Your Top Ten Games

[Musopticon?]

****, I forgot Alpha Centauri, Civ IV and freaking Pharaoh.

[Pidesco]

Also, Caesar III.

[Enoch]

Whenever I sit down to write one of these, Torment, Fallout, and a smattering of Civ games are the only real constants. I'm also struck by the population of games out there that other people think are the BEST EVAR that I have never played. Some of this is genre-based (my current experience trying BioShock out has reminded me once again why I don't enjoy shooters not named "Portal"), and some of it is based on certain gaps in my awareness of the overall gaming community (Lucasarts made adventure games?!* Deus Ex isn't a pure shooter?! Who knew!)

 

I also get to thinking about some of the old games I used to play and how I would totally not enjoy them anymore. My tolerance for the grind has gone way down (I'm looking at you, Might & Magics 3-5, Icewind Dale, BG1, et al.); whenever a game starts getting the slightest bit repetitive these days, I start thinking that the game is wasting my time and the Devs should've cut more stuff. (One of the things I love about Portal is its brevity.) I really admire the heck out of what Obsidian has done with Mask of the Betrayer, but once the essential mystery was revealed at the beginning of Act III, I lost my motivation to keep grinding through boring epic-cheese D20 combat and stopped playing.

 

Anyhow, here's a list. It's in a rough order of preference, but I reserve the right to monkey with it.

 

PS:T

Fallout

Civ IV

Alpha Centauri

Fallout 2

Railroad Tycoon

The Fool's Errand

Portal

Quest for Glory I

BG 2

 

 

* (Lucasarts story not entirely true. I tried to play at least 1 of the Monkey Island games as well as IJ: Fate of Atlantis on a relative's PC, but got stuck on something ridiculously early in both games and gave up. Since I hadn't shelled out the cash for them, and this was before solutions were readily available on the internet, I never bothered trying them again.)

[Hurlshort]

I also enjoy how you can tell how old a person is based on the games they put in their list. For example, thepixiesrock is clearly about 6 years old.

[Calax]

Mechwarrior 2

Tie Fighter

MGS2

Zone of the enders 2

Starcraft

FFVII

Suikoden V

Dawn of War

Freelancer

Call of Duties 1 & 4

 

in no real order.

[Pop]

Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure

Descent

Rise of the [expletive removed] Triad

Colonization

Civ 2

Starcraft

Fallout

Fallout 2

Baldur's Gate 2

Vampire: TMB

 

Edited by SteveThaiBinh

[Gfted1]

How'd you slip that thru the filter?

 

Anyhow, my favorites;

 

WoW

BG2: SOA / TOB

Crusader

One of the earlier FF on the Gameboy. The end had you battle "god" and I remember having a nuke that did 5k damage.

[Volourn]

1. NWN

2. NHL 08

3. MVP Baseball 2005

4. BG2

4. FO2

6. ME

7. FO1

7. BG1

9. FF8

10. Megamania

Edited April 10, 2008 by Volourn

[Krookie]

you meant MVP baseball 2005, didn't you?

Edited April 10, 2008 by Krookie

[Volourn]

Aye.

[Musopticon?]

How'd you slip that thru the filter?

Professional secrets.

 

 

I completely forgot Worms 2, Settlers 2, Heretic 2(best combat ever) and Heroes of Might and Magic 3!

[Dark_Raven]

Bloodlines

Fallout 2

Fallout

Tetris (on the PC or Nintendo)

Diablo 2

BG

BG2

K2

NWN2

Icewind Dale

 

I like the old Super Mario games for the Nintendo also.

[thepixiesrock]

I also enjoy how you can tell how old a person is based on the games they put in their list. For example, thepixiesrock is clearly about 6 years old.

 

No way man, if I was six I'd have put Leaf Green, Fire Red, and Diamond on the list. Actually, the only reason Diamond isn't on the list is bbecause me and my friends got too competative with it, and we all used Action Replay to hack our games and give us pokemon with max IV's and already EV trained, and sweet movesets. I mean, the pokemon are legit in that you can get pokemon that good, you would just need ridiculous luck and a ton of time.

 

I mean, YOU're six years old!

[Amentep]

What are your favorite top ten games of all time?

 

hmmm, no way I could ever get a true list like that; changes too much.

 

So ten I really liked (and played a whole lot):

 

Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together

Planescape: Torment

Dragon Force

Phantasie

M.U.L.E.

Arcus Odyssey

Final Fantasy VI/III

Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne

Katamari Damacy

Shining Force II

[Gorth]

Phantasie

M.U.L.E.

 

A reminder that EA once released a lot of different game genres...

 

*reminiscenses (sp?) the days of "Seven Cities of Gold", "Hard hat Mack", "Archon" & "Racing Destruction Set"*

 

I think I could use a remake of "Racing Destruction Set" :sad:

[mr insomniac]

Phantasie

M.U.L.E.

 

A reminder that EA once released a lot of different game genres...

 

*reminiscenses (sp?) the days of "Seven Cities of Gold", "Hard hat Mack", "Archon" & "Racing Destruction Set"*

 

I think I could use a remake of "Racing Destruction Set" :sad:

A remake of Racing Destruction Set is an excellent idea. I remember Phantasie and M.U.L.E. as well. Great games.

[Bos_hybrid]

1. KotOR

2. Mass Effect

3. HL2(EP1&2)

4. MotB

5. Half Life

6. KotOR II

7. Vampire: Bloodlines

8. Dues Ex

9. Dues Ex IW

10. Fallout 2

[Calax]

Invisible War!? WHAT!?

[Moatilliatta]

In no particular order:

 

Metal Gear Solid

Deus Ex

Caesar III

Simcity 3000

Dawn of War

Portal

Jagged Alliance 2

Baldurs Gate 2 (Honorable mention to 1 since it introduced me to CRPG gaming)

Europa Universalis 2 (3 is better but I've played this one a lot)

Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor

Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven

Fallout 2

Imperialism 2

The elder scrolls III: morrowind

Starcraft

Jazz jackrabbit 2

Unreal Tournament

Alpha Centauri

Legend (SNES game)

Heroes of Might and Magic III

 

Yeas I realize that there are too many games here, but I couldn't do something like a top ten without it being random and mood-based.

 

I guess Diablo 2 deserves an honorable mention for best co-op gamplay since the dawn of time (legend). Also Gothic 2. And No one lives forver.

 

Edit: Totally forgot about Outlaws.

Edited April 11, 2008 by Moatilliatta

[Bos_hybrid]

Invisible War!? WHAT!?

 

 

Yes in know it gets a lot of hating, but I just like it. Not as good as the first one, but still better then 99% of other shooters (IMO). Despite being very, very, very easy. In fact the only FPS I've got through more is..... Dues Ex.

Edited April 11, 2008 by Bos_hybrid

[Xard]

I'm one of those people who consider Deus Ex as RPG instead of FPS and in RPG department DX:IW failed propably even more than in other areas

[Shryke]

So ten I really liked (and played a whole lot):

 

Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together

Planescape: Torment

Dragon Force

Phantasie

M.U.L.E.

Arcus Odyssey

Final Fantasy VI/III

Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne

Katamari Damacy

Shining Force II

 

hell yeah

 

though that fight with the Kraken was a huge jump in the difficulty level

[Gfted1]

"Archon" & "Racing Destruction Set"*

 

I think I could use a remake of "Racing Destruction Set" :sad:

 

 

+1

 

Archon was the chess game with the animated pieces right?

 

Forgot to put Diablo on my list.

[Shryke]

yeah dude

 

Archon was awesome

[Pidesco]

I'd like to see Battlechess again.