Ten Video Games That Will Always Stay With Me - tagged by ManiacalNumerals
RULES: Don’t take more than a few minutes. Don’t think too hard. They don’t have to be great works of the gaming industry, just games that have affected you in a positive way. Then tag some friends including me so I can see your list.
Pokémon Snap was one of the first games I ever owned. My parents got me a N64, Pokémon Snap, and a few other games one year for Christmas. I was surprised because I hadn’t even asked for them. I’m not sure I was even aware the N64 existed. But it did exist. And I now owned one. The rest, as they say, is history.
I used to stay at my grandparent’s house after school. I’d go on their back porch and play Ham-Ham Heartbreak. There’s no telling how many hours I’ve put into that game. It’s one of those games that I never get tired of playing. It’s cute, fun, and will always have a special place in my heart.
My parents and I went to Blockbuster a lot when I was little, and Blockbuster was still a thing. I would rent games, and bring them home to play on my N64. Paper Mario was one of my frequent renters. It was many years later when l I went out and got myself a copy.
4. Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town
One of the games I really wanted rent from Blockbuster was a Harvest Moon game. I’m not sure which one it was, but I know I didn’t have the system for it. I didn’t know what it was about, but the name “Harvest Moon” had me 100% sold. Then, one day at GameStop, I saw a different Harvest Moon game. This one was for a game boy, which I did have! My mother bought it for me, and I’ve been hooked on Harvest Moon ever since.
My dad bought himself a PS2, and doing so opened up many more options for me at Blockbuster. I was able to rent a game I had been eyeing. I didn’t know what it was about (again), but that didn’t stop me from wanting to play it. My parents rented it, and we made an unfortunate discovery. My dad hadn’t realized that the PS2 needed a memory card. I played Dark Cloud 2 that weekend, and every time I died I had to restart from the beginning. It was such a good game, that although it was frustrating to keep restarting, I knew I had to have a copy for myself. And a memory card.
My family visited my uncle for vacation one summer. He owned an Xbox and a copy of Fable. Every night, when we would come back to his house after a day of gallivanting around, I would sit down and play. Fable was my entry into Xbox games. Too bad the sequels were lackluster.
My friends loaned me a copy of Mass Effect when I was in high school. They raved about how good it was and assured me that I would like it. I didn’t at first. I wasn’t used to games heavy on shooting, and I wasn’t very good. But once I got the hang of it, I realized that they were right. It was really good! After that I borrowed Mass Effect 2, and then Dragon Age 2. I bought myself a copy of Dragon Age Origins, and together we eagerly awaited the release of Mass Effect 3. Well, ME3 didn’t turn out as planned. But now here I am, psyched for Dragon Age Inquisition! I’d never had played all these Bioware games if my friends had never loaned me the first Mass Effect.
Portal 2 is, without a doubt, one of my favorite games. I don’t really have much of a backstory on how I came to play it. A friend loaned me the first Portal (with some silly game called Half-Life packaged with it) and I loved it. The second Portal came out and I really fucking loved it.