Radagast

7 hours ago, Sumez said:

 

@RadagastDid you actually play The Witcher 2, or only the first and third games? Because I find the second game to be a vastly better game than the other two.

Only the first and third game. I never played Witcher 2 but I'd like to one day. They're deep immersive games which I tend to enjoy.

Jak and Daxter The Precursor Legacy. I didn't care for any of the sequels which makes sense considering the guys behind the Crash Bandicoot series also made J&D Precursor Legacy. They jumped ship from the company after PL came out.

The Witcher III - I actually knew about Witcher before many people did because I randomly picked up the first game on PC (enhanced directors cut edition) shortly after it came out. I was a PS fan so didn't even know about Witcher II until after III came out. Witcher III turned out to be one of the top 15 games I've played in the past 10 years.

I can't recall the specific game but it was definitely a PS1 or N64 game in the late 90s or year 2000. Never rented games after that point.

A lot of good ones already mentioned so I'll add Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers to the mix. It's not my favorite by any means but a solid game for N64.

X-Men or The Simpsons for me but I also wouldn't mind a sit down racing one from the late 90s.

It's difficult for me to rank them all but here are my top 5 in no particular order:

SM World

SMB 3

SM 64

SM Odyssey

SM Galaxy

I've never played a "Souls" game before in my life because I always heard they were just tough boss fights which didn't interest me. I ended up buying Elden Ring because of the hype to be honest. At first without knowing anything or looking at 1 Youtube video, I didn't like it. I thought it was too vague, not a lot of direct clues telling you where to go and I felt weak. Fast forward to present and I think it's one of the best video games I've ever played in recent memory! It kind of re-invigorated my love for immersive, challenging single player focused games.

I have no shame in admitting I use Youtube as a guide. I find the locations of specific armor pieces, spells, incantations, summons, ashes of war, bell bearings, stones, boss fights, talisman, tears for physicks, etc. Then I plan an entire gaming session going on the adventure for (insert goal here).

There's so much to this game it's impossible to fit into one post. For example I recently discovered how useful Margit's Shackle can be. It does random things like showing you any secret door in your nearby area, disabling certain dungeon traps, opening random pits in caves, use multiple times outside certain boss fogs before going in to make them stand still so you can cast things like poison mist and slowly kill them in cheese fashion, etc.

I love this game! 9.5/10 because I just wish the story was a little deeper and stronger. I also don't like how you can't bring back certain NPCs (which then can cancel you out of certain quests & access to certain items).

10 hours ago, JamesRobot said:

Are you saying Livin on the Edge wasn't a hit?  That was the lead single off of Get a Grip.

Sorry for the confusion. You're right that it was indeed a hit. That's actually one of their best songs IMO. I don't own Get a Grip so I always associated Big Ones with Livin' On the Edge because it's the only 90s Aerosmith I have besides Nine Lives. My favorite album of theirs is probably Rocks.

8/10. For me their last 3 good albums were in the late 80s and 90s...Nine Lives, Big Ones and Pump. Love all the 70s albums too.

Guy Pearce. He has done so many good roles such as:

Memento

LA Confidential

The Time Machine

The Count of Monte Cristo

A Christmas Carol

The Proposition

Ravenous

Lawless

Brimstone

Animal Kingdom

Lockout

Prometheus

If I'm doing just animated:

The Simpsons

Family Guy

Batman the Animated Series

honorable mentions: South Park, X-Men, Doug, Rockos Modern Life, Animaniacs

My top 10 non animated shows in no particular order:

Dark

Game of Thrones

Ozark

Breaking Bad

The Sopranos

Boardwalk Empire

The Wonder Years

Turn Washington's Spies

Six Feet Under

Peaky Blinders

Other good shows that almost make the list:

Shamless

Squid Game

Mind Hunter

The X-Files

Fargo

Outlander

Chernobyl

Star Trek The Next Generation

Firefly

Farscape

Lost

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Saturday Night Live

My thing with Van Halen is that none of their albums are start to finish good. A good song here, a good song there, skip this, skip that, good song again, skip again kind of thing. As a band I give them a 7 or 7.5 but Eddie Van Valen as a guitar player I'd give a 9 out of 10. I only wish he would've done some solo albums kind of like Satriani/Vai kind of stuff and ventured outside of the rock box/band thing.

Goldeneye 007 single player campaign on N64.

I can't pick just one so here's a few I was debating between.

Life Is Strange

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Mass Effect 2

Age of Empires II

Bioshock

Super Mario World

Grand Theft Auto San Andreas

Beyond Two Souls

Crash Bandicoot 2

Horizon Zero Dawn

The Witcher III

Red Dead Redemption 2

LA Noire

Final Fantasy VII

Final Fantasy X

Ghost of Tsushima

Donkey Kong Country

Goldeneye 007

Any Mario Kart

I'm not sure if it was Adventure on Atari or Sonic the Hedgehog on Genesis but it was definitely one of the two.

I recently finished the show Dark on Netflix and it was excellent! One of the best sci-fi shows I've seen in a long time. I highly suggest keeping the original German audio and watching with subtitles. It's slightly confusing at first and you have to pay attention but it's worth it. I felt like they could've had 1 or 2 more seasons but they managed to tell a pretty incredible story in just 3. I don't want to spoil anything but if you like time travel this show is for you!

10 out of 10 show

Dreamcast

Sega CD

Saturn

My favorite Star Wars movie. 9/10

DKR had more vehicles but they rarely gave you any substantial advantage over other vehicle types for the same race. MKart 64 had better level design and better music in my opinion. For years me and a small group of friends would get together and have MKart 64 tournaments because we overall found it superior to DKR. I'm not saying DKR is bad because it's easily the 2nd best racer on N64 in my opinion followed by the Cruis'N series, Beetle Adventure, and Mickey Speedway.

I enjoyed the N64 to modern day SW games. KotOR, Battlefront 1 & 2 (PS2), Force Unleashed, Battlefront II (PS4) and Fallen Order are my favorites so far.

PS2 is 2nd place on my Olympic podium of top 3 consoles.

9 out of 10! As someone who was old enough to remember 1994, this game was well ahead of its time for being on a 3 year old 16bit console! It's one of the best 16 bit games period and still holds up.

5 I'm juggling at the moment:

PS4:

Final Fantasy VII Remake

The Last of Us 2

Ghost of Tsushima

Terminator Resistance

Switch:

Zelda BotW

All of these games are fun and worth owning or playing.

For me SM 3D Land on 3DS was better but 3DS World + Bowsers Fury was a nice touch!

I like both 2D and 3D but I do prefer 3D.