I’ve been playing video games for quite a while. There are some games that hold a special place in my heart and will forever. What makes a game special to me is who you play it with and the good laughs you share. I never really played a “bad game”, just a game I didn’t like in my opinion. Today I’m going over my favorite games and a little back story to them of how they came to be and my experience with them.
There aren’t a few games I consider perfect, but Minecraft is the pinnacle of all games. It was my first experience to videogames and what a great way to start it off too. I started playing it at 8 and I still play it to this day at almost 16 years old. It’s a game where they can update it and it will never get too much, it only makes the game better and better every year. I’ve had many worlds and probably have thousands of hours into it but only a year ago after 6 years of playing the game I finally “beat the game”. There really is no end to the game, I’m mainly talking about the story aspect of it. Minecraft is a sandbox video game developed by the Swedish video game developer Mojang Studios. The game was created by Markus Notch Persson in the Java programming language. After several early private testing versions, it was first made public in May 2009 before fully releasing in November 2011, with Jens Bergensten then taking over development. Minecraft has since been ported to several other platforms and is the best-selling video game of all time, with over 238 million copies sold and nearly 140 million monthly active users as of 2021. In 2014 Mojang was purchased by Microsoft for US$2.5 billion.
I’m going to put a few games in the same paragraph because they will never beat nor contend with Minecraft. First, we have the Forza Horizon games. There are 5 to this date, with the latest edition Forza Horizon 5 being released on November 9th, 2021 for non ultimate purchasers. I haven’t been playing the franchise for so long, but I can say it’s an amazing open world racing game. The first game came out in October 23, 2012, for the Xbox 360. It is developed by Playground Games and published by Microsoft Studios. The next game which is one I probably have had the most fun in, is GTA 5. The first game I’ve played of its franchise, well because I was too young to. This game is so fun with a group of friends in the online mode. I have never played the story mode, only online. The base plot to online is you’re trying to make money either illegally or you can legally but it’s just going to take a lot of time and there’s really no fun in that. Grand Theft Auto (GTA for short) is a series of action-adventure games created by David Jones and Mike Dailly. It is primarily produced by British development house Rockstar North and published by its parent company, Rockstar Games. The first game came out in November 1997 and the latest in September 2013. Still no sign of GTA 6 after 8 years.
Finally, Fortnite battle royal. The game that revolutionized gaming as we know it. It was the first game to have the battle pass function and one of the only 100 player battle royal. Fortnite is a free to play game available on all platforms and was developed and published by epic games. It was released on September 26, 2017. It was also the first game to introduce seasons and each season being different and having a theme to them. It is currently on season 19 (or season 1 of chapter 3). There were 10 seasons in chapter 1 and 8 in chapter 2. The best season was chapter 1 season 5 in my opinion. Most seasons in chapter one was a banger. I’ve been playing since season 2 of chapter 1. I’ve stopped playing a lot of times, but I always go back to it.
I know that was a lot but there could have been more to share too. And now my honorable mentions: Zelda Breath of the Wild, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2019, Call of Duty Black Ops 3. I hope you enjoyed reading, until next time, over and out.