Gaming Which Game(s) Defined Your Childhood?

Started by Jacuzzi, Jun 4, 2017, in Entertainment Add to Reading List

  1. Rebeliant
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    GTA San Andreas
    GTA Vice City
    Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit
    Need for Speed: Underground 2
    Need for Speed: Carbon
     
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  2. Mraczewsky
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    Mraczewsky r.i.p. mac

    Jun 4, 2017
    how sway
     
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  3. Jacuzzi
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    :lol6: I just couldn't f--- with the open world system etc. I just loved the simplicity of Underground
     
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    Vouchers Lazy Sundaze

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    Secret agent Izzy lol
     
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  5. Mraczewsky
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    I loved to f--- around and explore every f---ing cm of the world. I knew every corner, sidewalk or even bilboard. I caught myself not caring about it this much in modern games sadly. Even tho they probably have better worlds. Same goes with Vice City, San Andreas was just too big
     
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  6. Juney Dark
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    Juney Dark Art Deco Killer Mango

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    Super Mario Bros
    Super Mario World
    Rolling Thunder
    Donkey Kong Country
    Mega-Man X
    Resident Evil Franchise
    Shadow Madness
    Sly Cooper
    Final Fantasy Franchise
    WWF No Mercy
    The X-Files Game
    Nights into Dreams
    Mansion of Hidden Souls

    & the list goes on and on
     
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    Omg yeah Super Mario, that was so addictive
     
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    Super Smash Bros Melee
    Mario Kart Double Dash
    James Bond 007: Nightfire
    NFS: Carbon
     
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  9. Jacuzzi
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    you ever played GTA 3? I got it to 100% last year in my quest to 100% every GTA game. What a frustrating fuckshit of a game. The world was kinda cool though, though I loved San Andreas' world because of its variety. There was a little bit of everything in its world. I felt a lack of freedom in 3,Vice City and IV.
     
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  10. Rebeliant
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    nerd
     
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  11. Jacuzzi
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    Classic multiplayer. Never had so much fun playing splitscreen than with that game.
     
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    Gta 3 and vice city
    Resident evil 2,4
    Super Mario Bros
    Twisted Metal series
     
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    Tone Riggz There's No Cure For Being A C*nt

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    My childhood (age 10 and under) was the Sega Genesis and arcade era so definitely Sonic, X-Men 1 & 2, X-Men Arcade, Batman Returns, Street Fighter 2, Super Street Fighter 2, Final Fight, Streets of Rage, Primal Rage, Battle Toads, TMNT: The Hyperstone Heist, Samurai Showdown, NBA Jam, NBA Live, Simpson's Arcade, Mortal Kombat, Altered Beast, Cruisin' USA, Cruisin' World.
     
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    yeah, I never completed the mission where you have to destroy some kind of fast food stores or something across the city (it was 2nd last mission i think). They made the gangs way too hard to handle, you couldnt go back to Island 1 after travelling to Island 2 because all they needed to destroy your car was 2 shotgun kills :c made exploration frustrating. Plus it didnt have anything flying, not counting Dodo cause it was trash lmao

    I never felt lack of freedom in Vice City, you had beaches, city, malibu club, bikes, helicopters, plane, boats and s---, and the city was sized just right.

    I was overwhelmed by San Andreas, I couldnt travel without looking at the map and I hated that. I didn't even need to use minimap in VC, I knew exacly where everything is

    But I feel the same about 4, maybe it was because of the way cars were behaving, idk, story was cool but I never cared about the city or even side missions
     
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  15. Jacuzzi
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    f---ing Espresso-2-Go. Have to drive around to each island and destroy those d--- stalls. And of course like you say, the dickhead Mafia's in Saint Marks was so ridiculously OP with their f---ing shotguns that blow up your car with 2 shots, it was d--- near impossible. Almost as hard as the RC mission is Vice City. f--- those. And I see what you're getting at with the other GTAs.
     
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  16. Cyreides
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    Cyreides gfy

    Jun 4, 2017
    Replaying them lately and I honestly can't pick anymore. They all have their own strengths and weakness and they're all 3 rly good.

    I use to say 3 but I'm torn since replaying

    Spyro 3 has the extra playable characters like bently, sgt byrd etc.

    Cop yourself a cheap psp for like 60 bucks and download the games from somewhere. Much better playing experience on a psp than emulating them on a pc
     
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  17. Jacuzzi
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    d---. I have one laying around that haven't been used in years, might actually do that. Is it a simple process?
     
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  18. 1999
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    I never really played games but

    San Andreas
    Madden 05
    Modern Warfare/Black Ops
    Red Dead
    NFS Underground 2
    Halo 2
    and of course BF3

    I'm actually about to sell my PS3 Thats been collecting dust in the closet

    sad day :lol6:
     
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  19. 1999
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    Oh yeah and idk if this counts but Crazy Taxi was the s--- back in elementary school on those windows xp computers

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    I was a master at this b----
     
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  20. Jacuzzi
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    d---. I still play Black Ops on my PS3 actually, sometimes BF3 too. Also bought Red Dead last year and played it for the first time, truly amazing game. Sad that you're selling it though. I gave away my PS2 some years ago, and it felt weird getting rid of something that I had spent so much time with.
     
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