Top 5 (or 7, or 10) Formative Games

[Pajderman]

HoloDust said:

Pleasantly surprised to see SimCity being mentioned so much.

I argued with myself whether to put it or not, but I guess I fell out of the genre by late 90s/early 00s. That said, it was the first game that I've played game that was sort of game and more like a project with no goals except the one's you've set yourself, so I'll have to reedit my post and put it there as honorable mention (along with few others).

Was thinking about SimCity as well. SimCity 2000 to be exact. But even if I really like that game, it did not have a meaningful impact on my gaming taste going forward.