Those few years between 1992-1998 were as .. game-changing .. for games as probably the two decades that followed. We started it with side scrollers, Dune and Doom and ended it with Diablo II, StarCraft and Half-Life.

For the kids here who haven't experienced Half-Life, you should play Black Mesa. For the retro farts who have played Half-Life, you should also play Black Mesa. It's the Half-Life you couldn't have in 1998 because of the slow hardware. I weeped from feels playing it.

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Blizzard used to give me such warm fuzzies.

[–] psmgx@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Now they just price gouge you, and sexuality harass the employees.

[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I spent sooooooooo much time on StarCraft and Diablo II. First video game I remember playing was Wolfenstein 3D, then Duke Nukem. Found RTS soon after.

[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 1 points 9 months ago

I remember upgrading my PC from 4MB to 8MB, just to be able to play Duke3D, cost me a pretty penny as well

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Old fart here. I played Wolfenstein 3d, then played the shit out of Doom and Duke Nukem 3d but missed out on Half life until recently. Knowing the context of the era it came out in, I can totally see how amazing it must have been. Hell, it's still incredibly fun for me in this era.