I will never forget how amazed I was when discovering the world of Super Metroid and Metroid Prime, because those games have some of best design I have ever experienced, and the music creates a tone like no other. While Super Metroid felt more mysterious, Metroid Prime was just fucking epic. Every time I reached a new zone, it was kind of intimidating since you entered them looking over view seeing how big and different it was. I skipped days of school to finish those games and I never regretted it.
Also, Ocarina Of Time and Majora's Mask gave me something similar as well. I love the temple challenges in Ocarina of Time, and I love the eerie feel of it all. I just generally love the atmosphere of OoT. It's the great lighting, stage design and music that I can never forget. As for Majora's Masks temples, they were disappointing in comparison, but MM's strengths lay in other area's, mostly outside, and there were certain events that make it truly unique from the other Zelda games. I can't remember them too well right now since it's been so long since I played it last, I just remember it made me love the game.
Some great strategy games gave me special satisfaction. RTS games like StarCraft, Total Annihilation, Warcraft 3, Red Alert 2 and C&C Generals, Oh and Metal Fatigue. I reckon those were the best, and I got so much joy out of them when my plans actually succeeded. I could tell you some risky moves I made in the skirmish, missions and online, I have so many story's to tell. Well, some of them were ruined when people disconnected on purpose but I still felt like a winner.
Super Smash Brothers Melee became more exciting than it should've been when my friends and I decided to make bets in hour long matches. It was one of the few games I took really seriously and learned some of the advanced techniques in my spare time. There was one day were I really fucked up and owed everyone drinks. It was the perfect game to do this on.
Lineage 2 is unfortunately not the same game it used to be and not many people know of it now either, but when it started of,
it hardly had any rules. 20 minutes into the game I was killed by 2 guys, one called Fuck and You, with bows. Then I was smashed by a wandering sky high boss that actually traveled around the islands. And it just got worse, and it was so exciting. I wasn't annoyed at all because people were just saying whatever they wanted all over the place and freedom everyone abused made the world feel so... Alive. It felt like the real world, and it was a big bloody deal when you made it into a good clan, let me tell you. Getting far in that game was a real accomplishment, and unfortunately I don't think there will ever be anything like it again. There were bots and farmers and the other crap, but most didn't last till certain updates came. Me and some clan members used to steal their stuff by buffing and healing the mobs they were facing, this gave me so much satisfaction.
And there is more but I'm tired.
CrimsonBlaze said:
Well, the first time I had the most fun ever with a video game was when I played my own copy of Sonic & Knuckles the first time.
I had played it before in the stores, but something about owning and playing my first ever video game made me enjoy it even more. Getting to plays as both Sonic and Knuckles in their own campaigns with familiar zones with varying paths, as well as finding all the secrets and collecting all the Chaos Emeralds, gave this title a high replay value.
I tell you, the first time I played Doomsday Zone, I was both amazed and excited to play as Super Sonic for the entirety of the level. It was truly the perfect send off the the Classic Sonic series.
I just played that not too long ago, Sonic 3 & Knuckles (both one game that was meant to be combined to out do Sonic the Hedgehog 2, true passion there) and it has some truly great design, and the boss fights are great too. I was always a Mario person before I decided to look back at everything I've missed, and this one I truly missed out on. I prefer this over every Mario game, it really is one of the best platformers I've ever played.
The fact it is so challenging, and it has awesome stage designs, and how big it feels and ongoing, and how there were some different challenges through them. Fuck, it's epic. Haven't been able to make it to the Doomsday Zone yet cause I suck at Sonic, but you've got me pumped for it more now.
