Slimebeast said:
Oh, you have Bomb Jack too? It's so amazing. I still play it with my friend on his MAME emulator and HORI Arcade stick. It's so well balanced, and with the jumping/flying mechanism it was far before its time gameplay-wise. And amazing atmosphere, graphics and music. I'm happy someone else here appreciates it after all these years. Btw, our gaming tastes are almost extremely similar. And covers 30 years of quality gaming. (it feels a lil stupid to have my top 3 from the same game series, but it is what it is. To an Elder Scrolls lover its natural to rank several Elder Scrolls games as their best games) |
Bomb Jack is one of the most addictive game's I've ever played. I played it to death (literally, we stretched the tape so it wouldn't read anymore!). It's the only game my mother has ever played (and regularly at that). She hasn't even touched a Wii. The platforming and hovering mechanics were just solid and made you want to keep playing, not to mention the desperate rush to get those sparkling bombs for a bonus!
I hear you when you say it's difficult to compare older games to new ones so this year I adopted MrKhan's scoring system. I scored games based on the score I would have given it it at the time, a score on how well its aged (as objectively as possible), a 'nostalgia' score (for how memorable for me) and a 'time' score for how many hours I put into it. Then I took an average of the four. It seemed to work pretty well and Bomb Jack ended up at 37, maybe should have given it a higher 'time' score so it might be higher next year.
The elder scrolls I found difficult to score because every year there seems to be a range of cool mods for each one. Even Morrowind still has them releasing so I can't blame you for having them as your top 3. Everytime I play one of them with a great new mod they seem fresh.
And yes, you have very good taste in games 
