For 90s kids, there’s no need for explanation. For others, well, pokemon was a phenomenon. It was everywhere, on TV, in magazines, toys, stickers. You could trade pokemon at the school excursion on the bus.
You felt alive in this world, pokemon gen 1-2 were the pinnacle of pokemon for me. And in gen2, finishing the game, and lo and behold, there’s a whole other region (kanto) waiting for you to explore it. The night cycle in the game blew my mind in ways that I have been chasing ever since.
I know it will never be reached again, but the memory will remain as powerful as it was that evening of the early 00s. What is your greatest gaming high, that you know will never be topped again, and that you have been chasing ever since?
Total Annihilation on a LAN
Red Alert cut-scenes
Halo on a LAN
Battlefield online with voice comms
Couch co-op gears of war, and Army of 2
Finishing Mass Effect
Worms, hot-seat
Instagib. Oh fuck, instagib is pure adrenaline
Just one more turn
Last 5 in Battle Royale, never yet finished last!
You have died of dysentery
Hitting that last alien
command and conquer is definitely top choice for me too(all 3 series, generals, RA, and CNC tiberium), 4 is something someone should never play, EA destroyed the franchise.
RIP Westwood