Favorite Games?

[Guest Lani]

What are your favorite games & why?

[Guest Nicole Thrace]

Some of my favorite games are: Skyrim, Fallout 3, Mass Effect 3, Saints Row the Third, and Gears of War 3 ( Hoard Mode).

One reason I like all these games is that I can play as a female and most of them I can make a character that looks the way I want to look.

Skyrim and Fallout 3 because I can spend hours doing nothing but exploring the world. Mass Effect because I have enjoyed the whole series. Saints Row because the action is over the top fun.

[Guest Shy]

Portal 1 and 2 are pretty awesome. They're just so sarcastic and dark while keeping up with benevolent appearances, all in the name of "science". GLaDOS, the antagonist, is constantly testing your emotions by saying the most back handed compliments ever. It kind of reminds me of the naysayers in my life who feel compelled to say something nice, but immediately undo any good intentions by including a mean spirited caveat. In addition to being hysterical, the gameplay is innovative and super fun.

Nicole mentioned Fallout 3 which rocks too. I love how more and more games let you choose a female protagonist.

[Guest Robin Winter]

The Fable series, the Elder Scrolls series, the Diablo series and Runescape. Why? Because they're awesome!!!! I currently have 7+ years invested in my Runescape character. When my wife and I started dating, she worked nights and I worked days, so that's how we began spending time together, since she just sat in front of a computer at work anyway. New meaning to the term "computer dating", our actual dates were online!

[Guest Luna_Luv2942]

My favorite favorites would beeeee Final Fantasy IX, Monster Rancher 2, Jet Set Radio, Street Fighter 2, Phantasy Star Online and Devil Summoner 2. I like these one because they are amazing! Monster Rancher 2 and PSO also give me the option of playing female which is great and FFIX has an amazing story and hot guys too ;D

[Guest Happyhappyjoyjoy]

I'm not a picky gal for the most part, but I love retro systems! SNES, Genesis, Atari, NES, ect.

But anyways, I like Skyrim, Super Mario World, Pokemon, and Modern Warfare 3. :3

[Guest Zeda]

Super Mario Land and the first three Pokémon generations are video games I enjoyed Otherwise, I like hide and seek (the kind where you are in the woods at night and you cannot be caught), ninja, and ultimate Frisbee :3

I also like playing mind games >.>

And word games <.<

And Monopoly and charades!

So I liked Mario because I just found it fun, Pokémon, especially after they expanded the gender selection beyond "boy", hide and seek because my friends and I get creative and tricky (we build booby traps and jump out of trees and pretty much do general ninja training to not be heard in the woods XD), Ninja because it is a fun game that requires great reflexes and self control, and Ultimate Frisbee because I get to run around a lot. Also, I like charades because I get to be with my friends when we play

[Guest Amelia]

Hmm...

I have to mention Zelda: Ocarina of Time, as that game made me the gamer I am today; those days of running around with a cucco over my head were times I'll not forget.

The list of games that I'm in love with would be extremely long, so I'll just go with my favorite current generation games. Batman: Arkham City and Deus Ex: Human Revolution are definitely the two stand-outs in my opinion of the current generation. Batman: Arkham City is a love-letter to all Batman fans (totally including me), and the gameplay is just impeccable. Gliding around the city while listening to the chatter of Joker's goons is just brilliant. And Deus Ex, don't get me started. The atmosphere, art-style, and the world that Eidos created is just jaw-dropping. Add in some great stealth gameplay and RPG elements, and you get a great game. The game also gave us one of the most dashing characters in gaming: Adam Jensen.

Mass Effect as a series should get a mention from me as well, as I poured hundreds of hours into those games. Unfortunately, 3's ending was disappointing to say the least.

Thanks for listening (and add me on XBL!),

Jess

[Guest Groove_Ghost]

Resident Evil CODE: Veronica has always been one of my favourite games.

When I was 15 I suffered a major breakdown and this game helped me so much, I threw myself in to its world and managed to for a short time forget my troubles and feel something akin to peace. The music was so dark and foreboading, adding to the ever present fear of isolation and danger that the game creates with its isolated locations and monstrous enemies. And the charectors too, it was the first game I played where you were a woman and not dressed in something that you would find at a fetish club, Claire Redfield was a real woman, in real womans clothes and she could handle herself easily, she fought the monsters created by Umbrella Corp and won everytime! When I completed it I just remember thinking "I want to be like her, strong, independent and just so very cool"

I then went back and played all the Resident Evil games starting from Zero on the Game Cube, each one was a classic and as I went through them I started feeling a little better, I started college, met a beautiful woman whom I have been with for 4yrs and 6 months now and started on my path to transitioning the games really helped me, whenever something bad happened or I felt lost I was always at home in that world, I felt in a way I had friends there, when the real world seemed a little insane I always knew what to expect in Resident Evil, I knew the locations and the people in it. It never surprised me or let me down

Now I actually have the Umbrella Corp logo tattooed on my wrist, everytime I feel hurt or lost again I can look at it and feel a bit at peace and think back to those great times and what I've accomplished in a short amount of time

[Guest Velanna]

Mass Effect series, Dragon Age series, Elder Scrolls games, Roller Coaster Tycoon games, L4D 1 & 2, TF2, Halo series, and Pokemon series! And I also enjoy a nice Mario game every now and then!

[Guest Alison Mendez]

Lets see....

EvE Online

Fallout 3 + New Vegas

Vampire: the Masquede - Bloodlines (played it through and did everything but still a favorite)

Champions Online

Mass Effect 1 + 2 (haven't gotten to 3 yet)

Skyrim

Bayonetta (I don't care what anyone says, I enjoy how cheezy and over the top it is)

Sins of a Solar Empire

What can I say, science fiction games are fun.

[Guest MrMxyzptlk]

And Monopoly

That too is one of my faves. My wife wont play with me and our son anymore because we destroy her and gloat about it... We can't help it, it's just the kind of people we are.

[Guest MrMxyzptlk]

I enjoy games like "Evil Genius" and "Dungeon Keeper" where I get to build evil lairs and destroy the heroes when they come in. Bwahahahahaha! I also like the "Tropico" series because of it's humor and the building thing.

I have horrid reflexes so I can't play twitch games very well.

[Guest Melissa~]

Oh my, the "and why" is tough.

I like the over the top: Scarface The World is Yours.

The Why? Plenty of egregious violence, it's a nice release more satisfying than say tumble bees or horror flick games, I actually don't like the level of pressure in say half life. Besides Freeman gets too technical with the gravity gun I much prefer the overkill of a multishot rocket launcher, fired as a driveby weapon.

#2 It has an excelent unmatched anywhere anytime soundtrack of 110 ecclectic songs, heck I like all of them better than the few that were in the movie sound track, I went through the pain in the butt of recording the entire games soundtrack and them mastering it to Itunes. It sufferes from multiple conversions that way, but I know of no one that ever hacked the PS2 sound compression technologies. Thus I mastered using a plain old audia cable to a digital recorder. The soundtrack is for my personal use, and not avilable.

#3 Insane driving scenarios like found GTA, but you only are required to steal one car in the whole game( could you guess a miami police cruiser, while the police are hitting the donut shop, priceless.) This appeals to my rigid professional driving in the real world, again release.Yes I really do drive 140mph in neighborhoods of Miami -in the game-, with the predictably catasptrophic consequences. Fast driving is required for most game stages, preferably without bending fenders.

#4 The graphics were satisfactory at release, they are dated now though.

Honorable mentions, The elder scrolls, The force unleashed, FF, Gemstone IV, Mass effect, etc.

[Guest Heather C E]

Anything from the Zelda, Final Fantasy, Pokemon, Mario, Kingdom Hearts and Shin Megami Tensei series seem to come among my favourites.

[Guest skribble]

I love little big planent, halo, gears of war, grid racing and any zelda. I like these games alot because they bring something innovative to the table. Grid racing is one of the most realistic drift simulators ive ever experienced. Halo brought xbox live to a full boom. Zelda is a fantastic well thought out game and blends puzzles and action brilliantly. little big planent is created around creation and imagination. And gears of war brought incredible graphics and amazing weapons. I.E. Boomshot, longshot, torque bow, gnasher. This is all just in my opinion though.

[Guest Prettypolly1389]

My favourite game is Total Annihilation. An 80's real time strategy game which has yet to be equaled. I have sent more than 24 hours on one game! There are a few forks of this game but the original has yet to be beat? Simple but totally absorbing!

[Guest Chloe518]

I love so many games! I am a definitely a geek and gamer girl To list all the games I love would take forever, but I will list a few.

Halo Series

Mass Effect

Legend of Zelda Series (Definitely Ocarina of Time)

Half Life Series

Kingdom Hearts

Resident Evil Series (3 and 4 Especially)

TRON and Discs of Tron(the arcade games)

DC Universe Online

Star Trek Online

Any Star Wars game

Doctor Who Adventure games

Portal and Portal 2 (Absolutely the most hilarious games ever )

Mortal Kombat Series

Chrono Trigger

Shadow of the Collossus

Cave Story

The Movies

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance

Wow, got a bit carried away there . There are many more games I could list, but I'll leave it at this for now. I also love tons of retro games. I have emulators for nes, snes, n64, ps1, and a few other systems, as well as physically having a gamecube, ps2, and gameboy advance sp. I love playing tons of games on them. Yeah, I'm a huge gamer, and sorry for getting a bit carried away with the list.

[Guest Alex_Di]

Aquaria, the most beautiful game I ever played, on all fronts.