Finnegan Posted 5 February 2014 Share Posted 5 February 2014 It was all about Power Weapons. I did like Facility best. It was hilarious with proximity mines, camping in the tank rooms. Lame as ****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lgfualol Posted 5 February 2014 Share Posted 5 February 2014 Pokemon (all of them) GTA San Andreas (also all of them) Sim City 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shen Posted 5 February 2014 Share Posted 5 February 2014 I don't know if anyone else noticed this is whether it was just me by on no fewer than 3 occasions over the years I have had my Link to the Past saved game data completely wiped. First one was when I was younger in the mid 90's. Second one was probably circa 2006 when I tried to replay it on the SNES (Furthest I'd got, had 6 out of 8 diamonds in the Dark World, was fuming) and then I bought it for my DS, same thing happened again. Just turned it on normally and save had gone. Can't say I've had those problems. Have you tried running it on an emulator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sampson Posted 6 February 2014 Share Posted 6 February 2014 Silent Hill 2 takes some beating. It was the game that showed us all why horror games are so much better and more effective than horror films, because of the involvement of the player and the fact you can't passively observe, it's you who has to make the decisions whether to go ahead or not and the clever implementation of infrequent save points meant you had to go forward and couldn't just fear quit at any time. Add to the Akira Yamaoka's incredible ambient soundtrack, a style of music which had never really been used effectively in games before and one of the best stories ever in gaming - being one of the first games to maturely approach subjects such as murder, euthanasia, rape, suicide, child abuse, depression and psychological guilt in a way most games really still don't approach with any level of maturity. And it was one of the early big games along with Metal Gear Solid 2 and Final Fantasy X which helped launch the PS2 in to becoming the biggest selling and best console ever. Still so many moments from that game burnt into my brain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAL88 Posted 6 February 2014 Share Posted 6 February 2014 Streets 0f rage - Megadrive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted 6 February 2014 Share Posted 6 February 2014 Thrust zx spectrum Tony hawks pro skater 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 6 February 2014 Share Posted 6 February 2014 The decline of the Final Fantasy series has been majorly depressing. Damn right. 7-10 (and possibly 6) was the golden era. Everything after that has been stylised pap with no attempt to put in a decent plotline (which used to be the staple of the FF series). That said, going back to play 7-10 is still a pastime of mine and they'll always be classics. For the record, FF8 is better than FF7. Yes, I went there. Ooooooo. 0.0 It's more of a personal favourite of mine than 7, I must say (first played it at an impressionable age and the plot and characterisation really left its mark on me) - but I'm not sure it's a better game. Edit: Also, we really need to distinguish between single-player and multiplayer games here in this thread. GoldenEye was utterly legendary in multiplayer, but the single-player mode was frankly crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingcarr21 Posted 6 February 2014 Share Posted 6 February 2014 FF8 being better than 7 is a bold statement but i must admit they are very close. I loved 8 with the GFs but i think the materia system on 7 and the story was slightly better. I thought FF9 was decent but 10 i think was the best storyline loved playing blitzball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Legged Beaver Posted 6 February 2014 Share Posted 6 February 2014 I actually cannot wait for the remastered version of Final Fantasy X to come out, must have completed that game at least 5 times with several different party combinations Rumours of online blitzball as well although I don't know if there is any truth behind that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 6 February 2014 Share Posted 6 February 2014 I actually cannot wait for the remastered version of Final Fantasy X to come out, must have completed that game at least 5 times with several different party combinations Rumours of online blitzball as well although I don't know if there is any truth behind that. You're not hardcore until you've beaten Penance and Nemesis without using Yojimbo. Fantastic game, really looking forward to the HD release too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Legged Beaver Posted 6 February 2014 Share Posted 6 February 2014 You're not hardcore until you've beaten Penance and Nemesis without using Yojimbo. Fantastic game, really looking forward to the HD release too. Good lord don't even get me started on those two Must have done an overall 200 hours of grinding and then my disc just finally gave way due to overusage and I haven't been able to play since I'd just wiped out all of the dark aeons... I even had a guilty crush on Yuna in my early teens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 6 February 2014 Share Posted 6 February 2014 Good lord don't even get me started on those two Must have done an overall 200 hours of grinding and then my disc just finally gave way due to overusage and I haven't been able to play since I'd just wiped out all of the dark aeons... I even had a guilty crush on Yuna in my early teens Ugh, worst possible time for the disc to give out. Level grinding to beat Penance doesn't actually take that long if you know what to do (last time was about 75 hrs gameplay when I beat him) but capturing some of the rarer monsters 10 times to fight Nemesis is an utter time-consuming nightmare. All about Lulu. Those belts were clearly not just fashion accessories. *ahem Got me wanting to play it through again now. I'll have to dig out my old disc. Back vaguely on topic, pretty much the entirety of the Metal Gear Solid series deserves a mention here too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingcarr21 Posted 6 February 2014 Share Posted 6 February 2014 good old FF10 Perving haha The thing that always made me laugh with FF10 is that none of the characters new Tidus's name. HD remaster will be awesome but online blitzball i hadnt heard of if this was true would be epic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingcarr21 Posted 6 February 2014 Share Posted 6 February 2014 Just looked online and 21st March is apparently release date for FF10 HD I was gonna sell my PS3 but now i wil be keeping it just for this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manwell Pablo Posted 6 February 2014 Share Posted 6 February 2014 For the record, FF8 is better than FF7. Yes, I went there. I liked 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manwell Pablo Posted 6 February 2014 Share Posted 6 February 2014 Can't say I've had those problems. Have you tried running it on an emulator? Nope. If you've got one send it over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 6 February 2014 Share Posted 6 February 2014 I liked 9 Nowt wrong with 9 at all, very underrated, normally by people who had grown up playing 7 and 8 and didn't know how to use the character classes well. Liked the characterisation (for the most part) too, and the plot was great. Also (I maintain) possibly the toughest optional superboss in the ENTIRE FF series in terms of knowing how to beat it and actually doing so. I go up against Emerald/Ruby/Omega Weapons, Penance etc I have a plan for each and I'll win 9.9 times out of 10. Against Ozma plans normally go out the window and I'll win perhaps 5/10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manwell Pablo Posted 6 February 2014 Share Posted 6 February 2014 Damn right. 7-10 (and possibly 6) was the golden era. Everything after that has been stylised pap with no attempt to put in a decent plotline (which used to be the staple of the FF series). That said, going back to play 7-10 is still a pastime of mine and they'll always be classics. Ooooooo. 0.0 It's more of a personal favourite of mine than 7, I must say (first played it at an impressionable age and the plot and characterisation really left its mark on me) - but I'm not sure it's a better game. Edit: Also, we really need to distinguish between single-player and multiplayer games here in this thread. GoldenEye was utterly legendary in multiplayer, but the single-player mode was frankly crap. I wouldn't agree entirely, XII was passable for me, I enjoyed it, finished it, and I liked the combat system (even if it was them clearly pissing around getting ready for MMORPG combat) although it was certainly the weakest one I've played from a story point of view first three aside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 6 February 2014 Share Posted 6 February 2014 I wouldn't agree entirely, XII was passable for me, I enjoyed it, finished it, and I liked the combat system (even if it was them clearly pissing around getting ready for MMORPG combat) although it was certainly the weakest one I've played from a story point of view first three aside. That's fair enough. For me the plot is the bread and butter of any FF game and the weak one of XII killed it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain... Posted 6 February 2014 Share Posted 6 February 2014 Streets 0f rage - Megadrive That was good but I have to say Streets of Rage 2 was probably my favourite game, I used to love just blasting though that on 2 player. Never got boring. Honourable mentions go to Tekken 2 and Tag Tournament, many an evening playing winner stays on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manwell Pablo Posted 6 February 2014 Share Posted 6 February 2014 That's fair enough. For me the plot is the bread and butter of any FF game and the weak one of XII killed it for me. It was certainly the start of the decline, it sits somewhere directly in between 10 and 13, I had to give up with 13, ridiculously bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Lisemore Posted 6 February 2014 Share Posted 6 February 2014 International Superstar Soccer Pro. I used to live on this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchandro Posted 6 February 2014 Share Posted 6 February 2014 Tussle between Medal of Honour Frontline and FIFA 98. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo Posted 6 February 2014 Share Posted 6 February 2014 That was good but I have to say Streets of Rage 2 was probably my favourite game, I used to love just blasting though that on 2 player. Never got boring. I loved Streets of Rage 2, used to play it all the time and only once beat it on the hardest mode. Pity SOR3 was such a pile of tripe, with a terrible soundtrack that had none of the quality from the first 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potter3 Posted 6 February 2014 Share Posted 6 February 2014 In terms of time spent on the game...Medal of Honor:Spearhead, League of Legends, FM2008, Pokemon Red. In terms of what springs to mind...God of War, COD4:MW, Assassins Creed 2, and all the PS2 generation GTAs, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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