F1 Fanatic

I haven’t played any of the Final Fantasy games, I played solely racing games when I was younger.

I love playing the Assassins Creed series. The story is so intricate and I love the puzzles and the game dynamics. They look absolutely stunning too, the cities are so detailed and beautiful. I got incredibly engrossed in Assassins Creed 2 especially. I haven’t enjoyed the later games quite as much but still very fun to play.

I play many different games of many different genres. Regarding racing games, I prefer arcade racing games because I prefer the experience of racing rather than simply driving, which is why I would never play a sim and why I never do time trial mode on any racing game. Race Driver Grid is my favourite ever racing game and I can’t wait for Grid 2.

I’ve also played the new Tomb Raider (I think I’ve almost completed it now) and it is highly enjoyable, however the game itself is more like Uncharted (which I also enjoy) than the previous Tomb Raiders as you spend most of the game shooting enemies rather than raiding tombs. My favourite Tomb Raider is probably Tomb Raider Anniversary with Tomb Raider Legend and Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light close seconds.

My favourite ever game was SSX 3 as it was just amazing on every level. I’ve also played games like Crash Bandicoot and Spyro when I was a kid, I used to love the WWE and Tony Hawk games but now they suck and I also enjoy the games Rockstar make.

I absolutely *love* the Assassin’s Creed series of games, with Assassin’s Creed 2 being my favourite of the lot. I’d easily spend hours being totally engrossed in the story, even if I’m not the best at the gameplay. :P My favourite game of recent times is Fallout 3 though, despite all it’s horrendous glitches. When you get that gaming session, where everything works and the game doesn’t crash, it is the best fun. I reckon these two games have done well to grab my attention. Nothing else comes close really.

GTA San Andreas, Vice City, Timesplitters, Ratchet and Clank.

Apart from racing games, I’m a fan of the Lara Croft, Uncharted and Assasins Creed series. But the stand out games I have played are Metal Gear solid (the whole series), Red Dead Redemption and Shadow of the Collosus for PS2. If you have not bought these games I suggest you do as they are just amazing. Call of Duty is also great aswell, with cod 4, World at War and Black Ops being my favourite but I bought Battlefield 3 and I dont think I will ever go back to cod.

As far as the Final Fantasy series goes, I love VII, played til the third disc of VIII before getting distracted and never going back to it, never played IX, am looking forward to the HD remake of X and played XIII through to Chapter 11 or so until I got distracted like with VIII and haven’t gone back to it since!

Another JRPG that I really enjoy and have played through multiple times and will definitely play again is the original Wild ARMS on the PS1. It was the game that introduced me to RPGs and I love the narrative, characters, music and 2D charm that it had.

Speaking of the PS1, the original Spyro the Dragon trilogy is one of my favourites. Sod all this reboot, Skylander rubbish – the first three games are almost unbeatable and I would LOVE them to do a proper return to the original formula or make a HD remake of the first three.

I have a very strong emotional connection with the original Sonic games too. Sonic 1 on the Master System was the very first game I ever played and owned and the original Mega Drive series is far better than anything Mario or Nintendo ever did or have done since, in my eyes. Sonic 3 and Knuckles is the best 2D platformer of all time. Also, Sonic Generations is so good, it almost makes up for all the rubbish that Sonic Team have put out over the last decade.

I’m also a big fan of sports games in general. Despite my dislike of domestic footballing culture, I love the Pro Evo series of football games. I also used to really enjoy 2K Sports’ old NFL games in the mid 2000s. EA’s NHL series is also brilliant, as were THQ’s (RIP) WWE series and Yuke’s UFC Undisputed series.

I’m a PS3 man, and some of the games I’ve really enjoyed this generation include the Assassin’s Creed series (only played 1&2), LittleBigPlanet, L.A. Noire, iNFAMOUS, GTA IV, Portal 1&2, Guitar Hero and Rock Band, the Call of Duty series (I don’t care what people think, the campaigns are solid) and Just Cause 2, which you really should play. As in, seriously.

However, my all-time favourite game franchise has got to be the Metal Gear Solid series. All four main games are outstanding. I’ve never enjoyed a game’s plot as much as I have in the MGS games and the entire series has been put together to perfection. The music is always great, the visuals are stunning, the atmosphere and cinematics are brilliant and the thrill you get from successfully sneaking through an area is unmatched. Kojima is God, as far as I’m concerned. Haters gonna hate.

Battlefield1943 on Xbox and PS3 – the Lewis Hamilton of gaming – I’ve played it on both, the true successor to Battlefield 2 – So much fun

Red Dead Redemption – the Fernando Alonso of gaming – As red as a Ferrari, almost as good as Battlefield1943…

Mass Effect – Great Scifi series – I could talk to Miranda all day long:-)

Assassin’s Creed – The Sebastian Vettel of gaming – almost the same number of WDCs as yearly sequels in the franchise – Like many mentioned AC2 was the best with Revelations – I have AC3 but it lost me in the beginning

SW The Old Republic – The Jenson Button of gaming – You are the hope of the entire universe – still fun

Battlefield 3 – The Bruno Senna of gaming – So much hope and so few results