Title says it all. Write as many as you want, as a list or not.
My best memories:
- Got into gaming with a Wii. I was 11. Didn't know what to ask for my birhtday, my sister suggested a Wii. I was like "Well, ok, I want a Wii if it's possible to get it.". My first games were Mario Kart Wii and SSBB. I got into actual gaming really quick.
- Next birthday upgraded my PC to "2010 acceptable" levels. Got GTA IV as first PC games... TBH I enjoyed it very much, when there were serious framerate drops I used to think it was my computer's fault... Silly me.
- Dead Rising 2 PC is one of my favorite games ever. Call me a freak, but I kind of liked Chop Till You Drop for Wii given my total lack of knowledge of the X360 version. When I found out DR2 was coming I was very hyped and wanted to enjoy it on my PC.
- 2011. Got an Xbox360 for my birthday and my first three games were Mass Effect 2, Red Dead Redemption (Loved them both from beggining to end) and Dead Rising. The first months, I had my console plugged into a SD, 4:3 TV. You can already imagine why I quickly switched to the main HD TV in my house.
- Super Meat Boy was a wonderful experience and I kept hearing it's soundtrack long after finishing the game...
- ...Same with Super Paper Mario. Who could even imagine that a Mario game could be so deep?
- Borderlands 1. Bought it on a Steam Sale. No idea what it was. Played it, "what is this crap?", left it. Came back like two months later, fell in love with it. I was really hyped for Borderlands 2 and wasn't disappointed even a little bit.
- The Binding of Isaac. I once read about the "new game being developed by Edmund McMillen about monsters, demons and aborted babies." It was only $5 so I downloaded it day one and became that one game that really grew onto me. The bizarre humor, the complex story, the empathy I felt for Isaac. For me, it was perfection inside it's uniqueness. Wrath of the Lamb DLC was a day one, of course.
- Killing Floor. A friend asked me to buy it to play it with him. The game is great fun and eventually became unexplicably special to me.
- World of Goo. It came with my HP laptop. Never heard from it. Used to play it when I was bored. The way the simple story was told was charming, and the game itself was pretty fun. Music fitted perfectly even if I never bothered hearing it outside the game.
- Madworld. The commentarists were funny as hell. Soundtrack was very catchy and the mix between rap and metal fitted the game perfectly. Even if the game was a bit short, it was one of those unique installments that only made sense on the Wii (Use Motion controls... To brutally murder someone!). Still waiting for MadWorld 2. No, Anarchy Reigns doesn't count.
- Most importantly, the best thing for me about the last gen is that everyone made it in the end. Wii, X360 PS3, DS and PSP. I hope Wii U and PS Vita gets back on track this generation; the last thing Sony needs now is a failing product, and Nintendo relies purely on gaming (Even if they can stand big losses for who-know-how-many-years).
Every bolded word counts as a memory.
Well, I am too lazy to keep writing. Your turn, fellas.