Games that must be experienced.

[TheNumber35]

Re: Games that must be experienced.

SNES

Super Mario World
Chrono Trigger

Thank god someone mentioned Chrono Trigger. I was a little too young to have played it when it first came out, but I recently downloaded an emulator and played through it. Easily one of my favorite RPGs all things considered. All the different endings, the pretty interesting story, the tech system (which I really fell in love with,) not to mention the side quests that are directly impacting the world around you

[JWR3232]

Re: Games that must be experienced.

The game that immediately came to mind for me was...

Original Asheron's Call, pre expansions - No loading screens running around the world, in depth lore, and an amazing community. I have never come across a community like the original AC community in a game since. The thrill of traveling to a high level area, with monsters in tow, chasing after you, is still one of my favorite gaming memories.

Sure, other big MMO's were out at the time, but it's the one game I can remember almost lobbying people about.

Some others:

Timesplitters: Future Perfect (great sense of humor, great multiplayer)

Mass Effect 2 (characters, characters, characters)

Ocarina of Time (getting and playing this a kid when it came out, wow..)

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (most memorable ladder, ever)

Banjo Kazooie(Jinjonator)

Zone of the Enders(I haven't played a "mech" game with that smooth of combat since)

My list would be

Dragon Age Origins

Mass Effect Series

One of the Sims games, cant tell you how much fun it was to trap a Sim in a burning building by removing the door

Psychonauts

Sleeping Dogs

GTA (my vote goes for Vice City, San Andreas and 5)

Old Tomb Raider games

TOE JAM and Freaking Earl

Earthworm Jim (do not play the 3d one)

Bioshock

Deus Ex

Half Life 2

Portal

Star Wars Battlefront

Jade Empire, very underrated Bioware game IMO

Elder Scrolls/Fallout

Star Wars KOTOR's, probably my favorite two games of all time

Civilization

A Paradox game (EU4 or Ck2)

Rome 1 Total war/Medieval 2

Metal Gear Series

Last of Us

Uncharteds

Red Dead Redemption

Legend of Zeldas

Ogre Battle 64: Loved this game as a kid, had no idea what was going on most of the time but loved it

Various Mario Games

Ken Griffy Jr Slugfest on n64, Get out your rye bread and mustard grandma is grand salami time!

[LingeringRegime]

Re: Games that must be experienced.

Last of Us | Heavy Rain | Uncharted Series | Gears of War Series | God of War III | Tomb Raider (This Generation) | Far Cry 3

[BiloxiSmitty]

Re: Games that must be experienced.

Went to XBOX Marketplace to play Ninja Gaiden Black, forgot how challenging, difficult, throw the wireless controller against the wall hard that game was.

Also Knights of the Old Republic is awesome, recently bought that and the KOTOR 2 for PC.

[Heroesandvillains]

Re: Games that must be experienced.

In addition to those you mentioned, I'd also add:

- The Last of Us
- Heavy Rain
- Shadow of the Colossus

Then of course, there are the many NES classics that led blazed a path for later generations of gaming.

Haven't played SOTC. Hmmm...

Take Slab's The Last of Us and Heavy Rain, add the OP's MLB 12 The Show and Uncharted 2 and 3, and my:

Red Dead Redemption
Journey
Mass Effect 2
Telltale's The Walking Dead
Metal Gear Solid 4

EDIT: Tomb Raider is brilliant too.

[LambertandHam]

Re: Games that must be experienced.

Went to XBOX Marketplace to play Ninja Gaiden Black, forgot how challenging, difficult, throw the wireless controller against the wall hard that game was.

Also Knights of the Old Republic is awesome, recently bought that and the KOTOR 2 for PC.

Ah man, I haven't played KOTOR in ages. Still a great game.

[goh]

Re: Games that must be experienced.

Assuming experienced is different than just "hey play this! it's good!"...

Deadly Premonition
Rez
The Swapper
Silent Hill 2
Spec Ops: The Line
Tomb Raider (new one)
L.A. Noire
Syndicate Wars
Psychonauts
Night Trap

[Blzer]

Re: Games that must be experienced.

Echoing:

- Portal
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Red Dead Redemption
- Journey
- The Last of Us

[XtremeDunkz]

Re: Games that must be experienced.

NES

Contra
Mega Man 2
TMNT: Arcade Game
SMB 3

SNES My Favorite Console of all time

Mario RPG: LOTSS
Super Mario World
Yoshis Island
Contra 3 (Co Op)
TMNT: Turtles in Time
Donkey Kong Country
Mega Man X
Super Metroid

Game Boy

Pokemon Blue/Red

N64

Mario 64
StarFox 64
Banjo Kazooie
Ocarina of Time/Majoras Mask
Diddy Kong Racing
Goldeneye/Perfect Dark
Donkey Kong 64

PS1

Resident Evil 1-3
Final Fantasy 7-9
Tony Hawks Pro Skater 1-2

GameCube

Paper Mario
Metroid Prime series
WaveRace
Mario Sunshine
WindWaker

my god there is a lot of games I need to replay.

[Sinner]

Re: Games that must be experienced.

GTA V
Red Dead Redemption
NFL2k5
Skyrim
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic...

Spoiler

the twist of YOU being Revan was one of the best twist in a game I can remember

[kjtrippe]

Re: Games that must be experienced.

The complete series: Halo and God of War

[alifeincomplete]

Re: Games that must be experienced.

A lot of great ones mentioned. Definitely want to echo The Last of Us, Uncharted series, KOTOR (only the first one), NFL 2K5, Red Dead, and Castlevania: SotN

My personal favorites also include Syphon Filter 1 and 2; truly underrated games that never really got out of the shadow of Metal Gear Solid. Dark Mirror was outstanding, also.

GTA3. It was groundbreaking and way ahead of its time. A transcendent game.

Skyrim. Whereas Oblivion is certainly massive and engaging, nothing comes close to this in terms of life-sucking, hours-draining fun. My better half has spent approximately two hundred some hours of her life on this game and counting.

[Kearnzo]

Re: Games that must be experienced.

Too many to mention, but IMO, Naughty Dog is the top producer of games that must be "experienced". No, the gameplay mechanics aren't perfect in UC 1-3 or TLOU, but the combination of graphics, cinematics, voice acting, and gameplay are second to none.

If you were to ask me to pick only one game to experience on current gen consoles, it would be The Last Of Us.

[noshun]

Re: Games that must be experienced.

Here are my list of games you must experience..

E.T. for Atari 2600
Superman 64 for N64
NBA Live 07 for PS2/3 & 360
Elite 11 demo for PS3 & 360

I had the horror of being QA for Live 07, had to play full game to see just how much Halloween made it to retail.

[DJ]

Re: Games that must be experienced.

NES
Super Mario Bros. 3
Tecmo Super Bowl
Contra

Genesis
NHL 94

Playstation
NFL Gameday 98
Tomb Raider
Metal Gear Solid

N64
WCW/nWo Revenge
GoldenEye007

Playstation 2
Gran Turismo 3
Grand Theft Auto 3
NFL 2K5
NCAA 06
Metal Gear Solid 2 & 3
God of War
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3
Hot Shots Golf 3

Gameboy Advance
Fire Pro Wrestling
Mario Kart
Metroid Fusion
Legend of Zelda A Link To The Past
Super Mario Bros. 3

DS
Trace Memory
Hotel Dusk Room 215
Trauma Center Under the Knife
New Super Mario Bros.
Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars
999
Mario Kart

Vita
MLB 12/13 The Show
Metal Gear Solid HD Collection
Gravity Rush
Persona 4 Golden

PS3
MLB 10-13 The Show
Uncharted Series
Metal Gear Solid HD Collection
L.A. Noire
Heavy Rain

360
NBA 2K11-12
UFC Undispputed 2009
All-Pro Football 2K8
Backbreaker
NHL 14
WWE 13
Batman Arkham City/Asylum