I tried to get into these as I was a huge fan of Black Isle growing up, but holy fucking lore dump man! There was so much to read and the blue giants looked ridiculous so I just quit.
I might be too jaded to play fantasy RPG’s anymore, sadly.
super mario kart on the super nintendo/famicom surely has to be one of the greatest games of all time. in terms of playability, skill curve and music.
currently listening to this for the first time, she really was one of nintendos best composers.
great video if you’re into waveforms.
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Munch’s Oddysee…I haven’t played it yet, but why do you prefer it over the Abe games? They are some of my favorites.
Wow! Pilotwings has some of my favorite VGM of all time - didn’t realize Soyo Oka did all of this! Thanks for posting this secret soundtrack.
(the bonus notes during the video are really fun)
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Super Mario World
Goldeneye
Tecmo Super Bowl
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Fallout 3
Dark Souls 3
Final Fantasy 2 (US)
Red Alert 2
Civilization IV
Mass Effect Trilogy
Honorable Mention: 
Rome Total War
Warcraft 3
Sid Meier’s Pirates (O.G.)
Gran Turismo 2
Tetris (gameboy)
Red Dead Redemption 2
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
MLB The Show
BioShock
Miss Pac Man
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Ms. Pac-Man
Ms. Pac-Man
Ms. Pac-Man
Ms. Pac-Man
Ms. Pac-Man
Ms. Pac-Man
Ms. Pac-Man
Ms. Pac-Man
Ms. Pac-Man
Joust
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I probably should have had The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past in there as well … every top game list should have a Zelda game in it.
I can only appreciate what Zelda does for other people from a distance. Just never got into them myself.
In no particular order, my own top 10 is something like…
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Mr. Needlemouse rides again)
- Civ 6
- Skyrim
- Mass Effect Trilogy (but really ME2 if I had to pick one)
- Burnout Revenge
- Half Life 2
- Gran Turismo 4
- Super Mario Odyssey
- Killing Floor 2
- Roller Coaster Tycoon 2
I’m surprised how much fits in a top 10 and some of the stuff I left off, but right now in rush to get off to dinner, I can leave it there.
- Zelda [any]
- Quake 3
- Tiger Woods 2004
- Ultima 3
- Paper Mario
- Rainbow Six Siege
- Golf Club 2K21
- Tempest
- Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2
- Icewind Dale [cuz I werked on it and it was fun werking on that game[art lead]]
adding: interesting I thought I had posted here already. Checked, I had, my list is almost the same. These must be my ACTUAL faves
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Wipeout
Elite
Forza Horizon 4
Zelda (OG Gameboy)
Quake
Streetfighter 2
System Shock
Mario Kart Wii
GTA3
Outrun
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Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1-4
MVP Baseball 2005
Gears of War 1
Zelda breath of the wild
Super smash brothers
Goldeneye 64
Mario kart 64
Mario Paint
Tekken 2
Tecmo Bowl
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My 2 cents, in no specific order (such a difficult choice):
Disco Elysium (this one deserves the first place anyway)
Dwarf Fortress
Outer Wilds
The Witness
Infra
Divinity: Original Sin 2
Half-Life Black Mesa (1 remake) and the 2’s
Portal 1/2
S.T.A.L.K.E.R series
Zelda Breath of the Wild (for its freeness)
Minecraft (for even more freeness, and despite its community)
…and so many others!
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Something like
Super Mario Bros (NES)
Super Mario World (SNES)
Rallisport Challenge (Xbox)
Halo 1 and 2 (Xbox)
Skate 3 (PS3)
Soul Calibour (all) (PS3)
Tony Hawk (all)
Persona 4 Golden (Ps Vita)
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Switch)
And
Mario Kart or Animal Crossing New Horizons!?!
Only 10? That’s too hard…
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What ,really? IE games were a huge part of my childhood. So cool that you were a part of making one!
IDK If I made a list already but:
Doom 1 & 2
Fallout 1 & 2
Baldur’s Gate 1 & 2
Jagged Alliance 2
Thief 1 & 2
Metal Gear Solid 1 & 2
The Long Dark
Liero
Triplane Turmoil
Football Manager 97-98
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Nier Automata
Nier Replicant
Final Fantasy VII
Red Dead Redemption 2
Fallout: New Vegas
The Witcher III
Bloodborne
Phantasy Star Online
Street Fighter II’ Champion Edition
Morrowind
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Jagged Alliance 2…a lesser known gem. My brother and I loved that one.
Romance of the III Kingdoms
Best strategy game ever, it’s amazing how there’s nothing that compares to it even 20 years later. Depth of combat and the very fun (if a bit clunky) grand strategy map made for such a fun whole. Not to mention that the characters, plot and humour were all top notch, perfect b-movie action fun.
There’s a great mod for it called 1.3 that both adds a huge amount of items and content, better balance and new mechanics that makes it even better. Honestly if I had a gaming computer I would still play it constantly.
Maybe someday I’ll get to play it again…I’ll keep 1.3 in mind.
Definitely great humor as far as I can remember.
Of course Shadow was my favorite character and the only one I remember by name. It’s been a loooong time.