For me it’s Chrono Trigger. I always want to play it. I want to show it to my children. I hope it will be regarded as a masterpiece for generations to come.

  • saffron@sh.itjust.works
    8·
    2 years ago

    The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

    From the art to the music to the plot to the gameplay, it’s just iconic.

    • citronnier@sh.itjust.works
      31·
      2 years ago

      Portal 2 is still beautiful 12 years after its release and puzzle games will be relevent even in 50 years.

  • CloverSi@lemmy.comfysnug.space
    51·
    2 years ago

    Super Mario World! It holds up remarkably well even by modern platformer standards. It feels great, looks great, and is a blast to explore.

  • walkercricket@sh.itjust.works
    3·
    2 years ago

    I would say Borderlands 2. This game is so good in terms or story and gameplay creating its own type of game + the graphics that are sort of cartoon/drawing like definitely makes it timeless for me. I would still restart a gameplay today if it wasn’t for the 4 or 5 times I finished it at the time it got released haha

  • Salami456@sh.itjust.works
    3·
    2 years ago

    This is going to be a weird one considering the graphics, but hear me out, the original Deus Ex. Something about the game just feels so well put together that the graphics take a back seat to the gameplay. There is a reason the community around the game has fought so hard to keep it running on modern hardware.

    • bobtoad1@lemmy.one
      1·
      2 years ago

      The original DE is still one of my favorite games of all time. It’s truly a masterpiece.

  • azayrahmad@sh.itjust.works
    3·
    2 years ago

    I honestly feel a little disappointed that I scrolled this far and nobody mentioned Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (1999).

    This is an RTS game, which is a dying genre. It’s also a 24 year old game, which after its release two more Age of Empires games have been released as well, and the game itself has been remastered recently. Yet people continue to play the original game to this day, the multiplayer scene and competitions are still active.

    If that is not timeless I don’t know what is.

  • raiun@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 years ago

    The Binding of Isaac. I keep buying it on all platforms. No single run is the same. More expensive than it should be these days but it is my crack.

  • Refurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org
    2·
    2 years ago

    In no particular order:

    Chrono Trigger

    Binding of Isaac Rebirth

    myhouse.wad (I know it came out this year, but goddamn it’s good)

    Yoshi’s Island

    Super Mario All-Stars + World (cheating maybe?)

    Silent Hill 1, 2, and 3

    Terranigma

    OMORI (also recent, but also damn good)

    LoZ: Majora’s Mask

    Pokemon 2nd gen (could totally just be nostalgia talking right here)

    Tetris

    Super Smash Bros Melee

    Mario Kart 64

    Also I keep coming back to yashum’s Call of Cthulhu SMW hack.

        • monsterpiece42@reddthat.com
          1·
          2 years ago

          I started playing Valve games with HL2, and didn’t play HL1 until the Black Mesa game came out. I highly recommend. It’s a fantastic game and the story made bolder choices than the new games. It really gives a sense of wonder in parts, especially on the back half of the story.