MY Top 5 Last Gen Console Games

November 19th, 2007

Be advised of the key word there “MY”. I’m not saying these are the BEST games, but they are my favorite from the last gen systems of the XBox and the PS2. I’m not 11 so I didn’t have a Gamecube, which realistically was running on technology from the PS1 era. Since these games don’t really put too much of a dent in my checking accounts now this list may change as I catch up on some games I have missed. (Note: Halo was purposely left off of this list because it sucks.)

1. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (XBox, PS2, PC)

This game is by far my favorite of that generation and bought it the day it came out. Many didn’t like the story, and liked Vice City better, but they were wrong. This game had everything in it and I still play it to this day every so often. It would probably be easier to list the things you couldn’t do than list the things you can do in this game. Just an amazing game from the time when I was in high school so the music was gold.

2. Ninja Gaiden: Black (XBox)

This game is absolutely incredible. Not much of a story, but it is fun as hell. I’m not a huge “fighting” game kind of guy, but this one is pretty amazing. At first you may think the controls suck, but they added a couple of nice changes to Black, that wasn’t in the original. Even has the original Ninja Gaiden NES game as an unlockable. What more could you ask for?

3. Resident Evil 4 (Gamecube, PS2, Wii)

This game came out originally on the Gamecube, but added a few more sidegames to the PS2 version, which is the one I played. Although the enemies in this game aren’t technically zombies like the others, this one moved the series forward big time in my opinion. The great weapons that you buy and earn make this game a necessity to play many times.

4. Final Fantasy X (PS2)

This was the first game I bought for the PS2 and I have played through it quite a few times. The graphics at the time were outstanding and the story was quite solid. It is teenie storyline stuff, but pretty good regardless. “Might” say it is my favorite Final Fantasy game. Final Fantasy XII has great gameplay I like, but the story doesn’t come close to this and that is one of the main drawing points from this series. FFVII was the first I was introduced to this series and I didn’t get any of the others until later so I kind of like that game still, although many say it sucks. They suck.

5. Fable: The Lost Chapters (XBox)

This was the first game I got on XBox when i finally decided to buy one. Wasn’t sure what to expect, but this game was really fun to play, although it was too short and had terrible load times. Considering those two things it has to be a damn good game to make the list. A classic game of choice in which you can be good or evil. Makes it a must to play through as both .