Brandon's weirdo list for Game of All Time
Added 2023-02-07 23:57:46 +0000 UTCSince The People have requested it, here's the list I made of games for Game Of All Time. It's not comprehensive and I tried to be "reasonable" (lol) in my choices to make them somewhat more palatable for the panel, but I didn't always do that. I just wrote down a bunch of games I like a lot, and then organized them by year. I'll talk about this more in the game of the year episode but I think my criteria for liking a game aren't as odd as people think. First, there has to be an interesting idea or hook that catches me. After that, the game has to not screw it up. After THAT I want to play the game because it's "fun," and I'm no longer analyzing it. Most games mess up at the first point or the last one, for me. Here's that list. the years are when it was released in Japan vs the US.
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1987 Phantasy Star
1988/1990 Ninja spirit?
1989/1990 Ys books 1 & 2
1990/1991 Bonk's revenge
1992 Sonic 2
1993 Gunstar Heroes
1993 Dracula X rondo
1993 Sonic CD
1993 Ranger-X
1993/4 Shining Force 2
1994/1995 crusader of centy
1994 castlevania bloodlines
1994 Rayforce/galactic attack
1994 Elevator Action Returns
1994 streets of rage 3
1995 Virtua Cop 2
1995 The Adventures of Batman & Robin (genesis)
1995/6 final fight 3
1995/1998 magic knight rayearth
1996 nights into dreams
1996 Panzer Dragoon Zwei
1996/1997 Rage Racer
1996/7 Cleopatra's Fortune
1997 bulk slash
1997 Grandia
1997 Symphony of the Night
1997 Asuka 120% Limited
1997 Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
1997 Doom 64
1997 Silhouette Mirage
1998 Panzer Dragoon Saga
1998 Landmaker (I knew this was a stretch)
1998/1999 R4
1999 Silent Hill
2000/2001 Mars Matrix? (also a stretch)
2000 Dino Crisis 2? (I could've made a case for it)
2000 Metal Slug 3
2000 tokyo extreme racer 2
2001 Capcom vs SNK 2
2001 KOF 2001 (would've been fun to talk about with different panelists)
2003/2004 R-Type Final
2003/2004 ribbit king
2003 Bujingai
2003 PC Genjin Gamecube
2003 Silent Hill 3
2003 ninja 5-0
2003/2006 summon night swordcraft story
2004 katamari damacy
2004/2005 Phantom Dust
2005 Earth Defense Force 2
2005 Resident Evil 4
2005/2006 Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime
2006 Outrun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
2006/2007 Bulletwitch? (not realistic but would've been fun to slam on there)
2006/2007 Jeanne D'arc?
2006/2007 Brave Story
2007 Garouden Breakblow Fist or Twist
2008 Left4Dead
2008 Valkyria Chronicles
2009 Devil Survivor
2009 Clash of heroes
2010 Nier
2011 Orcs Must die
2012 yakuza 5
2013 SMT IV
2015 Yakuza 0
2015 Rise of the tomb raider
2016 final fantasy XV
2017 breath of the wild
2017/2018 Yakuza Kiwami 2
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That's it!! Enjoyyyyyyyyyyy
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you should!! it had a budget PS1 port with a weird 3D version you can ignore, but with the original arcade version intact, called Builder's Block. It's generally pretty cheap to get, even today. it's maybe gone up a little bit but you should be able to get it for around $30.
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2023-02-10 19:29:57 +0000 UTCman, i wanna play landmaker!
rootfifthoctave
2023-02-10 12:06:12 +0000 UTCSince No One has requested it, here's my basic boy personal favs list for Game Of All Time that goes through the 1990s up to (La Bamba from Late Night w/ Conan Obrien voice) the yeaaar 2000: 1990 - Wing Commander 1991 - Link to the Past 1992 - Mortal Kombat 1993 - Myst 1994 - Final Fantasy 6 1995 - Full Throttle 1996 - Duke Nukem 3D 1997 - Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II 1998 - Half Life 1999 - Super Smash Bros. 64 2000 - Deus Ex
2023-02-10 03:38:12 +0000 UTCman you shoulda slammed bullet witch on there
Nirvan West
2023-02-09 19:50:02 +0000 UTCbulletwitch is very brave, Swordcraft Story is very very smart
Chance
2023-02-09 15:01:52 +0000 UTC(brandon:) that all makes sense! obviously games are very subjective and I sure wouldn't begrudge anyone else liking anything. I speak only for my personal feeling!
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2023-02-08 23:39:28 +0000 UTC(brandon:) love that battle system! Even if half the powers are useless or annoying. I beat it on DS and XBLA (three times each lol)
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2023-02-08 23:38:35 +0000 UTCoh yea, that's what baby needs, a nice warm bottle, thank you. Good to see Clash of Heroes on there, such a great battle system.
Jodeaux
2023-02-08 20:17:03 +0000 UTCAt around age 4, I played this DOS game called Save the Dinosaurs that involved getting through a maze in first person to prevent the dinosaur you were playing as from going extinct (I think). This felt to me like the perfect version of that Windows screensaver with the maze. I think when I played the original Doom, the mazey-ness of it tickled that ancient memory. I also played it, with a controller, when I was much less comfortable with fps controls. The look controls being locked to left and right made it much easier to teach myself how to use my hands that way. Regardless, I appreciate your answer and I think it does track with what you've said on the podcast
Dylan
2023-02-08 19:32:09 +0000 UTC(brandon:) oh that's easy. Turok is way weirder. feels like you're on a hovercraft and makes use of that mechanically. The level design is very strange and "open" in an intriguing way (platforming! world hub! jump up to a place you shouldn't be!), whereas Doom's is tighter and more claustrophobic. Also they're just totally different ways of playing - doom is about strafing and firing at the right moment, where turok is about aiming and moving in basically all directions. I prefer an FPS that gives me more freedom of choice in terms of movement, loadout, etc, vs having a "right" movement or weapon for x or y situation. Both of them have secrets, which I like a lot, so that's even for me, but turok wins for me personally in every other category, because I prefer a looser, more explorational FPS with some empty zones in it vs a very tight twitchy action-oriented one.
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2023-02-08 18:44:16 +0000 UTCOutrun 2006: Coast to Coast is a DELIGHT. “WHEN I SAW YOU YOU WERE CRUISING IN YOUR CAR!”
Zack Daigle
2023-02-08 13:15:52 +0000 UTCI love that Turok is on here. I adore that game. I don't quite understand what puts that game above Doom 1 for you, but I guess that's why there are different people
Dylan
2023-02-08 04:20:48 +0000 UTC(brandon:) I think if I had put rise of the tomb raider on the list while hating on spider man, frank would've come and burned my house down.
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2023-02-08 00:25:43 +0000 UTC(brandon:) get ready to enter my world
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2023-02-08 00:24:59 +0000 UTC(brandon:) nothing! It's good! I thought if there was gonna be a Silent Hill on anyone else's list, it would be 2, so I would put 1 and 3 on mine since they're my favorites to play. If someone had said silent hill 2 as a choice I would've been right there with them. Although 2 is uhhh too scary for me to start having fun with lol
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2023-02-08 00:24:06 +0000 UTCHuh, I've only played 9 of these for any considerable amount of time. I'll have to scope some out!
2023-02-08 00:06:57 +0000 UTCSilent Hill 1 and 3 but no 2 is interesting. What does it do wrong that the surrounding two get right?
Max Miller
2023-02-08 00:03:51 +0000 UTC
