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My game of the year list from 1990-2013

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My game of the year list from 1990-2013

So amidst all the femenisim/sexism/podcast babble I'd like to get back to talking about good games, here is my list of the games of every year since I was born to the last year.

These are my opinions but I also feel somewhat informed on what makes an objectively quality game so feel free to inject your own lists, edit mine, or just criticize me if you want, its only the internet after all.

1990: Final Fantasy
I dont even like the first one that much, but this game is so important, so influential, I have to pay homage by making this the game of my birthyear (plus suprisingly, very little else came out this year)

1991: Sonic The Hedgehog
I realise that the 2nd one is widely regarded as the best and this was a very hard pick considering zelda was released in the same year, but to step up to iconic platformer like mario and create a colourful and engaging world with a strong rival gameplay style to 2d stages, I have to give it to sega for this year.

1992: Super Mario Kart
Yeah Street Fighter 2 was close, but Mario Kart tips it for me, as I found it to be just as much fun to play on my own as I did with a friend, this game introduced racing to an entire generation, as a 2 year old I would watch formula one and think 'where are all the bannanas? this track is too easy' One of the consistently best franchises ever made.

1993: Mortal Kombat 2
I have to go with the game series that practically invented the ERSB rating for video games, no doubt i think there were better fighting games but mortal kombat had so much influence (and the best storyline) on the tone of games the 'dark' 'edgy' or 'violent' games we see today good and bad, took from this controversial but stellar franchise.

1994: Super Metroid

I never actually finished this game, but I watched my friends beat it while I cheered them on, (we used to take turns trying to complete levels and pass the controller when we died) This game reinvented platforming as is equally quality as it is influential. Amazing to look at, and amazing to listen to. Nintendo does it again.

1995: Diddy Kong Country 2: Diddy's Quest
Oooohhh this was hard, very hard, yoshi's island came out the same year and those two game are essentially tied in nostalgia and enjoyment for me,Yoshi's island has the most enjoyable ending out of any game Ive played BUT DKC2 gets the nod because of how absolutely stellar the soundtack is, there is no game on the snes that sounds this great and it looks beautiful too, quirky, just difficult enough and a great 2 player system. I'm so sorry Yoshi, you were really close.

1996: Tomb Raider
This is one of the most impressive years in gaming, Mario 64, Diablo, quake, resident evil
but I'll give to lara this time, the female lead action adventurer, the british accent, the training level where you get to train in her mansion. The dinosaurs, the lava...the mod :D. Just too much memorable stuff, Croft gets the nod.

1997: Final Fantasy VII

Yes, I am one of them, but just for the record, it was hard choosing this game the same year Tekken 3 and Gran Turismo (highest selling Ps1 game) came out, but this game was with me through puberty, although technically not my first rpg (if you count pokemon) it was the first epic I finished, it took me 2 and half years to complete and I truly laughed, cried, and cheered at some point through that time. A masterpiece.

1998: Tenchu: Stealth Assassins

A lot of interesting games came out this year but no massive titles, so I'd like to turn my attention to the only stealth game I actually ENJOY waiting silently in, and the game that made me interested in japan beyond giant robots and questionably sized sailor school outfits. The music has in my opinion the best sounding instruments on the PS1, and the gameplay is so good you wonder how the managed to mess it up so much in the later games. Izaoyi was only sharp for the beginning.

1999: Pokemon Gold and Silver

This was the high point of the series for me, the phone, the ability to go back to Kanto, night and day, bug catching contest! pokemon was my childhood and this was the most fun i ever had out of a pokemon game. I will one day come back to this series and catch em all.

2000: Perfect Dark

Goldeneye is the definitive first person shooter, and perfect dark improved on it everyway possible, again Im a sucker for the tough classy girl with the british accent, and the guns and locales were awesome, but this is the game I spent the most time on multiplayer with, creating my own bots and match styles. This was an easy pick.

2001: Super Smash Bros Melee

Tooo easy, suprisingly there wasnt really many huge great games this year, but even if there was I'd still go with the pinnacle of the series (I did like brawl though) Too much to say in this paragraph, but you all already know why its here.

2002: Resident Evil 0

I wont lie this was a weak year for me, nothing really came out and grabbed me, but I do love resident evil (or at least I did) and this is my second favourite in the series, great characters, well though out puzzles, classically beautiful pre rendered backgrounds and the scorpion on the train, love it!

2003: F-Zero GX

even with the strong competetion this year, this was a very easy pick, the super tough game that you play with a smile, the music, the campy odd characters, awesome tracks, the non dickish meta community. This game was my main motivation to skip school and I loved every minuite of it. Captain Falcon isnt an internet meme to me, he is really one of my heroes.

2004: GTA San Andreas

Sandbox Mastery, Rockstar in my opinion has never released a bad game, and this is one of the best games in the world, I cant even begin to talk about how much this game does and does it so well, the game holds up even to this day, sure it inspired a culture in gaming that can be annoying when on the headset but it created a world for my generation an adult playground for the teenagers where everything was just how we wanted it. Saints Row never nailed it like this.

2005: Resident Evil 4

Again one of the best games ever, pioneered the over the shoulder camera view and and blended horror and action perfectly,I realise Ive put two resident evil games on my overall list but I couldn't not have this one, Leeooonnnn Heelllp!

2006: Bully (Canis Canem Edit)

A very weak year, Im at the risk of looking like a Resi Fanboy AND a Rockstar fanboy but this game was amazing, Its weird because I dreamed of 'a game where you could go to school' for years when I was little, and when I'm 16 this relatively unheard of gem just falls on the shelf. All my angst about school bullying disappeared this year, I got them all back :)

2007: Mass Effect

Its hard to single out one of the games without the rest of the trilogy, but this game blew me away in terms of story, ive never been more invested in a character before in my life unless you count starfox maybe. The dialouge options, the romancing, the planets, I even liked the Mako! This was my first trip with Bioware and I never wanted to comeback. My name is Frokane and this is my favourite game in 2007.

2008: Gears Of War 2

Yeah another weak year, this was the twilight before I felt games started getting really really bad for the most part, but luckily I had the best cover based shooter as a send off, not much to say about it as a package it just had really really strong gameplay and it kept me hooked.
I now feel slightly calmer whenever I see a chest high wall.

2009: Batman Arkham Asylum

Trust me, it was hard not to pick Tekken 6, Batman was always the one comicbook hero I never thought could be made into a succesful game, I mean how can you balance being a human with no powers but feel very powerful but then realisticly vunerable at the same time? This game got everything right, and obviously the combat system will probably be in games forever now, it just works so well.

2010: Bayonetta

I always liked the idea of DMC and God Of War but i never felt at one with those games, for some reason I didnt like the weapons I either felt too powerful or not strong enough, I didnt like the locations and the music in those games sucked (sorry but its true). Bayonetta was just like 'the correction' for that genre and its beautiful, its weird and wonderful, soooo many combosssss!

2011: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

I didnt want it to have to be skyrim, I wanted to be cool and contrarian and pick a quirky alternative but damnit, its skyrim, I neednt say anymore.

2012: Far Cry

God damn this is me as cynical 22 yr old, in a year where games have all just hit a low point for this year, and then....Ubisoft release a game in a series ive never played before, I knew nothing about the game before playing it but when I did.....omg. The story, the voice acting, the beautiful sandbox island, vaas, and hunting animals for upgrades, the outposts! the trippy visions and of course the weed plantation flamethrower level woooo! This game came out of nowhere for me and I'm soooo glad it did :)

2013: Grand Theft Auto V

Never before in my life have I spent so long, watching every trailer, promo, interview, theory video, screenshot reveal, rumor, info leak before in my entire life! Ive never waited so long for a game in my life before. And boy was the game amazing! But I'll be honest there is a lot more they could have done with it to make it 'perfect' but I await the DLC with fierce anticipation! Rockstar again!, You made the most successful game of all time!

VR-BattleBots (Custom Robo/NT Warriors hobby style RP)

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VR-BattleBots (Custom Robo/NT Warriors hobby style RP)

This is a Reboot of sorts, see if I can regain some interest in this 5 months after the original.

Here is is the intro and part of the rules Page

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....booting....
....VRBattleBots Inroduction programme.....Begin.


Welcome, I'm VINA, I'll be your guide into the world of VR battlebots.
In 2076, the technology in Virtual Reality made its latest breakthrough, portable VR devices which allow you to 'enter' virtual reality space at any time, the Helix-Rho company developed VRBattleBots as Video Game demo for children and teenagers but the popularity was immense, and now in 2081, after only 5 years on the market the trend has taken off, VR BattleBots is in every major gaming event and is an unnoficial national sport.

But what is VR-BattleBots?

VRBattleBots is a competitive fighting game, where you are assigned a single robot to do battle against other players and their robots for rank,.You control your robot through your VR interface which loads up when you enter a battle, but you can also activate on your own for training. This is all controlled through you Portable Virtual Reality Device, the 'Battlewatch'

Once you recieve your battle watch you will be able to create your robot ID, this will allow one robot to be assigned to you and you will build it in the startup interface, there are variety of options to customise your robo, but we will cover that later. Once your robot is built, you will be assigned a rank (usually E) and you can begin competing straight away. Depending on who you battle against, the outcome of each match will determine your BattlePoints and Rank (covered later).
Each Robot Starts with 1000 HP at the beginning of each match and using your skills and weapons you are to try and reduce your enemy's HP to zero. There may also be hazards in cetrain VR stage arenas or special match types but more on that later.

Enjoy your new BattleWatch and VR BattleBot Program!
.......End Introduction......
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Building Your Battlebot
For beginners, the battle bot that will assigned to you when you first boot up your battlewatch will be RANK E.
RANK E battle bots have 25 points to spend on each of their categories but each category must have at least on point, the is no upper limit to how much you can spen in each field.
CATEGORIES:
Body: This is your bot's physical strength, navigating certain arenas, grappling other bots and using melee weapons is all dependent on this very stat, though this effects throw distance it doesnt effect accuracy.
Manoeuvrability: this effects speed and agility on the ground, (above average speed should allow you to out manuver projectiles at a FAIR distance:)
Thrusters: effects your bot's level of boosting, gliding and flying, at low levels the bot will only be able to boost dash, but higher will be able to hover, glide, and then fly at the higher levels. The length of time you can keep your boosters on is dependent on your energy.
Energy: using any weapon that isnt stock basic requires a level of energy, to be used, at lower levels, the consitentcy of thruster use and weapon attacks becomes more sparse and less available, your bots energy will always gather back eventually but at much slower levels, think of it as the robots stamina.
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After choosing your robot's stats you will have 4 spaces for equipment, (note:some bigger weapons take up more than one space) you can use these however you like to pick weapons and armour upgrades, your robot, can carry up to 2 weapons (in class E) and can have as many body upgrades as you want, but note, your robot can still fight without weapons.If you manage to obtain more, equipment in the future you may swap them out before each battle. Here is the Starter List for Rank E Bots (choose up to 4)

EQUIPMENT LIST
(Weapons)
Sword: Basic melee weapon that is wielded in one hand, medium reach medium speed and uses no energy to swing. (NE)
Dagger: Basic Melee weapon that is similar to the sword but is shorter and faster,it deals less damage but can combo hit with a second hand weapon.(NE)
Mace: Melee weapon that is slower then the sword has a shorter reach and does the same damage, it has guard breaking qualities. (NE)
Lance: slower to wield then the sword but longer and more damaging. uses small amount of energy to wield.
Spear: Longer then the sword but shorter then the lance, does same damage as sword requires no energy to swing.(NE)
Battle Axe: Same length as the spear and does heavy damage, requires two hands and takes up 2 equipment slots, requires small amount of energy to swing.
Saber: Similar to the sword but is faster and has guard breaking qualities requires small amount of energy to swing.
Halbred: Stronger then the lance but the same length as the spear. weaker then the battle axe, has guard breaking requires two hands and takes up two slots. (NE)
Gauntlets: Improve hand to hand abilites to be stronger then the sword and fast as the dagger, take up 2 slots and require no energy to use. (NE)
Shield: Offers meduim protection against melee weapons and minor protection against projectiles, does very little damage (NE)
Buckler: Offers less protection against melee weapons and none against projectiles but can be used to counter attacks (NE)
Energy Shield: Offers minor protection against melee weapons and medium protection against projectiles, requires small amount of energy to use.
Barrier: Offers major protection against melee weapons and medium protection against projectiles, requires moderate amount of energy to use.

Gun Arm: Basic Projectile medium speed with meduim damage single shot. requires very small amount of energy to use.
Pistol: weaker then the Gun Arm, but faster projectile speed , when twinned with another pistol allows combo shooting, requires small amount of energy to use.
Cannon: Much stronger then the gun arm, with slower speed requires moderate energy to use, single shot.
Twin Barrel: weaker then the gun arm with same speed, has double shot function requires small amount of energy to use.
Rifle: stronger then the gun-arm with a much faster projectile speed, accurate and longer distances requires two slots,can be carried with another weapon,small energy use.
Super Gun Arm: Stronger then the Gun arm with the same speed, has charge shot capabilites, which use more energy based on how much is being charged.
Harpoon: Weaker then the gun arm and slower speed, can be used to catch and reel enemies in, no energy use (NE)
Bazooka: Very Powerful weapon, with above medium speed, requires 2 slots and two hands to use, moderate amount of energy to use.
Gatling Arm: Rapid fire weapon, weaker then pistol but with same projectile speed. uses small amount of energy to use.
Shotgun: Very powerful at close range, weak at long range above medium speed, required moderate amount of energy to use.

(Body Upgrades)

Plating: Offers higher level of armour against all attacks (reducing hitpoint damage) uses 1 slot.
Martial Arts Chip: Improves your bots hand to hand attacks and allows guarding without weapons. 1 slot
Improved sensors: Improves accuracy with all projectiles. 1 slot
Power Plating: Improves armour and adds a point to your body category (only while this is equipped) 3 slots
Coolant: requires slightly less energy to be used when using melee weapons. 1 slot
Power Legs: adds a point to your manoeuvrability category (only while equipped) 2 slots
Booster Tackle: Gives your robo the ability to use its thrusters for a full body charge attack. (power depends on thruster and body categories) 1 slot
Hard Plating: Stonger defense then the regular plating. uses 2 slots
Swordplay: Allows your robot to block attacks using melee weapons (effecincy of the block depends on the weapons) 2 slots
Spirit Beam: Allows you robo to use a powerful beam attack in battle very high use of energy 1 slot.
Lighter Parts: Adds one point to manuverability and thrusters categories. 3 slots
Perfect Riposte: Allows one perfect counter per battle 1 slot
Jamming device: deactivates all projectiles (including your bot's) for 20 seconds can be used once per battle. 1 slot
Beserker: Doubles damage with melee weapons but doubles damage you receive from projectiles. 1 slot
Teleport: Allows your bot to instantly teleport to anywhere in the arena once per battle. 1 slot
Kevlar: You take slightly less damage from projectiles and much less from hand to hand attacks. 1 slot
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PLOT
Now that you have your BattleBot All ready to go, you will be enrolling at the Toshira Acadamy for VR-Battlers to hone their skills and join a VR Team to compete in regional tournaments, this is also where you can increase your rank and earn new parts for your bots to use. The World of VR-BattleBots is about to unfold, we just need to know which team you will be joining.
Teams you ask? well there are 3 teams available to join for new students when you arrive after you pick them you can learn more about them and remember you can always leave a team after joining but not before taking a penalty test, which we will cover later.
So, Pick one?
1.Iron Angels
2.Red Falcons
3.Cool Rangers

And lets get started.....
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Character Sheets
This will be in two parts, one for your player, the other for your Bot.
PLAYER:

Name: ( Full)
Age: (16-24)
Height:
Weight:
Apperance: (picture or description)
Background:(paragraph)
Team: (the one you choose from the 3 options)

BATTLEBOT

Name:
Apperance:(any robot pictures will do, no particular style of robot required)
Categories:(numbers of points you put in each_
-Body:
-Thrusters
-Manuverablity
-Energy
Equipment:(list them here, Weapons and Upgrades)
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Start making CS, I will explain the rules of battle soon.

Arena Battlegrounds 2.0

Name: Midnight Cemetary

Size: 2 square miles of cemetery surrounded buy an endless forest.

Properties: 2 Large 15 foot mausoleums in the centre of the cemetery, which are made of enchanted stone which makes them nigh indestructible. The whole arena is permanently night time, with very low visibility, save for a few spooky trees dotted around the place with old lanterns hanging around. The lanterns burn with holy fire to ward off demons and evil spirits. Also has many tomb stones which are durable enough to take cover behind.

Player Capacity: up to 4 players is optimum

Description :

Flavour Text:: Coming Soon

2 v 2 team battle?

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Schradinger said
Um, that doesn't actually answer the question, which was about strength and agility.

In the suit he can press about 3 tons maximum effort, and his agility and balance is superhuman in the suit, think prince of persia free running but about 4 times the jump distance and speed.

2 v 2 team battle?

Lol the ninja armour makes him tough enough to withstand high impact and its bullet proof plating covers his vitals, he's tough enough to a tier 4 level to be competetive.

and thanks drall, i think i have an unfair prejudice against devils and demons, early in my roleplaying days a lot RPers were on the Devil May Cry hype and I had to deal with a lot of : U CANT KILL A DEMON, WHEN THEY DIE THEY GO TO HELL AND THATS WHERE THEY LIVE SO THEY COME STRAIGHT BACK!

I shouldnt be thinking the same of you or any other demons. I apologise.

You ready Vordak?

2 v 2 team battle?

drallinix said
Adrians in here to kick it up!

I like your character a lot, but as a devil lord, Im not sure how vunerable he is to conventional weapons, does he have a weakness?