IndiraLightfoot Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Thx! Perhaps change the thread title to Top 25 Games? *** "The words of someone who feels ever more the ent among saplings when playing CRPGs" *** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartimaeus Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 (edited) What I absolutely adore about this list. I haven't played a single game listed here! Erm, that's because it's not a real list, . Half-Life 3 doesn't exist and probably won't ever, and Daikatana, Sonic '06, Superman 64, Alien: Colonial Marines, and the two CD-I Zelda games are considered among some of the worst/most disappointing games of all time. Edited November 17, 2017 by Bartimaeus 1 Quote How I have existed fills me with horror. For I have failed in everything - spelling, arithmetic, riding, tennis, golf; dancing, singing, acting; wife, mistress, whore, friend. Even cooking. And I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of 'not trying'. I tried with all my heart. In my dreams, I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndiraLightfoot Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 I had a feeling this might be the case, but truth be told; I wasn't sure. 1 *** "The words of someone who feels ever more the ent among saplings when playing CRPGs" *** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algroth Posted November 17, 2017 Author Share Posted November 17, 2017 Thx! Perhaps change the thread title to Top 25 Games? Not quite, because I do still plan to compile all games into a top 100 list. My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katphood Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 What I absolutely adore about this list. I haven't played a single game listed here! You should really reconsider things when it comes to Rogue Warrior: 1 There used to be a signature here, a really cool one...and now it's gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneckdevil Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 Will u show results here when u got your info? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algroth Posted November 18, 2017 Author Share Posted November 18, 2017 Will u show results here when u got your info? I will! I'm still waiting on more lists to arrive. I'm hoping to be doing so by late December/early January, though I still haven't set a deadline for the submissions either. 2 My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonicMage117 Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 Hi... I have some, mine are newer games as opposed to classics/retro ones. Hope ya'all don't mind. Hotline Miami 1&2: I could never get tired of playing this duo. The graphics are so horrid and yet the gameplay itself is so polished and addictive. Both games are short but have alot of replay value. Super Meat Boy: Dubbed the hardest platformer since Ghosts and Goblins, it took me quite a bit to beat. It's cute, tells a story and has some great boss fights. Sonic Mania: There's sonething to be said when a AAA publisher literaly goes out and hires fans to make their next game and it paid off, tremendously. Rayman Legends: It's fun, colorful and bright. Features classic songs remixed into musical platforming. Rayman has bever been dull, thank the ubi-gods! Batman Arkham Knight: Everything about the game is bad@$$. The graphics, the car, the villain. Life Is Strange: The most emo game I've ever played and for good reason. I can't say that there's ever been an rpg that has ever hit on this level of relatability while touching on modern controversial issues that people face in real life on a daily basis (bullying, abuse, rape, kidnapping, etc) Transistor: It's like 8-hours long but what a breakthrough in storytelling for rpg genre. It's that good. Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2: I've clocked in 24 hours so far into the game and the length and quailty of content is up to par with Witcher 3. However, it's not an RPG - even though the game is non-linear, has a huge open world and tons of dungeons ajd quests. Red Faction Guerilla: It's an ancient game and yet it's one of the most technologically advanced games I've ever played. It still hails as one of the largest open worlds in a game and what's more is that not only is everything fully destructable, it's also the only game in historyin which you can enter any building you see. Star Wars Kotor II: Obsidian's best work ever ad the best Star Wars game ever. While on the newer side, it's hard for alot of rpg's to match my experience with this one. Depth: I do not play alot of multiplayer games, I do not play a lot of fps either but this one is one of the best. It's balanced and unique. It pits 6 players against each other in 2 teams. 4 divers vs 2 sharks. Brigador: Iso'mech'tric perfection! This game is all about mechs shooting up vehicles in isometric perspective. The action is fast but you have to manage resources masterfully. I can't imagine any rpg fan wouldn't like this (it's not an rpg but operates as one). You can pilot an array of other vehicles too, hovercrafts, cars, gyro-cycles, tanks, etc). Dex: It's beautifully made metroidvania/rpg hybrid. It's basically a 2D Deus Ex but with a female protagonist. Very good story too. Hollow Knight: According to 90% of the people who actually played it, it's the first metroidvania game to overthrow Super Metroud and Castlevania Symphony If The Night. Not only is it's Land Before Time-looking aesthetic gorgeous but it's hard as nails and superiorly rewarding. The Evil Within 1&2: Best horror games since RE5, by the guy who was originally responsible for te good RE games. He made these after he left Capcom. Oxenfree: A 2-3 hour adventure game, essentially a 2D walking similator about a group if friends who go on a ferry to a party on an island but 'Stranger things' happen Bioshock Infinite: The definitive Bioshock experience, gets rid of that musty ad boring dark blue color pallet ad brings life to the series. Also features Elizabeth, who is like a broken Disney Princess gone bad. A staple of female characters in the gaming world. Rise Of The Tomb Raider: Lara Croft's best game ever. The conditions are harsh ad tge gameplay is harsher. Mad Max: Overlooked, underrated and ultimately forgotten and yet ine if the best and most immersive open world's I've ever played in. One would think the desert would become boring but no. I'll give more later lol 1 Just what do you think you're doing?! You dare to come between me and my prey? Is it a habit of yours to scurry about, getting in the way and causing bother? What are you still bothering me for? I'm a Knight. I'm not interested in your childish games. I need my rest. Begone! Lest I draw my nail... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algroth Posted November 18, 2017 Author Share Posted November 18, 2017 (edited) Hi... I have some, mine are newer games as opposed to classics/retro ones. Hope ya'all don't mind. I definitely don't mind, as I said at the opening paragraph the list should speak to your tastes and not to what you think ought to be seen as the canon and so on. However, please send the redacted list via PM, as those are the lists I'm counting as submissions for the poll (and remember to divide points between each game)! Edited November 18, 2017 by algroth My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eimatshya Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Here's my list. I narrowed it down to games that I both loved at launch and still love now. As a result, games like Civilization II and Civilization: Call to Power didn't make the list even though I played them a LOT because I no longer play either. Likewise, I've played a lot of Titanfall 2 and Overwatch over the last year, but they are too new to stand the test of time, and as a result, did not make the list. I know Dragon Age 2 gets a lot of hate, but I personally like it. It did something different--a story about the trials and tribulations of a single family over several years set in a single city. The combat wasn't great, and it was more rail-roady than I'd like (DA:O did way better when it comes to endings), but despite it's failings I always enjoy playing through it (whereas I now fall asleep when I try to play through DA:O). Finally, I included SWG even though I no longer play it because it's a game I definitely would like to play again if I could (haven't got around to trying to figure out all the various Emu servers that exist... they seem to have really volatile populations). Everquest (I still play project 1999 on and off and love it)Knights of the Old Republic 2Vampire the Masquerade: BloodlinesAlpha ProtocolFallout 2 (Fallout 1 is the classic, but I've played Fallout 2 sooooooo much more over the course of my life)Final Fantasy TacticsCivilization VBaldur's GateSuper Smash BrothersMass Effect 2Dreamfall: the Longest JourneyThe Longest JourneyDragon Age 2Fallout: New VegasGolden Eye 64Dark ForcesSystem Shock 2Jagged Alliance 2Master of Orion 2Star Wars Galaxies DaggerfallDeus ExJade EmpirePlanescape TormentCivilization IV 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algroth Posted November 21, 2017 Author Share Posted November 21, 2017 Got the list, thanks! My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndiraLightfoot Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Hey! I updated my list above with my point distribution, for those interested. 1 *** "The words of someone who feels ever more the ent among saplings when playing CRPGs" *** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melkathi Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 I shall post a list later as well Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katphood Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 (edited) This is gonna be cool. Edited November 23, 2017 by Katphood There used to be a signature here, a really cool one...and now it's gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melkathi Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 (edited) Listing without points. I'll PM the point breakdown when I get 'round to working them out: Dune - 1992 / Developer: Cryo / Publisher: VirginDune 2 - 1992 / Developer: Westwood / Publisher: VirginSid Meier's Civilization - 1991 / Developer: MPS Labs / Publisher: MicroProseSid Meier's Alpha Centauri - 1999 / Developer: Firaxis / Publisher: EARealms - 1991 / Developer: Graftgold Publisher: VirginLemmings - 1991 / Developer: DMA Design / Publisher: PsygnosisFreelancer - 2003 / Developer: Digital Anvil / Publisher: MicrosoftEric The Unready - 1993 / Developer: Legend Entertainment / Publisher: Legend EntertainmentAge of Wonders - 1999 / Developer: Triumph Studios / Publisher: Gathering of DevelopersArcanum of Steamworks and Magick Obscura - 2001 / Developer: Troika Games / Publisher: Sierra Final Fantasy Legend II - 1990 / Developer: Square / Publisher: Square/Sunsoft Startopia - 2001 / Developer: Murky Foot / Publisher: Eidos Interactive Anno 2070 - 2011 / Developer: Related Designs/Bluebyte / Publisher: UbisoftKing Arthur The Roleplaying Wargame - 2011 / Developer: NeocoreGames / Publisher: Paradox Interactive Majesty The Fantasy Kingdom Sim - 2000 / Developer: Cyberlore Studios / Publisher: Hasbro Interactive Planescape: Torment - 1999 / Developer: Black Isle Studios / Publisher: Interplay Entertainment Magic Of Endoria - 1994 / Developer: German Design Group / Publisher: Sunflowers Star Control: The Ur-Quan Masters - 1993 / Developer: Toys for Bob / Publisher: Accolade Alpha Protocol - 2000 / Developer: Obsidian Entertainment / Publisher: Sega Bubble Bobble - 1986 / Developer: Taito / Publisher: Taito Super Mario Land - 1989 / Developer: Nintendo / Publisher: Nintendo Final Fantasy VII - 1997 / Developer: Square / Publisher: Square Dawn of War: Soulstorm - 2008 / Developer: Relic Entertainment / Publisher: Sega Saints Row The Third - 2011 / Developer: Volition / Publisher: Deep Silver Syndicate - 1993 / Developer: Bullfrog / Publisher: Electronic Arts That's 25. Honorary Mention: Mordheim obviously Edited November 23, 2017 by melkathi 1 Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 (edited) List is in no particular order, but these ones always stick out in my mind X-Wing TIE Fighter Jedi Knight Grim Fandango Civ 2 Civ 4 SMAC Caesar 3 C&C C&C Red Alert 2 Star Wars Rebellion Rainbow Six Raven Shield Dungeon Keeper 2 Deus Ex Unreal Tournament Fallout Dawn of War 2 The Longest Journey Full Throttle Curse of Monkey Island Operation Flashpoint Starsiege Tribes Mechwarrior 2 F-117A Stealth Fighter 2.0 / F-19 WoW Edit : Forgot some Edited December 13, 2017 by Malcador 1 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melkathi Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 A couple of those could easily have made it onto my list as well. After all, whenever I smell asphalt, I think of Maureen. Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humanoid Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Just going to use this post as a scratchpad for now. No great thought has gone into this list so far, all I did was open up Notepad++, start typing out the names of games off the top of my head that seemed good until I got to 25, and then sorted the list alphabetically. It's not really a submission, at least not yet, just something to get me thinking. One self-imposed limitation is that for any given series I restrict myself to nominating the best individual entry. Alpha CentauriBaldur's Gate 2Broken Sword 2Championship Manager 3Civilization 4Day of the TentacleDonkey Kong CountryF-117A Stealth Fighter 2.0Fallout: New VegasFreecellHeroes of Might and Magic 3Indiana Jones and the Fate of AtlantisJagged Alliance 2Master of Orion 2Monaco: What's Yours Is MineSimCity 2000SimFarmSuper Mario WorldThe Curse of Monkey IslandThe Witcher 3Theme HospitalUltima 7Wing Commander: PrivateerWorld of WarcraftXCOM: Enemy Unknown 3 L I E S T R O N GL I V E W R O N G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algroth Posted November 24, 2017 Author Share Posted November 24, 2017 (edited) I just set up a deadline for the entries, which will be on December 22nd. There will be a brief period from there on where I might be taking new lists depending on how long it takes me to calculate the results (shouldn't be over a week, though, as I'm already compiling them right now), and will then start rolling them out. So far I have entries from the following: Bartimaeus Leferd Raithe Katphood redneckdevil Pidesco SonicMage117 (incomplete - need points!) IndiraLightfoot ShadySands eimatshya Tigranes (incomplete) Malcador (incomplete - need points) Fenixp I'm leaving out melkathi and Humanoid for now who've said they'd be sending their lists with the assigned points later. If I'm missing anyone up to now, please send me your list again via PM as I have not received it! Edited November 24, 2017 by algroth My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenixp Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 (edited) Sorry Alien: Isolation and Jagged Alliance 2, I've had to omit you both in the end Former because of its fairly big problems and latter because, just before I wanted to score it with 101 points so that there's one left for the other games, I've noticed Hurlshot's post which I felt influenced by and so I've had to drop JA2 from the list for the sake of fairness. Edited November 24, 2017 by Fenixp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Sorry Alien: Isolation and Jagged Alliance 2, I've had to omit you both in the end Former because of its fairly big problems and latter because, just before I wanted to score it with 101 points so that there's one left for the other games, I've noticed Hurlshot's post which I felt influenced by and so I've had to drop JA2 from the list for the sake of fairness. You are dead to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadySands Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 I guess I'll post my list here as well Dragon Age Origins Shadowrun Dragonfall Shadowrun Hong Kong Crusader Kings 2 Civilization 2 Civilization 4 Civilization 6 Legends of Terris Jagged Alliance 2 Baldur's Gate 2 Fallout Fallout 2 Lord of the Rings Online KotOR KotOR 2 Neverwinter Nights Neverwinter Nights 2 Alpha Protocol Vampire:TM Bloodlines BattleTech: Crescent Hawks Inception MechWarrior MechWarrior 2 MechWarrior 4 Mercenaries Sword of the Samurai Master of Orion 2 2 Free games updated 3/4/21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartimaeus Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 (edited) Ditto for me (no particular order): Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (2000) - BioWareThe Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998) - NintendoUndertale (2015) - Toby FoxS.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (2007) - GSC Game WorldMOTHER aka Earthbound Beginnings/Zero (1989) - ApeBanjo-Kazooie (1998) - RareDiablo II (2000) - Blizzard NorthDark Souls (2011) - FromSoftwarePlanescape: Torment (1999) - Black Isle StudiosTerranigma (1995) - QuintetDonkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest (1995) - RareBloodborne (2015) - FromSoftwareMOTHER 2 aka Earthbound (1994) - ApeHalf-Life (1998) - Valve CorporationPortal (2007) - Valve CorporationSuper Mario World (1990) - NintendoAge of Empires II (1999) - Ensemble StudiosNeverwinter Nights II: Mask of the Betrayer (2007) - Obsidian EntertainmentLife Is Strange (2015) - Dontnod EntertainmentSuper Mario Bros. 2 (Japan) aka Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (USA) (1986) - Nintendo I actually had five more entries I could've used, but I couldn't really think of any other games that I also love that really felt deserving of being on a top 100 list based on some criteria of offering a complete, unique, and very fun experience. I already had like 3-4 entries from the same series, too... Edited November 24, 2017 by Bartimaeus 2 Quote How I have existed fills me with horror. For I have failed in everything - spelling, arithmetic, riding, tennis, golf; dancing, singing, acting; wife, mistress, whore, friend. Even cooking. And I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of 'not trying'. I tried with all my heart. In my dreams, I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algroth Posted November 25, 2017 Author Share Posted November 25, 2017 (edited) Aww at people revealing their lists so soon. Edited November 25, 2017 by algroth My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algroth Posted November 25, 2017 Author Share Posted November 25, 2017 Sorry Alien: Isolation and Jagged Alliance 2, I've had to omit you both in the end Former because of its fairly big problems and latter because, just before I wanted to score it with 101 points so that there's one left for the other games, I've noticed Hurlshot's post which I felt influenced by and so I've had to drop JA2 from the list for the sake of fairness. You are dead to me. And where is *your* list, Hurlshot? My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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