This got me thinking about Halo: Combat Evolved on the original Xbox. It was the game that hooked my aunt. It was also a game my grandfather enjoyed watching me play at night. He’d get in his recliner and eat Oreos and drink milk and watched the game like a movie. He enjoyed the difficulty of the combat and the story. I was a young but grown man at the time. I was doing my undergrad work and when I was home with free time he loved to watch me play. He also loved Windwaker on the Gamecube. He liked to watch me solve puzzles.
That got me thinking about special games that have an impact on people. Games that are “great.”
Let’s list our top 10 “great” games. No rules. You define what makes a game “great.” For me, “great” can mean its impact on my life, its importance to the video game culture/industry, or what an elaborate work of human craftsmanship it is.
I’ll need to put thought into it. I know several games that need to be on my list. What I’ll have to think on is the rankings, or whether I want to rank them at all.
