I snagged this off Gamespot/a friend’s status update a couple weeks ago:
Of any console, through time and space(?), if you had to choose your top 10 BEST GAMES you have EVER PLAYED in your entire life. What would these life grabbing games be?
This is a pretty difficult question. I’m probably going to have to throw in a couple disclaimers and modify it to top 10 best games I’ve ever finished, or almost finished, because I don’t think it’s entirely fair to judge a game if I haven’t play it the entire way through.
Unfortunately, this means that I also can’t include a single Final Fantasy on my list. ;_; The only FF I have ever finished is FF3, and although I did enjoy it, it doesn’t quite top my list.
Please keep in mind these are the gaming consoles I possess:
- SNES (dominated my life from ages 4-present)
- Gameboy (which I basically only ever used to play Pokemon)
- DS (2009 and on! :D!)
- Computer
Once upon a time in junior high, I was playing FF8 on my computer, but somehow, the second disc got lost before I could get to the third one. (A tragic day that was for us all. ;_; ) I also started FF7, which many argue is the best FF of all time, but unfortunately, my ex and I parted ways before I managed to finish the game. My friend snagged my save file from him though, so mayhaps somewhere this summer, I can finally finish the entire thing. <3
1) Harvest Moon (basically any of them, although I<3 DS Cute)
When I first heard of this game, I thought it sounded kinda dumb. Who wants to spend all their time in a game growing crops and wooing girls? (Although now that I think of it, I did play SimFarm, which didn’t even have the wooing part…) After seeing how cute the cows were though, I had to give it a chance.
This basically was the end of me. I realized the extent of my addiction when a friend came over and was pouring out his heart out to me on the cruddiness of the friendzone and I was intently giving presents to Eve, the bartender, in hopes that she’d fall in love with me (SNES version). In DS Cute, I am diligently leveling up turnips (and other crops) to save up 990 million gold so that I can buy my own island.
2) Mystic Quest
We (by “we.” I mean my brother and two of our family friends) were pretty much obsessed with this game. I’ve beaten it multiple times, and back in the day, we used to hate on Phoebe all the time (our freakishly mature selves would call her “flea bag”) because she’d always be freakishly wasteful with spells if we accidentally put her on auto. (We were pretty upset that she was the partner we had to fight the Dark King. ._.)
I was a fan of Tristam and Reuben because they were super awesome. We got stuck at Captain Mac’s ship forever until I discovered that you could climb the planks and excitedly called up our family friends so they could also progress in the game. Doom Castle is still one of my favorite video game music pieces ever.
3) Super Bomberman 3
This game is freaking awesome. <3 I haven’t played too many other versions, but I was a major fan of this one because of the bunny/kangaroo-like creatures with special abilities, although for the longest time, we thought the brown and the blue bunny/kangaroos were kinda useless and just gave you an “extra life.” We used to have Super Bomberman tournaments all the time, and I loved all the different levels there were (+ normal mode was fun, especially when you weren’t playing alone).
The rollercoaster level was my favorite, and there was an option you could turn on where after you died, you could [try to] take revenge on the people who killed you from the sidelines. :D
4) Diablo II (+Eastern Sun)
I loved Diablo when it first came out and was even more thrilled when D2 appeared. I can’t wait til D3 finally comes out, but in the meantime, my brother discovered Eastern Sun, a super-amazing mod for D2 expansion that makes it seem like an entirely new game (kindasorta). There are new levels, new items, and one of my personal favorites: unlimited inventory.
This is beyond perfect for the compulsive packrat (like yours truly) and you can transmute a bunch of shitty items for better ones. :D :D :D I played D2 with my friends in the summer + over Thanksgiving break in anticipation for D3, then started Eastern Sun over winter break and ended up practically never sleeping. I feel like I can possibly actually wait until prices drop to get D3 now. :O
I’d always use the Amazon as a melee character. :x
5) Tetris Attack
Victoria and I were at a family friend’s house trying to find something to pass the time when we unearthed this gem and decided to learn how to play it. It didn’t take long to start building ginormous blocks that were accompanied by a trumpet fanfare before they dropped. :D We could play this for hours on end, but I unfortunately never actually owned the game. (I mourn the days when it was just $5 at Toys R Us. ;_; ) Thank goodness for the invention of emulators.
6) Rune Factory III
An RPG + Harvest Moon combined!? No effing way!! I was sold from the moment I read the description. <3
I love all the billions of side quests and requests you can fulfill + the things you can gather. And you can make friends with the “monsters” and have pets! And cook! And upgrade weapons/basically everything with the stuff you earn/find! And save the world/unite the two towns! I haven’t played the previous installments, so I can’t say how they compare, but if you like Harvest Moon and/or RPG’s, this one is a win-win. (I just wish I had more storage space. *-*)
7) Tales of Phantasia
This is actually the only game on this list that I haven’t finished. The reason behind my not finishing the game really has to do with the fact that I like the characters too much to say goodbye to them. ;_; To remedy this, I started doing every side quest under the sun to prolong the inevitable. I haven’t played it since 07-08, so I actually don’t really remember what my original quest was anymore. ._. But I love this game.
Would not recommend to small children though because I recall several f-bombs and some not-so-kid-friendly comments being made about Arche. >_>
8) Chrono Trigger
The music is incredible (I am slowly but surely attempting to write out the notes to the compilation kLuTz made for 600 A.D. so I can play it), the storyline is amazing, and the characters are awesome. This is one of the first RPG’s I’ve ever completed, and is also the closest I will ever get to time travel (sigh). I don’t really know what else I can say other than that you should play it and it’s one of my favorite RPG’s of all time.
9) Guitar Hero / Rock Band 2 (this is probably cheating, but ._.)
This makes me sound like a complete nerd of sorts, but I met my last ex because of Rock Band. He invited me and a bunch of mutual friends over to play and the rest was history. Call me crazy, but there is a small part of me that wants to be a rock star (perhaps not an actual rock star, but to be in a band? hells yes!).
I actually got to be pretty effing good at this game and would consistently score in the high 90’s-100 on expert with guitar and bass because we once spent an entire weekend shunning the world and unlocking everything in Guitar Hero World Tour. (Drums were a completely different story. ._.) Imissthisgame and I really want a Wii someday, haha.
10) Pokemon
This was basically the reason as to why I got a Gameboy. As cool as I think all the new features in the newer Pokemon games (speaking of that, I wonder where the hell my Pokewalker went ;_; ),
I really liked the original 150 Pokemon. There are wayyyy too many to keep track of now, but the original Blue/Red versions were definite classics. I’m nowhere close to finishing SoulSilver (I kinda don’t even remember where I am/what I’m supposed to do anymore :[ ), but I will figure it out!
In Progress: FF4, FF7, FF8, LoZ: Spirit Tracks, Chrono Cross, Phoenix Wright
Hoping To Play [Soon] Someday: FF9, LoZ: Phantom Hourglass, LoZ: Wind Waker, LoZ: Twilight Princess, LoZ: Ocarina of Time, Okami, any of the Tales of… games, Lunar series, The World Ends With You, Knights in the Nightmare(?)
(It brings out the worst in everyone. Not even kidding. ._.)
