BoB's Top 100 Games

[Ayen]

I commend you for being able to narrow this down to a hundred. Don't think I could get that far.

[Loony BoB]

46. Grandia
PSX, 1997

I'm kind of excited to get this one out of the way as the vast majority of the remaining games I remember much more vividly. Still, I remember enough about this game to remember loving it. When I first started playing I felt like it was going to be way too kiddy-focused for me. The audience the developers were aiming for, was, I felt, much younger than I was because the protagonists were barely teenagers (actually, I don't think either were teenagers). Oh, how wrong was I! This game is awesome and one of the best RPGs I've played outside of the Final Fantasy series.

The battle system was interesting for someone who had spent so much time in FF, while the writing was actually really good, the kind of stuff that I'm sure kids could enjoy but I know that adults can definitely enjoy. It wasn't exceptional but it was still really entertaining all round. The characters grew on me quite a lot, and I found the story quite interesting despite how rarely it seemed to really envelop the game. The settings were actually really nice, too. Just an all round good game in which the longer I played, the more I enjoyed it and the longer I hoped the game would be.

[Hollycat]

Eew.

The voice acting in Grandia is horrible.

[Scotty_ffgamer]

I really want to play Grandia someday. I've played most of Grandia II, and that was pretty fun.

[Loony BoB]

Eew.

The voice acting in Grandia is horrible.

The battle-based stuff I just ignored after a while, it kind of phased into nothingness. The rest of it was so rare that it didn't bother me, I guess.

[Shauna]

The voice acting really was not great, but Grandia is a super fun game.

[Polnareff]

Eew.

The voice acting in Grandia is horrible.

I kind of disagree with this. It's fairly bad, but especially for its time, it was serviceable. Justin and Feena were definitely the best in the lot though.

Grandia is an awesome game. I have it for PSX, the PSN version, AND the Saturn version. The Saturn one is best because the load times are almost nonexistent. The colors are also a lot brighter as well. The battle system is my favorite part of the game. It was so deep. I have no idea why they downsized the exploration and battle system in Grandia 2. At least Xtreme brought it back to its roots for the most part.

[NeoCracker]

I use to own Grandia! For like, thirty minutes. I bought it, sat it on the shelf, got my hair cut, came back and it was gone, never to be seen again.

So I still haven't played it!

[Laddy]

No, the voice acting was not especially good. Considering we got the English version in 1999 and games like Fallout and Torment were out I don't buy that excuse.

Grandia was awesome. It felt very Saturday Morning Anime to me, but in a good way. The soundtrack was great, the plot fun, the character likable, and the locations and battle system are up there with some of the best.

[WildRaubtier]

This thread has had terrible pacing, recently. Move it on, Danny boy! I SAID HUSTLE

[NeoCracker]

*Insert me re-posting all of BoB's nagging to post more in my thread*

[Loony BoB]

No, I've not forgotten about this! Work just got very busy lately.

45. GoldenEye 007
N64, 1997

Man, 1997 was such a great year for gaming. This is one of the two N64 games I would play regularly when we hung out at our neighbours (the other being Mario Kart 64, as mentioned earlier in the list). GoldenEye was all kinds of fun. It was great in single player mode and it was even better in multiplayer. No sneaking around back in those days, either - you had what was happening thrown up on your screen which meant if you tried to camp, you were a dead man in seconds.

I haven't played this in well over a decade but I remember it extremely fondly. Not much to add to this due to the length of time since I last played it, but I'm sure you all know what I mean when I say you don't need to remember the finer details because the general memories of fun alone were enough to put this quite high up on the list! Maybe it was the great people I played it with, but given how many other people love this game, I don't think it's merely that. 'tis just that good a game.

[Psychotic]

Ah yes, I love GoldenEye! I have my N64 set up so if you are ever in the area, come see us and we will have a bash.

I have to say the N64 controller set up is thoroughly wrist destroying compared to modern shooters!

[Aulayna]

GoldenEye was the best. Had so much fun doing silly stuff like 1 hit kills on the Aztec temple with just PP7s (that map is notorious for it's short view distances). I think we played Perfect Dark more due to being able to have bots as well, but yeah I definitely lost a lot of my childhood to this game. Was the whole reason I managed to convince my mother's bf to buy an N64 lol

[Jiro]

Oh man, GoldenEye. Even I have fond memories of this and I barely even touched an N64