20+ year old games that still hold up today.

[Fosty]

I'd like to know a few games that someone could still enjoy today even if it is their first time playing.

Halo and Half-Life are two that come to mind straight away.
Shadowrun (1993) on the SNES is pretty good too.

[Plaid]

Outrun 2

[Electric Cupcake]

The Metal Gear saga, of course. All of it. Including the two originals.

Doom and Quake. The Bethesda remasters range from okay to blah and are mostly for console players who can't load a source port.

The original Tomb Raider series (1-5. Nobody likes 6, but they're remastering it anyway). The 1st reboot trilogy suffered from terrible controls, but was otherwise okay. The current reboot games are Tomb Raider in name only.

Mario, Zelda and Metroid, of course. Mario peaked with 1-3 and World, IMO. The SNES Allstars versions and GBA versions are equally good.

Every Zelda is worth playing, including 2. Don't be a wimp and try to use guides.

For Metroid, AM2R is the definitive way to play Metroid 2.

All Final Fantasy, of course. The recent Pixel Remasters are nice, but cut out too much content. Play the GBA or PSP versions.

[admiral1018]

Many of of those early 2000s PC FPS games hold up well. Far Cry, Half Life 2, Doom 3 are all still awesome games.

[Electric Cupcake]

The entire Resident Evil saga, of course. The series is one of the foundational pillars of all modern gaming. The remakes of 1-4 range from excellent, to good-but-disappointing. Play the gog versions of 1-3 for the true experience.
And don't skip the canon CGI movies and series (Degeneration, Damnation, Vendetta, Infinite Darkness and Death Island). Ignore the live action crap.

[Crystal Sharrd]

Most of them still hold up.

[Electric Cupcake]

Original Deus Ex. The reboot/prequels didn't really measure up to the original masterpiece.

People act like Kojima is the #1 auteur, but Warren Spector is easily his equal. Also, System Shock 1 and 2. I can't get over people calling Bioshock a 'spiritual successor' to SS. I tried to get into Bioshock, but it was just BORING.

[Fosty]

Oh and Doom!

[Drain]

Parasite eve, really wish it'd get a remake or remaster.

[ACharacter]

chess is the first one to come to mind. still has a really good esport scene still despite being such an outdated game compared to newer title.

[tom five]

Stalker with the Gamma mod(s) is still unlike anything else out there.

Not quite 20 years old but close enough.

[Electric Cupcake]

Origineel geplaatst door Drain:

Parasite eve, really wish it'd get a remake or remaster.

Read the book first. Ignore the movie.

[Israel is an Illegitimate State]

golden eye

[ACharacter]

Origineel geplaatst door Moe:

golden eye

golden eye sucks, controls are actual garbage. such a meme game

[Uncle Sam]

Empire Earth 1, Swat 3 and in April of this year Swat 4.

Edit: Also the old Metroid games, and Star Fox games.

[staryluj]

Doom3, Quake4, ETQW, Unreal Tournament 2004, UT3, BF-1942 and few others that live in my offline Windows 7 retro box - still play them, sometimes ;-)