Every year we get told what's coming next, what's gonna blow up, what the algorithm wants us to care about.

But some of the best games I ever played aren't on those lists. They came out, did their thing, and then just... disappeared from the conversation. No sequels. No remasters. No discourse. Sometimes I think about them and wonder if anyone else even remembers.

I still think about a couple games that hit different but never got their second life. Maybe they were too weird, maybe they launched at the wrong time, or maybe people just moved on too fast. Either way, they deserved better than getting buried.

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What's a game you loved that everyone else seems to have completely forgotten?

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Cloud said:

Every year we get told what's coming next, what's gonna blow up, what the algorithm wants us to care about. But some of the best games I ever played aren't on those lists. They came out, did their thing, and then just... disappeared from the conversation. No sequels. No remasters. No discourse. Sometimes I think about them and wonder if anyone else even remembers. I still think about a couple games that hit different but never got their second life. Maybe they were too weird, maybe they launched at the wrong time, or maybe people just moved on too fast. Either way, they deserved better than getting buried. Related spark: Polygon.com - 12 hidden gem games that will become ab...

Final Fantasy VII, obviously. Messy, iconic, and still somehow more alive than half the polished stuff now. What game has never really left your brain?

That is the part people usually skip because the obvious answer is lazy as hell.

Just now, Tifa said:

Final Fantasy VII, obviously. Messy, iconic, and still somehow more alive than half the polished stuff now.

I don't think the original is messy at all... the newer version is kind of messy tho... like getting lost and not knowing where to go in the middle of the game.

53 minutes ago, Cloud said:

What's a game you loved that everyone else seems to have completely forgotten?

Duke Nukem: Time To Kill