My Favorite Video Game: FFX

I'm the opposite of Shell and caitlyn - I didn't actually play a console game until I got to college. Before that, I stuck to free flash games online. Of those, I think my favorite was Amorphous+, a quick, cute little hack-and-slash that's easy to learn but has enough variety to last many a study break.

http://www.kongregate.com/games/innocuousGames/amorphous?acomplete=amorphous


Thanks to kind roommates and dorm community consoles, I've had a chance to play professionally produced games for the past few years. I gave up on shooters - I don't care enough about them to practice on my own, and I always get destroyed in a group setting.
Fighting games like Dead or Alive and Super Smash Brothers are fun, Rock Band and DDR definitely provided many evenings of entertainment, and I haven't had enough experience with platformer or racing games to form an opinion.

My favorite genre is RPGs, or role playing games. I like watching the stories unfold and exploring the game's fantasy world. Of these, my favorite is Final Fantasy X, a turn-based rpg with a richly developed fantasy world, admirable heroine, and an impressive story. Unlike FFXII, the plot and dialogues make me care about the characters and continue the game in order to see what happens to them. Plus, the Square production team did a great job designing Spira! The geography is otherworldly but bright (I can't stand gray "gritty" color schemes), the cutscenes are beautiful, and the culture is compelling.