Hi fellas, today I was inspired and came up with a great idea for a thread. (or so I think)
Just the other day I was reflecting on what my friends' gaming tastes varied from mine and how they helped me to spice up my libraries in the long run. I will mention just the ones I remember the most. I am very grateful as I'm usually very Nintendo centric and wouldn't have checked half of the games listed if not for him.
His favorite games/franchises/companies:
Persona/Atlus - Even if haven't played the Persona games myself (I appreciate them and would love to have them on a Nintendo system for once. Yeah yeah, I could simply go for P4G on steam, but where's the fun in that?), he made me realizde that Atlus would gel with me, so I have played many titles such as Devil survivor and TMS. Cant wait for SMTV!
Valkyria Chronicles - Played a bit of the demo on his PS3 and he then went to play the full game and I was floored by the fresh idea. He gifted me the steam version and some time after I bought the deluxe edition of VC4 (the one with the pretty tank!)
Monster Hunter - He convinced me to try MH4 after having a rough time with Tri's demo. Now it is one of my favorite franchises (easily no1 from Capcom) and cant wait for Sunbreak to play as a team once again.
Vanillaware - One time I went to his house, he was playing that lovely intro from Odin Sphere an got enchanted. Of course, as soon as Muramasa was avaliable here I got the game!
Silent Hill - He owned the first two and both games are classics. At the time I had REmake and RE4 so I didnt have a thing to envy lol, but the variety was welcome.
Other games I knew about because of him:
Shadow of the Colossus - amazing game and a work of art. Nuff said.
Team Buddies - really original concept and fun. Marred by hardware limitations IMO.
Bust a groove 2 - I usually dont enjoy dancing games but man what an incredible concept. Strike is my main btw.
Neptunia franchise - weird games I must admit.
Resonance of fate - clever conceptm should have been more of those instead of 3 FF13 games lol.
Favorite Final Fantasy - 9 and I recently got to try it and it is wonderful as I expected. Where 7 failed hard to entertain me, 9 captivated from the very beginning. Hopefully whoever is in charge doesnt screw up the animated series.
What say you, famifriends? (can be an IRL or from the internet)