My Top 250 Favorite Video Games (230-221)

 So, some spoilers here for the games involved, as the list goes on and I have more to say about the individual games, the spoilers will probably get heavier. This is not a list of what I consider the best video games of all time, rather, of the games that I have played, these are my favorite for a variety of reasons. So, here we go!

 230.) The Wolf Among Us (2013) - PlayStation 3

Developer: Telltale Games

Publisher: Telltale Games 

Director: Nick Herman, Dennis Lenart, Jason Latino, Martin Montgomery, Kent Mudle, Vahram Antonian



So The Wolf Among Us is based on the comic book series Fables, if you don’t know. I think I had tried Fables at one point before I played The Wolf Among Us, but it didn’t capture me, so any sort of hype I had for this game was based solely on the developer, Telltale, who were coming off the fantastic first season of The Walking Dead. My memories of the game are of the five episodes, it starts off pretty strong and it ends pretty strong, some of the middle portions were sort of plodding. Definitely interested in the sequel though!


229.) Virtua Tennis (1999) - Arcade


Developer: Sega AM3

Publisher: Sega

Director: N/A


Love a good tennis game, though I have to admit I haven’t played any of the Virtua Tennis games since this one (need to do that). Great simulation of Tennis though!


228.) Jurassic Park (1993) - Genesis


Developer: BlueSky Software

Publisher: Sega

Director: N/A



I don’t know whether or not this was a great game, but as someone who loved (and loves) Jurassic Park as an eleven year old boy at the time, this was the perfect game for me. Loved the option of playing as both Grant and the Velociraptor. I like the SNES game too, but I enjoyed the Genesis game just a bit more!


227.) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) - Wii-U


Developer: Nintendo EPD

Publisher: Nintendo

Director: Hidemaro Fujibayashi



Okay, like 2016’s Doom, I’ve dabbled a bit here and there in Breath of the Wild, but I’ve been playing so many open world games lately that I have yet to really dive in fully, but what I’ve played I have really, really enjoyed, enough to add the game here along with knowing what’s in store when I do get around to really getting into it.


226.) Soulcalibur II (2002) - PlayStation 2


Developer: Project Soul

Publisher: Namco

Director: Jin Okubo, Yoshitaka Tezuka



Really the last Soulcalibur game that I spent any real amount of time with and I feel like the reception of the series kind of dropped off after this one, kind of validating that this was the peak of the series popularity. I have more memories of the first “calibur” game, but I spent quite a bit of time playing this game with my younger sister and we both enjoyed it!

225.) Alex Kidd in Miracle World (1987) - SMS


Developer: Sega

Publisher: Sega

Director: Kotaro Hayashida



It hurts my heart a bit that Alex Kidd has been discarded in gaming history, tossed aside for Sonic and Mario. Probably because none of the rest of the games were as good as Miracle World, but for platformers of this era, this is definitely one of the better ones and the mini games of rock-scissors-paper were always fun. 


224.) San Francisco Rush: Extreme Racing (1996) - N64

Developer: Midway Games

Publisher: Midway Games

Director: Ed Logg



This and Rush 2 were slightly better games than Cruis’n, I remember long hours of the night with my friend James playing this game, the 64 and the Dreamcast were just so good at arcade ports from that era and as I’ve said before, I really enjoy arcade racers so yeah, enjoyed this game quite a bit!


223.) Epic Mickey (2010) - Wii


Developer: Junction Point Studios

Publisher: Disney Interactive Studios

Director: Warren Spector



Kind of a disappointment, in terms of seeing the original concept art of the game, what the game is and then the reception to the game. This should have been the reboot of Mickey Mouse the millennials and beyond that I think the Paul Rudish cartoons ended up being, but it seemed like a really fresh and new take on the character. It was such a good idea and it just doesn’t quite stick the landing. The game is fine, I think it’s hampered a bit by being exclusive to the Wii and I don’t think the sequel really ironed those issues out, but if you know me, I’m a huge Walt Disney, Disney, Disney Parks and Mickey Mouse fan so I almost had to love this game by proxy. As far as I know though, to this day the best accomplishment of this game was bringing Oswald the Lucky Rabbit back into the Disney fold and to this day remains the only trade of an actual real life person, Al Michaels, for a cartoon character, Oswald. Disney has kind of squandered this, but I have many critiques of modern Disney and that’s for another time. 


222.) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) - PlayStation 2


Developer: Stormfront Studios 

Publisher: EA Games

Director: Hudson Piehl



LOL those graphics though, the game in my mind is amazing looking and, well, it’s fine for a PS2 game, but I can think of better looking games. I’m all in on Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy (The Hobbit movies, I don’t hate, but are clearly inferior to the LotR trilogy) and for the time, this was a great game. Would be interested in seeing if it’s still good.


221.) NBA Jam: On Fire Edition (2010) - PlayStation 3


Developer: EA Canada

Publisher: EA Sports

Director: N/A



Great update to the classic game. Took forever for it to be released on the 360/PS3 I remember, but was worth the wait!

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