Re: What is your favourite video game
mynameisbob84 said:
Couldn't pick just one, and alot of my "favourites" are informed more by nostalgia than the relative quality of the game, buuuuuuut...
Resident Evil/Resident Evil 2 - I heart these games hard. Then AND now. I would have been about 12 when I played the first one and remember being blown the fuck away by the graphics. Back then, I didn't realise that by using static, pre-rendered backgrounds, it was easier to make them look good and stuff. I was easily impressed.
I loved the story, I loved blowing the heads off of Zombies, the Hunters scared the poop out of me, the giant Spiders gave me the heebie jeebies and I thought Jill Valentine was hot (you know, for a collection of conputer generated polygons).
These days, in addition to the nostalgia, I love the game's use of camera angles. The fixed camera was no doubt born of necessity, but the awesome and weird camera angles they use give the whole thing a Hitchcock-ian vibe and keep moaning enemies just out of sight - hearing something moaning around the corner but not beaing able to see it is still kinda creepy. I also dig the doors/loading screens. Again, born of necessity, but fucking genius. Not only do they disguide the loading times and create the illusion of a smooth-running game, they also heighten the tension - not knowing what's on the other side of the door with only a few bullets left in the clip = awesome.
The sequel looked and played even better than the first. It was bigger, more ambitious, told a more intricate story, and I loved every second of it.
And the dialogue. My friends and I laughed our asses off with the "master of unlocking" line and the "I hope this is not Chris' blood" line. Oh, and the first time the Hunter monster appeared my friend and I were screaming "WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?!?!" The RE Remake for the GC was also pretty awesome. Too bad 2, 3 and Code Veronica were just ports of the DC versions.
mynameisbob84 said:
Final Fantasy VII/VIII/IX - I love me some classic Final Fantasy. Probably the greatest consecutive three-game-run in any video game series ever. As much as I'm starting to enjoy Final Fantasy XIII-2, I long for the day they go back to the formula used in the three PSOne era games.
FFVII yeah. I wasn't as big on VIII and never played IX. I played me the shit out of FF VI (as FFIII on the SNES in the US), though.
mynameisbob84 said:
WWF No Mercy - Best. Wrestling. Game. Ever. If you don't like wrestling, then you were never gonna like No Mercy. If you did (or if you do), then No Mercy was (or is) the game for you. I loved the fact that the matches implemeted actual wrestling psychology. Different moves damaged different body parts. If say, you were playing with Kurt Angle (whose "finishing move" was the Ankle Lock), then you'd wanna target the leg/foot and wear it down in preparation for your finishing move. Using leg locks and kneebreakers and dropkicking your opponents leg until they're limping around the ring on borrowed time before locking in that Ankle Lock and watching them tap like a bitch was the most satisfying thing ever.
I love you, man. All the AKI developed N64 wrestling games for WCW and WWF on the N64 were insanely great. The controls were so simple, but so effective Plus the 4 player modes were a blast. We used to go back to my place after watching Nitro/RAW at a friend's and play us some 4 player games for hours. Plus the intros, by the time of No Mercy, were absofuckingloutely great for the N64's limited capabilities.
mynameisbob84 said:
Metal Gear Solid - I love the sequels (to varying degrees), but the original is still the best. It's the game that transcended video games! The depth of the story and the cinematic delivery of that story was a thing of beauty; the gameplay and the choices presented to the player regarding how they played the game (sneak around like a ninja or shoot the fuck out of everyone you see) presented more than one way to go about things; graphically, it was revolutionary; Snake is maybe the most bad-ass computer game character of all time; and the stuff with PsychoMantis (being asked to place your controller on the floor and then crapping yourself when he "makes it move through the power of psychic ability" or the game tricking you into thinking your TV has broke) was just fucking inspired.
I can agree on the first MGS. But after that, I think they went downhill. Mostly because of how short they really were if you skipped all the cut scenes/CODEC transmissions. My brother and I did MGS2 in like 25 hours. Then we went through and did it skipping everything we could. The game was only about 5 hours long, and that was hitting X a trillion times during CODEC transmissions (so you still had to sit through them, somewhat). So, pretty much, even if you hadn't already beaten it, if you were competent at games, and skipped everything you could, it would have been a less than 10 hour game.
In fact, I have had MGS4 for like 2 years. And I still haven't beaten it. I think I'm only on like the second or third stage/area. But I have already sat through like an hour and a half of cut scenes/CODEC.
mynameisbob84 said:
Yeah, I'm a giant nerd :geek:
Me too.
Let's see, this is a hard one for me, though. The topic in general. I've been playing games for about 3 decades or so. So there's a lot of gaming memories to choose from.
Let's go back and see...
Atari 2600: Pitfall. I loved that game. And the sound of you swinging on vines was great.
NES: I would have to say Castlevania III, Base Wars (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_Wars }, or Battletoads.
SNES: There were soooo many good games on the SNES. Zelda: A Link to the Past, Mario Kart, Mortal Kombat II, Killer Instinct, Donkey Kong Country... too hard to think of a true absolute favorite.
PSOne: I think the game I played the most was Twisted Metal 2. But I also did the FFVII, MGS/MGS2 (never did 3), Monster Hunter (I actually LOVE this game, using game and music CDs to make monsters was so much fun). There were a few others I can't think of right now. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and THPS2.
N64: All the AKI wrestling games. Ocarina of Time. Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire. Super Smash Brothers. GoldenEye. Again, a bunch I really enjoyed.
DreamCast: I didn't have a ton of games for my DreamCast. I got it after it dropped to $99. But I loved Resident Evil: Code Veronica. Crazy Taxi. PowerStone. Jet Grind Radio. Oh, and I loved how quirky Seaman was.
PS2: GTA Vice City, I played the SHIT out of this game for so long, even after beating it. The 80s music and feel, plus Ray Liota made this game a must own. I had a lot of games for my PS2, but I really only played GTA: Vice City and San Andreas a ton. Oh and some of the THPS games on it, too.
GameCube: Tales of Symphonia. Skies of Arcadia: Legends. Both Zelda games (yes, I adored Wind Waker, too). Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, and II. REmake and RE4 (Jesus I loved RE4). Def Jam Vendetta and Fight for NY (both made by AKI).
Xbox: Unreal Championship II: The Liandri Conflict (this game was so much better than Halo 2, in so many ways, but because of Halo 2, it underperformed). Links 2004. Top Spin. The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay. The original Halo. Jet Set Radio Future. Panzer Dragoon Orta.
Xbox 360: Gears of War series. Assassin's Creed series. Batman Arkham Asylum and City. Dead Space and Dead Space 2. Skate, Skate 2... Skate 3 not as much. Halo Reach. Skyrim.
PS3: Mortal Kombat, The Uncharted series. Killzone 3 Multiplayer.
Yes, I love Mortal Kombat...
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