My Top 50 Favourite Playstation 1 Games: #25

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Before I reveal what #25 is, let's recap the games between #50 and #26...

• #50 Spiderman ***1/2
• #49 Sled Storm ***1/2
• #48 Brunswick Circuit Pro Bowling 2 ***1/2
• #47 Kula World ***1/2
• #46 Destruction Derby ***3/4
• #45 Hogs of War ***3/4
• #44 Tekken ***3/4
• #43 Team Buddies ***3/4
• #42 Psychic Force 2 ***3/4
• #41 Crash Bash ***3/4
• #40 Lego Racers ***3/4
• #39 Bust a Move 2 ***3/4
• #38 MediEvil ***3/4
• #37 Tekken 2 ***3/4
• #36 Tombi! ****
• #35 Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver ****
• #34 WWF War Zone ****
• #33 Wu-Tang: Taste the Pain ****
• #32 Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee ****
• #31 Driver ****
• #30 Soul Blade ****
• #29 Parasite Eve II ****
• #28 Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring ****
• #27 Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko ****
• #26 Rage Racer ****

Okay then! So, what will start off the Top 25? Well it's none other than...

#25 - Street Fighter EX2 Plus

Released: 1999
Genre: Fighting
Rating: ****1/4 stars

Best Moment: Getting your ass handed to you by Bison II - he's nearly indestructible!

Street Fighter isn't my natural fighting game but it's one that I have played over the years. I do prefer Tekken and even Mortal Kombat, but the SF games are tremendous too. I never did play Street Fighter 3, instead I played Street Fighter EX2 Plus. It's a spinoff of the main SF games and for some reason I just loved playing this. I loved playing as Sagat, he was always my go-to character, where as back in the original Street Fighter II days I was always Ryu. I love the Super Combos you can do in the SFEX2+ game, and for me that's what makes this game stand out well against the many, MANY other SF games. But also, going against the secret Bison II boss is an awesome moment, even if it's ridiculously hard to even give him a good fight, nevermind actually beating him! Apparently you can unlock him in SFEX3, although I never did play that entry in the series. Anyway, if you're looking for a good Street Fighter game on the original Playstation, in my opinion, this is the best.

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My Top 50 Favourite Playstation 1 Games: #29

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#29 - Parasite Eve II

Released: 1999
Genre: Horror
Rating: **** stars

Best Moment: Just the combination of RPG and Survival Horror genres. The monsters are pretty messed up too!

Parasite Eve II was a gem of a game. At the time of release, it was given good reviews, in fact both the first two PE games were. I only did play the second one though. They released a third one a few years ago but that had mixed reviews.

The games have largely been forgotten, which is a damn shame. Squaresoft (now Square Enix) did a great job of creating a pretty damn messed up Survival Horror game with RPG elements, and, at the time, the concept was unprecedented. Clearly Squaresoft, the King of RPGs in the nineties, wanted to get in on the Survival Horror genre that was starting to really establish itself with Resident Evil and Silent Hill games coming out at the time, and their RPG spin on the genre was really good. It's such a shame that they don't get the attention they deserve. If you're ever wanting to play an alternative horror game of this era, give this a go, you won't regret it.

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