Pac-Man Was the Peak of Using Your Imagination While Playing.

But your only means of survival was evading the Ghosts until you got a power pellet. In a way, PM was a proto-horror game that became a bit of a fantasy adventure once you could fight back. The game spawned a franchise which didn’t see any actual story until 1994’s Pac-Man 2 and 1995’s Pac-in-Time which had to get away from the maze and puzzle approach so that a story could be explored.

The First Two Episodes of Speed Racer Really Set the Pace for the Series.

However, my favorite thing in these two episodes comes in episode two where Speed explains the buttons on the Mach 5’s steering wheel and what they do. It made this car seem like a Japanese version of the Aston Martin from the James Bond films of that time. It was introduced in such a cool way in this very fast-moving series—and we would get to see these abilities in action throughout.

There’s Just Something About Ubisoft Games.

Now, some games might come off as dated if you played the recent ones but most hold up on the gameplay and storyline front bar for the story in Ghost Recon. Far Cry has gotten better with story and you can tell Ubisoft really utilizes their cultural team to make sure even the fictional location is authentic its real-world inspiration during a specific period.

The Mixed Reaction Around Assassin’s Creed III was Always Interesting.

It’s to the point that the first two games just feel clunky and stripped down when I go back to play them. The stories themselves still hold up but everything just felt dated gameplay-wise. The original plan was for it to end at ACIII but with future games focusing on Layla Hassan—and Hassan hanging around for several games—I can’t help but think that Desmond didn’t have to go out like at that point.