Games of Me (WIP)
I think I'll wait until I have some hindsight bias to say whether these are "favorites" or "most influential" or otherwise. For the time being, they are simply GAMES. OF. ME!
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How do you feel about necromantic momentum? I never played the core Might & Magic series, so the gaiden is the main plot, to me.
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What is an Easter egg? What is a side quest? What is a glitch? Warts and all, it's a miracle this game doesn't play like a power fantasy.
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Now imagine if you had, let's say, a magic bell that when rung transported Link between this game and Oracle of Ages.
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I managed to do a Ken Combo just once, right before Brawl came out. Never did learn to wave dash, though.
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Shapechanging into Deku, Zora, and Gorons delivered on an unconscious pipe dream that every kid playing Ocarina had in common.
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Over-engineered? Sure! But when fake evil cyborg Mumbo Jumbo stepped down from that throne, I fell in love. With the game.
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What began as a brilliant flanking attack on Magic: the Gathering gradually devolved into a self-parody of zany "RNG" mechanisms.
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When I am 40 or 50 years old and the solutions have finally wandered out of my brain, I look forward to playing The Witness again.
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Talk about fantasy booking! Sorry. The Total War: Warhammer of its time, and wonderfully asymmetrical to boot.
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Bittersweet memories of dramatic, unprecedented massive-tactics gameplay... and an Outfit that in hindsight were proto-alt-right.
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There is no MGS 5, only MGS V. If not for the overcurrent of sexism in this series, this would be an ordered list with an easy #1.
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Maximalist design, minimalist narrative. Perhaps Supreme Commander shouldn't have messed with the latter.
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A puzzle game. Which is to say, a game which is a puzzle. Paced like a worldbuilding wiki rabbit hole in the best way.
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