Patient Gamers

I'm not entirely sure what qualifies as retro but the oldest game I regularly play is the original Fallout from 1998. I mostly find myself playing games released in the 2000s and occasionally something newer if I think its a worth buying. I think the most recently released game I play is probably Half Life Alyx. I would have been a little too young to have grown up with some of them, but my family pc couldn't handle a lot of the newer games so here we are.

Just played Portal 2. Amazing game

I mean, factorio came out 3 years ago plus another few in early access, so if that counts, yes.

I seem to be on a 3ish year lag, although for big big titles that my friends also play I buy at release so I can be part of the initial hype train (for instance, I bought Zelda:TOTK and played as soon as it was available)

Its just not the same trying to share about my korok torture machine in 2025.

I'm currently replaying Half Life (actually Black Mesa). I usually replay Half Live 2 every couple of years, and Portal 1 and 2 every year.

I played through Doom and Doom 2 a couple years ago, and I play a web version of the C64 game Impossible Mission at least one a week.

Clearly I'm old and nostalgic.

I stay approximately one console generation behind these days, so I guess that's about 7 years. I finally got a ps4 this year. Anyone have any recommendations?

Mostly interested in single player offline games. Metroidvanias and roguelikes are my most played genres.

I'm in the retro era right now. Recently beat deus ex, system shock 2, marathon, and baldurs gate.

I play mostly ports on switch, so 10 year.

I'm just now getting around to beating SC: Brood War, granted, as a kid, I sucked at it.

I also play whatever tf I want, so like if I'm in the mood for HL2, I boot it up. Most of the modern games I play are indie.

I used to do that as a kid but now I have money I like to stay up to date and buy current games so I can be part of the community

I'm still playing ps2 games, so yeah

I only have this lag with single player games. I hate joining MP games late; much better to be there at the start and learn along with everyone else over trying to learn against people who've played for 5 years. Every "new" SP game I currently am playing is old and was given away free (or is on a subscription thing like PS+ and GamePass).

yeah, that's basically when i play most aaa games - when the mood takes me, but mostly ~10 years old. i've just recently finally played wofenstein new order, followed by the tomb raider legend trilogy (they're really short), and i've now started on the tomb raider survivor trilogy

indie games i tend to play a bit sooner; partly because they're cheaper and partly because i feel they're more likely to use (and need) the money to make more games. although the last indie game i played was fez, and the dev of that has quit completely...

I'm currently playing Assassin's Creed Odyssey, so I guess I'm on about a 5-year lag. I usually wait for games to go on sale for a heavy discount. It's also when my PC is in a good enough state to play those AAA games because I usually upgrade a PC component every 3-4 years.

I haven't played any nintendo switch game, so 5 or 6 year lag