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: #36

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#36 - Tombi!

Released: 1997
Genre: Platformer

Rating: **** stars

Best Moment: Simply finding new quests and completing them, they're all fun in different ways.

Tombi! is perhaps more well known as Tomba! in the US, but either way it never got as popular as it deserved to be. The game was met with critical acclaim, but sold poorly, and then they took their chances on a sequel, which too got critical acclaim but sold even worse. Eventually the company disbanded and the game has been largely forgotten about. To the point that if you want to buy this game now, good luck, as you'll be lucky to find it for under £100 it's that rare.

But it was a GREAT game. I confess, I never did finish it, but what I did play of it I absolutely loved. This was possibly the first game I played that allowed you to do quests that unlocked further quests to then do even more quests. You know, like Elder Scrolls Skyrim and other RPG games? The difference being this is a platformer, and it was 1997, and not many games had done this with this style of game before. It's a truly unique platformer and the quests were all very well done and the game really did deserve far more attention than it got. I'd suggest you buy it but as I said, it's so expensive to buy now, so good luck!

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