My Favourite Games

Really good games, according to me. Ones I can return to again and again without ever getting tired of them, or which I know I will in the future if I've only played them relatively recently, and which otherwise feel like slipping on the world's most comfortable glove in terms of how well they fit my tastes.

Some other tidbits that came to mind:
- Ranking order becomes more nebulous the further down you go. Only really the first two row is set in stone in terms of order and games included.
- I tried to limit it to just one game per series. I think Super Metroid's basically perfect for example, but it doesn't scratch quite the same itch that Prime 2 does.
- This is all pretty subject to change and a game not being on here doesn't necessarily mean that I'm not quite fond of it. This other list's a good showcase of other games I think highly of but which aren't necessarily locked in as personal all-timers for whatever reason.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
System Shock 2
System Shock 2
God Hand
God Hand
Devil May Cry 5
Devil May Cry 5
Ape Escape 3
Ape Escape 3
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles
Sin & Punishment: Star Successor
Sin & Punishment: Star Successor
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
Yakuza 2
Yakuza 2
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Prey
Prey
Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner
Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner
Age of Mythology
Age of Mythology
Homeworld
Homeworld
No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way
No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way
Nioh 2
Nioh 2
F-Zero X
F-Zero X
The Wonderful 101
The Wonderful 101
Fallout
Fallout
Dragon's Dogma II
Dragon's Dogma II
Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy
Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy
Ratchet & Clank
Ratchet & Clank
Viewtiful Joe
Viewtiful Joe
Metal: Hellsinger
Metal: Hellsinger
Jak II
Jak II
Patapon
Patapon
Interchangeable with Patapon 2.
Demon's Crest
Demon's Crest
MediEvil
MediEvil
Bayonetta 3
Bayonetta 3
MDK
MDK

6 Comments


Jedi Academy 👍
Yeah Jedi Academy is excellent. Also has hands down the most fun cheats in any game, ever. Most games need about a half dozen mods to let you pull off the sort of wildness that Jedi Academy lets you do wth a couple of console commands.

1 year ago

101 is so worth it, even if its confusing at first. It always feels good when a game finally "clicks", but 101 probably had the best "click" moment in any game I've played.
Yeah I agree. I actually bounced off TW101 myself the first time I played it in 2014, specifically at the second boss. Five playthroughs later across two copies of the game, I look forward to fighting him every time. "The first playthrough is the tutorial" applies to nearly action game, but TW101 might be the single biggest example of it.

6 months ago

man i love mdk, so much missed potential with that series

6 months ago

@imshitting420 Same, I was really taken with how fluid it feels for such an early stab at third person shooting. Reminded me a fair bit of the Ratchet sequels if they had some of their fat trimmed.


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