A gaming community free from the hype and oversaturation of current releases, catering to gamers who wait at least 12 months after release to play a game. Whether it's price, waiting for bugs/issues to be patched, DLC to be released, don't meet the system requirements, or just haven't had the time to keep up with the latest releases.
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I'm currently replaying Half Life (actually Black Mesa). I usually replay Half Live 2 every couple of years, and Portal 1 and 2 every year.
I played through Doom and Doom 2 a couple years ago, and I play a web version of the C64 game Impossible Mission at least one a week.
Clearly I'm old and nostalgic.
I'm not entirely sure what qualifies as retro but the oldest game I regularly play is the original Fallout from 1998. I mostly find myself playing games released in the 2000s and occasionally something newer if I think its a worth buying. I think the most recently released game I play is probably Half Life Alyx. I would have been a little too young to have grown up with some of them, but my family pc couldn't handle a lot of the newer games so here we are.
original Fallout
Have you tried the Wasteland series?
I haven't but I've heard Tim Cain talk about its influence on Fallout a lot, I'll give it a try.
I just played through the first Fallout game earlier this year. I guess that puts me on a 25 year lag. I've been playing a bit of Atari 2600 games too, but that's more for work related reasons than for entertainment.
Generally I’m on a 3-5 year delay, unless it’s a franchise I like. Then, I buy it when the price drops on Steam. Currently waiting for Horizon Forbidden West to come to PC, but until then it’s Powerwash Simulator and Satisfactory.
I haven't played any nintendo switch game, so 5 or 6 year lag
Just played Portal 2. Amazing game
Yeah, the title of that comic is "Cutting Edge" and is where I got the name for my idea.
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yeah, that's basically when i play most aaa games - when the mood takes me, but mostly ~10 years old. i've just recently finally played wofenstein new order, followed by the tomb raider legend trilogy (they're really short), and i've now started on the tomb raider survivor trilogy
indie games i tend to play a bit sooner; partly because they're cheaper and partly because i feel they're more likely to use (and need) the money to make more games. although the last indie game i played was fez, and the dev of that has quit completely...
In this year I got a PS3, an Xbox 360 and a Wii. Now I'm playing all the good games on these platforms, that I've never owned when they were current. It's great!
I'm going to start this lag anytime now with PS2 games. I didn't have one when it was new and decided to have the real deal instead of emulating it. It's all set with a 500GB HD and loads of games. Now, I only need time...
I also have an extensive collection of classics on my GOG account. Yet to start playing the majority.