Think of video games you’ve enjoyed in the past. What about these games was memorable? What if anything kept you coming back for more? What distinguished these video games from other games you’ve played? (If you’ve never played video games, try to put yourself in the shoes of friends or family members who have.)
Titles listed alphabetically
PS 3 – all-round awesome graphics!
- Battlefield 3 – something I play online with my brother
- Dragon Age: Origins – awesome western RPG
- Fallout 3 series – very cool, post-apocalyptic RPG
- Resistance series – aliens and guns… what’s not to like?
- Uncharted series – step aside Indiana… I get to play Nathan Drake!
PS 2
- Dance Dance Revolution – I spent over $100 to buy quality dance pads, used at my brother’s wedding!
- Gran Tourismo 2 – I bought a racing wheel to feel the speed, actually helped improve my stick-shift driving
- Metal Gear Solid – not just run and gun, I had to think my way through stages, awesome problem solving… but I still had a gun 🙂
- Twisted Metal Black – super fun with cars and guns, reminded me of an old game Car Wars from Steve Jackson
- TimeSplitters 2 – my first FPS
Playstation
- Resident Evil – talk about scary! first horror adventure
- Tekken 2 – played for over 8 hours straight with a buddy who was going through a tough divorce… he needed some therapy
- Tomb Raider – first opportunity to be an Indiana Jones, hard to imagine how a low-rez Lara was cute
Wii – incredible game control
- Resident Evil 4 – light-gun interface with horror and problem-solving
- Rock Band 2 – who didn’t want to be a rock star?!
- Wii Sports series – first introduction to realistic game controls
- Wii Fit series – first video game that got us in shape!
Desktop
- Diablo 2 – lost countless hours on this incredible RPG
- Might and Magic 2 – my first RPG on the Mac
- Pirates! – I got to be a pirate, but there are some annoying parts of this game for sure!
- Starcraft – first video game that my wife and I cooperatively played together after I got turned on by watching professional video gamers compete in South Korea
Mobile
- Angry Birds – first introduction to awesome physics-based games on the iPhone
- Plants vs. Zombies – still playing this one, very creative take on the zombie apocalypse