[Discussion] Do you guys play old AAA games?

Old games I recently played:

• Sim City 2000
• Gothic 1-3
• Might and Magic 4-5
• Diablo 1

I play plenty of old games. They don't get worse with time. Of course nostalgia also plays a big role for me. But Diablo is not a game I know from back then. Only in a negative light, when I tried it once, couldn't figure it out and never touched it again.

I play SSX 3 Gamecube like it's my 2nd job.

Combat Evolved is nice

Yes I have. I switch between older AAA and current indie games. I have tried some recent AAA games as well. I play anything I want at the time I want to play something.

The Steam Deck has been kind of my introduction to PC gaming. The newer AAA games haven’t caught my attention.

I’ve played quite a bit of Neptunia and Senran Kagura. I might as well catch up with what I missed and can get for cheaper. Newer games like BG3 shock me with how much storage they consume, so I’m starting with older titles.

I recently revisited fallout new Vegas and it was an excellent experience.

Outside of that I tend to remain in the indie space, but I'm not against the occasional old triple a

It's one of the primary reasons I bought I deck. I game pretty much on PlayStation and do my work on a Mac, so the PC catalog has be largely unavailable to me until now. Anything built for PS4 forward (or ported from PS3) I don't mind buying on PS5 and streaming through Chiaki. Anything PS2 backwards (that never got a PC port or isn't already available on the PS+ subscription) is just easier to emulate. However, PS3 had a lot of gems that are only really available through the PC now, so I bought a deck to play those. Fallouts 3, NV, Final Fantasy XIII and the sequels I never actually had a chance to play, GTA IV. I hope I'll get to play the Killzone trilogy again someday.

If you include remasters, I've been playing Shenmue I, which I think I originally played on my friend's Dreamcast in about 2001. Think it was one of the most expensive games ever made when it first came out, so I guess that'd make it pretty AAA?

There's a lot that feels a bit dated in it, like slightly clunky controls, annoyingly long sequences for tiny things (i.e. taking your shoes off every time you go in/out the house), emotionally stunted voiceovers etc - but it also holds up as a good mystery, and such a beautifully realised game world that the clunkiness just becomes sort of joyously nostalgic. I think it's great.

Also, the creepy little kids that shout "HEY MISTER! DO YOU WANT TO PLAY... soooocccerrrr?" are still hilarious.

Yes, although I'm mostly playing games 4-8 years old. I have a lot of great games I missed during that period, and they both feel modern and run pretty well.

Does TF2 count as old?

Does Nier Automata count as an old AAA game?

I guess Cyberpunk and BG3 are counted as such so yes. But mostly I play indie and older games.