One Punch Man is a new anime based on a relatively new manga by the same name. The protagonist is Saitama, a normal guy who decides to quit his day job to become a hero. After following his "extensive" training regime for three years he is now incredibly strong, often beating his opponents with a single punch. The show then follows his story of taking an apprentice and trying to join the Hero Association to be better recognized for his actions. The show is hilarious, the animation is fantastically done, and the characters are awesome. Saitama always manages to get overlooked because of his unassuming appearance and has to constantly fight just to be recognized for what he has done. The whole show is a parody on the standard super hero/anime style. If you can handle subtitles (it is not dubbed in English yet) I highly recommend this show. It's good for laughs and has some intense fighting scenes. There are only 9 episodes as of my posting this so it would not take too long to catch up (more come out every Sunday).
Here is the link to the official site: www.daisuki.net/anime/detail/ONEPUNCHMAN
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This list is in response to the list Cory posted just a couple days ago. I figured I would make my own to show how similar we are with some things (and different with others) and why Seth felt the need to mention The Witcher 3 in my bio. I will go ahead and say in advance that the further down the list I go the smaller the difference in my ratings. The top 5 were especially difficult to order. To make things easier on myself I excluded games like Runescape and World of Warcraft that are free to play or require a subscription as did Cory. Some games that are in a series are included together either because the series as a whole was fantastic or because the games play into one another. Honorable mentions: Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage, Left 4 Dead, Call of Duty 4, Bioshock, Elder Scrolls, Kingdom Hearts, and Champions of Norrath (even though I hate it) 10. Super Mario Bros 3 This is one of the first games that I ever played. As long ago as I can remember we had a NES with this game and a couple other games as well, though they were nowhere near as good. I spent forever trying to make it to the end of the game in one go because you lost all of your progress as soon as you turned it off. I can even still remember where all of the flutes are to warp you between levels. Super Mario Bros. 3 is the game that got me started on video games in the first place. 9. Star Wars Battlefront 2Though it wasn't the first shooter game I played it was the first one that I truly enjoyed. I played this game for hours on end with my brother and neighbors trying out all of the different modes, unlocking all of the upgraded guns, and playing galactic conquest. The ability to play on so many settings from the movies and as so many different powerful characters was enough to keep the game from getting boring for a long time. Battlefront was a fantastic example of what a star wars game SHOULD be, and though the new one has its merits it just is not as good. 8. Jak and Daxter One of the first 3D platformers I played, Jak and Daxter is still one of my favorite trilogies of all time. I got so invested in the characters and the world that I just couldn't wait to see what would happen next. We used to take turns trying to get further and further in the game switching off when people would die. I played all three of these games growing up and the existence of the trilogy as a downloadable game is one of the only things that make me wish I had gotten a PS4 instead. 7. Pokemon The presence of Pokemon on this list is probably a surprise to no one. Pokemon Gold Version was the first game I ever got for GameBoy and I carried it with me everywhere (thought I was absolutely terrible at the game at the time). 6. Fire Emblem I still remember the day I got this game waaay back in 2004. I had heard from a friend that it was fantastic and I hadn't gotten a new gameboy game in a while so I got my parents to take me to Toys-R-Us so that I could get it. I then proceeded to play it in the car on the way home, and for several hours afterwards until I was all the way at chapter 12. Even though I let too many of my characters die to make it through the last two chapters on my first play through I eventually went on to beat it about 6 times trying out different characters and difficulties each time. Because of how much I loved this game I eventually went on to buy all of the sequels, and even bought a 3DS specifically so I could play Awakening. 5. Halo 3 Halo 3 was the first multiplayer game that I played over the internet (minus Runescape). The first thing I did upon getting the game was play through the campaign on legendary with my brother. It took so long and we died so many times along the way. But the campaign was only a small fraction of the fun. I still remember the jump from playing locally with my friends to playing on Xbox Live once we finally got the Xbox setup with the internet. We were terrible, died a lot, and generally had no idea what we were doing. But it was still fun and the ability to go into Forge mode and make your own maps kept it entertaining for hours on end. We frequently had parties of 16 people for various custom games, of which I have logged almost 4000. 4. Age of Empires 2 A timeless RTS I still play this game with its HD version all the time against Seth, Zach, and Cory. As I grew up I went through phases of liking different factions, play styles, or units. Everything from the Persions for war elephants to the Koreans for Turtle ships have been my favorite civilization at one time or another. Regardless of what Cory says, having additional trading carts is just fine. 3. Super Smash Bros I was actually behind on this game and didn't really get into it until my freshman year of college playing Brawl with all of my hallmates. The ability to play as all of your favorite Nintendo characters (and a few outside characters) while simultaneously fighting all of your friends in over the top battles just made it so entertaining. Since then I have played the various renditions of this game countless times and I am still enamored with the Wii U version. (Marth and Ike are the best, and everyone else on this website is bad at this game, shots intentionally fired) 2. The Witcher 3 This is obviously by far the newest game on this list (minus reiterations of smash bros and pokemon which hardly count). By the time you finish reading this you'll probably understand why Seth felt the need to put it in my bio. After hearing how good the reviews were for it and how even players couldn't get enough of the game I had to try it for myself. This game is one of the reasons I got an Xbox One and man I was not let down. There is a ridiculous amount of content in this game, and yet I rarely felt overwhelmed or bored with any of it. The dialogue is superb, there are so many characters almost all of whom are very well developed, and it gets you actually caring about what happens to them all at the end of the day. The combat is nothing innovative and is not very complex, but it is not bad in and of itself either and that is the worst thing I can say about this game. This is the only game that I have beaten, and then immediately purchased the season pass to get all of the DLC because I simply wanted more of it. So yes, you should all play The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt if you get a chance. 1. Mass Effect I'm including all three games of the original trilogy for this one (but hopefully ME: Andromeda is fantastic as well). I have played through all three games twice myself, once to get through it and see the ending while probably messing up along the way and then again to get the ending I want/get ready for the next game so that I have good choices carrying over. Speaking of carry over, that was one of my favorite parts about this series. The fact that my choices would impact how I get to play the next game (though there may be some complaints as to how much they actually do) got me really invested in the world. It was fantastic seeing the characters and world evolve over the three games depending on how I led my crew. When I beat ME 3 the first time I was happy that it had been so good, but sad that it was now over.
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