Edge's top 20 of the last 20 years - The Bear and Badger

hylian_elf

@RedDave, I think Sf2 Turbo may just about make it, but Mario Kart is too old to go on the list. I would be tempted to put it in if it was an August 93 or later release.

fullspectrum

Yossarian wrote:

Like? (Yoss)

Pair moves that could be executed between two players, actual moves with weapons beyond hitting someone and watching them fall over (unless you were Xan) and a generally far wider range of standard hits (such as a jump kick that you could use to stun an opponent and set them up for a combo), throws and combos.

Did you know that every character has two different jump in attacks in FF, and that Guy can bounce of the wall, and Haggar has multiple throws, and that Cody has special abilities with the knife?

The only thing I can see there is pair moves, which were kind of naff.

RedDave2

Ah, didnt realise the time limit. I guess Sensible soccer would be out too. Stupid edge...

fullspectrum

Need @Smang in here.

Yossarian

I've played plenty of Final Fight, I still own my Mega CD copy. If you want multiple moves with a single weapon, you have to choose one character as opposed to having multiple moves with every weapon with every character. One character in Final Fight has multiple throws instead of every character in SoR. And jumping off walls is rubbish. And that's before you even get to the wider range of combos and standard attacks. Ooh, and the ability to run and pull off running attacks.

Seriously, I may come round to yours one day with my MD collection disk and learn you how much better SoR is in every way.

fullspectrum

Sigh, ok it's better mechanically I'm not really arguing that. In every other way I mentioned FF is better though -I appreciate that won't necessarily ring true to most people who don't hold as much fond nostalgia for FF as me though.

Also when are you coming round with that, sounds banging.

fullspectrum

JUMPING OFF WALLS IS NOT RUBBISH BTW FFS WHERE IS SMANG

Frosty

Surely it doesn't matter as they're both absolutely terrible now so it's only your individual nostalgia that you can judge with?

hylian_elf

Even the EU release of SoR 2 is too old for the list, it seems.

hylian_elf

Frosty wrote:

Surely it doesn't matter as they're both absolutely terrible now so it's only your individual nostalgia that you can judge with?

For Edge's list it does, I think, because you apparently 'should' take into account the tech and other games of the times of the respective game.

fullspectrum

Frosty wrote:

Surely it doesn't matter as they're both absolutely terrible now so it's only your individual nostalgia that you can judge with?

This is true but let us be little boys in the playground, we're enjoying it.

mk64

nick north and south was 1989, you can't have that. I know because it would make my top 10 if we were allowed to go back further. Clicking on the photographers bum.

fullspectrum

haha, damn

Freaking HOURS of 2 player winner stays on with my 2 brothers on that game. One poor guy had to have the keyboard.

tigersgogrrr

Um, SOR2 isn't terrible now.

It plays well.

Smang

sor3 is a technical marvel. it hasnt really aged in the gameplay dept as far as i'm concerned, play any modern 'retro' interpretation of the old 2d side-scroller and it shows them up and kicks them in the balls.

runs, vertical rolls, team attacks that are actually useful and a super bar to manage invincible GTFO me moves. plus all the character specific weapon moves.

ignoring the dodgy EU colour swaps and glitchy sound and terrible OST it's fucking amaze game FOREVER.

Final fight is the best though because

beano

Someone say Rez.

Roujin

Woo lists! Lets go all formats top ten!

Fallout 2
Tekken 3
Tony Hawks Pro Skerret 2
Mario64
1080 Snowboarding
World of Warcraft
Bayonetta
Mechwarrior 2
Dead Rising
Baldurs Gate 2

Honourable mentions: FFVIII, Dark Souls, Guitar Hero, Goldeneye, Soul Calibur, Guilty Gear (even though I only just started playing), R-Type, Streets of Rage 2, Robocod, Halo 3, Halo ODST, Syndicate, Theme Park, Fable, Doom 2, Ocarina of Time, Fallout 3, Super Off-Road.

Er just realised some of the honourable mentions may be pre edge. Fuck it.

fullspectrum wrote:

Alternative nostalgia

Xenon 2 (Amiga)

Yes!!!! God bless all the Amiga scrolling shooters, Uridium, Apidya, Silkworm, SWIV, fucking epic games.

Smang

i will also add that SoR was the first game i ever played that featured a 'strong' female character, and a lead one no less.

Yossarian

fullspectrum wrote:

Sigh, ok it's better mechanically I'm not really arguing that. In every other way I mentioned FF is better though -I appreciate that won't necessarily ring true to most people who don't hold as much fond nostalgia for FF as me though.

Also when are you coming round with that, sounds banging.

Next week after Tuesday? When are you free? Bonus points if you're planning on seeing *cough* someone else that evening for *cough* other reasons. *cough*.

fullspectrum

Roujin Roujin -BLOOD MONEY

Smang

Yossarian if you're gonna SOR it up i advise getting SoR remake, if you havent already. it's incredible.

Spock

Dark souls
Chrono trigger
Majoras mask
Halo 3
Eternal darkness
Grim fandango
Half life 2
Mass effect 2
Mario 64
My little pony : pinky pie's party

Bollockoff

When it comes to a top ten I always seem to have a vanguard of five titles that have reserved places then the rest is given to whatever is in my mind at the time. Sent an email off to em yesterday and Freelancer actually made it in my list because of nostalgia from reading up on Star Citizen.

1. Half-Life
2. Power Stone 2
3. Baldur's Gate 2
4. Team Fortress 2
5. Shadow of the Colossus

6. Metal Gear Solid 3
7. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
8. Deus Ex
9. Persona 4
10. Freelancer

Yossarian

Smang wrote:

Yossarian if you're gonna SOR it up i advise getting SoR remake, if you havent already. it's incredible.

It's PC, innit? I can't run it.

Smang

Yossarian wrote:

Smang wrote:

Yossarian if you're gonna SOR it up i advise getting SoR remake, if you havent already. it's incredible.

It's PC, innit? I can't run it.

it has been ported to run on consoles with homebrew, and i have it working on my mac at home. but yeah, you tend to need a computer. amazing game though, i wish sega had bought it.