meme: 'about you', video games edition

[sideways]

Found this floating about the interwebs and it seems like a decent catalogue! I attempted to avoid doubles as much as I could, haha.

1) Favourite game of all time:

Hm. Three-way tie between Fallout: New Vegas, Mass Effect 2, and INSIDE.

2) Favourite series:

It's gotta be Mass Effect.

3) Best soundtrack:

Halo 4. Don't @ me.

4) Favourite protagonist:

I'm going to cheat and nominate the deuteragonists of Tales from the Borderlands, Rhys and Fiona, because I enjoy them both very much. Also this question is making me realise how few games I play with set protagonists.

5) Favourite villain:

Kerrigan probably doesn't count since she's not really a villain in the game itself. The Sunken from Oxenfree were very compelling antagonists?

6) Best story:

The Last of Us feels like a bit of a cheater's answer in some ways - it's not the most unique story, but it's exceptionally well-told. I would otherwise nominate Sunless Sea and A House of Many Doors, which couch their story story in the worldbuilding in such a way that you have to fight to get it to unfold, but get to enjoy a feeling of real revelation for the effort.

7) Have not played but want to:

My wishlist is... enormous.

8) Game you love, but everyone hates:

Mass Effect 3 was fairly polarising, to say the least, but I landed on the side of having a pretty good time! Sure, they ended up promising more than could really be delivered and aspects of the story / individual characters were shafted as a result; I still found most of my pressing emotional needs were satisfactorily addressed.

9) Game you hate but everyone loves:

I wouldn't say I hate Fallout 4, but I do sneer at it when we're in the same room.

10) Best art style:

Gris is the prettiest game I have ever played.

11) Favourite ending:

INSIDE. What the hell was that.

12) Favourite boss fight:

I honestly can't think of any single boss fight off the top of my head, but Halo and Destiny were generally full of quality experiences for epic throwdowns. Oh, and fighting a Reaper on foot. I did love that whole sequence.

13) Childhood game:

StarCraft!

14) Relaxing game:

Journey is a very soothing experience overall.

15) Stressful game:

S O M A jgfhsgjhg.

16) Game you always come back to:

Pokemon: HeartGold is my comfort food equivalent.

17) Guilty pleasure:

Wayhaven Chronicles >>

18) Tons of hours played:

Ah, yon Mass Effect...

Comments

[bemused_writer]

You've listed so many of my favorite games here! I love SOMA, Mass Effect, and INSIDE. Ahh, they are so good... I think I'll have to do this Q&A as well. Looks like fun!

Also, a fellow StarCraft fan! I also grew up with the game. (^^)

[sideways]

I always think of SOMA, INSIDE, and Oxenfree as clumping together into a sort of spooky + existential dread collective vibe. And a most excellent vibe it is :)

Whoo StarCraft! Which was your favourite species to play?

[bemused_writer]

A very excellent vibe! I think I own Oxenfree, but still need to get around to that one.

I loved playing the Zerg as a kid. Loved how creepy they were. :D

[weirderwest]

the sentiment that fallout 4 is loved by others is........ so funny because everyone i know is mad at it in the way where they still played it but like. begrudgingly.

also! i will play wayhaven at some point, i keep meaning to and putting it off 😔😔

[sideways]

That's because everyone you know is an FNV stan (myself included) u_u I figure it still counts because it's all critically acclaimed and whatnot.

It took me a few cracks at Wayhaven to find a route that worked for me, and it's very... well, urban fantasy... but I do have to admire the effort the writer has gone to in weaving choices in! Fallen Hero: Rebirth had the stronger narrative imo, but it doesn't look like the writer's going to put out any further stories, boo :/