The Shrine

Lol... hmmm, even as a gaming forum that has survived a long time sometimes the most batant questions is never asked!

I suppose i would have to say that my favorite game of all time is Baseball Stars. A goofy one to pick, i know, but i loved it when it came out, still play it today, and have probably logged in the most time in it.

Games like Xenogears, where i was absorbed by it and loved every minute while playing, i wouldnt consider my most favorite because i have no desire to replay it. It was tough work getting through that game even though i liked it so much and the memory of it is good enough for me.

Baseball Stars was the shit. Too bad the battery in the cart was worthless.

Me? Pit Fighter.

Hard one, but some of the ones that have to be there:

Final Fantasy 6
Goldeneye
Mario 64
Panzer Saga

Top five, rated by subjective pleasure of the experience:

1. Kingdom Hearts (far and away)
2. Metal Gear Solid 1
3. Super Mario 64
4. Metal Gear Solid 3
5. Guardian Heroes (damn underrated)

EDIT: A few more mentions.

Most played - Civilization II, SimCity (various)
Most REplayed - Castlevania I
Classics - Shadowgate, Legend of Zelda I, the Ultima series (PC)
"Holy Shit" Awards - Sonic the Hedgehog (for its time), Super Mario 64, God of War
Quirky and Fun Awards - ToeJam and Earl I, Gex, Aliens Vs. Predator (Jaguar)
Multiplayer Awards - Goldeneye (N64), Tetris Attack, Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
"Fucking Beautiful" Awards - later King's Quest games (for the time), Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time, Final Fantasy X, Super Smash Brothers Melee
"More Addictive Than Cocaine" Awards - Warcraft III, Civilization II
Just General Favorites - Chrono Trigger, Metal Gear Solid 2

There are A LOT of games to choose from, and multiple eras. It was really hard to cut it down to three, but if it wasn't 3 it would be 30+.

Favourite overall = Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Most Played = Sid Meier's Civilization II
What captured my imagination as a kid = Faxanadu


Honourable mentions: Earthbound, Skies of Arcadia, Final Fantasy 8, Final Fantasy III, Super Mario Brothers series (including Super Mario World), Majora's Mask, Civilization IV, Castlevania III, Goldeneye 007, Mario Kart 64, Chrono Trigger, Xenogears, NHL 93, SSX series, Terranigma, Final Fantasy Tactics, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Fire Emblem (all three released in North America), Captain Skyhawk, Dragon Warrior III, Banjo Kazooie, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Illusion of Gaia, Secret of Evermore (Can't help it, I had tons of fun with it), Sim Tower, Animal Crossing, Harvest Moon (original), Phantasy Star series, Starcraft, Vice City.

There are probably a few that have slipped my mind. I have had a LOT of games I really enjoyed over the years.

Hmmmm, now you started making me think about Chrono Trigger, FF3 and games like WarCraft2 and StarCraft... i have defenitely logged in years of my life in those as well and would pick anyone of them up right now and play them... (note to self, start a new CT game soon!) This question is way too hard.

There have been many, many great games to choose from...

The best part is that it only gets better from here.

Mental wrote:There have been many, many great games to choose from...

The best part is that it only gets better from here.

Difficult to say, at this point, but I would probably agree unless a lot of dissapointments occur. As it stands I still enjoyed the last generation a lot more than this one. Though that is not final, Zelda: Twilight Princess, Xenosaga:Thus Spoke Zarathustra, and Final Fantasy 12 might change my mind on that. Not to mention Baten Kaitos II and a few other interesting looking titles; this might be one of those generations where the best came last (like the 16-bit generation).

I'll wait until E3 in two months to speculate much on the next generation,

The best often comes last, as developers have often learned a lot more tricks by the end of a machine's lifecycle than they have at the beginning.

I have said it before, I'll say it again, The Guardian Legend for the NES

1) Counter-Strike
2) Battlefield 2
3) Eve-Online
4) Metal Gear Solid 1
5) Final Fantasy Tactics
6) Metal Gear Solid 2

I've been playing World of Warcraft since November 2004. I'd say it's my favorite game atm, nothing's held my interest like this in a long time.

PS: Tanking Vek'nilash HURTS.

River City Ransom

Oracle wrote:River City Ransom

Lol... man, i need to find a used copy of that someplace.

Oracle wrote:River City Ransom

That was my sisters favourite game too. Now it's more or less the Tony Hawk series, Sims, and Mario Kart (It seems every girl likes those three games).

Flip wrote:

Oracle wrote:River City Ransom

Lol... man, i need to find a used copy of that someplace.

I'm pretty sure it was re-released on the GBA

Zeus wrote:

Flip wrote:

Oracle wrote:River City Ransom

Lol... man, i need to find a used copy of that someplace.

I'm pretty sure it was re-released on the GBA

16 bucks at EB games.

Terranigma. seriously I could play it over and over and over and over and it never gets boring

Out of recent games:

Kingdom Hearts
Fate Stay Night
Shining Force Neo

I don't like to say a best game ever came in the past becuase it is hard to compared what you're playing now versus before. For example I loved Terranigma, but I think it wouldn't be as good as it'd be right now if they made the game today, unless the team that did it suddenly lost all their creativity (which is possible, as there are a lot of remakes that sucked). But, you'd think if they play it safe in a remake like the way Sega did with Shining Force Neo, then any game that was out of date that's the 'best ever' would be even better with just updated graphics and other conveniences of modern technology (which is what Shining Force Neo is)

Chrono Trigger

The game that perhaps the largest impact on me (excluding those that I was eagerly anticipating, such as SMB3, Castlevania III, Ocarina of Time, Final Fantasy III) was Chrono Trigger, easily. That game I played and I was simply blown away, sky high. It was a game that I picked up for no other reason than the brand recognition and the pretty box-art. There is one game that came close, and that was Faxanadu. These are the types of games that you pop into your console and play for a little while, and it's like "wow! I have never played a game like this before, and I am liking it better than anything I have played before by a longshot). Chrono Trigger, just had this feeling of being so ahead of its time, and with such a great and mysterious story to it. The graphics and music helped a lot, until this day they both rank near the top, they are still among my favourite graphics and music.

Still to this day, Chrono Trigger is perhaps the only RPG that mostly everyone enjoys. It is also one of the most praised RPGs of all time, even over 10 years later.

FFT, System Shock 2, Rez, and a bunch of others. I hear Bioshock is coming out by the same team. I've yet to play the Deus Ex series, though.