Games that shaped/matured you as a gamer
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GOOD CHOICE!cimil said:
For me it's a toss up, Final Fantasy VII (I was 8 years old....it was hard to beat) was the first highly involved game I played, but then again, Pokemon Red Version taught me how to read better than school ever could...
WHAT!?dathwampeer said:
Oblivion taught me that I should never settle for subpar AI and that truly open worlds are possible
and Fallout 3 taught me that decapitating some ***** with a chessboard fired out of an impromptu vacuum cleaner never gets old.
Both very valuable lessons!
Spyro the Dragon = Was my first game ever.
Deus Ex = Showed me that shooters CAN be incredibly immersive while maintaining the shooting fun!
Zelda: The WInd Waker = Destroyed my childish opinion that cel shaded graphics equals bad game.
Portal = Showed me how much fun you can have in a 2 hour space.
Halo: Combat Evolved = Turned FPS's into my mian game genre.
Deus Ex = Showed me that shooters CAN be incredibly immersive while maintaining the shooting fun!
Zelda: The WInd Waker = Destroyed my childish opinion that cel shaded graphics equals bad game.
Portal = Showed me how much fun you can have in a 2 hour space.
Halo: Combat Evolved = Turned FPS's into my mian game genre.
As an old-school fallout fan (as in, I played the first two and loved them), I have many gripes with Fallout 3, though I will say this: Making people's bodies explode after shooting them with Teddy Bears really doesn't get old. That pretty much got me through an entire playthrough on its own. Though the amount of times I had to go searching through body parts to find that teddy bear again..danpascooch said:
For my, I want to say 11th or 12th birthday, I got Final Fantasy 7, Baldur's Gate 2, System Shock 2 and StarCraft, all for the PC. Arguably the best birthday in human history. After experiencing all of these magnificent titles, I realized video games was a passion for me up there with books. And less than a year later, Planescape: Torment came along..
Playing my first playthrough of Majora's Mask with a guide and then being disappointed in myself for figuring things out myself that I refuse to ever use guides again.
Link's Awakening also was the first time a game got me emotional and taught me to immerse myself.
Diablo 2 taught me how to obsess.
Link's Awakening also was the first time a game got me emotional and taught me to immerse myself.
Diablo 2 taught me how to obsess.
I'd say Star Fox 64. It was the first game I've ever played and it caused the gaming virus to enter my system.
Morrowind, Kingdom Hearts, Civilization 3, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, and Eragon. Eragon because up to that point I just bought games that looked like they had cool screenshots, after that crap sack I started following reviews and such
Super Mario Galaxies 1 and 2 taught me on both occasions that, even this far down the line, with all the other games I play, I can still get the same thrill from a beautifully crafted platformer (with that lovable italian man especially) as I did waaaaaaay back when I played the original on the NES, incidently my first game
FFX was the first game I ever played where I cared about the fate of the characters or thier plight, since then I like to think I've grown to think and care about the protagonists in games a lot more.
World of Goo taught me that an indie game can be deceptive in its intricacy and most of all that under its simple looks lies somthing of geniune heart, call me crazy but I cared about those little balls of goo a ton!
Prototype taught me a valuable leason, that mature rating =/= mature. It sounded good on paper, thought I'd be in for something... not hugely deep and complex but at least with some depth to it... unfortunatly no. It also satiated my "blood lust" in games and showed me that video game violence (not making a games are evil point here I want to point out) is not always justified... the things you could do in that... ugh... no taught me a valuable lesson there too, that context is essential for the "violence". I look on "gorey" games a lot more critically now, asking myself often if its really necessary under the circumstances.
FFX was the first game I ever played where I cared about the fate of the characters or thier plight, since then I like to think I've grown to think and care about the protagonists in games a lot more.
World of Goo taught me that an indie game can be deceptive in its intricacy and most of all that under its simple looks lies somthing of geniune heart, call me crazy but I cared about those little balls of goo a ton!
Prototype taught me a valuable leason, that mature rating =/= mature. It sounded good on paper, thought I'd be in for something... not hugely deep and complex but at least with some depth to it... unfortunatly no. It also satiated my "blood lust" in games and showed me that video game violence (not making a games are evil point here I want to point out) is not always justified... the things you could do in that... ugh... no taught me a valuable lesson there too, that context is essential for the "violence". I look on "gorey" games a lot more critically now, asking myself often if its really necessary under the circumstances.
How does Fallout 3 have subpar gameplay? It masterfully combined the best parts of both RPG's and FPS's. And Oblivion had bad development? The AI were absolutely amazing, to the point where the whole world felt alive, the dynamic world of AI that kept going about their lives and shaping the world even when the player wasn't around was revolutionary.dathwampeer said:
I could go on and on, but there's a reason these games are so highly regarded, it's because they fucking rock.
My first two real games were Pokemon: Red version, and, like you, Final Fantasy 7MisterShine said:
Good times.
The only thing it left me wanting more of was a deeper level of Customization and a deeper level of character ineteractivityEponet said:
