Closure of zipper interactive. I really enjoyed the socom series and even though confrontation had its issues, I probably played at least 1k hours.
Insomniac games has delivered for me with their last few games. Loved Spider-Man and ratchet and clank definitely satisfied my nostalgia.
Have not been a fan of Bethesda’s last few titles. Including ESO and both fallouts. I love them as a company, but they have definitely under delivered.
Trevor from gta for sure. Comedic crazy and so much more. His character was so crazy but sometimes made sense that you almost start feeling like you would side with him.
Survival games. There’s a lot out right now but with a lot of bugs or sometimes over doing it. I love the genre but no one has really got it right for me yet. I can see someone making a game with the right amount of pvp and I’ve element and not too much emphasis on drinking water or such. Ark had too much grind in it with insane taming times at first just for someone to ruin it all while you were offline.
Shooters. I like shooters. From 3rd person to 1st person. I loved playing hours and hours of SOCOM games.
Loot boxes and preorder bonuses. I understand preorder bonuses as they get an idea of the demand to adjust their supply and help save money on overproduction. Skins don’t really matter to me. If I really like a series I might drop extra money for skin or such options. But ultimate editions that add some unfair advantages are .... annoying. And loot boxes/micro transactions... must I say more?
Just cause 3. The game was fun don't get me wrong, i love blowing stuff up. But it was wayyyyy too repetitive for me to attempt to finish.
GTA 3 definitely blew minds when released. I had to buy the trilogy for ps3 again for the nostalgia.
Its a tough one but GTA: San Andreas is my choice.
Simply because it was the first game that i played that seemed to have an infinite supply of mods and cheats. The game on its own was fantastic and spent alot of time playing it long after its release. When things started getting a little old the mods and cheats kept me playing for many years to come. Honorable mention: CoD MW2
I loved hearing that dice is moving away from premium editions and what not that split gaming communities in half.