A Favorite Game From Every Year I've Been Alive
i really love the idea of this list, and i've seen a bunch of people doing it. thought i should give it a try!
it's pretty clear to see how my tastes developed over the years with this
it's pretty clear to see how my tastes developed over the years with this
23 Games
1998 - A game that inspired a lot of my aesthetic values, and set in my mind that a game being interesting is infinitely more important than it being "good" or "bad"
1999 - The game that kicked off my lifelong love of fighting games.
2000 - Built my real life music taste for decades to come, and set in stone a deep respect for arcadey bullshit.
2001 - I've spent years struggling to defend my love of this game, and it's taken a long time to understand that my defense doesn't really matter, as long as how I feel about it is 100% genuine.
2002 - I would not love horror in the way I do now if not for this game. It's everything to me.
2003 - uhhhh heather may have made me realize some gender stuff, and that isn't directly related to the game, but that crossed with just adoring this game kiiiinda makes this an easy pick
2004 - I have a lot of close feelings to this franchise, and a lot of it started from playing Snake Eater when I was a kid.
2005 - Ruined third-person shooters for years, but in exchange made one of the most well crafted action games ever made.
2006 - Defending this game is hard, considering the game style is super niche and somethings about it were aged horrible at the time it was made (the extremely misogynistic and homophobic depictions of characters... not good), but I connected with people over this game, and it let me learn a better understanding of the mechanics of the games I love.
Also, the soundtrack? Bops.
Also, the soundtrack? Bops.
2007 - I shouldn't have played this when I did but it was also the perfect game to play at the time, at around 12. Anime had taken hold, and unfortunately has left its mark on my taste.
2008 - You go so fast and Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend" is on a loop. You have no responsibilities, you have rammed through a chain-link fence, and everything is alright.
2009 - This game ruined my brain.
2010 - I think I just love Remedy, and this is the game that solidified it. I go about to this one every time during the fall; it just has the feel to it.
2011 - Home ports didn't drop until then, so lemme have this one. Otherwise... kind of a bummer year, huh?
2012 (US) - Rhythm gaming perfection.
2013 -
2014 (US) - this game fucking cursed me. it ruined who i am, it tainted my high school life, it made me deeply connect with a blonde bimbo sociopath. hate it here. so glad I played it
2015
2017 - My all time most important game.
2019
2020 - It wasn't done when it was made and it still isn't at time of writing. Still peak fps.
