Best Games You've Ever Played

[Treesh]

These are in no particular order because I enjoyed the games for such different reasons.

• Diablo series - I was hooked from the first thump, thump, thump of the bow shots through the subwoofer for DI. For DII, it was the sound of frozen orb and the thump of a crossbow with strafe. Well, those coupled with the hope of finding or gambling something really neat. =)
  
  
• The Elder Scrolls series (except Arena since I really didn't play Arena) - I loved the fact that I could just wander wherever I wanted, do whatever I wanted and yet still progress the characters. There was no end to the games and I could get quite attached to my girls since they all ended up with different personalities to me. I LOVED that Morrowind let me get all my interior decorating urges satisfied without spending a lot of money or constantly moving heavy furniture around. Digital decorating is SO the way to go.
  
  
• Dead or Alive 3 (Xbox fighter) This was a button masher's dream. =) This was the first fighting game I actually practiced with the characters to be able to hit fancy little moves at will. The fancy moves weren't as ridiculous as some of the other fighters out there, not as cartoony feeling if you will (*eyeballs Mortal Kombat*) so I enjoyed them more. There were so many different fight styles with the different characters that you could always find one that really fit what your fingers wanted to do that day. You have grapplers, slow powerful punchers, quick punchers, slow kickers, quick kickers, drunken master weirdo, masters of counterattacks and blocks. I got to play them all. Some I was better at than others, but plenty of variety.
  
  
• Dungeon Keeper (RTS, PC) - The first one only. The second one just changed something fundamental in the game for me and it just didn't feel the same at ALL. Basically, you build your dungeon by making your cute little imps dig out tunnels and rooms. If you want them to go faster, slap them! You can pick them up (and watch them dangle from your clawed hand) and drop them wherever you need them to be. You can pick up your troops too. All your units would gain levels and the imps at their max level (I believe it was 10) were crazy. =) I had to lock the door on the torture chamber (for any enemy prisoners you capture) because otherwise all the torture tables would be in use by the Mistresses. It just had such a different feel to it from other RTS games for me. I felt more defensive because this was -my- place. I made my home just how I wanted it, the rooms, the layout, rather than just having some temporary military base to defend.
  
  
• Battle Realms (RTS, PC) - This was the other RTS that I really connected with. It's an oriental themed one where you have your peasants get water from a well, lake or pond to water the rice and harvest the rice while others get on with their training. The farther away from your base you fought, the more points you got to upgrade your troops. This is the first one that really made me a more aggressive player instead of just looking at defense all the time. Plus, who doesn't love geisha's who will just mow down the enemy with their metallic fans while healing your own troops? I can't remember if this one or Dungeon Keeper was the first one I ended up actually playing through all the single player missions, but I think it was this one.

And one honorable mention is WET (Xbox, third person shooter). It was a really close call between Battle Realms and this one for the last spot. WET was a game that I swear was just made for me. Chick who dual wields pistols (unlimited ammo on the pistols), has a katana slung on her back for when bad guys get too close, does a bit of free running while shooting, and has hidden monkeys to find. MONKEYS! =) My favorite moment of the game though was when I got ambushed by a whole slew of guys. I hear her say, quite calmly, "You're all gonna f**kin' die." in just a great tone of voice. This game was it. The one made for me. =D It only gets honorable mention though because it was too short. Or else I played it too often and it just seemed like it was short. I just wanted MORE.