Favorite game, top 10 maybe? [/drama]

TheFinalSentinel · Post by **TheFinalSentinel** » 8 years ago

So, some of us can't decide, some of us flip-flop, and some us us are dead certain.
I'm curious. Collective Talkhaus, I ask you all what is your favorite game, top 10 maybe?

As for me, there is no doubt in my mind.

Persona 3: FES

I love JRPGS, first of all. I've played through it twice, once on Medium, once on Hard, and watched several Let's Plays/livestreams of it, blind and not. I am assaulted with feels every time.
However, I have yet to even touch The Answer, and am avoiding all knowledge about it like the plague. What I know boils down to this: It's hard as balls, something like Aigis has a sister unit or something.
The reason for this is to capture my first time through on video, be it a Let's Play or livestream. There were far too many memorable moments in my initial playthrough of The Journey that are now delegated to mere text and personal memory. Raging at the Sleeping Table, encountering a glitch where The Reaper somehow spawned IN THE STAIRS ROOM and I screeched like a little girl, the many tears shed at two specific parts that any of you who have played it will know... You get the idea.

I fucking adore tragedies.

Past that we have:
2: PMD: Explorers of Sky
3: Final Fantasy IX
$: Ōkami
5: LoZ: Twilight Princess
And that is my top V. Beyond that I'd have to look through my collection and do some comparisons.

Sorel · Post by **Sorel** » 8 years ago

The World Ends with You.

I really love the gameplay, the art style, the story, just everything.

Even collecting all Pins was fun.

Granix · Post by **Granix** » 8 years ago

For me it would be SpellForce: Order of the Dawn

My first game ever. No matter how long I didn't play it, whenever I'm comeback, I have as much fun as if I was playing it for the first time. Simple mechanics, great graphic, memorable and fun dialogs, texts that controlable characters are saying, the plot and the ending. But of all things I love this game for Blades, race of so called "creatures from the black steel". They are the best. And music is amazing too.

Ashan · Post by **Ashan** » 8 years ago

Yeah, I mean mine kinda changes with my mood and whatnot, but I have to say Super Mario World has done great at basically never getting old for me throughout my whole life.

It's probably from how much I've played of it/ROM hacks of it, but basically everything about the engine feels perfect to me. Like, I can not play it for several months, but coming back to it I never have to re-adapt to the control/feel of the game. It's basically become second nature to me now.

Dizzybelle · Post by **Dizzybelle** » 8 years ago

Fire Emblem Awakening

oh noes a modern game
whatever will we do

Yeah, well, I've had more fun with this game than any other in my life.
I've beaten it so many times, I've lost track~♥
Maybe its the fact that its combining Fire Emblem (which I love) and shipping (which is hilarious). Plus the character interactions are so god damn adorable. Especially Nowi, Tharja, Gregor and Noire. :)
Also, test tube breeding super soldiers is always a bonus.
ALL WILL FEAR MY GALEFORCE/APTITUDE/COUNTER TAGUEL MORGAN
MWAHAHAHAHAHA

Leet · Post by **Leet** » 8 years ago

OFF affected me the most. From the dialogue before the most climactic (not last) boss fight to the end of the game, I was in awe at how the game had managed to

trick me more than any other game ever had.

It changed my view on art and storytelling considerably. Even though it's old to me now, since I played it over a year ago, I still have really fond memories at how much I adored it's setting and characters. Almost all of my own art will likely have some trace of OFF in it's influence.

pholtos · Post by **pholtos** » 8 years ago

This question is impossible for me, I'd need to split it into genres.

Clamestarebla · Post by **Clamestarebla** » 8 years ago

Recettear.
It's perfect.

metasomnia? · Post by **metasomnia?** » 8 years ago

TheFinalSentinel wrote:...some of us can't decide...

Yeah... About that.

After having brainstormed furiously for a little over half an hour, I can't seem to decide which game is the is definitively the best. I made a list of games which was originally intended to be a top 10 to help organize myself, but then it grew into a general list of favorites numbering in the twenties.

Yeah.

Edit: That list is in the thirties now. Also, a fair amount of them come from the Game Boy Advance I've noticed.

Post by **Bean** » 8 years ago

Up until last year, I was struggling to pick from Ocarina of Time and Link to the Past, but that's when The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds happened. I love the streamlined experience mixed with being able to tackle dungeons in any order. There was only one part of the game I wasn't fond of, and that was getting to the Ice dungeon in Lorule with the whole cavern of moving blocks deal.

Everything else was pretty awesome. Great soundtrack, playing off nostalgia while also incorporating new elements into the series, a clever mechanic that isn't overexposed and makes things feel like "Paper Zelda", and just being fun for 99% of the time... This is my favorite game.

Post by **YelseyKing** » 8 years ago

My favorite game of all time would have to be Suikoden 2. The gameplay, the story, the crisp, clean 2D graphics, the music... the whole package is just excellent. It has a great cast of characters, lots of hidden items to collect, some fun mini-games... and Luca Blight is among the best and most memorable RPG villains ever. The *only* downsides would be that the game has some very bizarre bugs, such as one recruit that randomly fails to actually go to your castle upon being recruited, to chests that mistakingly utilize the same flags (meaning you can only get one or the other), to improper item flags that make certain items permanently inaccessible unless you act in a very specific manner. And the translation is... lacking, right down to random bits of text being untranslated entirely.

Right behind it would be Final Fantasy 9. There's just something magical about that game. The first time I played it, I knew I was going to love it right away, as it has *the* best intro sequence I've ever seen in *any* RPG. The gameplay is fairly basic, and even though the ATB is a bit broken, the skill/equipment system is a lot of fun, and it's the first game in the FF series since 4 that actually gives each character complete individuality. I also loved the game's return to its more lighthearted high fantasy roots, featuring gorgeously-designed whimsical locales, demi-human races, and a whole lot less angst than what came before and after. It also features my favorite soundtrack in the series... as well as the biggest! It's *so* freaking huge that the whole thing couldn't even fit on *four* discs! Uematsu really outdid himself there. The world map theme in particular is my favorite song. It's just so amazingly, hauntingly beautiful.

Sturg · Post by **Sturg** » 8 years ago

pholtos wrote:This question is impossible for me, I'd need to split it into genres.

This is for me as well, I can't decide.

Also it depends on how I'm feeling at the time.

InsaneIntentions1 · Post by **InsaneIntentions1** » 8 years ago

I don't see how a JRPG could be someones favorite game :/ my personal favorite game is WindWaker

Post by **YelseyKing** » 8 years ago

InsaneIntentions1 wrote:I don't see how a JRPG could be someones favorite game :/

......why not? If *you* don't like the genre, it doesn't mean *nobody else* should.

Sorry, that just came across as kinda... well, a bit rude. There are a lot of genres I don't play, but I can see the *appeal* of them, at least. I just get kinda snippy when I feel like someone is implying that I'm in the wrong for liking certain things.

Also: Can we *please* keep this thread as a celebration of our favorite games, *without* criticizing others for their picks? You don't have to like what we like. But you don't have to call us out for it, either, or express your undying hatred for a game someone loves, since that's going to lead absolutely nowhere except into a pointless fight. You're certainly not going to change *their* mind, they're certainly not going to change *yours*, so... yeah.

InsaneIntentions1 · Post by **InsaneIntentions1** » 8 years ago

Don't get too mad over anything I imply. That post post wasn't meant to be hostile in the slightest. I do enjoy RPGS, but things like Final Fantasy for the most part aren't my cup of tea. I think this would be easier if we did a top ten list though.

TheFinalSentinel · Post by **TheFinalSentinel** » 8 years ago

InsaneIntentions1 wrote: I think this would be easier if we did a top ten list though.

Fair point.

Put the rest of my top five in the OP if any are curious.

Post by **Jesuiscontent** » 8 years ago

Baten Kaitos

Leet · Post by **Leet** » 8 years ago

Right behind OFF would be Zero Escape. The series as a whole, given that it's two (and eventually three) parts of a story, and they're story-based games, I don't see any real reason to split them up for this purpose.

Then Cave Story (again, like OFF, it's pretty old to me now given how long ago it was I played it), then Anodyne.

Probably some others I'm not thinking of.

Lunikyuu · Post by **Lunikyuu** » 8 years ago

I think the closest game I have to a favorite of all time would be Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. I really loved Paper Mario as a kid, so when I found out there was a sequel, I was so excited that I literally counted down the days until it came out (I believe it was 108 days when I first found out about it), and when I finally got the game, it did not disappoint. I loved the game so much and played it so much, that at one point I memorized the stats for every single enemy in the game (I still remember most of them I believe). I also remember it being a really big inspiration in terms of my own game ideas back then, and in fact, I think a few of the characters I still plan to use were inspired by that game. It may not be the game that wowed me the most or thought was absolutely spectacular, but it still holds a special place in my heart. The original does as well, but I think this one does slightly more.

metasomnia? · Post by **metasomnia?** » 8 years ago

After banging my head against the wall thinking about it for a while, this is what came up.
In no particular order here are my favorite twenty-three games:

Spoilered because it makes the post look big

Why twenty-three? Because I seriously can't narrow it down further than that.

Alice · Post by **Alice** » 8 years ago

Way too difficult to pick any one favorite game, let alone an order for them.

28 31 games and I know for sure I'm forgetting at least a few.

metasomnia wrote:
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess [GC]
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow [GBA]
Terraria[PC]

Good choices.

Saturn Moriya · Post by **Saturn Moriya** » 8 years ago

Yeah, I'm just gonna name a couple games per genre/console/whatever they overlap anyway (spoiler because long).

So that's my...39? most beloved games at this point. Though at recent times I've been checking out more new games than ever so it's constantly a-changin'.

P.S. I care about Mario, he just doesn't come to mind when I think about what's most important/favorite/good/enjoyment/slash.

Whimsical Calamari · Post by **Whimsical Calamari** » 8 years ago

My favorite game of all time absolutely has to be Jet Moto 2: Championship Edition (partly because I have never actually played the black label version, but also because it's just ridiculously fast). The courses never seem to get old, it has wonderful game feel, and there's a sort of sensory overload on the controller (as opposed to the screen) since you have to use all the buttons if you want to get a really good time.

sedron · Post by **sedron** » 8 years ago

My favorite game is Guardian Heroes for the Sega Saturn. It has a rerelease on the 360 arcade for anyone who's interested.

Guardian Heroes is a 2D beat-em-up arcade-style game. I played it at some family's house in Georgia several times when I was younger, and it heavily affected a lot of my tastes for fantasy genres and game design. The game itself is beautiful. I love the character design (one dude wears a giant suit of spiked armor on his torso and JEANS with it while dual wielding katanas, it's simultaneously ridiculous and badass.) The game has wonderful enemy variety and outside of story mode you can play as any enemy you've fought, which leads to lots of multiplayer fun and silliness. I like the story, I like the combat system and planes of play, I LOVE the music... the entire thing is just wonderful. To this day I get a big goofy grin whenever I get a chance to play it.

Ill make a top 10 list sometime when I can type on my laptop.

InsaneIntentions1 · Post by **InsaneIntentions1** » 8 years ago

I suppose I'll dig deep in my mind

That's all I could think of off the top of my head

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