Alex Takes a Look at His Top Ten Favorite Games of All Time
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Thanks for reminding me about Road Rash, totally forgot about that game until now. Those were fun times.
Escape from monkey Island was awesome for the genre, but I was annoyed as hell that you had to actually walk and not click to move (same problem with grim fandango). I consider it the weakest in the series, the humour is still strong but the ending is just about the worst until Assasins Creed came along.
Escape from monkey Island was awesome for the genre, but I was annoyed as hell that you had to actually walk and not click to move (same problem with grim fandango). I consider it the weakest in the series, the humour is still strong but the ending is just about the worst until Assasins Creed came along.
I can agree to most of the list bar Spyro and Anachy Online. Never played Anarchy for really that long so I cant really comment on it, but as a Blizzard fan which you seem to be im suprised you didnt get sucked into WoW.
Spyro I never really liked, there were far better adventure games available at the time.
Spyro I never really liked, there were far better adventure games available at the time.
harhol said:
OH yeas, I hated O'leary, and a few other people in that game, everytime i saw them it was, "RAM THEM INTO A F***ING CAR!!!"
Thanks for the comments, guys.
It would've been on my list, however nowadays, I'm beginning to see it more as a chore than a fun experience.
Regardless, I had to show love to Anarchy Online. That game took up so much of my time... It was pure fun in its simplistic, yet intricate, gameplay.
Thanks again, guys. Good to hear feedback on this! =D
It was a hard choice, I'll admit. I was constantly reorganizing the list, and changing places - Spyro was originally number one, followed by The Sims - but, in the end, I fell for Paper Mario's charm. My first assumption was that it was strictly a game for kids. That's totally false. The game is so much more than that, and I fear that people will ignore the games - not the Wii one, I'll repeat, which is horrible - just because it doesn't look "mature".RAWKSTAR said:
I agree with you there. While substituting the point-and-click for actual walking was an odd choice, and one that caused a lot of headaches when you'd need to navigate yourself to an extremely tiny item, I still felt the humor in the game was excellent. I found it funnier when my PS2 disk would stutter during conversations, creating conveniently placed pauses in dialogue. That was always good.Brotherofwill said:
No promises... =DSpektre41 said:
Indeed, I am a Blizzard fan, and I did get sucked into WoW at a time. However, it seems I've broken that habit. I can [quite literally] stop playing whenever I want, which I'm doing now. I'm sure I'll pick it up again, stop playing, and then repeat this cycle.phar said:
It would've been on my list, however nowadays, I'm beginning to see it more as a chore than a fun experience.
Regardless, I had to show love to Anarchy Online. That game took up so much of my time... It was pure fun in its simplistic, yet intricate, gameplay.
That was a hard choice... It took a lot of debating. However, though the order in which they are in means something, the entire list should be taken as a whole. I've played many, many, MANY games in my short lifetime, and these are only ten that I've remembered, and WILL remember.Zeeky_Santos said:
Thanks again, guys. Good to hear feedback on this! =D
Oh, I agree that 3 was still fun, but it just wasn't quite as good as the first two. And, as I said before, the sequels have constantly recycled the egg sub-plot of the 3rd, and it makes you feel as if 3 was the exact same thing bar better graphics. Not to mention that Hunter was more awesome when you weren't playing as him.SpikedDeception said:
Hunter *was* pretty awesome, I'll give you that.
Also, @Rassan, I still play Warcraft 3 today all the time. Such a brilliant game.
Also, @Rassan, I still play Warcraft 3 today all the time. Such a brilliant game.
You NEED to try Mario + Luigi RPG's for the GBA/DS they do a great job of carrying over the ideas of the Paper Mario games. They aren't QUITE as good, but they are definately still very, very good.
Ah! Yes! Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga, perhaps? I believe that is what it's called.
I did play it! I loved it, personally, because I love seeing Luigi get a little time in the spotlight, thus the reason I LOVED Luigi's Mansion. First game I ever played on the Gamecube.
... I think I might look for that later. I need to start it up, again.
I did play it! I loved it, personally, because I love seeing Luigi get a little time in the spotlight, thus the reason I LOVED Luigi's Mansion. First game I ever played on the Gamecube.
... I think I might look for that later. I need to start it up, again.
Interesting list, it's always funny to see what a gamer who's been around for more than ten years ends up preferring. Especially with certain platforms being beyond reach and the like. Makes me want to do something akin to it. Hope it doesn't start a trend though.
Good descriptions of all the games too. Kudos.
Was the PS1 your first console?
Good descriptions of all the games too. Kudos.
Was the PS1 your first console?
Oddly enough, no. I was around video games long before then, and my first *real* console, when I was still very young, was either... The Sega Genesis, then soon after, the Super NES. However, both systems were my brother's, though I did play them.
Though, I really started to understand, and really play, video games starting with the PS1.
Though, I really started to understand, and really play, video games starting with the PS1.
Also, thanks. =DVortigar said:
I've never played any of these games, besides Monkey Island. This probably has something to do with the fact that I don't do any real gaming on a PC. The Genesis iteration of Road Rash was fun, though.
Yay I'm not alone.SpikedDeception said:----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2) Spyro the Dragon (PS1)
Gah! I already broke my own rule!
I can't just choose one here, folks. The only REAL Spyro games, the ones I consider true to the series and/or canon, are Spyro 1, 2 and 3, all for the Playstation 1. The games were action/adventure/platformers that had a childish feel for a mature audience. At least, I believe so. I'm older than I was when I first played them and I still love the games.
You play as the lovable little dragon Spyro, with his DRAGONfly sidekick Sparx, as they were sent on quests to stop an evil villain, save the world - as always - and save Dragons taken captive. Sparx served other purposes other than being pure awesome - I'm sorry, he was, alright? He would change colors, indicating how much health you had left, and would disappear when you were about to die. I always tried to keep the little guy alive.
The controls were pretty sturdy, yet felt a bit tight at times. The sounds of the game were whimsical, and the voice-overs were bad, but "bad" in a good way. Funny dialogue came from a character who wasn't meant to be inherently funny. The games consisted of Spyro visiting a wide variety of landscapes, traversing separate "courses", and collecting keys of various shapes and sizes to unlock a trip to the next area, where the process would repeat.
They released a few games for the Gameboy, and a couple for the PS2 - and even one for the Xbox 360 - but I refuse to play them. Why would I corrupt the great memories I had of Spyro as a child with games that will surely be bad? Really, now.
... Having said that, they're coming out with a 3-D Animated Spyro movie, and I must say, I think I'll be seeing it. If you played the original games, you'd understand. Sparx, you Dragonfly, you. You were pretty awesome. Until David Spade started voicing you in the PS2 games. What happened?
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-Alex
Maybe I shall make an inclusive review of my top ten games of all time..
Sim City 3000 Unlimited, Hover!, Ratchet & Clank 2, Star Wars Battlefront, Half Life 2, Sid Meier's Railroads, Ace Combat 5,
Ratchet: Deadlocked, The Metal Gear Solid 3 Demo and Jak II.
Sim City 3000 Unlimited, Hover!, Ratchet & Clank 2, Star Wars Battlefront, Half Life 2, Sid Meier's Railroads, Ace Combat 5,
Ratchet: Deadlocked, The Metal Gear Solid 3 Demo and Jak II.
Great list man, seeing lots of those games brought back memories, and I'd mostly agree w/ you on the ones I've played (Warcraft III, HL, starcraft, twisted metal (incidentally I'm surprised you didn't mention #4, that was my fav apart from #2, I wasn't wild a/b 1 or 3 and didn't play black), sims, and spyro.
One change I would make personally is replacing spyro (which I did love and have many fond memories of) with Croc, dunno if you ever played it but it felt kinda similar to spyro except better imho, you play as a badass lil crocodile with a backpack saving these little brown fuzzy things, don't even remember what they were called but I do remember vividly the sounds they made and stuff... good times
I would also add, maybe even at #1, crash bandicoot 2 (3 would get an honorable mention). That game was really somethin special
One change I would make personally is replacing spyro (which I did love and have many fond memories of) with Croc, dunno if you ever played it but it felt kinda similar to spyro except better imho, you play as a badass lil crocodile with a backpack saving these little brown fuzzy things, don't even remember what they were called but I do remember vividly the sounds they made and stuff... good times
I would also add, maybe even at #1, crash bandicoot 2 (3 would get an honorable mention). That game was really somethin special