Hey, wasn't it Friday just a week ago?! Wait... I guess that's how it works, doesn't it? Regardless, it's another Friday, so it's time to roll out my favorite games I've personally played. My collection of games surpasses 500, yet I've only played about 350 or so! Maybe that's a conservative estimate, but you get my drift.
As always:
- Halo 3 (X360)As always:
The first ninety games are in NO particular order. For someone with OCD, compiling a list of 100 games in order would drive me absolutely crazy. There's a good mix of titles from multiple consoles, developers, and genres. Hope you leave this list with some fuzzy memories and good times.
Finish the Fight
I completely abhor Halo 2. It wasn't very fun, and the community was full of gangster-speaking, chocolate milk-craving children. Halo 3 at least fixes the not very fun part by offering multiple maps, multiple players, and a whole lot of content for your sixty bucks (or $100 if you decided to be an idiot and buy the legendary edition). Halo 3 is nowhere near the deepest FPS out there, but to me, it's one of the most fun. While it'll never top my favorite FPSes (those will be revealed much much later), it does give the player a pretty cool campaign and pretty nifty multiplayer modes.
The campaign may seem boring and archaic alone, but you can take three other spartans with you online to play with one another. You can set up rooms and lobbies for your friends, select the arsenal of weaponry and equipment a map holds, and just unleash Hell on the opposition. The fight has been finished, but now we'll see how the milking will commence.
- Final Fantasy VI (SNES, PS1, GBA)
Dancing Mad
Originally known the North America as Final Fantasy III on the SNES, Final Fantasy VI is an RPG that reinvented how the series could and would be in future installments. Nintendo and Squaresoft both thought that-- at that time-- Japanese-only Final Fantasy II, III, and V were too difficult for North American gamers. Thus, only Final Fantasy IV (which was dubbed in America as II) and Final Fantasy VI (dubbed III in n America) were released in the early to mid nineties. FF VI brought with it an epic cast of characters to select from, countless locations and empires to explore, and dozens upon dozens of sidequests chalking up one of the largest RPGs of its time.
Final Fantasy VI holds a special place in my heart simply due to the fact it had so many masterful themes and story elements. The opera scene still is remarkable to this day, and who can forget my favorite Final Fantasy villain of all time-- the mad Kefka. If you get the chance, track down a copy of the original Super Nintendo version, GBA remake, or Playstation disc and prepare to me amazed. It holds up better than FF7 in my opinion.
Dancing Mad
Final Fantasy VI holds a special place in my heart simply due to the fact it had so many masterful themes and story elements. The opera scene still is remarkable to this day, and who can forget my favorite Final Fantasy villain of all time-- the mad Kefka. If you get the chance, track down a copy of the original Super Nintendo version, GBA remake, or Playstation disc and prepare to me amazed. It holds up better than FF7 in my opinion.
- Gran Turismo 4 (PS2)
The Ultimate Driving Simulator
Gran Turismo 4 is not for everyone. Those looking for an arcade racer need not get behind the wheel of this beauty. With over 500 licensed vehicles each sounding like the real thing, 30 some-odd racing locales-- personally measured so they take just as long in game as in real life-- a rockin' soundtrack full of techno, rock, R&B, and classical, and more hours to invest in this game than humanly possible, and you have one of my favorite racing titles bar-none. Did I mention it's pretty time-consuming?
The Ultimate Driving Simulator
Gran Turismo 4 is not for everyone. Those looking for an arcade racer need not get behind the wheel of this beauty. With over 500 licensed vehicles each sounding like the real thing, 30 some-odd racing locales-- personally measured so they take just as long in game as in real life-- a rockin' soundtrack full of techno, rock, R&B, and classical, and more hours to invest in this game than humanly possible, and you have one of my favorite racing titles bar-none. Did I mention it's pretty time-consuming?
- Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions (PSP)
The Best Strategy RPG of All Time
There's a war brewing in the land of Ivalice, and Ramza Beouluve and his acquaintances will be placed in the dead center of it-- The War of the Lions. The original Final Fantasy Tactics came out for the original Playstation in 1997 in Japan and 1998 in North America. It was the first SRPG in the Final Fantasy franchise, and man, was it a deep one. Numerous character classes, jobs and skills to master, weapons to select from, characters and monsters to befriend, and much much more. But it was the gameplay that made this tactics title so addicting, and it was here where the game truly shined.
Cutscenes with full voice-acting was added to the PSP remake as well as two new playable characters in the form of Balthier from Final Fantasy XII and Luso from the forthcoming Final Fantasy Tactics Advance 2. New sidequests and battles have been added, two new job classes are available, and two new multiplayer modes have been included for local skirmishes.
The Best Strategy RPG of All Time
There's a war brewing in the land of Ivalice, and Ramza Beouluve and his acquaintances will be placed in the dead center of it-- The War of the Lions. The original Final Fantasy Tactics came out for the original Playstation in 1997 in Japan and 1998 in North America. It was the first SRPG in the Final Fantasy franchise, and man, was it a deep one. Numerous character classes, jobs and skills to master, weapons to select from, characters and monsters to befriend, and much much more. But it was the gameplay that made this tactics title so addicting, and it was here where the game truly shined.
Cutscenes with full voice-acting was added to the PSP remake as well as two new playable characters in the form of Balthier from Final Fantasy XII and Luso from the forthcoming Final Fantasy Tactics Advance 2. New sidequests and battles have been added, two new job classes are available, and two new multiplayer modes have been included for local skirmishes.
- Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando (PS2)
The Best Lombax/Robot Pair Ever
Ratchet & Clank is a fantastic series of platforming games. However, my favorites of the series are the early entries. Everything was much fresher and more fun. Going Commando took our heroes into new territory with amusing ship combat battles, entrances into a gladiator style arena to bash enemies within the time limit for bolts (the currency of the series), and a story regarding cute little pets that could turn on you in the blink of an eye. This is my favorite Ratchet title thus far, but that could change as I play through Tools of Destruction.
The Best Lombax/Robot Pair Ever
Ratchet & Clank is a fantastic series of platforming games. However, my favorites of the series are the early entries. Everything was much fresher and more fun. Going Commando took our heroes into new territory with amusing ship combat battles, entrances into a gladiator style arena to bash enemies within the time limit for bolts (the currency of the series), and a story regarding cute little pets that could turn on you in the blink of an eye. This is my favorite Ratchet title thus far, but that could change as I play through Tools of Destruction.
Until next week, see you!
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