The Gunslinger45's Top 10 Favorite Video Games

[The Gunslinger45]

Jumping on the band wagon for these non movie lists. So I might as well do one for my favorite video games. I am not a gamer anymore, having not touched a console game in over a decade, owning no PC games or games for my phone, and not going to video arcades since they are a dying breed. So here is a taste of what I liked to play over the years I did play video games. From early elementary school to when I stopped at age 18.

I am not limiting this list to just console and PC games either as I will allow entries from the Arcade. Just to keep things interesting.

[The Gunslinger45]

10.
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PS2

Favorite Weapon: Jackhammer and the Desert Eagle

A video game my brother first played on the PC, but I got into when we got it on the consoles. We had this game when we had a PS2. Not only was it a fantastic and at the time very unique shooter with the use of bullet time, but I loved the aesthetics. The gritty noir feel, the voice over narration, the betrayals, twists, and some pretty mind bending nightmare sequences.

Also as a gun guy I liked the weapon selection. Even though some of the weapon selection I knew was BS. Like the duel welding pistols and MAC 10's, and the 50 AE Desert Eagle as a combat pistol. But then again, it is a video game so who cares? It was a lot of fun.

And the villains were frequent and pretty varied. From the Mob, Satanists, Corporate stooges, to general scum bags. Looking back on it it was like a video game version of The Big Sleep of sorts. A very large, very interconnected, kinda confusing, and totally weird web of lies, intrigue. But it was a blast. Was one hell of a ride.

[jiraffejustin]

I've been meaning to check that game out for ages. I could probably get it cheap from eBay.

[The Gunslinger45]

I've been meaning to check that game out for ages. I could probably get it cheap from eBay.

Way cheap. And worth it. Great game.

[gbgoodies]

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PS2

Favorite Weapon: Jackhammer and the Desert Eagle

A video game my brother first played on the PC, but I got into when we got it on the consoles. We had this game when we had a PS2. Not only was it a fantastic and at the time very unique shooter with the use of bullet time, but I loved the aesthetics. The gritty noir feel, the voice over narration, the betrayals, twists, and some pretty mind bending nightmare sequences.

Also as a gun guy I liked the weapon selection. Even though some of the weapon selection I knew was BS. Like the duel welding pistols and MAC 10's, and the 50 AE Desert Eagle as a combat pistol. But then again, it is a video game so who cares? It was a lot of fun.

And the villains were frequent and pretty varied. From the Mob, Satanists, Corporate stooges, to general scum bags. Looking back on it it was like a video game version of the Big Heat of sorts. A very large, very interconnected, kinda confusing, and totally weird web of lies, intrigue. But it was a blast. Was one hell of a ride.



Max Payne is a video game? I thought it was a movie. :confused:

[The Gunslinger45]

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Nintendo 64

Favorite Characters: Captain Falcon & Pikachu.
Runners Up: Link and Fox

As we move away from the gritty crime of NYC with Max Payne, we move to something lighter and less bloody and far more cartoony in it's violence. You gotta love a fighting game that has a bunch of Nintendo characters from multiple games crossing over to smack the crap out of each other. I mean Mario can finally beat the hell out of Luigi, Donkey Kong can b**** slap Link, and Pikachu can use Thunder on Yoshi. Who they hell doesn't love the idea of this game!

I was part of a Japanese Club in High School and we would have 4 way fights en mass. A great party game for a bunch of nerds. My favorite character to play was Captain Falcon and Pikachu. But I was also pretty damn good with Link and Fox. My brother favored Samus.

[The Gunslinger45]

Max Payne is a video game? I thought it was a movie. :confused:

A crap movie based on an AWESOME video game.

[jiraffejustin]

Ultimate party game. Great choice. :up:

[gbgoodies]

A crap movie based on an AWESOME video game.


I haven't seen the movie, but I've heard of it. I didn't know that it was based on a video game. For some reason, I thought it was based on a comic book.

[The Gunslinger45]

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Arcade Game

Favorite Characters: Wolverine and Nightcrawler

From the consoles to a staple of my early years going to arcades. I have wasted Lord knows how much money at the various arcades I went to as a youth, but this one I have the best memories of for a pure arcade title since I never found a copy for the consoles when I was a gamer. I am sure I could get it off steam nowadays, but I am out of that scene.

This was an excellent beat em up, especially if you were playing with a friend. Or in my case my brother. The X-Men who were featured in the game were from a pilot called Pryde of the X-Men. It was okay as a show, but why the hell they made Wolverine an Aussie I will never know. But the characters in the game were cool. Each with his/her own strengths and weaknesses when it came to melee and ranged combat. You had 6 choices: Cyclops, Wolverine, Storm, Colossus, Dazzler, and Nightcrawler. We played all of the characters at least once, but me and my brother had our favorites. When I played alone, I was Wolverine since he was my favorite of the X Men. But when I played with my brother, since he was older and got first dibs, I also played a lot with my second favorite X Man, Nightcrawler. It took a lot of quarters but me and my brother beat the game. Beating foes like the Blob, Wendigo, The White Queen, and finally Magneto. Love good old fashion beat em ups, and this was always one of the best.

[jiraffejustin]

Those X-Men arcade games were all awesome.

[The Gunslinger45]

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SNES

Favorite Character: Raphael
Runner Up: Michelangelo

The feel of an arcade beat em up on the console. Our very first console at that. We never had a NES growing up, we jumped on board when the Super Nintendo was introduced. And growing up me and my brother loved the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, so this was a given for us to play. And we tag teamed those Foot bastards so hard too. We beat this game so many times, but it was just so much fun to do.

It was another side scrolling beat em up with similar rules. Beat up Foot soldiers en mass until you reach the level boss, then move on. With occasional levels like when you rode of sewer boards. End level bosses included Baxter Stockman, Bebop and Rocksteady, Krang, Leatherhead, Metalhead, Mousers, and eventually Shredder himself. And unlike the X-Men Arcade game, I never had to settle to play my favorite character. My brother always played Leonardo, while my favorite character was Raphael. Though I did play Michelangelo a lot too. Either way, we ended SO many foot soldiers in this game.

Cowabunga indeed.

[The Gunslinger45]

Those X-Men arcade games were all awesome.

Children of the Atom was fun too, but I preferred the Marvel Super Heroes one more. Which barely missed out. For that game I preferred Wolverine and Iron Man.

[jiraffejustin]

Man, you are killing it, dude. That Ninja Turtles game is dope.

[Captain Spaulding]

A friend of mine gave me his copy of Max Payne awhile back, but I still haven't played it.

LOVE Super Smash Brothers. One of my all-time favorite video games.

I've never played the X-Men game, but I have a great fondness for the old beat-em-ups, so I'm sure I would've loved it.

[The Gunslinger45]

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SNES

Favorite Characters: Sub Zero and Johnny Cage
Runners Up: Scorpion, Reptile, and Baraka
Other great characters: Liu Kang, Raiden, and Kung Lao

Holy crap Mortal Kombat was not just a game for me in elementary school, it was an obsession! between the games and the movie, I was in full Mortal Kombat fever! And while Ultimate Mortal Kombat III did give this a run for it's money as my favorite game, ultimately this title won out for two reasons. One is that I did not like Sub Zero's look in MK3, and second there was no Johnny Cage since they killed him off in 3! Which sucked since he was my favorite character in the movie (and do not even get me started on the abomination that was Mortal Kombat: Annihilation).

Every the lightning rod for controversy, when we got the first Mortal Kombat we had to get the censored "black blood" version for the Super Nintendo. It was not until MKII that we got to see the full effect of the blood. Not to mention there were some cool new additions to the fighting roster. Now playable was Shang Tsueng, Kung Lao was introduced, Baraka was introduced, and Reptile was no longer a secret character. Me and my brother, as well as our friends played this for HOURS on end. Mastering Fatalities and just beating the crap out of each other. And while Kano was not in this (who was one of my favs from the first game) there were plenty of new and old favorites to pick up the slack.

I loved this series. We had the games, I had the action figures (I especially loved Reptile with his boat and the Kano cycle), and I even watched that crappy animated show on USA. And this was my favorite of the series.

[jiraffejustin]

I don't know how many real fights Mortal Kombat led to for me. My little brother hated me at times because of it. A friend of mine shared a similar story about Mortal Kombat and his little brother. Great game, but terrible for familial relationships.

[The Gunslinger45]

I don't know how many real fights Mortal Kombat led to for me. My little brother hated me at times because of it. A friend of mine shared a similar story about Mortal Kombat and his little brother. Great game, but terrible for familial relationships.

I myself never had that problem. But I do remember the look on my brothers face when I was able to do Liu Kang's Dragon fatality (a feat he had not done yet). Awesome sauce.

[The Gunslinger45]

5.
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SNES

Favorite Power Up: Feather
Favorite Yoshi: Blue Yoshi

The very first console video game we played on our very first console, and it set the bench mark for video games for a long long time. This was actually the video game included with the system when we bought it.

Kinda hard to top this game. Classic Mario fun but with a new twist in the form of the introduction of one of my favorite video game characters, Yoshi. Always a welcomed companion on the quest to save Princess Toadstool, it would come to pass that there were in fact several Yoshi species. The normal Green Yoshi (who gained a different ability depending on the shell he ate), the Red Yoshi (always a fireball), the Blue Yoshi (always flying), and Yellow (always the stomp ability). I always favored the blue one as I liked the ability to fly.

This was a game so good I got a copy for my GameBoy Advance when I had one. Always a fun game to play.

[The Gunslinger45]

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Nintendo 64

Favorite game: Leon B
Favorite Character: Leon
Favorite Weapon: Magnum

This is actually one of only two Resident Evil games I ever played. The other was Code Veronica. This was easily my favorite. I would prefered to play Claire's A game first, since I much preferred Leon's B game to Leon's A game or Claire's B game.

I really liked this survival horror game, though I admit I played this game more like a shooter. My best strategy was to use no or minimal ammo until I got to the police station, then my strategy was to use up all the 9mm ammo for the handgun in the beginning of the game and hoard away all the magnum ammo I found as well as some shotgun ammo. By the time I got to the Umbrella secret lab, I had LOTS of ammo for either the shotgun or the magnum. Whichever I favored to use in the end part of the game. My favorite was the magnum upgraded for the final boss, but I always had shotgun ammo on hand since that was the best on the lickers.

Nothing against Claire, but I just liked Leon's weapons more. The grenade launcher was okay, and the crossbow was fun, but give me a standard shotgun and a hand cannon any day over Claires more exotic weapons.

[The Gunslinger45]

3.
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X-Box

Favorite Characters:
Khajiit Assassin with the Morag Tong
Orc Warrior with the Fighters Guild
Brenton Battle Mage with the House Telvanni

Holy crap this game was huge! One of the biggest and best RPGs I have ever played! Endless possibilities for characters and playthroughs! We played this on the X-Box, and the only down side to this game was the more factions you joined for one character, the more glitches you got. Which sucked, so you could only really do one house or guild plus the main quest per character. But that was okay for me, since that meant more characters to create, and infinite replay value.

My first crack at the game was an Orc warrior. It was an easy way for me to get a feel for the world, as well as step into the world as an uber badass. Give me some half decent armor and an axe, and I will f*** s*** up! I also played a Brenton Battle Mage so I can mess stuff up melee style as well as use magic. But starting off was a bit of a pain. But once I leveled up I was pretty badass. And I liked the House Telvanni because I really liked the looks of their houses. And you do get one when you get far enough in their quests.

But my favorite character was my Khajiit Assassin. I read a lot of guides and FAQs on GameFAQs and a lot of them would say that the Khajiits were one of the worst races to play. I have no idea where they got that idea, since this was one of if not my best character! I loved the fact that I could still rule in melee combat but the stealth aspect added so much to my game play! I stuck to keeping three daggers on hand. One was the dagger the head of the Morag Tong gave you (which did wicked damage), Mehrunes Razor, and a glass dagger. I also carried darts and throwing stars for the occasional range attack, but I usually just stuck to sneaking up on them close for the kill. Throw in a few special items like The Ring of the Khajiit and the occasional Chameleon spell and I was a stealth master! Khajiits are awesome! My favorite race in Morrowind!

I also played an Imperial for the Legion, an Argonian for the Imerial Cult, a Dark Elf for the Mage Guild and a Wood Elf for the Thieves Guild. They were fun too, but nowhere near as fun as the others. I never played the Temple or the other two houses. Especially Hlaalu. Mostly since there was that one guy who I distinctly felt like he wanted to put his hands on my naughty box. Even more fun was when I got to play the expansion packs on the X-Box. Killing Dark Brotherhood as the Morag Tong never felt sweeter.

[The Gunslinger45]

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PC and PS2

Favorite Weapon: Assault Shotgun

Full Weapon Set: Dragon Tooth’s Sword, Stun Baton, Pistol, Mini-Crossbow, Assault Rifle, Assault Shotgun, Sniper Rifle, Tear Gas, LAMs, and EMP Grenades

Preferred Skills: Pistol, Rifle, Low Tech, Demolition, Medicine, Lock Pick, Electronics

Preferred Augs: Run Silent, Enhanced Vision, Combat Strength, Power Recirculator, Regeneration, Environmental Resistance, Cloak, Ballistic Protection, Aggressive Defense System

I have never been a big subscriber to conspiracy theories. I do not buy into the BS the 9/11 truthers, birthers, or people who insist that Oliver Stone’s JFK is a documentary believe in. And while I am at it I think Jesse Ventura is batsh!t insane and a real bastard for suing the widow of a dead SEAL because the guy said he punched Ventura at a SEALs wake. But some conspiracy theories make for one HELL of a video game! A game that combines the character building and customization aspects of a RPG with the playability of a first person shooter. Set in a dystopian near future, the UN has taken over the USA and you play an agent for UNATCO. As you progress on in your question to fight domestic terrorists, you fall deeper into the rabbit hole that includes nefarious people who run FEMA, the Illuminati, Majestic 12, man made plagues, and even Rosewell Grays.

Like an RPG, you choose how to play. A stealth character, a Rambo-esque tank, or a combo of the two. And just like an RPG, the choices you make affect your play through. Choices you make determine what certain NPCs think about you, what special bonuses they give you, and even effect future missions. You choose what skills you want to invest in. If you want to be a heavy weapons kind of guy, go for it. If you want to go the sniper/stealth route, do it. Demolitions expert? Do it. Hacker? Hell yeah! Combo of many roles? Always an option! You determine how you play! I myself balanced stealth with various rifles. Sneak up and either knock them out with the stun baton or crossbow, but when stealth fails I can unload with a hail of bullets and buckshot! Even the ending is up to you, as it gives you three different choices on how to end the game.

My brother and I played, and replayed this game many times on both the PC and the PS2. But the PC was far superior since you could do so much more on the PC then with the PS2 in terms of level design. For the PS2 they had to cut certain levels up just so they could be playable. Either way, this was a fantastic game with really awesome features! Features that got largely cut out of the mediocre sequel. But the first game still remains supreme. A game only out beaten by my all time favorite game…

[The Gunslinger45]

1.
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Gameboy and Gameboy Color

Favorite Pokemon: Feraligatr

Other favorites in no particular order: Primeape, Dragonite, Golem, Scyther, Espeon, Arbok, Pikachu, Raichu, Articuno, Gyarados, Charizard, Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Blastoise, Venusaur, Arcanine, Nidoking, Marowak, Exeggutor, Ninetales, Beedrill, Pidgeot, Fearow, Alakazam, Onix, Sandslash, Hitmonlee, Machamp, Mewtwo, Aerodactyl, Flareon, Vaporeon, Jolteon, Umbreon, Houndoom, Ursaring, Tyranitar, Steelix

Starting in middle school and on through high school I was a full fledged PokeManiac! I had the games, I watched the show (even though it was crap) and I constantly played and replayed Generation 1 to death, as well as played Gen 2 even more when that came out!

I first made the jump into Pokemon in middle school. I kept seeing the commercial for the game as well as hearing the buzz from friends at school. So since I had a Gameboy, I figured I would buy a copy. Bought a copy of Pokemon Red (because it had a big ass dragon on the cover). I choose Charmander as my starter, and I played the game for like an hour and 30 minutes and I knew I would be hooked. I played this game A LOT. My Gameboy was a constant companion in middle school. My favorites ranged from Charizard (my favorite of the starters), the legendary Articuno (who was a constant addition to my line up after I first caught it), the electrifying Raichu, to the humble Arbok. Who if you used Wrap and Toxic in Red was actually a really bitchen Pokemon. Part of the replay value for me was to restart the game after I beat it and try again with a different starter and or a different team. Frequent trade outs were for certain fire types like Arcanine to various ground types. I also remember the Safari zone and the ever frustrating attempts to catch a f***ing Tauros! I never even caught one without a Game Shark until Silver and Gold! 8 badges plus the Elite Four made for plenty of play time. But things only got better.

When Gen 2 came out, the game was changed. I played the game with all three starters in Red and Blue, I only played with one starter in Gold and Silver. That was with my favorite Pokemon Feraligatr, the final evolution of Totodile. And while there was not as many awesome new Pokemon, the new ones were premo stuff. Not to mention the new types Steel and Dark. And bug and fighting types became even more important than before. You still get to fight Team Rocket, save the day and be the big hero and you still have a douche for a rival. In fact he was a bigger douche then Gary since he was also a thief. It was also a BIG bonus that after you beat the 8 gyms in Johto, beat the Elite 4, and the Champion Lance you get to travel back to Kanto. Back to Kanto to beat the first 8 gyms and then to fight the Supreme Champion (who is essentially Ash). So I got twice the game play for the price of one. Sure they closed down the Safari Zone in Fuschia City, but there were still places to go and people to beat.

Overall t was just an incredibly addictive game! Lots of replay value, loads of side quests, lots of time to raise Pokemon, and endless combinations for a team of six or a potential reserve force. If I were to ever get back into video games, this would be the game to get me to come back.

[gbgoodies]

I haven't played the game, but my niece is addicted to anything Pokemon. She collects all the toys, plays all the games, watches all the cartoons, etc. She knows the names of all the characters, and she loves talking about anything Pokemon.

[jiraffejustin]

I've probably played the Pokemon games more than any other games. The only ones I can think of that could rival hours spent on them would be GTA or NCAA Football games.

[BlueLion]

Have you played Max Payne 2, Gunslinger? I haven't played the first but I absolutely loved the second. One of my all-time favorites, no doubt.

[The Gunslinger45]

Never played Max Payne 2.

[JayDee]

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:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

You just earned yourself one of these buddy

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I love you man. And there is nothing you could do or say for the rest of your life that would stop me loving you. No matter the nautre of the list (films, songs, video games etc) I'm not sure I've ever been happier with a pick than this one. Growing up I freaking loved this game. In terms of how much I cared about it this would definitely have to be my favourite game ever. I actually replayed it a couple of years back on an emulator and had such a blast revisitng it.

[The Gunslinger45]

Oh hell yeah. Turtles in Time was a blast! One of the best games I ever played!

[Captain Spaulding]

You have excellent taste in video games, Gunslinger. It's a shame you only chose to share 10 of your favorites instead of 20 or more, since I really enjoyed this list and your write-ups.

I'm not sure if I ever played Turtles in Time or not, but I definitely played some TMNT side-scrolling beat-em-ups on the NES. Never played Deus Ex, but it sounds awesome. And I just recently started playing Skyrim, which is the first Elder Scrolls game I've ever played, and I'm loving it. I might go back and check out earlier games in the series once I'm finished with it.

Super Mario World and Resident Evil 2 are also favorites of mine. And I'm a HUGE fan of the Mortal Kombat series, which remain my favorite fighting games of all time. The first one is probably my favorite due to the nostalgia factor, but I also spent a lot of time playing Mortal Kombat II. Great characters, great finishers. Scorpion and Liu Kang were my favorite characters to play with. And the movie remains one of my favorite guilty pleasures. I even had a Mortal Kombat shirt as a kid that I used to wear all the time.

[Camo]

Loved all of the games i've played there. Super Mario World and Resident Evil 2 are easily the best of both series, even though i love Resi 3. Never played Morrowind but i've played Oblivion, Skyrim and Fallout 3 (probably my fav game) and Fallout: New Vegas from Bethesda. I should try Deus Ex, but you're right you can't go wrong with Pokemon :).