I've been playing video games since I was a small boy, so this list is by no means complete. I started off on the computer with some educational games, before moving onto the Playstation, Playstation 2, Xbox and now finally, Xbox 360. So if you see Freddi Fish or Putt Putt in there, I most likely played it when I was 5 - although I'd probably still enjoy it now...
As I've gone through this list I've found that my gaming really does split into two distinct categories. The first is the one where I simply played the game on my own, an innocent age, the age of computers, playstations and the original xbox. This is the age when I didn't always choose the game, but when I found something I enjoyed in it, no matter how bad. I was small and impressionable. Now is a different time. Now I play for achievements, for multiplayer, and I expect the best stories and graphics and features. If I don't, I return it. There's plenty to choose from and I'm not forced to find the joy in games I'm not 100% happy with. As such, I'm a little bit more impersonal with my games and don't have the nostalgic feelings I had with my earlier games. It's a double-edged sword - more variety and better games, but less enjoyment and less time taken to find the good qualities in everything.
In this list you'll find a brief description of my time with it. I'll try to get everything in alphabetical order, but man, there's tonnes of games here!
Notable exclusions: Game demos, any I cannot remember or don't know the names of, games which are only vaguely considered games, and of course most non-console or computer-related game.
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My uncle gave me this game for my 9th birthday - without the manual so it was obviously second-hand... cheapskate - and I loved it. I even built my own scenarios based on historical events. And then our PC got a virus and all my hard work was wiped. But still, building my own maps and filling them with deadly sentry towers kept my young mind conquered for hours!
My experience with this game was the first few seconds of the opening screen - our computer couldn't handle playing this game for some unknown reason. It'd load and then crash. We hired all manner of geeks to fix it but to no avail. It was the titan edition too!
Got this for my birthday when I was young. It was one of those "Oh thanks! This is just what I've always wanted! Cough. NOT. Cough" gifts. I gave it a decent try, but bad game mechanics, poor graphics and no want to fly planes on my behalf led to me not playing the game very much after the first week.
I remember playing this briefly after renting it from the store, getting scared, then getting stuck and then never playing it for the remaining 5 days.
Put the disc in and then took it out - haven't had time to play it yet. Got it cheap and it looks like a cheap game. So win/lose I suppose...
I used to play this game a lot! I was a big Civilization fan, but this seems so much cooler when you're 12. Space, unexplored planets, mind worms and troops you can fashion? Awesome! I remember the sense of joy I'd get whenever I'd pass a dropped pod. Always got the biggest cities but that darn Asian dude and religious nut would always get me!
One of my first Playstation games. My friend helped me get all the way through to some interesting levels (mainly because I'd start getting angry over those stupid little monkeys dodging my net!), but I could never get to them on my own... Looking back, this game probably has the worst graphics of all time.
Played the demo a while ago and thought it was quite good. Eventually bought it in a bargain bin sale a year or two later, and quite like it. I've decided EA don't make the best games, but I'll admit, Army of Two is one of their better ones.
