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Top # game lists have been posted before, but they rarely seem to become much more than just lists. Maybe I'm alone in this, but plain lists are boring. So, to encourage an actual discussion I'll keep the list to just three. Just be sure to give reasons for your picks!
And so, here's mine:
3. Photopia (PC) Text adventures get no respect. Sure, there are no flashy graphics, or orchestrated sound effects, or anything else like that, but one must give credit to the author's creativeness. Recent IF's have swung from puzzle-based to story-based, and this is one that lead the way. Interestingly, the player never controls the main character.
2. Ogre Battle 64 (N64) The battle system in this game is the best. Period. Dozens of classes for your soldiers, an alignment system, and plot which easily rivals any other game, or book/movie, for that matter. Though the actual strategy portion of the game probably isn't the greatest, the story carries it through.
A drumroll, please...
1. Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64) Was there any doubt I'd choose this one? A Zelda game shoud top any best games list, due to the mix of action and puzzle-solving, as well as a good deal of character depth. So why OOT instead of some other Zelda? Well, I feel that all previous Zeldas lead up to this, and the two subsequent games followed it in terms of gameplay (though MM and WW may actually be better, since they did improve the formula).
There you have it. Due to space constrictions, I've left out several deserving games (Final Fantasy, Mario, Civilizaton, and others I'dve liked to acknowledge), but that couldn't be helped.
And so, here's mine:
3. Photopia (PC) Text adventures get no respect. Sure, there are no flashy graphics, or orchestrated sound effects, or anything else like that, but one must give credit to the author's creativeness. Recent IF's have swung from puzzle-based to story-based, and this is one that lead the way. Interestingly, the player never controls the main character.
2. Ogre Battle 64 (N64) The battle system in this game is the best. Period. Dozens of classes for your soldiers, an alignment system, and plot which easily rivals any other game, or book/movie, for that matter. Though the actual strategy portion of the game probably isn't the greatest, the story carries it through.
A drumroll, please...
1. Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64) Was there any doubt I'd choose this one? A Zelda game shoud top any best games list, due to the mix of action and puzzle-solving, as well as a good deal of character depth. So why OOT instead of some other Zelda? Well, I feel that all previous Zeldas lead up to this, and the two subsequent games followed it in terms of gameplay (though MM and WW may actually be better, since they did improve the formula).
There you have it. Due to space constrictions, I've left out several deserving games (Final Fantasy, Mario, Civilizaton, and others I'dve liked to acknowledge), but that couldn't be helped.