Ljink96 on 02 January 2016
| Kotastic said: Mother 3 Super Smash Bros. Project M Fire Emblem Those I can think off the top of my head. |
The original Fire Emblem? How so?
| Shadow1980 said: In reverse chronological order: Driveclub Super Mario Galaxy BioShock Halo: Combat Evolved Final Fantasy VII Super Mario 64 Final Fantasy IV Super Mario World Super Mario Bros. 3 Super Mario Bros. All of these games had immediate (and, for the older ones, lasting) impressions. After growing up on the Intellivision, when I saw SMB for the first time circa 1987 I was blown away. I never knew that games could be that sophisticated. Then SMB3 was like SMB times ten, a much grander and diverse experience. Super Mario World was my first expose to 16-bit games, and I was amazed at what Nintendo could do with new hardware. FFIV was the first game I played with a really deep narrative and well-developed characters, and to this day it remains my favorite JRPG. Super Mario 64 was the first 3D game to really wow me, doing for the previous two generations what SMB and SMW did. FFVII was a grand adventure in its own right, and the story and CGI cinematics were really engrossing. Halo CE was the first FPS I ever played that wasn't a corridor shooter; it had wide open vistas, a great story, and other elements that weren't yet the norm in the genre. Mario Galaxy showed me that Nintendo still had the ability to amaze me 20 years after I played the original SMB. BioShock was a very immersive, story-driven FPS experience; the underwater city of Rapture was just as much of a character as its inhabitants, and it felt like a real, lived-in place, and the story itself was excellent. Finally, Driveclub showed me that as much as graphics advance closer to photorealism, that newer systems can still produce visuals that lay low the idea that "It's not that big of a jump." I've never seen a game look this good. |
Man, you've been through it all! I wish I was that priveledged to see games evolve all the way from the Intellivision.
| demonfox13 said: The Last of Us, prior Demon's Souls, and before that, Valkyrie Profile 2:Silmeria. |
Good choices! I actually have Valkyrie Profile 2 on my backlog. Loved the first one a lot.
