#1 - System Shock

And what’s probably my favorite game of all time, the original System Shock I from 1994, which BioShock was inspired by. I replay it every few years and it’s still as good as I remember.  The controls were arguably overly complicated, but it was the first true 3d game, together with Ultima Underworld from the same developer, Looking Glass Studios (by the way, Ultima Underworld is another of my favorite games, which I also have installed on my PDA, as it was re-released as a mobile app a few years ago – I recommend readers check it out, as it’s another amazing game). System Shock was one of the first games I ever played that made me realize that genuine emotion was possible to achieve in a game.