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S.Peelman on 28 November 2018
The_Liquid_Laser said:
S.Peelman said:

Close. Mind the gender I mentioned.

And Total War is great. Personally I played Rome and both expansions, Medieval 2 and Kingdoms, Empire, Napoleon and Rome 2. I’d say you can’t go wrong with any of them. My favorites are those first three, but Rome 2 is a lot better than what you’d read on the internet as well. I’d recommend it.

I would like to get back into Total War.  I really loved Shogun: Total War, but gradually I have done less and less PC gaming.  (And I like plopping on the couch and being lazy.)  They really ought to bring one of these games to Switch. 

They should!

Never played the oldest two sadly. I always thought Medieval 1 looked neat though. The new one that's coming up, Three Kingdoms, looks good as well!



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S.Peelman on 28 November 2018
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The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

  • Super Nintendo Entertainment System, GameBoy Advance
  • 1992
  • Adventure
  • Nintendo EAD/Nintendo

At the start of this list where games that have been important to my start and growth as a gamer, and sometimes even as a person, but there was another game that actually deserved to be in a list of greatest games ever made. That game is 'The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past', and I doubt anyone would disagree with the statement. The game is considered a classic by many, and it really is for good reason.

The game is a milestone in a series of milestones, setting a lot of it's lore and style in stone, but it is also a milestone in it's genre, gameplay innovation and among games on the Super Nintendo. A control scheme has never felt so fluent. In the game Link is called upon in his sleep by Princess Zelda who has been put in the dungeons of her castle by "Agahnim", a sorcerer that has betrayed and killed the king. Unbeknownst yet, is that Agahnim is actually the evil Ganon in disguise. The 'King of Thieves' has escaped the confines of the ethereal Sacred Realm where he had been imprisoned ages before. Descendants of those that sealed him have been kidnapped and are being sacrificed, in a bid to find the sacred Triforce, which grants the user the divine power of the goddesses that left it, when they created the world.

I used to think the game was impossible to beat, literally, and that the final boss Ganon, was immortal. Until I discovered my aunt actually did beat the game. I was still a young child however, and I was mostly playing on her file where I could just go to Ganon, without really knowing what was going on overal since I still lacked any real knowledge of the English language. Besides playing her file, I started like a dozen new ones just to see the rain at the game's start again and again. The game made an enormous impression on me, and the series would forever stay in my mind as my absolute favorite video game series.



S.Peelman on 28 November 2018

#33: Today this might seem like a silly concept to base a whole game out of, but just a game of picking up people to drop them off somewhere else was one of most fun times you ever had.



Landale_Star on 28 November 2018
S.Peelman said:
#33: Today this might seem like a silly concept to base a whole game out of, but just a game of picking up people to drop them off somewhere else was one of most fun times you ever had.

It sounds like Choplifter, there have been other games similar to that, but thats my guess. 



S.Peelman on 28 November 2018
Landale_Star said:
S.Peelman said:
#33: Today this might seem like a silly concept to base a whole game out of, but just a game of picking up people to drop them off somewhere else was one of most fun times you ever had.

It sounds like Choplifter, there have been other games similar to that, but thats my guess. 

That one’s also fun. And the base concept is actually kind of comparable. But my hint may be a bit too simplified if it makes one think of such old games, I’m talking about something that’s, while not new, a lot newer than Choplifter.



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Landale_Star on 28 November 2018

Hint time again

#32 JRPG featuring a mimic that might be from the previous, unconnected, game in the franchise.

#31 This crossover action RPG is anything but simple and clean.

#30 Another JRPG. On it's first release, feel free to rip wallpapers of the main characters on your PC but remember to the disc back in the console so they can take to the skies and save the world.



Landale_Star on 28 November 2018
mZuzek said:

Let's get done with the 30's. (Long post warning)

#39 - Metroid: Zero Mission - Guessed by Landale_Star
#38 - GTA: San Andreas - Guessed by S.Peelman
#37 - Pokémon B2/W2 - Guessed by Flilix
#34 - Bully - Guessed by S.Peelman

#36 - It's kinda like Super Smash Bros. now in a way, but it didn't use to be.
- The "SSB-like" content originally came through DLC, but was then included in a re-release.
- It's the 8th game in its series.

#35 - This fangame's creator is now working for an indie developer on a game releasing next year.
- Said indie developer, though still indie, has plenty of backing from a big company behind them.
- It's a fan remake of a game that was eventually remade officially by Nintendo.
- The official remake was met with much praise and little sales.

#33 - A much maligned game that was supposed to be its series' revival after a 10-year drought.

#32 - This game was notable for releasing on three consecutive generations of consoles.

#31 - Arguably the biggest success story to come out of one of gaming's biggest failures.

#30 - The game that introduced voice acting to this franchise, which it would become highly infamous for in the next entry.

#35 This has to be AM2R

#33 Star Fox Zero?

#31 Need for Speed? It came from the 3DO after all.

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Veknoid_Outcast on 28 November 2018

#34
A famously lousy gun in this game was named after a studio employee.



Landale_Star on 28 November 2018
Veknoid_Outcast said:

#34
A famously lousy gun in this game was named after a studio employee.

Goldeneye with the Ken Lobb?



Veknoid_Outcast on 28 November 2018
Landale_Star said:
Veknoid_Outcast said:

#34
A famously lousy gun in this game was named after a studio employee.

Goldeneye with the Ken Lobb?

You know it! :)