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Looking at a meme featuring video game picks that I will definitely do tomorrow, but.... real question, how does anyone decide what their favourite game of all time is? Like, maybe I know? But? Is it really?
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to be real corny: i think the criteria is different for everyone
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same way people pick favorite pokemon
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: No I mean that's fair
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it could be the one you think is coolest, or the one you're most nostalgic for, or you like the lore and background best
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for me specifically psychonauts is my favorite because it's my soul distilled into game form both visually and tonally
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It does mean that "game I like but everyone else hates" is left wide open, possibly to be filled by, uh, Quest 64
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but it's tied with the horrible hobbit game from 2001 because i feel deep nostalgic glow for it
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I'm pretty sure by most criteria my favourite is Breath of Fire V: Dragon Quarter
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listen favorites are favorites
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everyone else hating it means nothing if you love it
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Quest 64 would be a legit contender for favourite in general though, I cannot even begin to explain how much that game soothes my agonies when I am having a bad time,
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It is also, objectively, not a very complicated or interesting game
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Quest 64 Original Soundtrack - Melrode
Like all I need to hear is this and my soul is soothed instantly
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a game doesn't have to be high art to be good
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people go absolutely wild for tetris
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No like this game is objectively.... a flop in a lot of ways, I would stone cold never be able to recommend it to anyone, but the monster designs and music and gameplay stick with me anyway
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I just love this extremely mediocre game
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I know mine because special interest town choo choo
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it has very many issues, but listen, i'm lov game
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I don't think I've had a game become a special interest until... fuckin. Cookie Run.
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So like.
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i mean
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that's the 2001 hobbit and i still love it
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it's aggressively mediocre and has a game-breaking glitch in laketown so until i had the internet I could never even beat it
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grips your shoulders
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it's okay to like something that is not good
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you don't have to justify why beyond 'i just like it'
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catch me with a complete lack of irony stanning a game that looks like this 
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yeah trying to pick one favorite video game is a nightmare, I think I'd have to have someone else give me specific criteria ksjdfg