Re: 20 Day Video Game Challenge - Day 17: Favorite genre
Favorite Genre
Sandbox games, especially those that let me mod them. Already mentioned them plenty of times in this thread heh.
I keep the questions I missed short and simple
Favorite OSTs
1. Rayman Legends / Origins
2. Persona 3 and 4
3. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
4. Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2
5. Mario Strikers Charged
This one was tough. There's also Super Mario 3D World, Mario Kart 8, DDR Mario Mix, Beetle Adventure Racing, Diddy Kong Racing, Donkey Kong 64, and Banjo Kazooie. I love musics in general so I'd have plenty of soundtracks I enjoy a bunch.
Games that no one talks about
Singularity is one game I could think of instantly. It's a game that Activision had published. Yes that's right, Activision. It's not exactly a game they'd publish since it it's not something that can be exploited to make massive profits off of as opposed to Call of Duty's multiplayer, Overwatch's lootboxes, or being part of the music game fad like the Guitar Hero series. This was still back in 2010, when Activision would still publish titles that would make profits but wouldn't maximize profits like Blur or Doom 3. Unfortunately, the game "failed to meet expectations" (as usual for triple AAA companies) and it felt like Activision never really wanted to do anything with the game, it having faced troubled development and Activision almost scrapping the game altogether. And then, barely anyone has heard of the game and it really only came to my attention after Glowsquid has talked to me about a weirdo Soviet Russia shooty game on sale on Steam, and even he hasn't played the game at the time he informed me of it.
Anyway, the game was published by Raven Software, famous for their Quake and work on the Wolfenstein series, and it's their last IP before they were moved to exclusively to Call of Duty. Now the 2009 Wolfenstein game has its own story to tell, but I'll just focus on Singularity. It plays like a first person shooter game where you kill zombified creatures in a stereotypical Soviet Russia-like setting, and some parts of it were clearly inspired by Half-Life 2 and Bioshock. What sets it apart is the time manipulation gimmick and I think that's a really funny thing to toy with as you can age your enemies to dust and repair old things as if they're brand spanking new again. It's not too 100% innovative as again, the gimmick feels like Half-Life's gravity guns and Bioshock's...EVE I think that's what it's called, but the game itself is still very well-designed and still a unique experience so that you'll have fun with it.