strictly true, ive played maybe 15 minutes of each. ive seen bits of playthroughs of them and ive listened to podcasts about them. i know for a fact that i will absolutely fucking love both of them like GOAT favorite game contenders. i just, idk. im putting them off like a really fine brandy or a box of fancy chocolates, i wanna be in the exact right headspace to savor em
that being said i have been feeling adventure gamey recently…
Thief 1 and 2 (PC) - missed it at the time, going back to 90s PC Games is scary
Superhot VR - No equipment
Brave Firefighters (Arcade) - I’ll never see a cabinet again
Manic Game Girl (PS1) - I don’t speak Korean!
House Party (PC) - I’ve watch Bachelor play most of it, and it is brillant
Zork series - I’ve barely ever played a text adventure
Yume Nikki (PC) - I was too old
Pokemon Gold/Silver (GB) - I was too old
Tower of Druaga (Arcade) - terrifying
Dwarf Fortress (PC) - All the stories are amazing, I’d hate it playing it.
Probably Fortnite.
Gotta be all those Kenji Eno and adjacent titles that I would have gobbled up in the 90s but instead appreciated from EGM issues in the late aughts.
D2 - don’t need to say why!
One of my friends still gives me shit about not playing Half Life 2