NationStates Jolt Archive

I was reading the GTA4 thread, and was quite surprised to see that a game that's predicted to sell more than this summer's biggest blockbuster, and that regularly gets a rating between 9/10 and 10/10, has been getting slammed so hard by the NSG community.

Are you all just PC gamers, and really could care less about consoles? Are you all just fans of different genres? I am the latter, playing mostly RPG's and Sports titles with the occasional action game thrown in. What about the rest of you?

My favourite games of all time in order are:

GTA San Andreas
Broken Sword: the shadow of the Templars
Deus Ex
Final Fantasy VII
Rome Total War

I am totally addicted to Mount&Blade, a game made by some independent Turkish developers. You essentially ride around on horseback with a rag-tag band of mercenaries and murder your enemies, but it boasts the most realistic medieval combat I've seen in a game, and is enormously fun. It's still in Beta, but is great none-the-less.

Rome Total war Plus Expansions,
Metal Gear Solid.


... I play other games but...

addictive games dating from my childhood that don't have the best graphics (Pharaoh, Alpha centauri, theme hospital atm) mostly because I don't get to play games much anymore :(

however I keep getting dragged into playing monopoly because I left it at a mates house

I mainly play RPGs and strategy games (the real kind, not RTSes).

FF7 is above average, but there's way in hell it's top ten material.

I generally avoid sports games and shooters. Yes, I have Wii Sports and Goldeneye N64, but...

And now, if you'll excuse me, it's time for some more Gemfire.

Oh and just so I get my word in, I'm a sucker for traditional console RPG's.

Final Fantasy Series
Breath of Fire Series
Shin Megami Tensei Series
Chrono Cross/Chrono Trigger

These take the cake. I'm just finishing up playing Final Fantasy Tactics on my PSP. They didn't have Onion Knight and Dark Knight back when I beat it on PS1.

i'm a casual gamer these days, so things that are quick to pick up, easy(ish) to play, and can be played 10 minutes here, half an hour there, are what i go in for these days.
i used to be all about RTS's and would spend hours and hours on the same game, but i just don't have the time any more. plus i feel like i've been there, played that, for the most part.

current favourite games: Mario Kart Wii, Lego Star Wars (TCS), Mario Party 8, some Live Arcade things, Guitar Hero... that's about all i can think of

looking forward to: GTA IV (i know its an old 'been there done that' format, but i especially like the escapism, amongst other things), Smash Bros Brawl on the Wii, Spore, Battlefield Heroes, Fable 2... probably others :)


what's the next Total War game to come out? cos they've always been great

World in Conflict, Portal, Team Fortress 2 and Hearts of Iron.

Battlefield 1942 (the Desert Combat mod is a bonus), Battlefield 2 (although I haven't played in a while, because it's not installed on my new computer yet), and City of Heroes/City of Villains (I haven't played that in a while either, for the same reason as Battlefield 2).

The Matrix Online
Flight Simulator X
and GTA: 4 when it comes out for PC.

I'm not much of a gamer anymore since I had the children. :( It goes downhill every year.

I enjoy puzzle games and one on one fighting type games. I also like quest games except Zelda which I hate. Nearly all the games I have for my PS2 are rated "E", I have like Lego racer and Lego Star Wars and all three Guitar Hero games.

I got a DS for Christmas from my kids....I have Brain age and some puzzle games and Super Mario III (which was leftover from the GBA they bought me, which I handed down to hubby, he has Zelda and Final Fantasy and stuff)

I'm not much of a gamer anymore since I had the children. :( It goes downhill every year.

I enjoy puzzle games and one on one fighting type games. I also like quest games except Zelda which I hate. Nearly all the games I have for my PS2 are rated "E", I have like Lego racer and Lego Star Wars and all three Guitar Hero games.

I got a DS for Christmas from my kids....I have Brain age and some puzzle games and Super Mario III (which was leftover from the GBA they bought me, which I handed down to hubby, he has Zelda and Final Fantasy and stuff)

You can always buy games for yourselves and keep them locked up so the little ones won't get their hands on it.

I like fighting games, or used to when I was younger. Not as much fun since I don't have my brother around to thrash. I enjoy most RPGs, MMOs. I also like a good space combat game. Star Trek Klingon Academy for instance, damn fine game. Any game that lets me utilize tactics to do the seemingly impossible is a good one in my book (Such as oh say destroy a Federation star base with a glorified Romulan shuttle). I enjoy WarCraft III and regularly play on Battlenet custom maps (Enfo's TS, Tank Wars, Hero Wars).

You can always buy games for yourselves and keep them locked up so the little ones won't get their hands on it.

Oh, they aren't rated "E" out of consideration for the children, I've just mellowed. I've mellowed a LOT. Most of my youthful desensitization has gone by the wayside.

I'm not much of a gamer anymore since I had the children. :( It goes downhill every year.

I enjoy puzzle games and one on one fighting type games. I also like quest games except Zelda which I hate. Nearly all the games I have for my PS2 are rated "E", I have like Lego racer and Lego Star Wars and all three Guitar Hero games.

I got a DS for Christmas from my kids....I have Brain age and some puzzle games and Super Mario III (which was leftover from the GBA they bought me, which I handed down to hubby, he has Zelda and Final Fantasy and stuff)

If you like puzzle games and have a DS, I believe you can put the ScummVM (http://www.scummvm.org/) engine on it and run old style point a click games :)

which neatly bring me to one of my favourite genres, and one of my favourite games Beneath a Steel Sky (which is incidently, now freeware). :)


Other then a slew of games in that genre, I quite like RPGs that focus on socials skills (frex, the first 1/2 or 2/3s of Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines).


Also the occasional FPS too. And Civ, though I stay away from that. It's like crack.

Oh, they aren't rated "E" out of consideration for the children, I've just mellowed. I've mellowed a LOT. Most of my youthful desensitization has gone by the wayside.

Does this mean you're not dying your hair in weird colors anymore? :(

Ratchet & Clank (PS2) - I have all the titles except the new PS3 game and "Size Matters"

Morrowind (PC) - Somehow a better game than Oblivion despite the aged graphics

Halo: Combat Evolved (PC) - I love that first Halo game. I play online frequently. I'm Tothe there, too.

Old-school PC games: AOE1, Lords of the Realm 2, Worms 2, Descent, C&C, and C&C:RA

I'm personally an RPG gamer who likes actual rpgs (oblivion and fable do not count) like the might and magic series and the final fantasy series (though not as much the final fantasy series) and Civilisation though it isn't an RPG >.<

Old-school PC games: AOE1, Lords of the Realm 2, Worms 2, Descent, C&C, and C&C:RA

man, they were some great games. Descent gave me nightmares, and Red Alert (1 and 2) are my all-time favourites :)

Does this mean you're not dying your hair in weird colors anymore? :(

Yeah. :( I bought some henna though so I am drawing on myself semi-permanently.

I'm personally an RPG gamer who likes actual rpgs (oblivion and fable do not count)

Amen

man, they were some great games. Descent gave me nightmares, and Red Alert (1 and 2) are my all-time favourites :)

Nightmares... or headaches?


(Though I did enjoy that game, but prefered Terminal Velocity. Incidentally, Interplay is apparently back in the game making game, so we might see an update some time soon)


Anyone else enjoy MDK?

Starcraft

Nightmares... or headaches?

nightmares... my dad and i used to play it together when i was about 6. i'd often get scared and go hide behind him/the sofa, and i did have a recurring nightmare pretty much based on the game :p

Hmm. I'm pretty casual, so right now my favorite PC game is Fairway Solitaire. When I have more time this summer, I'll probably pick up Civ IV again.

nightmares... my dad and i used to play it together when i was about 6. i'd often get scared and go hide behind him/the sofa, and i did have a recurring nightmare pretty much based on the game :p

I'm ashamed to say I did the same thing with The 7th Guest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_seventh_guest)

1. Battlefield 2142
2. Halo
3. Battlefield 2
4. Mass Effect
5. Assasains Creed
6. Sins of a Solar Empire
7. Any of the C&C games
8. Starcraft
9. Warcraft, but only custom games on battlenet
10. Portal

Ratchet & Clank (PS2) - I have all the titles except the new PS3 game and "Size Matters"

Morrowind (PC) - Somehow a better game than Oblivion despite the aged graphics

Halo: Combat Evolved (PC) - I love that first Halo game. I play online frequently. I'm Tothe there, too.

Old-school PC games: AOE1, Lords of the Realm 2, Worms 2, Descent, C&C, and C&C:RA

Starcraft (PC) - Do I even need to explain?

FF1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12 (PS1 versions of all of them)

Legend of Dragoon (PS1) - Good non-FF RPG. Excellent combat combo system.

Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath (Xbox) - fun, unique, comedic.

Crash Team Racing (PS1) - best kart racing game out there.

Terminal Velocity (PC - DOS, even!) - good scifi flight game.

The N64 may still be my favorite console - GoldenEye, Perfect Dark, both Zelda games, Donkey Kong 64, Mario Kart, and many other great games.

1: DN 3D - Those 1 liners still make me laugh to this day.. "I don't have time to play with myself" *tehee*
2: Starcraft. Possibly the best RTS of all time simply because the gameplay and the storyline were superb and the graphics wernt that bad either
3: D&D Baldurs gate 1+2 (PC) - An epic DnD romp through the forgotten realms. One hell of a storyline if a lil clunky and har at times.
4: C&C + C&C:RA - Definately up there with Starcraft.. didnt quite have the story to rate higher than this in my ooks but an awesome time waster all the same.
5: Worms (original) - Cant beat it.. so much fun. Always loved getting that Banana bomb spot onbtarget and watching my enemy be blown to the wind.

I have a 37th degree black and blue belt in Calvinball. :)

PC Games
- Warcraft 2
- Lords of the Relm
- Worms
- Rollercoaster Tycoon

Nintendo (NES, Super, 64, Cube)
- Mario Cart
- Golden Eye
- Megaman
- Punch Out
- Super Samsh Bros

PS 2
- Madden
- GTA

1. Battlefield 2142
2. Halo
3. Battlefield 2
4. Mass Effect
5. Assasains Creed
6. Sins of a Solar Empire
7. Any of the C&C games
8. Starcraft
9. Warcraft, but only custom games on battlenet
10. Portal

I like sins as well, but due to work/school, I haven't played it more that twice. As for favorite games:

Ace Combat series
Shin Megami Tensei Persona 3
Call of Duty 4
Medal of Honor series
Final Fantasy X/X-2

Oh, those kinds of games. The only computer game I play on a regular basis is City of Heroes/VIllains. Best MMORPG ever. :)

I have a 37th degree black and blue belt in Calvinball. :)

I forgot about Calvinball!! Last time I checked I do believe I was the ruler of the Green Flag people, with an advanced super dome shield over our bunker that can withstand the armada of the red recess balls.

Oh yeah, well we have super advanced heat seeking red balls o'doom able to break advanced super dome shielded bunkers!

Oh yeah, well we have super advanced heat seeking red balls o'doom able to break advanced super dome shielded bunkers!

Luckily we have self sacrificing wombats that will strap on jet packs to change the course of heat seeking red balls o'doom away from the green flag people.

Well we got Anti-Wombat Allosauruses with super rocket jet packs and super advanced heat seeking red balls o'doom launchers

Well we got Anti-Wombat Allosauruses with super rocket jet packs and super advanced heat seeking red balls o'doom launchers

You will have to bust through our sub zero second defense shield, watch out for the trap doors and Allosauruses eating Aphids.

Well we got Anti-Wombat Allosauruses with super rocket jet packs and super advanced heat seeking red balls o'doom launchers
That makes me think of Nanosaur.

But, the best game of all time is without question the Secret of Monkey Island.
/thread

But other than that, all the Worms games (except the 3D ones! Bah), Dune 2000, Pharaoh, Age of Mythology, Glest, UT:GOTY, UT2K4, Deus Ex, Wesnoth, C&C red alert 2, Heroes of Might and Magic III, Might and Magic VI - IX.

To name a few.

I like Spryo on PS1 that was the first computer game i ever played!

Now got Nintendo Wii :D YAY!!:D

Like the new Mario Kart
and
The Wii Fit which got on mondayy

I like action games with a story line!!

:)

My favorite games of all time

1) Civilization 3: Conquests
2) Starcraft (PC)
3) Rome: Total War
4) Dawn of War
5) Knights of the Old Republic
6) Halo
7) Earthseige II
8) Star Fox (N64)
9) Warcraft II
10) Football Manager 07
11) Rise of Nations / Rise of Legends (Nations for the gameplay, Legends for the plot)
12) Red Alert 2

Give me Elite, Arkanoid, Master of Orion II,Throne of Darkness and Morrowind, and that's all the games I'll ever need.

Strategy games:

Cossacks II: The Napoleonic Wars. http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:4nClf8I0FxWTLM:http://news.softpedia.com/images/reviews/large/cossacksII_010-large.jpg

Shogun: Total War. http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:PLvG_gG7PmjElM:http://www.nvworld.ru/pics/r200-gf3/shogun_r200.jpg

Star Trek: Armada 2 (if, and only if the Fleet Operations (http://www.fleetops.net/) mod is installed). http://www.fleetops.net/images/Gallery/FleetOps3Federation/thumbs/FOScreenShot_080203_142348.png

Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising.

Starcraft.

Defcon. http://www.moddb.com/images/members/66/66482/gallery/Defcon.jpg

The Midway trilogy, created by David Riggle (Mac).




Other games:

Nuke Snake, also by David Riggle (Mac).

Paper Mario.

Super Smash Bros.



Though on the whole, I am more of a board-game player.
http://images.boardgamegeek.com/images/pic9156_md.jpg

The Descent series is my favorite, but I also like many others:

Knights of the Old Republic
NWN2: Mask of the Betrayer
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
Guild Wars
Planescape: Torment
Psychonauts
Battlefield 2
Call of Duty / CoD4
Civilization II
Halflife 2 (and the episodes plus Portal)
The Longest Journey
TLJ: Dreamfall
Rome: Total War
Full Throttle
Sam and Max Hit the Road
Beyond Good and Evil
Grim Fandango

Homeworld
Homeworld 2 (friggan awesome, and with the PDS mod even better (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtWn1aKGWkI))


The Homeworld series is definitely my favorite tactical RTS.

Favorites, in no particular order:

Legend of Legaia (PS1)

Legend of Dragoon (PS1)

Neverwinter Nights 2 (PC), though I've barely played Mask of the Betrayer yet

Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2 (PS2)

Civilization III (PC); I'd probably like IV even more, but I haven't bothered to get it working with Vista

Metal Gear Solid
God of War
Grand Theft Auto

I played Syphon Filter for the PSP and I want to try the other games now.

I'm definitely a PC gamer. For nearly all of my life, console games were something I played at someone else's house, and with the sole exception of Halo, I never got very good at them.

My favorite games of all time:
Half-Life 2 & Episodes (Portal is included, as it is part of the HL franchise)
EVE Online (close second)
Age of Empires series
Dawn of War
Rise of Nations

If you're wondering why I marked AOE above DoW, it is because AOE was the first RTS I ever played, and consequently, the one I am best at. It holds a place in my heart that some reserve for Mario or Final Fantasy - the franchise they've loved for years. I own every single AOE game, and when AOE IV comes out, I will promptly buy it.

I prefer very free-playing games, as well as games with a good story. Strangly contradictory.

Dwarf Fortress
Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time (Best game EVAR!)
G-Nome.
Dominion Storm Over Gift Three.
Warhammer 40,000 dawn of war.
UnReal World.
The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion.
Tzar: The Burden Of The Crown

In no particualr order other then LOZ:OOT= #1!!!!

Tetris. Internet Checkers.

Metal Gear Solid
God of War
Grand Theft Auto

I played Syphon Filter for the PSP and I want to try the other games now.

You bloodthirsty little cur. :D

Rome Total War
Neverwinter Nights
World of Warcraft
Age of Empires

For console games...

NFL Blitz
Battletanks
Goldeneye 007
Street Fighter games
Mortal Combat games
Starfox was pretty good if I remember correctly
Super Smash Brothers (for 64)
Lord of the Rings the Two Towers

Oooooh, there are so many to choose from!
The Baldur's Gate series, TES 1-3, Planescape Torment, Chrono Trigger, the first 7 Final Fantasy Games, the TW series, Arcanum, the Fallouts, Age of Empires, Empire Earth, the Civilizations, Half-Life (with the episodes and shit), Portal, Team Fortress 2, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Rise of Nations, and... and... a lot of other stuff I can't remember right now!
[Edit] Like Deus Ex!

In no particular order:

Neverwinter Nights and Baldur's Gate series
Civilization Series
Age of Empires Series
Stronghold
Die Gilde (has a different name in English, but I don't know it)
Command and Conquer Series
Spellforce
Rise of Nations
X-Com

I mostly just play Sims 2 now...

I like the Harry Potter video games and Final Fantasy.
I know, I'm a bit of a dork.

I was reading the GTA4 thread, and was quite surprised to see that a game that's predicted to sell more than this summer's biggest blockbuster, and that regularly gets a rating between 9/10 and 10/10, has been getting slammed so hard by the NSG community.

Are you all just PC gamers, and really could care less about consoles? Are you all just fans of different genres? I am the latter, playing mostly RPG's and Sports titles with the occasional action game thrown in. What about the rest of you?

They're typical internet people that think hating a popular game makes them different and somehow unique, instead of just irritating.

There's a ton of games I like. The only major genre I don't enjoy is sports.

Favorites, in no particular order:

Legend of Legaia (PS1)

Legend of Dragoon (PS1)

Neverwinter Nights 2 (PC), though I've barely played Mask of the Betrayer yet

Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2 (PS2)

Civilization III (PC); I'd probably like IV even more, but I haven't bothered to get it working with Vista

IV is easier than III, I think. It' also seems more "user-friendly," which I realize is kind of weird way to describe a program that is supposed to be fun. But after playing IV for a while, I'm starting to see that part of reason III was cool was the almost esoteric knowledge required to be good at it. Kind of like with Settlers of Catan, another (non-computer) game I like.
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I like:

Baldurs Gate (both) and Icewind Dale (both again)
SimCity (4 not so much)
The Sims 2 (so much better that 1)
Kings Quest (all of them except 8 - the main character sounded too much like The Brain for me to take him seriously, and the movement system sucked. SUCKED. BALLS.)
Heroes of Might and Magic
EDIT: Diablo! How could I have forgotten Diablo? Both games rocked. "Kill everything that isn't you," and it doesn't have that nauseating FPS perspective!

Old school, I know. Between our computer being old, school and the SCA, tho, we don't have much gaming time.

My favorite are:

Sonic Adventure DX
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Commander Keen(I hope they make a 3D version)
Pokemon Diamond
NationStates(obviously)

Rule of Rose
FF VII
FF IX
FF X
FF X-II
FF Tactics
Radiata Story
Kingdom Hearts I-II
Chuu
Monster Rancher
Animal Crossing Wild World
Cooking Mama 2

I tend to prefer older games. An emphesis on story, setting, and gameplay over graphics is a good thing, and flaws stand out less jarringly in the graphics are uniformly poor.

Favorite Games:

Age of Empires
Age of Empires 3
Exile Trilogy
Avernum Series
Sim City 4
Battle for Wesnoth

There are lots of others I'd like to get, if I wasn't using a Mac.:(

There are lots of others I'd like to get, if I wasn't using a Mac.:(

I didn't know anyone was still using a mac! :p

I'm a huge fan of the Halflife series, including portal, and I'm a big RTS fan even if I'm not very good at them. currently playing through Supreme Commander and Command and Conquer 3. Call of duty 4 was a good FPS but waaaaaaay too short, and I'm still trying to get my friends to pick up defcon so I can nuke them.

Team Fortress 2, Medieval 2 Total War, Red Alert 2, Yuri's Revenge, The Witcher, Adiousurf, and a bunch of source mods. Anyone feel like playing TF2 with me, TG me your steam ID. Or not, whatever you want.

I use a Mac because its better at things like editting video (I'm going to major in film production at university). Its just a pity it won't run most games, and those it does run seem to be more expensive. Ah, well, you can't have everything.;)

I use a Mac because its better at things like editting video (I'm going to major in film production at university). Its just a pity it won't run most games, and those it does run seem to be more expensive. Ah, well, you can't have everything.
*Whispers* Microsoft...

You bloodthirsty little cur. :D

*runs over Parkus, then stabs him repeatedly, then shoots him*

Rule of Rose
FF VII
FF IX
FF X
FF X-II
FF Tactics
Radiata Story
Kingdom Hearts I-II
Chuu
Monster Rancher
Animal Crossing Wild World
Cooking Mama 2

http://www.vgcats.com/comics/images/080211.jpg

:D

Pong
Robotron
Elite
Halo
Doom 3
Eve Online

Even old kids play. If I do play I go on xbox live for some Halo 3 with the son or COD 4.

I'm not a hardcore gamer or anything, I have mostly party games like guitar hero and super smash brothers. Sometimes I'll get into something more serious like spinter cell. I need games to have at least some strategy, it can't be like katamari where you just roll up garbage or whatever.

I own about 80 games. I feel like I've wasted my life.

Internet Checkers.

I quit playing Internet $GAME when other players started abandoning games when I'm just about to win or when I take longer than two seconds to consider a move. This is especially obnoxious:

<GameHost> Move already!
<TheLoyalOpposition> I'm thinking...
*TheLoyalOpposition has been kicked and banned from table*


What about the rest of you?


I'm constantly re/playing:


Deus Ex
Deus Ex: Invisible War
Tachyon: The Fringe
Simcity 2000 (via DOSBox (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dosbox))
GNU Backgammon (http://www.gnubg.org)


I also like the Myst series, but am hesitant to include it as a favorite. The extremely immersive and interactive environments (especially ambient sound/music) are brilliant (especially Uru), but the storyline isn't similarly engaging. Thus I'm left with simply solving difficult puzzles with little or no real payoff. This can become very frustrating very quickly.

EDIT: I also tried getting into Battle for Wesnoth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_for_Wesnoth) but very quickly tired of the "Too many moves! You Lose!" feature. I assume this feature is common to most RPGs. This would explain why I don't play them.

Games on the original Sega Megadrive.

Sonics 1, 2 and 3 in particular - awesome.

Bubsy? Anyone remember Bubsy the cat?

Oh, those kinds of games. The only computer game I play on a regular basis is City of Heroes/VIllains. Best MMORPG ever. :)

CoX is awesome, I have farrrr too many Alts, generally on Heroes but Villains is getting my attention at the moment (I wonder why).

However, when not engaged in my City of Heroin (I mean Heroes) habit I tend to like turn-based and real-time strategies and some God-sims:

Medieval II: Total War
Dawn of War*
Civ IV (and III)
Heroes of Might and Magic (3 onwards)
Rome:Total War (only so low because haven't had a chance to play it properly yet)
Settlers
Pharoah
Ceaser III



*As well as being a good RTS it's set in Warhammer 40K, which is an awesome universe and may cause me to brush off my minis and start playing the tabletop game again

I use a Mac because its better at things like editting video (I'm going to major in film production at university). Its just a pity it won't run most games, and those it does run seem to be more expensive. Ah, well, you can't have everything.;)

why are macs better at editing video?

*uses PC/laptop to edit video using Adobe AE&Premier, Ulead, and striped RAID*



i should have added earlier that i love Sim City games :)
though Sim City Societies was a major letdown :( (edit: read "big steaming pile of shite)

I have a PC and a console. I don't care for favouritism - you play games to have fun, not pick a side and fight with the other kids over which toy is better. Both have something to offer me, so I have both. Although admittedly, my PC isn't up to snuff these days; it was the best you could build four years ago, but it hasn't had much lovin' since. That said, it can still run Oblivion and things on high graphics, but things like Crysis and Call of Duty 4 make it cry.

Anyway, I've got a few favourites from years gone by, so I'll just mention a couple of them in no particular order:


Mass Effect (360)- if you couldn't tell from my username, I love Mass Effect. Such a great storyline, so many moral choices that really make you question yourself and how you'd respond in certain circumstances, great characters that you suddenly find caring about when you're faced with sacrificing one, and one of the most cohesive sci-fi universes ever dreamed up. Looks pretty too.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (PC) - another Bioware classic there. One of the few games which has truly left me devastated when it ended and there was no more! The only Star Wars worth looking at, better than the films. Just don't mention KotOR 2...
Half-Life (PC) - the original, and the best. Revolutionary for its time, too, more so than most of the so-called 'revolutionary' games that have come out recently.
Startopia (PC) - the best game that nobody played! Seriously, it rocked and was incredibly addictive, especially fiddling around with the biodeck. If you can find a copy on Ebay or something go for it.
Urban Assault (PC) - another unloved classic, this merged RTS with FPS all wrapped up in a unique sci-fi storyline. Looked awesome at the time as well. I still play it a lot when I get the urge.
Another World (DOS) - pretty old, but it was an awesome and revolutionary game at the time, and still is pretty damned good.
SiN (PC) - if you've been tainted by the rather disappointing SiN Episodes: Emergence, which never actually had more than one episode, try the original for a great blast from the past. Scuppered a bit by the coinciding release of Half-Life 1 and some nasty bugs, but in these days of powerful PCs it's a great romp. I actually enjoyed the Wages of SiN mission pack even more!
Age of Empires 2 (PC) - the game that proved that not all sequels were crap. Might be dated, but it's still a lot of fun.
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Mega Drive) - the game that made you question the morality of running over hedgehogs for the rest of your life, and one of the most entertaining split-screen modes ever. Simple, but effective.
Ristar (Mega Drive) - pretty revolutionary for a platformer, this had you playing as a shooting star who could reach out and grab things with his elasticated arms. This allowed you to spin around on poles and accelerate into the air (just as one would expect a shooting star to do), but also grab hold of enemies and collide with them to destroy them. It was a lot of fun once you got the hang of it. Someone also mentioned Bubsy, which was cool but not one of my favourites.
Mafia (PC) - like GTA with a brain and some decency, this brilliantly cinematic game tells the story of Tommy Angelo, a down-on-his-luck taxi driver during the Great Depression, and his epic rise through the ranks of a local mafia family before ultimately turning state's evidence. Beautiful graphics for its time, much more realistic city and driving experience, a lot less obnoxious than the GTA from which much inspiration was taken, an epic and emotive storyline with some great narrative, and one of the saddest endings in a video game. It's up there with the best mafia movies, let alone video games. Its authentic musical score won awards too, I believe.


Well, more than a couple then!

EDIT: I also tried getting into Battle for Wesnoth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_for_Wesnoth) but very quickly tired of the "Too many moves! You Lose!" feature. I assume this feature is common to most RPGs. This would explain why I don't play them.

No...not really...sounds rather vapid...

I was reading the GTA4 thread, and was quite surprised to see that a game that's predicted to sell more than this summer's biggest blockbuster, and that regularly gets a rating between 9/10 and 10/10, has been getting slammed so hard by the NSG community.

Are you all just PC gamers, and really could care less about consoles? Are you all just fans of different genres? I am the latter, playing mostly RPG's and Sports titles with the occasional action game thrown in. What about the rest of you?

I'm mostly a PC Gamer, but I know somethin' about console gaming ;)

A list that is by no means complete, and is always changing:

Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates
Ocarina of Time
Gears of War
Starcraft
Europa Barbarorum (a mod for RTW)
The Duke Nukem series
I Wanna Be The Guy (Yes. I actually like that godforsaken game.)
Guilty Gear series
Aegis Wing
Dead Rising
Devil May Cry 1,3 and 4

Heroes of Might and Magic (3 onwards)
There must be some kind of mistake. Surely Heroes II was the best of the lot.

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (PC) - another Bioware classic there. One of the few games which has truly left me devastated when it ended and there was no more! The only Star Wars worth looking at, better than the films. Just don't mention KotOR 2...

Half-Life (PC) - the original, and the best. Revolutionary for its time, too, more so than most of the so-called 'revolutionary' games that have come out recently.

Startopia (PC) - the best game that nobody played! Seriously, it rocked and was incredibly addictive, especially fiddling around with the biodeck. If you can find a copy on Ebay or something go for it.


KOTOR was very good.

I have a demo disc for Startopia. It looks awesome. I need to look for the full title. thanks for the reminder!

I have Half-Life for PS2. Excellent game, unique story, and the co-op parallel story is good, too, with all the ways it ties in to the main game.

*edit* How could I forget! Marathon 2: Durandal on an old Macintosh PowerPC! Way better than any Doom game could ever be.

Transportation Tycoon on DOS. Surprisingly good graphics and soundtrack on such an old game. The AI was pretty stupid, though, building a zig-zag train track 3x longer than needed. I pwnd the AI every time.

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There must be some kind of mistake. Surely Heroes II was the best of the lot.

Possibly, I do actually have it now and have been meaning to play it. But I didn't get into the series until Heroes III and going back in a series always makes my eyes hurt due to graphics and (frequently) clunkier gameplay. Personally I feel Heroes V has a lot going for it in terms of refinement.

Most of the Final Fantasy games, Call of Duty 4, GTA series, Total War series(except I haven't played Shogun), Empire Earth, AoE, CIV 3, Sim city series(minus sim city 3000), Oblivion, and I believe thats it.