How old is your all-time favorite game?
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My favorites are all at least 10 years old (Elder Scrolls Daggerfall/Arena, Torment/FO series/Baldur's gate, Civ series/Alpha centauri, Elite series, Ultima series, Half-Life/Unreal/Quake/Doom/CS, Starcraft/Diablo/Warcraft, Silent Hill)
Either Matrix: Path of Neo on ps2,
or Conkers Bad Fur Day which is getting into cartridge territory
or Conkers Bad Fur Day which is getting into cartridge territory
Deus Ex, which is just shy of 11 years old. Before that it was Doom, which is creeping up on 18 years old. Prior to that it was Captain Skyhawk which is 21.
Old school RPGamer here, so allow me to give my top 10 favorites.
Honorable mention - Castlevania: SotN. Just remembered this classic as I was writing this but I didn't want to make this list an odd numbered list. So here it is, and it is a fantastic game.
#10 - Grandia 1. Graphics were meh, but the story, music and gameplay more than made up for it. Also, if I was savvy enough, I'd have Sue and Puffy doing an eternal "Rah-Rah Cheer" as my avatar. And I STILL haven't put in enough time in one game to master Feena's Time Gate move.
#9 - Final Fantasy Tactics. One of the only games I know of that uses the Zodiac sign system both in an intuitive battle design and in plot. That, and it has Ninjas and Samurais. I was happy. Great story, as well.
#8 - Secret of Mana. Pretty much the same as Grandia, except better. Although I wouldn't have minded the AI being able to use magic on the fly as well as I could, but that's just nit picking.
#7 - Breath of Fire 3 - Just an outstanding game overall, with some of the coolest transformations I've ever seen. Just wish it had Rudra from BoF 1 as a transformation. IMO, the best of the Breath of Fire series.
#6 - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. Great game overall. Still can't remember if I got 100% of the items in that game. Some of those hearts were tough to find.
#5 - Wild ARMs 1. One of my favorite storylines in all of gaming and the music suited the theme. I will never get tired of replaying this game every other month. The only downside is the in battle graphics. Still, an epic game.
#4 - Final Fantasy 3 (US version). So many characters and so many memorable moments in that game that this is the only Final Fantasy that I got emotionally attached to. So much so that if I were to have a daughter, her first and middle name will be Terra Branford. Pink esper FTW.
#3 & #2 (respectively) - LUNAR: SSSC & LUNAR 2: Eternal Blue Complete. Both of these masterpieces are awesome examples of what RPGs should be. For their time, damn near everything was perfect. The comedy in-game and in the out takes (especially if you tried to listen to the out takes prematurely) was also awesome.
However, my most favorite game of all time is...
#1 - Chrono Trigger. What more can be said of this game? It defines epic, and then defines everything beyond it. It is also the only game where I have the entire OST on my MP3 player.
Sorry about the lengthy post, but it's my first and I have a little bit of Mythbuster mantra in my veins. "If it's worth doing, it worth OVER doing."
Honorable mention - Castlevania: SotN. Just remembered this classic as I was writing this but I didn't want to make this list an odd numbered list. So here it is, and it is a fantastic game.
#10 - Grandia 1. Graphics were meh, but the story, music and gameplay more than made up for it. Also, if I was savvy enough, I'd have Sue and Puffy doing an eternal "Rah-Rah Cheer" as my avatar. And I STILL haven't put in enough time in one game to master Feena's Time Gate move.
#9 - Final Fantasy Tactics. One of the only games I know of that uses the Zodiac sign system both in an intuitive battle design and in plot. That, and it has Ninjas and Samurais. I was happy. Great story, as well.
#8 - Secret of Mana. Pretty much the same as Grandia, except better. Although I wouldn't have minded the AI being able to use magic on the fly as well as I could, but that's just nit picking.
#7 - Breath of Fire 3 - Just an outstanding game overall, with some of the coolest transformations I've ever seen. Just wish it had Rudra from BoF 1 as a transformation. IMO, the best of the Breath of Fire series.
#6 - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. Great game overall. Still can't remember if I got 100% of the items in that game. Some of those hearts were tough to find.
#5 - Wild ARMs 1. One of my favorite storylines in all of gaming and the music suited the theme. I will never get tired of replaying this game every other month. The only downside is the in battle graphics. Still, an epic game.
#4 - Final Fantasy 3 (US version). So many characters and so many memorable moments in that game that this is the only Final Fantasy that I got emotionally attached to. So much so that if I were to have a daughter, her first and middle name will be Terra Branford. Pink esper FTW.
#3 & #2 (respectively) - LUNAR: SSSC & LUNAR 2: Eternal Blue Complete. Both of these masterpieces are awesome examples of what RPGs should be. For their time, damn near everything was perfect. The comedy in-game and in the out takes (especially if you tried to listen to the out takes prematurely) was also awesome.
However, my most favorite game of all time is...
#1 - Chrono Trigger. What more can be said of this game? It defines epic, and then defines everything beyond it. It is also the only game where I have the entire OST on my MP3 player.
Sorry about the lengthy post, but it's my first and I have a little bit of Mythbuster mantra in my veins. "If it's worth doing, it worth OVER doing."
Let's see...
Breath of Fire 3 is about 13 years old. Homeworld is about 12, as is Legend of Legaia. Castlevania SotN is almost 14 years old now.
Those aren't necessarily the games I had the most fun playing at the time, but they are the ones I keep coming back to.
Breath of Fire 3 is about 13 years old. Homeworld is about 12, as is Legend of Legaia. Castlevania SotN is almost 14 years old now.
Those aren't necessarily the games I had the most fun playing at the time, but they are the ones I keep coming back to.
Fallout 3
before that it was Half Life 2
before that it was A Link To The Past, which is around 16 years old I think.
before that it was Half Life 2
before that it was A Link To The Past, which is around 16 years old I think.
