by guip1408
I'll continue to rank my favorite games of all time, following the 100 games from the first list. This list will present the games from 101-200.
Check my top 100 here: https://www.giantbomb.com/profile/guip1408/lists/my-favorite-games-of-all-time/365753/
(Year of release / console I played on / genre I would put)
Showing 1-10 of 99 items
2008 / PC / Survival-Horror Left 4 Dead was about the hot new topic that every kind of media was giving a try at it, at the time: Zombie Apocalypse. And it was the one that emerged ahead of the pack, is very fun to play with 3 other friends for hours and hours. A handful of humans remain immune to the zombie virus, and you play as a small group of them. There's Zoey, a young woman; Bill, the grizzled veteran; Louis, the middle-class office worker; and Francis, the biker. While the game gives you a variety of weapons to make your way through the levels, to a salvation point. Each scenario is presented like a movie, which is a nice touch. In the beginning, there's a movie poster showing the cast. If you survive, the "credits" display the statistics for the game, like who killed the most zombies, who inflicted the most headshots, who delivered the most friendly fire, and the like. The final credit shows how many zombies were killed in the making of the film, and a nice touch I really like is that if only some of the survivors make it to safety, the film is dedicated to the memory of those who didn't. Even the scenario titles are awesome in a cheesy sort of way.
2002 / PS2 / Action-Adventure At the time it came out, there was no other game that could offer you an experience like GTA Vice City could. Apart from its predecessor (GTA 3), it offered a fully open world in a way gamers couldn't even imagine. The game is full of fast cars, cool bikes and ruthless criminals with a full pack of action for you to enjoy. The story was a big upgrade from the previous game, the era that it was set in (the 1980s) is a really engaging idea. you play as Tommy Vercetti, a gangster who's just finished a 15-year stint in prison. Once he's out his bosses send him down to Florida's Vice City as the point man for some new operations. While Vice City is a better title than its predecessor, it does lack a lot of the surprise and discovery of the first title, at least in terms of design. Still, the few additions they've made make Vice City a better experience.
2005 & 2023 / Survival-Horror
2004 / PS2 / WRPG This was the perfect storm for me: my favorite franchise ever having a turned-based RPG (right after I'd just played Final Fantasy 9 for the first time and it became my favorite genre) telling the story of the movies from the point of view of a few nice side characters. The game was easier to get into than the other turned-based RPGs, especially compared to the Japanese ones. Having a bunch of characters that everybody knew from the movie trilogy and could relate to care or not to care. It wasn't received as well as I expected, but for me, it was something special. I've beaten this game probably three or four times, and it thought me so much, it helps me become a better turned-based player after I struggled to beat any of the JRPGs that I loved. In my opinion, the Tolkien medieval world is the best ever, and this game is the best one based on it. So it's a done deal for me, I love it!
2017 / PC / Metroidvania Steamworld Dig 2 greatly improves on the first game. It's a newcomer-friendly Metroidvania with tons of exploration, amazing art style, and great music. For any fans of 2D action-platformers, I would highly recommend giving this game a try. You follow the journey of Dot, in search for Rusty, the main character from the first game, who is missing for some time. The loop is to dig down, find different types of ore, sell them back in town, to help the town evolve, and use the money you get for buying upgrades. Then there's the other part that is finding new upgrades/abilities hidden in caves through your journey, opening new opportunities to traverse (the Metroidvania part). The game has incredible balance, you always feel the fast-travel points and the upgrades come right at the time that it was needed. Don't sleep on this gem.
2019 / PC / FPS When PUBG first came out, I loved it. Played it for 100+ hours, but didn't think it was game of the year material. Then I pretty much hated every other BR game that came out after that, I hate the building in Fortnite and I thought it was way too hard to kill in Blops 4 (and FPS is the genre I played the most in my life). The reason I didn't stick to PUBG for another year, was that I don't like the 3rd person camera, makes it possible for people to see you without you see them, and the FPS servers are not as popular, at least here. Then Apex Legends came along, it takes away the frustrating part of some matches of PUBG that are 20 minutes of looting while getting an unfair circle. For a concept of 20 minutes for a whole match, at most, and making the mobility so great that you can work around the death circle much better, as well as increasing the ceiling of skill to the game. The sliding mechanic opens up the opportunity to so many escapes and outplays, it's so cool, the game is a house of highlights to be made and posted on social media. The reason I didn't give the game five stars, is the loot box system. I know the game is free and all the microtransactions are just cosmetics, but I already played about 105 hours of the game and only unlocked 1 skin per legend, basically. The game should give a few incentives, making it easier for you to earn loot boxes, like making daily quests. There's also a couple of weapons that are way too useless, in a game that has loot everywhere, it's kind of weird to never see someone using them. I love the legends, how each one of them has a different personality and can be useful in a special circumstance during the match. Some might be better on an open field while others thrive in the middle of houses. The map and the number of players came out perfectly, in my opinion. It's a great middle ground for people to see how it feels and what they like or don't like. The squads of three fits with the legends working together, I feel like 4 would be too many. They can now go from here and decide if it's worth to go bigger and/or smaller on map size and player per match, trying to keep the game as fresh as they can. That's the word that describes Apex Legends the best, fresh. It's just a refreshing First Person Shooter. What an experience.
