Top five favourite games of all time, And WHY Options

[Dr Strum]

Simple. Post your top five favourite games of all time (Riviera is implied since you're here, so avoid listing it), and WHY they are your favorite games.

Mine (unordered):

• Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (GEN)
  I loved the first Sonic, and then this one came along and blew it away. Faster Sonic, larger, more diverse levels, bigger bosses and multiplayer. One of the earliest games I remember playing as well.
• Frequency (PS2)
  A music game, although Frequency is really indescribable. But any game that can put me into a trance with fast, rhythmic button mashing, beautiful visuals and great sound is a good game (and the multiplayer was insane).
• Advance Wars (GBA)
  My first Turn Based Stratey game, and probably one of the most balanced strategy games I've ever played. Great animation, likeable characters, some really difficult gameplay, and fun music makes for a game I keep playing, years after its release, and the release of the not-as-good sequels.
• Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages/Seasons (GBC)
  Not my first Zelda, but the first one(s) I beat. I collected every ring, every weapon, every heartpiece and beat EVERY mini-game in Seasons and Ages. The bosses were fun, the puzzles were great (and many of the Ages puzzles involving lots of time travelling were downright maddening), and if you beat one game, you can link it up to the other to continue and get a different final boss. To COMPLETELY beat it, you had to play through each game four times (eg, eight times total). Hmm, maybe I oughta' go play through again...
• Feel the Magic: XY/XX (DS)
  A recent game, sure, but I spent months on this game. I beat normal mode the night I got it, but it took me a few months to finish hard mode, and I only finished hell mode a few weeks ago (more than a year after its release). Still haven't filled up all the games in Maniac... But, I can't wait for the sequel (coming out on Valentine's Day <3).

[Wally]

Stop making us remember members that are gone dead. Anyways...

Heroes of Might and Magic III

In the mid nineties, my older brother introduced me to Heroes of Might and Magic, one of the first strategy games I ever played. I became instantly entranced by the colourful graphics and simple but addictive gameplay. We were always playing hotseat multiplayer together, although I wasn't very good at the time. One day my brother came home and told me that his friend had just gotten Heroes of Might and Magic II, and that he'd be getting a copy of it as soon as possible. I can still remember having trouble falling asleep that night because of my excitement, and then dreaming about Heroes II. Heroes II improved on the original in every way, and we ended up wasting even more time on this one than the original.

Then one day, Heroes of Might and Magic III came into my life. Unlike the previous game, I can't remember how or when it happened, so I can only assume that part of my memory was destroyed from a sheer overload of joy. This game had everything. The sprite graphics were (and still are) gorgeous. The music is beautiful. Eight unique factions, and a huge amount of units. Lengthy campaigns, individual scenarios, and plain old fashioned free-for-all multiplayer maps. The series even has some humour strewn throughout it. If you've ever thought that a turn-based, hotseat multiplayer game would be boring, I'll let you know that you're horribly wrong. The two of us sunk hours and hours into this game, always being surprised by something new and wondrous. Even now, when my brother has graduated college and I've just started, we still manage to find time at family gatherings to fit in a game of Heroes III.

tl;dr BEST GAME EVUR

Half-Life 2

Warcraft III

Advance Wars

Civilization II

I'll write something for the other games tomorrow or something. Oh, and for some of these games, it's not just the game itself, but the experience along with it that made it so great.

This post has been edited by Wally: Jan 22 2008, 12:51 AM