On friday, voni took us
on a journey through her personal favourite Playstation (PSX) games
from when she was younger, and after looking at her list and thinking
about my own, I realised we do not share a single title, so here, for
you amusement and mockery are my personal favourite Psx games.
Note, I now own, and
have played every single on of these games on another medium, mostly
PC but I played them first on the Psx.
Final fantasy 7/8
I'm a big fan of the
final fantasy series, but as I have talked about final fantasy 7
before, I’m going to touch on final fantasy 8 this time.
Final fantasy 8 holds
almost as sweet a place in my heart as final fantasy 7, true it is
let down slightly by the fact that it is considerably easier, and
once you know how to use its junction system collectedly, there is no
challenge to it what so ever.
It makes up for this
shortfall with a great story line, and what is in my opinion the best
love story ever told.
Abe's odyssey.
The first game of the
Oddworld series, it has a brutal learning curve and is difficult to
even complete, let alone save all the Mudokon. Its also one of my all
time favourite games.
It has a compelling
storyline fantastic, cut scenes and a wicked sense of humour. Its
also great fun once of you get the hang of it, and the first time I
finished it having saved everyone stands as one of my greatest
moments in gaming.
Medievil.
Probably the worse game
in this list, it is however one of my favourite games.
The game play has
significant flaws, the camera is uncontrollably annoying most of the
time and its voice acting leaves a lot to be desired.
What it has in spades
however is charm, the main character is a dead knight who died in the
first charge of a great battle, but somehow got remembered as a great
hero, and after being brought back from the dead the whole game is
his quest to prove himself a true hero before going back to the
grave.
Castlevania: Symphony
of the Night
Probably the greatest
castlevainia game, and undoubtedly every one since it has been trying
to recreate its magic.
In this game you play
as Alucard, the son of Dracula in a quest to kill his father and save
the world.
Its game play is some
of the best on the console, its story manages to throw you for a loop
and its RPG style progression was one of, if not the first time
levelling up had been used in an action game.
If you have never
played it I highly recommend it, it has a HD remake available so you
have no excuse.
Metal Gear Solid
Not just a stealth
game, THE stealth game. Metal gear solid is a classic example of a
diamond in the rough, the metal gear games on the NES and SNES are
truly terrible, metal gear solid 2, while a good game started the
series on a road that lead to the insanity that was the story line of
metal gear solid 4.
But Metal gear solid is
a great game, with a story that makes sense, game play that is
satisfying and some game mechanics I had never seen before, having a vital bit of in game information printed on the game box, having to plug the controller into the second controller port to beat a boss and I'll
never forget the fight against Psycho Mantis when he read my memory
card and said “You like Castlevania, don't you?”
Legacy of Kain – Soul
Reaver.
A sequel to the
original legacy of Kain: blood omen, although I did not know it when
I played it for the first time. Soul Reaver is a great example of a
action-adventure game. Its story is confusing but good and you will
need to play this, and 3 other games to get the full story.
What made Soul Reaver
stand out in my mind, apart from the fact you play a soul vampire
missing his bottom jaw and on a quest to murder his old vampire clan,
was the gameplay mechanic that allows you to switch between the
material and spirit world, changing the layout of the levels. A
mechanic I have seen many times since, but I had never seen it
before.
Soul Reaver also has
great gameplay and a combat system that I can't really fault. Its not
easy to get hold of now, but if you can, I highly recommend it.
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