Top 20 favorite games.
The best of the best(for me at least). These games are influenced me ways no other games have. Therefore, they are my favorites.
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Tomb Raider is the greatest game of all time. The game that introduced to world to Lara Croft and started a revolutionary franchise of games, movies, comic books, and more looks and feels just as amazing today as it did in 1996. While Tomb Raider 2 holds the spot as my favorite Tomb Raider game, the original Tomb Raider holds the legendary spot as the amazing game that started it all.
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The greatest FPS of all time. The gameplay is as simple and addictive as an FPS gets, the massive arsenal of weapons is quite breathtaking, the number of levels and objectives never grow old, the multi-player is addictive and very playable, even to this day. The whole game is just the ultimate FPS experience and it never grows old.
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One of the few games that combines multiple genres into one game and comes out perfect. The game combines FPS, Role-Playing, Fighting, and Adventure all into one game. Add one of the most amazing storylines ever featured in a game, and you have one of the greatest games of all time.
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While Doom put the FPS genre on the map, Half-Life stepped it up to the next level. Featuring one of the longest, creepiest single-player campaigns in video-game history, and one of the most addictive multi-player modes as well. Half-Life remains to this day as a blueprint that most FPS games follow, yet nothing has matched it yet.
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One of the most challenging and unique games I own. Everything from the unique gameplay, to the amazingly immersive story, to the simple but effective puzzles, to even the amazingly beautiful soundtrack by composer Michael Nyman is completely original, unique, and legendary. Kenji Eno is a genius.
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While its not my favorite Crash Bandicoot game, it belongs on the Top 20 for being the game that started it all. I believe that Crash Bandicoot could be the most simple, addictive platform game of all time. The game is also challenging enough to be rewarding and this ends up making the replay value ridiculously high.
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A very atmospheric, beautiful FPS game. Metroid Prime features some of the most beautiful and chilling environments ever portrayed in a video game. With equally as amazing gameplay and sound, Metroid Prime was an instant classic from the moment it was released.
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Another game where the story is almost worth the price of the game alone. But the gameplay still shines, taking elements from the original Thief games, some elements from the Splinter Cell games, and some amazingly dark and gorgeous worlds, making this not only the best Thief game yet, but one of the greatest games of all time.
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One of favorite FPS games of all time and one of the few games I've completed 100% on. I remember endless nights filled with Halo tournaments and many Halo system link multi-player competitions. And as much fun as the multi-player was, the single-player campaign was even more amazing, featuring the best campaign of any Halo game to date.
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My favorite game of the Tomb Raider series. It took all the amazing elements introduced by the first game and added a few vehicles, new weapons, new costumes, more levels, harder villains, and even more challenging puzzles, making it not only a legendary game, but my favorite Tomb Raider game.
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One of the most unique FPS games I've ever played. I love pretty much everything about this game, but I especially love the story. I remember playing the game on the edge of my seat, eagerly awaiting the next plot twist. In addition to the amazing single-player experience, it has an almost equally amazing multi-player.
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The ultimate beat-'em-up game. While the single-player was an amazing, addictive experience, it was the multi-player where the game truly shined. Nothing was more fun back in the day, then hooking up with a friend and playing through the game from beginning to end. Definitely a classic.
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This game holds my personal record for the most hours ever put into a video game. I spent months and months attempting to unlock every world and every piece of the storyline. And when I finally unlocked everything, I went back and played it a few more times. Clearly one of the greatest games of all time.
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The game that redefined the platform genre of gaming. Many games to this day still borrow many elements from Super Mario 64, and its addicting gameplay, beautiful soundtrack, and its many gorgeous worlds still hold up decades after its release.
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The very first platform game I ever played and it still holds a special place in my heart. Introduced many memorable characters and villains that would continue throughout the entire Sonic series. Simple, classic fun.
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One of the greatest platform games of all time. Very few games have the replay value that Donkey Kong Country has. I still go back it to this day.
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Not just an extremely well-made FPS, but also the game that inspired the Rogue Squadron series, and one of the first FPS games released on the N64. The highlight of the game is the graphics, which, at the time, showed me the Star Wars universe the way I had never seen it in a video game.
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With its instantly memorable characters, completely immersive story, detailed graphics (about 1000 times better than FFVII), rich dialogue, and beautiful soundtrack, Final Fantasy VIII still remains my favorite FF game.
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While Doom was the game that started it all, Dark Forces took the formula, put in the Star Wars universe, added all sorts of challenging puzzles, threw in a dozen amazingly detailed worlds to play in, and gave us a game that rises above the term "Doom clone" and possibly rises above Doom itself.
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One of the most addictive racing games ever. I spent endless hours with friends on this game growing up. Going back and playing it now? Still just as fun.
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