Tekken 3 seems so highly rated and regarded. How did it improve on 2? I played that to death and so much that I didn’t want to play another Tekken.

Armitage_Shankburn wrote:

Reg who did u main in Tekken 3

Paul, Eddy, Mokujin

I'm sure I've done this kind of list before, and I think it might go a little like this.

Batman: Arkham City
I've had this on xbox 360, PS3 (after I sold my 360) wii U and PC. I downloaded it but never got to it when it was on gamepass (life got in the way). This game is just perfect to me. Not only do I really like the story, missions, gameplay and graphics but its the score attack nature of the combat rooms that really pushed it over the edge. The amount of restarts I did to get a perfect run on every room was ridiculous... But I think I loved every moment of it

Halo : CE
Maybe its because I've been romping through Halo 4 and 5 these last few weeks, but Halo CE was the original FPS that I really enjoyed. Others were fun but Halo was different. And as such it broke most other single player games in the genre there after. Sure, it might be smoke and mirrors but the way the enemies react and interact and the fluid nature of the battles in it was wonderful. I've also always loved the pink lasers. I've no idea what the storyline is at this point but I'll certain give Halo infinite a go, Craig or no Craig.

Burnout 2
Another game I had on multiple formats although not as much as Batman. The Zone I would get in playing this and trying to keep the Burnout count going was ridiculous. The Music was great and I really resented Burnout 3s licenced soundtrack, even though there were some actual good tunes. As much as Paradise is fun, I feel Burnout 2s more racing focus makes it the pinnacle of the series.

Geometry Wars 2 
Someone said in another thread that this was a launch day must have for the 360. I wasnt there at launch but it was the first game I played on mine. Having played the original back when it was in the PGR, I was eager to see what the standalone game would be. I wasnt let down and its a real eye tearing experience. Beautiful to look at and get lost in, its a game I'd love to see on a state of the art OLED display.

Football Manager
I'm not sure I'll ever not have a version of this on my laptop. Crack in game form, there always comes a point when you build a team and structure at a big club which makes you near unstoppable although I think FM20 is proving harder to crack when it comes to dominance. Guiding your team to the first big trophy is a buzz, but also looking back on the history of a favoured player is great too. 2006 was the only game in history were Michael Chopra became a Geordie God.

regmcfly wrote:

hylian_elf wrote:

Tekken 3 seems so highly rated and regarded. How did it improve on 2? I played that to death and so much that I didn’t want to play another Tekken.

Tekkeb 3 increased the number of individual character moves and combos exponentially, and was as arcade perfect as it came. Both 1 and 2 suffered from some awkward clipping, although 2 was better, meaning moves wouldn't register.

3 was really the first time a 3D fighting game made perfect sense and controlled as absolutely cleanly as a 2D one.

Yes! Also it had a load of weird mini games and extra characters (volleyball, gon...) a really dumb but awesome anime story for 12 yo me, and as reg says the combos just got insane.

I would say my mains were Jin and Bryan, but I got to know every single character pretty well. If there was a way to see total playtime in that game it would probably be scary. I vividly remember playing it almost every single day, weekends and after school, for at least a few hours a time. Even when I played other games, tekken 3 would be on sometime before or after. I think I only stopped playing after like, 2 years? Maybe 3 as that’s when we got the ps2...

Edit: oh and bar a bit of tekken tag and some 4, I never touched tekken again till 7 came out recently, and I picked up Bryan and instantly pulled off some amazing combos. It was weird how familiar it felt so long after.

SG knows. Great list and surprised Mario 64 hasn’t been listed more.

regmcfly wrote:

Armitage_Shankburn wrote:

Reg who did u main in Tekken 3

Paul, Eddy, Mokujin

Better than low-kick King spamming I guess.

Dark Souls
Final Fantasy VII
Mario 64
Street Fighter 2 Turbo
Breath of the Wild

The first 4 are likely stuck there forever, because I played them all so much, in a way that I just don't play games anymore. BotW could be replaced by MGSV as the best of this gen.

I had no idea there were two different versions of M64 until about two weeks ago

mk64 wrote:

I had no idea there were two different versions of M64 until about two weeks ago

Do you mean the rumble version? Or am I on the wrong track here as usual?

Oh yeah - forgot about that. 

Japan got a "Shindou" version of M64 and Waverace with rumble support. M64 got some bug fixes too - think it prevents the backwards jump glitch that allows you to get past the everlasting staircase with less than 70 stars.

I preferred Trials HD, personally. Even if the actual gameplay or handling improved with the sequels, the presentation put me off. Trying too hard with the ‘extreme’ trappings was a turn off.

To be fair, you did get bloody good at it.

In no order

Mass Effect 2
Super Mario World
GTA Vice City
Pro Evo
Day of the Tentacle

Having said that I would be in for a forum comp.