@OutofPrintArchive@mstdn.games Ah, Duke Nukem 3D. This is probably one of the most unique FPS games I've ever played. The interactive environments in particular were awesome and it's kind of a shame we barely see stuff like this in modern shooters.
Funny story, my dad once told me that he bought Duke Nukem as a teenager, but refunded the game since he thought it was a rip-off of DOOM. After playing the game in its entirety, I must say he heavily missed out on an incredible experience.
@OutofPrintArchive@mstdn.games What's even more crazy is that it was the first game from a new studio. Despite Valve being recognized as one of the greatest video game developers, they were originally a small team of amateur designers, most of which didn't even work in big studios before.
I'm sure the Nintendo Switch already has a Portal collection, though not for Half-Life.
@OutofPrintArchive@mstdn.games I sometimes forget that Half-Life released in 1998. Despite playing the game for the first time about a year ago, it's still an incredible experience years after release. I can't really think of any other game from the 90s that had the same level of immersion and believability as Half-Life.
Truly one of the greatest video games of all time.
@OutofPrintArchive@mstdn.games Mirror's Edge is one of the few games from the 2000s that I think has aged flawlessly. The controls, art-style and overall atmosphere is just timeless. Mirror's Edge was also one of the first games I played on a computer. I played it on my dad's old laptop; it ran like garbage but I still had a ton of fun playing it because it felt like a parkour sandbox.
@OutofPrintArchive@mstdn.games Huh, I never knew Duke Nukem 3D was ported to the Saturn. However, I think it also received a port for the Nintendo 64, albeit, in a censored form.
I think my dad thought that the game was a rip-off of DOOM because, that's what most shooters were referred to as during the mid-90s, "DOOM clones". I feel like around the time stuff like Goldeneye and Half-Life came out, FPS games were starting to be viewed as more than such.