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Ah, I forgot Freespace and (to a lesser extent) Freespace 2. Easily the best fighter sim I've ever played. The gameplay was years ahead of its time, and the plot and storytelling were amazing. The first game in particular did an excellent job of making you feel like a tiny cog in a much bigger machine - and no matter how well you did you weren't able to change the way the machine was going.

The Shivans were an awesome villain, and the game was great with the body blows right as you thought something good was going to happen.


Man I was gonna go buy a copy of FF Legend 3 to see if I liked it as much as 2 (I lost my copy a while back) but apparently they cost like $150 now for some reason.

Have I ever mentioned how much I hate collectors?


Rynjin wrote:

Man I was gonna go buy a copy of FF Legend 3 to see if I liked it as much as 2 (I lost my copy a while back) but apparently they cost like $150 now for some reason.

Have I ever mentioned how much I hate collectors?

you're going to have to emulate.


Freehold DM wrote:
Rynjin wrote:

Man I was gonna go buy a copy of FF Legend 3 to see if I liked it as much as 2 (I lost my copy a while back) but apparently they cost like $150 now for some reason.

Have I ever mentioned how much I hate collectors?

you're going to have to emulate.

You know a good GBC emulator that works with FFL3? The one I have it crashes as soon as the first fight starts, every time.


Rynjin wrote:
Freehold DM wrote:
Rynjin wrote:

Man I was gonna go buy a copy of FF Legend 3 to see if I liked it as much as 2 (I lost my copy a while back) but apparently they cost like $150 now for some reason.

Have I ever mentioned how much I hate collectors?

you're going to have to emulate.
You know a good GBC emulator that works with FFL3? The one I have it crashes as soon as the first fight starts, every time.

How are you emulating? Phone or computer?


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VisualBoy Advance. Not sure specifically about FFL3, but I've never had it crash on me.

EDIT: If you want a good one for Android phones, try Gameboid. Again, not sure about that particular game, but haven't had problems yet.


Freehold DM wrote:
Rynjin wrote:
Freehold DM wrote:
Rynjin wrote:

Man I was gonna go buy a copy of FF Legend 3 to see if I liked it as much as 2 (I lost my copy a while back) but apparently they cost like $150 now for some reason.

Have I ever mentioned how much I hate collectors?

you're going to have to emulate.
You know a good GBC emulator that works with FFL3? The one I have it crashes as soon as the first fight starts, every time.
How are you emulating? Phone or computer?

Computer last I tried, but I have a phone now so I may try that one Ivan linked.

Thanks Ivan!

Edit: Actually I think the Visualboy one is what I tried before. The game is unfinished or something on there.


No problem. ;)

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Enjoying reading everyone's lists. I'm a pretty big impulse game buyer on steam (and I write a lot of reviews on steam, you should too).

Here's my best of the best, as all-time cross-platform as possible:

- Max Payne 3
- Tomb Raider (the reboot)
- FORCED (utterly underrated)
- Team Fortress 2
- Ultima Online
- Ultima VII: Serpent Isle, Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar
- Minecraft
- Terraria
- Super Metroid, Metroid Fusion, Metroid Zero Mission
- Zelda Ocarina, Zelda Skyward Sword
- Monkey Island 1 (woof woof, arf woof, Melee Island™!)
- Dance Dance Revolution
- Marvel vs Capcom 2

I'm really sure there's more, but I can't think of them and don't have access to my steam list, so I reserve the right to make a follow up list !!!!


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Okay, time for my own list!

Pokemon:
Pokemon was the first game I ever owned (Blue Version, to be specific) and it has remained addictive throughout the generations.

Megaman Battle Network Series:
I started off with BN2 and instantly fell in love with the series. The combat is just so intense! The follow-up series, Star Force, is also pretty good.

Megaman Zero Series:
These games are hard in both the best and the worst ways, making it truly rewarding to finally beat the game.

Sonic Advance Series / Sonic Rush Series:
2D Sonic games are good, and these games still play well after years of collecting dust.

Lock's Quest:
Tower defense games have never been this fun! The game sports a good soundtrack, solid gameplay, and a rather engaging story. It's also pretty challenging and a blast to replay.

Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Series / Peace Walker:
These games were my first foray into the MGS series, and what a place to start off! Portable Ops brought a level of strategy that I wasn't expecting and beat my expectations right away, then Peace Walker absolutely blew my mind. Now I just need a new MGS game for my PS Vita...

Valkyria Chronicles Series:
While I've only gotten to demo the 1st and 3rd games, I owned VC II for a few years (before my disc broke, anyway - who puts disks in a mobile system anyway?!) and had a blast with the strategic gameplay and story.

Final Fantasy Tactics Series:
Though I only got to play the first game a couple months ago, FFT: Advance and A2: Grimoire of the Rift are easily the best turn-based strategy games I've ever played. Good art, an amazing soundtrack, engaging stories, and addictive gameplay made these my favorite games of all time.

Dissidia: Final Fantasy Series:
These games bring together 30 different characters (plus one original character, I think) from different games in the Final Fantasy series and pits them against each other in stages based off the games they come from. Each character has a customize-able moveset and a distinctive playstyle, and the story alone is 60 hours of gameplay.


Rynjin wrote:

Man I was gonna go buy a copy of FF Legend 3 to see if I liked it as much as 2 (I lost my copy a while back) but apparently they cost like $150 now for some reason.

Have I ever mentioned how much I hate collectors?

Really? They were good games, and my favorite to play while stuck in the car, but definitely not worth that much.

Also, the game was originally out for regular gameboy.

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Caineach wrote:
Rynjin wrote:

Man I was gonna go buy a copy of FF Legend 3 to see if I liked it as much as 2 (I lost my copy a while back) but apparently they cost like $150 now for some reason.

Have I ever mentioned how much I hate collectors?

Really? They were good games, and my favorite to play while stuck in the car, but definitely not worth that much.

Also, the game was originally out for regular gameboy.

Buying the original cartridges for any NES, SNES, or Game Boy RPG is going to be incredibly expensive. Earthbound, Dragon Warrior, Final Fantasy, and Secret of Mana especially.

There were small run compared to other titles, and gamers are obsessive about them.


Maybe I can sell my copy of Adventure to buy a new copy of Legend 3. I could never get into that one.

It just boggles the mind sometimes when you look up prices for replacing stuff you bought for 50 cents at a flea market.

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Ah, I forgot Freespace and (to a lesser extent) Freespace 2. Easily the best fighter sim I've ever played. The gameplay was years ahead of its time, and the plot and storytelling were amazing. The first game in particular did an excellent job of making you feel like a tiny cog in a much bigger machine - and no matter how well you did you weren't able to change the way the machine was going.

The Shivans were an awesome villain, and the game was great with the body blows right as you thought something good was going to happen.

Speaking of fighting games...

Anyone remember Ehrgeiz on the ps1? I actually really liked that game.


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Speaking of fighting games...

Anyone remember Ehrgeiz on the ps1? I actually really liked that game.

I had that one and played the heck out of it. Though I admit I only picked it up for the Final Fantasy characters who guest starred in it.

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Super Metroid (Metroid 3) will always hold a special place in my heart. I could (and have) play it over and over. It feels so good! The style and controls are beautiful. Hands-down my favorite game of all-time.


Rynjin wrote:

Man I was gonna go buy a copy of FF Legend 3 to see if I liked it as much as 2 (I lost my copy a while back) but apparently they cost like $150 now for some reason.

Have I ever mentioned how much I hate collectors?

I didn't like three as much. The characters are set, which takes the fun of making your own party away, and the story seemed a bit forced with all the time travel elements.

One thing that was neat about it is that you can have characters eat meat to become monsters, or install parts to become robots (robots now work on a change system, where you install parts from a new robot system, like monsters always did), then switch later. I almost always ended up using a couple of really good robot types exclusively by the end though. Especially since the monster and robot tables are character level dependant instead of what level monster or robot you took from.


I was always a huge fan of Legacy of Kain and Soul Reaver.

I loved Twisted Metal, I remember crushing my friend's little brother on it.

The GTA series, obviously, I started playing with GTA 2 and haven't stopped yet, though my favorite will always be Vice City.

Red Dead Redemption was amazing, Red Dead Redemption 2 looks amazing, but the story is soooo depressing, and it takes forever! Still, I will always have fond memories of the unintentional sheep massacre of whatever town is closest to your hobo camp.

I love the Fallout series, which are probably my favorite games, and certainly the ones I've progressed furthest. I started with Fallout 3 so that one is still my favorite, though New Vegas is the one I've played the most. Did not like the main quest for Fallout 4 so I haven't actually gotten that far in it story wise but it is still an incredibly fun game. I actually like Fallout 76 more than I thought I would, but to be fair I didn't get it until the Wastelanders update. But I love the premise and the environment is incredibly colorful and the people interesting.


My favorite game is "Fall From Heaven II," which is actually a mod for "Civilization: Beyond the Sword," which is actually an expansion for "Civilization IV." It turns the standard Civ game into a more traditional-ish fantasy game with a lot of new gameplay elements that were so influential, the Civ developers included the elements in future versions of Civ.

I still have the files needed to install it, but I worry that I wouldn't be able to anymore due to compatibility issues.

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Well this is a fun necromancy. How did I never see it six years ago? Anyway...

I remember FFHII. I was really bad at it. But it was cleverly designed. The mastermind behind it was hired by Stardock to make the Elemental series of games, the first of which was notoriously awful but Fallen Enchantress was pretty good. I wouldn't call it a favorite game though.

Hmmm. Absolute favorite, favorite game is hard to pinpoint. It might be Fallout: New Vegas. I've played all the Fallouts, and I've actually played Fallout 4 MORE because I love monkeying around in the world and building settlements, but if I was on a desert island and wanted a story to keep me occupied and could only have one game, FNV might be it. But I might change my mind tomorrow and pick something else.

Other all time favorites...
Planescape: Torment - likely needs no explanation

Alpha Protocol - This probably does. This rather unique espionage-action-RPG was critically reviled when it came out and buggy as hell. I played it a few years after release when it is patched out. It is hands down in my opinion the BEST RPG I have ever played when it comes to your choices having a discernible impact on the world and your playthrough options (some impacts being larger than others). Moreover, none of the choices you have feel like the "right" or "wrong" choice--you just get different results, all of which are interesting and give you different benefits or paths through the story. There are always some unfortunate consequences you have to live with, there are always benefits that arise. While playing through the whole game does not take long, it has a massive replay value because depending on what you do entire missions might change, equipment you get may be different, allies who help you may shift. Heck, there's even an interesting thing with the reputation system with other characters where a negative reputation doesn't mean "bad," necessarily. If someone you have negative rep with is your handler, you may get a bonus, actually, from that, and different from if you liked them. Negative rep with one character may earn positive with another. Everything can steer you in unexpected directions. Last time I played through I ended up having an entirely different end boss fight than I did the prior time, one I didn't even know I could get to. There are multiple resolutions to THAT depending on who you've allied with. And I know there's still at least one ending arc I've never seen. I recommend it especially as you can probably get it for 5 bucks most places. Mind: it is still buggy. And combat is very... unbalanced. Many RPG fans will dislike the limited, timed dialogue system--at first (I started off with WTF is this but ended up liking needing to respond instinctively). I just wish it had done better--the publisher SEGA purportedly released the Beta they had been sent for QA/QC as the finished game--so we would have seen more games like it.

The Sims 3: I miss that game. To me it was the culmination of what the Sims should be with the open world, and I always loved the sandboxyness of the game and the ability to create your own stories. Unfortunately EA pissed me off so much after a bug locked me out of certain content (they replied by giving me a coupon for a store I could no longer make use of) I have never paid for any EA games since. I have no regrets on that.

Suikoden V: The Suikoden series was always rather undermarketed and under appreciated, but it is probably my favorite JRPG series by far (and I always enjoyed it far more than Final Fantasy). V seemed to have an especially fun array of cast members and I enjoyed the mix of fantasy and politics. Zerase casting Meteor Swarm for the win! Bonus points for an awesome soundtrack.
(Also, Suikoden II is vastly overrated, and Viktor and Flik can suck it. There. I said it.)

I'm sure I'll think of more at 2 a.m.

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I am currently playing My Time at Portia, which may soon be a top favorite. I have always liked Harvest Moon-type games, especially the Rune Factory ones where you have fantasy elements and a little monster fighting to break up the monotony of farming/giving people gifts until they love you. Stardew Valley was of course amazingly well done. But I think MTAP might be the best I've played. It is less agriculture and more building-stuff focused, but otherwise plays very similarly. But the closer 3rd person view and the depth of detail in the world makes it far more vibrant and memorable. While I've sunk hours and hours and hours into Harvest Moons/Rune Factories/Stardew Valley, they all years later are just a blur of turnip planting and adorable but predictable dialogue--but I couldn't tell you the stories or characters that stood out. The added development of the world and characters here combined with one of the best crafting systems I've seen (while sometimes you have to work to obtain a rarer item, you're not working 20 hours to get a single doohickey to drop so you can finally advance the plot. You have to work on resource collection and manage your time, but it is balanced so you can get a lot of what you need in decent time and still have plenty of time for your turnips and flirting and fishing minigames. I also like its fairly unique setting--it is a post-post apocalyptic world, which is an interesting spin on these sort of pastoral fantasies. So while you have beautiful rolling green landscapes and a quaint village, there's ruins to explore and a looming fear humanity hasn't learned its lesson and will redevelop technology to harm one another. The core tension between needing a degree of tech to advance and not wanting bad people to exploit it offers nice food for thought in between trying to fetch granny's basket so she'll give you a stack of pumpkin pies. We'll see if I continue to enjoy it.


Maneater is a surprisingly good game and Marvel's Spider-Man is exceptional, I highly recommend both.

Far Cry 5 is a lot of fun though a bit too chaotic at times.

Assassin's Creed Origins is a beautiful game with an interesting character but it's also really, really, big and I suck at subtlety so the fighting can get a bit of repetitive, but that's because of my play style and not a fault of the game.

Final Fantasy 7 Remake is a lot better than I thought it would be and the faithfully redone cut scenes really hit you in your nostalgia sack.


DeathQuaker wrote:
Well this is a fun necromancy. How did I never see it six years ago? Anyway...

No kidding. Not sure how I missed it, also.

DeathQuaker wrote:
I remember FFHII. I was really bad at it.

Yes, it had a learning curve. It was one of those games that had a lot of intricacies that were only learned by playing the game multiple times. Fortunately, there were enough other elements to have fun with so that a game would still be fun while you were learning the more complex parts.

DeathQuaker wrote:
But it was cleverly designed. The mastermind behind it was hired by Stardock to make the Elemental series of games, the first of which was notoriously awful but Fallen Enchantress was pretty good. I wouldn't call it a favorite game though.

Yes! The guy's name is Derek Paxton (thanks, Google!), and he was actually hired after that problematic Elemental game was released. The game was much improved, I understand, but Stardock's reputation took such a big hit that I'm not sure if it mattered. (A quick Google search tells me that Elemental: Fallen Enchantress -- the first game Paxton was credited on -- was better received, and that they gave the game for free to anyone who had pre-ordered its sucky predecessor.)

DeathQuaker wrote:
I am currently playing My Time at Portia...

Your description convinced me to check it out. I like the Stardew Valley-but-with-dungeons aspect to it.

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DeathQuaker wrote:
I am currently playing My Time at Portia...
Your description convinced me to check it out. I like the Stardew Valley-but-with-dungeons aspect to it.

Cool! Word of non-spoilery advice: as soon as you are able to smelt bronze, make lots of it (copper is more important at the very first but bronze soon supplants it), and as soon as you are able to make carbon steel, make buttloads of that. No substance ever becomes truly useless, which I like, but as one might expect, steel and steel products are in a LOT of crafting recipes.


Recent-ish game:
Dark Souls 3: I've bought it at least 4 times. The first purchase, I lost the disk for my PS4 in a move, so I bought it again. Then, I got an xbox to play with friends and I bought a used disk. That xbox had overheating problems, so I returned it and got one that didn't use disks, so I bought a digital copy once it went on sale. I've also done a full play through on someone else's system, so I've played 5 copies.

Less recent:
Sins of a Solar Empire. Again, I've bought it multiple times, though one was a gift. I still fire it up a couple times a year.

Older:
Tie Fighter. I bought a physical copy in the 90's, lost that ages ago. Bought a physical copy a couple years ago, but it was hard to keep running. Steam just released a copy and that's been running well, but my physical set-up just isn't very comfortable for a joystick right now.


I've been having a lot of fun playing Days Gone and Ghost of Tsushima.

I got one of our kids Miles Morales Spiderman for Christmas so that's going to be a lot of fun.


I had to think and decided to rate it by which one I've played the most which would make it Minecraft.


Civilisation III, over the past twenty years, without a doubt.

Though right now I am also playing a lot of Idle Evolve and enjoying it immensely.


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Some games I've been playing lately.

Far Cry 6: A lot of fun even if I don't know how everything works and I end up causing more trouble for myself then is needed. I prefer the setting and story over Far Cry 5 (the only other Far Cry I've played).

Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut: Everyone needs to get this game, the best video game I've ever played.

The Outer Worlds: it's a good game, I've been figuring out the mechanics. Unfortunately I made a complete mess of everything and have to start over.

Skyrim: Because it's Skyrim.


Some games I've purchased and hope to play this winter.

Mass Effect Legendary Edition: I got it when it was released this summer and vowed to play it when I have time to wrap my head around it. That hasn't happened yet. Probably in January. Never played the original games and my only Mass Effect experience is Andromeda.

Final Fantasy 7 Remake: Soon, my precious! (The original is still one of the few games I've actually completed so this one is going to be a non stop punch to the old nostalgia sack).

Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Maybe. The premise is intriguing but the combat (especially after playing so much Ghost of Tsushima) feels awkward and clunky. We'll see how I feel in February.

Fallout 76: Just kidding!

Cyberpunk 2077: Again, we'll see how i feel in February. Maybe they'll have it playable by then.

Guardians of the Galaxy: This one looks like fun!


I've also played a lot of Biomutant, it's a fun game but has issues with repetition as you progress. But I still recommend it, especially if you have kids and want something entertaining to play when they're around as it's basically a N64 game with better gameplay graphics (the cut scenes are still on par with N64).


I find video games the easiest to enjoy when I can pick them up and put them down without worrying when I can get back to them. For this reason, a lot of my favorite games are either almost completely lacking in story or the story is completely superfluous to the actual game.

Mortal Kombat
And to a lesser extent Street Fighter and Soul Calibur, but Mortal Kombat has been my favorite fighting game franchise ever since MK2 on the Genesis.

Monster Hunter World
This is about as close to Dark Souls as I will get, but I love chasing the monsters through the wilderness. It feels challenging, but not brutal.

Pokemon
Any of the main series games will do. Sometimes I play them on my console for a more nostalgic feel, other times I randomize them. I like that second option when I want to play with a themed team that would be difficult or impossible to obtain normally.

Gauntlet Dark Legacy
A simple beat em up that I can always just jump into. Even rebought it for the PS2 when my Gamecube disc got lost.

Star Wars Battlefront 2
PS2 version not the new one. I'm awful at first person shooters and will never play this against anyone but the AI and close friends, but it is incredibly fun to just Jedi through the regular troops.

Dragon Ball Z Budokai 3
Despite the popularity of FighterZ, I maintain that this is the best Dragonball Z game and rebought it when the first disc was destroyed.

Radiant Oath

Original Mass Effect, Pokemon Blue, and Planescape: Torment.


Elden Ring.

For about 2 years now.

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As I sit recently being utterly absorbed by Baldur's Gate III, I have also been reflecting recently on how much the earlier Baldur's Gates (especially 2) and Planescape Torment really hit me hard as well. While the gameplay in all is... fine? the story, characters, and themes carry them head and shoulders above a lot of stuff I've played.

And yet I've also been recently spending hours again in Planet Coaster mindlessly building scenery, so I have complex game needs.

ETA: Upon listening to the Suikoden V soundtrack, I randomly decided to look up Suikoden as I'd vaguely recalled something of a spiritual successor was coming out and wanted to look up the game. And learned that just today, the creator of Suikoden died: Yoshitaka Murayama. May he rest in peace. That was a truly phenomenal series of games.

(That "spiritual successor" is slated to come out in April on Nintendo and is called Eiyden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes.)


I've been stuck in isolation most of the past week because I contracted Covid. You'd think that this would be a great opportunity to try out a new game, even one I've already purchased but haven't played!

Instead I played Skyrim a lot. (Although I did delve into mods and started playing Beyond Skyrim: Bruma, which has been fun. But it's still just a new flavor of Skyrim.)

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Hope you get better soon Andostre! And playing a good old familiar but still fun to explore game makes perfect sense.


Thanks, DQ! My isolation and masking ends today!


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