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Favourite games of all time!

Games that have stuck with me over the years.

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Touhou 07 - Perfect Cherry Blossom

1. Touhou 07 - Perfect Cherry Blossom

The greatest shooter of all time. When I have 20 minutes of downtime this is a game I still go back to to play!

Cave Story

2. Cave Story

This remains one of the few metroidvania games that I really enjoy going back to. While the story is simple, how it tells its story is amazing. Also, love flying gun mechanics.

The Longest Journey

3. The Longest Journey

The Longest Journey, for me, started a long lasting love of adventure games that continues to this day. While they have evolved since, and many of the puzzles are terrible, the storytelling and characters stuck with me.

Chrono Cross

4. Chrono Cross

There are few jrpgs that I can say I ever want to play through multiple times. This is one of the few with enough variety in its characters that I feel like I find something new in every single time I play it. There is also a lot to be said for its battle mechanics themselves as encouraging the player to form strategies.

Final Fantasy XI Online

5. Final Fantasy XI Online

While this was not my first MMO, it was the first MMO that I felt really connected to my character in.

Splatoon 2

6. Splatoon 2

Much like Perfect Cherry Blossom, this is a game that I have difficulty imagining getting bored of. Every time I boot it up, win or lose, I am having a blast.

Super Mario World

7. Super Mario World

There are a lot of days where I would have nothing to do and a roommate of mine and I would just sit down and play through this game start to finish.

Touhou 10 - Mountain of Faith

8. Touhou 10 - Mountain of Faith

While not as good as Perfect Cherry Blossom, this game introduced many characters that I really enjoy. It also contains a boss theme that is stuck in my head almost at all times.

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

9. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

Zelda stories tend to not really mean anything to me. That is not the case for this one. The ending of the game felt bittersweet in a way that I did not expect.

Transistor

10. Transistor

When I first started Transistor I felt very lukewarm on it. However, as you dig into the backstories of the characters and the story unfolds, it became something really special for me. I also enjoyed its unique take on a cyberpunk world.