Yes, placing above games from two of the most critically series of all time comes a game from an equally, if not moreso, popular series with varying critical acclaim.
Yes, I'm talking about the gateway drug into RPGs.
Number Eight - Pokemon: Silver Version
Let's dive right in.
Please note that everything I say assumably applies to Gold as well.
So I might not be able to ramble to such an extent that I did about number nine and ten, but this title still deserves this position.
Out of the entire incredibly addicting series, this one is the most jam-packed.
And not jammed-packed with the ridiculous 500 little critters the latest iterations boast.
Silver introduced the not only the night and day cycles, but events mapped to days of the week. It was like Animal Crossing, but with a main quest and leveling up. It was the only upgrade to the series to actually feel like a sequel. Everything was upgraded so intuitively that just when you thought the gameplay of Red/Blue couldn't get anymore addicting, Silver turned it up that notch.
While the story was never anything to care about, the level design was tight and felt very intentional; as opposed to the sprawling arbitrary layouts of the newer versions.
And when you were done the main quest, not only did you still have the task of collecting all the pokemon, but now you also had the chance to return to a modified Kanto -- the setting for the first games.
So with essentially two main quests, time and date sensitive events, more pokemon (but not TOO many pokemon), an interesting world, and ridiculously addicting gameplay, Pokemon Silver claims this spot for the pure fun factor. And while its successors have only made the interface far more intuitive, Silver remains as the peak of the series.
Agree with me yet?
Tune it tomorrow for a title that's definitely critically acclaimed and loved by the few people who bought it.
Any guesses?
Feel free to leave comments agreeing or disagreeing below.
_ethan
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