Greatest Games of All Time, by Category

[Sebastian]

So Phias gets me to thinking ...

In your opinions, what are the greatest games of all time in the following categories:

Roleplaying Game:
- Console
- PC
- Honorable Mention - Either

Real Time Strategy Game
- Console
- PC
- Honorable Mention - Either

First Person Shooter
- Console
- PC
- Honorable Mention - Either

Adventure Game
- Console
- PC
- Honorable Mention - Either

Puzzle Game
- Console
- PC
- Honorable Mention - Either

Platformer
- Console
- PC
- Honorable Mention - Either

Turn-Based Strategy
- Console
- PC
- Honorable Mention - Either

Action Game
- Console
- PC
- Honorable Mention - Either

Driving Game --- EDITED IN
- Console
- PC
- Honorable Mention - Either

Greatest Game of ALL TIME!!!
- Console
- PC
- Honorable Mention - Either

So answer some or all or none at all. Give as little or as much information as you want about each game. And don't think that just because we're on a Fallout fan site you have to pick Fallout for RPG game. Though you should ... heh

Sebastian of the Wastes

[Phias]

RPG-Arcanum and Fallout(tie)
RTS-Myth: The Fallen Lords
Adventure Horror: Nocturne
Adventure: Tie: Beneath a Steel Sky/The Lurking Horror
TBS-Warhammer 40k/Close Combat: Bridge too far
Greatest Game of All Time-(very hard choice), but for it's time I'd have to nominate Fallout(For rejuvinating CRPGs and creating a PCgame legacy) and Myth: The Fallen Lords(for being the first RTS to truly simulate medium scale battles in a fantasy setting, and having an excellent story as well.)

[SuperH]

I refuse to do consoles because every console game, bar only a very few, suck incredible amounts of ass.

And these are just my favourites, for the most part. I know they'll be greatly disagree'd with.

Roleplaying Game:
- PC - Fallout, duh.

Real Time Strategy Game
- PC - Starcraft
- Honorable Mention - Command and Conquer : RA

First Person Shooter
- PC - Doom
- Honorable Mention - Wolfenstein

Adventure Game
- PC - Monkey Island
- Honorable Mention - Beneath a Steel Sky

Puzzle Game
- Console - Tetris (This is one of the barred titles)

Platformer
- Console - Mario 3 (Again)
- PC - Flashback
- Honorable Mention - Commander Keen

Turn-Based Strategy
- PC - Alpha Centauri

Greatest Game of ALL TIME!!!
- PC - Fallout
- Honorable Mention - Doom

[Jeff]

Roleplaying Game:
- Fallout
- Honorable Mention: Nethack
Real Time Strategy Game
- Command & Conquer
First Person Shooter
- No-One Lives Forever
- Honorable Mention: Doom
Adventure Game
- Space Quest
- Honorable Mention: Monkey Island
Platformer
- Rayman 3
- Honorable Mention: Oddworld series
Turn-Based Strategy
- Jagged Alliance 2
- Honorable Mention: Wages of War
Action Game
- GTA Vice City
Driving Game EDIT ED I N!"!!!!!!!!!
- Project Gotham Racing 2
Greatest Game of ALL TIME!!!
- Teh Fallout

or something like that

[RawonaM]

RPG:
-Fallout & Fallout 2 (tie) PC
RTS:
-Starcraft PC
-Honorable Mention: Red Alert PC
FPS:
-Half-life (mostly because of all the mods for it) PC
-Perfect Dark Console
-Honorable Mention: Blood PC
Adventure:
-Monkey Island PC
TBS:
-X-com: Enemy unknown (or UFO defence)
-Honorable Mention: Lords of the realm 2
Greatest Game of ALL TIME!!!
-Fallout RPGs'

[Kashluk]

This is as useless as the Oscar nominations, except that nobody gives a fuck about these...

Ah, what the heck:

RPG
-Fallout
RTS
- Hearts of Iron
FPS
- Half-Life
Adv.
- Outcast
TBS
- Alpha Centauri
Act.
- Mafia

Teh Best Of All Times
- Guess twice

[Thor Kaufman]

RPG
Fallout

RTS
Starcraft

turn-based strategy
Jagged Alliance 2

greatest game of all time
Jagged Alliance 2

[Wolfman Walt]

Right, so ugh I shall get on with de awards.

Roleplaying Game:
- Console - *Tie*Star Ocean II, Wild Arms
- PC - Fallout
- Honorable Mention - Console - FFVI

Real Time Strategy Game
- Console - General Chaos
- PC - Medieval - Total War
- Honorable Mention - PC - Warcraft III

First Person Shooter
- Console - Timesplitters 2
- PC - Call of Duty
- Honorable Mention - Half Life

Adventure Game
- PC - The Dig

Puzzle Game
- Console - Bubble Bobble
- PC - Tetris

Platformer
- Console - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
- Honorable Mention - Megaman X4

Turn-Based Strategy
- PC - Jagged Alliance 2
- Honorable Mention - *tie* Fallout, Xcom

Action Game
- Console - Armored Core
- PC - Max Payne
- Honorable Mention - Contra: Hardcorps

Driving Game --- EDITED IN
- Console - Wipeout XL

Fighting Game (You forgot this you putz)
- Console - Garou: Mark of the Wolves
- Honorable Mention - Virtua Fighter 4 Evo

Greatest Game of ALL TIME!!!
- Console - *Tie* Armored Core, Star Ocean 2, Garou
- PC - Jagged Alliance 2
- Honorable Mention - Fallout

[atoga]

Roleplaying Game
- Fallout
- Torment

Real Time Strategy Game
- Warcraft II

First Person Shooter
- Half-Life
- Hitman 2

Adventure Game
Beats the hell out of me.

Action Game
- Vice City

Arcade-type Game (Ooh!)
-GTA2

Greatest Game of ALL TIME!!!
- Fallout
- Vice City

[Mandalorian FaLLouT GoD]

Roleplaying Game
- Fallout

Real Time Strategy Game
- Starcraft

First Person Shooter
- Hitman
- Hitman: Silent Assassin
- Half-Life

Adventure Game
- The Dig
- Monkey Island
- Loom
- Space Quest Series
- Full Throttle

Action Game
- Max Payne
- Max Payne 2

Greatest Game of ALL TIME!!!
- Console - NES - Ninja Gaiden
- SNES - Sunset Riders EDIT: i forgot Chrono Trigger
- Sega - Golden Axe
- PS - Legend of Dragoon
- N64 - Perfect Dark
- PS2 - Legacy of Kain: Defiance
- PC - Hitman/ Hitman: Silent Assassin
- Honorable Mention - Fallout, Monkey Island, Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen

[Sebastian]

So let's see what I've come up with ...

Roleplaying Game:
- Console -- Final Fantasy VIII (PSOne)
- PC -- Fallout II
- Honorable Mention - Either -- Neverwinter Nights + Expansions (PC)

Real Time Strategy Game
- Console -- Kessen I and II (PS2)
- PC -- Starcraft and StarCraft Brood War
- Honorable Mention - Either -- Warcraft II (PC)

First Person Shooter
- Console -- James Bond Everything or Nothing (X-BOX)
- PC -- Doom II
- Honorable Mention - Either -- Duke Nukem 3D and Unreal Tournament (PC)

Adventure Game
- Console -- Conker's Bad Fur Day (N64)
- PC -- Quest for Glory series (also known as Hero's Quest)
- Honorable Mention - Either -- The Longest Journey (PC), Full Throttle (PC)

Puzzle Game
- Console -- Tetris (Game Boy)
- PC -- Lemmings
- Honorable Mention - Either -- Don't Really Have One

Platformer
- Console -- Super Mario World (SNES)
- PC -- Don't Have One in Mind
- Honorable Mention - Either -- Pitfall II (Atari 2600)

Turn-Based Strategy
- Console -- Fallout Tactics (PSOne)
- PC -- X-Com UFO Defense
- Honorable Mention - Either -- Fallout Tactics (PC)

Action Game
- Console -- Tenshu Series (PSOne and II)
- PC -- Thief II
- Honorable Mention - Either -- Tekken Tag Tournament

Driving Game --- EDITED IN
- Console -- Gran Turismo 3 (PS2)
- PC -- Star Wars Pod Racer
- Honorable Mention - Either -- Rallysport Challenge (XBox)

Greatest Game of ALL TIME!!!
- Console -- Conker's Bad Fur Day (N64)
- PC -- Fallout II
- Honorable Mention - Either -- XCom UFO Defense

It's not easy picking just one in a category. I can actually think of quite a few games for some of these. I may have to expand this at some point.

Sebastian of the Wastes

[Stainless]

Roleplaying Game:

- Fallout

Real Time Strategy Game

- Command and Conquer

First Person Shooter

- Half Life

Adventure Game

- Day of the Tenticle

Puzzle Game

- Tetris

Platformer

- Rayman

Turn-Based Strategy

Battle Isle 3 for normal TBS.
Incubation for squad TBS

Driving Game --- EDITED IN

F-Zero

Greatest Game of ALL TIME!!!

Battle Isle series
Fallout series (ok ok. Fallout 1 and 2)

[Guest]

Roleplaying Game:
- Console: Chrono Chross
- PC: Fallout (duh)
- Honorable Mention - Final Fantasy VII

Real Time Strategy Game
- Console: Uh, are there any?
- PC: Homeworld
- Honorable Mention: StarCraft

First Person Shooter
- Console: Uh....Halo, I guess
- PC: System Shock 2
- Honorable Mention: Half Life

Adventure Game
- Console: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- PC: Tomb Raider
- Honorable Mention: The Longest Journey

Puzzle Game
- Console: Ico
- PC: Tetris
- Honorable Mention: Intelligent Qube

Platformer
- Console: Super Mario Sunshine
- PC: Rayman
- Honorable Mention: Sonic the Hedgehog

Action Game
- Console: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- PC: Doom
- Honorable Mention: Devil May Cry

Driving Game
- Console: Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2
- PC: Sega GT
- Honorable Mention: Gran Turismo

Fighting Game
- Console: Soul Calibur
- Honorable Mention: Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution

Greatest Game of ALL TIME!!!
- Console: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- PC: System Shock
- Honorable Mention: Half-Life

[Mismatch]

Roleplaying Game:
- PC - Fallout/Fallout2
- Honorable Mention - Planescape Torment

Real Time Strategy Game
- PC - Warcraft2

First Person Shooter
- PC - Deus Ex & Systemshock2 -tie-
- Honorable Mention - Halflife

Adventure Game
- PC - Monkey Island
- Honorable Mention - Lesiuresuit Larry


Turn-Based Strategy
- PC - Civilization3
- Honorable Mention - homm2


Driving Game
- PC - Pirates (you drive a boat)
- Honorable Mention - their fines hour (amiga), you drive a plane

Greatest Game of ALL TIME!!!
- PC - Pirates & Fallout2 (tie)
- Honorable Mention - Their finest hour (amiga)

[Myrrdin]

Roleplaying
PC - Fallout 1
Console - Star Ocean 2
Honorable mention: Daggerfall

Real Time Strategy
PC - Europa Universalis 2
Honorable mention: Warcraft 2

First Person Shooter
PC - Decent
Honorable mention: Quake 1

Adventure Game
PC - Grim Fandango
Honorable Mention: Monkey Island 2

Puzzle
PC and Consoles - Boulderdash + clones
Honorable mention: Tetris

Platformer
Actually never played a platformer I enjoyed on PC.
Console - Sonic the Hedgehog
Honorable Mention: Super Mario World

Turn Based Strategy
PC - Civilization 2
Honorable Mention: Heroes of Might and Magic 2

Action Game
PC - Elite & Elite:Frontier (Dunno where the hell else to fit'em)
Console - Metal Slug

Driving Game
PC - Colin McRae Rally
Honorable Mention - 4D Sports Driving

Greatest Game of All Time
Elite & Elite:Frontier
Honorable Mention: Fallout 1

[BlackDog]

Here are mine:

Roleplaying Game:
- Console: Final Fantasy
- PC: Fallout 2 or Arcanum

Real Time Strategy Game
- PC: Age of Empires 2

First Person Shooter
- PC: Deus Ex & Half-Life

Adventure Game
- PC: Space Quest IV & Monkey Island III

Platformer
- Console: Super Mario Brothers III
- PC: Jazz Jackrabbit II or Commander Keen 6

Turn-Based Strategy
- PC: Fallout Tactics

Action Game
- PC: I guess GTA 3

Driving Game
- PC: Need For Speed 3 & Need For Speed Underground

Greatest Game of ALL TIME!!!
- PC: Deus Ex

[Jimmyjay86]

Hands down Universal Combat is the best game evar.