Yup guys and girls, I have a big request to you all. I want you to tell me which games made the biggest impact on you, what games made you cry, smile, feel horror or completely changed your mood, were giving you chills, thrills or that made you think different. I'm asking you to tell us all about magnum opus of your gaming experience. It's genre doesn't matter, nor the way how world reacted (it doesn't have to be a bestseller), only your opinion matters. Let us hear why these games were so special for you. Why I want to know this? I want to know which games should be played by a man, who truly believes that he's a gamer and is proud of it. Which worlds should be seen, which histoy should be known, which gameplay should be experienced. A list of games that should be known by a man who claims he's a "true gamer".
At this time my games would be:
Legacy of Kain Series -> Soul Reaver II
Why this title? Hell, first game in the series was isometric hack 'n slash, which could be a severe rival to Diablo. I didn't have the possibility to play this game properly yet but i will, because this is the begining of great history of a man who seeks revenge after his death and resurrection as a vampire. Second game was a 3D action platformer game with puzzles and open structure, but the biggest impact on me did 4th game - Soul Reaver II. Among pretty linear parts of games nad little tiring action sequences, game provided great story, crazy twists and time travel! Imagine that in first game we fight as Kain, but in second we are his nemesis, Raziel, who chases him through whole world. Once beaten enemies still exists in game world since we can time-travel, we can hear the intriguing story from both sides and affect it. I'm not even mentioning about possibility to switch between astral and physical world. Adding perfect acting voices, astonishing climate and music we end having one of the greatest game series. Its pity that the last part wasn't as good as I expected.
Fallout - What we would do without Fallout? It's obvious this game should be on the list. I won't be saying too much about it cuz everybody knows this game so I'll make it quick - good and refreshing idea of placing RPG in post-nuclear war (but not prime - wasteland took that place) adding tour-based fighting mechanic. What's more, everything is perfectly designed, making this game one of the best.
Front Mission - Had to put this on. It's isometric tour-based strategy. Here we have something different about future - all te countries are joining to create unions, yet wars are still pretty common. On the battlefields however, wanzers are playing the biggest role. Wanzers are gigantic mechs and we're taking role of pilot, who happen to be in pretty tough situation - his girlfriend has been killed on his eyes. Story gives us more situations like that, telling us that ways of fighting will change, but war is always a bad decision. I really like the way we can create our wanzers. We can customize our machines by exchanging parts like arms or body or giving special equipment like guns, missles or melee weapons (!). What's more whole artwork seems to be just perfect. Game was released on SNES in Japan, but there are some fan translations. Right now I'm battling through Front Mission 3 - 30 hours and still no end on sight
I'll post some more later. Right now I'm waiting for your greatest games that every single player should know