My first true gaming experience would have to have been the original GTA. My cousin thought it would be cool to lend me a few of his old games back in the summer of '01 and of course, being a rebellious teen nightmare, I thought the best game to play would be GTA. Boy was I right. A normal weekend back then consisted of spending time at a mate's playing footy, going to parties, or going to town. But this weekend in particular involved me spending my entire weekend running around an urban metropolis stealing cars, shooting hookers and escaping from cops. This quickly progressed to the one and only Mafia: City of Lost Heaven. And by god that was a good game. I can't be the only one who remembers restarting that goddamn race atleast a dozen times before realising that setting it to easy had no penalty other than to your self-satisfaction. The next logical choice in my major gaming selection was GTA: Vice City. However, due to a large amount of study I never got to complete the storyline. As I started to branch out I soon discovered the joys of this newfangled online thingy they called runescape. Sure enough I got addicted. It didn't take me long to realise, however, that my choice of name pretending to be a girl had no effect on the teen nerds as they were all too interested in getting +1 strength.
My favourite games of today are GTA: San Andreas, Crysis, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and Mafia II. Is it not obvious the influence of my early gaming days? I think of it as an evolution, if you will. Although the logical step from runescape would've been World of Warcraft instead of Oblivion, but I promised myself never to get involved in such an addictive adventure. Crysis came along simply because my jaw dropped whenever a tree was felled to a couple of rifle rounds. Overall, however, I have stuck with my guns in the GTA and MAFIA franchise.
P.S. Special mentions must go to these games:
- The Movies
- Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 & 3
- Need for Speed (all, excl. Shift, Shift 2 and Prostreet)
Which, although they were fun as hell, they weren't really influential.
you have the same taste in games as me, we should hangout sometime ;)
ReplyDeletei'm a fan of the entire GTA series. Haven't played 4, though...
ReplyDeleteGotta tell you that that it is a good selection of games. I love WoW and oblivion.
ReplyDeleteHm.. Hope you're stoked for SKyrim then. That's supposed to be hella amazing!
ReplyDeleteYou might wanna try playing Saints Row 2. Very much like GTA with a lot of San Andreas themes
ReplyDeleteI am definitely looking forward to Skyrim. I think it'll be the first game I ever preorder.
ReplyDeleteAnd I've been meaning to immerse myself in the Saints Row series for a while now. Zero Punctuation has a lot of influence on me too :)
You seem to like the same sort of games I like :D
ReplyDeleteI don't really find WoW that addicting though, it's just fun at times.
The Movies is epic :D
ReplyDeleteYou have good taste in games, my friend. Also, I was just playing Starcraft a couple of hours ago.
ReplyDeleteHow did you go from GTA to GTA vice city... I mean what happened to GTA3.
ReplyDeleteWe have the same taste in games!
ReplyDeletethe entire GTA series is an absolute masterpiece, imo. :)
ReplyDeleteIt is an evolution of kinds huh?
ReplyDeleteThe Elder Scrolls has taken me all the way from Daggerfall right up to now with Skyrim around the corner.
I'm a casual gamer, evolved from a diehard, but the whole Skyrim thing is still making my hair stand on end hahaha
Thanks for sharing mate - I sympathise with a lot of your thoughts actually.
Cool to know you're a kiwi also!
ReplyDeleteI wish i could get the gaming platforms needed for those games. my pc's shitty as hell =.=
ReplyDeleteI like these games too :)
ReplyDeleteRight you are...
ReplyDeleteYou have good taste... for a Meatbag
ReplyDelete"I too started as a pathetic blob of misgiven hopes and dreams"
ReplyDeleteha, i dont think i ever outgrew that phase
I remember playing Grand Theft Auto. It was a game my mom got for my stepdad, but he couldn't get the hang of it so I picked it up.
ReplyDeleteI just ran around beating the shit out of people with my fists until the police caught. Then I stole a car, ran people over until my car blew up, which was something that just blew my mind...and killed me.
My favorite experience with GTA that I can remember was, (other than blowing everything up) by request from someone from in my group, picking up a 'call girl' and acciedently running her over.
ReplyDeleteSweet post, love the games you play :)
ReplyDeleteVery cool movie thanks for sharing!
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ReplyDeletehaha we playing a lot of similar games!
ReplyDeletesounds like a good gaming experience, glad to have you along here
ReplyDeleteI've been playing GTA alot recently. Personally I think it's the best series ever.
ReplyDeleteGood thing you dodged the WoW bullet or you'd be hooked.
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ReplyDeleteroller coaster tycoon 2. that was my childhood.
ReplyDeleteMafia II is such a great game!
ReplyDeletecool games
ReplyDeletebest game ever san andreas!
ReplyDeleteYou have a great taste!
ReplyDeletegta is awesome. vice city, san andreas, good times.
ReplyDeleteSan Andreas is probably the best game ever - though I still don't get why you get more police attention for crashing into a cop car than you do for crashing a plane into a building. Go figure...
ReplyDeleteGTASA i should start playing that again
ReplyDeleteyup same here. get me a game and i'll be able to beat any casual player
ReplyDeleteSpent so many hours playing Vice City. Still the only GTA I've ever cared enough to finish.
ReplyDeleteSan Andreas FTWWW!
ReplyDeleteI still play MTA.
try counter strike :D
ReplyDeletePlay very little games these days, but Elder Scrolls coming out this year excites me very much
ReplyDeleteFALLOUT FTW
ReplyDeleteI used to be able to beat anyone, but I just don't have the kind of time I used to.
ReplyDeleteRoller Coaster Tycoon is the best!
ReplyDeleteRoller Coaster Tycoon was a staple of my teenage years! Nothing was more satisfying than flinging people off of a defective roller coaster... now that I think back it may not have been the healthiest of habits...
ReplyDeleteneed for speed? mafia 2? seriously?
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