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I think round these parts most people will kick you for even including it. But they know nothing!
FFIX was a lovely game, and Vivi's story was so touching - and the whole Beatrix and Steiner love story. Just the old school nostalgic vibes the world gave off - it was a like a love letter to early Final Fantasy. Oh, and the soundtrack too. I can't believe that one of the biggest complaints that gets leveled against IX is that it tried to be too graphical for the PSone.
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Well, if that's the worst they can say about it it must be doing something right.
To be fair, and although it looks damn good for a PSX game, it does shoot for some much more detailed textures than the PSX could actually handle. Luckily, if you play it on the PS2 with the smoothing options on it's drop dead gorgeous.Quote:
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Are you kidding? xD FFIX is the love of EoFF, and the people who don't like it are minimal. I am pretty sure that BoB was torn to pieces for having it at #81 in his Top 100.Quote:
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Duly noted. I'll be playing this game again in the foreseeable future since it's on my request list. The PSX is boxed up since my PS2 pretty much makes it obsolete.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vivi22To be fair, and although it looks damn good for a PSX game, it does shoot for some much more detailed textures than the PSX could actually handle. Luckily, if you play it on the PS2 with the smoothing options on it's drop dead gorgeous.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aulayna
Tiberian Sun and FFIX, take note EoFF, this is how you make a best games list
I have to agree that this list is already better than other people's lists Bolivar.
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This is a bit misleading since this is the cover for the Stream version and I'm referring to the free download one on their official website. I just didn't want to break my covers formula. In a land of AAA titles which I'm... largely indifferent to because I'm old and reaching that retirement age (you're only 24 Tori, shut up) Spelunky was a breath of fresh air. Inspired by one of the most iconic movie characters of all time as well as another classic dungeons game, Spelunky is a fantastic and challenging dungeon crawl that keeps you guessing and requires caution and thought. My total death count is pretty much tied with Dark Souls on this one, if not more so, I wasn't keeping count I was just hurling profanities at the screen like I always do when I die. We have snakes, spiders, bats, ghosts, mummies, damsels and boulders. Hit them with a whip, throw stones at them, blow up stuff with bombs, shoot them with a shotgun, be careful an object you throw doesn't bounce off a wall and kill ya, beware of spikes and whatever you do DO NOT mess with the shopkeeper!
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This game didn't have a box cover, formula broken! Formula broken! I'm posting a review of this game later today so I'm not going to go into great lengths about it here, but it made the list for being a really fun, creative game that encourages as much creativity as it dishes out and if you're a big fan of the gaming industry then it's a great treat just reliving its history and making your own mark on the industry any way you can. I don't know why but I have a very good knack with making sports and racing games on here. Or simluation and action games in general. One time I struck gold with a mature romance sim for the PC. So, you knew there was sex in it somewhere, only explanation why it sold so well >.> Oh, and let's not forget my Virtual Pet success on the Gameline (Gameboy) that was in no way a tribute to Pokemon <.<
Graphics are superb for its time. The game is only hurt by battle load times. Figure a way to fix that, and I have no complaints. Well, maybe tie up some character loose ends, but that's it.Quote:
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Well, if that's the worst they can say about it it must be doing something right.
I don't remember the battle load time giving me any trouble.
RED ALERT 2 > TIBERIUM SAM DSMN YOU TORIJ DAMN UOU TO HELL
I got Spelunky when it was first released and loved it.
That's what you get for making me job to HC (but that's how the game programmed it!) excuses :colbert:
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It may surprise some people to know that there was a time Electronic Arts didn't suck and even at its worst I never found much sorrow in their sports games. Road Rash made the jump to the PlayStation with a bang, bringing everything that was great about the last one and now adding FMVs to it. I always like a good racing game and at the time I didn't know many other motorcycle race games that were out. This stands out because of things like cop chases and all the general silliness that was included in it. Each race starting and ending with a FMV and if you get caught by a motorcycle cop who will chase you on some tracks he'd sick the freaking dog on you man! One time I finished a race at either the last, or next to last place and I triggered a cut-scene that put training wheels on my motorcycle. Hysterical. Beware of cars, beware of falling off your bike, beware of little jerks who will run you over while you're on the road. Every man for himself!
Something tells me I should have done this list the Pike way.
Oh well.
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Anyone who knows me long enough can tell you I'm not that big a fan on games from the first-person perspective, and it usually has to be really fun for me to overlook that preference. This game is one of those games. Taking the familiar FPS formula and adding a dish of suspense and psychological horror to it, F.E.A.R is one of those few games that does horror right. Right from the beginning it sets the tone of the overall game and never ventures away from that tone, leaving you on the edge of your seat throughout and making those gaming hours go by a whole lot more slower than it would have otherwise. And despite having reflexes that makes you feel like you're playing Enter The Matrix, when the game wants you to feel helpless, you feel helpless. The game provides as little narrative as it can get away with so that you can learn more about what's going on as you play, adding a touch of mystery to the whole package.
For all the jumps and scares in that game, the biggest scare in the entire game for me was right near the start when you're down in the sewers I think. There's a set of double doors and as you approach them a big armoured guard kicks them open. I ended up probably emptying an entire clip into the ceiling where I'd jumped, swung the mouse up and clicked at the same time.
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This was also the first game I ever actually got scared whilst playing too.