Well school ends for me tomorrow, sort of. It's the last day of term for me and then I've got holidays and after that and then just four weeks of school left for me. This last week of school has been fairly easy, which is fortunate since my year has been pretty difficult and I should finish most of my projects over the holidays so I should actually be able to post more regularly.
You know what I haven't done in a while. A top five list.
My Top 5 Favorite Video Games
Now, of course this is all just my opinion and I'm really interested to hear about your favorites. So with that out of the way, let's begin
Before I start the list I need to make an honorable mention of Sly 2 band of thieves, I liked the first Sly Cooper game but the second one did it for me. The first game was a decent platformer with some stealth mechanics put in. It had an atmosphere which is reminiscent of a cartoon set in the 50's but the second game is really got good. The stealth parts were improved, the animation was much better, the combat mechanics were taken beyond just hitting the other guy, the games atmosphere was much better and i would just feel really guilty if I didn't include this. Now on with the actual list.
5. Halo
There is a great deal of hate surrounding Halo and first person shooters in general but I'm not one of those people who dislike the genre and is my favorite of the genre. I remember first playing the game when I was about 12 or 13 and hearing it's iconic theme song. Some of the best parts of the games are blowing up aliens to the great orchestral theme and the last levels of the game. What I loved about this game was playing my friends for hours on end. On my last day of primary school (or elementary school depending on where your from) me and some friends of mine brought our X-Box's to school, linked them together and played Halo all day. Some games have complex stories, complicated game play and explore themes like war, death and morality. And then some games are about blowing up your friends with rocket launchers and chopping them in half with a laser swords for hours on end.
4. Spyro Year Of The Dragon
Spyro is one of the classic platformers from the original playstation that was apart of many gamers childhoods, especially mine. To date I have played every Spyro game ever released except for two of them. The first three were always to the best in the series in my opinion, with the third one being my favorite. The controls for Spyro were tight and responsive, he was a fun character, the level design and enemy designs were superior to the previous games and with the wealth of mini games throughout it always managed to break up the gameplay in a nice, fun way that was quick enough to be fun but not overstay it's welcome. Looking back on it now, the game is really easy, when I fist played this it took me months to beat now but now that I've grown up a bit I can beat the thing in about a day. But despite this, it's still fun to play through and it really does feel satisfying to collect all the eggs and the gems in the game.
3. Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic
Usually video game adaptions of movies tend to suck but Star Wars video games are surprisingly good. With KOTOR actually being considered as one of the best games for the old X-Box. What I liked about this game was how it was an RPG, moving away form the other games which were usually shooters or hack and slash. What makes this better is that it's set several centuries before the films, so we get to see a time period in the Star Wars universe which we usually don't see in a video game. The combat was fun with it having combat similar to an MMORPG and the fact that it's a Star Wars game makes it even better. Forging your own path through the galaxy as a Jedi chopping down hoards of Sith is a lot of fun. And something that I loved about this game was the interactions with the other characters. With the driod HK-47 being my favorite character in the game. There was a sequel, which was okay and there's also an MMO based on it, which was shortened to just The Old Republic, which I'll get to playing as soon as it goes free to play.
2. Chrono Trigger
This used to be my favorite game of all time but it's fallen down my list because after playing through it a few more times, it's just not as good as the number one spot, but it's still good. A classic RPG for the Super Nintendo made by the same guys who made final fantasy. To describe what this game has allow me to list them for you. Dinosaurs, robots, time travel, aliens, magic, monsters, demons, knights, zombies, guns and swords. Need I say anymore? One of the main focuses for this game is time travel and the ability to travel between multiple different time periods at will (hence why robots and dinosaurs are in the same game) I always found this game to be really fun and the story to be very interesting. I've always loved being able to time travel between the different time periods whenever I wanted to be cool mechanic. But why this fell down my list is because it's just so easy, even without level grinding I can out match the majority of these enemies. But despite this, it's still a fantastic game.
1. Pokemon
Not a lot that I can say about this iconic series that hasn't already been said. It's just fun. Collecting all the different Pokemon and battling my friends with them are some of the best memories from my childhood and the music is some of the best that I've heard from a game (seriously try to get the battle theme out of your head, I dare you). One thing that I thought was really cool about this game is that all the enemies that you fight in this game, you can eventually catch and have them fight for you. I have played and own nearly every game in the main series and while I love the series in general, I still have to pick my favorite. While I do love them all, if you put a gun to my head and made me chose, I would pick Ruby. For some reason people seem to dislike the third generation but it stands out as my favorite. It was the first video game that me and my brother saved up and bought ourselves, so it meant a lot to us. When we started playing, we knew nothing about the game, we went in completely blind being fascinated by every new Pokemon that we met. I noticed that since me and my brother knew everything about the next game that it wasn't as fun as Ruby was, so that contributed a lot as to why I love it so much. Also, something that me and my brother would do is that we would get opposite versions of the game, we would trade back and forth to get all the Pokemon and we would regularly battle each other. I also played with my other friends who had the game and playing this series has been a lot of fun.
So that's my top five done and now it's suddenly 2 in the morning and I really need some sleep. But what are your favorites? I'm really interested to know what your favorites are and why. If you don't like video games, then whats another top five you might have?
Anyway guys. Have an awesome week
DFTBA
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