Your Favorite Game Outside of Bioware?

Well, Fallout 3 is still sort of my sentimental favorite. I won't argue that it doesn't have problems, and it helps to play with mods that require you to eat/drink/sleep and limit the amount of respawning. But it was the first modern-era game that I really got into.

The Witcher 3 may be the best-designed game I've ever played, though maybe a little too long for its own good - I'm on my second playthrough of it right now and frankly it will probably be my last, because I just don't have the time. And there are times when I'd prefer to have a little more control over Geralt's personality.

SOMA may have the most compelling - and disturbing - ideas I've ever seen explored in a game, and I definitely enjoyed playing it as a mix of exploration and survival horror.

The trilogy is still the best thing that ever happened to me. *sentimental tears*

Other games of the past 5-10 years:

Witcher 3
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Everything else.
OK, I'll list some in no particular order:

Skyrim (modded)
Fallout New Vegas (modded)
Dragon Age series (DA2 has the most replay value to me, Hawke rocks!)
Witcher 2
Child of Light
Tales from the Borderlands
Walking Dead
Ori And The Blind Forest
Bioshock Infinite
Tomb Raider
Anno 1404 / 2070
Contrast
Enslaved
Assassin's Creed 2 (Brotherhood was good too)
Rayman Origins
Lost Odyssey
Alan Wake

Favorite games of my childhood/teens:

Yoshi's Island (still consider it one of the best games ever made)
Ocarina of Time
Final Fantasy 7,8,9,10,12
Tekken 2,3, Tag Tournament

Dead or Alive 5 Last Round.



Even though I'm terrible at fighting games.

Well, making it outside Bioware, does make the list shorter.

Let's see: Recent years, the one game that has been really big in my head, and dominated anxiety, dread, adventure, triumph, frustration and satisfaction, is 'Kerbal Space Program', or KSP for short.



It has provided me with my own virtual career as some von Braun. My background as RPG player has likely influenced how I experience this game, because I love my little Kerbal astronauts and you bet I have busted my ass keeping them safe and sound. But busting my ass to really perfect my act is part of the fun. I'm often like that. I'm not having fun unless I take it really seriously.

Looking farther back, 'Morrowind' was another big thing with me. Of course I liked Fallout 3 and Skyrim too, but I haven't spent quite as much time and they never grew as big in my head. I'd love to see Morrowind be fully rebooted to modern standards. (but please don't "improve" or "modernize" the ruleset, and for gawd's sake - no voice acted PC!)

More,.. Hmm, 'Vampire, The Masquerade: Bloodlines' - Of course! Oh, the atmospheres, the feeling. I'm stunned and very disappointed that this game didn't influence game design more. But I suppose the disastrous sales had something to do with it. But time and word of mouth has made it a big game. I played it when it was new, with all the bugs. I didn't mind. I saved often, and particularly when a new patch was released. I always managed to find one recent save that was possible to load after patching. I never had start over.

It's hard for me to put up a shooter here, because I play shooters for such a short time, by comparison.
But I'll still hold up one: the original 'Far Cry'. The thing I got such a blast from was the complete tactical freedom. Something that allowed me to play a shooter the way I thought it should be played. But there's been other great shooters, original Half Life, original Max Payne.

And I loved the two first 'Tomb Raider' games, of course. Wew, that came from a long time ago.

I think I'll stick to those for now. There are plenty more (like a few Sid Meier games) but it would dilute the list, I feel.

To be buried with me on a deserted island:

Fallout 1 and System Shock 2.

Fable, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Monkey Island, the Witcher Trilogy, Age of Empires II and Age of Mythology.

Yeah, they're oldies, but I do love playing them again and again.

I end up following studios or directors. My favorites are:

Bioware - That goes without saying;

Bethesda - Elder Scrolls and Fallout;

From Software - Souls games, Armored Core and Tenchu;

Obsidian, InExile, Latrian and Harebrained Schemes - Always have my attention;

Square Enix - Lots of their famous jRPGs, but mainly Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest;

Atlus - But only the Shin Megami Tensei games;

Alexis Kennedy - Fallen London, Sunless Sea. Cultist Simulator looks fun. And I'll be following Failbetter Games as well;

Hideo Kojima - Metal Gear Solid, Zone of Enders and even Boktai ;

Fumito Ueda - Ico, Shadow of the Colossus and Last Guardian. Beatiful games;

Koji Igarashi - Castlevania Symphony of the Night and similars;

Others:

- Love the Metroid series and Metroidvania games in general;

- Had a hard-on for horror games back in the day: Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Siren, Galerians, Fatal Frame, Haunting Grounds, Rule of Rose.

- Loved Bioshock series (but never played System Shock);

- Love the Borderlands franchise;

- Love the Tales series;

- As I do Fire Emblem;

- Not that big on Uncharted, but I loved The Last of Us;

- I'm a fan of Assassin's Creed, because I like historical settings, but I don't think the series is particularly good;

I think that's basically this.

I liked the Witcher 3 a lot, but don't consider myself a fan of the series. But I'm anxious for Cyberpunk 2077 because it's my favorite genre and seems to have something that I think was missing in Witcher 3: Character creation.

Gee where to start?

Final Fantasy 2 (SNES)

Final Fantasy 10/10-2 (PS2)

Final Fantasy 12

Final Fantasy 13

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kingdoms of amalur reckoning

Witcher 3

Two Worlds 2

Fallout 4. (I know I'm a peasant)
Pillars of Eternity.
Elder Scroll Online.
Xenoverse 2.

Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne

Demon's Souls
Dark Souls
Dark Souls II
Dark Souls II Scholar of the First Sin
Dark Souls III
Bloodborne
Ninja Gaiden Sigma
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2
Chrono Cross
Final Fantasy Tactics
Final Fantasy Tactics The War of the Lions
Tactics Ogre Let Us Cling Together
Dragon Quest IV
Dragon Quest V
Dragon Quest VI
Dragon Quest VIII
Persona 2 Eternal Punishment
Persona 2 Innocent Sin
Persona 5
Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition
Nioh
Resident Evil HD Remaster
Resident Evil 0 HD Remaster
Resident Evil Code Veronica-X
Hoshigami Remix Ruining Blue Earth
Valkyrie Profile Lenneth
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat II
Mortal Kombat 3
XCOM Enemy Within
XCOM 2
Deus Ex Human Revolution
Deus Ex Mankind Divided
Under Defeat HD
The Last of Us
God of War III
Doom
Doom II
Doom II No Rest for the Living
Doom III
Doom III Resurrection of Evil
Doom III The Lost Mission
Diablo III
Diablo II
Diablo II Lord of Destruction
King's Field IV
Final Fantasy XII
Vagrant Story
StarCraft Brood War
StarCraft II Wings of Liberty
Quake II
Quake II The Reckoning
Quake II Ground Zeros
Quake 4
Lost Planet Extreme Condition

NieR
Final Fantasy VII
Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2
Vampire-The Masquerade
Dishonored
Day of the Tentacle
Monkey Island franchise
Chewy - Escape from F5
Tetris
Commander Keen
The longest Journey
Jade Cocoon
Grandia
Legend of Legaia
Tales of Berseria
Dragon's Dogma
God Eater franchise
South Park - The Stick of Truth
The Walking Dead & The Walking Dead: Season 2
The Wolf among us
Tales of the Borderlands
Borderlands 2
Saints Row 2 & 4
Rayman
Spyro The Dragon
Tekken 3
Soul Calibur franchise
Star Ocean franchise
Phantasy Star franchise