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My favorite PC game is Battlefield 1942. My own father is the owning of the number 1 battlefield 1942 server on the planet, so naturally I play a lot. I was an admin, but got the admin rights taken away cause of shit grades, but I will get them back. Anyway, I just wanted to know what everyone else's favorite PC game is. I expect a lot of people to say CS:S, Rise of Nations, or World of Warcraft.

PS. the name of the battlefield1942 server my dad owns is
Wagoogee's Mostly Omaha v1.6 in case you play and ever want to visit it.

Either Vietcong: Game, or Call of Duty.

Oh how I wish my PC didnt suck so that I could play Battlefield 2, it does however so I am stuck waiting around till November for the Xbox version.

Civ II. Greatest strategy game of all time.

Master of Orion II: Battle at Antares....it's old, but I get my digital power trips in all possible forms.

Otherwise it's really HARD to manipulate people on the computer, y'know?

Starcraft.

Battlefield series is a not-so-close second.

Half-Life. Renewed the whole FPS genre, brought a change to games on the whole and was altogether awesome.

Except the jumping puzzles.

Civ 3 with Conquests expansion, Age of Empires 2 with The Conquerors expansion, and Rise of Nations. Others include Pharaoh, Caesar 3, Starcraft, and Baldur's Gate 2 (with Throne of Bhaal).

Civ II. Greatest strategy game of all time.

Hmm...Empire Earth was pretty good too.

Starcraft tied with FFV.

Monkey Island 1-4.

I actually have Battlefield 2, and it kicks ass, but not nearly as much as battlefield 1942 does.

Yeah, Empire Earth was massively underrated. My enjoyment of it was somewhat mitigated when I posted a religiously offensive scenario online that got me a couple thousand downloads and two of the four serious threats on my life thus far.

Yeah, Empire Earth was massively underrated. My enjoyment of it was somewhat mitigated when I posted a religiously offensive scenario online that got me a couple thousand downloads and two of the four serious threats on my life thus far.

Where can I find it?

I actually have Battlefield 2, and it kicks ass, but not nearly as much as battlefield 1942 does.

When some mods(aka red crucible) come out, it will be better. Vanilla 1942 kinda sucked.

When some mods(aka red crucible) come out, it will be better. Vanilla 1942 kinda sucked.

The VERY first version sucked (you could glitch into anything just by walking into it), the guns sucked, and the graphics were terrible. But of course they came out with patches. You also have to find the best maps that everyone likes and play them. Omaha beach happens to be one of the best out there, and that is the home map of the Wagoogee Servers (we have 8 of them, 3 being battlefield2) Also Desert Combat Kicked ass.

We ALSO modified Omaha and Market Garden to make them a lot more balanced and a lot more fun.

Wait, PC, forgot. Scratch FFV off, and add a tie between DooM/DooM2 and Half-Life: Op4.

The VERY first version sucked (you could glitch into anything just by walking into it), the guns sucked, and the graphics were terrible. But of course they came out with patches.

Nurgh. Patches. Don't get me started...

The VERY first version sucked (you could glitch into anything just by walking into it), the guns sucked, and the graphics were terrible. But of course they came out with patches. You also have to find the best maps that everyone likes and play them. Omaha beach happens to be one of the best out there, and that is the home map of the Wagoogee Servers (we have 8 of them, 3 being battlefield2) Also Desert Combat Kicked ass.

We ALSO modified Omaha and Market Garden to make them a lot more balanced and a lot more fun.

Meh. I liked EoD, FH, SH, etc. DC was ok, but not great.

Civilization III. End of.

Homeworld

HALO, Civilization II, Star Craft, Sim City(all), Age of Empires II, Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War(nothing like designing your own Space Marine army color)

also gta 2, not 3 but 2. it has the cool old school helicopter view of gta 1 but it had alot more advanced stuff to do

Classics? Age of Empires II and Sim City 2000. Starcraft would qualify there too, until I stopped playing it about a month ago, after nearly 6 years.

Right now, World of Warcraft and Hearts of Iron 2 would have to be my favourites.

Half-Life: Sven Co-op (and Sven Co-op 2 when it comes out)

I played EverQuest for four years, I tore myself away from it a few months ago in an attempt to regain my real life. It consumes souls.

Star Control 2 and Alien Legacy. Oh, and UFO: Enemy Unknown ("XCOM: UFO Defence" in the USA.)

EDIT: Bloody hell, how in the world could I forget Fallout 2?

You might get a kick outa this but Fallout 1 is my personal favorite followed closely by Half-Life2 and Fallout Tactics.
Nothing beats a true classic.

Postal 2 was a favorite.

BF Vietnam has proven to be quite entertaining.

Yeah, Empire Earth was massively underrated. My enjoyment of it was somewhat mitigated when I posted a religiously offensive scenario online that got me a couple thousand downloads and two of the four serious threats on my life thus far.
What was offensive about it?

Anything by Paradoc studios but The Two Thrones. EU1 and Victoria are great. i'm looking to get both Hearts of Iron and EU2

Civilization III: Conquests (with my own balance mod) is my current favorite.

Non-gaming related software? Easy. Powertab!

Gallactic Civilizations series, Baldur's Gate trilogy, Heroes of Might & Magic series, Age of Wonders series, Civilization series, Morrowind series and Superpower II are all great strategy games.

Doom, hands down my favorite.
And all doom spinnoffs, sequels, and anything else related.

- Officially obsessed with Doom.

Civilization II, without question. Greatest turn-based strategy game ever.

Combat flight sim 3 and the red alert series

at the moment : Particracy (www.particracy.net) in the past Age of Empire and of course simcity 4...

My favorite was Rise of Nations, but now I don't play anymore...

Games I played quite a lot are The Settlers (also know as Serf City in the USA), Age of Empires, Civ3 and Baldur's Gate 2. Gothic (especially I) was not bad, either.
And I would have loved Etherlords2, but the AI sucked.

SMI, LR, and CMI. fans'll know what I'm talking about.

Can't pick just one...

- Star Wars KOTOR
- Monkey Island series
- Might and Magic 6-8
- Planescape: Torment
- Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
- Wizardry 8

Starcraft.

Rome Total War or The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind.

RTW is just brilliant (it has elephants and flamable pigs), Morrowind gave you a real sense of freedom and:
-you didn't have to save the island if you don't want to, you could just wander around killing random farmers and looting their houses.
-you don't get wild animals carrying gold and weapons, but you can harvest their bodies for ingredients.
-It's a huge game.
-Some of the monsters looked quite cuddly. :)

My only complaints are the under-powered magic and the 'cliff racers' (Morrowind players will know what Im talking about).

UFO: enemy unknown is simply the best PC game ever made. The only bad thing about the game I can think of is how easily you get addicted. I decided to take a break when I started to wait for the flashing red "enemy in sight"-mark to appear in my normal life.
It's really creepy to see a pair of gleaming sectoid eyes on a nighttime mission just when you don't have enough action points left to shoot.

Oh yeah, beneath a steel sky is also great! I love the twisted humour, especially when you have to sell your testicles to the doctor so that he installs a schriebmann-port(the same brain-plug they copied in Matrix) in your head.

Great games....
Half-life 2 and CS:S.
Rome:TW
Civ 3
Baldur's Gate 2 (and ToB)
Darwinia (Buy it you evil people!)
Deux Ex
Commandos 2
Day of the Tentacle
Sam and Max Hit the Road
Monkey Islands
+ Others.

-you didn't have to save the island if you don't want to, you could just wander around killing random farmers and looting their houses.

Or become a vampire and start preying on people! :)

Age of Empire II, but it's a bit old and I'm waiting for the III to be realesed in September-October-November...

Well, the CIV series are number one with me, tied with Elderscrolls series (morrowind). Next come the battlefield series but I think BF2 isn't as good as Vietnam or 1942. Vietcong also comes close.

Mine are, in rough order:

--Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: I beta tested this in mid 2004 and have been playing almost nonstop ever since. I've got over 1000 online games under my belt, and I'm ridiculously badass with Space Marines. Anyone wanting to get beaten like a little bitch at DoW feel free to TM me anytime.

--Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory: Got it when it came out, stopped when I got addicted to NS, then just remembered about it a couple weeks ago and re-downloaded it. If you like shooters give it a shot: it's all multiplayer and its all free.

--Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Academy: Plot is shit, gameplay is fantastic. This game never gets old.

--Doom3: My only single player shooter at the moment aside from the not-too-often-played SP variant of Castle Wolfenstein. It has its strengths I suppose, but there are a few noticable gameplay deficiencies that I had thought ID was aware of.

GTA2. Oddball, destructive and very fun.

I'm voting for Starcraft and the Civilization games. My wife hated video games before I introduced those to her, and I've been playing Civilization since '97 (civ2 now civ3) and Starcraft since '99. What's good about them is that I can play them on my Mac and they are still as much fun as they were when they first came out. I would also like to give an honourable mention to Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. The expansion stunk but the original game was brilliant and I still think about the futuristic technology tree sometimes. Sid is still way ahead of his time (can't wait for Civ4!!!!)

Either, Lemings, Day of the Tentacle, Full Throtle, Grim Fandango, Half Life 2, Far Cry, Half Life, or Civilization 3. (oh, and Pirates!)

I don't think this applies anymore because I don't play it anymore, but, I used to absolutely love Black & White. I think because at the time it was so original.

But now, I suppose it would have to be Civ 3, Sim City 4, Rome:Total War and (slightly ashamed) Tropico. I'm sorry, but it is fantastic.

Rise Of Nations Thrones And Patriots, And.......
Age of Empires 3, well, it hasn't come out yet, but it is going to be awesome. I can smell it.

Erm, I like MMORPG's(like World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy XI, mostly the latter though). My favorite PC game of all time though? Toughie....

I guess StarCraft. I played it for HOURS upon HOURS, and when I'd beaten the campaigns I'd go over battle.net and started openin cans of whoop-ass on people. When I couldn't access the internet, I would make scenarios where I'd have about 1,000 vs 1,000 (it's possible) and have massive gore fests.

Of course, eventually I just stopped playing. New games had come, and once I had realised most of them weren't even half as good as Starcraft, I had lost my l33t sk1lz. Sure, I can still play ok, but nowhere near as good as I could before.

ANYTHING by BullFrog.

(ie Theme Hospital, Theme Park, Theme Etc... Syndicate, Syndicate Wars, Dungeon Keeper (EVIL IS GOOD!!! :-) ) DK2, Syndicate American Revolt)

Evil Genius
ANY Sid Meier Games
(ie Civ, Colonisation, Alpha Centari, Pirates! etc)

Championship Mangager 02-03 or Football Manger 2005

Or become a vampire and start preying on people! :)

I never became a vampire, werewolfing was fun though, I used it to kill people I didn't like (starting with that $^"&&£$*ing wood elf at the start of the game. :headbang: