I remember back on day 1 of GTA4 and was absolutely blown away by everything about it. The difference from San Andreas's arcade like gameplay to Liberty City's realistic feel and gritty atmosphere was amazing. Long live LC🗽
yep,. i remember standing in line for the 12PM release of GTA IV, getting home asap and booting it up,.. good times man! an i literally downloaded it again the other day to have a bash!
I remember being too poor to get a PS3 and having to see the game through gaming magazines and GTA Forums. I remember just being blown away by the step up in graphics from San Andreas and Vice City Stories. When I finally got to play it only 7 years ago, I found it to be great, overexaggerated suspension aside. Everything else about the physics is better than GTA V.
The impact of Mirror's Edge CANNOT be overstated even though the IP itself died. Every FPS to this day still use its motion mechanics. Amazing game and sequel.
Also the first Assassin's Creed released in November 2007. A really great looking game for the year it was released in. Given it was also kind of revolutionary because of the freedom of movement, gameplay mechanics and storyline. Also opened door to one of the most popular franchises nowadays.
METAL GEAR SOLID 4 and the original Dead Space was released in 08. At the time I thought those were the absolute pinnacle of console gaming. I was a still a junior in highschool. It's insane how time flies. What a wonderful visit of nostalgia 😌
I had Deadspace in my comment, and I knew I was forgetting an obvious one. So thanks for reminding me. Mgs4 blew me away. The graphics were insane and the cut scenes were unbelievable
Daaaamn Arkham Asylum was such a revolution when I first played it. It controlled so well, the story was great, and the campaign was well paced. Can't believe it's been so long already.
It was the game that got me back into 3rd person games! By then I was only playing rpgs and strategy games for some 10 years, but Batman was that much cool
When Arkham Asylum was released, the last time I was excited about a Batman game we were still in the SNES era and I was a young teen, so that should tell something about what Arkham games brought to the table! I have yet to play the first, lack of time, but I absolutely loved Arkham City
I grew up with the original Operation Flashpoint game. I remember crawling on my belly for hours to the extraction point to complete a mission, while avoiding detection from enemy units. Plus the day night cycle. That felt so real back then.
Another game that's about 15 years old is Burnout Paradise, and man was I blown away when I got my hands on it, back in the day. Criterion Games was so ambitious! And hearing that they were actually more ambitious on paper, compared to release is just-- wow! I really hope maybe one day, we'll get a new Burnout game.
@@nanach6276 You'll have a blast! Although, I think we can agree that Burnout 3 was the king in the series. Revenge was 3 on steroids lol, such a banger.
"Long in the tooth" is a saying back when you'd buy a horse and people would lie about it's age, but if you looked at how long the teeth looked, you'd get a good idea of how old it was and how much it was truly worth. Similar note, the opposite is true for dogs. (wear of the little teeth between the incisors indicates age)
Soon after I read this, I came across it in an article and felt all smart thinking, 'I know what that means'. 💪☺️🤙And I have a dentist appointment this week. Gonna tell him I'm getting long in the tooth. 😁
2007-2010 was the golden era of PC and console gaming. Nothing from later decades comes close to how good and revolutionary the games from those years were.
@@Devil-bk4vy No joke. Many of the all time best PC games were made early 90s. Console games were dumb arcade back then. Hardcore gamers of course used computer to get best games because console games were children toys.
@@gruntaxeman3740No it’s because consoles was not that big at that time but it started to shifted after PlayStation 2 and Xbox One then consoles became bigger But if you are from the time where Arcades was out people would say it was from 70-80’s that was the golden era those games they had back then are still iconic today Pac-Man, Space Invaders, Donkey Kong, Frogger, Centipede But for me golden era is from 90-2013 where the best video games were released but I also consider the arcades as part of the golden era too since they started the video game industry and made it bigger and better to this day
I dunno, have you seen what the 90's gave us? Doom Quake Star Wars Jedi Knight Dark Forces 2 Half Life Command & Conquer StarCraft WarCraft Age of Empires Baldur's Gate Elder Scrolls Arena and Daggerfall I could go on
@Victor Graphics don't matter, 90% of the current games have zero gameplay and are full of microtransactions. I don't think any major studio even remembers what it takes to make a good game. No the best years are behind us, but younger gamers don't appreciate that while Half Life or Quake may look dated they have far better game play than anything that's come out in the past 15 years.
@Victor A lot of new games are just copies of older ones, not to mention the broken remakes with cut off content, then they add some make up (graphics) and launch it.
@Victor maybe I'm a bit nostalgious, then. Who knows, but for me, games used to be more fun. Maybe its me that aged or maybe its the games I used to play. Although, I know a lot of dudes that feels this way.
I started playing Far Cry 2 recently, mainly because ever since Far Cry 3, the games have just felt the same, and FC2 has this different vibe to it, I like the weapons, and the fact that you pull out your map and look at it physically, and it adds a sense of immersion to the game that just isn't in the newer ones anymore. It's been a fun playthrough so far, and I'm ready to go back into it
Many people criticized this game for the lack of fast travel points, calling it 'Far Drive', but there is a point here - The developers did not spend so much time and effort crafting this awesome open world so that you wouldn't look at it in the end...
Bioshock 1 was leagues ahead of its time... The audio effects, storyline, soundtrack and graphics were nothing short of stunning. I still have this game on my hard disk!😊
Far Cry 2, what a mindblower. Two huge maps, the Dunia engine, the worldbuilding, the jamming guns, the vehicles.., that game broke new ground no doubt. How awesome it would be to see it remade.
Totally completely didn't need a remake. That wouldn't be awesome. Instead do another game that is taking place on Africa. Keep your remakes to yourself, sick of it...
modded GTA 4, graphics, ai improvements, weapon changes, trying to recreate realism in nyc 2008, is currently one of the best experiences I've had in a while, its always good to return to these old games and It feels so refreshing to change it so much but have the same underling feel without breaking the game - its something I want to make a video about since so many modding videos overlook some great stuff & include silly unrealistic stuff...
There are so many wonderful older games that are still great fun and run on very modest hardware. I was recently compiling a list and thought I should paste it here after seeing your comment, for those who might be interested. Most of these games are only about a couple of dollars each when on Steam sale or from a reputable key site like Eneba for instance. The most expensive one so far was Max Payne 3 but that is still well under $10 from a key site. I hope someone will see one they will like, I highly recommend Thief 2 and Return To Castle Wolfenstein, they have some fantastic mods available that make them look really good and play better too and they are such fantastic games that offer something unique compared to modern games that make them a real fun time. And (like most on the list) they are both so cheap too! Half Life: Black Mesa Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition BioShock Call of Juarez Gunslinger DARK SOULS: Prepare To Die Edition DOOM 3 Far Cry 3 Return To Castle Wolfenstein. Half-Life 2 Just Cause 2 Just Cause 3 Left 4 Dead 2 Max Payne Max Payne 2 Max Payne 3 Grid (Racedriver Grid) Thief Gold Thief 2: The Dark Project Grid 2 F.E.A.R. Wolfenstein Wolfenstein Old Blood
Believe me when i said decade old games were best now a days you mostly a game made around 2-3 expects Its either graphics,combat,gun play,story,sound tracks etc. But back then games used to be pretty versitle in providing stuff
CoD Modern Warfare, Left 4 Dead, Elder scrolls Oblivion, Mass Effect and Halo 3 were some of my favorites from then. Can’t believe how time flies so fast!
I cannot explain how much far cry 2 blew my mind. Me and my friend picked it up from blockbusters on a whim, having no clue what it was. Hoping for a fun sleepover. We had the best night ever. Setting fire to grass and watching what happened was graphics on crack for the time. The multiplayer was so fun as well.
GTA 4 will forever be in my top 5 games. Not only because it’s my favourite GTA with the deepest and funniest characters, amazing free aim, dark story etc but it also got me into MMA and nearly 15 years later it’s still my favourite sport to watch. Thank you to “the mens room with bas and Jeremy” on the tv channels in GTA 4 👌🏻 also former UFC champion bas rutten helped make the physics for the game, mostly fighting and it really does feel good to punch someone in that game 😂
I would love a remake with good gameplay... I just want to see the technical side of 2 with the gameplay of 3 (minus the shitty crafting) or something. - But indeed, stuff like just pulling out the map, rather than opening a menu in your face in 3, should have stayed in there. - But man, is FC2 BORING. I followed that from its preview-demos and wanted to love it, but it's so dull, both in terms of gameplay and to look at (though that can be tweaked into something 10 times better). I've seriously tried multiple times to keep playing it, but it just loses me every time. - I mean, I really can't imagine booting up FC2 like "I'm going to have fun now.", because that has disappointed me before. I get that feeling more with FC3, which just "nailed" the gameplay, for the most part, evidently as they stuck with that style. - But I do love the technical stuff they did with FC2, which just makes it more like a tech-demo than a game to me. - Also, I do NOT want to see an announcement for a "Far Cry 7", but it's probably inevitable. - I just want something new/different. I appreciate "Primal" a lot for that.
And also the fact you have to keep an eye out for enemy is more immersive in far cry 2 then any other far cry where you tag enemy with camera and binoculars
Thank you for mentioning Killzone 2. I absolutely loved that game. While my friends played cod or gears of war I was on this. The online felt so rewarding when your team could work together.
Speaking of old, this video made me feel old. I remember being absolutely psyched about some of these games releasing and spending whole weekends playing them. Time flies.
I was also so blown away by that early E3 reveal of Killzone 2. The possibilities of PS3’s tech weren’t fully understood to the market at that point. Despite it being simply a pre rendered cinematic, I still loved the actual game. Great vid gameranx, feelin the nostalgia heavy today
How, how HOW is Fallout 3 not on this list?! It is such an innovative game and a huge leap forward for the series, It had a huge world to explore and extremely fun to play.
Definitely doesn't hold up, and on release was a Divisive Game. You either Love it or Hate it, and it seems the "Hate It" side has more members. New Vegas does still hold up, the graphics aren't great but everything else in it holds up well....but also was a Divisive Game but more Love it than Hate it.
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory was way, way ahead of it's time. From the stunning lighthouse opening level to the very end. Still looks amazing to this very day
to be fair Crysis got a remaster, so keep that in mind folks. only the OG version has graphics that are 15+ years old. and i think STALKER got a remaster too but can't remember if thats correct. (game devs seem to only be doing remasters these days cause the gaming industry is stale and we are stuck playing old games anyways since they can't produce any more good original ideas)
Red Dead Redemption isn't quite 15 years, but its coming up on 13 years next month. In 4k, this game looks absolutely incredible. Hard to believe its been out for that long
I'm actually playing through it for the first time on the weekends on XBox One. Want to finish the story before I move on to RDR2. Yes, I am EXTREMELY late to this particular party...
@@SixStringflyboyWhile you're playing them backwards in chronological order, I still would agree with your choice. Trust me, you're not going to want to play Red Dead 1 after playing Red Dead 2.
CoD Modern Warfare in 2007 cannot be understated how big this game was for both setpiece cinematic single player FPS and insanely addicted multiplayer with an RPG progression system keeping you coming back to play it endlessly. Helped that the gameplay was fast and exciting.
The first Call of Duty was groundbreaking at the time, but can't say the same about subsequent titles at least what comes to the single-player experience. They follow pretty much the same formula as their predecessors - budgets increase, there is new story and setting but that's about it.
A little over 15, the game that turned me into an addict, ES4 Oblivion. Just under 15, the game I'm currently playing, once again, ES5 Skyrim. It's amazing, IMO, how well Skyrim has held up, particularly with 150 mods loaded. I'm enjoying it as much as any 'modern' game I've played lately.
You brought me back in time. I'm 42 yo, I'm a gamer since 1986. (ZX Spectrum), so these are very dear to me. Go further back in time, to the early days od 3D graphics. Unreal, Half Life, those classics. :) Very relaxing video with positive vibes. ❤
I was really hoping you’d mention Dead Space! That game still holds up amazingly, and has helped redefine the horror genre as a whole! It was released October 14th, 2008.
@@Unknown_Genius I think he meant Doom three which was arguably the best looking game out there at release on PC. Squeezing it onto the original Xbox was damned impressive.
Replayed it last year in 4K. Really holds up well and I really think the remake was unnecessary (like RE4). There are games out there that do warrant an update (PS1 era stuff).
One of my favourite games from that late 2000’s era was Uncharted 2 (released in 2009). It was actually my favourite in the franchise, despite many people favouring 4
You forgot the predecessor to BeamNG Drive: Rigs of Rods (RoR). It's a realistic car crash simulator that came in August of 2005. Yes you heard that right, it came almost 20 years ago and the physics were unbelievable for its time. I remember playing it for the first time around 2012 and I was blown away. On top of that, it was free and open source, and if you were into 3D modeling, you could make cars and terrains.
I replayed the two PS3 Arkham games last year and they have aged beautifully. Once you’re totally immersed, it really doesn’t feel like it has aged 15 years. The storyline beats still hit you like a truck.
Yeah I never played the Arkham games when they came out but just started going through them as a series recently. I'm almost done with Origins and they have all felt pretty great and fun. From the very start of Asylum it's just a great ride.
For me the Problem is Origins gameplay wise was just so much better and provided a few "quality of life" improvements that they never really captured again. Traveling started feeling really Tedious going back to the Arkham City Remaster after Origins.
I'm about 15 years older than you, and I started with freaking lcd handheld games...(!) then the C64, then PC VGA games... in the 25 years BEFORE this last 15 years, games came a looooooong way... :)
I saw someone in a comment section talking about GTA IV and said, _"Realism isn't everything, FUN is..."_ I think they've mistaken Realism for Realistic Graphics. *REALISM* is *FUN,* and it's *EVERYTHING* you could do in a game that also happens in real life which gives the sense of feeling of Realism in the first place which makes it fun and interesting to play. As much as I love how realistic a game looks, Graphics isn't everything when talking about Realism.
Another game that really blows my mind is Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc. That is my favorite video game. I went crazy with that game when I was a kid. The graphics, The music, the story, the gameplay and the voice acting are all fantastic. Still looks good to this day. It really bums me out that Ubisoft is ignoring Rayman. I really hope we get some remastered Rayman games.
If you make a video for games that are pushing 20 years old, the original F.E.A.R. deserves one of the top spots. That game still looks great and Alma is as creepy as ever.
I think F.E.A.R. should be on the list. While the graphics didn't hold up too great, it was a great psychological thriller. Plus the AI was (and in my opinion still is) one of the best in any first person shooter. I don't know how many times I was kept busy as most of the enemy lay down cover fire while one of the AI crept around and shot me in the back.
The AI think it's not an opinion.. just facts, and the game doesn't look that bad either. I replay it once a year, still one of the best FPS ever.. to bad the sequels are not as good
@@KVROACEGG Stalker also has good enemy AI. Not perfect but considerably better than modern AAA games that do not even try. One of the reasons those games are loved to this day. SWAT 4 also deserves honorable mention. While not as good as FEAR or Stalker in terms of AI, commanding your swat team works quite well and the suspects act rather dynamically. They even pioneered features such as voice command which were not feasible at the time, but with modern speech recognition should work fairly well. The game was developed by Irrational Games who later went on and developed Bioshock. The atmosphere is thick and surprisingly excellent for such a game.
Far Cry 2 "wow" realizations when playing: frustrating weapon jams (deterioration of any weapon), seamless vehicle exit/entry, on-vehicle map, spreading fire, side-objective of surviving malaria on meds amidst missions. Moving to Far Cry 3 even felt different.
Left 4 Dead 1 came out in november 2008, so it's almost 15 years old. Been playing it since then. It's my favorite game of all time and it was seriously ahead of its time in terms of graphics, physics, animations and overall smoothness. The co-op is simple, yet perfect. Met so many people through there, even met my first girlfriend on there. Absolute gem
The Saboteur, not yet 15 years old, was and still is incredible. I played thought it about a few months ago almost in one sitting (took me about a week). It does lack some newer gaming gimmicks but all in all, what a game
The original Star Wars The Force Unleashed is 15 years old. It still looks great today for me. It was also my first hack and slash experience in gaming, and it’s still top notch for me. It may be slower than other games like it, but it did what it set out to do, and I loved the crap out of it.
Same😃 That game had some of the best combat and visuals I had seen on PC at the time. I loved it so much that I even played through it on my PSP as well. It definitely deserves more love and recognition than it got.
Was hoping Lost Odyssey made its way onto the list. It wasn't a big name game, but it was highly highly underrated for the time. The graphics were amazing, and the story was unique and beautifully told. I hope it makes it onto one of your lists in the future!
2007-2013 was kind of a videogame Renaissance for me: so many brand-new IPs coming out of nowhere picking up my interest in video games and the revival of game franchises that I had lost interest for in the SNES era! It really felt refreshing in many ways back then, and I haven't felt like that towards video games ever since!...
15 years ago was quite the time in my life. Graduated High School in 2006, got my first job the next year and was earning enough money to actually buy things for myself. With my first couple paychecks, I wanted to finally get a Wii, but even a year after release it was sold out everywhere. So instead I bought a 360 and eventually, my first gaming PC. There were a whole lot of revolutionary games coming out at that time. I can still remember the incredible impact Portal and Arkham and Mirror's Edge had then. The controversy over GTA4's change of tone and how heavily the Saint's Row series leaned into countering it. And not only that, but the internet, and particularly TH-cam was really starting to kick off making the dissemination of gaming news and discussion all the more easier. It was a time I feel people were truly hyped about gaming.
Remember GTA IV has an underrated fighting system, with blocks, slips and knees. I still can't beleive MW2 was E3 09' It feels like yesterday I watched the stage demo on Tech TV... I remember there wasn't to much in terms of media reviews, you had to know where to look online. TH-camrs doing playthroughs was a rare thing. Buying games sometimes was a roll of a dice. You made decisions off of what the cover looked like, or what the brief description about the game was on the back. Or maybe you just heard in the hall some kids talking about the game. This video brought back that feeling of mid 2000s nostalgia - Crazy how time flies, I hope we can explore games from the ps3, 360 era more.
I can’t believe that left 4 dead 1 and 2 are both around 15 years old too Those games still hold up really well and no game has been able to recreate the magic on a modern console sadly
I still play Stalker to this day. Waited for 6 full years from the moment I learned about the game till release. I still have the gaming magazin lying around, announcing the game for the first time. No other game in history got me so hooked. And probably never will. Thank god we have such an amazing modding community that still cares for this masterpiece and furthermore allowed for the Anomaly SA.
Black came out in February 2006, that's 17 years ago, and it still looks really good, maybe not the environment, but the weapons still holdup really well
I remember it had some cool features too like you could shoot a door with a shotgun to blow the door off it's hinges and make it fall over. For a ps2 game it's probably one of the best fps games to exist.
@@Sneaky_racoon_sly MGS4 is a pretty ugly game, especially compared to today. It’s got an overly brown color palette and very stiff animations. But for 2008, it was amazing.
Dead Space 1 is another one of those 15 year old games that really blew people's minds. The graphics, the physics, the ragdoll motions and not to mention crazy amount of gore are just something else.
Dead space is still one of the best games of all time. I still play it and I love it, even more than the remake version. Dead space 1 and 2 were a masterpiece. 3 was meh.
I learned Russian to play Stalker because of the Day 1 bug where roughly half way through the story in english the game would crash and corrupt your save game. It was only the english version that did this.
Prince Of Persia from 2008 is perhaps my favorite game when it comes to visual design. It looks really good for a game that old, because of the way they animated it.
Not only GTA 4 is 15 years old, the game also has the best story of a single main protagonist. Not only that, the stories of Niko, Johnny and Luis collided with each other throughout the game. I must say extra story of Luis Johnny are the best story DLCs ever
They made GTA 4's story so damn good that all they can do with the 5th installment is to release it 4 times within just 10 years for 3 different generations of consoles and PC.
@@Sneaky_racoon_sly was dope af to me. a little skatey if you weren’t used to it yet, but the cars felt like they had real weight to them. and then the damage physics on them were 🤌
stalker will always hold a special place in my heart. ever since i was just a little toddler i watched my dad play it on his old raggedy computer, and ever since, i have been astonished with the game and i couldnt get it out of my head. so i decided to play the whole franchise on my own last year. its honestly unfathomable how such an masterpiece is so unsung nowadays.
There's a section of Metro Exodus called The Volga and the entire time all I could think was "This is the closest thing to Stalker I've felt in more than a decade"
I remember when GTA IV was released. I got it at midnight and stayed up late playing it. When I went to work at Blockbuster the next day I had this pain behind my left eye and then started feeling nauseous. I did go to work, but told them how I was feeling. The assistant manager was not believing me and thought I was lying. I don't think he saw this, but I threw up in the parking lot next to my car. Immediately felt relief, but just wasn't sure what was going on, so I went home. While I've never been diagnosed, I started seeing a pattern after this. Long periods of screen time could cause me to get sick. It hasn't happened in YEARS (maybe a total of 3 since the story above and including it). I adapted by reducing the brightness of screens and putting a cap on gametime.
StarCraft (1998), almost 30 years at this point. While the original can use some love they did release a remastered version that brings the graphics up to today's graphics. It did so much for PC gaming and RTS gaming that not enough people give it credit for as one of the grandfathers of the genre
StarCraft and Command and Conquer were so Iconic that the new Dune Spice Wars game is pretty much StarCraft: Command and Conquer and it's a modern game that isn't even fully released.
@@justinlast2lastharder749 take a look at Stormgate, it's not even in beta yet but it's looking good if you liked StarCraft. It's being made by the same people who made the original Warcraft franchise and StarCraft franchise but away from Blizzard so their love can get back into it
Today GTA IV turns 15... Still remember buying the game when it came out back in 2008. Never enjoyed a GTA game as much as I did with this one, nostalgia hitting hard.
For me, it's Caesar 3, Zeus/Poseidon and Rise of The Middle Kingdom. Those citybuilding games always have a special place in my heart. And they're are more than 20 years old already.
Being one of the older millennial gamers out there (I'm turning 41 y/o this year), I like strolling down memory lane through videos like this one. So, if y'all are planning more videos like this one, I'd say, go for it, please! I would especially love to see some classics from the SNES era.
I'm 62 now and have played since Atari came out and still play to this day, one of my fav that I'm playing now is wildlands on pc 👌, gaming keeps me young lol 🤣👍
I feel old AF after this video lol, but the best years of gaming are behind us sadly. 2004-2014 was the best decade of gaming we will ever see as gamers. I’d say that maybe 2-4 out of every 10 games are actually fun today. 😢
The original Skate takes me back. I remember specifically going with my parents to walmart so I could play the demo on their Xbox 360 when we couldn't afford one. Really holds a place in my heart.
I got so into this video that I accidentally brush my teeth twice without realizing it😂 I played all those games I can’t believe it’s been that long. Great series thanks for making me feel old lol
@@Sneaky_racoon_sly even saying 2004-2013 discounts all the amazing 2d games. the golden era of gaming i'd say was 1986 - 2010 . it was around 2010 that the magic of gaming started to fade. I still game now , but it just doesn't immerse me like it used to. the magic of it all has definitely faded. every thing today is so focused on tech and hardware . potatoe pc versus gaming beast god pc , or this console has that ect ect. i mean sure back in the 80's and 90's there was that shit too but it just never seemed to occupy the gamers long , the converstation definitely went more towards the games themselves. today us geeks go on and on and on about hardware , but not so much about the game's themselves.
@@DenverStarkey youre right but for me everything under the n64 doesnt hold up because they are to hard. also 2013 we got bioshock infinite the last of us rayman ledgens etc. i think we all agree the ps4 generation was the one that started the bad ära of gaming even though it also had good games
Crysis may not look impressive as a whole but look at that foiliage at 6:34... It still looks incredible to this day imo. Not the best engine overall but for that particular purpose it's unbeaten. Great series, as a 33yo gamer of course I enjoy the trip down memory lane but it's interesting to note the end of the 2000s were a pivotal moment for the industry where many of the modern gameplay mechanics and big franchises were being created. A lot was going on back then. Much of today's standardized AAA gameplay experience stems from those days. So if you're curious, it's almost always worth trying out a game from that era, because while it will a bit clunky and rough around the edges at times, it will also feel very modern and enjoyable.
So many great games that didn't make the list. What an incredible few years 2007-09 were for gaming. Might've been the true "golden" years when we look back another 15 years from now.
I've been obsessed with Stalker Anomaly the past two years (The 3 Stalker games kinda reworked together in a 64 bit version of the original games' engine). Tweaking already revolutionary gameplay and AI makes for the most immersive game I've ever played since I picked up a NES controller in 1990. I even go back and play the originals every couple years - their gameplay and AI / Factions still stand out as something amazing.
The first Killzone a mess? Might be in some parts, but in others, like you could select as who you play in many levels with varying paths....that was revolutionary for its time as well!
While i didn't like the gunplay of Killzone 2, I loved the MP. The way matches had alternating modes all within a match was amazing. I really wish modern games would incorporate that style of MP.
What hurts more is remembering games like Brute Force and realizing we haven't seen any Arcade shooters like it in about 20 years now... And Republic Commando... We'll be lucky to see another good SW FPS like it by the 40th anniversary at this point.
The revitalized interest in Far Cry 2 is because it brought to the table an incredible level of environmental interactivity, intricately detailed rather than simply high pixel-density surroundings, and startlingly advanced AI behaviors by present day, let alone 2008, standards. All areas where the AAA industry would spend the next decade and a half cutting corners.
Dirt 2 is not quite 15 years old but remains my favorite from the series. A fun arcade leaning rally racer with nice graphics and modes of race that are all fun.
I remember back on day 1 of GTA4 and was absolutely blown away by everything about it. The difference from San Andreas's arcade like gameplay to Liberty City's realistic feel and gritty atmosphere was amazing. Long live LC🗽
Liberty city is iconic.
And dont forget the mature story
yep,. i remember standing in line for the 12PM release of GTA IV, getting home asap and booting it up,.. good times man! an i literally downloaded it again the other day to have a bash!
I remember being too poor to get a PS3 and having to see the game through gaming magazines and GTA Forums. I remember just being blown away by the step up in graphics from San Andreas and Vice City Stories. When I finally got to play it only 7 years ago, I found it to be great, overexaggerated suspension aside. Everything else about the physics is better than GTA V.
Best game ever
I can't believe these are 15 years old games
I also can’t believe that these are 15 year old games
I just can't believe these games are 15 years old
No way my brain can process, that these games are 15 years old!!
You wouldn't believe these games are 15 years old.
I don't believe it. You can't convince me.
Bioshock was from the same era (2007-2008) and that was the most stunning video game experience I'd had at the time.
Their previous game Swat 4 was also pretty decent.
Can't believe Bioshock is not in this list
Would you kindly put bioshock on the no 1 spot
No Bioshock? That game actually still looks incredible!
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One of the 1st I thought of, and still one of the best games I ever played
Whoa that's indeed 15 years old, too. I played it last year for the first time, wouldn't have thought that. It's a great game.
msotly now w/ its remaster
Seriously!
The impact of Mirror's Edge CANNOT be overstated even though the IP itself died. Every FPS to this day still use its motion mechanics. Amazing game and sequel.
I've actually never played Mirrors Edge. :(
My sister has, and if anything, that series is a underrated gem
I like Catalyst better, both story and gameplay wise. Plus it introduced me to CHVRCHES
Ah stop. It was an ok game and it absolutely flopped commercially. Like proper flopped
@@Gatorade69 nobody did. I absolutely and utterly flopped commercially. Both the first and second game that EA still tried to push
Also the first Assassin's Creed released in November 2007. A really great looking game for the year it was released in. Given it was also kind of revolutionary because of the freedom of movement, gameplay mechanics and storyline. Also opened door to one of the most popular franchises nowadays.
It looked good but the second one was 10x more fun
METAL GEAR SOLID 4 and the original Dead Space was released in 08. At the time I thought those were the absolute pinnacle of console gaming. I was a still a junior in highschool. It's insane how time flies. What a wonderful visit of nostalgia 😌
I had Deadspace in my comment, and I knew I was forgetting an obvious one. So thanks for reminding me. Mgs4 blew me away. The graphics were insane and the cut scenes were unbelievable
Man I remember being so excited me and my brother going to the game shop to get metal gear 4 good times ❤
Daaaamn Arkham Asylum was such a revolution when I first played it. It controlled so well, the story was great, and the campaign was well paced. Can't believe it's been so long already.
Three of the games went on sale on Playstation for just $5, and i can say as a first time player, still holds up pretty amazing. I’m glad i got them
It was the game that got me back into 3rd person games! By then I was only playing rpgs and strategy games for some 10 years, but Batman was that much cool
When Arkham Asylum was released, the last time I was excited about a Batman game we were still in the SNES era and I was a young teen, so that should tell something about what Arkham games brought to the table!
I have yet to play the first, lack of time, but I absolutely loved Arkham City
A real legendary game... blew my mind.
I grew up with the original Operation Flashpoint game. I remember crawling on my belly for hours to the extraction point to complete a mission, while avoiding detection from enemy units. Plus the day night cycle. That felt so real back then.
MGS4 Released in 2008 too. That blows my mind. The game looks absolutely incredible even today.
I was waiting the whole video for mgs4 to show up. Was disappointed
@zzz xxx yeah me too man
Looks better than Crysis! Great game.
Recently got it up and running flawlessly on PC and it looks incredible. Loved it when it first came out and still do to this day
@Pliskit's Con-Tent I had heard about that, but not tested it yet.
Another game that's about 15 years old is Burnout Paradise, and man was I blown away when I got my hands on it, back in the day. Criterion Games was so ambitious! And hearing that they were actually more ambitious on paper, compared to release is just-- wow! I really hope maybe one day, we'll get a new Burnout game.
Indeed. Almost the whole series was amazing.
Reminds me of Test Drive Unlimited…that open world for the first time. It was so different.
Now that you mentioned it, not a single racing game has been included in this list.
I am playing through them right now and I am halfway through Burnout 2 I think. Paradise was the one I never touched before, looking forward to that
@@nanach6276 You'll have a blast! Although, I think we can agree that Burnout 3 was the king in the series. Revenge was 3 on steroids lol, such a banger.
Far Cry 2 absolutely blew me away when I first played it a few years after the release. Immersion excellency.
"Long in the tooth" is a saying back when you'd buy a horse and people would lie about it's age, but if you looked at how long the teeth looked, you'd get a good idea of how old it was and how much it was truly worth. Similar note, the opposite is true for dogs. (wear of the little teeth between the incisors indicates age)
Hm. I thought it was ‘cause as humans age, their gums recede to make their teeth look longer.
Informative. ☺️👍
Wow the more you know🫨 I always wondered how that saying came about lol
Soon after I read this, I came across it in an article and felt all smart thinking, 'I know what that means'. 💪☺️🤙And I have a dentist appointment this week. Gonna tell him I'm getting long in the tooth. 😁
This is also where the: "Don't look a rift* horse in the mouth." saying, comes from.
*Purposefully misspelt.
This vid just reinforces the uncomfortable feeling of becoming older and older 😅
Cool list as always, thank you guys!
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100%
Amen to that. Believe me, after you turn 50 or so, 15 years isn’t a very long time.
We will all eventually be dead and forgotten.
@@Grapefruit5000 bruh you OK?
2007-2010 was the golden era of PC and console gaming. Nothing from later decades comes close to how good and revolutionary the games from those years were.
True.
1991-1994 was other golden era, I think it was even better.
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No joke. Many of the all time best PC games were made early 90s.
Console games were dumb arcade back then. Hardcore gamers of course used computer to get best games because console games were children toys.
@@gruntaxeman3740No it’s because consoles was not that big at that time but it started to shifted after PlayStation 2 and Xbox One then consoles became bigger
But if you are from the time where Arcades was out people would say it was from 70-80’s that was the golden era those games they had back then are still iconic today Pac-Man, Space Invaders, Donkey Kong, Frogger, Centipede
But for me golden era is from 90-2013 where the best video games were released but I also consider the arcades as part of the golden era too since they started the video game industry and made it bigger and better to this day
One of the best decades for gamers. So much good stuff was launched at that time.
I dunno, have you seen what the 90's gave us?
Doom
Quake
Star Wars Jedi Knight Dark Forces 2
Half Life
Command & Conquer
StarCraft
WarCraft
Age of Empires
Baldur's Gate
Elder Scrolls Arena and Daggerfall
I could go on
@@candle86 yes, thats why I said "one of the best" not The best. I agree with you on this.
@Victor Graphics don't matter, 90% of the current games have zero gameplay and are full of microtransactions. I don't think any major studio even remembers what it takes to make a good game. No the best years are behind us, but younger gamers don't appreciate that while Half Life or Quake may look dated they have far better game play than anything that's come out in the past 15 years.
@Victor A lot of new games are just copies of older ones, not to mention the broken remakes with cut off content, then they add some make up (graphics) and launch it.
@Victor maybe I'm a bit nostalgious, then. Who knows, but for me, games used to be more fun. Maybe its me that aged or maybe its the games I used to play. Although, I know a lot of dudes that feels this way.
I started playing Far Cry 2 recently, mainly because ever since Far Cry 3, the games have just felt the same, and FC2 has this different vibe to it, I like the weapons, and the fact that you pull out your map and look at it physically, and it adds a sense of immersion to the game that just isn't in the newer ones anymore. It's been a fun playthrough so far, and I'm ready to go back into it
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Far Cry 3 was the last good one of the series.
Far cry 2 is a very boring game though, apart from the atmosphere it is such a boring empty game
Many people criticized this game for the lack of fast travel points, calling it 'Far Drive', but there is a point here - The developers did not spend so much time and effort crafting this awesome open world so that you wouldn't look at it in the end...
@@arithmetic7105 subjective, i find it very fun because i dont need stimulation every 2 seconds like a monster drinking cod tryhard
Bioshock 1 was leagues ahead of its time... The audio effects, storyline, soundtrack and graphics were nothing short of stunning. I still have this game on my hard disk!😊
I remember Army of Two from 2008 such a cool game with a fully coop campaign. Playing this with a friend was such a fun experience
Me and my Cousin played all 3 together loved that series
the second one was the first I ever played and then after playing it I just had to get the 1st one. Absolutely loved that series.
Me and my friend fucking lived that game
@@GoldenJoe9176 I only know abt the first and The Devil's Cartel, what's the other one??
@@NBRSxvage the Army of Two the 40th Day. You go to like Shanghai it’s a really good game
Far Cry 2, what a mindblower. Two huge maps, the Dunia engine, the worldbuilding, the jamming guns, the vehicles.., that game broke new ground no doubt. How awesome it would be to see it remade.
I would pay good money for a proper remake. Maybe even with true coop for the campaign 😮
Totally completely didn't need a remake. That wouldn't be awesome. Instead do another game that is taking place on Africa. Keep your remakes to yourself, sick of it...
@@IskenderCaglarM41B441 Wasnt talking to you
@@mateosimon4237 I still answered. Got a problem?
@@IskenderCaglarM41B441 Yeah I do, wanna fight? No problem
modded GTA 4, graphics, ai improvements, weapon changes, trying to recreate realism in nyc 2008, is currently one of the best experiences I've had in a while, its always good to return to these old games and It feels so refreshing to change it so much but have the same underling feel without breaking the game - its something I want to make a video about since so many modding videos overlook some great stuff & include silly unrealistic stuff...
As a person with a potato PC this video saved me a lot of time that I could have spent searching for great old games
Thanks GAMERANX!
Same lmao, I was stuck playing 15-20 year old games on my potato PC as well
my pc is the litteral reason I went from witcher 3 to the witcher 1
There are so many wonderful older games that are still great fun and run on very modest hardware. I was recently compiling a list and thought I should paste it here after seeing your comment, for those who might be interested. Most of these games are only about a couple of dollars each when on Steam sale or from a reputable key site like Eneba for instance. The most expensive one so far was Max Payne 3 but that is still well under $10 from a key site.
I hope someone will see one they will like, I highly recommend Thief 2 and Return To Castle Wolfenstein, they have some fantastic mods available that make them look really good and play better too and they are such fantastic games that offer something unique compared to modern games that make them a real fun time. And (like most on the list) they are both so cheap too!
Half Life: Black Mesa
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition
BioShock
Call of Juarez Gunslinger
DARK SOULS: Prepare To Die Edition
DOOM 3
Far Cry 3
Return To Castle Wolfenstein.
Half-Life 2
Just Cause 2
Just Cause 3
Left 4 Dead 2
Max Payne
Max Payne 2
Max Payne 3
Grid (Racedriver Grid)
Thief Gold
Thief 2: The Dark Project
Grid 2
F.E.A.R.
Wolfenstein
Wolfenstein Old Blood
Believe me when i said decade old games were best now a days you mostly a game made around 2-3 expects
Its either graphics,combat,gun play,story,sound tracks etc.
But back then games used to be pretty versitle in providing stuff
@@mechanicalpants thanks
CoD Modern Warfare, Left 4 Dead, Elder scrolls Oblivion, Mass Effect and Halo 3 were some of my favorites from then. Can’t believe how time flies so fast!
Time flies bro
storywise
warfare 2 was one of the best considering 2009
Golden age of gaming. One of the best times to be a gamer
cod 4 mw 2007 was ahead of its time too
@@yekonerocruyou don’t know they because games will be sick 70 years from now
I cannot explain how much far cry 2 blew my mind. Me and my friend picked it up from blockbusters on a whim, having no clue what it was. Hoping for a fun sleepover. We had the best night ever. Setting fire to grass and watching what happened was graphics on crack for the time. The multiplayer was so fun as well.
GTA 4 will forever be in my top 5 games. Not only because it’s my favourite GTA with the deepest and funniest characters, amazing free aim, dark story etc but it also got me into MMA and nearly 15 years later it’s still my favourite sport to watch. Thank you to “the mens room with bas and Jeremy” on the tv channels in GTA 4 👌🏻 also former UFC champion bas rutten helped make the physics for the game, mostly fighting and it really does feel good to punch someone in that game 😂
A very trash opinion
I miss bowling with Roman.
Mmma my favourite sport too
GTA 4 its a style, drama, atmosphere
I agree, and I think this game has better vehicle physics and NPC interactions then V does today.
I loved how Far Cry 2 made you actually break out a map to find out where you were going. Would love a remake with added wildlife
I would love a remake with good gameplay... I just want to see the technical side of 2 with the gameplay of 3 (minus the shitty crafting) or something. - But indeed, stuff like just pulling out the map, rather than opening a menu in your face in 3, should have stayed in there. - But man, is FC2 BORING. I followed that from its preview-demos and wanted to love it, but it's so dull, both in terms of gameplay and to look at (though that can be tweaked into something 10 times better). I've seriously tried multiple times to keep playing it, but it just loses me every time. - I mean, I really can't imagine booting up FC2 like "I'm going to have fun now.", because that has disappointed me before. I get that feeling more with FC3, which just "nailed" the gameplay, for the most part, evidently as they stuck with that style. - But I do love the technical stuff they did with FC2, which just makes it more like a tech-demo than a game to me. - Also, I do NOT want to see an announcement for a "Far Cry 7", but it's probably inevitable. - I just want something new/different. I appreciate "Primal" a lot for that.
Ur mom is wildlife
And also the fact you have to keep an eye out for enemy is more immersive in far cry 2 then any other far cry where you tag enemy with camera and binoculars
Thank you for mentioning Killzone 2. I absolutely loved that game. While my friends played cod or gears of war I was on this. The online felt so rewarding when your team could work together.
Speaking of old, this video made me feel old. I remember being absolutely psyched about some of these games releasing and spending whole weekends playing them. Time flies.
Yooo you are not lying .. I remember playing gta 4 before my mom come home n made me do my homework lmso
I hear you man!
Mass Effect 1 definitely on here for me. Recently started the Legendary Edition and couldn’t believe the original was released in 2007!
I was also so blown away by that early E3 reveal of Killzone 2. The possibilities of PS3’s tech weren’t fully understood to the market at that point. Despite it being simply a pre rendered cinematic, I still loved the actual game. Great vid gameranx, feelin the nostalgia heavy today
How, how HOW is Fallout 3 not on this list?! It is such an innovative game and a huge leap forward for the series, It had a huge world to explore and extremely fun to play.
it doesnt hold up graphicly
totally underrated and surprised he never included them, new vegas also!
@@HUYI1 also dated
Definitely doesn't hold up, and on release was a Divisive Game. You either Love it or Hate it, and it seems the "Hate It" side has more members. New Vegas does still hold up, the graphics aren't great but everything else in it holds up well....but also was a Divisive Game but more Love it than Hate it.
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory was way, way ahead of it's time. From the stunning lighthouse opening level to the very end. Still looks amazing to this very day
relates.
grew up on them Splinter Cell games, great titles they were indeed.
Splinter Cell Fans Assemble!
Best stealth game ever made.
Agreed!
@@bkorodi1797 (mgs1-2 and 3)
to be fair Crysis got a remaster, so keep that in mind folks. only the OG version has graphics that are 15+ years old.
and i think STALKER got a remaster too but can't remember if thats correct. (game devs seem to only be doing remasters these days cause the gaming industry is stale and we are stuck playing old games anyways since they can't produce any more good original ideas)
Red Dead Redemption isn't quite 15 years, but its coming up on 13 years next month. In 4k, this game looks absolutely incredible. Hard to believe its been out for that long
I'm actually playing through it for the first time on the weekends on XBox One. Want to finish the story before I move on to RDR2. Yes, I am EXTREMELY late to this particular party...
Damn time flies
@@SixStringflyboy NO RDR2 TAKES PLACE BEFORE RDR1 PLAY RDR2 FIRST
@@SixStringflyboy RDR 1 IS AFTER RDR2
@@SixStringflyboyWhile you're playing them backwards in chronological order, I still would agree with your choice. Trust me, you're not going to want to play Red Dead 1 after playing Red Dead 2.
CoD Modern Warfare in 2007 cannot be understated how big this game was for both setpiece cinematic single player FPS and insanely addicted multiplayer with an RPG progression system keeping you coming back to play it endlessly. Helped that the gameplay was fast and exciting.
Cod games always blew me away with the graphics
I agree.I am a fan since the very first CoD,and my favourite is WaW.
For real cod 4 was easy top 10 all times most important and biggest at the time
The first Call of Duty was groundbreaking at the time, but can't say the same about subsequent titles at least what comes to the single-player experience. They follow pretty much the same formula as their predecessors - budgets increase, there is new story and setting but that's about it.
A little over 15, the game that turned me into an addict, ES4 Oblivion. Just under 15, the game I'm currently playing, once again, ES5 Skyrim. It's amazing, IMO, how well Skyrim has held up, particularly with 150 mods loaded. I'm enjoying it as much as any 'modern' game I've played lately.
What really blows my mind is that half of them still hold up graphically
Yep
Wow you must have watched the video at 100x speed 😂
Especially Portal
not at all, but quality wise, half of them do.
Back then it was a race of innovation
@@PokerLover101just use a couple of mods and they will look like they are just 5 years old
You brought me back in time. I'm 42 yo, I'm a gamer since 1986. (ZX Spectrum), so these are very dear to me. Go further back in time, to the early days od 3D graphics. Unreal, Half Life, those classics. :)
Very relaxing video with positive vibes. ❤
word!
Great video bro, I'm more interested in old games than new games, I also don't know why? Btw nice content bro, amazing!! 👍
I was really hoping you’d mention Dead Space! That game still holds up amazingly, and has helped redefine the horror genre as a whole! It was released October 14th, 2008.
I mentioned it. Great minds think alike. The original doom for the Xbox is the one that always pops into my mind.
Yeah dead space deserves to be here. And it really, really didn't need a remake. What a wasted resources...
@@Unknown_Genius I think he meant Doom three which was arguably the best looking game out there at release on PC. Squeezing it onto the original Xbox was damned impressive.
Replayed it last year in 4K. Really holds up well and I really think the remake was unnecessary (like RE4). There are games out there that do warrant an update (PS1 era stuff).
One of my favourite games from that late 2000’s era was Uncharted 2 (released in 2009). It was actually my favourite in the franchise, despite many people favouring 4
Favorite game ever
You forgot the predecessor to BeamNG Drive: Rigs of Rods (RoR). It's a realistic car crash simulator that came in August of 2005. Yes you heard that right, it came almost 20 years ago and the physics were unbelievable for its time. I remember playing it for the first time around 2012 and I was blown away. On top of that, it was free and open source, and if you were into 3D modeling, you could make cars and terrains.
I replayed the two PS3 Arkham games last year and they have aged beautifully. Once you’re totally immersed, it really doesn’t feel like it has aged 15 years. The storyline beats still hit you like a truck.
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Yeah I never played the Arkham games when they came out but just started going through them as a series recently. I'm almost done with Origins and they have all felt pretty great and fun. From the very start of Asylum it's just a great ride.
For me the Problem is Origins gameplay wise was just so much better and provided a few "quality of life" improvements that they never really captured again. Traveling started feeling really Tedious going back to the Arkham City Remaster after Origins.
what ps3 you have
Very excited to see this series grow, love reminiscing about old games 😢
More to come!
@@gameranxTV yayyy
@@gameranxTVTimestamp and actual name of the game in the video header. Please. Don't be so lazy. Or do you guys just not care anymore.
I spent so much time in Far Cry 2. For me, the game was very immersive. I rarely find games today that can pull me in like that.
It’s crazy to think that GTA 5, The PS4 and the Xbox One are all going to be a decade old this year.
Yep
Yeah I’m amazed how gta 5 still looks amazing today and that world is massive and detailed
15 years ago is half my life... and I fully remember at least seeing most of these games in HS at my buddies house 😊 pure nostalgia
"half my life"? More like half life .
That game is way too good even today almost 2 decades later.
Sorry for my bad joke
@FROSTY ya know what, it made me chuckle and I needed that 😊 so thank you.
Man, it's still hard to believe that, to this day, there are groups of guys, gathering around just to play that one game that released 15 years ago!
I'm about 15 years older than you, and I started with freaking lcd handheld games...(!) then the C64, then PC VGA games... in the 25 years BEFORE this last 15 years, games came a looooooong way... :)
Im actually 15 yrs old now
I saw someone in a comment section talking about GTA IV and said, _"Realism isn't everything, FUN is..."_ I think they've mistaken Realism for Realistic Graphics. *REALISM* is *FUN,* and it's *EVERYTHING* you could do in a game that also happens in real life which gives the sense of feeling of Realism in the first place which makes it fun and interesting to play. As much as I love how realistic a game looks, Graphics isn't everything when talking about Realism.
Another game that really blows my mind is Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc. That is my favorite video game. I went crazy with that game when I was a kid. The graphics, The music, the story, the gameplay and the voice acting are all fantastic. Still looks good to this day. It really bums me out that Ubisoft is ignoring Rayman. I really hope we get some remastered Rayman games.
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I have to agree, but with the current state Ubisoft is at, maybe it's a good thing that they're not making Rayman games.
@@gameranxTV I want a job with y’all 👀
Rayman 2 was great
Even Rayman 1 on either PS1, PC or whatever was pretty crazy, so many days pissed trying to pass it 😎
If you make a video for games that are pushing 20 years old, the original F.E.A.R. deserves one of the top spots.
That game still looks great and Alma is as creepy as ever.
3 games you forgot to add to the list:
- Assassin's Creed
- Tomb Raider Aniversary
- Hitman Blood Money
So much nostalgia. Most of these came out right around the time I was getting out of highschool and starting college. So many good memories
I think F.E.A.R. should be on the list. While the graphics didn't hold up too great, it was a great psychological thriller. Plus the AI was (and in my opinion still is) one of the best in any first person shooter. I don't know how many times I was kept busy as most of the enemy lay down cover fire while one of the AI crept around and shot me in the back.
The AI think it's not an opinion.. just facts, and the game doesn't look that bad either. I replay it once a year, still one of the best FPS ever.. to bad the sequels are not as good
Been playing them again now they are backwards compatible on Xbox
@@KVROACEGG Stalker also has good enemy AI. Not perfect but considerably better than modern AAA games that do not even try. One of the reasons those games are loved to this day.
SWAT 4 also deserves honorable mention. While not as good as FEAR or Stalker in terms of AI, commanding your swat team works quite well and the suspects act rather dynamically. They even pioneered features such as voice command which were not feasible at the time, but with modern speech recognition should work fairly well.
The game was developed by Irrational Games who later went on and developed Bioshock. The atmosphere is thick and surprisingly excellent for such a game.
Far Cry 2 "wow" realizations when playing: frustrating weapon jams (deterioration of any weapon), seamless vehicle exit/entry, on-vehicle map, spreading fire, side-objective of surviving malaria on meds amidst missions. Moving to Far Cry 3 even felt different.
Left 4 Dead 1 came out in november 2008, so it's almost 15 years old. Been playing it since then. It's my favorite game of all time and it was seriously ahead of its time in terms of graphics, physics, animations and overall smoothness. The co-op is simple, yet perfect. Met so many people through there, even met my first girlfriend on there.
Absolute gem
Masterpiece.
Best zombie shooter game of all time.
@@aldo0368 Hard to see anything better coming.
More of a fan of 2 but it was an amazing game
The Saboteur, not yet 15 years old, was and still is incredible. I played thought it about a few months ago almost in one sitting (took me about a week). It does lack some newer gaming gimmicks but all in all, what a game
underrated game, not enough people know about it
Red Faction Guerrilla is the exact opposite. Loved that game...but going back to Remarstered Edition it just didnt feel good anymore.
Take away the stylish visuals and it's just another bloated openworld game.
I loved that game, but not many people even know about it.
Oh yes awesome game, I've played it 3 times lol, truly open world and you can play it anyhow you want 👌
Mirror's Edge, what an amazing game! I got vibes from that game no other game gave me playing it.
The original Star Wars The Force Unleashed is 15 years old. It still looks great today for me. It was also my first hack and slash experience in gaming, and it’s still top notch for me. It may be slower than other games like it, but it did what it set out to do, and I loved the crap out of it.
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I also really enjoyed that one at the time, and I've yet to find time to play the sequel before touching anything else Star Wars gaming related...
I know those games gets a lot of shade but I love both of them one and two. Pulling a star destroyer out the sky , fight a chained Gorog
Same😃 That game had some of the best combat and visuals I had seen on PC at the time. I loved it so much that I even played through it on my PSP as well. It definitely deserves more love and recognition than it got.
@You 2be The sequel was good but didn't really live up to the greatness of the original in my opinion. Also it was a bit too short.
Was hoping Lost Odyssey made its way onto the list. It wasn't a big name game, but it was highly highly underrated for the time. The graphics were amazing, and the story was unique and beautifully told.
I hope it makes it onto one of your lists in the future!
Picking up loose bricks from a pile of ruble was such an underrated effect from GTA 4
2007-2013 was kind of a videogame Renaissance for me: so many brand-new IPs coming out of nowhere picking up my interest in video games and the revival of game franchises that I had lost interest for in the SNES era!
It really felt refreshing in many ways back then, and I haven't felt like that towards video games ever since!...
15 years ago was quite the time in my life. Graduated High School in 2006, got my first job the next year and was earning enough money to actually buy things for myself. With my first couple paychecks, I wanted to finally get a Wii, but even a year after release it was sold out everywhere. So instead I bought a 360 and eventually, my first gaming PC. There were a whole lot of revolutionary games coming out at that time. I can still remember the incredible impact Portal and Arkham and Mirror's Edge had then. The controversy over GTA4's change of tone and how heavily the Saint's Row series leaned into countering it. And not only that, but the internet, and particularly TH-cam was really starting to kick off making the dissemination of gaming news and discussion all the more easier. It was a time I feel people were truly hyped about gaming.
Remember GTA IV has an underrated fighting system, with blocks, slips and knees.
I still can't beleive MW2 was E3 09' It feels like yesterday I watched the stage demo on Tech TV...
I remember there wasn't to much in terms of media reviews, you had to know where to look online. TH-camrs doing playthroughs was a rare thing. Buying games sometimes was a roll of a dice. You made decisions off of what the cover looked like, or what the brief description about the game was on the back. Or maybe you just heard in the hall some kids talking about the game.
This video brought back that feeling of mid 2000s nostalgia - Crazy how time flies, I hope we can explore games from the ps3, 360 era more.
What blows my mind is that a human being born in 2007 is 15~16 now 🤯. I mean... people born in 2007 are supposed to be like babies, you know?
I can’t believe that left 4 dead 1 and 2 are both around 15 years old too
Those games still hold up really well and no game has been able to recreate the magic on a modern console sadly
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I still play Stalker to this day. Waited for 6 full years from the moment I learned about the game till release. I still have the gaming magazin lying around, announcing the game for the first time. No other game in history got me so hooked. And probably never will. Thank god we have such an amazing modding community that still cares for this masterpiece and furthermore allowed for the Anomaly SA.
Halo 3 is also 15 years old, and it still looks great
Black came out in February 2006, that's 17 years ago, and it still looks really good, maybe not the environment, but the weapons still holdup really well
I remember it had some cool features too like you could shoot a door with a shotgun to blow the door off it's hinges and make it fall over. For a ps2 game it's probably one of the best fps games to exist.
Motorstorm Pacific Rift is also 15 years old, and greatly deserves a spot in this list. Still an awesome game.
Metal Gear Solid 4 is 15 years old. I remember that game including seemless transitions between cutscenes and gameplay and that blew my mind in 2008.
played it yesterday and the frames are really not that good
@@Sneaky_racoon_sly MGS4 is a pretty ugly game, especially compared to today. It’s got an overly brown color palette and very stiff animations. But for 2008, it was amazing.
Dead Space 1 is another one of those 15 year old games that really blew people's minds. The graphics, the physics, the ragdoll motions and not to mention crazy amount of gore are just something else.
Dead space is still one of the best games of all time. I still play it and I love it, even more than the remake version. Dead space 1 and 2 were a masterpiece. 3 was meh.
i am playing it. I have lost will to play , Its scary :'(
I learned Russian to play Stalker because of the Day 1 bug where roughly half way through the story in english the game would crash and corrupt your save game. It was only the english version that did this.
Even though it's just 13 years old I think Metro 2033 should have gotten a honorable mention
I am so happy you mentioned Mirror's Edge, that game is timeless in everyway.
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Yeah will forever be the first first person parkour game still enjoyed playing through it again on my aya Neo handheld pc 😉😏
Prince Of Persia from 2008 is perhaps my favorite game when it comes to visual design. It looks really good for a game that old, because of the way they animated it.
Not only GTA 4 is 15 years old, the game also has the best story of a single main protagonist.
Not only that, the stories of Niko, Johnny and Luis collided with each other throughout the game. I must say extra story of Luis Johnny are the best story DLCs ever
but the driving man
They made GTA 4's story so damn good that all they can do with the 5th installment is to release it 4 times within just 10 years for 3 different generations of consoles and PC.
@@Sneaky_racoon_sly was dope af to me. a little skatey if you weren’t used to it yet, but the cars felt like they had real weight to them. and then the damage physics on them were 🤌
I have never played it and just bought a copy on eBay a week ago. Gonna grab a 360 and see what I’ve been missing.
@@DillyBar_666 do yourself a favor and buy an xbox one. it plays better there and on one x many games like red dead 1 ir mirrors edge in 4k and 60.fps
stalker will always hold a special place in my heart. ever since i was just a little toddler i watched my dad play it on his old raggedy computer, and ever since, i have been astonished with the game and i couldnt get it out of my head. so i decided to play the whole franchise on my own last year. its honestly unfathomable how such an masterpiece is so unsung nowadays.
It really has a great atmosphere, sitting down at a fore and listening to someone play their acoustic guitar. Love that game.
modding community proves how well beloved it was.
@@CP077 true that. the community is the least toxic compared to others aswell, the support is phenomenal.
Might have inspired Chernobylite.
There's a section of Metro Exodus called The Volga and the entire time all I could think was "This is the closest thing to Stalker I've felt in more than a decade"
I remember when GTA IV was released. I got it at midnight and stayed up late playing it. When I went to work at Blockbuster the next day I had this pain behind my left eye and then started feeling nauseous.
I did go to work, but told them how I was feeling. The assistant manager was not believing me and thought I was lying.
I don't think he saw this, but I threw up in the parking lot next to my car. Immediately felt relief, but just wasn't sure what was going on, so I went home.
While I've never been diagnosed, I started seeing a pattern after this. Long periods of screen time could cause me to get sick.
It hasn't happened in YEARS (maybe a total of 3 since the story above and including it).
I adapted by reducing the brightness of screens and putting a cap on gametime.
The Portal series is highly underrated, especially 1, Portal 2 was definitely a step up, but it was the first game that started it all.
The cake is a lie!
Underrated? Everybody and their dog loves the game. It's not underrated.
Let's not forget about Left 4 dead. An by extension Left 4 dead 2 is almost 15 yrs old as well. The heyday for valve games, imo.
How is one of the highest rated game series considered underrated? Do you know what underrated means? 🤔
Not underrated at all, they're universally acclaimed and loved
StarCraft (1998), almost 30 years at this point. While the original can use some love they did release a remastered version that brings the graphics up to today's graphics. It did so much for PC gaming and RTS gaming that not enough people give it credit for as one of the grandfathers of the genre
StarCraft and Command and Conquer were so Iconic that the new Dune Spice Wars game is pretty much StarCraft: Command and Conquer and it's a modern game that isn't even fully released.
@@justinlast2lastharder749 take a look at Stormgate, it's not even in beta yet but it's looking good if you liked StarCraft. It's being made by the same people who made the original Warcraft franchise and StarCraft franchise but away from Blizzard so their love can get back into it
Today GTA IV turns 15... Still remember buying the game when it came out back in 2008. Never enjoyed a GTA game as much as I did with this one, nostalgia hitting hard.
For me, it's Caesar 3, Zeus/Poseidon and Rise of The Middle Kingdom. Those citybuilding games always have a special place in my heart. And they're are more than 20 years old already.
Being one of the older millennial gamers out there (I'm turning 41 y/o this year), I like strolling down memory lane through videos like this one. So, if y'all are planning more videos like this one, I'd say, go for it, please! I would especially love to see some classics from the SNES era.
Soon-to-be 48 GenXer here, and I would love to see this too.
@@SixStringflyboy Whatever grandpa...
I'm 62 now and have played since Atari came out and still play to this day, one of my fav that I'm playing now is wildlands on pc 👌, gaming keeps me young lol 🤣👍
You missed the definitive submarine simulation; Silent Hunter III. The modding community has made this game even better than when it came out in 2005.
I feel old AF after this video lol, but the best years of gaming are behind us sadly. 2004-2014 was the best decade of gaming we will ever see as gamers. I’d say that maybe 2-4 out of every 10 games are actually fun today. 😢
The original Skate takes me back. I remember specifically going with my parents to walmart so I could play the demo on their Xbox 360 when we couldn't afford one. Really holds a place in my heart.
I got so into this video that I accidentally brush my teeth twice without realizing it😂 I played all those games I can’t believe it’s been that long. Great series thanks for making me feel old lol
For me 2007-2009 was like the golden age of video games, so many great video games to play. it was hard to find the time to play and enjoy all of them
2004-2013
@@Sneaky_racoon_sly even saying 2004-2013 discounts all the amazing 2d games. the golden era of gaming i'd say was 1986 - 2010 . it was around 2010 that the magic of gaming started to fade. I still game now , but it just doesn't immerse me like it used to. the magic of it all has definitely faded. every thing today is so focused on tech and hardware . potatoe pc versus gaming beast god pc , or this console has that ect ect. i mean sure back in the 80's and 90's there was that shit too but it just never seemed to occupy the gamers long , the converstation definitely went more towards the games themselves. today us geeks go on and on and on about hardware , but not so much about the game's themselves.
@@DenverStarkey youre right but for me everything under the n64 doesnt hold up because they are to hard. also 2013 we got bioshock infinite the last of us rayman ledgens etc. i think we all agree the ps4 generation was the one that started the bad ära of gaming even though it also had good games
2000-2013
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I built my first gaming PC at 16 about 15/16 years ago. And these games bring back a whole bunch of nostalgia.
Crysis may not look impressive as a whole but look at that foiliage at 6:34... It still looks incredible to this day imo. Not the best engine overall but for that particular purpose it's unbeaten.
Great series, as a 33yo gamer of course I enjoy the trip down memory lane but it's interesting to note the end of the 2000s were a pivotal moment for the industry where many of the modern gameplay mechanics and big franchises were being created. A lot was going on back then. Much of today's standardized AAA gameplay experience stems from those days. So if you're curious, it's almost always worth trying out a game from that era, because while it will a bit clunky and rough around the edges at times, it will also feel very modern and enjoyable.
So many great games that didn't make the list. What an incredible few years 2007-09 were for gaming. Might've been the true "golden" years when we look back another 15 years from now.
I've been obsessed with Stalker Anomaly the past two years (The 3 Stalker games kinda reworked together in a 64 bit version of the original games' engine). Tweaking already revolutionary gameplay and AI makes for the most immersive game I've ever played since I picked up a NES controller in 1990. I even go back and play the originals every couple years - their gameplay and AI / Factions still stand out as something amazing.
The first Killzone a mess? Might be in some parts, but in others, like you could select as who you play in many levels with varying paths....that was revolutionary for its time as well!
While i didn't like the gunplay of Killzone 2, I loved the MP. The way matches had alternating modes all within a match was amazing. I really wish modern games would incorporate that style of MP.
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same adn w/ the reception, multiplayer is where it shines.
great memories, fr my cousin recommends me the game for its multiplayer.
Imagine being 15 years old, and just knowing about these 15 years' old games.
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I’m 16 and I grew up playing all of these games my literal childhood.
Absolute madness.
Crazy. I’m 23 and surprised these are all 15 years old. Still remember when skate 3 came out.
What hurts more is 15 years ago was in the 2000’s… damn I feel old now
What hurts more is remembering games like Brute Force and realizing we haven't seen any Arcade shooters like it in about 20 years now... And Republic Commando... We'll be lucky to see another good SW FPS like it by the 40th anniversary at this point.
As someone who's been gaming since the late 70s, yeah, I feel old AF. But that's only because I am.
It felt like those years gaming was at its peak.
so true
True I agree but ain’t gonna lie I’m really enjoying my PS5 and love seeing the progression of games.
The revitalized interest in Far Cry 2 is because it brought to the table an incredible level of environmental interactivity, intricately detailed rather than simply high pixel-density surroundings, and startlingly advanced AI behaviors by present day, let alone 2008, standards. All areas where the AAA industry would spend the next decade and a half cutting corners.
Dirt 2 is not quite 15 years old but remains my favorite from the series. A fun arcade leaning rally racer with nice graphics and modes of race that are all fun.