Favourite games through the ages

[Scarlett.]

Basically list all the games which lead you to what you play now

List can be as long or as short as you like


1. Shining Force - A top down turn based RPG
http://img.gamespot.com/gamespot/images/2007/213/reviews/941725_20070802_screen002.jpg

2. Sonic The Hedgehog - Needs no explanation
http://www.coolrom.com/screenshots/genesis/Sonic%20the%20Hedgehog.gif

3. Sonic Adventure - First '3D' game I ever played
http://www.gogaminggiant.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/sonic-adventure-dx-4.jpg

4. Fur Fighters - Loved this game, because of the creative enemies and locations
http://www.videogamecritic.net/images/dc/fur_fighters.jpg

5. Project Eden - Puzzled based action horror which involves going to the depths of a city = Heaven
http://i1-games.softpedia-static.com/screenshots/Project-Eden_5.jpg

6. Silent Hill 2 - My first visit to the series, left me ****ing scared as **** :joker:
http://realotakugamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/silent-hill-2.jpeg

7. Grand Theft Auto Vice City - No explanation needed
http://www.psbeyond.com/media/images/491/1-48101.jpg

8. Half Life - Gordon Freeman, Crowbar, Aliens = :)
http://static.blogstorage.hi-pi.com/photos/poke777.blog.jeuxvideo.com/images/gd/1123319476/Screenshot-Half-life-1.jpg

9. Deus Ex - I played it before it was cool /hipster]
http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/screenshots/gs/rpg/deusex/deusex_screen003.jpg

10. Silent Hill 3 - <3 Heather *Became a proper fan at this point*
http://elder-geek.com/wp-content/uploads/randyyasenchak/2009/10/silent-hill-3-bunny.jpg

11. Final Fantasy X - OMGz lyk Yuna/Tidus 4ever <3
http://www.gamersintuition.com/screens/ps2/ffx_1.jpg

12. Grand Theft Auto IV - Loved Niko's story
http://news.cnet.com/i/bto/20080507/GTA_IV_540x303.jpg

13. Mass Effect - Ultimate RPG experience
http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/833/833640/mass-effect-review-20071118101318952_640w.jpg

14. Silent Hill Shattered Memories - Probably my favourite Silent Hill
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uyCoZcFyzDU/S8MbJuAzc4I/AAAAAAAAA8o/0HIZqbM8Z74/s1600/shattered-memories.jpg

15. Uncharted - Pure adventure
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k-3Y7VLt7d4/Tb-KP0jqC0I/AAAAAAAAAAY/9ftlSY9MPFU/s1600/uncharted-drakes-fortune-interview-20071210072845171_640w.jpg

[King Gizzard]

Nothing can beat the Tony Hawk Pro Skater series for me (not all the underground and then the one with the board ****e)

[Lewis.]

<3

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[Stu]

I wasn't aware that there was a period where Deux Ex wasn't cool.

[Scarlett.]

I wasn't aware that there was a period where Deux Ex wasn't cool.That's true :p I meant before it went mainstream with Human Revolution :D

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

rayman 1

http://www.google.co.uk/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q=http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iLvvTtWV_1o/S_gqOIcvZwI/AAAAAAAAAFo/DmLYiKNxUhY/s400/rayman.jpg&sa=X&ei=-ML_TaScGoKk8QONgtnKDw&ved=0CAQQ8wc&usg=AFQjCNFu6rftDlLviueLmheDwoe-nNayjQ

tomb raider 2

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/2497/tombraider2lm4.jpg

super mario 64

http://www.google.co.uk/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/archive/6/6a/20080625040241!Super_Mario_64_box_cover.jpg&sa=X&ei=O8P_TeHROI608QP17PWzCQ&ved=0CAQQ8wc&usg=AFQjCNGRnW_iIDor76JPQ1cL4mk99K6C9g

[Scarlett.]

I loved Rayman :D Apparently he's coming back =D

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

lol @ 'game of the month' :joker:

[Scarlett.]

LOL! xD

[Chuck]

Top Gear 3000:
http://i.imgur.com/3XbUr.png
http://i.imgur.com/2CgJe.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/x2lvV.gif
:worship:

[Jords]

All these game threads makes me want a PS3 and get back into it.

[Novo]

1. Prince of Persia The first game i remember playing on the Commodore we use to have

http://gameportal.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/pnlj1ul.png

2. Chuck Rock One of the earliest Sega games i played had an amazing music score

http://www.snesclassics.com/snes-roms/images/boxart/chuck%20rock.jpg


3. Desert Strike Going round in a helicopter rescuing people by lowering a ladder. Amazing.

http://media.moddb.com/images/groups/1/4/3106/desert_strike3.png

4. Age of Empires The first age of empires is probably my favourite ever PC game it was so simple but really really addictive

http://downloadsoftwarez.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Age-of-Empires1.jpg

5. Sim City Use to spend hours making a massive successful city then destroy it by unleashing all the natural disasters on it

http://ui11.gamespot.com/1418/c4-61349_2.jpg

6. Actua Soccer The first football/Maybe sports game i remember playing really **** looking back at it now

http://www.gameblitz.com/images/agoalie.jpg


7. Hercules Another early game i played on the PC.. some of the missions were amazing most notably the Cyclops one

http://m1.ikiwq.com/img/xl/xVFsp77CSW6gRPfr6kvXMd.JPG


8. Ridge Racer Type 4 The game that came with my PSX

http://www.videogamecritic.net/images/ps/ridge_racer.jpg


9. Final Fantasy 7 The game that got me hooked on RPG's and to this day remains my favourite game ever.

http://www.old-wizard.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/final-fantasy-7.jpg


10. Grandia Another one of my early RPG's

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa192/KOREA13_2007/grandia_image10.jpg


11. Max Payne One of the most well made games on the PS2/XBox the first game i got with my Xbox

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aMZVBS7BR9w/SHYC6CxJTkI/AAAAAAAAAAM/wT8hPypXSko/s400/Max+Payne.PNG

12. Jet Set Radio Future Graphics = Amazing, didn't think i'd enjoy it at all but it's in my top 20 video games of all time for sure

http://www.xbox365.com/gdb/images/EpVpFulyEFdFKXrwER/JSRF_Jet_Set_Radio_Future_1_500.jpg

13. Shenmue 2 Such a massive game there was so much to do it in it shame the Saga will probably never be completed

http://www.ntsc-uk.com/reviews/sdc/Shenmue2/05.jpg

14. Kingdom Hearts Final Fantasy and Disney combined = One of the best Idea's ever

http://cdn1.gamepro.com/screens/105188/26235-11-2.jpg


15. KOTOR Star Wars + RPG = Win

http://pcmedia.gamespy.com/pc/image/article/585/585574/star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic-ii-the-sith-lords-20050204045259866-000.jpg


16. Final Fantasy X The Highlight of having a PS2

http://media.gamerevolution.com/images/games/ps2/final_fantasy_x/final_fantasy_x_003.jpg


17. Zelda Windwaker The Sole reason i got a Gamecube and one of the very few good games that came on it

http://arcadeberg.com/files/2008/11/zelda_wind_waker_01.jpg

18. Final Fantasy VII - Crisis Core Brought the Limited edition Crisis Core PSP and this game a few years ago.. One of the best things i have ever brought

http://cdn.pspslimhacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/crisis-core-final-fantasy-screen-shot-9.jpg

19. Oblivion A masterpiece

http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/775/775711/the-elder-scrolls-iv-oblivion-20070326002104276-000.jpg

20. Fallout 3 Another Masterpiece

http://ab-games.org/fallout_3/fallout3.jpg

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

am i the only one that thought new vegas was better than fallout 3 :sad:

[Stu]

Fallout 3 was dull as. New Vegas was far more entertaining.

[Scarlett.]

Looking through your list Novo, I realised I left out a few of my favourites haha

[Jordan.]

http://images.wikia.com/crashban/images/5/5a/Crashbandicoot2.jpg

I'd still sit and play this for hours.

[Shaun]

erm.

Goldeneye, Mario Kart and Super Mario 64 on the Nintendo 64.
Super Mario Brothers 2 + 3 on the SNES
Spyro, Mortal Kombat Trilogy, Dancing Stage Euromix and Crash Bandicoot on the PS1
GTA 3, GTA Vice City, Fifa 2004, Tenchu (Wrath of Heaven iirc), Tekken 4 on the PS2
Civilization on the PC.

only have one PS3 game atm so can't say any of them :p

[Shaun]

oh and Pokemon Gold and Blue.

[Niall]

Ugh I could never rate them. Ima just list the faces I can remember:
-The Sims 1, and 3
-Spyro 1,2 and 3
-Crash Bandicoot
-Simpsons: Hit & Run
-Fallout 3
-Call of Duty: World at War (too much love for this game :love:)
-Civilisation IV - I used to spend hours making a huge Civ, then once I got nukes I'd got and beat the living **** outta every other country. So much fun. :lovedup:
-Portal 1 & 2
-Mirrors Edge
-Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
-Super Mario Sunshine
-Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

I could name loads more but those are all of the ones I can think of atm. :lovedup:

[Livia]

All the Tomb Raiders up to 5. After 5 they suck. And blow. Adored the original Tomb Raiders and still have a little go sometimes for old time's sake.

Abe's Oddworld. Never enjoyed the platform games Abe's Odyssey and Abe's Exoddus, but when Oddworld came out on PS3, it was bloody brilliant.

Primal. Jen enters four different world to fight monsters with her sidekick, Scree, who's a gargoyle. Sounds lame, but it's actually good fun and one of those games that makes you jump sometimes. Bit of thrash metal on the old soundtrack too... always good when you're slaughering demons, I find.

[Stu]

Streets Of Rage

http://www.coolrom.com/screenshots/genesis/Streets%20of%20Rage%20%282%29.gif

Seminal beat em' up with great cannon fodder, colourful levels and a pumping soundtrack. I've lost count of the amount of times I've played it and it's sequels. The first series I was obsessed with.


Revenge Of Shinobi

http://thevideogamecritic.net/images/gen/revenge_of_shinobi.gif

The best side scrolling action platform ever created. It was so absurdly difficult as a kid that passing the levels felt so rewarding. I couldn't wait to see what the next stage would look like. Again great cannon fodder, colourful levels and a slightly less pumping soundtrack.


Wipeout

http://www.unseen64.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Wipeout-final.png

Done for video gaming what Trainspotting did to convince a generation of club goers that cinema was the hippest thing going. The first game isin't even that great gameplay wise but the aesthetic - largely created by Designers Republic - was nothing short of amazing. Especially in 1996. Slots right in with the rest of the decade.


Crash Bandicoot 2 : Cortex Strikes Back

http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/867/398156-crate_crashbandicoot2_super.jpg

I'm not a platformer man. This might be the only one to make the list. But it's an intoxicating mix of humour and fun, often tricky, gameplay in highly thematic zones with wicked boss battles. This done for me what Mario 64 done for most people.


Tomb Raider II

http://ui26.gamefaqs.com/1305/gfs_96743_1_2.jpg

Clearly the best Tomb Raider game ever made. Can be difficult but not nauseatingly so like previous games. Venice was a joy to play through. I just love how that entire level works and it's got such a heavy atmosphere to it. The ship levels are haunting. The traps scared me senseless as a kid. And the butler will always find a way to catch up with you doing that creepy moaning sound that still reverberates in my head.


Doom

http://regmedia.co.uk/2008/05/08/doom.jpg

The game that sent FPS gaming into the stratosphere has yet to be bettered. It still has bucketloads more charisma than any Halo or Call Of Duty that will ever get released. It's always playable again and again even to this day.


Half-Life

http://images.six.betanews.com/screenshots/955438597-1.jpg

Thank god it ran on my aunt's Windows 95 desktop. Everyone who played Half-Life had never seen anything close before. It's not the shooting. It's the little nuances. Scientists who talk to you, health charging stations, killing the security guard so you can get his ammo clips, the G-Man. Everything was pulled off with an eerie cinematic sheen that was way ahead of it's time. And not a cutscene in sight. The sequel sucks balls.


Final Fantasy VII

http://dualshockers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Foto+Final+Fantasy+VII.jpg

If you were a part of the generation of kids who rushed home from school to play Final Fantasy VII for hours on end chances are it was the first RPG you have ever played and chances are you still think it's the best game ever. Pure perfection. No other game's made me feel as much. IX is almost as good. VIII is almost as good as IX. This one is the king of the trio.


Metal Gear Solid

http://roboawesome.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Metal_Gear_Solid_-_Metal_Gear_REX.jpg

Like Half-Life nobody had ever played anything like this. There is simply not enough superlatives to describe how jaw dropping this game is. You like to play Castlevania?


Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3

http://www.nintendospin.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/tony-hawks-pro-skater-3-image1.jpg

It was actually the vastly inferior but amazing at the time PS1 port of this game that first introduced me to the insane world of taking classic platform gaming and point scoring and putting it on a skateboard. It was dangerously addictive and you were really literally just grinding in circles around the same tiny levels again and again.


TimeSplitters

http://www.ntsc-uk.com/reviews/ps2/Timesplitters/01.jpg

This relatively low key, vastly underappreciated first entry to the generally unnoticed-but-now-finally-being-lauded series hooked me into 21st century FPS gaming when most people were busy wanking over Halo. Fast, frenetic and - gosh - funny and with more than two colours. I'm looking at you Cal Of Duty.


Halo

http://xsreviews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/gears-of-war-vs-halo-7.jpg

I did eventually get around to wanking off to Halo though. I believe it was after crash landing on Halo and looking up and the sky and then down at the grass. Woah.


Grand Theft Auto III

http://www.stuffwelike.com/stuffwelike/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/grand_theft_auto_3.jpg

Finally playing the Xbox port in the run up to San Andreas's release this was a series I arrived late to. San Andreas is still the best of the lot and takes you on an amazing journey but this is the one that started it for me. I still love it's simple three island, no nonsense gameplay. Portland is still the best map and it's still better than Vice City.


The Elder Scrolls IV : Oblivion

http://ui21.gamespot.com/628/oblivion2008071415014361_2.jpg

An absurdly beautiful game that sucks you in and slowly replaces all your real life friends with cat people, racist dark elves and orcs. The only game that comes close to touching Final Fantasy's VII-IX in terms of keeping me up all night and making me feel. Stop right there, criminal scum!

[Novo]

Forgot about Timesplitters although Timesplitters 2 was the best for me

[Shaun]

omg Wipeout <3

[Scarlett.]

How the hell did I forget Timesplitters 2/MGS? O_O

[KG.]

Goldeneye, Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Diablo 1/2, Age of Empires, LOTR: Battle for Middle Earth, Broken Sword 2, V Rally, FIFA 11, Left 4 Dead 2, Pokemon Blue.

That's all I can think of atm, I'm bound to be forgetting some.