The "New" Enduring Classics

[CityofTreez]

Is this a personal list? Because anyone not putting Bioshock or the Mass Effect series as games that will not be remembered 10 years from now are lying to themselves.

I'm sure they'll be remembered, but I doubt they'll be remembered as classics.

I'd say Portals, Arkhams, Souls, Galaxy 2, Witcher 2, Minecraft. I'd deeply like to say Bayonetta but I think the lead character will drag it down

Well I'm just going off of that both series were/have been called influential, got great reviews and are still talked about today.

Going with "mass" recognition as a classic, at least in their respective genre's.

 

[Signa]

Okami for sure. The visuals alone are immune to aging. After that, I'm not so sure. The other submissions to this thread make me weep, because they are nothing like the enduring classics of my time. Is that what kids 20 years from now all have to look forward to; is a bunch of first person games of varied flavors? Bioshock and Portal are the only ones that come close, because they work on far more depths than "shoot guy, win game." Borderlands might endure, simply because loot games are fun, and no one seems keen on ripping off that formula. 20 years from now, that concept might still seem fresh.

 

[Gabanuka]

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Oblivion was much better than Skyrim. Much.

Aside from that I agree with your list and ass Bioshock into the mix.

 

[Hawkeye 131]

As for this generations classics, I'd say these would all easily classify;

- Mass Effect 1&2
- BioShock
- Portal 1&2
- Spec Ops: The Line
- Limbo
- Minecraft
- Batman Arkham Series
- Oblivion & Skyrim
- Starcraft 2
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
- Assassin's Creed 1&2
- The Witcher 1&2
- Half-Life 1&2
- Halo 1,2&3
- Fallout 3
- Resident Evil 4
- Dark Souls
- Deus Ex: HR
- Left 4 Dead 2
- DA: Origins
- Borderlands 2
- Dishonoured
- EVE online
- Dead Space

-Hawk

 

[Bazaalmon]

I think that some of the classics will be Portal 1/2, Minecraft, Dishonored, the Mass Effect Trilogy, and Amnesia: The Dark Descent.

 

[shadyh8er]

I'd also wager Walking Dead will be remembered in a few years time.

I second this. It succeeded where Heavy Rain failed. I.e. no plot holes (that I know of anyway), and decisions having more impact than just getting a different line of dialogue in a later cutscene.

Bioshock also gets my vote (seriously, who wasn't mindfucked by "would you kindly...?")

And finally, because I'm a hopeless Sony fanboy, Uncharted 2. The first one tried to do too much (though to be fair, this was before it was agreed on that Six-Axis controls were a bad idea), and the third one didn't do enough (too many plot threads left hanging. Tell me more about Drake's ego hurting people around him dammit!)

 

[Xariat]

-Bioshock
-Portal
-Half life 2
-CoD 4 (it's already sort of a classic, just look at all the modern shooters it spawned)
-Dishonored
-borderlands
-limbo
-minecraft
-oblivion

It's hard to say though, what we will and wont remember is hard to pin-point

 

[Saviordd1]

-Portal
-Mass Effect (The ending helps in its endurance believe it or not)
-To early to tell but I think Walking Dead will make it
-The Witcher 2
-Dragon Age
-WoW (Sadly)
-Minecraft

 

[krazykidd]

If it were up to me, Final Fantasy XIII should be the everlasting classic.

Maybe the more popular answer would be something like Minecraft or even DayZ.

Good thing it's not up to you then . FFXIII doesn't even deserve an honorable mention , and i like the game .

OT:

Persona 4 Golden will endure for ages! Along with Portal and a few others I guess.

Persona 4 Golden doesn't count . It is a remake of a ps2 game . That's like if i said SoTC HD collection. Nope that's cheating.

OT:
PS3: demons/dark souls .
Wii:Mario galaxy/g2 .
PC: portal/P2
Xbox360 : has no games .

 

[Rooster Cogburn]

There are a few I would put on the list, but the one that obviously belongs there is Dark Souls or the Souls series generally. It's the only one in this thread that truly threw away the rule book and wrote a new one in my opinion.

 

[Scow2]

I'd say Halo would be one... but that was the LAST generation, not the current one.

I'm also discounting any Remake or not-standout sequel to older franchises

Mass Effect is up there. The first one, at least. Can't tell about Gears of War. I'm not so sure about Portal/2, nor any Indie game.

... it's impossible to really tell, though. Maybe Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. We hate it now because it's mainstream, but in a few years, it'll probably be seen in a kinder light.

Depending on definition of "classic", a few MMOs might count, such as Guild Wars 2 or even World of Warcraft... but WoW bumps into "Last Generation", being a 2005 game.

 

[Squilookle]

I'd say Minecraft, Spec Ops: The Line, and Mount and Blade Warband, though now that Chivalry is out everyone has just abandoned Warband, it seems.

 

[uchytjes]

My personal two for the past two years would be Minecraft and FTL. Minecraft because its fricking minecraft and FTL for being a very successful crowdfunded game.

 

[Arluza]

The Portal games will endure.
Dark Souls will as well (Maybe Demon's Souls, but since it is a PS3 exclusive, i'm not sure)
As to Skyrim? no. It won't stand the test of time. It is only a year old and the 13 year old engine (no, the Creation Engine isn't new. it is a patch job of gamebryo, which is a patchup of Morrrowind's engine, which was a patchup of an even older engine) The Bethesda team is locked into very odd and old development and design ideas that don't fit.

 

[Ryank1908]

Minecraft, Mount & Blade, Just Cause 2 (because come on it's so damn fun), Plants vs Zombies, Portal(s), and The Witcher 2.

The list would be a lot longer if I put games that I think they'll end up making a sequel to on there, like Skyrim and Fallout 3 and Assassin's Creed 2 (not 3, fuck 3.) Those games will be around for a while but I can't see the series actually ending so the new titles will always replace the old.

 

[The Sanctifier]

I'd have to go with Minecraft and both portal games.
I think that for a game to become a classic, it must stand out for itself rather then being seen as just another sequel.

Minecraft stands out because while Infirminer did the whole Lego thing first, Minecraft turned the whole concept into a proper game where you feel like you can do something with all the buildings and castles you make.

And Portal 1 and 2 (particularly 2) stands out because its one of the few games around that really does humor right and actually made me laugh a few times.

 

[aguspal]

Hello Escapists !
So recently, I've been replaying Super Metroid on the SNES and I was impressed with how well it had endured the test of time by being as engaging and enjoyable today, despite the now inferior 16-bit technology of its time.
I have two younger cousins both born post 2001 who have been raised with the DS and the Wii, and have played my ps3. On their most recent visit, they came across my n64 and super mario 64 and OoT and mario kart, and spent the entire visit quietly enjoying these older games. Considering these kids usually bring their DS(s) with them and tend to get hyper still,this was pretty damn impressive.
These games date from the early noughties to the nineties and are recognised as enduring classics for their systems, and still hold relevance today. Which brings me to my point.

My fellow escapists, what games of the current Gen do you think will become the "new" enduring classics 10 or 20 years down the line ?

My Votes are :
-Red Dead Redemption
-Portal/Portal 2
-The Arkham Series
-Skyrim
-Assasins Creed 2

I would very much like to hear your opinions !

Oh cmon...

The arkham series a classic? Wow really did people like that game THAT fucking much when in reality is one of the most repetitive and just plain bad game that I have played so far...

RDR and AC2 I cant comment because I havent played them now I plan to. Skyrim is a good candidate. Portal 1 and 2 are kinda there too, a little overrated but still good.

 

[scorptatious]

Well the Portal games are obvious.

Followed by...
LittleBigPlanet series
Pokemon Black/White
Super Meat Boy
Castle Crashers
Team Fortress 2
Batman: Arkham City
Valkyria Chronicles
Fallout 3 and New Vegas
Mass Effect series
Demon Souls
Dark Souls
Angry Birds
Plants vs. Zombies

I'm probably forgetting a few games, but oh well.

 

[KoudelkaMorgan]

Demon's Souls
Dark Souls
Etrian Odyssey
The Dark Spire
Radiant Historia
Borderlands (NOT Borderlands 2)

These are the only recent games I have replayed lately.

I'd add Minecraft to the list but I stopped playing that a looooong time ago. It used to be fun, now its...whatever the opposite of intuitive and streamlined is.

 

[sXeth]

Skyrim'll easily be supplanted by whatever newer shinier ES comes next. Morrowind's cult status came upon it for having a more unique and individualized setting, as well as a ton more characterization, which has only cut down across Oblivion and Skyrim.

Souls don't really offer much new to the action RPG genre. The main distinction between Dark Souls and Zelda is difficulty and tone. The difficulty is largely by removing features (like pausing, saving, jumping, etc) which is stepping backwards more then forwards, and the dark tone bubble is going to burst eventually (if it hasn't already). Also, while literally everything else in the game was horrible, Dragons Dogma basically killed the other three in "How to fight big monsters properly" (with a leg up by borrowing Shadow of the Colossus).

Portal has decent odds, but probably in a more niche fashion in the same subgroups that still replay Myst.

LittleBigPlanet is basically the main competition to Mario these days and probably gets the nod for introducing the console level editor to widespread use.