Loki

Might as well start this thread while the boards new =)



Whats your favourite game(s), and why? post a really small review so we know why, and so we can see if its our cup of tea.


1) System Shock 2

This game has more atmosphere then any two other games out there. Its creepy, believable, and fantistically written and scripted. MP is a bit lacking, but the incredible SP more then makes up for it. Great game.

2) Descent Freespace 2

For the first time in a space sim, this game feels like you are fighting space. HUGE capital ships fire massive beams many times the size of your ship at each other, and you seriously feel very insignificant. Apart from that, a wonderfuly written SP campaign and a great MP section makes this an all time favourite.


so whats your favourites, and why?

Reese

Diablo2
Replayability of the game is insane. Multiplayer was great before hacking but that wasn't a problem until the game was well passed its prime.

Lunar and Lunar 2
Two great stories. Not only are the games good, they also came packaged with toys and collectables

Castlevania(s)
All the 2d versons of the game are great. The 3d versions weren't great but Gameboy advance is keeping the series alive.

Honorable mentions:
Zelda
Metroid
Final Fantasy 6/7/9/tactics
Resident Evils
Silent Hills
Other great games that just aren't coming to mind right now.

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Nad Adam

RPG: Fallout
Soldier sim: Operation Flashpoint
Online: Battlefield 1942

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BubblegumTeflon

I don't play PC games much but this one guy keeps babbling about Homeworld. He always goes into detail about how 3d tactical combat is so great, it's the first game to really do it right, blah blah.

Mario

I'm old school, so I'd have to say Mike Tyson's Punchout was one fo the greatest of all time, on the PC I enjoy Diablo 2, and Simcity 2000 was great.

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rock_bottom

Quake 1 - Best level design you'll ever find in a shooter. The feel was so perfect.
Asheron's Call - Best MMORPG ever.
Tetris/<a href=http://www.tetrinet.org>Tetrinet</a> - So simple... so perfect.

yangwar

Operation Flashpoint
Ground Control

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John Henry

Civilizations I-III. So much stuff going on, such a delicate balancing act.

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Spanky Johnson

I like FPS games mostly, and my two favorites were the original Quake and the original Unreal Tournament.

Krycheck

Half-Life: The single player is still one of if not the best single player experience ever. Great story line and alot of interactivity. Lots of "Oh shit" factor too. It wasn't too "solve the puzzle" typy of SP but just a matter of staying alive.
Also has some of the best mods out. Still worth playing online despite its age.

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SysteMatiC

1. Counterstrike all the way, i am an addict
2. Diablo II
3. Gothic

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I lost many a month on Championship manager for the old amiga. Also on pc
Console wise i was hooked on castlevania.
Also thinking back i spent a whole weekend completing everything on Greatest Heavywieghts on the mega drive (sega)
Just cause Holyfield was in it and he was my hero.

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wondash

Tie Fighter
The graphics may not hold up against todays standards, but working for Darth Vader was the best!

TrollInvestigtr

No One Lives Forever 1
Deus Ex
Natural Selection (hl mod)
Thief 2
BF1942

Johnny Rotten

System Shock 1 and 2
Fallout 1 and 2
Max Payne
Deus Ex
Team Fortress Classic (HL version)
Secret of Monkey Island
Day of the Tentacle
Privateer
Heroes of Might and Magic III
Baldur's Gate (the whole series)
Roller Coaster Tycoon
Civilization II

to name a few

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Uuudar

Duck Hunt

Quadraton

Chrono Trigger.

Years later, and I still love the storyline.

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drawerfixer

Myth I: TFL

Four years and it's still my sole game that lasts.

WhoaitsZ

Final Fantasy IV (FF2 here in the us for the SNES) changed my life. that sounds corny corny but it did. I get teary eyed to this day if i hear FFj4 music!

Xenogears. so. fucking. awesome. Plotplotplo -happy sssigh-

Lunar SSSC, Baldur's gate series, FFVII of course and FFVI. Vagrant Story, Suikoden 3, the Ogre tactics series, FFT, Xenosaga........ ohmygod there are too many masterpieces. other than rpgs...

Street Fighter Alpha 3, X-Men VS SF on the Sega Saturn, Tekken 2, Metal Gear Solid, Tony Hawk series, i also thoroughly enjoyed Turok 2.... but that's been.. what. four years?

this is like 10% of the games i could spout to be on my _favorites_ list

FFIV!

Magpie0001

Tetris - I still love it.
Chrono Trigger - A few weeks Ill never get back.
Deus Ex - Close to perfect.
Street Fighter 2 (Arcade) - A revolution.
Metal Gear Solid - "Snake? SNAKE??! NoooOOOOo!!"
Yu Gi Oh (GBA) - strangely addictive.

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Mr.Deflok

Jedi Knigt II: Jedi Outcast
Splinter Cell
Metal Gear Solid 1
MYST
RiVeN
DooM 1
DooM II
Quake II
Mafia
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter

I can't choose, dear me, need a life, too many games

tiger_boy

1. Ocarina of time... never have i played a better game, especially at the end, i just wanted it to go on and on with the dark atmosphere....
2. Super Smash Bros. (Melee) i hate all other fighters execpt for this series... pure simple fun.
3. Super Metroid... downloaded the rom, it was great... beat it about 5 times.
4. Warcraft 3... best RTS i've played... i like it much better then starcraft, but thats more a personal preference..

i don't own a ps2, psx, so i'm missing out on all the really great RPGs.... i wish nintendo would re-release some of the FF and chrono trigger for GBA..

Boris37

Super Metroid, simply amazing a 16-bit game still is fun to play

for PC though any Command and Conquer games, i love 'em!

also the Total War series are some serious campaigning games

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Zesty

nhl 94'

Strelich

Operation Flashpoint

A real kick in the pants when it came out. Still play it. Sometimes a real bear and the physics are "wacky" at times, it still has me coming back.

System Shock (1)

Really state of the art in it's time. It's mix between a FPS and an RPG along with it's story element made it a favorite for me. Granted, nothing beats the howl of psionic monkeys in the sequel (a sound which haunts me even now) but it had it's own immersion in the day.

Freespace 2

I always enjoyed massive shockwaves and huge beam weapons. The game was space sim of the year, but sadly didn't sell well. Same fate for BZ1.

Battlezone

Released by Activision in 1998. Didn't sell well either, but was one of the few good takes on an old game.

Independence War

A newtonian space sim which lived up to it's "spaceship in a box" description. Hideously complex and frustrating at times, it somehow paid off to fly a ship with completely manual thrusters, a nice change from the X-Wing dynamic of space sims that preceded it.

Falcon 4

I'd say simulation, but in my mind, it still ranks as one of the best simulations of all time.

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The movies had that movie thing,
but nonsense has a welcome ring
and heroes don't come easy.

NoCure

The whole Madden Series, GTA, and Super Mario Brothers 3 on the NES

Madden Series because he ownz football games

GTA because it's simplistic in it's chaos

Super Mario Brothers 3 because it taught me that Plumbers are really really cool

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yabobo

Back when I was a little kid and didn't have to work for a living.
In the 70's 80's arcade games were everywhere. I had two favorites that I droped tons of quarters into. Could have bought a mercades by now.

# 2 was Battle Zone.... I could play for an hour on one quarter.

#1 ZAXXON... I was soooo good. could play till the power was cut off. Loved the game so much named my doberman Zaxxon.

Todays games require thought yuck

Could play the others stoned. Really stoned!

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Jeff

Secret of Monkey Island
Grim Fandango
Full Throttle
Mafia
Half-Life
Tribes
Mario Kart
All GTAs

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Zorgan

GTA 1, London, 2, 3, & Vice City - Open Ended gameplay at it's best, or you could say worst.
Tribes 2 - Big servers are best... something about 60 people fighting in tanks, fighters, bombers, and on foot is just plain fun.
Doom 1 & 2 - Classics, and they're even more fun with the mods that add in 3d models.
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind - Best open-ended RPG I've ever played. Massive, with tons of mods out to make it even bigger.
The Shining Series - Sega's best RPG series. Glad the team responsible for the last ones made the Golden Sun games for GBA.
Anything Blizzard - It's Blizzard. 'Nuff said.
Command & Conquer... yes, I even liked Tiberian Sun, oh, if only the gameplay was better thought out.... - While bugged by team balance issues, the massive armies and cool technologies of the games are why I like them.

Edito!: Adding why since we were asked to

Loki

ah yes, how could i forget the GTA series.

please folks, try to limit your selection to a few, and say why. Don't just list them =)

oane

You know, the ones you still don't mind playing every once in a while.

Mine:
Carmageddon 2.
Earth 2150.
Soldiers of Fortune.

In that order.

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DataMonkey

These are probably 4 of my all-time favorites...

Age of Mythology II
Fallout 1
Fallout 2
Total Annihilation

BBtB

Warcraft 2,Earthbound,SMRPG

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nes - contra

FunHater

Warcraft 2
Super Mario Bros. 3
Final Fantasy 3
Counterstrike
WCW vs nWo Revenge

nine

Am basing my list on what games kept me playing longer than I should (ie, weeks and months in some cases)

1. Elite

Totally enthralling. One of the first games that made you keep playing because the status actually meant something. You had to put in serious hours to get to Elite.

2. Ultima Underworld II

Came on 5 disks and this game was huge (gigantic levels). You kind of got lost in it and it was so atmospheric - even the music was kinda cool.

3. System Shock

The first game that really scared me. Sometime I didn't play at night

4. Doom I & II

What can you say - still remember installing 0.99 and thinking OMG!!

5. Colin McRae Rally II

Having owned a rally car once before this is how I get my fix now.

6. Red Alert

Just played for hours - reaslised I like war games and this was one of the first RTS games that really worked. Syndicate would be a close second to this.

Lusty Kiwi Girl

Legend of Zelda Its so fun

Antagony

Too many to list, so I'll put my favorite "classic"

Motherfucking Galaga.

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Doc_34465

Wolfinstien 3D-Because it started the whole FPS craze! And that sums all my votes towards the FPS format. ie; Quake UT

The MYST Trilogy-Call me a geek, but I realy enjoyed this collection. Even to the point where I bought the series of books and loved them.

EverQuest-I was a slave to this game for two years.

Tribes-This is more tactical than FPS, so it gets it's own vote from me.

There's more, but I won't name them all, but these are my top four.

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Mario

I agree. Greatest. Wrestling game. Ever.

I enjoy Mike Tyson's Punchout and Gauntlet Dark Legacy

On the PC I still play Diablo 2 every now and then.

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