Chris’ Personal Top 10 Games

I thought that because I have done my top ten films, I’d venture to the other side and work my knowledge on my favourite video games. These range from all consoles but I’ll give a you guys a bit of a spoiler and say that most of my favourites are Nintendo based and number one shouldn’t be a surprise at all!

10. Super Smash Bros Melee (GC) – There were countless days and nights when my brother and me would come home and play this game for hours. Super Smash Bros Melee offered everything that a gamer could want, the best characters Nintendo could muster up, and pit them together and smash each other to pieces, of course not literally… Anyway. Back then the graphics for the game was absolutely great, not amazing but they served their purposed and allowed us to continuously play the games hours on end. The game modes such as the Arcade mode and Vs. Mode were probably the most fitting modes that the game had to offer as they were easy to play and get the hang of. The trophies side f the game was annoying but again I did spend hours just reading through abut each trophy, taking in as much knowledge as I could.

9. Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (GBA) – I remember playing this on the computer. When the game came out on the game boy advance I had no idea that it was the same game. In a way I was disappointed, but then the game grew on me and then kabam! This was the start of Zelda becoming my favourite ‘franchise, this was released just before the Wind Waker so it had to keep Zelda fans occupied beforehand. Either way the game didn’t surprise me as Nintendo seem to have an obsession with bringing back classics and re-releasing them on newer consoles. Oh well. Either way I was happy to re-live the adventure that good ol’ Link had back the good ol’ 90’s!

8. Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (GC) – Ok. I’ve talked about this game under my GameCube article and again, I really looked forward to this game and it did not disappoint me at all! I loved every bit. I was annoyed that some of my friends had it before me but I waited and then got the game! The graphics are beautiful and sublime and the game itself offers those hard-core fans everything they could want, the musical instrument, finding items, completing quests, big boss battles and more. This is my favourite game cube game but there is one other game in this list that I believe had a bigger impact on me throughout the years, so that is why it is ranked higher than this.

7. Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (N64) – I got this for Christmas and, well, I weren’t looking forward to it. I didn’t even know it was released! Nonetheless the graphics were the same as Ocarina of Time and offered pretty much the same control. However there were a few differences with how Link jumped. He would perform some weird tricks that I thought were amazing at the time!

6. Green Day Rock Band (Xbox 360/PS3/Wii) – I love the Rock Band franchise over the Guitar Hero one. I think this because I believe that Rock Band offers their fans a lot more than just the constant Rock ‘n Roll bands. Yeah t may be in the name but, who cares? Anyway Green Day Rock Band is this high because, well their my favourite band and when I heard this before it was released, I HAD to buy. And to be honest it is a really good game. The achievements on it are solid and the hard core fans will appreciate it more than the fans who judge their music before they properly listen to it!!

5. Halo (Xbox) – I remember playing this game constantly when I first played it. I thought it was scary at first but then gradually got really into it. Now my brother has the franchise al in his room and I’m just stuck with the old memories. Everything about it was epic, blowing everyone up, driving into your friends; I mean what game didn’t have those things. But Halo was special and what a special game it did turn out to be!

4. Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3 (Wii) – This is the one game in the franchise that offers fans nearly every character and not just from the original Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. It also steps into the world of Dragon Ball GT. Now that’s epic. The graphics are solid and using the Wii remote to do the Ka Me Ha Me Ha, I mean I just can’t resists my self when it happens. The storyline is solid and everything else about it is great, however I tend to lose on fighting games against my friends….as they are mainly button bashers…..and it is hard to hit them…

3. Star Fox Adventures (GC) – Lylat Wars is another favourite of mine. Great N64 classic. But when I played this, I didn’t think that it was going to be so great and addictive. I mean, it is a bold move to go from shooting in a space ship and then move onto Fox walking and running around a dinosaur planet. Then again it was a fantastic move. This game kept me playing hours on end and I never got bored from playing it. The staff could have had a few more moves on it but then again this was a GameCube game, so what would you expect? None the less I believe that this game is one that will make me grab the GameCube out of the closet and then play again, hours on end.

2. Banjo-Kazooie (N64) – It would be a lie to say I’ve actually completed this game. Despite it’s age on the game box, I still found this game rather scary…at the time. Now days when I play it on my Xbox 360, I wonder why I was so scared, but key moments do jump out at me. Such as the beach level with the giant crab, that was a blast back in the day. The scene when you save and with the witch turning into your sister, or just stealing your sister’s ‘beauty’ away from her, that in my books is also a classic. But really when you look at it, it is when you do all those fancy moves with Kazooie, like shooting blue eggs, or running around as the bird that makes this game all the more worth while.

1. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64) – Ok. You have to admit, you saw this coming? This game must be on thousands of players top games list. Well this is because this game was such a classic and incorporated some of the newer stuff at the time. One of the first free roaming 3-D adventures on the N64 and the first to incorporate the capability of riding a horse throughout the world’s map. The horse of course has a name and she is called Epona. Such a lovely horse. The story line itself was enough to blow you away, with being able to jump backwards and forwards in time to complete the quest (both as young and adult Link). However it was not just the story that was so captivating but the music that accompanied the game as well. It is perhaps ranked as one of the best gaming soundtracks that have ever come to exist. Right now I have it on my laptop as I am writing this and it is the only gaming soundtrack I have. Why? Because it’s the best and greatest soundtrack in my personal opinion.

Overall, it’s all about what tastes the gamers have themselves. Some prefer shooting, some prefer the good ol’ RPG, others prefer those where you can tag your friends along and let them join in on the fun. Either way, the gaming world is a fun place to be ☺.