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I'll also add every SMT-related game, for good measure, and Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight, and... actually, this post just reminded me that there's not really a single game or series that I'm really, really into these days, but I've really wanted to get totally immersed in something like that, I'm jealous of people who have single games they've played that many times through or stuff that they get into fan-creations for, for example.
JET SET RADIO.
What can I say? The music is bangin, the artwork is ballin, the first game to cel shade perfectly, the controls were smooth as a babeh's bottom, and DJ PROFESSOR K!
Also, Earthworm Jim HD
What can I say? The music is bangin, the artwork is ballin, the first game to cel shade perfectly, the controls were smooth as a babeh's bottom, and DJ PROFESSOR K!
Also, Earthworm Jim HD
The Legend of the Mystical Ninja: Starring Goemon for the N64. I can play that game over and over again and never get tired of it.
Kirby Superstar. I love that game so much. I've beaten it with every single power up. Beat the DS version to 100% completion. can practically play it by noise alone.
Space Station Silicon Valley, yo. That game owns. I also play Link to the Past at least once a year and SMW every few months, but I'm sure there are MANY people that play them even more than I do. Conkers Bad Fur Day is another one I play often. Also, Smash T.V... DoDonPachi... Majora's Mask... Jet Set Radio Future... Portal...
Video Games are pretty cool.
Do more Memory Cards!
Video Games are pretty cool.
Do more Memory Cards!
metroid fusion I played that game far to often and for far to long I also liked morrowind a lot it was a lot of fun going trough the huge map killing random strangers and planning how to rob the shops
Splatterhouse Wanpaku Graffiti. That game has my personality written all over it. Vaguely cute blended with unspeakable horror.
I've played through the original Castlevania on NES a bazillion million times and I love it every time. I have a hard time beating the Grim Reaper so sometimes I end up quitting there, but Dracula has tasted more than enough of my wrath.
Anybody remember that Grim Reaper holy water exploit? There's a holy water power up at the very beginning of the stage and if you can make it all the way through to Mr. G. Reaper without picking up another weapon or dying you can pin him in place with the holiest of H2Os and the fight is over before it's begun. Unfortunately I found that getting to the Reaper with holy water was as difficult, if not more so, than beating him in a fair fight. When I was a kid we all agreed that the holy water exploit was the ONLY POSSIBLE WAY he could be defeated.
Anybody remember that Grim Reaper holy water exploit? There's a holy water power up at the very beginning of the stage and if you can make it all the way through to Mr. G. Reaper without picking up another weapon or dying you can pin him in place with the holiest of H2Os and the fight is over before it's begun. Unfortunately I found that getting to the Reaper with holy water was as difficult, if not more so, than beating him in a fair fight. When I was a kid we all agreed that the holy water exploit was the ONLY POSSIBLE WAY he could be defeated.
Banjo-Tooie.
My gaming childhood could be summarized in Rare's entire N64 Library(sans the Mature titles, obviously, though I've come to love those). And out of all of these magnificent titles, I've always found myself coming back to this one. With catchy level tunes, color oozing out of every unique nook and cranny(all in an interconnected world, might I add), and dialogue with enough humor to make you forget the characters are talking in grunts, the game was deemed amazing at its time. Unfortunately, almost everyone I know has criticized the game heavily when looking back on it, yet it doesn't look to have aged a bit to me. Yes, the framerate is slow, the characters are blocky, and the amount of collectables is obscene. But the pace it runs at isn't terrible, the character designs are imaginative enough to counterbalance the obvious polygons, and the amount of stuff is fair- sandwiched between its modest predecessor and the off-the-walls DK64. To this day I know every character, move, and song by heart, and have even learned the location of each sneakily hidden phallus-like object more recently! Whenever I'm feeling particularly down, playing a bit of Banjo is a surefire medicine. But don't get me started on Nuts and Bolts; that game was utter garbage and ruined everything that made the second installment special. So while I may not be the biggest fan of the franchise, I can easily say I am the biggest fan of Tooie.
Also, I need to play Super Metroid more, started it but I'm not far in at all.
My gaming childhood could be summarized in Rare's entire N64 Library(sans the Mature titles, obviously, though I've come to love those). And out of all of these magnificent titles, I've always found myself coming back to this one. With catchy level tunes, color oozing out of every unique nook and cranny(all in an interconnected world, might I add), and dialogue with enough humor to make you forget the characters are talking in grunts, the game was deemed amazing at its time. Unfortunately, almost everyone I know has criticized the game heavily when looking back on it, yet it doesn't look to have aged a bit to me. Yes, the framerate is slow, the characters are blocky, and the amount of collectables is obscene. But the pace it runs at isn't terrible, the character designs are imaginative enough to counterbalance the obvious polygons, and the amount of stuff is fair- sandwiched between its modest predecessor and the off-the-walls DK64. To this day I know every character, move, and song by heart, and have even learned the location of each sneakily hidden phallus-like object more recently! Whenever I'm feeling particularly down, playing a bit of Banjo is a surefire medicine. But don't get me started on Nuts and Bolts; that game was utter garbage and ruined everything that made the second installment special. So while I may not be the biggest fan of the franchise, I can easily say I am the biggest fan of Tooie.
Also, I need to play Super Metroid more, started it but I'm not far in at all.
Super Mario World. I replay through the entire game at least 4 times a year. It's an incredible comfort to me, because it is a game that has deep emotional ties to my grandmother. It reminds me of a time when I was very young and the person that I cared for most in the world would sit and play games with me all through the night when I was sick or scared of nightmares. It is a cartoony retreat for me and I love that it will forever be there for me to run away to.
Team Fortress 2. I may leave it for a while every so often but there is usually a load of new content every time I return. Its just so amazing.
Maybe Fragile Dreams? I don't think anyone likes that game a whole lot (although I've seen people who like it), and I love it for some reason. I talked about it for the better half of last year. Not a perfect game by any means, but it feels like it was made for me.
The exploration aspects, the dark tone, the plot, the fact that it was very Japanese... those are all things that I love, and they were in there.
I better stop there before I make a blog post out of this comment.
The exploration aspects, the dark tone, the plot, the fact that it was very Japanese... those are all things that I love, and they were in there.
I better stop there before I make a blog post out of this comment.
Chrono Trigger. I've played that game once a year since it was released. If I had to choose between saving a thousand boglins and never playing this game again. I would pick the game.
I know I'll get flames for it, but FFVII. It introduced me to turn based RPGs. I still cry when Red XIII learns the truth about his father...when Dyne dies...and when Cait Sith "dies". I don't cry when I'm supposed to, such as Aeris' death. I was glad the bitch bit it.
Damnit, I really need to play Super Metroid.
But I love A Boy and His Blob for the Wii more than anyone in the world.
But I love A Boy and His Blob for the Wii more than anyone in the world.
Final Fantasy IV. That game basically counts as a classical work for me. But I KNOW I have competition for love there!
My GamerScore would tell you Mass Effect 2.
Maybe not quite love, but I think I respect and revere Zone of the Enders 2 more than anyone else I know.
My GamerScore would tell you Mass Effect 2.
Maybe not quite love, but I think I respect and revere Zone of the Enders 2 more than anyone else I know.
Totally used to be Super Mario Land 2: 7 Golden Coins. I was SOO good at that game. I found all the secrets. Musta completed it like 50 times. Now, nothing, really: I feel that there's always someone more crazy about a game than I am
OH WAIT NO CANDY CRISIS
OH WAIT NO CANDY CRISIS
The first two Resident Evil games and Metal Gear Solid.
Oh and Jungle Hunt for the Atari 2600, cause that's how I rolled in the early 80's
Oh and Jungle Hunt for the Atari 2600, cause that's how I rolled in the early 80's
I'm gonna have to go with Katamari Damacy. I own three of the games (I would get the rest if I owned an Xbox or a PSP) and I've gotten 100% completion on all of them, and would play them all over again in a heartbeat. Even though they're all essentially the same game, if they keep making them, I will keep buying them.
Other games that could qualify: Cave Story, EarthBound (or Mother 3), Super Mario RPG, or Shadow of the Colossus.
Other games that could qualify: Cave Story, EarthBound (or Mother 3), Super Mario RPG, or Shadow of the Colossus.
Final Fantasy IX for me. Fantastic story, beautiful music and the best cast of characters in the series. I love Vivi.
System Shock 2.
There is no contest. The System Shock 2 poster on my office wall will stay with me forever.
There is no contest. The System Shock 2 poster on my office wall will stay with me forever.
I've almost certainly played through Donkey Kong Country 2 that many times. Everything holds up surprisingly well. In particular, the music and imaginative levels never seem to get old.
Sam & Max (specifically, Hit the Road, but the Telltale games are amazing too.) It's one of the few games I've actually beaten, and one of the very few I've beaten more than once. I've even got the Surfin' the Highway book and a poster signed by Steve Purcell (only because telltale were selling signed posters for like $20, but still)
I want to say Dragon Warrior/Quest Monsters (the first one), but I don't play that much anymore, and I would really only love it more than anyone else because it doesn't have a huge adoring fanbase. I really love that game, though, I still own three copies, the strategy guide, and my awesome parties in each game. I never actually perfected the game, though. I just wasn't interested in the postgame and always ended up restarting the game for the upteenth time. But as I said, my copies of the game have fallen into disuse recently, I've been focusing more on Dragon Quest Monsters Joker, and recently I'm emulating DQM Caravan Heart.
Also I have a couple off flash/freeware games I ADORE and play on a regular basis, namely Tower of Heaven, When Pigs Fly, and Digital: A Love Story. I am IN LOVE with those games, and play them much more than any person should
Also I have a couple off flash/freeware games I ADORE and play on a regular basis, namely Tower of Heaven, When Pigs Fly, and Digital: A Love Story. I am IN LOVE with those games, and play them much more than any person should
In recent memory, Fallout 3. Yes I know, "that's not an old game, so dat don't count herrrr herrrr!", but it was so different and inspiring from any rpg I've played, that going back to dinky JRPGs just doesn't cut it for me anymore.
Secret of Evermore. I'm convinced I'm one of the only people who actually likes that game, let alone loves it.
I know for a fact that I am the absolute biggest fan of SATURDAY NIGHT SLAM MASTERS (MUSCLE BOMBER)! I know all the stories, all the special moves, I can still hum the music... All for a game that all but nobody remembers.
I'm just saying, I'll take anybody down with Scorpion or Haggar.
The sequel can go suck my balls though.
I'm just saying, I'll take anybody down with Scorpion or Haggar.
The sequel can go suck my balls though.
Knights In The Nightmare for DS, it's been almost two years since it's release and there's still no other game (portable or console) that has come even close to the time I've spent on it.
I'm most certainly the biggest fan of Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean. Hardly anyone seems to even remember that game, but I can fill pages upon pages on why it's one of my favorite RPGs ever (and highly likely my #1)
There are also some other games that I could very well be high up for, but I think all of this sort of loses it's meaning when I mention more than one game.
There are also some other games that I could very well be high up for, but I think all of this sort of loses it's meaning when I mention more than one game.
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