EoFF's Top Games of the Generation: Revelations

[Hollycat]

Mirror's Edge is a first person game? I usually hate first person view. A game has to be pretty good for me to play it in first person view. Like Portal!

Here's a speed run of the game without cutscenes, watch the first 2 or 3 minutes and you'll be able to decide if you want to play it.



I would like to apologize, I remembered the graphics looking worse than they do. It still isn't the Sistine Chapel, but it is prettier than I remembered.

[SirPrizes]

I'd say it had a lot more to do with games growing out of the arcade scene where easy games wouldn't make money. Even when things moved to home consoles, technical limitations prevented them from making games with tons of content compared to what we're used to now, so it was either make your games really hard, or accept that people probably won't play them for very long, let alone replay them. Look at how long a lot of those games like the original Mega Man's take to beat if you've completely mastered them. I don't think most people would have found them to be an acceptable length if they could do that on the first try and there was no challenge to keep you coming back for more.

That's all true. Mega Man can be speedrun in ~ 30 minutes. So can Dark Souls actually.

There was also accidental, artificial difficulty. I'm thinking about having to spend 10 minutes hitting A if you wanted to buy 99 heal potions in FF1. Or every other game that was fun enough that I wanted to play it, but had such bad controls that it was hard to function in the game. And then the random insane difficulty spikes out of nowhere, like one-hit kills from Sorcerers on the last floor of the last dungeon in FF1.

Both Demon's and Dark can be completed in under an hour, which just goes to show how little filler there actually is in these games. That's another reason why I love them so much, and the time difference between a normal playthrough (which can easily take upwards for 40 hours) and a speedrun really goes to show just how far skill and competency in the game goes. Time in the games aren't taken up by unskippable cutscenes or fetch quests, they're just pure action roleplaying non-stop. That kind of super focused design, to me, is great game design.

[Del Murder]

Here's a speed run of the game without cutscenes, watch the first 2 or 3 minutes and you'll be able to decide if you want to play it.

It made me dizzy. But I kinda liked it.

[Pete for President]

I'd say it had a lot more to do with games growing out of the arcade scene where easy games wouldn't make money. Even when things moved to home consoles, technical limitations prevented them from making games with tons of content compared to what we're used to now, so it was either make your games really hard, or accept that people probably won't play them for very long, let alone replay them. Look at how long a lot of those games like the original Mega Man's take to beat if you've completely mastered them. I don't think most people would have found them to be an acceptable length if they could do that on the first try and there was no challenge to keep you coming back for more.

That's all true. Mega Man can be speedrun in ~ 30 minutes. So can Dark Souls actually.

There was also accidental, artificial difficulty. I'm thinking about having to spend 10 minutes hitting A if you wanted to buy 99 heal potions in FF1. Or every other game that was fun enough that I wanted to play it, but had such bad controls that it was hard to function in the game. And then the random insane difficulty spikes out of nowhere, like one-hit kills from Sorcerers on the last floor of the last dungeon in FF1.

Both Demon's and Dark can be completed in under an hour, which just goes to show how little filler there actually is in these games. That's another reason why I love them so much, and the time difference between a normal playthrough (which can easily take upwards for 40 hours) and a speedrun really goes to show just how far skill and competency in the game goes. Time in the games aren't taken up by unskippable cutscenes or fetch quests, they're just pure action roleplaying non-stop. That kind of super focused design, to me, is great game design.

Quoted, for truth!

Glad to see Demon's Souls made the list and praise the sun for I think that Dark Souls will be on it too. Phenomenal games and I can't wait to find out what gruesome deaths, philosophical epiphanies and jolly characters Dark Souls 2 will bring us.

[Jessweeee♪]

Assassin's Creed: Revelations

[Slothy]

I didn't finish the actual AC Revelations game, but that's better than what I did play.

[edczxcvbnm]

While Ass Creed 2 is okay, I thought it was a bit of a mess. A mess that the sequel, Brotherhood, cleaned up and is the superior game. That said none of the Ass games made my list but Brotherhood was close.

I voted for Civ 5. Awesomely fun game.

I have never played Demons Soul and not do I want to. I am not against the high difficulty but I would prefer to work my way there. The games I really like, I tend to go back to and amp up the difficulty as time goes on. Challenge is important in games but I don't care for a nut grinder simply for nut grinders sake.

[Spuuky]

Civilization V (1)

Well, it's not much, but there is some justice.

To be fair that wasn't me, I actually didn't vote for any Civ game.

[edczxcvbnm]

I voted for Civ 5. No more stacks of doom!!!

[Shauna]

Mass Effect
2007 – PC, PS3, Xbox 360
7 Nominations

I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favourite game of this generation.

Mass effect is a third person space RPG, where you assume direct control, if you want, of Commander Shepard, a completely awesome person who just happens to have what it takes to save the entire galaxy from more or less anything you could possibly throw at her (yes, her, deal with it). The game offers a lot of exploration, excellent music, likable characters and also a pretty cool story, bro. Although I personally thing some of the actual combat mechanics were better in the two later games, I think the actual "RPG" part is a lot better in the first of them.

The trilogy may not have ended on the highest of notes but from Mass Effect 1 to 3 the journey was amazing. It tugged at the heart strings, thrusting you into decisions with actual consequences - allowing you to be a goodie two shoes or a bad ass who makes trout happen. The refinements in 2 and 3 may not have been to everyone’s tastes but there's no denying that Mass Effect was a masterpiece out of left field.

All in all, Mass Effect is a game that everyone who like RPGs and sci-fi should try. Also, the Mako rocks and anyone who says otherwise is clearly mentally challenged.

Catherine (3)
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (2)
Plants Vs Zombies (2)
Candies (1)
Killzone 3 (1)
Final Fantasy: Dissidia 012 (1)
Dragon's Crown (1)
Tatsunoko vs Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes (1)
Europa Universalis III (1)
Final Fantasy IV Complete (1)

Five more titles to go after this! How exciting!

[Ayen]

I approve.

[Loony BoB]

Two votes for FFXIV, and none of them were me, before anyone says it. Really glad it's getting that kind of approval, though!

And definitely glad to see Mass Effect up there, such a fantastic game.

[Slothy]

Such a boring game.

[SirPrizes]

Such a boring game.

I agree. Mass Effect is another game from this gen I didn't really get. Never tried the sequels.

[Gamblet]

Such a boring game.

I agree. Mass Effect is another game from this gen I didn't really get. Never tried the sequels.

You are missing out.