NationStates Jolt Archive

Know It's Been Done A Few Times, But It's Still Fun To See What Video Games People Choose. Note That You CAN Put Video Game Series.

1. Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind + Expansion Packs + All Mods I've Downloaded (Mods Are Crazy Fun)

2. Far Cry: Instincts (Primarly For Multiplayer, Single Player Sucks, And Map Editor Is CRAZY Fun)

3. Fable (Really Well Done Good/Evil System, Unlike Other Good/Evil Games)

4. Black & White 2 (A Good/Evil Strategy Game, AMAZING! Just Tossin' 'Round Some Lil' Kiddies....)

5. Command & Conquer Series (Cinematics=Cheezy, Game Play=Incredible Fun. Multiplayer Makes It Incredibly Better, As Well)

1) Homeworld series: Introduced 3D movement and other unique elements to the RTS genre.
2) Half-Life series: Revamped the entire FPS genre.
3) Mario Bros.: Saved console gaming.
4) Guild Wars: Introduced free play per month to a front-line MMORPG.
5) Metal Gear series: Practically created and recreated the stealth action genre.

So many capitols!!!

So many capitols!!!

Random capitalization FTW!! :p

I'm not sure about the top 5 games of all time, but I suspect the Fallout series would be somewhere on my list. Apart from that... It's too hard for me to make up my mind.

So many capitols!!!
So many English lectures!!!

Anyway, my two favorite games remain to be:

1. Golden Sun 2: The Lost Ages
2. Golden Sun


Love 'em.

1)Age of Empires 2: Age of Kings- Damn, good times playing that game online.
2)The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (and Tribunal and Bloodmoon exp. packs)- Countless hours spent playing that game+mods=awesome! Can not wait for Oblivion.
3)Halo 2: Xbox live and LAN parties totally rock
4)Hearts of Iron II- Turkish troops invade Australia, Brazil annexes Japan, USA as leader of Axis? I love when the worlds fate is in my hands.
5)Battlefield 1942 and Rode to Rome exp. pack- Awesome times online as well as going over to some of my best friends houses to play it.

Half-Life
Deus Ex
Championship Manager series
Civ II
Lemmings

1. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
2. World of Warcraft
3. Halo 2
4. Civilization 4
5. Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Half-Life
Deus Ex
Championship Manager series
Civ II
Lemmings

Lemmings! Hell Yes Bitch!

Oh man I've been wanting to share my Top 5 games!

1. Hitman series (I prefer Hitman: Contracts)
2. Splinter Cell series
3. Prince of Persia series (I prefer Warrior Within)
4. Killzone series
5. Halo series

1. Team Fortress Classic

2. Legend of Zelda: A Link to The Past

3. Super Smash TV

4. Dungeon Keeper I & II (they need to bring that series back. Seriously.)

5. Populous

Halo
Metal Gear Solid
Final Fantasy 7
Resident Evil 2
Goldeneye

1)Ataris Adventure

2)World of Warcraft(here's hoping is never ends up like EverQuest)

3)EverQuest(when and if it ever worked)

rich

Digdug
Mr. Do
Centipede
Zaxon
Defender

ok, it's really simple.

Half Life (either one and 2, both are stupendously badass)
Rome: Total Realism (war is great, but realism seals the deal.)
Thief 2 (mechanists for the win)
Knights of the Old Republic.
After some internal debate, Homeworld clinches the fifth spot.

2)World of Warcraft(here's hoping is never ends up like EverQuest)

Too late. :( I had a lvl60 undead priest on Paranolde, but got burnt out on the repetition of the end game, and the lame-ass politics and posturing of elitists and uberguilds.


3)EverQuest(when and if it ever worked)

It was great in its infancy, circa 99-01, but the first expansion kicked off its decline in the wrong direction.

I am outraged that noone has mentioned Fallout 1 & 2!

Well, maybe not outraged, but I felt they needed mentioning, and now they have been mentioned.

<snip>

5. Populous

I absolutely love that game

anyway in no particular order:
POP series (the two thrones is so cool)
Guild wars
AOE series
Snake (soo addictive)
Dungeon Siege

Chrono Trigger
Final Fantasy 7
WoW
Fire Emblem
Orge Battle

Anyone here still play TFC by any chance?

Ok, this will date me, but here goes...


1. Heroes of Might and Magic III
2. Master of Orion II
3. Starcraft
4. Pool of Radiance
5. Star Control II (talk about ancient)

this list is unranked:

Myst series (at least through exile)
TES3: Morrowind (wish I could find the expansion packs.)
Civilization (at least 2,3 and Alpha Centarii)
Missle command (the classic version.)
Tetris

These are unranked, just because I can't be bothered to rank them.

Halo series - if I did rank, this would probably be top. (Spin offs and tie in included :D)

Civilisation series. Awesomeness in a box.

KOTOR series - Would've been a serious contender for top spot (anyone looking forward to 3?)

Total War - only played Medieval and Viking Invasion, but they kick arse, and the others, from what I hear, are just as good.

Baldur's Gate - 1 and 2, and also most of the Forgotten Realms games. They rawk.

1. Hitman series (I prefer Hitman: Contracts)

I think the original Hitman is the best. The storyline's great, and the end is damn cool. Killing yourself 10 times with a minigun...I don't think any game has a better ending than that.

1.HALO 2
2.Call of Duty
3.Puzzle Pirates
4.Star Wars Battlefronts II
5.Star Wars Battlefronts
:mp5: :mp5: :sniper:
I like shooters! lol

Halo Series
MarioBros
Sim City Series (I Play hours among Hours of SC4 Each Day)
Madden Series
Sonic The Hedgehog

1. Final Fantasy 7
2. Dark Age of Camelot
3. FEAR
4. Silent Hill
5. Valkyrie Profile

This is just off the top of my head. I'm sure the second I hit post I'll think of something.

wow suxX0rs

Halo
Final Fantasy
Red Alert series
Splinter Cell series

1. Commandos 2
2. Call of Duty, United Offensive
3. Halo 2 (the multi-player is insane)
4. Age of Empires 2, conqueror's expansion
5. Commandos 3

KOTOR series - Would've been a serious contender for top spot (anyone looking forward to 3?)



God yes I am! I spent all last Christmas Break playing KOTOR 2 on my xbox- and what a wonderful christmas break it was!

Halo
Final Fantasy (All)
Guild Wars
Command and Conquer
Hearts of Iron II

Halo
Final Fantasy (All)
Guild Wars
Command and Conquer
Hearts of Iron II
AHHHH HOW COULD I FORGET HEARTS OF IRON IM PLAYING IT RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU FELLOW PLAYER OF A GREAT GAME

My list:

Diablo II (pre 1.10)
King's Quest (whole series)
Legend of Zelda: Windwaker
Neverwinter Nights
Warcraft II
Civilization I, II, and IV
Entire Resident Evil series except Code Name: Veronica

I know ... it's more than 5 ... get Sim Lawyer and sue me.

4. Silent Hill

Awww yeah!

Guild Wars
Master of Orion (the first one!)
Chrono Trigger
Chrono Cross
Advance Wars Dual Strike

Wow, good to see Guild Wars topping so many lists. Confirms my theory that although WoW tends to have more fans, GW's fans are far more loyal :) I see 4 GW votes and 2 WoW votes =)

In no particular order:

CONSOLE:

Nobunaga's Ambition [NES]
Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires [PS2]
Oddworld: Abe's Odyssey [PS1]
Ace Combat 4 and 5 [PS2]
Star Control [SEGA Genesis]

MAC (or PC):

Unreal Tournament
Marathon
Civilization II
Neverwinter Nights
Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now

1. Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
2. Halo series
3. Half-Life series
4. Max Payne series
5. Resident Evil series (yes that's all the RE games:) even the crappy first crappy one of ps1 with cheesy dialogue)

Lemesee...

Earthbound (best friggin game EVER!)

Anything by Tim Shafer

Prince of Persia (Warrior Within was better in gameplay, but what's up with the dumb metal soundtrack?)

the Halo series

NationStates :D

Knights of the Old Republic(both one and two)
Civ 2
Diablo(one and two)
Simcity(original)
Red Alert 2

1: Age of Empires 2: Original and Expansion
2: Doom 3 (also have Doom I and II collections series too)
3: Return to Castle Wolfstein
4: Command and Conquer (Original)
5: Age of Empires: Original and Expansion

franchises:

Mario
Final Fantasy
Zelda
GTA
Chrono

1) Half-Life 1 & 2
2) Sonic the Hedgehog 1 through Sonic & Knuckles
3) Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee & Exoddus
4) MechWarrior 2 & 3
5) World of Warcraft

1. Deus Ex (1, mind you)
2. Doom I
3. Doom II
4. SimCity 2000
5. Commander Keen #4

1) Half-Life 1 & 2
2) Sonic the Hedgehog 1 through Sonic & Knuckles
3) Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee & Exoddus
4) MechWarrior 2 & 3
5) World of Warcraft

I had MechWarrior 1 - except it doesn't run on my new PCs now.
Last battle was a !@#$%.

Console -
Gran Turismo 4
Ace Combat 5
Need For Speed : Underground 2
NFL 2005
NASCAR 2005

PC -
Command and Conquer series
Flight Simulator 2004
Age of Empires 1&2
Ghost Recon
Railroad Tycoon

I fear I may be a bit older than some hereabouts:

Joust
Defender
Elite
Mr Do
Battlezone

1.Half-Life series
2.The Total War series (Rome, Shogun, then Medieval)
3.Unreal Tournament
4.the original Rainbow Six
5.Mechwarrior 2:Mercenaries

1. Hearts of Iron 2: T3h ultimate WW2 strategy.

2. Rome Total War/ Rome Total Realism: Do I need to say more than "Besieging settlement SIR!" ?

3. C&C: Generals: RTS that has no real competitors at the moment.

4. Continuum/SubSpace: :D

5. Civilization series, the newest (IV) beeing propably the ebst one.

1) Deus Ex I
2-5) Baldur's Gate series
2-5) Gabriel Knight III
2-5) Soul Calibur/Edge series
2-5) Zelda series

1) Hidden and Dangerous
2) Half Life series
3) Chip ;) (i just cant let go of that one)
4) NFS series
5) Demolition Racer

These games have been on the lips of players worldwide for decades, and have come long ways in design and platform. I have chosen these games, because they have captured the attention of millions, and they've done it consistantly. Mind you, these are all in random order...

1) Castlevania Series
2) Wolfenstein Series
3) Mario Brothers Games
4) Pokemon Games
5) Tomb Raider Games

I HAFF SPOHKAN!

Mmm... Lara Croft... :fluffle:

1. Starcraft
2. Battlefield series
3. Advance war series
4. Civilization series
5. Grand theft auto series
6. Final fantasy series

Yes, I gave 6.

1. Starcraft
2. Battlefield series
3. Advance war series
4. Civilization series
5. Grand theft auto series
6. Final fantasy series

Yes, I gave 6.

Madness. Absolute madness. Do you know what you've done?

Star Craft

I feel bad for myself and all of video game-dom.

Madness. Absolute madness. Do you know what you've done?

I believe I've ruined all of new family guy day.

(Isn't there some strange religious holiday too? Ohh, right, hannukah starts today)

Mmm... Lara Croft... :fluffle:
Do you really go for women whose tits are bigger than their head and whose neck is fatter than their waist?

1. Half life (any one)
2. Goldeneye
3. Battlefield series
4. Worms
5. Shenmue series

1. Age of Empires series
2. Call of Duty 1 and 2
3. Rome: Total War
4. Deus Ex
5. Splinter Cell series

Well, the title asked for Video Games rather than series, so here goes my list.

I. Half-Life 2 (CS included)
II. Call of Duty 2 (UO for multiplayer)
III. Rome: Total War
IV. Super Metriod
V. Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2 (wow, to think of all the countless hours spent playing this one)

Halo Series
Deus Ex
Knights Of The Old Republic Series
Morrowind (Elder Scrolls 3) and Expansions/Mods
Virtua Cop Series (3 is best)

1. Gothic II
2. Wings (on amiga)
3. F.E.A.R.
4. The Bards Tale (on amiga)
5. Morrowind III

1. morrowind - many many many hours
2. operation flashpoint - best wargame eva!!!
3. civ II and III (& maybe IV when i get it)
4. thief: dark project (despite the ridiculous storyline)
5. guild wars

Commendation - Stronghold, lego on your PC, but a little repetative

well, Metal Gear Solid and it's sequels are some of the best games ever. As far as computer games go, I'm all about boring Turn-based Strategy games, like the Total War series (which rock) RTS's I think that nothing has yet surpassed Starcraft, though AOE2 is really sweet. And then there's San Andreas, which is one of my favourates, GTA2 was good as well, I never played that much of number 3, but Vice City is really good. Fable is good if you like short, linier games that aren't very fun after you've beaten it once already. I did like the Way of the Samurai series way too much, the first one was really good, and the second, even though it had a lot more and better features lost the magic of the first one. Sonic Adventure DX is one of the better games you can get for gamecube (which isn't saying much) Super Mario 64 is one game which everyone dispises me for beating it (not because it's hard, but getting 120 stars is the most worthless persuit I've ever undertaken) Super Mario RPG is a really good game, or at least it was when I played it as a young'un. I personally don't believe in rating things in such a linier fashion. Things are more complex than that.

1. morrowind - many many many hours
2. operation flashpoint - best wargame eva!!!
3. civ II and III (& maybe IV when i get it)
4. thief: dark project (despite the ridiculous storyline)
5. guild wars

Commendation - Stronghold, lego on your PC, but a little repetative


If you liked civ III you'll like civ IV, I personally was hoping for it to have more to it, but it's almost the same game in my opinion. It does have a thing a lot like in Alpha Centauri where you choose how your nation is run which effects how much other nations like you, and the fighting is a little easier. But they didn't change anything major.

The Sims 2
Neverwinter Nights.
Morrowind.
Super Mario Bros 3
Street Fighter 2: Champion Edition

It appers that no one in this thread has any idea what they're talking about.

Civilisation
Star Control 2
Jagged Alliance 2
X-com: UFO Enemy Unknown
System Shock 2


It appers that no one in this thread has any idea what they're talking about.

Why?

Why?
Because there are no "Top 5 games of all time". Everyone's just posting their favourite games. No justification or anything.

M.U.L.E.
Deus Ex
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
ICO
Ultima IV

Loads of votes for Deus Ex! Woo!

1 - Frontier 2: Elite
2 - Warcraft I
3 - Tie Fighter
4 - Civilization 2
5 - Sim City 2000

Suddently, I felt old o.o

Because there are no "Top 5 games of all time". Everyone's just posting their favourite games. No justification or anything.
No "justifications" were asked for, jeez, man, why not unclench and relax?

Because there are no "Top 5 games of all time". Everyone's just posting their favourite games. No justification or anything.
And there's really no justification for you ripping into this thread and being a general prick, is there? Or were you just bored?

Go take a nap or suck on a pacifier or something, and chill out.

2. Wings (on amiga)


I REMEMBER THAT GAME! I must've been like... 4 at the time, but I think I played it. that's the one where the training level involved shooting down balloons in your WW1 biplane, right? Good choice.

Also, Shining Force 2. That game rocks my socks.

1. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
2. Mario Kart series
3. Black & White (1&2)
4.Animal Crossing (GC and DS versions)
5.Perfect Dark NOT Perfect Dark Zero, but the one for the N64

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time..hands down, no arguing. It single-handedly showed what 3-D consels could do.

Besides, it had some great moments that are just unforgetable.

Occarina of Time
Splinter Cell (any game)
RollerCoaster Tycoon (RCT 1 and its expansions; RCT2 was a let-down)
Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
Sonic (as a series - just beats out Super Mario Bros)

RollerCoaster Tycoon (RCT 1 and its expansions; RCT2 was a let-down)
Hell yes! I loved that! Probably still have it around somewhere...never played RCT2. The original was so much better than Theme Park. Although I loved that on the Amiga.

5. Resident Evil 4(GCN)- The best game of the current generation.
4. Castlevania Symphony of the Night- PS classic.
3. Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow- Best handheld game.
2. The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time- Best 3D game.
1. The Legend of Zelda(NES)- Best Game Ever Made.

1. kingdom hearts
2. kingdom hearts
3. kingdom hearts
4. kingdom hearts
5. kingdom hearts.

i love that gome, but other good games are racing ones and zelda, and all the ones where you destroy everything...and plus the 2 player in one of the 007 games..

1. Masters of Orion 2: Battle at Antares
2. Morrowind: Elder Scrolls III
3. Everquest (still the best mmpog, but much better in the early years)
4. Corncob 3D (Anyone ever heard of this before? Old shareware flight simulator with a crazy back story.)
5. Halo 2 (just multiplayer)

1. Halo. Best ever FPS
2. Halo2. Now the best ever FPS
3. Lemmings! Always a classic
4. Rome: Total War. I like wargames, and I like the Romans. Win/win
5. Wolfenstein. Hitler in a Battlemech??!! C'mon people! Its genius!

1) Quake III (it inspired just about every major game since)
2) Half-Life (no explanation needed)
3) Occarina of Time (I'm not usually into the genre but, what can I say...)
4) Halo (even though it's microsoft, I have to give them some credit)
5) MGS3 (again, no explanation needed)

1. Hearts of Iron 2: T3h ultimate WW2 strategy.


I have found two people that like HOI2. w00t!

1. Masters of Orion 2: Battle at Antares

Damn straight! MOO2 all the way!

MOO3 and Star Trek: Birth of the Federation (based on the MOO2 interface) blew though. I can't believe how they ruined the MOO legacy.

Elite

Right on, Commander.

In no particular order:

Elite (quite simply incredible, and still utterly playable)
Zork (many a wasted childhood week there)
Steel Panthers (World At War by choice, but the original SP1 is still pretty fun)
Doom II (if only for the double-barrelled shotgun sound)
ADOM (Imagine if Nethack actually made sense)

1. Warcraft: Orcs and Humans
2. Alpha Centari
3. Half-Life(to a lesser extent Counter-Strike)
4. Age of Empires
5. Starcraft(and broodwar)

Because there are no "Top 5 games of all time". Everyone's just posting their favourite games. No justification or anything.

Oh, okay. I can justify mine.

Civilisation - All of them. I've spent so much time playing these. The best empire building sims bar none, nothing has managed to beat it yet. The sense of accomplishment when winning a close game is amazing.

Star Control 2 - In addition to being a very cool space RPG, it has the best aliens *ever*, mixed with a healthy amount of humour. The combat system was simple, but a helluva lot of fun. It was a truly epic game, and while it was fairly linear in nature, there were several ways you could advance the main plotline. Best of all, the source code was released and you can now get a windows version free: http://sc2.sourceforge.net/ There's no excuse for not having played it :D

Jagged Alliance 2 - The best character interaction ever (your soldiers all had distinct personalities...upon replaying it, i'd often pick guys just because they were funny rather than good), and a great atmosphere that fit the setting perfectly. It was probably the best squad-level game ever made by virtue of this and it's great playability.

X-com: UFO Enemy Unknown - Like Jagged Alliance, but a bit older and without the character interaction. It's more nostalgia that compelled me to put this in the list- but I still play it to this day, so it's definitely a good game.

System Shock 2 - The only game to truly scare the shit out of me - great plot development as well. Play this at night, with headphones on. And poop your pants when a zombie comes out of apparently nowhere, screams, and clubs you in the back of the head with a monkey wrench.

Other games that are good-

Hearts of Iron II - The best WW2 strategy game ever, but I have a feeling that the series will keep getting better...very close to perfection, but not quite. There are hardware issues (it gets reaaaallly slow in the late stages of the game) and a few bugs left.

Deus Ex - Fantastic story, multiple endings, but the interface is really similar to System Shock II, and that only just edged it out on the virtue of its "feel". One of the best games ever anyway.

Warcraft II - I truly loved this when I was younger, but it hasn't stood the test of time so well. It was a great game in its day.

Half Life 2 - The best FPS ever. I don't think the genre can really improve on this much. Even so, it's still a linear FPS.

Baldur's Gate Series - Great RPGs with an epic plot, but it's a little silly how the endings for playing an evil character and a good character are basically the same. (haven't played through the last expansion pack yet, so I might be wrong there)

Morrowind - I love the freeform aspect, and it's definitely a good game, but something's missing. Maybe it's the character development (once you reach a certain point, nothing can beat you anyway), maybe it's the generic nature of the NPC's, maybe it's *too* freeform and the plot seems like too much of an afterthought, but it doesn't feel quite "right". I think it's more technological limitations than anything. Making the NPCs truly seem like real people is too much of a task for the computers of the time. In the future, maybe, the dream will be realised. I think this will eventually be the future of games. For now, it's just a good game rather than one of the best ever.

Right on, Commander.

In no particular order:

Elite (quite simply incredible, and still utterly playable)
Zork (many a wasted childhood week there)
Steel Panthers (World At War by choice, but the original SP1 is still pretty fun)
Doom II (if only for the double-barrelled shotgun sound)
ADOM (Imagine if Nethack actually made sense)

Great list. No excuse for anyone to not have played these either, they're all available for free, with the exception of Doom 2. :)

Elite (http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/pc/index.htm)

-ach, Zork has been made un-freeware again -

Steel Panthers: World At War (http://www.fprado.com/armorsite/sp_waw.htm)

ADOM (www.adom.de)

Great list. No excuse for anyone to not have played these either, they're all available for free, with the exception of Doom 2. :)

But hey, the kids are working on it:

http://freedoom.sourceforge.net/

-ach, Zork has been made un-freeware again -

Not so:

http://www.infocom-if.org/downloads/downloads.html

But hey, the kids are working on it:

http://freedoom.sourceforge.net/



Not so:

http://www.infocom-if.org/downloads/downloads.html

Haha, so there really is no excuse - or at least there won't be in the future with the case of Doom. :)

1. Counter-Strike
2. Starcraft
3. Everquest
4. Goldeneye64
5. Shouldn't be here with all these other great games, but god damn did I love it Nox

My real number 5 though would be -- Alpha Centauri
People and their "prefering other games than I do," what is this world coming to?

in no particular order to be honest, just a few of my personal favs,
civ 4, the elder scrolls 3 morrowind, civ2, settlers2, starcraft broodwar, imperial glory...theres probably more oh lemmings!

1. River City Ransom

2. Sonic The Hedgehog

3. Mario (NES & SNES Series)

4. Half-Life Series (CS, TFC, OF, etc.)

5. Star Fox (SNES Version)

In no particular order...

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Goldeneye

Perfect Dark

Halo Series

Splinter Cell Series

Starcraft

In no particular order...

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Goldeneye

Perfect Dark

Halo Series

Splinter Cell Series

Starcraft
oh my, how could i have forgot the ocarine of time...and perfect dark (original), both amazing games

come on you guys, i'm not seeing enough AoE representin' on here.

at the end of a long day, all i ever want to do is play age of empires with my friends.

just got AoE III for christmas. is thaaaa shiiit. buy it now.

1. StarCraft
2. Fallout Series (Well, the RPG series. To hell with BoS and Tactics.)
3. Baldur's Gate Series
4. Half-Life Series
5. Suikoden I & II

(NwN, KotOR, and Final Fantasy VI also deserve mentions.)

1. Chrono Trigger -bar none-
2. Half-Life 1
3. Doom 1 & 2
4. Star Wars: KOTOR
5. Goldeneye

:mp5:
:sniper:
:gundge:

The Elder Scrolls Series
Knight's of the Old Republic
Fable
Jade Empire
Sudeki

Postman Pat on my Amiga was also very entertaining. Oh and Lemmings

Incidentally...

Is anyone as fucked off as i'am about the commodification of medieval based themes ?

I mean look at the most recent movies. King Arthur, Alexander, Troy, Kingdom of Heaven. Why is it that people are starting to enjoy more medieval based games and movies.

When i say medieval, i mean the style, such as gregorian chant like music, armour, swords, ect. Does it fuck any one off as much as it does me ?

Do you feel as if your own personal interest is being exploited ? Something you've enjoyed for a very long time now being turned into a corporate mechanism ?

In general i'm talking about The Elder Scrolls Series
I wonder when this phase will end ?
What will be the next historically based movie ?
The Battle of Hastings ? ... Or was that part of King Arthur ?
Maybe someone will decide to the Third Servile War... :headbang:

Zero Wing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:d

Anyone... ?

For something like this, I have to go with a list of games that will be remembered by everyone. Not because they sold a lot, but because they're just that good.

In no particular order:


The Metroid series
The Super Mario Bros. series
The Metal Gear series
Street Fighter II
The Mega Man series


Yeah, there's a buttload of great games/game series, but I remember these better than any others. I wasted hundreds of quarters on Street Fighter II back in the early 90's; literally thousands of hours on Metroids I, II, and III, and Prime; more 20-minute sessions of Mega Man before school than I can remember; long days of playing nothing by Super Mario Bros. 3; and some great sessions with Metal Gear games (freaking out when being spotted by guards is one of the best moments in gaming, period).

I'd go for some honorable mentions, but meh.

:sniper: your a noob if you didnt say CS!! :mp5: ;)

:sniper: your a noob if you didnt say CS!! :mp5: ;)

Uh-huh. Some of us were playing computer games for about twenty years before CounterStrike was released... so that makes us 'a noob' then?

:sniper: your a noob if you didnt say CS!! :mp5: ;)

CS is just a cheap Midi-Maze ripoff. :)

4. Corncob 3D (Anyone ever heard of this before? Old shareware flight simulator with a crazy back story.)

Oh, just saw this. Yep. Aliens invading in the 1940's or some such, right? It was okay.

I can justify mine, too:
Half-Life - quite simply the best FPS ever. The story is great and imaginative, simple control system, completely immerses you in the game, right from the start.
Deus Ex - as Kanabia said, it has a fantastic story. In fact, in my opinion, it has the best story of any computer game ever. Let down by the graphics, which weren't even up to date when it came out 5 (or 4? can't remember) years ago.
Championship Manager series - best management sim ever, more addictive than this forum. Ultra-realistic.
Civ II - best of the Civ games, which Kanabia has already justified.
Lemmings - do I need to? :p

:sniper: your a noob if you didnt say CS!! :mp5: ;)
I would just like to point out the irony of this being your first post...

Deus Ex - as Kanabia said, it has a fantastic story. In fact, in my opinion, it has the best story of any computer game ever. Let down by the graphics, which weren't even up to date when it came out 5 (or 4? can't remember) years ago.

I have a sudden urge to play it again...

Or maybe I should buy the second game. Is that one any good?

I have a sudden urge to play it again...

Or maybe I should buy the second game. Is that one any good?
No, it's crap.

I have a sudden urge to play it again...

Or maybe I should buy the second game. Is that one any good?

Not really, no. Boring story, very small environments, less augmentations/skills, no interesting choices.

Thanks. You guys just saved me $40. :p

Thanks. You guys just saved me $40. :p
$20 for me, $20 for LO. :D

OK, here are my justifications:

M.U.L.E.

One of the first multi-player games. Very simple, yet complex economic system. All player work against each other, but have to cooperate at the same time. As always Dani Bunten-Berry was ahead of her time with this game.

Deus Ex

Great story, great gameplay. One of the few games with a serious storyline that connects to our reality in more than just one ways. Technically not flawless, but the atmosphere and the story more than make up for that.

Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

Even though there are less dungeons to explore, I liked this one better than Ocarina of Time. The whole save-the-world-in-three-days is a great gameplay-concept and combined with the sleak Zelda-controll-scheme, this game is a must-play. Needless to say that I finished it in 3 real-time days.

ICO

Very beautiful. Very sad.

Ultima IV

Why did I choose that? I had fun playing it.

$20 for me, $20 for LO. :D
*writes a cheque out to be cashed in 2050* :p

*writes a cheque out to be cashed in 2050* :p
Hmmm...I have a paypal account...;)

-Burnout series on Xbox/PS2 (just awesome)
-NHL 97 on PC (just this one alone, nothing beats checking the ref in any game and by checking I mean decking!)
-Fifa 94 on SNES (full contact soccer! what more could you ask for?)
-Fzero series on SNES (another awesome game where you could keep playing forever)
-Aerobiz Supersonic on SNES (probably the best airplane strategy game ever. Why no one has ever made one that is similar for computer or console is still puzzling - Airport Tycoon dont count, see gamespot rankings as to why)

In no particular order:

Thief series
Baldur's Gate series
Civilization series
Fallout 1&2
Star Control 2
StarCraft

That's six games, but since I played SO much of StarCraft in its day I just couldn't leave it out.

Hmmm...I have a paypal account...;)

Haha. I don't :p


-Aerobiz Supersonic on SNES (probably the best airplane strategy game ever. Why no one has ever made one that is similar for computer or console is still puzzling - Airport Tycoon dont count, see gamespot rankings as to why)

Oh hell yeah! That game was great.

There are a couple- "Air Bucks" and "Airlines", but I never got the hang of the first and the second is merely okay.


Thief series
Baldur's Gate series
Civilization series
Fallout 1&2
Star Control 2
StarCraft

Good list :)

*is about to install Civ4... finally*


not sure if i've already replied to this, so what the hell if i have (i have a sneaking suspicion that that's the case), here goes another:
(ha i made about as much sense as john prescott there, now and hencforth wherein i have made that statement...)
(if you don't know british politics, that joke will not make any sense) ;)


red alert series
sim city series
doom 2
quake II
goldeneye
starcraft
medieval total war
fable (i loved it)
gta series (and that's starting with the original for all you playstation noobs :rolleyes: )
MS 3d movie maker (awesomeness incarnate!)
deus ex (one, NOT the sequel)
grim fandango


sod just 5 games.

1. red alert series
2. sim city series
3. doom 2
4. quake II
5. goldeneye
6. starcraft
7. medieval total war
8. fable (i loved it)
9. gta series (and that's starting with the original for all you playstation noobs :rolleyes: )
10. MS 3d movie maker (awesomeness incarnate!)
11. deus ex (one, NOT the sequel)
12. grim fandango

(Numbering mine)
1. I could never get into the Red Alert series. Don't know why, just never did it for me.
2. Meh, they're ok to pass a bit of time, but I wouldn't put them in a list of best games.
3. Oh yes. Certainly the best of the Doom series. Good choice.
4. see above, replace 'Doom' with 'Quake'.
5. Only ever played it on multiplayer, but it was bloody good like that.
6. Never played.
7. Hell yes! Fucking love that game!
8. Never played.
9. Indeed, I'm surprised that it's not been mentioned yet. Original is the best, in my opinion, as good as GTA III is.
10. Erm...
11. Yup, I put it as my number two. not that sort of number two :rolleyes:
12. Love that game. Even if it does completely rip off Casablanca (watch the film, you'll understand).

1. Pro Evolution Soccer 5
2. Grand Theft Auto San Andreas
3. NBA Live 2006
4. Spider-Man 2
5. Merceneries Playground Of Destruction


these are my favourite 5

Oh, just saw this. Yep. Aliens invading in the 1940's or some such, right? It was okay.

Wow! Yeah that was it. Well back in its day my friends and I played this game for countless hours. The game had so many dimensions, and used the graphics of the day to its maximum in my opinion. Not really much of a flight simulator though.

Maybe the gaming scholars in here can help me. There was this awesome PC game many millions of years ago (ok, so maybe early- mid 90's I think) but I can't for the life of me remember. It was an alien invasion type game. You hired and equipped marines, went out in aircraft and shot down UFO's (some of which were small scout craft and easily shot down, others large battleships which would fire back and take out your ship if you got too close). You would then go out on "missions" with your marines, where you explore the crash site, fight any surviving aliens, etc. You could get better weaponry by researching technology you found and knowledge from interrogating captured aliens. There was a sequal/expansion where the aliens were all underwater and stuff too. Anyone who remembers, let me know.

Maybe the gaming scholars in here can help me. There was this awesome PC game many millions of years ago (ok, so maybe early- mid 90's I think) but I can't for the life of me remember. It was an alien invasion type game. You hired and equipped marines, went out in aircraft and shot down UFO's (some of which were small scout craft and easily shot down, others large battleships which would fire back and take out your ship if you got too close). You would then go out on "missions" with your marines, where you explore the crash site, fight any surviving aliens, etc. You could get better weaponry by researching technology you found and knowledge from interrogating captured aliens. There was a sequal/expansion where the aliens were all underwater and stuff too. Anyone who remembers, let me know.

Sounds like X-COM: UFO Defense and the expansion X-COM: Terror From the Deep.

Sounds like X-COM: UFO Defense and the expansion X-COM: Terror From the Deep.
Damn, that was quick. You da man.

Sounds like X-COM: UFO Defense and the expansion X-COM: Terror From the Deep.

Personally I prefer the 8-bit games upon which they are based on: Rebel Star, Rebel Star 2 and Lasersquad.

Wow! Yeah that was it. Well back in its day my friends and I played this game for countless hours. The game had so many dimensions, and used the graphics of the day to its maximum in my opinion. Not really much of a flight simulator though.

It was decent. At that time, though, I was infatuated with Microprose's F117A Stealth Fighter, so it was overshadowed a little :p

Just did a quick search; you can find it on www.the-underdogs.org. It's abandonware, legal grey area, etc. etc. so download at your own discretion :p

Oh yeah, anyone play Crusader: No Remorse and Crusader: No Regret? Probably not in the top 5, but they were awesome fun anyway.

Oh yeah, anyone play Crusader: No Remorse and Crusader: No Regret? Probably not in the top 5, but they were awesome fun anyway.

Nope, but I'm currently looking for something to play. Maybe I'll give them a try.

Nope, but I'm currently looking for something to play. Maybe I'll give them a try.

You'll be able to find them online, but try and get a version with the (crappy) FMV. Otherwise you won't get any of the plot. :(

It was decent. At that time, though, I was infatuated with Microprose's F117A Stealth Fighter, so it was overshadowed a little :p

Just did a quick search; you can find it on www.the-underdogs.org. It's abandonware, legal grey area, etc. etc. so download at your own discretion :p

Thanks alot. I have been looking for the full version of this game for years. You are the man! Again thanks alot!

1. Hearts of Iron 2
2. Medal of Honor Series
3. Call of Duty Series
4. IL2 Sturmovik
5. Operation Flashpoint and all sequels and addons

Note that I didn't add Halo or Half Life/Counterstrike, because I find both games to be nothing but a noob frag fest. You want to play a great FPS (kinda FPS) play Operation Flashpoint (The Addon community has made the game into something that Halo or Half Life could never be).

Honourable mention goes to Brothers in Arms for its combat system, which is amazing. Also to Rome: Total War and Realism. Also to Americas Army, can't beat a free FPS. Also to Silent Hunter 3.

X-Plane is great too.

Anyone here still play TFC by any chance?the old QW TFC or the half-life mod, which got patched to TF1.5?

anyway, my list:

wing commander
doom
half life
shogun - total war
descent freespace

Thanks alot. I have been looking for the full version of this game for years. You are the man! Again thanks alot!

You're welcome. :)

Personally my 2 favorite games of all time by a good margin are
Homeword (1) and Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, they just had that "something more" that when I completed them I felt complete

my semi-finalists are
-Dawn of War
-WoW
-Conquest

1: BF2
2: counter-strike source
3: GTA San Andreas
4: BF 1942
5: Delta force BHD

I love violent games that involve guns :mp5:

I REMEMBER THAT GAME! I must've been like... 4 at the time, but I think I played it. that's the one where the training level involved shooting down balloons in your WW1 biplane, right? Good choice.


yes it is...was a great atmosphere...

did any one by chance play delta force BHD around 2003 and meet a guy named DarkHaloSoloSQD?

no? ok then thats all i had to say.

1. kingdom hearts
2. kingdom hearts
3. kingdom hearts
4. kingdom hearts
5. kingdom hearts.

i love that gome, but other good games are racing ones and zelda, and all the ones where you destroy everything...and plus the 2 player in one of the 007 games..

Love you, but gotta love KH more. I can't wait for the sequel!!!!!!!!!:D

1. Hearts of Iron 2
2. Medal of Honor Series
3. Call of Duty Series
4. IL2 Sturmovik
5. Operation Flashpoint and all sequels and addons

Note that I didn't add Halo or Half Life/Counterstrike, because I find both games to be nothing but a noob frag fest. You want to play a great FPS (kinda FPS) play Operation Flashpoint (The Addon community has made the game into something that Halo or Half Life could never be).

Honourable mention goes to Brothers in Arms for its combat system, which is amazing. Also to Rome: Total War and Realism. Also to Americas Army, can't beat a free FPS. Also to Silent Hunter 3.

Spoken like a person who has never played the game competitively. It ceases being a noob frag fest when 300k is on the line.

1. Pac-Man
2. Missile Command
3. Burger Time
4. Nintendo Hockey
5. Donkey Kong

Spoken like a person who has never played the game competitively. It ceases being a noob frag fest when 300k is on the line.
Half-Life and Counter Strike are not the same game or remotely alike. Counter Strike becomes bullshit in trying to make itself "realistic." You show me a person with a head attached to their hip, I will show you a conjoined twin with a strange problem.

1 Perfect Dark
2 Eternal Darkness
3 Conkers Bad Fur Day
4 Mario Cart
5 Stunts

Know It's Been Done A Few Times, But It's Still Fun To See What Video Games People Choose. Note That You CAN Put Video Game Series.

1. Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind + Expansion Packs + All Mods I've Downloaded (Mods Are Crazy Fun)

2. Far Cry: Instincts (Primarly For Multiplayer, Single Player Sucks, And Map Editor Is CRAZY Fun)

3. Fable (Really Well Done Good/Evil System, Unlike Other Good/Evil Games)

4. Black & White 2 (A Good/Evil Strategy Game, AMAZING! Just Tossin' 'Round Some Lil' Kiddies....)

5. Command & Conquer Series (Cinematics=Cheezy, Game Play=Incredible Fun. Multiplayer Makes It Incredibly Better, As Well)
Yikes, that one's tough. There's a lot that barely didn't make it onto this list.

1. Homeworld series+ the dozens of mods I have
2. Half-life Series
3. RoN and Thrones and Patriots
4. CNC series
5. AoE 2 and 3 (I need to get 1)

I admit it, I'm an RTS fan.



Although if you meant stupid but fun as heck games, my #1 woud be Duck Hunt, with Raiden and Zero Wing nabbing 2 and 3, the Windows pinball game at 4, and SimAnt/SimCopter in 5.

Nothing beats riding around SimCopter with an Apache. Period.

EDIT: Who here has played TS Retro?

Half-Life and Counter Strike are not the same game or remotely alike. Counter Strike becomes bullshit in trying to make itself "realistic." You show me a person with a head attached to their hip, I will show you a conjoined twin with a strange problem.

The majority of counter-strike players abandoned any notion of "realism" long ago.

yeah i still goof around with TFC. Dustbowl rocks.

1.HALF-LIFE 1 and 2- Without a doubt the best first person shooters ever.
2. TEKKEN 5- I love tekken
3. Grand theft auto VC- yeah...
4. battlefield 2 - BANG BANG, BOOM
5. unknown...as in.. i dunno.

1. Final Fantasy VI
2. Chrono Trigger
3. Earthbound
4. Skies of Arcadia
5. Final Fantasy VII
------ (other magnificent games just below the others, in no particular order)
* Baldur's Gate series
* TL of Zelda - Ocarina of Time
* TL of Zelda - A Link to The Past
* Secret of Mana II
* Phantasy Star I
* Phantasy Star II
* Phantasy Star III
* Phantasy Star IV
* Command & Conquer
* C&C Tiberian Sun
------ (other games just below the above, but still among the greatest, in no particular order)
* Illusion of Gaia (also known as Illusion of Time)
* Lufia II
* Final Fantasy V
* Earthbound Zero
* Secret of Mana
* Terranigma
* Half-Life
* Super Mario RPG
* Shining Force
* Shining Force II
* 7th-Saga

And then, I likely have forgotten a few games, and there are also a bunch of games just below the threshold for the last list.

My Personal Choices

1. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996 - SNES)
2. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995 - SNES)
3. Banjo-Kazooie (1998 - Nintendo 64)
4. Yoshi's Island: Super Mario World 2 (1995 - SNES)
5. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2003 - GameCube)

1. Fallout serie
2. X-Com (UFO) serie
3. Monkey Island
4. Unreal World (by Sami Maaranen),
5. toss-up between Civilization, Shogun-Total War, GTA serie, Elite serie, Darklands, Syndicate, Liberal Crime Squad, Princess Maker 2, Celtic Tales: Balor of the evil eye, King of Dragon Pass and many more... :p