I began my journey with none other than Super Mario Bros (via Super Mario All Stars). It really was great. It reminded me of what it was like for me when I first started gaming. We followed this with Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels. To put it simply...this game is a significantly harder than the first, which is what makes it so special. After a few nights of tough work, we had gotten through everything, only to be extremely depressed and finding out there are actually 5 more whole worlds. While I will be going back to beat those worlds, I've put it on hold for now so I can work on other games. We have temporarily skipped Super Mario Bros 2, as it isn't technically a Mario game at all...although I will likely be revisiting it eventually.
While playing these other games, we also worked through the entirety of Guitar Hero 5. I know its a much newer game, but it is still quite a bit of fun with other people.
Additionally, I purchased Final Fantasy 1 on PSN, and have been working through it. Personally, I have put about 4 hours into FF9, and have never played another Final Fantasy game in my life. I've heard great things, and felt I was missing out, so wanted to try it. There are certainly aspects of the game I think are great (fun battling), but I also think the game is lacking in certain areas (certain enemy combinations have proved to be very cheap, plus I've largely felt lost a couple of times as even though I don't like a game being too linear, there are points where it is extremely difficult to have any clue where to go next). Overall, I certainly want to beat it and try future Final Fantasy games.
One final game I have been working on is Donkey Kong Country on SNES. I've got about 50% through it, and absolutely love the game.
I like to think that my journey has started off amazingly. I've been playing more video games in the last 2 weeks than I have played in a long time. Not only that, but I have been having an amazingly fun time at it, which is certainly a change.
Looking forward, the games I will be working on are: Finishing Donkey Kong Country; Finishing Final Fantasy 1; Super Mario Bros 3; Perhaps Guitar Hero Metallica
Money can't buy happiness. Just video games, which make me happy.
