So there's been speculation regarding the release of new consoles in the next year or so...I for one have no intention of upgrading for at least a couple of years. My backlog is like 12 games long at this point...That said, what are your favorite gaming experiences from this generation? It can be from any game from any console. Over the course of the next few days, I'll be sure to add in some of my favorite moments from this generation. Please try to refrain from spoilers, but I won't hold it against you if you do.
Your Favorite Gaming Experiences This Generation? (Possible Spoilers)
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This game was THE reason I bought a PS3. It is one of the few games that lived up to the hype in that it was an absolute love letter to long time fans such as myself. Act 4 in particular was AMAZING! The controls took everything that was right about MGS gameplay and brought them up-to-date for a new generation. Octo-camo? Way too cool! As usual, the environments, characters, and soundtrack were simply unforgettable! And while the story wasn't quite as good as MGS3, it was still great, and brought about a satisfying conclusion to the story of Solid Snake.
I don't normally replay games. It has to be a special game for me to play more than twice. I happily replayed this game 4 times on the hardest difficulty setting. I took different paths. I carefully watched the ridiculously long cut scenes and noticed new subtle, yet noticable details each and every time. This is a game that just kept on giving back the more I put in. It is without a doubt my favorite gaming experience of this generation.
This is probably the only game I am proud to say that I purchased a Limited Edition, with a Limited Edition Strategy Guide, at Midnight on Release Day. This game reminds me of what I love most about gaming.
Modern Warfare was the PERFECT name for this game. It truly was the birth of the Modern FPS for a generation of gamers.
Let me preface this post by saying that I HATE Call of Duty. Or at the very least, I hate what Call of Duty has become.
That said, this game is absolute masterpiece. It has the BEST single player campaign I have ever played for an FPS. I vividly remember the drunken nights playing this game in the dark, with headphones blasting, while my roommate was asleep. The campaign was so intense that I actually had to take breaks every hour or so because I was worn out from the fire fights!
My college had a firewall that didn't allow us to play online on-campus. Sucks right? I took my PS3 home for Thanksgiving weekend that year and went online for the first time.
Yes, I was de-virginized. I was converted. I was addicted. I was grateful.
For so many people nowadays, Call of Duty = Video Games. That simply depresses me...But truth be told, it took a masterpiece of this calibur to get people to think this way. This game was so far ahead of its time. Everything about it was and still is awesome. It is the only Call of Duty game I still have in my collection. My collection is incomplete without this game.
This generation of gaming, for better or worse, is incomplete without Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
Truth be told, I don't have time to earn Platinum trophies on video games. Most of the time, I just don't care enough to put in the time. Fallout 3 is the exception to this rule. I simply HAD to see what this game would be like being Good, Neutral, and Evil. I simply HAD to explore ALL of the Capital Wasteland. I just HAD TO...do everything.
I don't recall the last time any game had that kind of affect on me. Looking in retrospect, the gameplay in Fallout 3 isn't even that good. The shooting mechanics are mediocre at best. VATS is basically a cop out and offers a hybrid between real-time action and turn based action.
The story isn't even THAT good, and the ending...don't get me started...But the atmosphere is second to none. I had never played a Fallout game before and I found myself so fascinated with the universe that I felt compelled to explore more and more and more.
I completely replayed this game 3 times to earn a Platinum Trophy. Then, after I was done, I wanted to play the DLC so badly that I bought the Xbox 360 version and did it all over again. Granted, I never finished all of the DLC packs...I probably will one day, but the fact that the game engrossed me as much as it did is a testament to its greatness.
The individual parts of this game aren't much, but when taken as a whole, it is one of the best gaming experiences I have ever had. I've done basically EVERYTHING there is to do in the game, and I've enjoyed every little bit of it. Isn't that what constitutes an awesome experience?
If you recall my post about Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, you will recall the fact that my college had a firewall that prevented me from playing online. For whatever reason, Warhawk was the exception to this rule...Thank goodness!
Looking back on things, this was probably a bad thing in that I spent a LOT of time fighting this addicting, team based, online multiplayer war. I spent many hours that I should've spent studying or doing other things, coordinating attack plans with my teammates and dominating teams.
I loved the balance that this game had. I fondly remember capturing nodes while teammates provided support from the air. I remember making sure that every one on my team had a guy with a Rocket Launcher while riding in a tank to defend it. We would coordinate attacks and the other team wouldn't have a clue what hit them. I remember calling out what bases to respawn at. I remember the ridiculous Win-Loss Ratio I had. It was like 45:1. We never lost...I was always one of the highest scorers even though I seldom had the most kills.
Over time, 200 hours or so, I finally got bored, Call of Duty 4 arrived, and my inability to be a death dealer finally caught up to me. No regrets though...Warhawk was the first GREAT online game for the PS3 in my opinion. It marked the birth of a legitimate PlayStation Network in its (then) infant stages.
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