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MaskedMarth
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This list is not necessarily in order, nor is it definitive. I have not played many games, especially recent games, so there are many great games (notably, Goldeneye007) that are not on this list. The games that ''are'' on this list, however, impress me with an unusual depth, brilliance or creativity. | This list is not necessarily in order, nor is it definitive. I have not played many games, especially recent games, so there are many great games (notably, Goldeneye007) that are not on this list. The games that ''are'' on this list, however, impress me with an unusual depth, brilliance or creativity. | ||
* Super Mario Kart: my all-time favorite game, the controls and levels never cease to thrill me. Nintendo designed each | * Super Mario Kart: my all-time favorite game, the controls and levels never cease to thrill me. Nintendo designed each level with both sense and flair - the course twists and sets up obstacles creatively, masterfully, and ''rightly'', flooding the player neck-deep in difficulty. And nothing matches the bombastic finale of Rainbow Road. | ||
* Lost Levels: famous not just for being hard, but for relishing in the player's frustration. The Warp Pipes take you backwards. The Hammer Bros. and Piranha Plants won't follow rules. The wind shoves you off ledge. And from that very unfairness roots the genius of the level design. | |||
* Final Fantasy VI: this is the first and only RPG that really wows me. A heartfelt score and story are only appendages to meat of FFVI's success: its battles, which jerk you about in skin-on-teeth random fights and whose boss battles require foresight, improvisation, and a head for strategy that far exceeds the "hit the right enemy with the right attack" formula that services most other RPG's. | |||
* Super Mario Bros. 3: much has been said about this masterpiece of a platformer, so I'll keep this short. Each world has a theme, and each level reflects its world's theme, never too literal, never too gimmicky, and always with intelligence and insight. | * Super Mario Bros. 3: much has been said about this masterpiece of a platformer, so I'll keep this short. Each world has a theme, and each level reflects its world's theme, never too literal, never too gimmicky, and always with intelligence and insight. | ||
* | * Super Mario Bros.: I haven't heard much talk about Super Mario Bros.'s enemies, but they are excellent, perfectly suited for a platformer. Didn't every subsequent game fashion its foes after the archetypes of the Goomba, the Hammer Bros., the Lakitu? Beyond its influence on other games, though, these unforgettable enemies provide more evidence that Super Mario Bros. succeeds as a game in itself. | ||
* Yoshi's Island: its crayon-inspired art is the best in any game I've played. A palette of great bosses solidifies the gameplay. | |||
* Yoshi's Island | * Donkey Kong Country 2: this game is one of the best pieces in transition from the goal-focused design of Super Mario Bros.'s levels to the non-linearity we see in Super Mario 64. The midpoint is [http://www.sirlin.net/archive/hiding-secrets-in-platform-games/ secrets], whose days of glory are with DKC2. | ||
* Donkey Kong Country 2 | * Panel de Pon / Tetris Attack / Pokémon Puzzle League: a league above Tetris, for my money. I prefer Pokémon Puzzle League, though the base gameplay is identical for all three games. Intense. | ||
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