by jacksukeru
So there are good games, there are great games, and there are games that may be either or neither but that still hold a special place in my heart. These are the voyages of my favorite videogames list.
In general I tend to favor games with mechanics I enjoy, as well as playability and replayability over say, something with an engaging story. How quaint.
Brace yourself for nostalgia. The future is bright!
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My favorite Castlevania game, though I have only managed to finish it once (with Sypha) Nice variety of stages, different characters and awesome music! It becomes a bit too though for my liking in the last few stages, but the first run of stages are always a blast to go through.
A great game, I liked 3 more as a kid but the later stages in that one were always a pain. There's also the part where if you mess up and die once you are screwed until you Game Over. Anywho it's Mega Man 2, and it's a fun action platformer. I prefer playing it on "normal" to be honest. Again, there are a few things, like some of the music, presentation and the slide mechanic, that I like better in 3.
First of the Zero games I played and the definate favorite. Memories include enjoying the hookshot thingy and reloading stages over and over to get that perfect A or S run.
This game is fun because it's sorta unique. Pretty significantly different from all the other Zeldas, not to mention other games on the system. I really like the simple but engaging combat, and I've become good enough at the game in general that I can get through large parts of it without dying. Fun.
Also a fun little platformer, you are constantly pressured to make forward progress by an energy bar that keeps going down and needs to be refilled with fruit that pops up every few steps. I really like this mechanic, especially in a game as simple as this, but I also enjoy the Dinosaur power-ups (that you can store inbetween levels) the random way that the levels you play are selected and the bad tunes that play during. Seriously, the music in this game is frikkin' great.
One of the few games that I've replayed on hard and actually enjoyed even more. It's got challenging levels, satisfying combat and a few unique mechanics like over the course of the linear levels having to protect villagers and being rewarded for it. It's also pretty different, gameplay-wise, from its predecessor Ghosts to Glory, and while I enjoyed that game a lot I feel that the changes were all for the better...except maybe infinite shield durability, but that's just me being crazy.
This game has issues and could have been so much better, but I just love the swing mechanic. I can go back to it and within 30 minutes be back in the swing of things...so to speak. The first few levels are also to damn small, luckily the PC version at least has faster loading between areas.
I've played both the original Ouendan as well as Elite Beat Agents but this was the game I started with. It's where I learned the ropes and mastered the skills that enabled me to breeze through the other 2 with no trouble on normal. Its final level is also the most difficult of all the games, changing up the pace for the finale to throw you off. As of this writing I have only finished that level two times on hard, the first time I litteraly burst out laughing in euphoric relief, the second time was much later after several times of trying. I still have the replays.
The Japanese version. Such a good package with great fanservice and a huge roster of varied characters. It totally reminds me of the time when I wasn't completely dismissive of Bleach. Being on this list automatically also makes it my favorite fighting game, I guess. Now I don't know enough about fighting games to know the actual merits of this game from a systems perspective, I just really like it. The fact that you only needed one cart to play against a friend and they could still play every character is one of the main reasons I had so much fun with it. I'm only sad that the series ended with 2 and that the following games were some sort of strategy RPG's. For shame.
I love this game alot, my favorite in the series. I had hoped that SSX 2012 would compete for that spot, but sadly I wasn't able to get into it at all. Such a bummer. I want a new one badly, though it seems hopeless.