User:Xykeb Zraliv/Games I've Played

Simply put, this is a list of all the games in my collection. If you've ever wondered what games I've played, you may want to read this. Of course, you more than likely don't care. This will hopefully be alphabetized, but I have no guarantee that I won't forget something. After all, I only have my console games alphabetized; my other games are arranged in the order I got them (I'm such a nerd :P). For series, I will put them in order, even if they're not alphabetized (e.g. Animal Crossing: Wild World comes before Animal Crossing: City Folk even though City Folk is alphabetically before Wild World). Games that were released at the same time will be alphabetized, however (e.g. Oracle of Ages comes before Oracle of Seasons). And yes, I realize that almost all of my games are on nintendo consoles.

Animal Crossing (Nintendo Gamecube)
This was the first Gamecube game my sister ever got, and at first I found it really boring. A couple of years later, I tried it out since I was bored, and I actually enjoyed it a lot. The fact that there's no "end" to the game gave it infinite playing value, and it rarely got boring, contrary to my initial belief. The one flaw I feel I absolutely have to point out, though, is that you have to play almost every day, or your town gets overrun with weeds and a bunch of stuff happens without you knowing it.

Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nintendo DS)
I didn't like this as much as the original, especially since it was on a portable system rather than a console, so it didn't really catch on with me.

Animal Crossing: City Folk (Nintendo Wii)
I really like this game, but I can't shake off the feeling that despite some minor improvements and the addition of some cool items, it's exactly like the original. Oh well, though, the original was good and this is also good. Also, the city is definitely not worth the hype it got.

Banjo-Kazooie (Nintendo 64)
This was part of my original set of games, and I loved it almost immediately. I recall the first time I played this game, I had trouble getting a lot of Jiggies. I don't know why, since they're not that hard to get, but once I got to Mad Monster Mansion, I simply could not move any further. The next time I played the game was several years later, when completing a game 100% was important to me, and I proceeded to do so.

Banjo-Tooie (Nintendo 64)
Ah, Banjo-Tooie, my second favorite game of all time. I loved Banjo-Kazooie, but this game really did it for me; I feel it was an improvement in every way, while still maintaining all the charm that made the original so special. I didn't feel like any sequel to this game could even come close. Sadly, I was right.

Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge (Game Boy Advance)
...What needs to be said about this game? In addition featuring an entirely boring and bland set of characters, the game had no flair or charm to it, and was mediocre at best. But hey, it's kind of a spinoff, so it doesn't matter too much. Maybe BK3 will be good, right?

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (XBOX 360)
Just look here to see what I think of this game....

Bionicle Heroes (Playstation 2)
I got into Legos (a particular kind, Bionicles, I especially liked) when I was a kid, so I got this game for Christmas one year. It's fun for a while, but at some point the non-canonicity got on my nerves. It's still an ok game, though.

Deadly Creatures (Nintendo Wii)
I love this game. Yeah, it's not the best one I've every played, and the combat can get a little wearing by the end, but it's still plenty of fun. I've always been interested in insects and arachnids and it was nice to see a game actually present them the way they are (look at some things with ladybug pictures and tell me how many body parts there are; I'm willing to bet that at least 80% of them are incorrect). Well, not exactly the way they are (tarantulas can't do spin attacks...), but close enough.

Donkey Kong 64 (Nintendo 64)
This was part of my original set of games. I've actually never been a fan of Donkey Kong games in general, but since I had the game anyway, I played this one. At first, I actually didn't like it. At the time, I wasn't that good, and I found a lot of the minigames incredibly hard. When I played it much later (just a couple years ago, actually), I could actually do stuff, and ended up really liking the game. Some parts can get really frustrating and difficult, even now when I'm good at games, though.

Fire Emblem (Game Boy Advance)
This was actually my third Fire Emblem game. For some reason I didn't like it quite as much as the others, but it's still a great game.

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones (Game Boy Advance)
This was the first Fire Emblem game I played, and I loved it. In retrospect, I find a lot more appealing features in Path of Radiance, but I still prefer this for some reason. Not sure why.

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (Nintendo Gamecube)
As I said in the Sacred Stones description, this is still behind it for unknown reasons. However, it introduced so many great new concepts: the ability to do Support Conversations at base rather than in battle, which makes more sense; the "these characters must have fought in this many battles together" feature on the supports, which makes it more interesting than having two characters stand around next to each other for 20 turns; the use of bonus experience rather than infinite Tower of Valni use and arena abuse; the laguz...just a whole bunch of great ideas. Sadly, the one thing that I think really would have made this game my favorite, Dark Magic, is completely absent.

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn (Nintendo Wii)
This game is interesting. The plot was well done, but other than that, it wasn't nearly as good as Path of Radiance. The support conversation system has been completely butchered, such that virtually any character can have a support with pretty much any other character. Because the designers are lazy and didn't want to make a full conversation for every character combination (admittedly, I would have been too lazy too), each support is drastically cut down and we can't learn anything about the characters in question like we could in the old support system. Another thing is the mid-battle saves. This seems like a great concept (who wants to start a whole battle over just because a character died?), but it's just too easy to abuse the system. I recall that on more than one occasion, I would just constantly restart that game until my character got a critical hit. I'm not going to comment on the difficulty, since the critics have said enough about that. My last issue with the game, and this is probably the biggest, is that, due to the plot, we keep jumping from a certain team of characters to another, which makes it very difficult to train certain characters properly. It's almost like they're pushing you to use certain characters and totally ignore others, which is not the feeling I want to get from a Fire Emblem game, part of the appeal of which should be the option of using whatever combination of characters you want. Other than that, it's still the same basic formula as any other Fire Emblem game. So all in all, a decent game, but definitely not my favorite Fire Emblem.

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon (Nintendo DS)
This game really wasn't anything special at all. Honestly, it's a remake of the very first game ever, you can't expect it to be fantastic. And it wasn't. It was still pretty good though. No support system at all though, quite unfortunately.

Gauntlet Legends (Nintendo 64)
This was part of my original set of games. This happens to be one of those games that is repetitive, redundant, with no real upgrade system other than a leveling up thing that has no appeal, yet is really fun anyway. It's kind of odd, really. I can't think of anything at all good to say about this, yet I still think it's very good.

Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Nintendo Wii)
Hehe. I have no idea why I own this one. :P But it's fun. There's absolutely nothing that sounds fun about it, but it's fun all the same. Just something about Star Wars with legos...somehow it ends up being really entertaining.

Mega Man Battle Network 5: Team Protoman (Game Boy Advance)
I honestly have no recollection of when or where I got this game. It was the first Megaman game I ever played, and I've been a fan of the Megaman EXE series ever since.

Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Falzar (Game Boy Advance)
My second Megaman BN game. I liked the game, I guess. Not that much to say about it, actually.

Mega Man Star Force: Dragon (Nintendo DS)
This was when I really got into the series. I found that I liked this much more than the BN games (although I did like those quite a bit).

Mega Man Star Force 2: Zerker-Ninja (Nintendo DS)
Eh....I found that I really didn't like this game that much compared to the first. I felt that they kind of butchered the Luna character by making her too sappy, since I actually did like her in the first game (if you must know, I sympathized with her issue with her parents since I have a similar problem with my dad). The plot felt a little tacky too. I liked some of the new characters, though.

Mega Man Star Force 3: Black Ace (Nintendo DS)
After the disappointing second game, I was hoping that this game would revive the feeling I got from the first game. To an extent, it did. I still like the first one more, but this game was still very good. I will admit, the plot incredibly well done, and the new noise feature is really fun, especially the illegal data, which I feel was a really great way to drive people to give it their all even against common viruses.

The one thing that I absolutely hate about this game, though, is that they completely destroyed anything you could possibly like about Luna. In the first game, they emphasized the fact that despite acting like a total @#$%#, she was a good person underneath. In the second game, they overdid it and made a lot of her lines really sappy. And then in this game, they completely abandoned that and actually made her a @#$%#. It's kind of sad really.

Neopets: The Darkest Faerie (Playstation 2)
Yes, I actually have a neopets game. And you know, it's not that bad. Sure, it's the glitchiest game I've ever played, and the game suffers from side quests that can never be completed if a certain point is passed, and the combat can get wearing after a while, and it lacks a desperately needed "teleport" ability, but it's still pretty fun. It's a total Zelda ripoff, though.

Ogre Battle 64 (Nintendo 64)
This was part of my original set of games. It's not one of my favorite games ever, but it's still a really good game. It's really long, with a great plot that actually branches in many different places, both features that I like in a game. However, there's just something about it that keeps me from absolutely loving it. I'm not really sure what it is.

Pikmin (Nintendo Gamecube)
I loved this game. It's impossible to describe just what this game is about. Just...play the game. Rent it if you're not prepared to buy it. Just play it any way you can.

Pikmin 2 (Nintendo Gamecube)
I loved this game even more than the last one. I feel that, like Banjo-Tooie, this game improved upon everything that was in Pikmin. Well, except maybe the impending sense of doom that Pikmin brought. But in terms of gameplay and plot, everything was improved greatly.

Pokemon Red (Game Boy)
If you know nothing of the pokemon series, I truly pity you. If you do know anything, you most certainly know about this game, one of the two nearly identical games that were part of the first generation of pokemon. I love this game, and I love the series.

Pokemon Yellow (Game Boy)
This is for the most part identical to Red and Blue, only it's based on the anime, so your starter is a Pikachu that follows you around, your rival's starter is an Eevee, and Jessie and James appear once in a while with Koffing/Weezing, Ekans/Arbok, and Meowth. Also, all the starters show up here, so there's a bit less trading needed to finish the pokedex.

Pokemon Gold (Game Boy)
I've always felt that generation two of pokemon was the best generation. You can experience an all new world, Johto, and then go back and experience Kanto again. 16 gym battles, and an ironic (aka awesome) trainer battle at the end of the game in Mt. Silver. Definitely my favorite pokemon game.

Pokemon Crystal (Game Boy Color)
Pretty much the same as Gold, only the main legendary is Suicune, not Ho-oh. I liked this game, but being OCD, I want the three legendary dogs, fast pokemon, whatever you want to call them, to stay together. Get cought under the same rules, in other words. This game broke that rule for me. So all in all I liked Gold more, but hey, this game was identical for the most part. Another notable thing I think I should say about this game is that this was the first one to introduce the option to be a girl, which I think was a very smart thing to do.

Pokemon Sapphire (Game Boy Advance)
Pretty much the same pokemon formula, but with some great new pokemon thrown in there and just a bit more plot than before. Great stuff here, but I still like generation two better.

Pokemon Colloseum (Nintendo Gamecube)
This was one of the spinoff pokemon games, and I actually really liked this. Never purified all the shadow pokemon, though.

Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness (Nintendo Gamecube)
No idea what "XD" is supposed to stand for. Anyway...this is the sequel to Colloseum. I really liked this game, more than I liked Colloseum at least. So yeah. Probably my second favorite pokemon game after Gold.

Pokemon Diamond (Nintendo DS)
I don't really know what I think of this...on the one hand, plenty of new pokemon and new areas to explore...but on the other hand, the pokemon formula seems to be wearing off a bit, at least in my opinion. It hasn't introduced any new features that I find interesting. Ummm yeah...so that's my take on the game.

Portal (XBOX 360)
Ok, so technically one would classify this as "The Orange Box" since it comes bundled with that, but I bought the set just for this one game. I got it used for about 20 dollars, so it was worth the money anyway. I loved this game. The gameplay mechanic was great, and the dialog implements the kind of quirky deadpan humor that I love. The game was way too short though. I can play the entire game in one sitting :/

Psychonauts (XBOX)
Very hard to describe without sounding like an idiot. It's a really stupid premise, but a great game. One of my favorites.

Rayman 2: The Great Escape (Nintendo 64)
This was part of my original set of games. This is a great game, but it's not necessarily one of my favorites.

Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc (Nintendo Gamecube)
This game is certainly a departure from the formula used in Rayman 2. Murfy's entire personality was changed and the villains and overall feeling of the game are very, very different. Usually this means disaster (Zelda II, anyone?), but oddly enough I still love both games. I like this one a bit more though.

Rayman Raving Rabbids (Nintendo Wii)
Errr, yeah. Ummmmmm.....well, being a fan of the Rayman series, I got this game. And it's err, odd to say the least. I've never been a huge fan of toilet humor (toilet plungers play a central role in the game) or "insane animal" humor, but the gameplay is fun and the humor isn't quite as overdone as they could have made it.

Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 (Nintendo Wii)
And then I get the sequel. Do I never learn? Anyway...not as much plot, more oriented toward multiplayer than single player. Didn't like quite it as much, but the customizable playable rabbids were a nice touch and it was still pretty good in the end.

Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (Nintendo Gamecube)
Oddly enough, this was my first game for the Gamecube. Not knowing how much the series had been bashed by critics by the time, I thought it looked like a pretty cool game...and I really did enjoy it. I wouldn't consider it one of my favorite games, but it was a pretty good game nonetheless.

Sonic Heroes (Playstation 2)
The team mechanic was cool. Other than that, the same as Sonic Adventure 2 for the most part.

Shadow the Hedgehog (Playstation 2)
OMG YES!!!!! Easily my favorite Sonic game ever. This is all about the anti-hero of the series, Shadow. It features a branching storyline and multiple missions per level. Still not in league with some of my favorite games of all time, but getting there.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 (XBOX 360)
Yeah...not my favorite game ever. It was fine, I suppose. There was some great stuff in there. Just...not as much as in other games, that's all. Mephiles was awesome, which makes up for some of the game's flaws. However, I must mention the two unforgivables: unbearably long and frequent loading screens and the sickest romance I have ever seen. A human princess falls falls for an anthropomorphic hedgehog wearing gloves -_-

Sonic Unleashed (XBOX 360)
The werehog aspect of the game is really fun, but repetitive when fighting 15 enemies at once. The hedgehog levels are incredibly fun, although I hate the running on water sections.

Super Smash Bros. (Nintendo 64)
I remember enjoying this immensely, but looking back and actually playing it after Melee and Brawl, the game's miniscule character and stage count is almost laughable. I can't judge this fairly anymore.

Super Smash Bros. Melee (Nintendo Gamecube)
Such a fantastic improvement from the original. So much stuff was added, including a huge selection of characters and stages.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo Wii)
I'm still not sure if I like this or Melee more. Some great stuff was added here, but certain aspects of Melee were removed in this installment. They're pretty much equal in my opinion.

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (Virtual Console)
This was a very fun experience, but it's definitely not in the league of the 3D games, and I still liked the Oracles more. It's still a great game, though. There were some very clever puzzles here. The biggest issue I had with the game, though, was how unbearably difficult it all was. Why does everything have to take off a heart of health, sometimes even more?

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX (Game Boy Color)
Not my favorite Zelda, but a great game nonetheless.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo 64)
This was part of my original set of games and the first game I ever completed. It's my third favorite Zelda game and fifth favorite game overall.

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (Nintendo 64)
This was part of my original set of games. It's my favorite game of all time. Quite possibly one of the most underrated games ever. People insist on closely comparing it to Ocarina of Time and concluding that it is not as good, hence it sucks. Losers.

The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (Game Boy Color)
I loved this game. Not as much as some of the other Zeldas, but still.

The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (Game Boy Color)
I liked this game, but not as much as Ages. It's still a great game though.

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (Nintendo Gamecube)
This was my second Gamecube game. It's my second favorite Zelda game and third favorite game overall. It apparently receives a lot of controversy from the cartoony cel-shaded graphics, but I personally loved them. To be honest, I don't see why everything has to look realistic these days -_-

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (Game Boy Advance)
I enjoyed this game immensely, but it's not necessarily the incredible experience I expect from Zelda games. A great game, but by no means one of the best Zeldas.

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo Gamecube)
My third favorite Zelda game and ninth favorite game overall. With this game, the realistic graphics put me off a bit (yes, you read that right), but the game itself is great. Some of the characters suck, though. Falbi, anyone?

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo DS)
Well, I really enjoyed this one, but it's not one of the better Zelda games. It's fun, but the plot is somewhat bland and there aren't enough islands to explore.

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Nintendo DS)
I liked this game so much more than Phantom Hourglass. Since Four Swords, the 2D Zelda games have been gradually going downhill, and I was pleasantly surprised by this game. They put some great stuff in here. Of course, it's still not in the league of the 3D Zelda games and I still think the Oracles were better, but hey.

Conker's Bad Fur Day (Nintendo 64)
Before you say anything, let me explain. Well, back when I was about 5, cousin had a momentary bout of irresponsibility and let me play the game. That's right, I played an M rated game when I was 5. Of course, being as young as I was, I really had no idea what was going on. I didn't truly understand just how violent and vulgar parts of the game were. To be honest, the only things I really remember are a dinosaur eating a caveman's butt and a guy in a barrel that wanted to "go for a ride". Whatever that means.

Halo 3 (XBOX 360)
My friend kind of insisted that I play this one....I gave in eventually. I did a few multiplayer matches with him. I've never been a fan of first-person shooters, as I find them awkward and slightly less personable. I can see why people like this series (I did have a couple of fun moments), but I just don't like FPS games.

Iron Man (Nintendo Wii)
Once again, don't say anything until I explain. I am not one of the hopeless noobs that bought into the hype. I merely rented this game to see just how bad it was, as well as to say that I have truly played a terrible game. Apparently, other versions of the game were actually worse.....

Mario Party 6 (Nintendo Gamecube)
I play this at my friend's house sometimes. I think it's pretty fun, but not necessarily anything I would actually buy.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (XBOX 360)
This one my friend let me borrow. It gets a little boring after a while, but overall a fun game. I was expected it to be a lot more free-roaming, though.

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (Game Boy Advance)
I borrowed it from my friend to see if it was as bad as people say it and so I may eventually be able to say I've played all the Zelda games. Well....yes, it's as bad as people say, in my opinion. It's not just that it's hard or that it's "different", but I simply see nothing in the game that appeals to me in any way.

Games I want to play but haven't
Yes, this includes games that haven't been released yet.

Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo Gamecube)
I've never been a fan of mainstream Mario games, but because of the wonders of the Super Smash Bros. series, I've always been a fan of Luigi. His bizarre quirks and unique fighting style always interested me. As for the game itself...I've heard from several sources that it really sucks, but I've heard from several other sources that it was really fun. I'm choosing to give it the benefit of the doubt and just play it. I asked for it for my birthday and didn't get it. I'll probably ask for it again for Christmas.

Metroid Prime Trilogy (Nintendo Wii)
You can look through this list and you'll never ever see a Metroid game. Why? Well, simply, I just never really got into the series. However, because of the Super Smash Bros. series, I at least knew about Samus and how awesome she is. I wanted to play a Metroid game, but I just never really got around to it...well, I've decided I'm going to start with the Prime series and if I like them I'll maybe take a look at some of the other games. I plan to either buy this myself or ask for it for Christmas.

Okami (Nintendo Wii)
Heard some great stuff about this game. I asked for it for my birthday and didn't get it. Going to ask for it again for Christmas.

Pikmin 3 (Nintendo Wii)
Being a huge fan of the Pikmin series (behind only to the Zelda and Banjo-Kazooie series), it's no surprise that I'm really, really excited for this game. The only thing I'm concerned about is the worry that Nintendo will pull some lame, pathetic excuse for Olimar to go back to the planet. There's gotta be a pretty darn good reason to go back there a third time. I'm still getting it, though.

Pokemon HeartGold (Nintendo DS)
I've never been a huge fan of remakes, but Gold is my favorite pokemon game. I think it'd be interesting to see what they did with it (I never played the remakes of the first generation, so I don't really know how much they've changed already).

Portal 2 (XBOX 360)
I don't know much about it, but I liked the first Portal game a lot, so I'm probably getting this one. Hopefully it'll be longer than the first one, though...

The Legend of Zelda Wii (hm, I wonder what system this is on)
No explanation needed.