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).

[Frisk]

1. Chrono Cross
What was the start of all this?
When did the cogs of fate begin to turn?
Perhaps it is impossible to grasp that answer now,
From deep within the flow of time...

But, for a certainty, back then...

We loved so many, yet hated so much.
We hurt others, and were hurt ourselves.
Yet even then, we ran like the wind,
Whilst our laughter echoed,
Under cerulean skies...

2. Wild Arms 2- This game is just awesome in my opinion. I've probably never cared about characters as much as I did in this one. Everyone is fighting for their own beliefs, and no one thinks that they're doing the 'wrong' thing. It also sends a strong message, one that is usually completely ignored in stories of any kind in this day and age- in times of crises, you can't push all your burdens on one person, rely on just them to fight your battles for you. Everyone has to struggle to help, everyone has to get hurt together to really bring hope. I honestly could go on for several hours about this game, but everything I say would involve one scene or another in the game, and that would be going into spoilers. No matter what time, I can pick this rpg back up and play it whenever I want. Its ONLY flaw in my opinion is a bad translation, and thats not its fault.

Before I move along, I have to say this about my favorite part of the entire game.

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When Brad pulls that rail gun, declares everything he's ever fought for a remnant of the past, and says goodbye to his 'comrade' Vinsfeld by attacking in the only cutscene in the entire game rendered in the superior battle graphics, I still get shivers.

3. Final Fantasy Tactics- What really sells this game for me is the characters and their individual goals and motives always clashing. To be honest, srpgs just don't hold any particular attraction to me. I mean, I think they're as fun as anyone, but I know I'll probably get bored of them because of the time-consumption involved. I played the last fourth of this game in a NIGHT. I couldn't put it down, not just because the gameplay had become a great mix of difficult but balanced (which it had), but I HAD to know what would happen to the next character in the line. Too bad it usually wasn't good. That's another thing, the game doesn't paint a pretty picture of war. Families and friends tear each other apart for the sake of pure greed. Evil walks, and almost no one seems to want to stand against it, to fight it. But there are still noble warriors, people struggling to do the right thing. This game isn't just a game, its a tragedy.

4. Shadow of the Colossus- Anything I could say about this game has already been said.

5. SMT: Nocturne- One of the coolest MCs in history. Seriously, he's as badass as they come. He can yell and shatter the earth itself. Controller-breaking difficulty, battles that actually make you THINK and plan. And you know those useless buff and status effect spells in other games? Yeah, try and play this game without them. Fuck, just try beating MATADOR without some kind of buff spell. And unlike a lot of jrpgs, this game has a lot more freedom to it. Not the kind of freedom where you wander around and do things in any order, but freedom to make your own choices on how the world should be. You can side with one of 3 factions, each doing their damndest to shape the planet in their image. Or you can say fuck them and just kill everything standing in your way. Pure awesomeness.

This post has been edited by Vahn: Sep 6 2010, 05:23 AM