General Discussion : Favourite Console Games

[HorrorMaster]

I don't play games ever, I just don't see the appeal since I find watching movies much more relaxing considering...well...you aren't really doing anything. But when I do play games, I play PlayStation 1 games, which I consider to have the best gameplay quality.



The game I consider the greatest of all time is "Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus". I can't tell you many hours I've spent playing this brilliant game. It has PS2 quality graphics, it's strange, dark, hilarious, gory, extremely well-written and has excellent animation cut-scenes. By far the best game ever, and the only other games to come close are "Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee" and "Medievil".

[edkrak]

I love Abe's series too. Probably the most original and innovative, but at the same time fun to play game ever made. I also liked Exoddus more, Oddysee lacked the option to save at every moment - to hardcore for me. What a shame they stopped doing games. Good thing is they claimed they're going to make animated films. I can't wait to see this: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0891459/
Lately I'm playing Final Fantasy XII. The only one in the series with good combat (I think turn based system in other FFs is extremely boring). Unfortunetly story isn't really engaging, but apart from that I really like it. But anyway Squaresoft really sucks these days. They didn't do anything good apart from FF12 since years. Ahhh, where are the good days where SS was best game developer in the world. Vagrant Story, Chrono Cross, Parasite Eve, FFT - these were the games!!

[HorrorMaster]

I love Abe's series too. Probably the most original and innovative, but at the same time fun to play game ever made. I also liked Exoddus more, Oddysee lacked the option to save at every moment - to hardcore for me. What a shame they stopped doing games. Good thing is they claimed they're going to make animated films. I can't wait to see this: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0891459/

YAY! I've found another Abe fan! And yes, that's the main reason why I think Exoddus is much better. I used to play Oddysee for ages and then get to a really hard bit, realize I can't save it, and just give up because it's so damn impossible. The quiksave feature was genius, and Exoddus is also better because it has two discs.

[paulofilmo]

I haven't played video games in quite a while, but I grew up on the N64 (figuratively, that is, otherwise life would have been quite uncomfortable). All-nighters with a few friends on Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, Mario Party, Smash Bros. etc. Ahh, good times. *gazes beyond a distant corner of the room*

[Katya]

I usually play Play Station 2 games, and my favourite one is God of War. I played both first and second, now third is on the way and I think I'll buy PS3 just for to play that. I guess I'm hopelessly in love with Kratos ^^

On the other hand, I like Call of Duty, Prince of Persia and Grand Theft Auto series.

[Rufflesack]

I haven't played video games in quite a while, but I grew up on the N64 (figuratively, that is, otherwise life would have been quite uncomfortable). All-nighters with a few friends on Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, Mario Party, Smash Bros. etc. Ahh, good times. *gazes beyond a distant corner of the room*

Same here. There have, in my opinion, been distressingly few console games since the N64 that have been worth mentioning. Super Mario 64 and Zelda: Ocarina of Time are the two best games ever in my opinion, closely followed by the multiplayer classics like Mario Kart 64, Goldeneye, Smash Bros., and a few other brilliant games like Paper Mario and Banjo Kazooie.
Oh, Diddy Kong Racing was good too. I replay pretty much all these games regularly, probably more often than I play newer generation games (I don't play games that often the past few months, I go in and out of it a bit).

Also worth a mention is the SNES classic Super Mario RPG, which I consider to be the best of the RPG genre.

As for the games that have been worthwhile since the 90s: Psychonauts is fantastic, and so is Braid for XBL. Really though, all other noteworthy games (Super Smash Bros. Melee, Zelda: Wind Waker, Paper Mario 2, etc) have simply been follow-ups to formulas that were made successful during the N64 era. Barely anything has changed in the console world since the 90s, which is a bit sad, and probably the reason why I don't really care any more.

[Mihon]

My favorite game is Final Fantasy VII

(It was one of the first english speaking/texting games I played, and it was one of the first games I played on the Playstation 1. The story is reat, and the action is the best one up to date. When the movie came out I was thrilled but a bit disappointed but i was counting on that so it wasn't such a big deal, I liked it and I still love the game.)

[frederic_g54]

aaah Playstation 1 games, I wish I didn't give my console away, so I could still play Metal Gear Solid

[Filligan]

Too many to list as I've gone through too many consoles by now. I guess the biggest series to have an impact on me is Halo. Once I got into that, it wouldn't let me go. And then Halo 2 had online multiplayer, so that was pretty much it for me. But I'm also a big fan of Mario/Nintendo local multiplayer games, Smash Bros, Mario Party, etc. Used to play those long into the night with friends.

[Jeb]

Finally, somebody else mentioned the Abe series! I used to play that a lot until the PS2 came out. Other than that:
God of War
God of War 2
Half-Life
Call of Duty
Medal of Honor: European Assault
Super Smash Bros.
Metal Gear Solid
Ratchet and Clank
Halo
Halo 2
Mario Kart
Mario Party
Grand Theft Auto

Good times