Resolved Question: What console/games should I look into based on my taste?

Resolved Question: What console/games should I look into based on my taste?

I am 20 years old

However all of my life I have played oldschool games such as the following.
N64
. Turok: Dinosuar Hunter
. Doom
. Mario Kart
. Road Rash
. Super Smash Bros
. 007 Goldeney
. Mortal Kombat Trilogy [ Damn you, Shao Kahn! lol ]
Playstation
. Final Fantasy vii [#2 Favorite](The very best rpg of all time IMO)
. The Legend of Dragoon [#3 Favorite] (Right up there with FF7)
. Diablo (It has its +/-'s to the PC version)
. Worms World Party [#4 Favorite]
. Yu-Gi-Oh Forbidden Memories

Sega Genesis (I warned I was oldschool

)
. Primal Rage
. Arch Rivals
. Battle Toads
. Risk! [ My alltime Fav Board Game ]
. Valis III

Nintendo [ Yup! ]
. Final Fantasy [ #5 Favorite ]
. Renegade
. Pictionary (LOL)
. Any Super Mario Bro's (Preferrably 1 and 3)

GB and GBA
. Pokemon Red/Blue [ #6 Favorite ]
. Yu-Gi-Oh Eternal Duelist Soul

And finally... the best game ever made

diablo ii for PC!!!!

I am obsessed on this game, I wont deny it. I have played it for 5 years. I have played it online for the past 4 years now. I now have over 20 accounts , over 10 level 80+ chars, 20 level 70+ chars, and 20 LLDers (Levels 12-29 duelers)[99% of which are NON-Expansion, I hate LoD lol]. I have been in several clans and even ran my own successful clan on classic [ DoG- The Dregs of Genuflection ] for about a year.

So that being said, dii is my dream game, please consider that.

Please not that despite the several shooters listed above, I generally despise shooters. I have played Halo/2/3, Gears of War/2, and Call of Duty4/MW/MW2 and really do not enjoy playing them. Halo is a minor exception if I have several friends around to play multiplayer games, but that doesn't happen much. For the most part they are boring and lack the creative nich that I need to enjoy a game for replay value.

Anyways what does all of this lead to? well, I wanted to give a rundown of my taste in games because once I get a job in the near future I want to invest in either a PS3 or XBox 360.

I prefer psx games over 64 games so I am leaning towards the PS3.

I'm going to also note that, I have tried WoW. I don't like the graphics, I don't like the gameplay, I don't like the skill setup, I don't like everYTHING! lol

So here are my niches.
. Creativity/Customization
. Character Progress
. rpg's (Please do not suggest any newer FF games, I have played them and they make me want to cry to Nobuo Uematsu about how much I miss the old FF's) [ Note: Nobuo Uemasu is the musical composer for FF7, Crisis Core, and Advent Children].
. Skill by knowledge not by coordination/talents. In other words, I want to be good because I have learned the game through and through, not because I practiced for hours on end. Bad Example: Shooters, if your godly at one your probably godly at most of the others too. Good Example: In Diablo II, it is impossible to have inherent skill from other games. You can't just play World of Warcraft and expect to know what your doing in Diablo II.

I would love to try some rpg/Shooter Hybrids but all I have looked into were crappy Super Sci-Fi ones. Something such as Turok with character progress and rpg elements in it would be GFG!

I am really picky aint I?!
Hahaha

Well, heres a quick rundown.
. No lame point n shooters
. No FF games
. No WoW
. Creativity/Customization
. Character Progress
. Cerebral Skill (Skill by knowledge).

All of these are merely guidelines... if you think there is a Point n Shooter that I still would like, despite my opinions, by all means post it.
Additional Notes: I prefer game quality over game-play sometimes.
What I mean is... I still play Diablo 1 because of it's morbid aura. It really captivates your mind with the Music, Stories, and Dark Corridors. Diablo II lacks what D1 brought to the table aura-wise, but it's gameplay is above and way beyond that of D1's. I not only love FF7 because of it's game-play but also it's music, I still listen to (And play on guitar lol) The Nightmares Beginning, The Great Warrior, and One Winged Angel. FF7 also have the most epic and emotion seizing story line every created... it's not just a game, it's a massive epic movie played out over days of playing.

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