Vince DiCola
Member
I posted this list in the bucket list thread because I'm a goof and misunderstood what bucket list meant.
But I felt it was a good list, I put thought in to it and it brought up great memories for me so I'd like to share with you, Neogaf, the 5 games that mean the world to me.
Halo - The game that got me back in to video games.
I never owned a PS2 (there, I said it) as I'd "grown out" of gaming to drink underage and skip school and shit.
Then, one day my mum comes home with an Xbox and Halo (and Timesplitters 2 but I never liked it), her work friend was going on a long holiday with her family and was selling stuff to fund it, my mum played games with me when I was younger so maybe she was curious, maybe she wanted to see if this would stop me from staying out all night.
It worked. Man, I was hooked from the moment I landed on Halo, the graphics were insane, the world was inviting and the gameplay... I'd played Quake on PS1 and kinda liked it, Alien Trilogy was too hard and our PC sucked at 3d games so this was magical.
Halo Reach - The end of an era and the beginning of the best days of my life.
My girlfriend liked games but mainly played Pokemon or puzzle games on her DS.
She saw me playing this one day and I'm not sure what it was but she was blown away.
"The graphics are crazy! No way! You get tanks! Grunts are sooo cute, why do we have to kill them?" But we played so much Reach together, it's what got her in to FPS and why she swears that Reach helped us fall in love.
It had a good story, with an excellent ending, great multiplayer (come at me) and my best Halo memories.
Ninja Gaiden 2 - There was a time when I was fucking incredible at this game, I wasn't methodically reading bosses (not consciously anyway) or watching videos teaching me how or why but I FELT IT.
For a good while, I felt insanely good at this game, I never finished Master Ninja mode but I recently got my 360 out, installed NG 2 again and I'm going back to finish what I started.
Dark Souls - The big one. This game man, this game. DS taught me how to fight bosses, how to plan a character build, it taught me that story in video games can be unique and beautiful, it can tell stories in ways books, films and songs can't.
It's not perfect, it has flaws and low points but when this game is on point, time slips away and I lose hours upon hours.
Destiny - Honestly, I love this game. I love the world, the weapons and armour. I love the minute to minute gameplay, the supers and abilities. I love the way a successful super can charge your teammates, that split second decision making affecting you and your fire team.
I love raiding with my clan, figuring out these combat puzzle boxes over several days and learning how to do it better each time.
I love HAND CANNONS.
Well, I loves these things but I'm bored of it now because there just isn't anything to do right now, nothing that interests me anyway.
But, I'll be back and so will my clan because the things Destiny does well, I believe it does better than any game out there.
I've left out tons of other games I love, Dark Souls 3,Ninja Gaiden Black, DMC 4, Bayonetta, Halo 3, Half Life 2, Sonic 2, Sonic 2 (master system), Burnout Revenge, XCOM (new one).. the list goes on.
All of these games are flawed gems, games with dumb shit in amongst the genius diamonds (what) but these are my favourite games I think, it's what my heart tells me at least.
But I felt it was a good list, I put thought in to it and it brought up great memories for me so I'd like to share with you, Neogaf, the 5 games that mean the world to me.
Halo - The game that got me back in to video games.
I never owned a PS2 (there, I said it) as I'd "grown out" of gaming to drink underage and skip school and shit.
Then, one day my mum comes home with an Xbox and Halo (and Timesplitters 2 but I never liked it), her work friend was going on a long holiday with her family and was selling stuff to fund it, my mum played games with me when I was younger so maybe she was curious, maybe she wanted to see if this would stop me from staying out all night.
It worked. Man, I was hooked from the moment I landed on Halo, the graphics were insane, the world was inviting and the gameplay... I'd played Quake on PS1 and kinda liked it, Alien Trilogy was too hard and our PC sucked at 3d games so this was magical.
Halo Reach - The end of an era and the beginning of the best days of my life.
My girlfriend liked games but mainly played Pokemon or puzzle games on her DS.
She saw me playing this one day and I'm not sure what it was but she was blown away.
"The graphics are crazy! No way! You get tanks! Grunts are sooo cute, why do we have to kill them?" But we played so much Reach together, it's what got her in to FPS and why she swears that Reach helped us fall in love.
It had a good story, with an excellent ending, great multiplayer (come at me) and my best Halo memories.
Ninja Gaiden 2 - There was a time when I was fucking incredible at this game, I wasn't methodically reading bosses (not consciously anyway) or watching videos teaching me how or why but I FELT IT.
For a good while, I felt insanely good at this game, I never finished Master Ninja mode but I recently got my 360 out, installed NG 2 again and I'm going back to finish what I started.
Dark Souls - The big one. This game man, this game. DS taught me how to fight bosses, how to plan a character build, it taught me that story in video games can be unique and beautiful, it can tell stories in ways books, films and songs can't.
It's not perfect, it has flaws and low points but when this game is on point, time slips away and I lose hours upon hours.
Destiny - Honestly, I love this game. I love the world, the weapons and armour. I love the minute to minute gameplay, the supers and abilities. I love the way a successful super can charge your teammates, that split second decision making affecting you and your fire team.
I love raiding with my clan, figuring out these combat puzzle boxes over several days and learning how to do it better each time.
I love HAND CANNONS.
Well, I loves these things but I'm bored of it now because there just isn't anything to do right now, nothing that interests me anyway.
But, I'll be back and so will my clan because the things Destiny does well, I believe it does better than any game out there.
I've left out tons of other games I love, Dark Souls 3,Ninja Gaiden Black, DMC 4, Bayonetta, Halo 3, Half Life 2, Sonic 2, Sonic 2 (master system), Burnout Revenge, XCOM (new one).. the list goes on.
All of these games are flawed gems, games with dumb shit in amongst the genius diamonds (what) but these are my favourite games I think, it's what my heart tells me at least.