Mass Effect: Favorite RPG of all time. World is amazing, characters are amazing, exploration was fun (yes, it was), combat was enjoyable...loved it.Danbo Jambo said:MY CHOICES:
Mass Effect 1
Dragon Age: Origins
The Witcher 2
Super Mario World
Contra 3: The Alien Wars
Golden Axe
Street Fighter 2: Hyper Fighting
XCOM: Enemy Within
XCOM: Enemy Unknown (90's version)
Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy 7
Fallout 3
Morrowind
Saints Row 4
God of War 1
Summoner 2
Mini Ninjas
The Warriors
Okami
Sorry there's so many!
Final Fantasy X: I give this game a stamp of "okay." I enjoyed playing it, but it's flawed. I love the combat system, but the story was mixed. However, I have to give it credit, the writing was flawed, but I think FFX is a very intelligent game in the themes it conveys and whatnot. So, definately enjoyed playing it, but I wouldn't list it as one of my favorites.
Fallout 3: I'll be honest, I really didn't enjoy this game. I got up to Megaton before I quit. I can't call it bad, it's just not a style of RPG that I like. I'm not fond of how it deals with its player character, or the feeling of "here's the world, have fun." I love exploration, but not to the extent that Bethesda does it.
Anyway, list of favorites. By no means should be considered definitive, but here's a take:
-The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
-The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
-The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
-Diablo III
-Soul Calibur III
-Soul Calibur
-Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles
-Sonic the Hedgehog 2
-Sonic Adventure
-Super Mario 64
-Star Fox 64
-Metroid: Fusion
-Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
-Metal Gear Solid
-Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword
-StarCraft II
-Warcraft III
-Command & Conquer III
-Resident Evil 4
-Golden Sun: The Broken Seal
-Golden Sun: The Lost Age
-Halo: Combat Evolved
-GoldenEye
-Super Smash Brothers: Melee
Edit: Crap, people posted while I was typing this up. Sorry. Didn't mean to skip others.
Edit 2: To comment on the post I was meant to:
-Majora's Mask: I like this game. Overall, it's my fourth favorite Zelda. However, it's still the weakest of all the 3D Zelda games I've played, and it's still a bit of a black sheep to me. When I think of MM, I think "OoT" lite. And while that's a bit disingenuous, I'm afraid I can't love this game as much as the titles that are higher on the list. So, yeah. Good game. But not my favorite.Kaleion said:My turn I guess.
TLoZ Majora's Mask
TLoZ Windwaker
TLoZ Minish Cap (I really like Zelda games OK)
Max Payne 1 & 2 but not 3 that is shit.
TimeSplitters trilogy
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Mother 3
A Wolf Among Us
Terranigma (The whole Gaia trilogy actually )
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Garou Mark of The Wolves
The Last Blade 2
F-Zero X
Golden Sun
Chrono Trigger
I think I'll stop there otherwise I'll never finish this.
-Wind Waker: My favorite LoZ game, and, at this time of writing, perhaps my favorite game of all time. Which is funny, because when I first played it when it came out, I didn't like it. I gave up at Forest Haven. Having played it through now, I can now say, "hey, younger self. You were an idiot."
But yeah. Love this game. And to sum up why, I think it's the exploration factor, yet all the other little things as well. The characterization. The story. The themes. Just...well, love it.
-The Minish Cap: My 5th favorite LoZ game. I enjoyed this, I'd give it a stamp of "good." By no means a contender for my top games of all time, but still, an enjoyable game. Exploration was okay. I liked the idea of the minish, and the shrink mechanic, and Ezlo was an enjoyable companion. I also liked how combat was handed. If this game has a weakness, it would be Vaati IMO. That his possession of the king is revealed beforehand removes a lot of the suspense, as does Ezlo revealing his backstory. So on the one hand, Vaati's very fun to fight. On the other, I have no interest in him as a character. Liked his manga characterization though.
Timesplitters: Only played Timesplitters 2. Loved it. Not a favorite, but damn was that game enjoyable.
F-Zero X: Hmm...I have this on the N64. Played it a bit back in the day as well. However, in the N64 era, I enjoyed the likes of Mario Kart 64 and Diddy Kong Racing far more. F-Zero is kind of a more 'pure' racing game, and while it's indeed fun (and was fun), I've generally preferred the kart sub-genre more.
Golden Sun: As in, the first game. My second favorite RPG of all time, just coming short of Mass Effect. And it's for similar reasons. In Golden Sun, it honestly felt like a world. A world I could explore. The story, while simple, was well done, how you're always just one step behind Saturos and co. The use of puzzles was well done as well. Characters were likable, albeit simple. Overall, Mass Effect wins out because it has all the strengths of Golden Sun, but does them better (bar worldbuilding, which is about equal). However, Golden Sun deserves every piece of praise it gets IMO, and then some more.