Games that have impacted my life

Game Release Date GameSpot Score Jonsono2's Score

Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings

Special to me as the first and still the best RTS game I ever played.

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Amnesia: The Dark Descent

Special to me as it was the first time I've experienced an extremely immersive horrifying game to this level. I could not play for more than 20 minutes at a time and always had the walkthrough file open to warn me of any scares.

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Assassin's Creed II

Special to me as was such a huge, very noticeable step up from Assassins Creed 1. Perfect mission pacing and variety. Perfect progression.

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Burnout 3: Takedown (Platinum Hits)

Special to me as it is the most revolutionary racing game for me since gran turismo 1. Bought this even before I got the xbox itself.

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Crash Bandicoot Racing (PSOne Books)

Special to me as I found it too addictive.

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Dark Souls

Special to me as the hardest and most painfully satisfying game i played. Game is literally a drug. First game of it's kind I played.

9

Dishonored

Special to me as the freedom of movement, interesting and creative powers, and interesting world greatly drew my interest.

9

Dragon Age: Origins (Collector's Edition)

Special to me as it was everything I wanted but never got from Neverwinter Nights 2 and then some. First bioware RPG I played based off medival fantasy lore. First game that got me into tactical RPG combat.

9

Fable

Special to me as it's a game where you can really feel it's magic. One of those rare game such as pokemon red and Halo 2 where I feel like playing again from the beginning.

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Fallout 3

Special to me as showed what bethesda could do outside of elder scrolls.

9

Gran Turismo

Special to me as got me into cars and racing games.

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Halo (Xbox Collection)

Special to me as was so creative and novel and go me into FPS games

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Halo 2

Special to me as had too much fun with this game.

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Jade Empire: Hisui no Teikoku

Special to me as it really transported me into the game world, one I wish was real. I appreciated the strong sense of culture this game had.

9.5

Mass Effect 2

Special to me as it was a huge step up from Mass effect 1 (except for story) and felt like a controllable movie.

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Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit

Special to me as my first racing game on pc to make up for lack of gran turismo and was very fun. You can feel the game's soul. No modern racing game wit it's fancy graphics can come close.

10

Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed

Special to me as is the classiest game I ever played. Really made me feel a sense of satisfaction that's unmatched.

10

Pocket Monsters Aka

Special to me as was my first handheld game and spent so many countless hours in its interesting and mysterious world.

10

Pokemon Crystal Version (Pokemon Special Edition GBC Bundle)

Special to me as was an amazing sequel to red version and spent so many countless hours on this as a kid.

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Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

Special to me as first got me into action adventure games with parkour and swordfighting ( lead to interest in assassins creed). Saw how games could be very cinematic and stylish.

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Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!

Special to me as the first game sequel I ever played and first experienced the joy of having your favorite game get better.

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Spyro the Dragon

Special to me as my first game and got me into video games in the first place.

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Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Special to me as it's the first bioware game I played and impressed by everything. Got me into bioware games.

10

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Special to me as very involving, fun, imaginative and a huge step up from morrowind. First game I played that took me into the 2006- gen/

9.5

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2

Special to me as my first skating game what made me get into skating as a kid. Very novel when I first played it and addictive.

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Watch Dogs

Special to me as was a game that felt somewhat unique at a time when every other game i'm playing or hearing about seems cliched and same-ey

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