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I was wondering...What are your top 5 games?Mine are
1.LOZ:OOT:cool:
2.G-nome:gundge:
3.The Guild 2:fluffle:
4.Worms:Mayhem:mp5:
5.Rome:total war:headbang:
And you have to have played the games you list.

Cossacks II: The Napoleonic Wars.

Nuke Snake, by David Riggle. Pure-two-player-blow-'em-up-blast-the-forest-incinerate-the-ammo-rocket-your-opponent-and-trap-him-in-his-tail-fun!

Master of Orion II.

Shogun: Total War.

Armada II ( that is, with the Fleet Operations mod.)

IF we consider all gaming venues, here is my list (in order of favorite):

1) Diablo II: LoD (PC)
2) Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (SNES)
3) ES IV:Oblivion (PC)
4) Uncharted Waters 2:New Horizons (SNES)
5) 1942 (NES)

GTA2.
No more, no less (I'm getting sick of games turning from 2D to 3D).
Oh, and Half Life 2 (and its sequels), but that's it!

WTF?

You expect us to be able to label the awesomest games ever? There's too many.

Any Final Fantasy, Chrono Cross and Trigger, Valkyrie Profile, Legend of Zelda (most of them), Rise of Nations, Civilization (whole series), Total War (At least from Rome to Medieval 2), and a whole bunch more that I can't think of right now.

- Sonic and its Sega sequels
- Alex the Kidd in Miracle World
- CS:Source
- GTA series
- Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego

4.Worms:Mayhem:mp5:


You lucky bastard. :p They still haven't got that damn thing over here in the states. I'm stuck playing friggin' Worms: 3D.

1) Secret of Mana
2) Diablo
3) Warcraft II
4) Starcraft
5) Chrono Trigger

Computer (Mac, in my case):

1. The Civilization series (in order, II, I, III, IV...damned "3-D" foolishness)
2. The Marathon series
3. The Diablo series
4. Unreal Tournament series, especially sniper/camping servers (I want the pink cloud!)
5. Carmageddon and Carmgeddon II: Carpocalypse Now -- nothing like running down an entire town to bleed off commute stress.

Console (Intellivision, NES, PS1, PS2 is my personal history):

PS1
1. Worms: Armageddon
2. Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
3. Skullmonkeys
4. Final Fantasy Tactics
5. Final Fantasy VII

PS2
6. Jak X Racing
7. Ace Combat 04: The Unsung War
8. Culdcept
9. Beyond Good & Evil
10. God of War

INTELLIVISION
11. Sub Hunt -- no newer console has ever come close to this game in terms of intense naval combat, and that's a shame.
12. Dungeons & Dragons: Treasure of Tarmin -- perhaps the progenitor of all the early 2D-as-3D FPS games. Addictive in its day.
13. Discs of Tron -- simplicity itself, yet very addictive.
14. Utopia -- another progenitor, this time for RTS.
15. Super Pro Basketball -- ah, yes...remember the days when sports games didn't require you have the dexterity of a trained monkey and a hard drive for short-term memory? Yes, I'm old. Sorry.

You lucky bastard. They still haven't got that damn thing over here in the states. I'm stuck playing friggin' Worms: 3D.
Huh?I live in maryland!I got the game from gamestop,its here alright!

5) Zone of the Enders (PS2) - One of the greatest games no one has heard of.
4) Goldeneye 007 (N64) - Best. FPS. EVER. No discussion needed. Master Chief barely deserves to shine Bond's shoes.
3) Metal Gear Solid (PSX, GCN remake) - Broke open the stealth genre as the greatest game of its generation.
2) Burnout 3: Takedown (PS2/XBOX) - The most fun I've ever had with a game (not that way...)
1) Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - Engrossing storyline, compelling characters, a film-scale score, graphic prowess...and it was just really damn fun.

in no particular order:

NS, Kingdom Hearts II, Legend of Zelda: The Windwaker, Sim City 4, Guitar Hero II

Minesweeper, most addictive game ever.

Wouldn't say I have a specific order, but (all PC): Halflife series and spinoffs (CS, DoD), Unreal Tournament series, GTA series, and there's many others that I enjoyed playing a lot but wouldn't say there were masterpieces.

Pong

Deus Ex
System Shock II
Civilization II (largly by dint of the fact that that was the first one I played)
Monkey Island II: LeChucks Revenge
Beneath A Steel Sky


IMO anyway

I'll name 2:

Star Control 2 (PC version)
Betrayal at Krondor

Naming 5 would lead to naming dozens of possible candidates ranging from Master of Orion (I&II) and Civilzation I (very much superior to II) to Railroad Tycoon and Baldur's Gate II + ToB

The only new-ish game worth mentioning is Dominions III and it's not even that great a game compared to golden oldies.

STAR CONTROL 2!I love that game!but its #6.
You do know they made a remake of it "the ur-quan masters"for the computer,right? Or is that the one your talking about?

Sonic genesis games, splinter cell 1 and 2, metal gear series, zelda series, pokemon generations 1, 2, and 4 (shut up, pokemon rules)

STAR CONTROL 2!I love that game!but its #6.
You do know they made a remake of it "the ur-quan masters"for the computer,right? Or is that the one your talking about?

The remake is good, however it's just an improved original. :D

I'm talking about the 4 HD disk original version. :cool:

Call of Duty. And this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRf8ro1q6kI), ladies and gentlemen, is why.

Also KOTOR series and Rise of Nations.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d0/X-COM_UFO_Defense_manual_cover.jpg/256px-X-COM_UFO_Defense_manual_cover.jpg

I'm more of a fan of the game than the instruction manual, myself.

To each his own.

edit: Time warp!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d0/X-COM_UFO_Defense_manual_cover.jpg/256px-X-COM_UFO_Defense_manual_cover.jpg

I'm more of a fan of the game than the instruction manual, myself.

Since there is no such thing as "best game ever", I'll do what everyone else is doing and instead list some of my personal favorites.

In no particular order (and I'm probably forgetting a few):
Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap
Flashback: The Quest for Identity
Baldur's Gate
Knights of the Old Republic
Quake
Star Trek: Voyager: Elite Force
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

Impossible to narrow it down to a top 5. Ther've been so many, and I'd probably change my mind if I was asked again tomorrow. That said...

Elite on my old BBC B... awesome.

Silent Hunter 2 and Destroyer Command - both buggy as hell, I know, but the whole idea of online gaming with the players of 2 different games competing against each other (with league style scoring, no less) was fabulous, and is yet to be equalled, imo.

EVE Online, about 2-3 years ago, before CCP broke it ('though I still pay my sub... go figure)

Civ (2,3,4)

The Cossacks series... I recall one particular LAN game where we'd gone with 4 hours of peacetime to ensure that we would have a weekend's worth of campaigning. At the end of peacetime, our token AI opponent, who - unseen by us - had been building up obscene numbers of cheap troops, attempted to attack, and crashed the game for us all. Bastard.

Zork, for adding grues to my world.

Etc.

Conflict (Amiga)
Red Storm Rising (C-64)
Wing Commander (PC)
Twisted Metal Series (PS/PS2)
Missle Command (arcade AND Atari 2600, I was a junkie)

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time

Nothing else really compares.

Too hard, here are some I think are amazing:

GTA San Andreas
Doom 1 2 & 3
Super Mario World
Goldeneye
LOZ OOT
Donkey Kong 1 & 2
Mario 64
Sonic
Age of mother fucking empires
Sim City
Metal Gear solid 1, and 1 only
Super Smash Bros
Halo series
Half life + CS
Super Mario Bros 1 2 and 3
Lylat Wars
Manhunt
Tony Hawks 1 2 3 & 4
Operation Flashpoint
Battlefield 2
LOZ TP
Perfect Dark
Pro Evo 6
GTA VC
Mario Kart
Donkey Kong 64
Tetris
Command and Conquer
Gears of War
F Zero and F Zero X
Super Metroid + Metroid prime
Civ 2 3 and 4 (1 was crap)

Well I think thats a mighty fine list, but as you can see I don't play RPGS.

In Order:

Baldurs Gate; all of them, although Shadows of Amn was the best.
TESIII Morrowind>Oblivion although both great games.
All Total War games since Rome.
KOTOR I & II
Timesplitters 3
Deus Ex

Oh hell. That's tough.
In no particular order:

Tetris
MegaMan [the 2d ones! :mad: ]
Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner
Armored Core: Last Raven
Armored Core 4
Resident Evil 4
Raiden II
Star Wars Battlefront
007 Goldeneye
Mario Paint
Metal Gear 3 [Substance or w/e it is]
Final Fantasy Tactics [I HATE turn-based menu adventures; Tactics games rock]

Front Mission 4 [even though I never beat it]

And one I never got to play: Baldr Force.

Free Colonization :D

Oh, and NS :)

1. Flatout series
2. Rainbow Six Vegas
3. Serious Sam series
4. Wesnoth
5. Civilization series

Best FPS game: Half life 2
Best Puzzle game: Portal
Best Simulation: The Sims 2
Best MMORPG: WoW

What, ever?

Erm... bit hard to say. I'll narrow it down to my 3 favourites, that might help.

UFO : Enemy Unknown (because it's ace)
Rainbow Six : Raven Shield (superb action, shame about the expansion packs)
Rome Total War : Total Realism (because it gets everything oh so right)

1. Chrono Trigger (snes)
2. Master Of Orion 2 :)... ... I lost the game disk to an overzealous parent:headbang:... anyone know where I can get another?
3. Final Fantasy (4, 6, 7)
4. Half-life (all)
5. Worms Armageddon

Too many but that would have to be top 5.

1)GOTHIC(1>=Night of the Raven>2)
2)Diablo 2 LOD
3)Medieval Total War(nice to see so many Total War fans)
4)Secret of Monkey Island 1,2
5)Fable?!
6?)Played Planescape Torment one day only,it might grow significantly,great potential.

Valkyrie Profile. Hands Fucking Down.

The Runner Ups:

Final Fantasy Seven.
Elder Scrolls Oblivion.
Elder Scrolls Morrowind.
Super Mario Bros. 3


Half Life: I like the game, I really do, but I really can't see where it deserves this massive following of rabid howler monkeys. The dialogue is clever and original, the characters have their own unique personalities, and the physics engine is excellent.

The action feels so god damn repetitive, the main character is a unlovable mute, and if I have to do one more see-saw puzzle I'm going to eat the disk.

Halo: I like the game, I really do, but I really can't see where it deserves this massive following of twitching Ritalin popping twelve year olds. The action is intense, the game flows perfectly, and it's great fun.

It's doing the same thing everything has done before. For some reason Bungie saw storyline as a bit of an option, because if you've read the books, the game leaves so much out you're left with finger in your nose trying to remove part of your brain.

In no particular order: Secret of Mana, Chrono Trigger, Super Mario Bros. 3, The Legend of Zelda (the original one), and Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. Honorable mentions: Super Mario World, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Jackal, Kickle Cubicle (the first video game I ever owned!), and maybe Altered Beast or Golden Axe II.

That game was so cheesy and corny it made my thirsty. I don't like za anime. Only anime game I liked was Custom Robo, and that had non-anime battle/.

Blasphemy!

1. Chrono Trigger (snes)

That game was so cheesy and corny it made my thirsty. I don't like za anime. Only anime game I liked was Custom Robo, and that had non-anime battle.

2. Master Of Orion 2 :)... ... I lost the game disk to an overzealous parent:headbang:... anyone know where I can get another?

Windos (http://cgi.ebay.com/Master-of-Orion-II-2-Battle-at-Antares-PC-CD-MINT-RARE_W0QQitemZ200167861658QQihZ010QQcategoryZ62053QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem).

Mac (http://cgi.ebay.com/SEALED-Master-Of-Orion-2-II-Battle-At-Antares-for-Mac_W0QQitemZ180175449497QQihZ008QQcategoryZ62053QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem).

I got my copy at Big Lots for a dollar. :D That game rocks.

3. Final Fantasy (4, 6, 7)

Anime?

4. Half-life (all)

Never played it.

5. Worms Armageddon

Pwn on.

Too many but that would have to be top 5.

Hm.

Blasphemy!

Cossacks II > "Chrono Trigger."

Tetris, whoo! Also for most awesome theme song. *nod*

Morrowind and System Shock 2. They have flaws of course (offscreen dice rolls are wack, and what was with the last 3 levels of SS2?), but I can't find a single game I enjoy more than those two.

Oh, and Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter was a damn good game, I don't care if I was 12 when I last played it or if it was a complete rip off of Halo.

Best games ever played:

2006-2007 ten day New Year's multi-board game of RISK. Played it with a bunch of friends. I won.

2004-05 nine day game. Second place

05-06 eleven day game. winner

01-02 six day game. third

03-04 seven day game. second

1. Civilization II
2. Hearts
3. Minesweeper
4. Spider
5. Tetris

Yes, these are subject to change.

NES: Zelda 1
SNES: Romance of the Three Kingdoms II
N64: Zelds: Ocarina of Time
GC: F-Zero GX (yes, that surprised me too)
Wii: Zelda: Twilight princess
PSX: Final Fantasy Tactics
PS2: Soul Nomad
PC: Europa Universalis III
GB: Dragon Warrior Monsters
GBA: Either Tactics Ogre: Knight of Lodis or Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (another surprise)
DS: Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
Non-VG: Chess

Hearts of iron 2, Superpower, super power 2

What, ever?

Erm... bit hard to say. I'll narrow it down to my 3 favourites, that might help.

UFO : Enemy Unknown (because it's ace)
Rainbow Six : Raven Shield (superb action, shame about the expansion packs)
Rome Total War : Total Realism (because it gets everything oh so right)

Since there is no such thing as "best game ever", I'll do what everyone else is doing and instead list some of my personal favorites.

In no particular order (and I'm probably forgetting a few):
Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap
Flashback: The Quest for Identity
Baldur's Gate
Knights of the Old Republic
Quake
Star Trek: Voyager: Elite Force
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

I loved these two on the Amiga :)

@ Parkus: Your slight of Chrono Trigger is acknowledged, but will be overlooked due to your ebay reference for MOOII. :cool:

On to the general forum spam:

Had to add a couple more... :)

Wesnoth
Silk-Road (for MMORPG)
Maple-story (for general amusement MMO)
Metroid, the original...
ANd for the most original Linux/Windows game... Lugaru (http://wolfire.com/lugaru.html)

Oh ,and LAST AND MOST ASSUREDLY LEAST...

Pokemon... :mp5::mp5::mp5::mp5::headbang:

1 Chaos
2 Civ I and II
3. Pirates (Amiga Version)
4 Victoria
5 Crusader Kings
6 EU II and III
7 redcoats (Electron)
8 Medieval Total War I and II
9 Hearts of Iron II Doomsday
10 Defender of the Crown (Amiga)

My favorite games:


Halo
Halo 2
Halo 3
SimCity(Classic, 2000, 3000, 4, Societies, DS, all of 'em)
Uncle Julius And The Anywhere Machine
Crackdown
Doom
Smart Games Challenge 1
Lego Star Wars II
Kill Your Sister With A Stick
:fluffle: The Fluffle Challenge :fluffle:
Burnout 3: Takedown
5 A Day Adventures
GeoSafari Science