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I have a few different "best game" categories.
The "if you were stranded with only one game" scenario. It would have to be a long game WITH good replay value as well as good. I'd go with Chrono Cross. Many different endings, many different characters to collect. Great gameplay, great music, good story. In that best game category... Chrono Cross.
The "most time played" category. I mean if I've spent more time playing it than any other game, it must be the best and my favorite, right? That would be n64's Perfect Dark. Mainly because the multiplayer vs bots and co-op mode was a daily activity for me and a few friends for years. My savegame racked up nearly 300000 kills. I still consider it the best shooter of all time.
The "because everyone else says so and It's just really that good" category. Many to chose from, Shadow of the Colossus, Zelda OoT, Fallout 2, that kind of crowd. But I'd have to say Silent Hill 2. Love survival horror, and it's the high end of survival horror. With Eternal Darkness right behind (because not just horror, but Lovecraft horror.)
The "most important" category. This one is surprisingly tough. Minecraft is a possibility because of all of the random generated goodness. Of course Doom showed the masses what first person shooters could be. Hell, the "nemesis" system in Shadow of Mordor is something that I think GREAT game franchises could be based around. In that sort of setting, as well as doing something similar with (example) an open world prohabition-era gangsters game, A "Game of Thrones" style high fantasy with rival houses, the list is endless. However in the end "most important" almost went to Zelda OoT. It DID show us that a franchise could not only improve but become so much more while staying VERY true to the original game when stepping up a console and changing it's format some. But in the end I'd have to say Ultima VII. Because it did that same thing (the earliest ultimas were basically little more than text adventures) but it was an early example of SEVERAL game conventions that have become commonplace today. Open world, party system, inventory system, real time, hunger and thirst, persistant changes to enviornment, reaction to criminal behavior (hell lots of NPC behavior...) and probably a lot more I'm forgetting. Ultima VII may have been one of the most important games ever made. Oh and the Hoe of Destruction.... priceless.
There's probably a lot more "best ever categories," but this post has gone on too long as it is.
The "if you were stranded with only one game" scenario. It would have to be a long game WITH good replay value as well as good. I'd go with Chrono Cross. Many different endings, many different characters to collect. Great gameplay, great music, good story. In that best game category... Chrono Cross.
The "most time played" category. I mean if I've spent more time playing it than any other game, it must be the best and my favorite, right? That would be n64's Perfect Dark. Mainly because the multiplayer vs bots and co-op mode was a daily activity for me and a few friends for years. My savegame racked up nearly 300000 kills. I still consider it the best shooter of all time.
The "because everyone else says so and It's just really that good" category. Many to chose from, Shadow of the Colossus, Zelda OoT, Fallout 2, that kind of crowd. But I'd have to say Silent Hill 2. Love survival horror, and it's the high end of survival horror. With Eternal Darkness right behind (because not just horror, but Lovecraft horror.)
The "most important" category. This one is surprisingly tough. Minecraft is a possibility because of all of the random generated goodness. Of course Doom showed the masses what first person shooters could be. Hell, the "nemesis" system in Shadow of Mordor is something that I think GREAT game franchises could be based around. In that sort of setting, as well as doing something similar with (example) an open world prohabition-era gangsters game, A "Game of Thrones" style high fantasy with rival houses, the list is endless. However in the end "most important" almost went to Zelda OoT. It DID show us that a franchise could not only improve but become so much more while staying VERY true to the original game when stepping up a console and changing it's format some. But in the end I'd have to say Ultima VII. Because it did that same thing (the earliest ultimas were basically little more than text adventures) but it was an early example of SEVERAL game conventions that have become commonplace today. Open world, party system, inventory system, real time, hunger and thirst, persistant changes to enviornment, reaction to criminal behavior (hell lots of NPC behavior...) and probably a lot more I'm forgetting. Ultima VII may have been one of the most important games ever made. Oh and the Hoe of Destruction.... priceless.
There's probably a lot more "best ever categories," but this post has gone on too long as it is.
Foolish cat, XII is infinitely better.TizzytheTormentor said:
OT: Sonic 3 & Knuckles is probably my favourite game still, just loved it as a kid and enjoy it thoroughly to this day, play through it at least once a year it seems. Other candidates are Resident Evil 4, Devil May Cry 3 SE, Final Fantasy XII, Killzone 2 and Halo 3.
Special mentions go to FFXIV for utterly devouring my time, like a ravenous triple cunted hooker on crack.
I still say Turok 2: Seeds of Evil.
The music in that game? Freaking Hollywood movie blockbuster levels.
The gameplay may not be the most advanced, but it's immensely satisfying to blow off the gushing, gory limbs off of a hybrid dinosaur creature. And the boss battles were pretty intense.
Plus, it continued the legacy of multiple great weapons to use from the first game and (most) games after it.
Still looks pretty good in my opinion today. Maybe not the most complicated environments, but certainly open and explorable.
I'm a bit upset that I can't get the PC version working on any system after 2004 though. The music just doesn't play without console commands, and even then it's FAR too loud with no way to adjust it that I know of. (And the N64 version had rather bad framerates)
The music in that game? Freaking Hollywood movie blockbuster levels.
The gameplay may not be the most advanced, but it's immensely satisfying to blow off the gushing, gory limbs off of a hybrid dinosaur creature. And the boss battles were pretty intense.
Plus, it continued the legacy of multiple great weapons to use from the first game and (most) games after it.
Still looks pretty good in my opinion today. Maybe not the most complicated environments, but certainly open and explorable.
I'm a bit upset that I can't get the PC version working on any system after 2004 though. The music just doesn't play without console commands, and even then it's FAR too loud with no way to adjust it that I know of. (And the N64 version had rather bad framerates)
I had to pick just one specifically, then my choice would be Kingdom Hearts II. It's not perfect, I'll admit - after all, its story is a bit poorly handled and it takes every opportunity to hammer you with the anvil of the power of friendship, its combat is simple and its not the toughest game in the world - but I love it all the same and I'll happily replay that any day.
I guess my honourable mentions would go to either Pokemon Red/Blue and Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver which are games I can also happily replay at any point and love to bits.
I guess my honourable mentions would go to either Pokemon Red/Blue and Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver which are games I can also happily replay at any point and love to bits.
My favorite game is Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie together as a collective, as I refuse to choose one without the other. Every facet of those two games are flawless in my personal opinion, and they will for certain never make games like that ever again. Part of me is saddened that 3D platformers (sometimes dubbed "collectathons") have gone the way of the dinosaur in recent times, but then again I don't see their return as anything like they once were.
There's a reason that Nintendo-era Rareware games are regarded with such praise the way that they are, and both of the original Banjo games stand tall as testaments to that reputation. I am very grateful that they are available for download on the XBLA.
There's a reason that Nintendo-era Rareware games are regarded with such praise the way that they are, and both of the original Banjo games stand tall as testaments to that reputation. I am very grateful that they are available for download on the XBLA.
I used to say you weren't a true gamer if you had a favorite game, because how can you compare the best games of each genre to each other? Then I played Morrowind.
The only game that has come close to being as enjoyable as Morrowind for me was Okami. Both allow exploration of a beautiful and fantastical world, but Morrowind allowed something close to living in that world.
The only game that has come close to being as enjoyable as Morrowind for me was Okami. Both allow exploration of a beautiful and fantastical world, but Morrowind allowed something close to living in that world.