Your favorite games and Why?

Raymondo · Post by **Raymondo** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 10:50 pm

What would be your favorite games and Why?

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 11:00 pm

Ah. Finally an original game.

Well, I like Fallout.
X-Wing was also cool though.

Alphawulf · Post by **Alphawulf** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 11:00 pm

Fallout, Half-Life, Final Fantasy VI.

Fallout, great RPG, origina story and setting, one of the most memorable games I've ever played.

Final Fantasy VI, great RPG, epic storyline, memorable characters, finely 'painted' enemies.

Half-Life, Great FPS, original, fun gameplay, many excellent mods.

But I'd have to go with Fallout as my favorite.

the guardian · Post by **the guardian** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 11:02 pm

X-Com, Dungeon Keeper, Star Control 2, it goes on and on....

Slave_Master · Post by **Slave_Master** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 11:02 pm

Risk and Monopoly. Because they kick ass. Oh yeah, and tag was pretty badass too.

Alphawulf · Post by **Alphawulf** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 11:04 pm

Freeze Tag makes Tag look like Tag 1.

But my favorite traditional game would be Catch, simple, fun, only requires a ball, and many variations.

Mad Max RW · Post by **Mad Max RW** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 11:12 pm

Aliens vs. Predator
I thought this game was the shit when it came out and I still play AvP today. Just not as often. Cool atmosphere, huge levels, good AI (although flawed was still fun), and with randomized enemy placement there was tons of replayability. For a while multiplayer kicked ass, but cheats took over. And with no anti cheat software or any kind of way to admin your server it swept the game like a horrible plague.

Descent 1/2, Freespace 1/2
Played the hell out of these games, especially Freespace 2 and Descent 2. Great graphics for their time. I loved the giant ships in FS2.

Doom 1/2
Wasted more hours playing Doom than any other game I ever had. Downloaded countless maps and made tons of my own. Still play the game today with the amazing Doomsday jDoom source port.

Carmageddon 1/2/3
The only games to come close to how much time I played Doom. There was nothing else like Carmageddon. A full 3D world with a wide variety of crazy vehicles you can drive anywhere and do pretty much anything. Carma1 was perfect in almost every way. 2 and 3 have their flaws but I still love them.

Spazmo · Post by **Spazmo** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 11:19 pm

Avoiding obvious stuff I like simply because I post at DAC...

The Freespace series is a game design triumph, the kind of thing you only see once in a great while--and we won't see again in space sims since Volition is stuck making crap console games for THQ now.

Freedom Force fucking rocks. It's fun, it's purdy and it's just fucking hilarious. When I heard about the sequel, I mentally creamed my mind pants.

I'm a huge fan of No One Lives Forever 2--it's just flat-out good. I have never been able to play the first game, and I kick myself for it every day.

I'm sure there's a jillion other games I really love and should have mentioned, but these are what was floating at the top of my meager consciousness just now.

Jack_Deth · Post by **Jack_Deth** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 11:31 pm

Fallout 1 & 2 (obviously)
Max Payne 1 & 2 - fun
Deus Ex - i know people didn't like it but i thought it was very immersive
Undying - scary
Hearts of Iron (Underrated strategy game) - i took over Canada as Satan's Army.

Silver · Post by **Silver** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 11:32 pm

Dune 2. Need I say more? And all the RainbowSix games.

requiem_for_a_starfury · Wed Oct 22, 2003 11:36 pm

Like Spazmo avoiding the obvious, Lords of Midnight, damn that game was huge. Klingon Honour Guard, don't laugh, how many other games let you run around with a Bat' Leth? If only they'd do an ST mod for Severance Blade of Darkness or JK2 JO. The Fallen, third person Star Trek adventure. Probably the best Star Trek game ever, beats Elite Force with one hand behind it's back. Elite. I made Elite, and I still see spinning starfields now and again, when I close my eyes, to prove it. System Shock 2, most atmospheric game I've played. The Delta Force games.

Doc Hill · Post by **Doc Hill** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 12:03 am

Fallout-great game,orginal concept
Fallout 2-same deal
Arcanum-steam punk version of fallout
Freelancer-first game I bought for my new rig, great fun, blowing up crap in space.Really big crap.Oh, and space germans!I love the space germans.
Grim Fandango-Noir-ish adventure set in the land of the dead, need I say more?
Freedom force-retro hero coolness, plus I got the midnighter skin so I can kick ass authority style.
All the redneck rampage games-I was born in Alabama, and crap chucking monsters are funny.

trythebill · Post by **trythebill** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 12:30 am

my favorite game

SuperH · Post by **SuperH** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 1:23 am

lawl

The best startrek game is NOT "the fallen" or whatever the fuck

Star Trek : 25th Anneversary please.
And, Star Trek : Judgement Rites

Other favourite games of mine, Fallout, Doom I and II, Metal Slug I II and X, and that's all I can think of at the moment?

I love the startreks because I grew up with them and the Dooms. I know they don't have replay value but I would replay them all the time, while I still had a computer that would run them reasonably. Metal Slugs are simply the best platform shooter games ever made. So much attention to detail, if you enjoy sprites as opposed to 3d, you WILL enjoy this game even if you don't go for mindless shooting.
And fallout because every single time I play the game, to this day, I find something new.

On a side note, my favourite Doom port isn't jDoom, I prefer Doom Legacy, just because jDoom was always too steep for my older systems and I got used to the feel of legacy. Plus the 3d models - at least in the version i had - sucked SO hard. I hated them hard core stile.

Rev · Post by **Rev** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 4:48 am

Half-life
Op-forces
blue-shift
fallout 1&2 and tactics
all rainbow six
star craft
C&C red alert
Birth of the federation
Armada 1&2
S.w.a.t.
star wars jedi outcast
knights of the old republic
midnight club 2
max payn 1&2
tribes 2
lemmings
tetris
Halo
risk
GTA
and the list can go on and on....

pritty much if its a good fps, rpg, strat, raceing game with a good storie to it i like it.

Strap · Post by **Strap** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 5:11 am

mech warrior games are pretty cool/fun too, get a good set of headphones and a joystick and you really feel like a mech pilot. (throw in a helmet if you're really into it)
Plus, I've never seen another game that let's you technically control [yourself] so greatly. Anyone else enjoy mechwarrior games? (i'm thinking based on mech1,2,3. haven't played any of the new ones.)

Ernesto · Post by **Ernesto** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 5:17 am

Fallout I
Planescape: Torment
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows Of Amn
Deus Ex I
Alpha Centauri
Monopoly, the boardgame biznatch.

Fallout I-Atmosphere, gameplay, do I have to go on?

Planescape: Torment-Great story, characters fucking rock, good setting, some nice side quests. Oh, and spells? Fucking rock.

Baldur's Gate II-Much, much better than the first one. NPCs aren't cannon fodder anymore, it's epic-feeling, it's 2d and it's Fantasy. (Sure, it has hack and slash traits. I know that.)

Deus Ex I-Immersive, great story, characters are above average for a RPG/FPS. It's also fun.

Alpha Centauri-It's fun as hell, takes a long time if you research all areas, and it's Sci-fi turned based goodness.

Monopoly- Money's good, aight?

avenger69ie · Post by **avenger69ie** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 7:22 am

Strapon2 wrote:mech warrior games are pretty cool/fun too, get a good set of headphones and a joystick and you really feel like a mech pilot. (throw in a helmet if you're really into it)
Plus, I've never seen another game that let's you technically control [yourself] so greatly. Anyone else enjoy mechwarrior games? (i'm thinking based on mech1,2,3. haven't played any of the new ones.)

yeah mech3 was great, so much so, i joined a clan. tis dead and buried now though

Max-Violence · Post by **Max-Violence** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 7:49 am

Mad Max RW wrote:Doom 1/2
Wasted more hours playing Doom than any other game I ever had. Downloaded countless maps and made tons of my own. Still play the game today with the amazing Doomsday jDoom source port.

Hmmm? Link?

Well, I had a rather long list of games with explanations as to why I think they're great, but forum demons ate it

Quick list:

Thief 1 & 2 - sneaking around, stealing, bashing people with the blackjack, fun times. Oh, and getting into a swordfight with a drunk guard never gets old

Never got any custom maps to work though

Half-Life - Duh.

Diablo 1 & 2 - Decent way to kill some time. MP for D1 was fun as hell until cheaters took over...

StarCraft/BroodWar - great fun, both SP and MP. Might start playing it again (hope there's not a lot of cheaters on MP...).

No One Lives Forever 1 and 2 - see Spazmo's post

RollerCoaster Tycoon 1 and 2 - Damn fun. Especially RCT2 with the new coaster types and track peices. Lost my RCT2 CD, though

Prisoner of War - Damn fun and original. Sneaking around a Nazi prison without the ability to shoot/kill any guards is quite thrilling.

Ugh, that's enough for now.

The Gaijin · Post by **The Gaijin** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 8:25 am

Warcraft III's one of my favorite games of all time--there's something about taurens on the warpath that fills me with mirth. Giants: Citizen Kabuto was great; brilliant graphics for its time and great gameplay, plus it had -gasp- good voicework. And as for console, I really liked Jak and Daxter. Had great visuals and gameplay, plus a solid story and decent characters.