what are games that are really exemplary of early 00s culture?

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The 00s were swallowed by WoW and the scourge of MMOs.

>>715673927
That exemplified 90s culture, tho

>>715674135
90s or early 00s is fine

>>715673865 (OP)

>>715674192
They're an impenetrable gap between them because of 9/11. At least in the US.

>>715674337
Thanks

>>715675285
Yeah, you can really feel the tonal shift after 9/11 hit. Late 90s/very early 00s still had that overly slick, ironic edge-Tony Hawk, Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi, all that Y2K optimism. Post-9/11, things started getting grittier and more grounded fast. Suddenly everyone was into modern warfare, urban decay, and moral ambiguity. It’s like the dream died overnight.

>>715673865 (OP)
this was yakub's first whitoid

>>715673865 (OP)
Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure

Halo 3 multiplayer lobby chat. Guitar Hero 3. Left 4 Dead. Little Big Planet.

>>715673865 (OP)
hotline miami, it was peak, wrong number ruined the whole thing

>>715677902
no way. They're both fantastic

>>715673865 (OP)
Sonic & Knuckles and Sonic 3 felt like a distillation of "90s cool for kids". Also DK64.

>>715678000
I mean gameplay wish it was ok the but the atmosphere of 1 is the best part of it and 2 overly complex story multi characters is just boring imo

>>715677851
Those are all late 2000's though.

>>715673865 (OP)
Can we get much higher?

>>715678094
I still don't know or understand the plot of Hotline Miami and neither do I care about it. I just like killing people (in video games)

>>715673865 (OP)
>early 00s culture
moral panic over 9/11 sanding the edge off everything
Also The Sims.

>>715673865 (OP)
Crazy taxi, ssx tricky, sonic adventure 2, jet grind radio, and any of the first 3 thps

When I was a kid we played "smear the queer" in gym class. That's what the teacher called it. It's like tag, but whoever is It is the target and everyone tries to tackle them. If you get them, then now you're the queer, and everyone is trying to tackle you

>>715678117
Then, Parappa the Rapper, Spyro, and Tony Hawk Underground.

>>715678414
Just like a real gay orgy

>>715675993
Major classic

>>715673865 (OP)
wrestling games

4 wheeler games where you just drove around the desert and listened to Alice in Chains in the game. That was the vibe

>>715673927
man I wanna feel her cold blooded breasts

Any Tony Hawk ripoff game. Dave Mirra BMX, Juice'd, Aggressive Inline, etc.

>>715673865 (OP)
Machinima-core games, like half the releases on the GameCube, MMOs out the ass,

>>715673865 (OP)
Oh man, you have to try the Uma Musume game—it’s this insanely polished mobile title where you raise these horse girls (yes, that’s right) into elite racing idols. The training system is super strategic, and you form deep emotional bonds with your characters as you guide them to stardom—and like, the drama? It hits. Like that one arc where Oguri Cap’s career is on the line and she’s recovering from injury, and her whole comeback hinges on that one final race in the snow at Nakayama. I swear, the way she pushes through the pain and wins—I was in tears. The pacing, the inner monologues, even the gritty rivalry with Mihono Bourbon... top-tier writing.

WoW I guess