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points by Dathuil 14 hours ago | 0 comments

The absolute nostaliga wave that just hit me playing this. I was visiting family friends over Christmas and this was the game that year. Played it for about 6 hours straight with my brother and our parents friends kids.

Introduced me to so much music that shapped my musical tastes for years afterwards.

I miss this era of games when it felt like there was genuine inovation and competition in games and consoles. THPS2, THUG, Need for Speed. WWE all of them had unbelivable soundtracks and felt like they were trying to push the envelope with new features.

Was the 2000s-2015 the golden age of modern gaming?

[–] AngryData 9 hours ago

I think it was just more harshly curated through the need of physical media. You needed money to get a production run and a "completed" game to have pressed before you can even see if people want to buy it.

[–] bob1029 13 hours ago

> Was the 2000s-2015 the golden age of modern gaming?

It was the age of games being so difficult to make that you could only find things that survive the enduring process. There was still shovelware, but it was rare compared to what you find on Steam in 2026.

[–] tstenner 13 hours ago

I'm not a big fan of 3+4 and never played THPS1, but the official THPS1+2 remaster has amazing.