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Not sure if Pinball falls under the guidelines. Used to play this for days on end.

What I found sound great about The Windwaker was its magical feel, as you explored a world full of islands and strange and quirky places. It reminded me so much of the Narnia book "Voyage of the Dawn Treader" which as a kid mesmerized me along with the Hobbit.

You've basically hit it right on the head why I feel MM was better than the OoT. OoT was a groundbreaking game and does deserve its plaudits and the first half of the game is superb but what I felt let it down, was the second part as it just became one temple after another and I felt that took something away from the brilliance of the game.

+1 here. I finished that one a few times.

Actually my all time favorite has to be Command and Conquer: Generals. I've logged more hours on that game than any others... and my first video game was pong... well ok, maybe not as many hours as Pitfall, but pretty damn close.

Me as well. The quirkiness was what made it for me the most I also found the find with Gandalf one of my favorites of the Zelda series, and the process of getting up to him. There were some parts in the game that were extremely difficult, but in a good way, not in an annoying frustrating way. For example, getting the power to use the whirlpool to teleport to other islands.

Did you fill up the map as an extra thing in the game? It took me forever but I did.

It's difficult. The game that has captured my imagination more than any other is Ocarina of Time, but I do prefer Wind Waker as a game. I think Gary's Mod will always be one of my absolute favourite games as well.

They are probably my Top 3, with Ocarina taking it.

I know what you mean about paying attention...this was the first game I played that didn't treat me like an idiot. You knew as much as the protagonist and slowly pieced together what was actually going on by looking at clues. Plus, it was so mod-able that it provided hours and hours of fun with other people's games based on it. I was obsessed with the expansion packs as well (even Blue Shift). Half-Life 2 improved on every aspect in my opinion, and I can't wait for the story to be finished out with the last episode. Seriously, you wouldn't have any idea what was really going on in that game unless you paid attention to your surrounding and inferred things with clues...every NPC in the game just assumed you knew what was going down and didn't bother explaining anything at all. Just trying to find other clues to piece it all together prompted a lot of replay value.

Anyway, I'd probably have to go with Final Fantasy VI. It had the best fighting and level up system of any RPG I have played since and the story is so deep and touching that I'm surprised by its quality every time I play it through. In fact, it was so dark at times that they had to throw in comic relief just to distract you from the fact that Kefka was a genocidal maniac and really tragic **** was going down left and right. It's the only JRPG that used it to great effect, not just to throw it in just because. For that reason, it beats out VII and X, which would be close behind in my book.

Others I could still play and love it: Diablo II, Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (I don't care what you say, it's still the best), and Resident Evil 2.

Syphon Filter was my **** back all the way to the Playstation 1. I wish they would have rolled out a newer version of it for PS3.

Hell I need to play this game again one day and yes I'm pretty certain I filled the map up. BTW I think you mean Ganondorf and not Gandalf:)

When I bought my PS1 back in 98 Syphon Filter, Silent Hill and FFVII were the first games I bought. Syphon Filter was a great game and highly original in the stealth/action genre and second only to Metal Gear Solid, which I also think as one of the greatest games ever made. Syphon Filter gradually faded away over the years and its place has now been filled by the Splinter Cell series.

Anyone remember the first Dino Crisis game, another classic.

I'm a fan of that game too. I wish they made more Zelda games that had a similar look and feel.

I just realized I said gandalf and not ganondorf.

EDIT: Thanks US :P