Top 5 (or 7, or 10) Formative Games

[Kaunisto]

Three clear ones that are also my to this day favorite games:

1. Phantasy Star: my first JRPG... of MANY

2. Wing Commander: my absolute favorite series, has couple basic ideas I still hope from games: wingmen - the general concept that it's not you against 100000 enemies but there's also others on your side - and branching that allows you to keep moving on even when you fail/lose something

3. Secret of Monkey Island: 90's Lucas adventures and similar point'n'click may be my favorite genre

Beyond that it gets harder to choose.

4/5. Populous and Civilization certainly put me on strategy games for decades on.

6. My love for racing games has developed gradually, but surely Hang-On - Master System build-in and so one of my first games - had a big part.

7. Those were all in my formative years in 90's. Probably the biggest influence since has been Max Payne that really started my shooter era.

8. Special mention to Rachet & Clank 2: over two decades I had been PC gamer (aside plenty of retro emulation) and only on last decade I got an old PS2. I've never had much love for platformers/action-adventure, but this forced me to reconsider my opinions.