Just a basic list of some of my favorite games. Not always up-to-date.
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This is my favorite game of all time, hands down. I remember that my mom went through a phase where she wanted to homeschool me, and the only way she could get me to care was by promising I'd get to play this afterwards. This game is the reason I play games.
I absolutely love this game. This game is hilarious, and the battle system is really, really cool and entertaining. I bought a 3DS on the promise of a new one coming out. While Sticker Star turned out disappointing, it's partially because it was attached to the incredible legacy this title created.
For a while, Mario 3 held this spot, but I've come to realize that nowadays, when presented with the choice between World or 3 as a pick-up-and-play thing, I want to choose World. The secret exits are awesome, and I wish we got more of that in modern Mario games. There's always a bit of it in the "New" games, but they almost always only lead to shortcut cannons. The secret exits in Mario World could take you anywhere, it felt like.
Such a fun game, and easy to go back to for me. I loved the crazy levels and all the hidden secrets the castle had to offer. The hub world was it's own level, and fun to explore on it's own. After watching a 120-star speedrun at an AGDQ, I looked at this game in a totally new light. Now when I play it, I find myself trying to break it in various ways, which is its own entirely new brand of fun.
This one is an obvious choice. Zelda. Damn. I remember that I would try to play this game before I could even read. I'd just end up going to all the same places over and over again, repeating things I didn't need to repeat, but I loved every damn second of it. And when I was finally old enough to finish it, it still blew my mind.
I love this game. I've played through it probably twenty times, and it's a 40-80 hour experience each time. The world is just so colorful, and the characters are so good, that I just keep wanting to go back. There's also a nice New Game + with some cool bonuses in it.
This the best visual novel I have ever played, hands-down. I have a lot of love for some other entries in the genre, but Steins;Gate is special. I'd recommend it without reservation if not for its incredible length, but... It's really long. It's just that, like with most visual novels, its length is a part of what makes it good. The time spent meandering around and not advancing the plot attaches you to the characters. And maybe me saying that has unsold you on it, but it really does work. It's excellently done in this game on top of being an effective storytelling technique in general. Oh, also. It's like the best time travel story ever told. Seriously. It's that good.
I know that Galaxy 2 was "better" but I enjoyed this game a lot more. I played through the game twice, getting every single star each time. It is such a fun game.
This goes for almost the entire series. The writing is phenomenal, and the twists and turns are so crazy, yet for the most part don't stretch TOO far out of the realm of possibility, aside from the spirit medium stuff. My favorite cases are the ones where the magic stuff isn't a huge part. This game makes you feel so awesome when that light bulb finally turns on and you understand what's going on, and backing witness into a corner kind of makes you go "Yeah, in your face! You can't get out of this one!" every time. I'm surprised, but the 3DS game turned out great, too. The reason they aren't all on here separately is because having all of the entries released in North America would kind of clutter up the list.
This game is the Pokemon game that I love the most. I'm not sure why exactly. I think it was just during the exact right time in my life for me to appreciate it. I guess there are actually a few pretty apparent reasons, if I think about it. It's the only game in the series (aside from the Gold/Silver remakes) where you visit a second Pokemon region. I remember being so incredibly excited when I realized I had all of Kanto to explore again. The addition of color to the world is also not to be understated. This game also has some of the best music in the series. I really love the Johto Pokemon, too, almost as much (if not exactly as much) as I love the first 151. The addition of held items was great, as was the addition of Shiny Pokemon (one of which you were guaranteed to see and have a chance to catch over the game's main progression.) Lastly, I could point to the game's final challenge, only available to you after getting all 16 gym badges across both regions and beating the Elite Four. Once you've done this, you can climb to the peak of a high mountain, and waiting for you is... the (still silent) protagonist of Red, Blue, and Yellow. His team is made up of iconic Pokemon that many trainers had on their original teams, and they are the highest-level Pokemon used by any trainer across the entire Pokemon series, including every future game. The number one hardest fight in the entirety of Pokemon is in this game, and it's against a version of yourself, older and even more capable. And he says nothing, fighting you without comment. It's a pretty amazing moment, maybe the best in the series. So yeah. I like this generation of Pokemon games A LOT.