nkarafo
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Every time i see a topic about "your favorite game" or your "top 10" etc lists, i end up changing mine. I don't think i ever posted the same list twice, lol.
There are quite a few games that get swapped for my No1 spot. Ocarina of Time, F-Zero X, DOOM (classic), Dungeon Keeper and Super Metroid.
Ocarina of time was probably the best time i had with a game, ever. However, that only lasted for the one or two months during my first play through, i can't repeat that experience after 100% it and playing it for a second time is boring to me. So no replay value at all. Also, nowadays it looks kinda bad and 20fps isn't optimal. So it's aged worse than the other games in the list. But that doesn't change the fact it was the best 1st play through of all the others, for as long as it lasted. Is that enough for keeping it as my favorite game though? I wouldn't pick it in a "you can only get one game in a stranded island" scenario.
Super Metroid is the best designed game IMO. If there was a poster child for what a videogame should be i would probably pick that. And i replayed it a few times as well. But i'm not sure if it's my favorite game of all time. I love it ofc, but i'm not sure if i love it more than Metroid Prime 1 or even SOTN. And i never considered those games for my No1 spot. So maybe my nostalgia plays a small part here.
F-Zero X was my favorite game for the longest time. I thought the controls and physics were perfect (better than GX) and the thrill i was feeling when managing to best my best times or staff ghosts was second to none. This game might also have the best soundtrack ever made IMO, though that's another list that gets changed even more often, lol. But nowadays i don't feel like playing it again. So it slowly got demoted in my list.
Dungeon Keeper is the game i must have finished from start to finish the most times. Since 1998 when i first played it, i do a full play through every 2 or 3 years. And every time i play it, it feels like i'm playing it fresh, which is something i can't say about the other games in this list. Because it's both an amazing game and has that replay value for me, it got into my No1 spot over the others.
DOOM is the latest game that got in my No1 spot, despite being both the oldest and the first i played in the list. I think it checks all the boxes so it might stay for a while. It was always hovering somewhere in my top 5 but only recently it's getting more play time than ever. The reason is the various modern source engines and mods i'm discovering. Though this might be cheating since it's not the original 35fps/low res DOOM. But playing this game at 240fps, smooth dual analog controls and the various mods that improve stuff like animations, sounds, etc, without changing it too much, makes it the best feel game for me. It makes it so addicting, i can't stop thinking about loading it. And it still has the best level designs of any FPS game (the first episode mostly) and everything about it, weapons VS enemies and exploration VS action is perfectly balanced. And it's visual design is iconic, i think it's the best looking game ever made despite being so old. Oh and it was the game that impressed me more than any other when i first saw it so that also counts.
Obviously, there's always the possibility that a new game might also take the 1st spot. But seeing that the most recent game in my list is from 1998, i doubt it will ever happen.
There are quite a few games that get swapped for my No1 spot. Ocarina of Time, F-Zero X, DOOM (classic), Dungeon Keeper and Super Metroid.
Ocarina of time was probably the best time i had with a game, ever. However, that only lasted for the one or two months during my first play through, i can't repeat that experience after 100% it and playing it for a second time is boring to me. So no replay value at all. Also, nowadays it looks kinda bad and 20fps isn't optimal. So it's aged worse than the other games in the list. But that doesn't change the fact it was the best 1st play through of all the others, for as long as it lasted. Is that enough for keeping it as my favorite game though? I wouldn't pick it in a "you can only get one game in a stranded island" scenario.
Super Metroid is the best designed game IMO. If there was a poster child for what a videogame should be i would probably pick that. And i replayed it a few times as well. But i'm not sure if it's my favorite game of all time. I love it ofc, but i'm not sure if i love it more than Metroid Prime 1 or even SOTN. And i never considered those games for my No1 spot. So maybe my nostalgia plays a small part here.
F-Zero X was my favorite game for the longest time. I thought the controls and physics were perfect (better than GX) and the thrill i was feeling when managing to best my best times or staff ghosts was second to none. This game might also have the best soundtrack ever made IMO, though that's another list that gets changed even more often, lol. But nowadays i don't feel like playing it again. So it slowly got demoted in my list.
Dungeon Keeper is the game i must have finished from start to finish the most times. Since 1998 when i first played it, i do a full play through every 2 or 3 years. And every time i play it, it feels like i'm playing it fresh, which is something i can't say about the other games in this list. Because it's both an amazing game and has that replay value for me, it got into my No1 spot over the others.
DOOM is the latest game that got in my No1 spot, despite being both the oldest and the first i played in the list. I think it checks all the boxes so it might stay for a while. It was always hovering somewhere in my top 5 but only recently it's getting more play time than ever. The reason is the various modern source engines and mods i'm discovering. Though this might be cheating since it's not the original 35fps/low res DOOM. But playing this game at 240fps, smooth dual analog controls and the various mods that improve stuff like animations, sounds, etc, without changing it too much, makes it the best feel game for me. It makes it so addicting, i can't stop thinking about loading it. And it still has the best level designs of any FPS game (the first episode mostly) and everything about it, weapons VS enemies and exploration VS action is perfectly balanced. And it's visual design is iconic, i think it's the best looking game ever made despite being so old. Oh and it was the game that impressed me more than any other when i first saw it so that also counts.
Obviously, there's always the possibility that a new game might also take the 1st spot. But seeing that the most recent game in my list is from 1998, i doubt it will ever happen.
