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Given the theme of this website, it seemed fitting to base my first blog post on games - video games in more particular. We had a PS2 in the household in my early years and then I had a PS4 later on. Video Games, according to me, is one of the most interactive and immersive experience you can get of a universe, a story or a character. So when I was thinking about what I should write about video-games, a 3 by 3 crossed my mind, why? thanks to all the time I spent listening to Trash Taste podcast. So here is my gaming 3X3:
I was always fascinated by why Persona 5 was so highly rated as a game, it had almost perfect scores across all platforms, but when I say the gameplay, it didn't have the best graphics, It was a turn based game, so it wasn't like fighter game when you are on your edge playing it,and even when I played it the story was pretty meh, a lot of the story was text based and grindy, So why, just why is it such a great game?
VIBES - It is one of the most stylistic game of all time. Straight from the start menu, you can feel, it's just different. From one of the best menu UI/UX design, to the stylistic rendition of Japan, to the social sim resulting in battle advantages, to all the mini side games, it is a unique experience, that made me appreciate design and artistic creativity in a time when AI slop has been taking over our lives. I would have never put 115 hours of my life into any other game. Also one of the best OSTs in a game I have seen. I have played the bank level background track while studying so many times I have lost count.
Fifa has just been a constant in my life, from playing Fifa 08 with my brother on my mother's pc in her university, to playing PES 12-14 on the ps2, deleting my brother's career mode by mistake, to buying fifa 18 for the ps4, the Alex Hunter story,to Fifa 21 and now Fifa 25 with the boys in my hostel. Institue Fifa Champion aese hi thoda bnte hain ¬‿¬
Last of Us was just pure Cinema, I have never been immersed in a world and cared about the 2 main characters as much as I have done in this. It was just 20 hours,but the details in this were soooo great. The fact that I got into it spoiler free somehow was also cherry on the top, I did not know what would happen. The Last of 2 on the other hand was memed so much both for the game and the series that I managed to get some spoilers for it(I will become a daad (-_-*)), but for the 30 or so minutes I have played it, it seems to be up there as well. It will not capture my heart as much though cause the Joel-ellie relationship in Part 1 was special.
I have never played this game, but boy have I watched every possible ending for this an unfilthy amount of times. Meta would be an understatement for this game. You will just have to play this game to understand what I mean.
The 3-d fighter of my childhood and the game through which I experienced dragon ball even before watching it, this is still better than most 3-d fighers available today. I had tons of fun while playing this with my cousins and my brother. I want to buy Sparking Zero so badly to experience this game to its full capabilities.
Another one of the ps2 classics, though this would not be the tony hawk game most people would recommend you to play. The story of how I discovered this game is very funny. As a child ofcourse, I didn't know who in the hell Tony Hawk was and I was like ehhhh I don't like this game. The store owner kept recommending it and said to my face that as a kid I would ofcourse not like the ggame form its cover as it was not shiny and all and told me to take the game and return if I wouldn't like it "bhai bache to aese hi hote nakhren maarte ek baar lejaake to dekho" was the words he said to my bhaiya to which he agreed. I was sad and cried because we didn't buy some spiderman game I think. But boy was he right. one of the most fun and absurd racing game I have seen. The number of shortcuts and the difficulty to get them makes this game so fun. The music also - top notch
This was a dream of a game. I don't think you can beat the opening sequence of this game - pure cinema. Straight from the apartment into the action with Alive playing in the background. I genuinely boot into the game sometimes just to swing around the city - just an experience you can't beat. I think till date the only game I have 100 percent completed.
The weirdest name you can imagine for a game. I did not know how cinematic this indie horror game would be when I watched(don't judge me I'll play it also someday after buying it properly) it on youtube. I have watched a LOT of indie horror games while having breakfast in my JEE days. I don't know when this became a hobby of mine, but I have watched amost all of jackcepticeye's horror game videos in that time. This and Love, Sam are 2 of my favourites. Chilla's Art and Puppet combo also has some great titles.
I am currently playing Outer Wilds, I am loving it so far, also have to finish games like last of us 2, and Arkham Knight. I also have other indie game son my list that I wanna try so maybe I'll update this list in the future. SUIIIIIII