Favorite Game Series

Epic battle in my kitchen There’s one game series that stands above all the others, to me. It’s the game series that continually redefines itself in each new game and is always willing to take risks and try new things. Final Fantasy III/VI for the Super Nintendo blew me away. I’m not sure if it was the first Final Fantasy I played – the chronological list I found suggests that Final Fantasy Mystic Quest would have been the first. But it was the first that really redefined for me how great stories and great characters could combine with great gameplay to make something truly obsessive. ...

Dragon Age: Inquisition I’ve been back and forth on this entry. Whether it should be this high on the list. Whether it should even be on this list. And yet I feel if this wasn’t on the list, I’d regret it. Because the fact is, I really enjoyed my time with the Dragon Age games. Dragon Age: Origins was my first exposure to the modern multi-character Mass Effect-style epic RPG for which Bioware was famous. I’d played Baldur’s Gate and Neverwinter Nights, but this was something special. Half a dozen different origins – entirely different opening chapters to the game depending upon the race and heritage you chose at the beginning. Elves were reviled. Mages were hated and feared. The classic RPG tropes were turned on their heads. ...