Top 5 video games

I am very aggravated right now so I am going to discuss a topic that I like very much. Video games. Here are my top 5.

#5 Counter Strike: Source

This is my most favorite multiplayer game ever. Great physics, great graphics, great sound, great gameplay, the best scoring system and play mode I have ever experienced in an arena styled FPS multiplayer. If you are not aware, in CS:S you can set the game to first to a set number of round wins is the victor for the entire match. I'm sure plenty of games do this, by CS:S was the first I have experienced (I think) that does that. So there. You can play to meet the objective of the map, guard/resuce hostages or detonate/defuse bomb, or simplying kill each other to win. I prefer doing the objectives. You can win a match without fireing your weapon. I love defusing the bomb. That takes skill. The game also had a great bot system, meaning intellignet AI, for the most part. Great FPS.

#4 Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time as well as Twilight Princess

I lump these together along with the rest of the games that will inevitably be release in this story line of the series. This is one of the few games and one of the first to really captivate my imgaination and feelings. That may sound strange, but a video game is interactive entertainment. These games are long, and I mean long. 50-60 hours of gameplay. They are certainly easy to come back and play through again after some time as well. Most games are not like that. I want to say that Zelda is special in a way that I cannot describe, but I will save that compliment for the next game.

#3 Shadow of the Colosuss

Wow. What a special game. This game like Zelda, engulfed my imagination, an important theme to this. This game was about exploration and beauty. The only combat was 16 (I think) boss fights. Epic boss fights for that matter. SoC has the most unique and creative story in any game I have played. That is in part becuase the developers tell the story giving the player the essential parts to construct the story. The rest is left up to the player's imgaination. Some might say the gameplay is slightly clumsy, but I believe it was done like that on purpose. Wander, who you play as, does not fit the warrior persona. So if he is not a warrior, he should not fight like one and he does not. He mearly swings he sword aimlessly or stabs. He has an akward run and is not a skilled swimmer. You either love this game or like it. If you love it, you see how purposeful the games elements are while still being ambigious and artistic. This game is legendary.

#2 Half-Life (series, but in particular HL2 as well as HL2 Epidsode 1 and 2)

Like CS:S, great physics, graphics, sound, gameplay, etc. Like no other game I have played, this game makes you feel you are the character you are playing. The gameplay is well designed and implemented. It is FPS, but you get some driving, platforming, and some puzzles. The guns are fun to use and the world is fun to explore and look at. It is hard to complete theses games because one is not sure if he has seen or done everything the game has to offer in each part of the world. Gordon fucking Freeman. This game is really number 1, but the game that is number 1 is also my number 1. So for the purpose of this post I put Half Life at the 2 spot. If I was to be stuck on an island and could take one game to play, it would be Half Life 2.

#1 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 hooked on with Sonic & Knuckles

The best Sonic game ever. Like SoC, it gives you the pieces for the story but leaves the rest up to you. Although, given the technology it may have been unintentional. Brilliant level design and variety. Outstanding music. Great physics and gameplay that never ceases to be fun. This was the game of my childhood and still strikes some heartstrings today. Took me forever to beat though. I had to watch my cousin do it. But then, I still could not beat it. That damn barrel on Carnival Night... Oh, by the way, this is the only Sonic game where I actually liked the emerald stages. If only Sonic had stuck to the formula he engineered and mastered during the Genesis era culminating with this fabulous game... "That's all I have to say about that."

A great game is not just fun to me. It is a game that makes me want to be in the world I am playing. It is a game I want to believe in. Other games not on this list have done that to me, but these have done it the best and have been the most memorable.