It's my primary factor for still being interested in games today. Many of the games you listed such as crash bandicoot, silent hill 1-4, mgs 2-3, FF7-FF10, Devil may cry 1-3, smash bros melee, and many more from the ps2/GCN/XB era. I myself was 19-20 when those games originally released so those games and era holds a very special place in my heart and will always be my favorite generation for games.
I don't play games much nowadays but when I do it's usually to fire up my old dusty GameCube or ps2.







