BoB's Top 100 Games

[Skyblade]

I loved playing Final Fantasy Tactics Advanced on my GameBoy Advanced.

Del, I'm going to give you a Ciddie for best imitation of a spambot. If only you had links to a website selling said products, it would have been perfect.

But, yeah, FFTA is a phenomenal game.

[Loony BoB]

I own FFT (bought it earlier this year from PSN), but I want to finish FFIV & FFIII before I start taking on FFT because I'm anticipating that I'll just end up sitting there and playing matches non-stop and never play anything else.

Of course, FFXIV is taking up all my time so I've got exactly nowhere with FFIV at the moment. xD

[Jiro]

I actually bought Final Fantasy Tactics Advance twice because my original copy was stolen with my SP too. Just couldn't not own the game tbh.

[Skyblade]

I actually bought Final Fantasy Tactics Advance twice because my original copy was stolen with my SP too. Just couldn't not own the game tbh.

I bought it thrice.

Second copy was to get more save files. Third was because it was being sold for three bucks.

[Loony BoB]

Best I get back to finishing this off now that I have time again! Actually, I would have got around to it much earlier but I wasn't happy with the limited screenshot selection (ie, just the menu page) I could find online and had to remember to get one from Azar's YouTube video. Kept forgetting as I normally update this at work (where I don't have YouTube access)!

55. EoFF: Sick Irony
PC, 2000

There's a lot to be said for inside jokes, people you actually know being in the game and having a half decent understanding of the person who created the game. It allows you to enjoy not only the game's story and gameplay but also the game itself. I mean... every little part of the game you get into, you can appreciate the thought behind it so much more. And Sick Irony had great dialogue and a lot of tiny little things that not everyone will find on the first playthrough. It genuinely does have replay value!

The level design wasn't perfect, the battles weren't the most challenging by any means, but it didn't matter. This game's enjoyment factor was created solely for those that like silliness, get the inside jokes and perhaps even those who like to learn a bit about EoFF. My favourite parts were definitely the more obscure things such as that in the screenshot above. That quote, for whatever reason, has stuck with me forever as the defining moment of Sick Irony. Silly, obscure and rather random but still able to put a smile on my face.

[Jiro]

I love that you have ranked this so high. Your criteria is skewed something fierce, but fair enough. Sick Irony was obviously before my time and I much prefer the BAoTW game as I get it.

[Loony BoB]

My criteria isn't unbalanced or anything - I'm ranking these games according to how much fun I got out of them, and that's what video games are there for - to provide people with something fun to do. This game (going by memory) probably provided me with more fun than any of the lower listed games.

[Psychotic]

I much prefer the BAoTW game as I get it.

Thank you very much.

Sick Irony's comedy is still very good, even if you don't know the members. I think the RPG Maker community itself was a lot smaller then and had less resources. Some of the default resources and whatnot have always struck me as very ugly so I do have difficulty playing SI. No fault of BOU's, but I'm just an RPG Maker snob.

[Jiro]

My criteria isn't unbalanced or anything - I'm ranking these games according to how much fun I got out of them, and that's what video games are there for - to provide people with something fun to do. This game (going by memory) probably provided me with more fun than any of the lower listed games.

Fun is excellent criteria to base things on, it just seems incredibly different to usual standards!

[Loony BoB]

You're right. How silly is it that in this world of entertainment, we review on mechanics more than fun?

[Pike]

You know at first glance I thought this was going to be about the sick irony that BoB is taking so long to update his list

[Jiro]

You're right. How silly is it that in this world of entertainment, we review on mechanics more than fun?

I hope you're not being snarky at me because I legitimately agree Jimquisition commented on it in one of his videos recently and it's remarkable how little emphasis there seems to be on fun.

Which is why you're allowed to put games like Burnout above XCOM. Personal enjoyment is pretty important!

[Loony BoB]

I wasn't being snarky, it was a genuine observation.

54. Grandia II
PS2, 2000

This is one of those games that I will struggle to write something for because, despite remembering really liking it, I've not played it recently enough to remember it in detail. I do, however, remember that the gameplay itself was good and the dialogue/characters great. I remember particularly liking the character Millenia. I'll have to add this to the long list of games that are probably due me replaying them. xD This is a theme for the games in the 50's, I've found. Those games I adored but just can't quite recall in entirity enough to write out a second paragraph. =x

[Jiro]

I played the third Grandia game and loved it to bits, so I can imagine it was similar!

[Hollycat]

This is relevant to #55
Full playthrough of the game