Favorite Games

[Minor-T5]

I'll just leave this here:

[GrandKittymus]

Oh gosh. This is BRILLIANT. XDDD

[Minor-T5]

Oh gosh. This is BRILLIANT. XDDD

There's more where that came from

[Keane]

Maybe if the video itself didn't have the quality of 06...

[Rayfist]

Oh boy. Where do I start for favorite games.
Of course every Rayman game including the spin-offs, thats a no brainer though.
Crash Bandicoot 1-3
Spyro 1-3
Jak 1-3
Ratchet and Clank 1-3 and Deadlocked
Sly 1-3
Zelda Ocarina of Time and Majoras Mask
Zelda Windwaker
Zelda Twilight Princess
Super Mario Bros 1-3
Super Mario World
Earthbound
Mother 1-3
Kirby Super Star
Street Fighter II-IV
Street Fighter Alpha 1-3
Street Fighter Ex 1-3
Street Fighter X Tekken
Tekken, pretty much all of them, never really came across a bad one.
Darkstalkers
Marvel Vs Capcom 1-3 (seriously the 3rd did not suck)
The Smash Bros franchise
Megaman 1-8
Megaman X1-X8
Half-Life 1 and 2
Portal 1 and 2
Team Fortress 2
Left 4 Dead 1 and 2
Sonic 1-3 (and Knuckles)
Jet Set Radio and Jet Set Radio Future
Sonic Adventure 1 and 2

And these are just a select few of them. As you see my 2nd favorite genre next to platforming is fighting games. I love competitive games, and I can thank Capcom for that, getting me into the Street Fighter franchise, and other great titles.

[Adsolution]

This list is very poorly put together, but I'll list them in some nonsensical order:

My potential absolute favourites of all time:

Rayman 1
Assassin's Creed II
Grand Theft Auto IV
Red Dead Redemption

Notice how three of them are from within the last five years? That's just how it is. Now to pay homage to the above games:

Rayman 1 was one of the main sources of all my imagination and creativity. It kept me in awe and wonder for years, and whenever I thought of it's grand, luscious worlds, I can't help but drift into an imaginary world and live there for a while.

Assassin's Creed II actually had a similar effect to Rayman 1 on me, but in my teen years. This game- I can't even choose where to begin. It is utter perfection in what it is, a fantasy adventure through Italy in the magical times of the Renaissance. Every single time I think about this game, so many amazing memories fly through my head. Running around as youth Ezio in Florence, chasing your friends and racing your brother around the mysterious landscape waiting to unfold; riding a horse over a hill speckled with blood-red roses, along a gorgeous aurora-swept skyline with castles and forests in the distance; walking along the chillingly enchanted and peaceful rooftops of Venice with the candlelights illuminating the moats, and the fireflies dancing around you as you climb to the tallest bell tower. Not only are the visuals stunning and other-worldly, the story is truly thrilling. Never have a felt so engrossed and immersed into a tragically compelling story like I have an amazing novel before; the gameplay is also a wonder. It's one of the freshest games I had ever played at the time. This game is something wonderful. One of the greatest works of video game art ever in my opinion.

Grand Theft Auto IV is... GTA IV. What can I say? You had your Call of Duty's, supposedly the most realistic games around. GTA IV took this to a whole new level, and it is gritty. These characters feel real, the world around you feels real, so much so that it almost makes you hesitate before going through with your actions in the game. Not only does this grit realism make it so damn memorable, I've never had so much fun in a sandbox game before. Even to this day I pick it up every month or so and fuck around, after five years of owning it. The people physics (Euphoria) was unbelievable to me when I first played the game. It took me days to stall my jaw from dropping over this marvel of realtime technology.

Red Dead Redemption could considerably be Assassin's Creed II meets GTA IV, though I'm being very liberal with that statement. Western stores - mostly games at this point - were mostly very spaghettied and humourous. Here we have, like GTA IV, a very realistic setting. However, this game feels a bit more storybooked than GTA IV, where instead of GTA IV filling you with dread (in a positive way) with its unpredictability, Redemption is something of a Nirvana. John Marston, the protagonist, is a cynical yet morally-sturdy jerk treated unfairly by the authority. Even though the game has some really kickass moments where, for example, you're with three buddies throwing Molotov cocktails at a Mexican raft convoy, once the fight settles down and night approaches (in the real-time day-night cycle), you hear the crickets chirp up and you know it's time to lie down, light a fire and get some rest. Especially during the night, you re-realise the sombre atmosphere of the story itself. Even when it seems like you're approaching a happy ending that seems too good to be true, you reach it, but it doesn't seem fulfilling. You're virtually a criminal, and even though you can say you never saw it coming, you knew something like the actual ending would occur. For me, it's easily the greatest ending to a video game I've ever played, and you would have to be one apathetic bum to not want to shed a tear, or at the very least feel somewhat moved by it. John Marston is probably my favourite video game protagonist of all time.


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Secondary favourites (in no particular order):

Rayman 2
Kirby and the Amazing Mirror
Yoshi's Island
Halo 3
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Paper Mario
Super Mario 64

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Other honourable game mentions are (in no particular order):

Rayman 2
F-Zero GX
F-Zero GP Legend
Kirby Air-Ride
Kirby and the Crystal Shards
Mega Man: Network Transmission
Super Mario World
TLoZ: Twilight Princess
TLoZ: Majora's Mask
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Half-Life 2

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Most of the games on these other lists are Nintendo-related, since that's just how I feel, man.

EDIT:

Sorry for any typos, I'm on my phone and tired.

[Rayfist]

Ah yes how could I have forgot F-zero GX and Paper Mario!

[GNineify]

If only I could play GTA games without my parents being so freaking scared of me becoming a mass murderer because of it. No really, what the hell is their problem? I'm getting pretty bored here, hello!

[Haruka]

Paper Mario!

A fantastic game.

My favourites list:

Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
Rayman 2: The Great Escape
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus
Worms Armageddon
Gambys

And others I'm probably not remembering at the moment.

[Rayfist]

If only I could play GTA games without my parents being so freaking scared of me becoming a mass murderer because of it. No really, what the hell is their problem? I'm getting pretty bored here, hello!

Haha! Reminds me of when I was 9 years old, my Dad left the TV on paused for GTA, while he was in the shower and I went on a rampage of murdering people in his GTA data, he was pissed when he got back. XD

[Bzzit]

My updated list is


Spyro 1-3
Rayman 1-Origins
Ratchet 1- CIT
Jak 1- X/Daxter
KH 1- DDD
FF 3,4,6,7,9,10 and 13
Chrono Trigger
Beyond Good and Evil
Psychonauts
GTA Vice City- IV, but more so modern GTA
MGS 1-4
Uncharted 1- 3/GA
SOTC
Wario Land 3
SSB Melee/ Brawl
Pokemon Red- Black
Mario Galaxy
Elder Scrolls Morrowind/ Oblivion (Skyrim was quite disappointing imo)
Fallout 3/NV
Demons Souls
Dragon Age Origins
Mass Effect 1-3
Resident Evil 4
Devil May Cry
Darksiders 1 and 2
God Of War 1 - Ascension
Gravity Rush
Tony Hawks Underground
Red Dead Redemption
Canis Canem Edit (Bully)
Half Life 2
Halo 1-3
Fable 1
Gears Of War
Persona 3
Assassins Creed 2/Brotherhood
Metroid Prime
Sly 1-4
Heavy Rain

[El Dango]

Been playing a ton of TrackMania lately, and I've started to really appreciate how much there is to it, despite its simplicity. The standard set of levels didn't impress me, but there are some damn good user made tracks out there. I think it's starting to become one of my favourites.

Other than that, here's my Dtoid list:

Wario Land 2
Wario Land 3
Rayman 2
Rayman Origins
Beyond Good & Evil
Sonic 2
Batman: Arkham City
Doom
Ape Escape
Tetris
Shadow of the Colossus
Pacman Championship Edition DX
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus
Tekken 3
Tekken 5

This is my absolute top list though, I'm a fan of many more games and franchises than these. I don't think I could ever pick one all time favourite game, same with stuff like movies and songs, but I like to have a personal list that gives me some sort of gamer identity.

[Rayfist]

Forgot to include WarioLand 4, that was my favorite out of the series.
The only Ape Escape I played was the first one, the remake on PSP, and I remember loving the hell out of it- damn, makes me want to replay that. I'll have to play 2 and 3 someday.

[El Dango]

I'm a huge fan of all the games, including 4, but I like 2 and 3 the best.

[Rayfist]

Glad to see other Tekken players here also, great fighting game. Not my favorite, but in my top 3 undoubtedly.

[El Dango]

Tekken introduced me to fighting games, and it's pretty much my go-to franchise of the genre.

As for Ape Escape, that game is amazingly fun! I'll never stop loving it.

[Master]

Let's see what I've been liking recently:
The Rayman series.
Crash Bandicoot (1 - 3, Twinsanity, (haven't tried out WoC or Titans)
Jak 1-3
Ratchet and Clank (Got Q-Force recently, will be playing it more when exams are finished)
Portal
Pokemon
Skyrim (I know some think it is one of the weaker entries in TES, but it was a nice starting point for me, and maybe I'll look into TES games)
Kirby (Though I haven't played it in a while, should get back into it when I get the chance)
Mario
Sonic the Hedgehog (I'm thinking of giving Colours a try)
inFamous series
Metroid (Still haven't beaten Super, Ridley is a right arse).
The Transformers Cybertron games.

[Rayfist]

Tekken introduced me to fighting games, and it's pretty much my go-to franchise of the genre.

As for Ape Escape, that game is amazingly fun! I'll never stop loving it.

Nice! Street Fighter introduced me to fighting games so it's more my vibe.
I think my favorite fighting games in order are:
1.) Street Fighter
2.) Marvel Vs Capcom
3.) Tekken

Ah last time I played Ape Escape was on the PSP- might re-buy it for my Vita

edit: Another game I should have put on that list is Conkers Bad Fur Day- my first "M" rated game in which I had a freaking awesome experience in. Certainly my favorite Rareware title to this day.

[OCG]

Paper Mario!

A fantastic game.

My favourites list:

Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
Rayman 2: The Great Escape
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus
Worms Armageddon
Gambys

And others I'm probably not remembering at the moment.

I have Croc 2 Japanese for PS1 and Croc 1 Japanese for Saturn but Croc 1 does not work. Despite that, I can upload both games. Anyone interested? Also For My favourite games it has to be

1. The first place are sharing Rayman and Crash Bandicoot, but Rayman has alot better fanbase so I guess it's a little more on top
2. Super Mario series
3. Pac-Man World Trilogy
4. Spyro series
5. Ratchet and Clank Series.
6 Disgaea

[Master]

Not really the right place to post this, but I felt this was rather cool and was compelled to share it: