| Mystro-Sama said: The Megaman Battle Network games. To this day I still haven't seen a game with that gameplay style. |
This is quite true I suppose. I kind of missed out on these games, while I was playing all the other Megaman spin-offs and got burnt out.
| Yerm said: Pokemon - as a kid I loved that any pokemon in the game was able to be added to your team. other games have recruit mechanics where you can add members to your team, but it doesnt always work. some enemies are limited to 1 fight and they cant be caught or recruited. But every single pokemon, all 802 of them, even legends and ones you only see used by gym leaders, can all be obtained. and as a kid, that was mind blowing. even other games with this mechanic, i just love it |
Oh heck yes! I remember reading about Pokemon in the days when it was still refered to as Pocket Monsters.
One of the things my kid imagination would do is visualize all the cool ways to play a game. i.e. Playing those unplayable NPCs/Monsters, exploring different ingame powers exclusive to boss NPCs, even controlling charaters imported from totally unrelated games, etc.
As a kid, I dreamed that somehow someone could use a Game Genie like device to do all sorts of cool things. (This is long before I ever heard about modding games or hacked ROMs)
I would even draw stuff mixing all these things. Or even try all those rediculous playground rumors to unlock secrets in games (Was almost always retarded kid BS to get you to waste your time).
Yes, Pokemon was such a revalation to my tween self getting to battle, capture, evolve, level, etc. any Monster I saw and desired to be mine. (such a concept of freedom at that time in gaming)
| COKTOE said: Final Fantasy Tactics PS1: The depth of character building was beyond the norm. Plus: Permadeth. Your beloved creations were gone for good if they died on the battlefield. GTA 3 PS2 . Holy shit. This is the one. The one that made open world games what they are. Halo XB. Still maybe my fav FPS of all time. Did everything very well. The AI was awesome. Still better than many of today's offerings IMO. SMB NES. This one is difficult to describe in a brief synopsis. Just great for it's time. I'm lazy |
Aww dang, how did I forget GTA?
I played the first GTA on PS1 back in the day in all its top down 2d pixely glory, and then, many years later, tried GTA Vice city and man, what a jump to total exploration of a living city inside a video game. So much carnage in those days.
Yes, loving this thread :)
...aaand a few more from me… :D
- Final Fantasy Tactics - Yes, yes, yes. soo so good. Grid turn-based tactical RPG. Such good dual class system with tons to pick and choose from. Long Campaign. Secret Characters. Line of sight effects targeting. Positioning effects accuracy. etc.
It is like the ultimate game of chess with so many ways to switch up your approach and party set up.
- Pokemon Snap - Well, definitely unique…
Riding in a mine cart through some monster safari trying to get that vogue moment through perfect aim/timing with the camera…and knowing the secret area to find the hidden pokemensss.
- Diablo - First taste of dat hamster wheel o’ loot. :P
Really though, I just liked the atmosphere in the game and the isometric action RPG awesomeness (and sweet loots O.o ).
This game was so darn tuff though, even when you grind such nice gear, spells, levels, etc. those demons were always out for your slow hobbling booty.
- Katamari Damacy - I just want more stuff on my ball. I love the ridiculousness of this game. a micro sized football headed alien kid son of a Cosmic king.
Rolling some black hole gravity ball imprisoning all trash, critters, humans, cars, and houses alike.
Like a magnetic dump yard. Such greatness was seen these days. :)
