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turtuls on 15 November 2012

#48. No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle

I can't believe how this game almost got cut from my list. Anyway, this is still an amazing game but for some reason it is a lot more forgetable than the first. I still consider it a worthy sequel and in many ways is better than the first, but I doubt that this game will remain on my top 50 next year. I will always have Travis as my pic though. Still can't wait for NMH3 on Wii U.

#47. hint: You can't handle this game's style (unless you use the Cheat.)



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shogia on 15 November 2012

48. Strikers 1945 II (1997)

Dropping from 47th, I sunk more quarters into this game than I could keep track of.  The game is a very enjoyable vertically scrolling bullet hell game based on a fantasy take on World War 2 where the enemy has giant mechs in addition to the usual tanks and planes.  The choice of different planes allowed for different defensive skills which added variety to the strategy (my favorite was definitely the flying pancacke.  Additionally, the randomization of the level order kept you from getting stuck on one particular area each game.  This isn't the hardest game in the bullet hell genre by any means, but the more accessible difficulty and my experience getting to play it in an arcade instead of with a console controller lets it edge out brethren like Touhou.  Chasing high scores with friends could eat up the better part of an afternoon playing just this game.



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AlphaCielago on 15 November 2012

My 47th is Call of Duty: Black Ops. It is a very good game, which almost onely played with my friends. I remember the hours we used to spend on playing Black Ops, but that time has gone now.
Clue for 46 will be revealed later today.



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Ganoncrotch on 15 November 2012
Veknoid_Outcast said:

My #48 is Elite Beat Agents (as guessed by Miz. Miiiiiiiiz!!!). I often go back and forth between this game and New Super Mario Bros. as the best DS game. Elite Beat Agents in one of the more inventive, and definitely one of the funniest, games I've played. The game follows a trio of government agents who fly to the rescue of everyday people in need, using music and dancing to motivate them. Players must use the stylus to tap, drag, and rotate objects on the touch-screen in rhythm with one of sixteen pop or rock songs.

I can't hear jumping jack flash without tapping along to it now... this game has effected me forever :D great game... I WAS BORNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN IN A CLASS 5 HURRICANE DO DO TAP TAP TAP.... TAP TAP TAP.



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lestatdark on 15 November 2012
BasilZero said:

 

My #48 is.......

 

 

Although the game did come out originally for the PSX, I never got to play it but played it on the GBC version, a really good alternative game to the Pokemon series. I really enjoyed the game and spent countless hours on it. I feel like I should do a proper review for it and record it for my youtube channel, its been like 10 years since I last played it though!

I still remember waking up at 6am on the weekends just to play this XD. I give it a temporary 8.3 score.

A pretty good choice and an amazing case of a port being much better on a handheld than on it's original console. Not only did it have twice the content, the game's mechanics were far improved and flowed much, much better. I played it about at the same time I played Dragon Quest Monsters and had not DQM been such an amazing game, Azure Dreams would have surely swept me away .



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lestatdark on 15 November 2012

47th - Age of Empires II: Age of Kings (PC, 1999)
The first RTS entry on my list, Age of Empires II is, by far, the best interation of the AoE series. Not only did it improve all the mechanics that the first game had introduced, the game flowed that much better with resource gathering gaining a whole new layer of strategy with the ton of new research fields that were added. The ability to also position your units in different attack and defensive patterns saw a revolution to the attack phases, since now no longer Rushing teams could be effective in early game against properly positioned Turtlers. The adition of amazing defensive structures such as Castles, a myriad of Towers and defensive walls saw to epic battles for domination inside towns.
AoE II was also one of the best examples of a LAN community that arose from the excellent multiplayer component of the game. With extremely large maps that could easily make space for gargantuous 8 player battles that could reach over 1000 units easily, there wasn't a single match that wasn't at least a bit fun to play. 

      

 

Number 46 will be my favourite racer of the 16-bit era. An amazing tribute to the best F1 driver ever.   



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miz1q2w3e on 15 November 2012
Mr Khan said:
Those who said "The Last Story" are correct.

Miz's 47 is God of War 2: The End Begins

Correct... @bolded: wat?



miz1q2w3e on 15 November 2012
Scoobes said:

49. Starquake (Amstrad CPC464- also on Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and Atari)


One of two games on my list that were released before I was born. This game was brilliant, if a bit difficult. You play BLOB (Bio-Logically Operated Being) who crash lands on a planet full of hostiles beings and has to find all the pieces of a core needed to stabilise the planet (A total of 9 different pieces). It was open world, featured hovercraft, teleporters and the locations of the core and it's pieces would randomly change with each new game. Really ahead of its time the game area was massive, colourful and it was a joy to explore its 2D landscapes.

No. 47 clue: A beautiful cell shaded reboot of a classic platform/adventure.

Prince of Persia 08.



miz1q2w3e on 15 November 2012
axumblade said:

As guessed by Turtuls, my #47 game is Mischief Makers. One of my favorite games for the Nintendo 64. In a generation where every game seemed to be obsess over making 3D games, Mischief Makers took a simple 2D route and made one of my favorite games of the N64 generation. :)

46. The story of a fallen king, a robotic king, a lot of cousins and a giant ball.

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miz1q2w3e on 15 November 2012

#47. God of War II (PS2)

It's actually the first game I played from the God of War series. It blew me away with its grand scale and superb production values. A friend of mine (same guy from Alan Wake lol) had just bought the game. I was skeptical at first; the name didn't seem that interesting (sounded like some sort of modern war type game). He convinced me to try it with him and the rest is history. Since then I've bought the HD collection, and the third one, but God of War II was the first time I experienced it, and it'll always be my favorite.