My Top 5 Video Games of All Time

For my first post on TekSocial, I thought I'd start with, as the title says, my top video games of all time. This is quite a tight top five, and I'm sure you'll all have very different opinions:

5)Medal of Honor-This might be quite a surprise, but I actually prefer it to Call of Duty. Partly because the first game I got for PSP was Medal of Honor heroes, which was a great game, but also because of it's simplicity. It's all based on real life events, whereas some Call of Duty (Modern Warfare) is futuristic which I am not too keen on. That's not to say Call of Duty is a bad game, but it just didn't get into my top five, as I didn't want two shoot em' up type games.

4)Forza Motorsport-Again this might be surprising. I recently ordered a second-hand original Xbox off amazon and thus I could finally got to play Forza. I was a big Gran Turismo fan before I played Forza. Now I prefer the latter. GT might have way more cars, but what really did it for me was how much more fun the career mode was on Forza than on GT. You can completely customise your cars (paint jobs, decals etc...) which was not a feature on GT4. The cars are a lot cheaper and it's just generally more fun. And, as far as I know, Forza was the first driving game to give you the lines on the track to tell you when to brake, which GT4 didn't have.

3)Lara Croft Tomb Raider-The ultimate adventure game. It's a classic. There have been 10 in the series, soon 11 and it really was one of the first adventure games for any console. The blend of genres this game offers is also quite remarkable: it is shoot em up', fantasy and adventure and it was arguably the first game of it's kind. Finally for me, the great thing is that the story line is actually plausible. You could imagine that in some far away hidden place you could find some hugely powerful sword or some special stone.

2)Mario Kart-Why not the original Super Mario? I honestly think that Mario Kart is more enjoyable. I like driving games, and Mario Kart was the first game I got for my first Gameboy Advance, so it really is a game that's quite special to me. Whether it be throwing a banana skin at Peach or crashing into someone with Bowser, it's always fun. And the latest Wii version is equally as good as all the previous versions, which is very promising.

1)Football Manager-Now, a lot of people will not know about this game. I don't think it's super popular in the States, but if you're a football (soccer) fan, it's a must. The game allows you to take charge of almost any football team in the world and manage them to glory. You are responsible for the wages, the transfers in and out, the tactics, basically everything. And trust me, when you start playing it, you won't want to stop. It's addictive and very very infuriating at times, so be warned. But when you win or are successful, it is really rewarding and satisfying: you feel like a real manager. It really is quite hard to explain the absolute brilliance and genius of this game, I seriously recommend getting a second hand copy of amazon, whether it be an old version or the latest version. I personally like the old version, which has a 2D match engine vs the new versions which have 3D match engines. The latter requires a super good graphics card and the 3D engine feature does not really make a super big difference.

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