{"id":565,"date":"2010-04-21T13:04:12","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T11:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hyperpac.de\/?page_id=565"},"modified":"2014-09-28T08:09:08","modified_gmt":"2014-09-28T06:09:08","slug":"favourite_games","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hyperpac.de\/?page_id=565","title":{"rendered":"Favourite Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8212;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This list features my all-time favourite games on different platforms. The list will be continued as soon as a new great game enters my life (or when I\u00b4ll remeber one) ;-).\u00a0 You may wonder that some games are listed on multiple platforms while others are not (though they existed on other platforms too). I only list the platforms I\u00b4ve played the game.<\/p>\n<p>The ranking categories :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PLAYING TIME &#8211; how long have I played the game (from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest))<\/li>\n<li>WOW EFFECT &#8211; how impressed have I been by the game (from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest))<\/li>\n<li>GRAPHICS &#8211; my <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">personal<\/span> visual impression (from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest))<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>OVERALL RANKING &#8211; a simple summation of the other 3 ranking categories<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A note on the GRAPHICS category. The rank given there refers to the time (and the system) the game was released on (the platform I\u00b4ve played the game). It is not comparable with today\u00b4s standards and should not be.<\/p>\n<p>The list is sorted by OVERALL RANKING but can be sorted by any column. Happy discussion !<\/p>\n<p><em>(a click on a game directs you to Wikipedia or other sources about the game)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\n<table id=\"wp-table-reloaded-id-2-no-1\" class=\"wp-table-reloaded wp-table-reloaded-id-2\">\n<thead>\n\t<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n\t\t<th class=\"column-1\">Game<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Platform \/ System<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Release<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Developer<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">Playing Time<\/th><th class=\"column-6\">WOW Effect<\/th><th class=\"column-7\">Graphics<\/th><th class=\"column-8\">Overall Rating<\/th>\n\t<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n\t<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Last_of_Us\" target=\"_blank\">The Last of Us<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">PS3<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2013<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Naughty Dog<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">27<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heavy_Rain\" target=_blank>Heavy Rain<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">PS3<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2010<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Quantic Dream<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">26<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Forza_Horizon\" target=_blank>Forza Horizon<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">XBOX 360<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2012<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Playground Games \/ Turn 10 Studios<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">8<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">25<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uncharted_2\" target=\"_blank\">Uncharted 2<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">PS3<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2009<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Naughty Dog<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">8<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">24<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-6 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rallisport_Challenge_2\" target=\"_blank\">RalliSport Challenge 2<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">XBOX<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2004<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">DICE<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">9<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">8<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">23<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-7 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GoldenEye_007\" target=_blank>Goldeneye 007<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Nintendo 64<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1997<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Rare<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">5<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">8<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">23<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-8 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Resident_Evil_%28video_game%29\" target=\"_blank\">Resident Evil<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">PSX<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1996<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Capcom<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">9<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">8<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">23<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-9 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Resident_Evil_Code:_Veronica\" target=\"_blank\">Resident Evil : Code Veronica<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Sega Dreamcast<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2000<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Nextech \/ Capcom<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">8<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">8<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">22<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-10 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grand_Theft_Auto:_The_Ballad_of_Gay_Tony\" target=\"_blank\">GTA IV The Ballad of Gay Tony<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">PC<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2009<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Rockstar<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">8<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">22<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-11 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Street_Fighter_II#Super_Street_Fighter_II_Turbo\" target=\"_blank\">Street Fighter 2 Turbo<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">SNES<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1993<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Capcom<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">8<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">21<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-12 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trials_Evolution\" target=\"_blank\">Trials Evolution<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">PC<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2012<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RedLynx \/ Ubisoft Shanghai<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">21<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-13 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Super_Mario_World\" target=\"_blank\">Super Mario World<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">SNES<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1990<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Shigeru Miyamoto \/ Nintendo<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">8<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">20<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-14 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sega_Rally_Championship\" target=\"_blank\">Sega Rally Championship<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Arcade Sega Model 2 \/ Sega Saturn<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1995 \/ 1997<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Sega \/ AM5 \/ AM3<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">20<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-15 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Velvet_Assassin\" target=_blank>Velvet Assassin<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">XBOX 360<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2009<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Replay Studios<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">19<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-16 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transport_Tycoon_Deluxe\" target=\"_blank\">Transport Tycoon Deluxe<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openttd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">PC<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1995 \/ 2004<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chris Sawyer \/ Microprose \/ OpenTTD Team &amp; The Community<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">5<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">19<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-17 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grand_Prix_2\" target=\"_blank\">Grand Prix 2<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">PC<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1996<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Geoff Crammond \/ Microprose<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">5<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">18<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-18 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sega_Rally_2\" target=\"_blank\">Sega Rally 2<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Arcade Sega Model 3 \/ Sega Dreamcast<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1998 \/ 2000<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Sega \/ AM5 \/ Smilebit<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">5<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">18<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-19 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Screamer_%28video_game%29\" target=\"_blank\">Screamer<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">PC<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1995<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Grafitti<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">17<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-20 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prisoner_of_Ice\" target=\"_blank\">Prisoner Of Ice<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">PC<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1995<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Infogrames<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">5<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">5<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">17<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-21 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tetris\" target=\"_blank\">Tetris<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Nintendo Game Boy<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1989<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Alexey Pazhitnov \/ Nintendo (license)<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">17<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-22 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Fate_of_Atlantis\" target=\"_blank\">Indiana Jones And The Fate Of Atlantis<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">PC<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1992<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Lucas Arts<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">5<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">5<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">14<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>&#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some additional blabla to the games on the list follows here :<\/p>\n<p>You may wonder why GTA IV &#8211; The Ballad of Gay Tony is on the list and the original GTA IV not. Well&#8230;I could have placed both of them on the list but I think that TBoGT is the cherry on the cake.\u00a0\u00a0 Though TBoGT is much much shorter than the original game the story is straighter and more focused on an exciting and arresting game progress. The characters are authentic and bizarre at the same time and in every second of TBoGT I was really involved in the things going on there. My final conclusion &#8211; TBoGT is the better GTA IV.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update 28.09.2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Added The Last Of Us. No explanation needed ;-). Play it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update 05.12.2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have added Trials Evolution to the list. It wasn\u00b4t an easy decision because I had to choose between Trials HD (predecessor) and Trials Evolution. Trials HD reinvented this genre and so far I played it more often than its successor. But Trials Evolution invented the really great Supercross multiplayer and so I decided to choose it for the list.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update 27.03.2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wow&#8230;it needed nearly 2 years to add a new game to my favourite games list. And the winner is: Forza Horizon. For me one of the greatest racers of all time and mainly because of its edge cutting mixture between arcade and racing simulation and for a superb car handling.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update 09.03.2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u00b4ve added Velvet Assassin and Goldeneye 007 to the list. You may know the last one, but you may be wondering about Velvet Assassin.\u00a0 It\u00b4s a stealth action game situated in the 2nd world war. It\u00b4s on the list because it has a very dark, depressing, emotional and scary atmosphere.\u00a0 Regarding the game mechanics it\u00b4s far from perfect and also definitely not the best stealth game, but the atmopshere is really really really great. One level is situated in the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Warsaw_Ghetto\" target=\"_blank\">Warsaw Ghetto<\/a> and while playing that, I really felt depressed and appalled from this gigantic crime of the nazis. By the way &#8211; not a game for children. Not at all !!!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update 28.04.2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u00b4ve added Heavy Rain and it easily gained the 1st position on the list. It\u00b4s a genre defining game and shows how much more video games can be rather than just simple entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update 13.01.2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u00b4ve changed the PLAYING TIME for Transport Tycoon Deluxe \/ Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe from a 8 rating to 10. Simply because I find myself playing OpenTTD again and again. And it\u00b4s never getting boring in some or another way. So I think this is just fair.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8212; This list features my all-time favourite games on different platforms. The list will be continued as soon as a new great game enters my life (or when I\u00b4ll remeber one) ;-).\u00a0 You may wonder that some games are listed on multiple platforms while others are not (though they existed on other platforms too). 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