If you could save one game from an inferno which would it be?

I had to ponder this question for a long time and i could only come up with a short list as just deciding on one would be beyond difficult, i may leave a few in the building until they're burnt a little bit and then run back in and save them risking my own life and sustaining third degree burns - it would be a miserable life but i could play the two games i saved to make me feel better during recovery.

Okay so the list would probably be (and this wasn't easy) :

Saved from the inferno - totally unburnt:

1)Okami (PS2) - amazing game and extremely under-rated and ignored on release proving that alot of gamers are actually fools who couldn't recognise a classic if it bit their mangy faces off. Issun swiftly rose to being my hero because of his gung-ho attitude and love of the female anatomy. I could also relate to the wolf as well and his overly aggressive attitude toward pretty much anyone. An absolute gem of a game that's deceptively deep and a treat from start to finish.


Okami has a special place in my heart as a game that was superb but sold pretty much zero units on the PS2 depsite being lauded by most gaming journalists. It's also the only game that i've played where you fight a fox.

2) FFX (PS2) - i've played all of the FF's and only really this one and FF7 stand out as gaming masterpieces for me. The amount of depth involved is mind boggling when you look at the full scale of the ability grid and realise you can fill it for every character. Probably the most emotional game i've played in terms of character interaction and story, Lulu, Auron and Tidus will always be memorable protaganists for me. I think i clocked up around 140hrs on it in the end but that was without doing everything which is a shame because i'm usually a completionist especially when it comes to RPG's.
Who could forget trying to dodge lightning bolts with Lulu? Classic.


Tragically this man believes he is Auron and his life has suffered because of it. Unemployed and now single, he loiters around train stations picking up change.
(It is a sweet effort at Cosplay though, fair play to him.)

3) FF7 (PS1) - the other FF game that blew my mind and probably the longest stint i've ever played on one game. At the time, the scope and longeveity of FF7 was unheard of and i remember travelling 40 miles to get my copy and actually being genuinely excited. Sephiroth is easily the best villain of any game and the killing of Aeris came as a shock to pretty much anyone thats played the game. When i played this game for the first time i actually couldn't believe it, it was probably the most amazing game i'd ever played in my life. Incredible even now, a true game that stands the test of time - i could quite happily play it right now.


Probably the first RPG of true epic scale it also had the most varied cast i've ever seen. From a tattooed big cat, to a stuffed toy with a small cat riding it to a surly black man with a gun for a hand. FFVII was a joy.

4) Shadow Hearts (PS2) - this has got to be up there with my favourite RPG of all time, along with FF7 and Shadow Hearts Covenant (which is arguably better than Shadow Hearts but it's a sequel). It took me ages to unlock all the different devil forms and it's the only game i've ever played which has its tongue so firmly in its cheek that it verges on a Japanese version of a Carry On film. It covers so many different aspects of mythology and magic and the world it created was instantly captivating to me - summoners, exorcists, spies - ShadowHearts pretty much covers it all. I played A New World about a year ago and although it was the weaker of the trilogy it was still a thoroughly enjoyable gaming experience.


Shadowhearts is still one of my favourite RPG's to date. It dealt with one boys struggle to get to grips with his inner demons and also dealt with the more sinister preoccupation of looking up girls skirts. Amazing.

Games that could burn abit but that i would go in to get after i'd saved the above 4:

1) Terranigma (SNES) - Along with the Zelda series and Phantasy Star this game got me into RPG's at quite a young age. If i remember correctly it was released by Enix - obviously before they joined with Square to form Square Enix. I can't remember that much about it but i remember the story was amazing and it used Mode7 really well. I actually still own it in pretty much mint condition and i'v been told that it's worth quite a bit now.


I found this on Google although i'm fairly sure it was in the game. You can guarantee that if it was then i was sat there, agape, staring at the screen in wonderment and unable to fathom what the future of gaming would hold.

2) Halo (XBox) - The best shooter i've ever played along with The Darkness but for different reasons. At the time Halo ruled my life, i played it through many times and then played it through again on co-op mode - even a few years ago the addition of a co-op mode on any game was pretty much unheard of so this was an amazing innovation that we all took advantage of. There has never been a finer weapon in any shooter than the marine pistol and Halo 2 suffered immeasurably with the omission of the pistol.
Even though it wasn't technically an online game we still managed to get it online with a bunch of other global, like minded gamers and proceeded to become embroiled in the addiction of playing Blood Gulch or Hang 'Em High - an online experience that i don't think has ever been recreated for me. For me the series seriously waned with the second one and peaked again only slightly with Halo 3.


A screenshot from the original Halo - the finest of the series. Just looking at the picture now makes me teary-eyed. If i'm not mistaken a plasma grenade has just detonated off screen and the player is shooting someone with an assault rifle. The level looks to be Blood Gulch and in the distance is a Warthog. That's right. A Warthog.

I was straining to think of a game whilst writing this list but couldn't think of it for the life of me. It was an RPG, probably on the PC, and in it you woke up not remembering anything. You were made of a collection of parts and i remember the character being gray - the world was really dark as well, almost cyber-punk in design. I seem to remember at one point in the game the character reaches inside himself and pulls out an important item but i can't remember the bloody name!! I loved it though. I think you had to find the characters body parts???
Anyone have any ideas?