Guessed by drbunnig
The 2D platformer genre reached its peak pretty early in the game. The greatest games of the genre surely come from the 16-bit generation, or the very late 8-bit generation. During that late 8-bit generation came Super Mario Bros. 3, which I'm certain I actually played when it was still fairly new. Primarily my time with it however was with the Super Nintendo version included in the Super Mario All-Stars compilation of remasters. As always with these, for me, early games, I played them on the Nintendo and Super Nintendo owned by my aunt, before I had consoles of my own. Because this game is so well designed, I was quite decent at it quickly, even at a young age. In fact, I'm sure I was better at it back then than I would be right now, because playing video games is definitely not like riding a bike.
Guessed by Veknoid_Outcast
People often say this game feels a bit dull, dreary and uninspired, but no, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is great. Its world is great, its characters are great, its soundtrack is great, it has great items and weapons and most of all its level-design is great. The dungeons and their bosses are the peak of the series and maybe even in gaming in general. One boss even more intimidating than the next and the boss that made my eyes grow big in particular was the boss of the fourth dungeon; a huge skeletal demon, in a huge round chamber at the end of an equally memorable dungeon by the way. Here the game's unique item usage comes into play as you ride the Spinner along a series of tracks. It's quick, it's fast-paced, it's exciting, the music is pumping you up, it's chaotic and there are multiple phases. When I first played this, all this was overwhelming and it took me over an hour to finish off this boss. No joke, and it was an hour with a smile as big as that chamber.
Guessed by drbunnig
The Jedi Knight series is filled with some great games, its three main ones in particular; from the influential Dark Forces to the immersive Jedi Knight and the intriguing Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast. During the first three levels you'll have to do with uncivilised blasters, but the game really starts when you retrieve your Lightsaber. While this is already the coolest weapon in popular culture, this game makes fighting with it feel very special. Even though you basically only hold the attack button and strafe left and right a bit, it really seems like you're doing moves like in the movies, and you're doing them yourself. All through the game, you'll encounter Dark Jedi enemies, the so-called Reborn and Shadow Troopers. Fighting them is what you want to do. I wanted to anyway, and I used to save the game right before one of these fights. Often, I'd just replay the best engagements by loading up one of the save files. My favourite was the fight with three Reborn in one of the Bespin levels, you know, the floating city from The Empire Strikes Back. The fight is in a cool rectangular arena where they'd jump around trying to get the high ground. They never would against me however, I am the Master.
