I compiled this list with no particular order in mind. All of these games I played when I was so young and could easily play once again and get back into it. They really shaped the way I view games today. If I had a bit more Mario and Zelda in there would I have played Super Meat Boy today? If I played Doom a lot more, would I enjoy Gears of War?
Taught me all the evil's of giant corporations. Full of metaphors about the wrongs of blindly following the media and speaking out against injustice in the workforce.
Still probably one of my most favourite games. Great story surrounded by a fantastic world of ruined pop-culture and failed ideals.
Still the only game where you can shoot a child in the groin. That should say enough.
My first experience with the realm of DnD.
Introduced to me through Baldur's Gate, this game ended for me in the way a movie would. Even though none of the characters I had created had any personality, I inevitably gave them all one. Their adventures through Icewind Dale was long, but full of excitement.
First game I owned and played, etc, etc. This was such a wonderful game to me. Firstly getting me into those old school RTS's, secondly because it has such a rad little story of it's own.
Robots, living on a robot world (sometimes, other times there is shreds of metal right under the ground). You play this commander who literally can kill someone by absorbing them into your resources.
Before I had Star Craft, I had this game. Never really got around to finishing it, but I do remember the joys of sticking dog and man, and then tank on dog.
This game took so many of my hours. I have not played the sequel, but I don't feel like I need to. This game has said enough to me.
I only played the demo of it long before I could get my grubby hands on the real game. Demo alone, I sunk many hours into.
You know what sucks? That I never got around to playing the actual game. But like Age of Empires 2, I possessed the demo which I played on and on and on. It barely got boring to me as the same map would change, but I hear that was taken out of the second game? Does this mean I loose something that made the game special for me?
And this ladies and gentlemen is my very first FPS. I'm glad I started playing such a well crafted game. You say little, and so invisible is the plot, but involving and believable none the less.
Out of all the expansions (all two of them), this one was my favourite. Easy and fairly short but packs a lot of character. It's never just another day on the job.
A little more gory and a lot more violent than Half-Life, I had a lot of fun carving through alien-cyborgs.
This game was great. The first 'outside of the movies' Star Wars experience and already battling a troop of dark Jedi. The first game I can recall that had a morality system as well.
You know what's better than drowning a man in a panda suit? Nothing.
Another great Bullfrog game. I love how popping someone's head is a cure.
The one and only.
The most fun I've ever had with a TBS to this day. The races and amount of exploration there is to do can keep anyone entertained for the good part of a month. Even then, there's still a lot of joy to be had getting the most out of strategizing with your particular army.
