My 2 Favourite Games

Disclaimer: This review will be biased. These are my 2 favourite games. If you want to talk about your favourite games, feel free to comment! I might post a review on one of your favourite games.

You may be asking, "Youben, what are your favourite games?" That's probably the hardest question that I've imagined someone has asked me.

So I'm going to split it into two categories: My favourite single-player and multiplayer game.

For single-player, I'm going to have to go with Chrono Trigger, for SNES, DS and Playstation.

This game is about time travel, and it executes this concept extremely well. Square Enix did a great job getting a team together for this game. The artist of the game worked on Dragonball Z, so some of the characters look similar to people in the show. The music director they hired was perfect. I've never played a game in my life that has better songs. Every song in the game will make you feel something.

After playing the game, you become emotionally attached to the characters. With more than 10 different endings to the game, the replay value is great. The storyline in this game is great, however I can't describe it without spoiling the plot. I believe that this game should be played by anyone who enjoys games casually or hardcore.

Rating:
Music 10/10
Story 10/10
Gameplay 9/10
Graphics 4/5
Ending 5/5
Characters 10/10
Final Rating: 48/50, Must Play


For multiplayer, I think my favourite game is Age of Mythology. However, this is a game I played when I was younger, so this review may be biased due to nostalgia.

This game is an RTS, and a spinoff on the Age of Empires games. You can choose between 9 major gods (12 in the expansion), and each have their own unique abilities. You advance through the ages, and choose more minor gods to worship. At the last age, you will be worshiping 4 different gods, each with unique mythological units and god powers. Want to send an earthquake to your enemies base? No problem. Want to summon a dragon? Go ahead.

Two enemies fight

I choose this game not only because it is a great RTS. I choose it because it has a top-notch scenario editor. It's a condition-effect system, which means if this happens, do that. Normally, I would consider this to be a very simple, average editor. However, you are allowed to create your own conditions and effects by making .xml files. So not only can you use the editor quite simply, you can use coding knowledge to make an advance scenario for you and your friend to play. It's also great because when you host a game, it automatically downloads the scenario for anyone who joins. So it's simply to try a new game!

A map made with the editor

The single-player of this game is average. The campaign is pretty interesting, but it's nowhere near as good as the multiplayer. It's not worth mentioning in this review, as I'm mainly suggesting this game for it's multiplayer. Yes, the servers for the game are still up last time I checked, even after 10 years of awesome. I hope this gets an HD remake, like Age of Empires 2 did.

Rating:

General Rating:
Music: 8/10
Gameplay: 9/10
Graphics: 4/5
Final General Rating: 21/25

Single-player Rating:
Story: 7/10
Ending: 5/5
Characters: 8/10
Final Single-player Rating: 20/25

Multiplayer Rating:
Server: 5/5
Community: 4/5
Customizability: 10/10
Features: 4/5
Final Multiplayer Rating: 23/25

Final Rating: 64/75, Strongly Suggested


Thanks for reading. I hope you try these games out. Post a comment if there's a game you want me to try and review!

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