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I had real difficulty choosing. I'd have to say Beyong Good & Evil.
But notable mentions were Killzone 3, Resistance 3 and Jak & Daxter : Precursor Legacy
But notable mentions were Killzone 3, Resistance 3 and Jak & Daxter : Precursor Legacy
Oooh, I have a handful, and they are Drakengard (series), Shadow Hearts (series), Okami, Rule of Rose, Shadow of the Colossus, and Resonance of Fate.
If I had to pick only one, it's a toss-up between Drakengard II, Shadow of the Colossus, and Resonance of Fate. I can't actually pick one of them. I love them all equally but for different reasons. They're fun, they're beautiful, they have great characters, or they have great stories.
If I had to pick only one, it's a toss-up between Drakengard II, Shadow of the Colossus, and Resonance of Fate. I can't actually pick one of them. I love them all equally but for different reasons. They're fun, they're beautiful, they have great characters, or they have great stories.
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
It's just the absolute best, in a way that's very difficult to describe to someone unless they actually play it.
It's just the absolute best, in a way that's very difficult to describe to someone unless they actually play it.
Summon Night 2: Swordcraft Story.
I just felt it was perfect... Graphics looked nice, combat was great, story was great with some hilarious dialogue, some decision making that did have some effect on the game, a couple of different locations to spice things up a bit, and a great crafting system.
Admittedly it had it's flaws but for me these can be completely overlooked since I enjoyed them anyway. The combat could have been different (it was random encounter) and some parts were a tad repetitive but it was an amazing game overall.
I just felt it was perfect... Graphics looked nice, combat was great, story was great with some hilarious dialogue, some decision making that did have some effect on the game, a couple of different locations to spice things up a bit, and a great crafting system.
Admittedly it had it's flaws but for me these can be completely overlooked since I enjoyed them anyway. The combat could have been different (it was random encounter) and some parts were a tad repetitive but it was an amazing game overall.
Man...that's actually tough.
When I saw the title I immediately thought, "Well, Half-Life of course." But then I thought, "Wait. Which one, though? One or two? And what about the Episodes? Episode Two was spectacular."
This lead to my mind being flooded with dozens of other thoughts. "What about Portal and Portal 2? What about Homeworld? What about Metroid Prime? What about MechWarrior 2? What about MechCommander 2? What about Dota 2? What about Left 4 Dead 2? What about Doom and it's ilk? What about Paper Mario? What about Lemmings? What about Worms and it's ilk? What about Quake? What about Goldeneye?" Etc, etc, etc.
I don't know. That's a damn tough call. I've played hundreds upon hundreds of games over the course of my life, across dozens of systems. I've too many fond memories to count. I'm not sure I could pick just one.
But! That said, if I had to, I'd probably have to go with my initial choice. Half-Life.
It had too large an impact on me and my feelings about the medium and the industry to not be my choice. Games like Doom, Mario Bros, MechWarrior 2, etc, come damned close, but Half-Life takes it.
When I saw the title I immediately thought, "Well, Half-Life of course." But then I thought, "Wait. Which one, though? One or two? And what about the Episodes? Episode Two was spectacular."
This lead to my mind being flooded with dozens of other thoughts. "What about Portal and Portal 2? What about Homeworld? What about Metroid Prime? What about MechWarrior 2? What about MechCommander 2? What about Dota 2? What about Left 4 Dead 2? What about Doom and it's ilk? What about Paper Mario? What about Lemmings? What about Worms and it's ilk? What about Quake? What about Goldeneye?" Etc, etc, etc.
I don't know. That's a damn tough call. I've played hundreds upon hundreds of games over the course of my life, across dozens of systems. I've too many fond memories to count. I'm not sure I could pick just one.
But! That said, if I had to, I'd probably have to go with my initial choice. Half-Life.
It had too large an impact on me and my feelings about the medium and the industry to not be my choice. Games like Doom, Mario Bros, MechWarrior 2, etc, come damned close, but Half-Life takes it.
Deus Ex (no, not Human Revolution. What the hell is wrong with you?).
Back in 2000 this game was a near revolution (system shock 2 did the same thing, more or less, but nowhere near as well) successfully mixing FPS, RPG and stealth gameplay with a very strong story, very well designed levels, interesting and reasonably well developed characters (I'm looking at you, mercs from human revolution) and very good gameplay.
Following the likes of Quake and Half-Life (which is a fantastic FPS, don't get me wrong, but not much else), You had an FPS where shooting an opponent in the back of the neck is better than shooting them in the head (hey, those helmets help apparently), where being a novice marksman meant that your sniper rifle wavers all over the place, but mastering it meant that you could shoot the nipples off an MiB from 100 paces (well, the tech was a bit too weak to render individual nipples, but you get my point), where getting shot in the leg meant you moved slower and getting shot in the arm meant your weapon wavered more and getting shot in the head was pretty much a guaranteed death (if you played it on realistic), where you had to make tough decisions about what gear to carry with you because, hey, you aren't a freaking truck on legs (but still gave you the option to be armed to the teeth if that was your thing), with levels that allowed you to go in guns blazing or sneaking unseen with enough exploration that, even many playthroughs in, I still found new stuff.
With choices that are in no way obvious, but are still acknowledged by the game if you make them: like entirely avoiding a bossfight by killing the character involved long before they are an enemy, and then blaming it on crossfire or completely changing the fate of a pivotal character by going against the odds in a near-suicidal attempt to save him or even running away from bossfights entirely. Or even walking into the ladies room at the office and being chided by your boss for doing so (which is entirely optional. There's no reason to go in there, other than to explore).
With a fantastic (if formulaic) story and levels that reward exploration far beyond the occasional loot piece or discarded food item - heck, you could miss entire plotlines and characters. In fact one of the more interesting characters (and dialogues) in the game is quite difficult to find. Where something as simple as a maid that carries a weapon (a hidden weapon I only found because I knocked her out by mistake) can reveal more about a character than their entire dialogue tree.
Sure, it has it's flaws and it's not as impressive now as it was 15 years ago, but Deus Ex still holds up as an excellent game even today.
And while I have enjoyed a lot of games and some could even be considered to be better crafted (like Portal), none has had the influence or offered an overall experience that can hold a candle to Deus Ex.
Even Captcha can tell how much I love this game: Head over heels.
Back in 2000 this game was a near revolution (system shock 2 did the same thing, more or less, but nowhere near as well) successfully mixing FPS, RPG and stealth gameplay with a very strong story, very well designed levels, interesting and reasonably well developed characters (I'm looking at you, mercs from human revolution) and very good gameplay.
Following the likes of Quake and Half-Life (which is a fantastic FPS, don't get me wrong, but not much else), You had an FPS where shooting an opponent in the back of the neck is better than shooting them in the head (hey, those helmets help apparently), where being a novice marksman meant that your sniper rifle wavers all over the place, but mastering it meant that you could shoot the nipples off an MiB from 100 paces (well, the tech was a bit too weak to render individual nipples, but you get my point), where getting shot in the leg meant you moved slower and getting shot in the arm meant your weapon wavered more and getting shot in the head was pretty much a guaranteed death (if you played it on realistic), where you had to make tough decisions about what gear to carry with you because, hey, you aren't a freaking truck on legs (but still gave you the option to be armed to the teeth if that was your thing), with levels that allowed you to go in guns blazing or sneaking unseen with enough exploration that, even many playthroughs in, I still found new stuff.
With choices that are in no way obvious, but are still acknowledged by the game if you make them: like entirely avoiding a bossfight by killing the character involved long before they are an enemy, and then blaming it on crossfire or completely changing the fate of a pivotal character by going against the odds in a near-suicidal attempt to save him or even running away from bossfights entirely. Or even walking into the ladies room at the office and being chided by your boss for doing so (which is entirely optional. There's no reason to go in there, other than to explore).
With a fantastic (if formulaic) story and levels that reward exploration far beyond the occasional loot piece or discarded food item - heck, you could miss entire plotlines and characters. In fact one of the more interesting characters (and dialogues) in the game is quite difficult to find. Where something as simple as a maid that carries a weapon (a hidden weapon I only found because I knocked her out by mistake) can reveal more about a character than their entire dialogue tree.
Sure, it has it's flaws and it's not as impressive now as it was 15 years ago, but Deus Ex still holds up as an excellent game even today.
And while I have enjoyed a lot of games and some could even be considered to be better crafted (like Portal), none has had the influence or offered an overall experience that can hold a candle to Deus Ex.
Even Captcha can tell how much I love this game: Head over heels.
It is either of 4 games, and I refuse to go further than that.
These are Silent Hill 2, Shadow of the Colossus, Resident Evil 4 and Okami. This is more of a deduction than anything else. I deduce these are my favorite since I've played them all at least twice (sometimes more), I've gone 100% at some point, I've written guides - guides I tell you - and delved extensively in the lore to the point you can run a Google search by me involving any of these games and you'll get an answer that is satisfactory on some level. These are also games that have impacted on my real life beyond gaming. Like how Silent Hill introduced me to the work of Bellmer and Witkin and Bacon, and that in turn helped me ace art class at uni, or how Okami made me read the Kojiki, and so on.
So these are my Favorite Fantastic Four or something like that.
These are Silent Hill 2, Shadow of the Colossus, Resident Evil 4 and Okami. This is more of a deduction than anything else. I deduce these are my favorite since I've played them all at least twice (sometimes more), I've gone 100% at some point, I've written guides - guides I tell you - and delved extensively in the lore to the point you can run a Google search by me involving any of these games and you'll get an answer that is satisfactory on some level. These are also games that have impacted on my real life beyond gaming. Like how Silent Hill introduced me to the work of Bellmer and Witkin and Bacon, and that in turn helped me ace art class at uni, or how Okami made me read the Kojiki, and so on.
So these are my Favorite Fantastic Four or something like that.
Persona 4 Golden. It is amazing in every department, from main story, side-stories, characters, music, gameplay, aesthetic, pacing... I love it to death. Played it through 3 times in a year (over 220 hours total), got the Platinum trophy and everything.
It's always going to be Super Metroid for me. I was blown away by it when I was 16 years younger, and I still reckon it looks a shit ton better than all these new games, mainly because of it's style.
I played many games before it, but I remember just starring at the intro screen for 20 minutes or so because I found it so powerful, I think. Took 3 days off school just to finish it and never regretted it. Including it inspired many things for me.
I played many games before it, but I remember just starring at the intro screen for 20 minutes or so because I found it so powerful, I think. Took 3 days off school just to finish it and never regretted it. Including it inspired many things for me.
Ever since its launch in 2004, FarCry has been my favourite game. I don't care that the following games changed it to Far Cry, it's called FarCry dammit.
I just couldn't believe a shooter could be so big at the time and the game keeps coming up with cool and incredibly cliche science and secret lab missions. And can we talk about the Trigens for a minute? Because there is not a single moment with Trigens in it that I don't love with all my heart and soul, even the missions where it's a bit faulty in dealing with them. There are some moments in FarCry which are so unbelievably cheesy and some that scared the shit out of me as a young lad, like the elevator mission's opening segment. Much like Halo 3, I could probably quote all the cutscenes if you just plopped me down with the keyboard and mouse and press start.
I could write freaking guides on this game, I know it near enough off by heart from extensive playthrough after playthrough. Really only Oblivion and World of Warcraft would rival my playtime on FarCry.
I just couldn't believe a shooter could be so big at the time and the game keeps coming up with cool and incredibly cliche science and secret lab missions. And can we talk about the Trigens for a minute? Because there is not a single moment with Trigens in it that I don't love with all my heart and soul, even the missions where it's a bit faulty in dealing with them. There are some moments in FarCry which are so unbelievably cheesy and some that scared the shit out of me as a young lad, like the elevator mission's opening segment. Much like Halo 3, I could probably quote all the cutscenes if you just plopped me down with the keyboard and mouse and press start.
I could write freaking guides on this game, I know it near enough off by heart from extensive playthrough after playthrough. Really only Oblivion and World of Warcraft would rival my playtime on FarCry.
He's f*cked m8.
The thing about having a "favorite" game is that we all have games from our childhood that hold a special place in our hearts and can seemingly never be replaced or surpassed. Trying to remove this bias is hard, or even impossible. So when I say that Metroid Prime is my favorite game ever, know that I can't say for sure if I would still rate it as high if I were to play it for the first time today and compare it objectively (meaning without bias) to other games I've similarly enjoyed in more recent times.
That being said, I can explain in detail why I consider it to be a near perfect game, though you could also accuse me of painting the target around the arrow. I won't go into any detail here, but let's just say I love the game's atmosphere, the exploration, the secrets, the inventive creatures, the soundtrack, and pretty much everything about it.
Some runners up:
Zelda: The Windwaker
Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth
Half Life 2
Dark Souls
That being said, I can explain in detail why I consider it to be a near perfect game, though you could also accuse me of painting the target around the arrow. I won't go into any detail here, but let's just say I love the game's atmosphere, the exploration, the secrets, the inventive creatures, the soundtrack, and pretty much everything about it.
Some runners up:
Zelda: The Windwaker
Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth
Half Life 2
Dark Souls
After a lot of consideration, I think I'm gonna have to go with Okami. It's big, long, the art and story never get old, it has a feel-good resolution, the world is beautiful and you can listen to the ENTIRE SOUNDTRACK and see ALL the concept art from the game and that's perfect for when I'm doing something else.
If could choose another for nostalgic purposes, I'm solid tied on Donkey Kong Country and Banjo Kazooie
If could choose another for nostalgic purposes, I'm solid tied on Donkey Kong Country and Banjo Kazooie
I'll second that. The original Deus Ex is always the first game that comes to mind whenever someone asks me about my favorite game, even if I'm currently enjoying something different. It's kinda just my go-to game, and one that to date I still haven't found another game to match it.VladG said:
My runners-up would probably be System Shock 2 and Fallout 2.
Tuesday Night Fever said:
Yep, Fallout 2 is high up on my list as well (and is one of the games I'd just throw money it if it was ever HD'd because every time I try to play it again, I get too frustrated with the clunky interface). I never really got that much into system shock 2 mostly because I played it after Deus Ex . Still a great game(but man, that difficulty curve. I remember that game kicking my ass. I'm not sure I actually finished it) It still has a special place in my heart because it paved the way for Deus Ex.
I still have not played some of the games which might be potential candidates, like "Pathologic" or "Fallout 2", but currently I think it's a close battle between:
- Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
- STALKER - Shadow of Chernobyl
I probably wouldn't have picked the latter in Vanilla, but since retrying it with the Complete-mod and starting to rebalance the game on my own it really has become somewhat of a personal favourite.
- Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
- STALKER - Shadow of Chernobyl
I probably wouldn't have picked the latter in Vanilla, but since retrying it with the Complete-mod and starting to rebalance the game on my own it really has become somewhat of a personal favourite.
-System Shock 1 & 2 (seriously, can't recommend them enough)
-Guilty Gear series (I would skip Isuka though if it weren't for one specific character)
-Skullgirls
-Saints Row 2 & 4 (1 is meh, 3 doesn't know if it want's to be serious or not)
-Killer is Dead (Finally a game in the style of Suda's masterpiece Killer 7)
-Carmageddon 1 & 2
-Total Annihilation
-Driver: You Are The Wheelman
-Full Throttle
-Killer 7
-Painkiller
-Killzone PS2/HD & 2
-Borderlands 1 & 2
-Demolition Racer (Detruction Derby clone that did everything better)
-S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl (Can't stress how bloody awesome this game is)
-Super Mario Land
-Donkey Kong Land (Both Land games are pure nostalgia for me)
-Koudelka
-Metro 2033 & Last Light (amazing atmosphere coming close to Stalker, which is a big plus)
-Serious Sam Series
-MDK 1 & 2
And these aren't all.
-Guilty Gear series (I would skip Isuka though if it weren't for one specific character)
-Skullgirls
-Saints Row 2 & 4 (1 is meh, 3 doesn't know if it want's to be serious or not)
-Killer is Dead (Finally a game in the style of Suda's masterpiece Killer 7)
-Carmageddon 1 & 2
-Total Annihilation
-Driver: You Are The Wheelman
-Full Throttle
-Killer 7
-Painkiller
-Killzone PS2/HD & 2
-Borderlands 1 & 2
-Demolition Racer (Detruction Derby clone that did everything better)
-S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl (Can't stress how bloody awesome this game is)
-Super Mario Land
-Donkey Kong Land (Both Land games are pure nostalgia for me)
-Koudelka
-Metro 2033 & Last Light (amazing atmosphere coming close to Stalker, which is a big plus)
-Serious Sam Series
-MDK 1 & 2
And these aren't all.