The Game That Made You A Gamer

[Slenn]

Well, Starcraft was an excellent title for me. I really enjoyed that game, and I got seriously addicted to that. Although I'm 20 years old, I'm pretty late in the gaming craze. Whenever I got a chance to play something, we'd usually rent a console. And the game I played was "Jak and Daxter, the Precursor legacy". *Sigh* so much fun that was.

 

[Joeshmoe5]

Rachet and clank

 

[major28]

roller coaster tycoon 2

 

[ProfessorLayton]

Resident Evil 4. Before then, I had played games, but never really was a gamer. That was the game that transformed me.

 

[holographicman]

Jak 2

and the Jak and Daxter series as a whole, but i played Jak 2 first.

 

[MadTix]

It was either Super Mario World, A Link to the Past or Street Fighter II that got me hooked on gaming.

 

[garfoldsomeoneelse]

Somebody else has to remember this.​

 

[IWCAS]

Pokemon Saphire. I logged in a good 1000 hours.

 

[GLo Jones]

Streets of Rage, Sonic the Hedgehog, then Tekken 2 sealed the deal.

 

[SwitchUK]

Unreal Tournement. Instagib. SO MUCH FUN!

 

[Boneasse]

Built in Sonic, in this baby:

 

[Lord Kodous]

One of the first games to suck me in was Super Mario World for the SNES; but the games that truly "made me a gamer" were Goldeneye and Star Wars Rogue Squadron for N64. The game that sealed the deal was Halo: Combat Evolved for Xbox.

 

[capin Rob]

Metal Gear Solid 1, thats what got me in.

 

[GTA Guy]

Mine would have to be Final Fantasy III on the SNES.

Best. Game. Ever.

 

[Druyn]

Halo: Combat Evolved. Before this, I was like... I dunno, 9, 10? ALl I had to play were the usual shitty kids games, but my dad goes out and buys Halo for himself to play, and he let me plat every once in a while.... Damn, I got hooked on gaming. The first taste of really good gaming Id ever had, and I wanted more. Turned me into an FPS lover, and eventually an all round gamer.

Essentially, this:

Well for me, the first game that ever 'blew me away' enough that I wanted to do more than just play casually and wanted to seriously get into games was still Halo: Combat evolved.
I loved the action, the cinematic story telling and the general atmosphere. Seriously, it's one of those games that I just loved and couldn't get enough of.

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

Well for me, the first game that ever 'blew me away' enough that I wanted to do more than just play casually and wanted to seriously get into games was still Halo: Combat evolved.
I loved the action, the cinematic story telling and the general atmosphere. Seriously, it's one of those games that I just loved and couldn't get enough of.

Halo:CE - father of the modern shooter.

While I played and loved the N64 Zelda games, what really made me a gamer was when I got Halo 2 when I was about 11.

It was the best game I had played at the time, and I still think of it as being better than Halo: CE (although CE was an excellent shooter).

 

[aaronx83]

Defiantely Pokemon Emerald Then I Got A Wii And A 360
Now I Just Cant Get Enough

 

[Miss_Suzumiya]

Super Mario World & Pokemon Gold ... Both bought at the same time (shaatttuupppp, they looked cool and were cheap at the time!!!), given to me along with my first handheld (GameBoy FTW) that I sooner or later took apart and then put back together... Then had to get a NEW ONE!!! \^w^/

 

[esperanto]

At first, Super Mario 64, but a few years later, after I had sort of lost my way with gaming, Okami rekindled my passion.

 

[natster43]

One of the Mario games on either the NES or SNES I would guess, I don't actually know. I have been playing video games since I was three years old.