Guessed by UnderwaterFunktown
I love simple good versus bad stories. Especially if there is a good villain to go with it. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic is such a game and it is a game that is better at being 'Star Wars' than the actual Star Wars movies, except maybe A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back. This game came at a time when I was turned off a bit by console gaming as Nintendo had disappointed me with their offerings on GameCube and GameBoy Advance and I had turned to PC gaming with Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 (#6) and SimCity 4 (#9) in particular. I still loved Star Wars but after having been disappointed before I was still a bit weary even for this game. What I had seen of this game looked a bit strange to me, with a lot of talking, strange worlds and it looked a bit slow without much action. However after my mother tried it for a bit and said I should to, I gave it the benefit of the doubt. Safe to say I should listen to my mother more.
Guessed by UnderwaterFunktown
And there we are, it comes as no surprise that The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is at the top of this list. The Zelda series is my favourite franchise in all of gaming after all, and this game is the epitome of that. I mean even its logo is gold. It started before it was even released, being familiar enough with the franchise already through having played A Link to the Past (#25) and Link's Awakening (#5) I was extremely hyped. In fact I don't think I have ever been as hyped as I was during 1998 when Ocarina of Time was on the horizon. I went out of my way to make sure I would have this game by the end of the year and drew pictures of the box-art to show family to make sure they knew what to buy. The drawing was incorrect, and I didn't even drew the letters in all capital letters, but the idea came across at least and when Sinterklaas came (the Dutch equivalent of the gift-giving part of Christmas) in december I got the game from my parents. I was over the moon, and immediately ran to my Nintendo 64. The game started. A boy is having a nightmare, it is a dark night, raining, the sound of chains as the drawbridge comes down and a horse with a rider runs out of the castle. Lightning in the background and then, a dark horseman. I don't think I blinked or breathed even once.
