Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: Nick Ferguson Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Best console games... Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 14:06:02 +0100 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 40 Message-ID: <3549C8BA.338@saqnet.co.uk> Reply-To: nickf@saqnet.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: atl4-034.publab.ed.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.03 (Win95; I) Hi all, I'm bored with technical discussions, theorising about PS 2 and bitching about Sony support/mailing lists etc!!! So, let's make a list of our top 3 games on the "now-generation" consoles ;-) (ie N64, PS and Saturn - yes, Saturn!)Try to avoid really, really new-ish stuff like RE2 unless you absolutely think it is really deserving. I mean, I was tempted but here's what I came up with... 1) Goldeneye (N64) - as a masterpiece of game design, you can't beat it. It revived the tired (IMHO) first-person shooter genre singlehandedly. More influential than you might reckon, too - look for its influence in potential megahits Metal Gear Solid (PS) and Mission Impossible (N64). Oh, and the multiplayer mode rules. If you haven't played it, you're missing out. 2) Resident Evil: Director's Cut (PS) - Heh! Only put RE:DC down because I reckon 2 is too new to go up here :-) I wasn't too keen on FFVII's fighting system - I prefer the RE style of gameplay. Beautiful graphics, atmosphere and sound. Plus, I love zombie and horror movies. Indeed, I love movies in general... and RE is the best implementation of the concept of "interactive movie" I've seen. "Director's Cut" - genius!!! 3) Virtua Fighter 2 (Saturn) - Tekken only just overtook VF II with Tekken 3 IMHO. However, VF 2 was there years earlier and the Saturn version is just...perfect. As a graphics tart, I rate VF2 over Fighters Megamix. Beat-em up perfection - a brilliantly simple control system, etc etc. Yeah - 1 for each system, I know. Cop out? I was tempted to put FFVII up, as well as Sega Rally, Mario 64, Gran Turismo, and Tomb Raider II - but in my heart of hearts these 3 are my favourite games. So sue me =) Nick "your turn" F PS Don't bother with 16-bit stuff please. I reckon the latterday "next-gen" machines have been about long enough that most people can pick 3 games on them they love!And no PC stuff either...:-)