Pretty much most of what I wanna put on here has already been said, but I'll do repeats...
Assassin's Creed: The first one was a bit difficult to get into due to the repetitive missions, but I really got into the story. Then two came along and I was sold by the improvements to the gameplay as well as the narrative. Ezio's character arc was good and I never felt bored. Brotherhood continued a bit with Ezio's development into the master of the order as well as giving him a more personal enemy in cesare. Plus, I have never had so much fun with multiplayer. Once I get my PS3 back, I'm gonna go get revelations.
SSX: I don't really have much to say about the series. I started with tricky and played 3 and a bit of on tour. I like the cast of characters (Moby is my guy) and the soundtrack is always good. One of the most relaxing games for me to play to this day. I love just popping in ssx 3 into my gamecube and just riding.
Tekken: I originally didn't pay tekken much mind. I occasionally played tekken 3 when my uncle had it but that was it. Then tekken 4 came out and he got it and I played it. While most series fans don't like it, 4 was what got me into the series, both gameplay and storywise (Tekken is probably the only fighting game where I actually like the story and know about all of the characters motivations and arcs, mortal kombat being second in that regard and DOA thrid). When 5 came out, I had a bit of difficulty adjusting to the changes, but I got over the hump and once it came out for psp...well that pretty much the only psp game I play...then I got 6 and found my character in king and now I'm happily awaiting tag 2.
Gears of war: This I actually owe to a friend who was the one who actually convinced me to check out xbox 1. Once the first game was announced he followed it like crazy. I eventually picked it up to check it out. It was good shooty fun and the multiplayer was (for the most part) spectacular. Then two came out and the multiplayer got better and the story was a bit longer and better. Then 3 upped the multiplayer to some of the best I've ever played and the story had the right amount of balance that I was (for the most part) happy.
But the top one for me has to be Mass Effect. I got the game for Christmas the same year, I got assassin's creed. What is funny is that I originally dismissed it (because I couldn't figure out were to go and I didn't feel right when I played.) Eventually, one summer I had nothing else to really play, so I started playing it again late at night just to give it another chance. I just did a general solider run through so I could run and gun. I also stopped acting like and idiot and actually followed the proper path this time (I was young and stupid). What that evolved to is one of the most productive and yet unproductive weeks of all time as I got into the game and began to play if from 8 at night to 8 or nine in the morning just running around doing side quest and getting to enjoy the narrative and the characters and the universe. I ended up playing it multiple times with different characters and classes to see all the stuff I could do. Needless to say, when to came out I wen in with reckless abandon. I finished the game in a week with my first character with out doing side quest. Then I looked up the side quest and did those. To date mass effect 2 is the only game where I have bought all DLC (save for costume packs for squadmates) I now eagerly await my mass effect 3 N7 edition.
(apologies for the small essay)
Assassin's Creed: The first one was a bit difficult to get into due to the repetitive missions, but I really got into the story. Then two came along and I was sold by the improvements to the gameplay as well as the narrative. Ezio's character arc was good and I never felt bored. Brotherhood continued a bit with Ezio's development into the master of the order as well as giving him a more personal enemy in cesare. Plus, I have never had so much fun with multiplayer. Once I get my PS3 back, I'm gonna go get revelations.
SSX: I don't really have much to say about the series. I started with tricky and played 3 and a bit of on tour. I like the cast of characters (Moby is my guy) and the soundtrack is always good. One of the most relaxing games for me to play to this day. I love just popping in ssx 3 into my gamecube and just riding.
Tekken: I originally didn't pay tekken much mind. I occasionally played tekken 3 when my uncle had it but that was it. Then tekken 4 came out and he got it and I played it. While most series fans don't like it, 4 was what got me into the series, both gameplay and storywise (Tekken is probably the only fighting game where I actually like the story and know about all of the characters motivations and arcs, mortal kombat being second in that regard and DOA thrid). When 5 came out, I had a bit of difficulty adjusting to the changes, but I got over the hump and once it came out for psp...well that pretty much the only psp game I play...then I got 6 and found my character in king and now I'm happily awaiting tag 2.
Gears of war: This I actually owe to a friend who was the one who actually convinced me to check out xbox 1. Once the first game was announced he followed it like crazy. I eventually picked it up to check it out. It was good shooty fun and the multiplayer was (for the most part) spectacular. Then two came out and the multiplayer got better and the story was a bit longer and better. Then 3 upped the multiplayer to some of the best I've ever played and the story had the right amount of balance that I was (for the most part) happy.
But the top one for me has to be Mass Effect. I got the game for Christmas the same year, I got assassin's creed. What is funny is that I originally dismissed it (because I couldn't figure out were to go and I didn't feel right when I played.) Eventually, one summer I had nothing else to really play, so I started playing it again late at night just to give it another chance. I just did a general solider run through so I could run and gun. I also stopped acting like and idiot and actually followed the proper path this time (I was young and stupid). What that evolved to is one of the most productive and yet unproductive weeks of all time as I got into the game and began to play if from 8 at night to 8 or nine in the morning just running around doing side quest and getting to enjoy the narrative and the characters and the universe. I ended up playing it multiple times with different characters and classes to see all the stuff I could do. Needless to say, when to came out I wen in with reckless abandon. I finished the game in a week with my first character with out doing side quest. Then I looked up the side quest and did those. To date mass effect 2 is the only game where I have bought all DLC (save for costume packs for squadmates) I now eagerly await my mass effect 3 N7 edition.
(apologies for the small essay)
