[General Discussion] Modern classics?

Haven't played as many games as you guys so it's hard to have a fair and significant opinion, but I do think the Left 4 Dead series will stand as a landmark for two reasons (aside from being damn good games): 1. they made cooperative gaming cool, effectively providing PC gamers with an all-new experience and 2. the Director dynamically reshuffling items and enemy locations provided for an unprecedented replay value, making each session feel unique and every game with fixed item locations suddenly look very old.

I'm sure the L4D series didn't "invent" either and that both have been done better since, but they'll definitely be remembered as the games that first made these concepts cool.


I also agree the Portal series have the potential to become iconic, as you've pointed out, thanks to a unique concept and exceptional work on characters and voice acting. GLaDOS is video gaming's HAL 9000. I've replayed the games and watched gameplay videos just to hear her lines and Wheatley's again.

Jam it back in, in the dark.