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So Remo and company were talking about "gamer literacy" on the Shackcast, and I thought it was interesting enough to get some broader opinions about.
What games should you play to consider yourself "gamer literate?" What experiences are so important, whether in terms of story, gameplay, atmosphere, music, or some other reason, that they must be played in order to consider yourself knowledgeable about gaming?
Some examples that came up on the podcast were:
Super Metroid
Sim-City
Castlevania: Symphony of the NIght
Full Throttle
Final Fantasy 7 (lol)
I think everyone can come up wtih the obvious examples, such the big first party Nintendo games: The Mario classics (1, 3, World, 64), The Legend of Zelda and Ocarina of Time.
Half-Life
Quake
Doom
etc.
But what are some less obvious games that you would nominate as necessary for someone who wants to be gaming literate?
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So this is more of a high and mighty elitist type debate that ends up with "dude! I've been gaming longer than you!".
I skipped games like Thief 1, 2 and System Shock 2 due to the production values and general clunkiness. This is appaling to some gamers from that era. Then I point out that they weren't playing Robotron or arcade games in the mid 80's because they were 6.
It's all subjective as the list of "best movies of all time" that the AFI puts out. The real issue is that unfortunatley, games do not age well, so it's hard to go back and play the classics in any decent form. That's a shame.
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