https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a8PonO1bl0
Midnight Club 3 > NFS Underground 2
remember when there was more than 3 mobile providers? those were the days.
>>683774783holy sovl
>>683774874they where both the goatwe truly didnt know how good we had it as racing fans on the PS2/Xbox/GC
>>683775216MC3 smokes both Underground games. Most Wanted can hold its own against MC3 because of the characters (like Sgt. Cross) and the stolen BMW racecar.
>MGS3>Resident Evil 4>Fable>Spiderman 2 >Half Life 2>Halo 2>Metroid Prime 2>Pikmin 2>Tony Hawks Underground 2>Viewtiful Joe 2>Need for Speed Underground 2>Grand Theft Auto San Andreas>World of WarcraftMostly all sequels but yet absolutely demolishes the selection 20 years later. Only good games of the year are FFVII Rebirth, a fucking remake of a 25 year old game, and MGS Delta, a remake of a 20 year old game, and Stellar Blade which is a soulsborne-coom-iro cash in
Can't wait for this faggot to end his lecture so I can go back to my dorm room and play Gradius V and Katamari Damacy.
>>683776612>remake ofsequel to*
>>683775216>the worst versions of need for speed
>>683776612it was a time when the idea of a sequel being better than the previous game is was totally expected instead of wondering what the sequel is going to downgrade i truly miss the era
>>683777828those are not the GC versions with the missing effects,shadows and reflections
>>683774890>Verizon bought Tracfone>they left it to its own devicesThank god, it's a comfy life living prepaid. Except when they shut down 3G towers and didn't even compensate me for the new phone. That was horseshit and I'm still mad about that.
>>683774783>drag races in NFSU1
>>683774783https://youtu.be/hFglrwCDvwQ?si=CAe1ZtRRyE7GSaOXLet me go back and do it again.
>>683774783Stop joking it hurts
>>683778634https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao5JAyuv378And know we're left withBROKEN PROMISESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
I just want go backI'm so fucking tired
>>683778810remember when E3 was truly a event that changed the landscape of gaming
>>683775216the tokyo drift game is genuinely so awful and cringe
>>683776612Add:>The Chronicles of Reddick>Thief >Far Cry>Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow>Silent Hill 4 (I know, but I really enjoyed it)I'm freaking glad that I still got my PS1/2 collection, my most prized would be Silent Hill 1-4.
>>683779190whyits basicly Tokyo Extreme Racer with a added storymode
>>683775216You need Auto Modellista, Enthusia and the TXR games in there. I tried Enthusia with my G29 and it's actually fun as fuck, not really realistic because the cars are way more slidey than they should be, but still an absolute blast.>>683779190It has good customization, a lot of rare real bodykits, but that's about as far as I can go. The cars themselves have wildly inaccurate models and visually the game didn't write headlines not even for the time.>>683779395Because it has a complete dogshit driving model that makes big rigs look like a masterpiece in comparison
>2004>Every casual is on PlayStation>They keep saying that GameCube and Dreamcast are gay because there's no GTA3>I'm playing GTA3 on PC>Playing Luigi's Mansion and hacking the NES games on Animal Crossing>My 10th run of Shenmue>Cap it off with some Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds on PC on MSN Gaming Zone online playing Senate matches>In a few years Microsoft and Sony would unlessh the 360 and PS3, pushing PS2 casuals into the world of shitty mediocre movie gamesWe are not the same.
>>683780016>bro i didnt buy the most popular console with the biggest library look at how cool i amgood for you anonhope you get over that grudge someday
>>683778634I loved 00s racing games for having actual music instead of the 90s jungle that I didn't like.I know it's been a thing now when zoomers discovered the genre, but I still don't like it.Alsohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrAyqeh28YA
>>683779039Not a single blue hair, roastie, or trannoid. I miss the early 2000's.
Everything must be lame and gay noe and I mean that literally
>>683780016>He had to wait 3 years for GTA3 while everyone was already playing VC and San Andreas
>>683780016>he had a gaycubeMuh mario muh luigi
>>683774783Sorry, my favorite NFS isn't out yet. Wake me up when it's 2005.
i was 4 years old and didnt play games yet
>>683782253I wish humanity didn't lose it's mind
>>6837747832004 was the best year of my life.Graduated high school in 2003. My parents let me have one year to "let off steam" before I had to either go to college or work.Did nothing but play video games 12 hours a day. I went through the entire PS1 and PS2 library. Got into emulation and caught up on older games I missed out on. Bought my first computer. I was so happy.After that year, my parents gave me the ultimatum of work/college or be kicked out, and I've been miserable ever since. I hate you NEETs.
>>683782636>play video games 12 hours a dayGod I miss when I could do that.Like actually physically do it, forget I have to eat and shit, just game.Now not even an hour passes and I must take a stretch, piss, or just get bored.
>Meteora>Fallen>Parade Of The Athletes>American Idiot>Results May Vary>Chuck>Reise, Reise Early 2000s was peak music
>>683782636When you're neeting it up playing vidya all day everyone keeps telling you there so much more to life. But then when you get out there and do all those things, like work, parties and pussy, you find out that playing vidya all day actually is the best
>>683782517Really? I was playing games since before I could talk.
>>683782795Early 2000s was peak everything
kinda crazy how brutally racing games have declined they have no style. no good music. nothing on offer besides racing. no atmosphere. all they have is better fidelity and a bunch of niggers yapping around.
>>683783030And they feel slow too, you know?
>>683782783It was because video games were actually good.I went through Final Fantasy 7 through 10 in one long marathon that stretched over 4 months and never got burned out once. I had a rich friend who owned like every single RPG starting from the NES who decided to join the military gave me his entire collection in one giant tote. He had fucking everything. He returned from his tour in Iraq after 6 years. Grew out of vidya and never asked for his collection of games that is probably worth $5000 now.
>>683782885There was 1 (one) time I regret going to one party because I found out that the girl I had a crush on for years wanted to hook up but I was like nah I stayed home and played Perfect Dark for 5 hours.
>>683783292True.Last game that remotely gave me that feeling was Cyberpunk, and that was only during some of the story quests, then it came to stop with the usual "wait for XYZ to call you" which I understand is the time for the player to dick about the city, but there ain't that much to do.
>>683783432I never felt comfortable at parties at first so I started drinking and taking drugs to make it fun. Which worked and allowed me to be sociable. I ended up addicted and withdrawals were horrible, ofcourse my own fault but still. I now have this weird mixture of regret but also fond memories
>>683783030even the racing is getting sidetracked in racing games these daysi quit playing Forza Horizon 5 after the game gave me all these stupid fetch quest missions and a goddamn mission where i just collect checkpoints all just so i can progress and actually unlock new raceshow this piece of shit got 9's and 10's is beyond me
>>683775216I'd argue that PC versions of NFS games were better. PS2 peaked with UG2 and developers used up maximum of what console was capable of. Every NFS game after UG2 got significantly worse and worse afterwards due to limitations.I'm also surprised you don't have Xtreme Tokyo Racing games in your collection. They are uncut gems of arcade racing genre.>>683783030And they are mostly centered around multiplayer, so singleplayer mode is either out of question or is dogshit quality.>>683782885I beg to differ. I used to be neet and consoomer in the part, and that shit backfired hard in my life because my creativity went to dumpster, got depressed like hell, and I got burned out. It took years to actually recover and adapt among people again.Media consumption is fine in moderation, but you have to set up boundaries or else you'll suffer heavy consequences.
>>683784596>how this piece of shit got 9's and 10's is beyond meControlled algorithms by corpos, astroturfed standards by investors (FH5 is fully DEI game, it's extremely obvious), and journalism being full of crooks. Back when it was released, it was praised as diverse and unique game because it appealed to everyone, is pisspoor easy, and is set in Californian wet dream version of Mexico. It even has journalist difficulty mode where you just push button to accelerate and the game will drive the car around track for you.
>>683774874they're very different though
>>683774783>HUUUUUURRRYYYYY UUP AND WAIIT FOR-FOREEEEEVEEERi miss this era of music
underground 2 is kinda bad>boring open world you cannot fast travel around, meaning you have to drive from one race to the next which is cool at first but the novelty wears off very quickly>the underground racing league is the lamest fucking shit and theres so many url events on the most boring tracks known to man (seriously theres like 25 or so of them and later in the game theyre tournaments so theyre even longer)>physics are boring, the cars are much heavier than in underground but they dont handle as well as in most wanted so youre just playing some sort of worst of both worlds
>>683786246>Street racing >Open workdGee I can't tell
>>683774783now i want to get old pc setup along with a crt to play old racing games
YES THEY KNOW THAT YOU'VE HURT YOURSELF ANOTHER TIME!DON'T THEY KNOW THAT YOU'RE FULL OF PAIN ALREADY?
>too retarded and have bad memory so vaguely remember stuff from 2004 and around thenI can't nostalgia if I don't remember bros. I'm retardrd.
