Games that shaped me to what I am: Part deux

By Snipzor May 27, 2009 5 Comments

This will be a double feature.

First great game I'll talk about is Super Punch-Out!!! Yeah, I'm exited.

I loved this game. But as a kid I hated confrontation (You would never tell) so I had to master each character so I wouldn't get hit. I mean master, as in find the exact counter spot needed to take them down. Fun fact, it takes less time to take down Piston Hurricane than to take down Gabby Jay. But I digress.

I mention this game as it is back in our field of vision since the latest punch-out just released (And I'm loving it). It's damn hard, and I'm enjoying this. But we are talking about the SNES version. Which is by far the best of the four (I played one arcade version of it, and that's all). Excellent graphics and a tough as hell final circuit, this game probably helped to shape many childhoods. Did I mention super uppercut? No. Oh well, not important.

ONTO THE NEXT GAME!

Okay, technically I never grew up with this game. So what? This is a game (series) that turned me to the political junkie that I am. It's only been lately that I couldn't give a crap (Blame Far Cry 2 run). This game had everything, humour (High Schooler's Idea of what Europe is in political map format?! Awesome), intense turn based strategy (Damn you Colbert... look a-like) and easy to learn tough to master gameplay.

The Political Machine was a game that everyone could love, especially possibility for creating your own character. I made my own Osky in political format (If you are wondering who this Osky person is, don't bother asking). Because of it, I turned into the curmudgeony asshole that I am. I'm loving every second of it.

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