About me Except I Stole Uni's Idea to Make Some of my Own Categories
This trend seems to keep cycling back around especially in the Discord and I already made a version of it in image format for one there, but making my own categories felt like a great way to give it a personal twist.
Uni's: https://www.backloggd.com/u/Uni/list/about-me-except-i-made-up-my-own-categories-because-all-my-reviews-are-so-sterile-i-wanted-something-a-little-less-clinical/
Uni's: https://www.backloggd.com/u/Uni/list/about-me-except-i-made-up-my-own-categories-because-all-my-reviews-are-so-sterile-i-wanted-something-a-little-less-clinical/
10 Games
Game I can't resist: Crazy Taxi
Unsurprising since it's one of my favorite games, but if I hear someone mention this game, if it catches my eye on my shelf, if I passed the Crazy Taxi machine at my local mall, it's instant. I will give up whatever I was doing at that moment to play it.
Unsurprising since it's one of my favorite games, but if I hear someone mention this game, if it catches my eye on my shelf, if I passed the Crazy Taxi machine at my local mall, it's instant. I will give up whatever I was doing at that moment to play it.
Game I stuck it out with the longest: WWE 2k20
I'm a wrestling fan. As one, I think you develop a certain amount of stubbornness because it makes you used to having to hold out for that sunrise. 2k20 finally made it out of the wrestling niche but in the worst way possible, as a laughing stock. I never thought it was as bad as its initial reception, besides a few crashes and cutscene issues you had to work to replicate the most viral bugs you may have seen on the internet. But when the last patch caused a bug where after every pinfall kick out the opponent would sit up like The Undertaker and they never fixed it, I had to quit
I'm a wrestling fan. As one, I think you develop a certain amount of stubbornness because it makes you used to having to hold out for that sunrise. 2k20 finally made it out of the wrestling niche but in the worst way possible, as a laughing stock. I never thought it was as bad as its initial reception, besides a few crashes and cutscene issues you had to work to replicate the most viral bugs you may have seen on the internet. But when the last patch caused a bug where after every pinfall kick out the opponent would sit up like The Undertaker and they never fixed it, I had to quit
Game that surprised me the most: NCAA Football 14
Football isn't really my thing, in reality, baseball is really the only sport I like watching (maybe some basketball here and there). But there's just something so compelling about how in a college franchise no matter what your best players will never be around for more than a few years. There were college baseball games off the beloved MVP 05 framework but it wouldn't nearly be as surprising if I liked those.
Football isn't really my thing, in reality, baseball is really the only sport I like watching (maybe some basketball here and there). But there's just something so compelling about how in a college franchise no matter what your best players will never be around for more than a few years. There were college baseball games off the beloved MVP 05 framework but it wouldn't nearly be as surprising if I liked those.
Games I own the most of without caring about them: NASCAR
My dad tried so hard to get me into stock car racing but the monotony of it was just too high a wall. Sorry dad but I care about cool things like Superheroes and oddly violent arcade hockey games.
My dad tried so hard to get me into stock car racing but the monotony of it was just too high a wall. Sorry dad but I care about cool things like Superheroes and oddly violent arcade hockey games.
Game that shaped me the most: Soul Blade
I likely wouldn't be playing fighting games if I never crossed paths with Soul Blade. It was literally that cartoon trope where it keeps flashing back between my eyes getting bigger with more sparkles and a wider smile as it montages the stages, characters, music, and actually playing the game. That feeling's never really faded.
I likely wouldn't be playing fighting games if I never crossed paths with Soul Blade. It was literally that cartoon trope where it keeps flashing back between my eyes getting bigger with more sparkles and a wider smile as it montages the stages, characters, music, and actually playing the game. That feeling's never really faded.
Game I'm most likely to defend: Street Fighter x Tekken
Decried at release deservedly for everything that was wrong with it, "Street Fighter x Timeout" it was called and people saw straight through the gems for the monetization avenue they were. Despite it all, SFxT got the updates it needed and it's become an oft-repeated sentence for me, "Ver. 2013 is a genuinely good game".
Decried at release deservedly for everything that was wrong with it, "Street Fighter x Timeout" it was called and people saw straight through the gems for the monetization avenue they were. Despite it all, SFxT got the updates it needed and it's become an oft-repeated sentence for me, "Ver. 2013 is a genuinely good game".
Game that's my multiplayer go-to: Urban Reign
I'm sure most people that would mess around with this would get a lot of Def Jam vibes from it, but that earns its spot with friends that know the game well between them. Urban Reign is for me even more fun at that peak level and has intuitiveness at the floor level that I can bring it and a ps2 with me to a group that's playing it for the first time and have an incredibly fun night.
I'm sure most people that would mess around with this would get a lot of Def Jam vibes from it, but that earns its spot with friends that know the game well between them. Urban Reign is for me even more fun at that peak level and has intuitiveness at the floor level that I can bring it and a ps2 with me to a group that's playing it for the first time and have an incredibly fun night.
Game series that's the most influential I've never played an entry of: Gran Turismo
Nearly every racing game after Gran Turismo has been inspired by some aspect of it but I've only just ordered my first Gran Turismo game on eBay a day before making this list, GT5.
Nearly every racing game after Gran Turismo has been inspired by some aspect of it but I've only just ordered my first Gran Turismo game on eBay a day before making this list, GT5.
Game that took me the longest to finish: Jak X Combat Racing
Some PS2 copies of Jak X had an interesting quirk where if you saved your game it deleted all the save data on your memory card. Despite never being able to save, I played a lot of Jak X for a lot of years. I only finished it for the first time when they ported it to the PS4, and I'm pretty sure the PS2 copy I have now is safe...
Some PS2 copies of Jak X had an interesting quirk where if you saved your game it deleted all the save data on your memory card. Despite never being able to save, I played a lot of Jak X for a lot of years. I only finished it for the first time when they ported it to the PS4, and I'm pretty sure the PS2 copy I have now is safe...
Game with short-lived multiplayer I put the most time into: Anarchy Reigns
Bought this game when it launched and got really into the online part of it, nothing on console was really doing these kind of melee deathmatches, this was still the era of COD and Battlefield. I'm glad there are bots in this game so there's at least some way in it for me to still scratch that itch if I get it.
Bought this game when it launched and got really into the online part of it, nothing on console was really doing these kind of melee deathmatches, this was still the era of COD and Battlefield. I'm glad there are bots in this game so there's at least some way in it for me to still scratch that itch if I get it.