BORDERLANDS 2.i think you all know this by now
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Pokemon HeartGold & SoulSilverThis game was a remake done right hahaha. I've been a Pokemon fan since RBY came out & I stole my bro's copy of Blue, but there wasn't a Pokemon I could proudly call my favorite. Then GSC came out and had
Chinchou ;A; Plus all the new concepts like day & night, Dark & Steel types, breeding, 16 badges, & a story that's actually relatively interesting lol. I loved BW's story too, but I absolutely hated how they traded in Pokemon following you & the ability to run without holding B all the time for gross pixilated in-battle movements lol.
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Ghost Recon: Future SoldierThis game. THIS GAME. Ghosting & coordinated snipe shots, plus that difficulty AGHHH. EAT SHIT
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BORDERLANDS 2First person shooter combined with RPG elements, psycho characters, classes with unique skills, intriguing world/magicry design (love the concept of the Sirens), a developed & beautiful story (much more interesting & better executed than the first game) with DLC that actually makes you cry too lol... damn. This game got me hooked into stealthy meleeing for FPS games as well, I've got a rep on KZ3 multiplayer as the melee queen thanks to my abuse of Zer0 in this game haha! & this RP's rendition of Trixie is heavily inspired by Tiny Tina as well. I must've spent over 500 hours on this game by now, as I've played all six characters & Zer0 twice lol.
I'm a fan of KZ3's multiplayer for the same gameplay reason actually. I love having a unique class/skills system in FPS games.
BL2's a love or hate game lol
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Viewtiful JoeThis guy's my childhood & spawned off one of the only anime shows I could watch repeatedly hahaha. As Joe you get sucked into the world of movies & play as a 2D side-scroller. You have these movie-relevant special effect powers too, like Zoom-In, Mach Speed, & Slow. The execution is just so... unique, & the characters are crazy awesome as well haha. Alastor's my baby <3
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Ratchet & ClankEspecially Going Commando (#2), Crack in Time (#9), & Full Frontal Assault (#12), the last one being a tower defense-esque game without changing the actual gameplay style itself. I'm not much for platformers at all (could never get into games like Mario), but this game... I guess it's because the addition of crazy alien guns &/or interesting world setup? I'm a huge fan of the characters as well, & the plots of #2 & #9 especially. Favorite villain of all time is definitely
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Conker's Bad Fur DayThe original N64 version, not the shitty Xbox remake that made me sell my own Xbox out of sheer disappoint (I bought one just for that remake :|) & never trust Microsoft ever again. (Thanks for buying out & ruining Rareware ya douches.) Got this game when I was just 7, thanks to my bro lol, so yeah it ruined whatever innocence my childhood could've-should've had. Same thing as R&C, I was never a fan of platformers but this game also seems to be an exception hahaha. It's like Sonic-y characters but with tons of immature potty humor, innuendos, & movie references lol.
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Dynasty Warriors 7I love Chinese history, so this game's change from focus on individual character arcs to full-on story modes consisting of all characters of each faction made me finally care about characters I never bothered even remembering from previous games. The execution of death scenes you know happens from having played the previous games/knowing about the history itself... it's like you know they're gonna die, but when the deaths actually make you cry this time around versus how they never did in the previous games (for me)? Wu's not even my favorite & I still had to drop the game for a week for making me cry at a particular character's death lol.
THEN THERE'S THE CHARACTER CREATION IN EMPIRES FDFSDGKF
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BoRdErLaNdS 2 omg****
Uhh this is slot #10 rightHere's to hoping Deus Ex: Human Revolution & South Park: Stick of Truth make it to this list too haha. The first game I've not even completed yet but I'm already in total love with it, with the plot concept & execution (multiple pathsss), gameplay, stealth tactics... ah! & the latter is me being hopeful because South Park & RPG hahaha.