This was partially inspired by the other thread talking about games similar to Tex...
Cause i'm bored and think it would be fun (and since i only recently returned, i don't know if something like this has been done before here), i propose a list. List your 20 favourite video games of all time. They don't have to be in order (my list isn't) and you can choose to explain why you chose the titles or not.
If 20 is limiting, you can have up to 5 honourable mentions. If you can't make up 20 games, put however many you want.
Here's the list i made up earlier for something else...
1. Alley Cat
2. Contra
3. Megaman 2
4. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
5. Sam and Max Hit the Road
6. Civilization
7. Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
8. Simcity
9. Duke Nukem 3D
10. Super Smash Bros Melee
11. Xenogears
12. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
13. The Pandora Directive
14. Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the sacred, blood of the damned
15. Grim Fandango
16. Day of the Tentacle
17. Curse of Monkey Island
18. Super Mario 64
19. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
20. Unreal Tournament
=Honourable mentions=
Actraiser
Loom
King's Quest 6
Goldeneye
Tetris
I wonder how many lists will have Tex games in them
Cause i'm bored and think it would be fun (and since i only recently returned, i don't know if something like this has been done before here), i propose a list. List your 20 favourite video games of all time. They don't have to be in order (my list isn't) and you can choose to explain why you chose the titles or not.
If 20 is limiting, you can have up to 5 honourable mentions. If you can't make up 20 games, put however many you want.
Here's the list i made up earlier for something else...
1. Alley Cat
2. Contra
3. Megaman 2
4. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
5. Sam and Max Hit the Road
6. Civilization
7. Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
8. Simcity
9. Duke Nukem 3D
10. Super Smash Bros Melee
11. Xenogears
12. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
13. The Pandora Directive
14. Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the sacred, blood of the damned
15. Grim Fandango
16. Day of the Tentacle
17. Curse of Monkey Island
18. Super Mario 64
19. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
20. Unreal Tournament
=Honourable mentions=
Actraiser
Loom
King's Quest 6
Goldeneye
Tetris
I wonder how many lists will have Tex games in them
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Hmmm tough one..
1) Final Fantasy 7 - An absolutely amazing experience. My first Playstation game. If I could go back to the time I first played back 7 years or so ago I would. I still rememebr completing it and wondering, is there really no more?
I didn't want it to end. I really got close to the characters and the world.
2) Little Big Adventure 1 - My first PC game so again this was like a whole new experience for me. I didn't even know how to use DOS to get it started! And then you start off in a prison, not easy for a beginner. I had originally admired this game when I saw someone else playing it and was really impressed by the graphics and the world. The music really stands out in this, I think it just wouldn't be the same experience without its unique sound. Replaying it now, it doesn't feel as impressive as back all those years ago. Again if I could go back to my first experience of it I would, as it was truly a great adventure.
3) Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive - I absolutely loved the Tex Murphy games (why else would I be on a forum for it all this years after its first release!?), again they gave a kind of experience thats hard to describe but truly leave a lasting memory. Unlike LBA1 though (and probably FF7 although I did replay that few times years ago) it feels more replayable (once you let a year or 2 go by so as to forget a few major plotpoints). I need not explain myself further, everyone here knows about Tex Murphy!
I can't make up my mind about numbering for the rest so ehre they are in no particular order. I've probably forgotten a botaload though.
Silent Hill series (dont particularly have a favourite, they're all good for different reasons and I kinda view them collectively which in some ways they are) - Amazing games. The amount of thought and imagination that goes into the world of Silent Hill is very impressive and results in a very unique experience. You never know what to expect in Silent Hill games. I'm not much for horror stuff but Silent Hill has such fantastic and intriguing storylines that I found myself getting into it.
Grandia - Cute and fun, epic world, nice battle system and great music.
Monkey Island series - Fantastically funny series, great imaginative world, interesting characters.
Star Ocean 2 - One of those stadnout RPGs although I never finished it (nor Grandia sadly and many other games!). Unique battle system, nice music and epic world.
Disgaea - Fantastic tactical game, one of the best. Wonderful humour, nice graphics (I do like 2D) and a great battle system.
Parasite Eve - This was a great adventure/action hybrid game. It had quite a atmospheric feel to it and had a very intriguing story, nice gameplay system too.
Final Fantasy Tactics - How long is this game? Will I ever finish it!? But that aside its one of the best tactical RPGs out there, Great system and epic storyline (a storyline I'm continually forgetting the intricacies of and having to replay afetr I have a long gap in gameplay -_-)
Theme Park / Theme Hospital - Bullfrog! Why did you have to go! (same goes for Populous), I loved you! You did sim games like no other. You blended fun humour, great graphics with addictive gameplay and solid sound. I'd say their style of sim-game making was even better than Maxis due to the quirky originality the comedy leant to it. They could of just made a straight by the book game about running hospitals but no they throw in aliens and balloon-headed people that ened popping! So much more fun. When I think of all the sim games they could of made I really do feel totally gutted.
Tex Murphy Under A Killing Moon / Overseer - Again need I say more?
Populous: The Beginning - I spent many hours on this. Got to the end of all the levels (wasnt there like 213??) and replayed it even!
The Dark Eye - Theres nothing like it, so unique. Not likely to find another game based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Absolutely creepy though (you'd expect nothing else from Poe) but a stunning experience all the same.
Sam and Max - A classic. Quirky and unique humour in an imaginative world.
Space Quest - Hilarious and a classic line of games. Can't remember which ones I played. Its amazing they kept a great level of humour right up through to the later games. Oh how I miss the days of when all these funny Sierra adventure series were coming out! Truly the golden age of adventure gaming.
Gabriel Knight 2 - Another standout FMV game. I really enjoyed the werewolf storyline. Got quite atmospheric and creepy in places. Overall was an interesting experience.
Black Dahlia - Shame the FMV genre died before more gems like these could crawl up from under the veil that other lesser games brought (I was lucky though I guess in that I only really played all the better ones so I dont really know much of these 'junk' ones). Such an original story and very creepy in places. Very well shot and atmospheric.
Suikoden 1 - A new experience with the whole collecting the 108 stars thing (108 people each with a little task that you ahd to complete if I rememebr right). Was a fantastic and epic journey.
Goblins 1 - 3 (e.g. Gobliiins) games - Very original, imaginative and very funny! I really need to try and get all of these again and try and get them working on my PC
Mentions:
Simon the Sorcerer series - Funny and quirky, lovely artwork for the backgrounds, and a very nice adventrue series.
Toonstruck - It gets overshadowed by the wealth of other adventure games coming out at the time. But its very fun in places and unlike other games with its whole "sucked into a cartoon" theme which leads to a quirky satirical look at common cartoon visuals/movements etc.
Vandal Hearts - I think this might of been my first tactical RPG? Not sure, but I remember it being quite a new/interesting epxerience. Its very shrot (I only rented it and managed to finish it) but was very fun. And also nifty how the level of land affected your power (e.g. hitting a character whilst standing above them resulted in a harder hit due to the gravity of the blow), which led to more tactical thinking. I'd like to get it again sometime. Watch out for the blood spurts!
Ragnarok Online - My one and only proper MMORPG experience. For better or for worse it made a huge dent in my life. Met alot of great people, met some jerks, spent a few years watching it grow and change over and over in some ways for the better and in others for the worse, got heavily involved and developed a variety of characters including some that went against the usual paths. I was going to return but its probably best I don't (my family and someone who has known me for 5 years agrees lol).
1) Final Fantasy 7 - An absolutely amazing experience. My first Playstation game. If I could go back to the time I first played back 7 years or so ago I would. I still rememebr completing it and wondering, is there really no more?
I didn't want it to end. I really got close to the characters and the world.2) Little Big Adventure 1 - My first PC game so again this was like a whole new experience for me. I didn't even know how to use DOS to get it started! And then you start off in a prison, not easy for a beginner. I had originally admired this game when I saw someone else playing it and was really impressed by the graphics and the world. The music really stands out in this, I think it just wouldn't be the same experience without its unique sound. Replaying it now, it doesn't feel as impressive as back all those years ago. Again if I could go back to my first experience of it I would, as it was truly a great adventure.
3) Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive - I absolutely loved the Tex Murphy games (why else would I be on a forum for it all this years after its first release!?), again they gave a kind of experience thats hard to describe but truly leave a lasting memory. Unlike LBA1 though (and probably FF7 although I did replay that few times years ago) it feels more replayable (once you let a year or 2 go by so as to forget a few major plotpoints). I need not explain myself further, everyone here knows about Tex Murphy!
I can't make up my mind about numbering for the rest so ehre they are in no particular order. I've probably forgotten a botaload though.
Silent Hill series (dont particularly have a favourite, they're all good for different reasons and I kinda view them collectively which in some ways they are) - Amazing games. The amount of thought and imagination that goes into the world of Silent Hill is very impressive and results in a very unique experience. You never know what to expect in Silent Hill games. I'm not much for horror stuff but Silent Hill has such fantastic and intriguing storylines that I found myself getting into it.
Grandia - Cute and fun, epic world, nice battle system and great music.
Monkey Island series - Fantastically funny series, great imaginative world, interesting characters.
Star Ocean 2 - One of those stadnout RPGs although I never finished it (nor Grandia sadly and many other games!). Unique battle system, nice music and epic world.
Disgaea - Fantastic tactical game, one of the best. Wonderful humour, nice graphics (I do like 2D) and a great battle system.
Parasite Eve - This was a great adventure/action hybrid game. It had quite a atmospheric feel to it and had a very intriguing story, nice gameplay system too.
Final Fantasy Tactics - How long is this game? Will I ever finish it!? But that aside its one of the best tactical RPGs out there, Great system and epic storyline (a storyline I'm continually forgetting the intricacies of and having to replay afetr I have a long gap in gameplay -_-)
Theme Park / Theme Hospital - Bullfrog! Why did you have to go! (same goes for Populous), I loved you! You did sim games like no other. You blended fun humour, great graphics with addictive gameplay and solid sound. I'd say their style of sim-game making was even better than Maxis due to the quirky originality the comedy leant to it. They could of just made a straight by the book game about running hospitals but no they throw in aliens and balloon-headed people that ened popping! So much more fun. When I think of all the sim games they could of made I really do feel totally gutted.
Tex Murphy Under A Killing Moon / Overseer - Again need I say more?
Populous: The Beginning - I spent many hours on this. Got to the end of all the levels (wasnt there like 213??) and replayed it even!
The Dark Eye - Theres nothing like it, so unique. Not likely to find another game based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Absolutely creepy though (you'd expect nothing else from Poe) but a stunning experience all the same.
Sam and Max - A classic. Quirky and unique humour in an imaginative world.
Space Quest - Hilarious and a classic line of games. Can't remember which ones I played. Its amazing they kept a great level of humour right up through to the later games. Oh how I miss the days of when all these funny Sierra adventure series were coming out!
Truly the golden age of adventure gaming.Gabriel Knight 2 - Another standout FMV game. I really enjoyed the werewolf storyline. Got quite atmospheric and creepy in places. Overall was an interesting experience.
Black Dahlia - Shame the FMV genre died before more gems like these could crawl up from under the veil that other lesser games brought (I was lucky though I guess in that I only really played all the better ones so I dont really know much of these 'junk' ones). Such an original story and very creepy in places. Very well shot and atmospheric.
Suikoden 1 - A new experience with the whole collecting the 108 stars thing (108 people each with a little task that you ahd to complete if I rememebr right). Was a fantastic and epic journey.
Goblins 1 - 3 (e.g. Gobliiins) games - Very original, imaginative and very funny! I really need to try and get all of these again and try and get them working on my PC
Mentions:
Simon the Sorcerer series - Funny and quirky, lovely artwork for the backgrounds, and a very nice adventrue series.
Toonstruck - It gets overshadowed by the wealth of other adventure games coming out at the time. But its very fun in places and unlike other games with its whole "sucked into a cartoon" theme which leads to a quirky satirical look at common cartoon visuals/movements etc.
Vandal Hearts - I think this might of been my first tactical RPG? Not sure, but I remember it being quite a new/interesting epxerience. Its very shrot (I only rented it and managed to finish it) but was very fun. And also nifty how the level of land affected your power (e.g. hitting a character whilst standing above them resulted in a harder hit due to the gravity of the blow), which led to more tactical thinking. I'd like to get it again sometime. Watch out for the blood spurts!
Ragnarok Online - My one and only proper MMORPG experience. For better or for worse it made a huge dent in my life. Met alot of great people, met some jerks, spent a few years watching it grow and change over and over in some ways for the better and in others for the worse, got heavily involved and developed a variety of characters including some that went against the usual paths. I was going to return but its probably best I don't (my family and someone who has known me for 5 years agrees lol).
(Ruri_Ayanami from the old Tex Murphy ezboard).
"I don't believe in intuition, don't know why... just a feeling." - Tex Murphy
"I don't believe in intuition, don't know why... just a feeling." - Tex Murphy
a great list.
the Goblins series was a favourite for me as well. Also, Toonstruck was a lot of fun
the Goblins series was a favourite for me as well. Also, Toonstruck was a lot of fun
I gots a webcomic! http://yetanothercomic.com
1.) Super Mario Brothers. The one that started it all for me. I remember I played this at a friends house, and forever more was hooked on videogames. I played a lot of part two and three too, but the first one was my first videogame hook.
2.) Punch Out My first purchased nintendo game. I remember it wasn't Mike Tyson, but Mr. Dream who was the last fighter in this boxing title.
3.) Dragon Warrior My first RPG. I remember being about ten or eleven playing this, and the princess (after I rescued her), asked me if I loved her, and I couldn't say no! I kept picking no, and she kept saying "but thou must! ... Does thou love me?"
4.) Mega Man 2 I don't think I ever completed this game, but it was a big part of my childhood.
5.) Bionic Commando You could use your stretchy arm to navigate levels like a zipline ... and blow things up. Nuff said.
6.) Sonic the Hedgehog This game was simply spectacular when it first came out. The sense of speed was amazing.
7.) Toe Jam and Earl Still my favorite Sega Genesis game to this date.
8.) The Journeyman Project This was my first computer game, and came right before my introduction to Tex Murphy. It's what started me down adventure gaming.
9.) The Pandora Directive I literally got yelled at for not participating in my own birthday party due to this game.
10.) A Fork in the Tale Some say it is the most worthless piece of crap they ever touched. I say Rob Schnider in a FMV game was too catchy to be passed up. I liked it, but it was over with way too quickly for the price.
11.) Quake The original. Sucked away my entire teenage life.
12.) Ultima Online I beta tested this bad boy, and played it for about a year. Another life stealer.
13.) Escape From Monkey Island Guybrush Threepwood! My hero for everyday life!
14.) Final Fantasy VII I have to totally agree on this one Sai, because your blurb would about match mine. It was my first playstation game too, and totally accidental. It ended up being the only RPG that I ever completely totally obliterated. I even took out the two special weapons they put in the game, Emerald and Ruby. I had a bond with these characters more so than any RPG ever.
15.) WWE Smackdown I love my wrestling games! This entry covers all of them, from Wrestlemania Challenge on the nintendo, to WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 07, and everything in between (Because more than likely I owned it.)
16.) Diablo I beat this game so many times I lost count, and still love to play it just to grind through it all one more time!
17.) Rainbow Six The first one on the X-box. As soon as I got X-box live, I could not be pulled from this game. Clan matches galore, community unlike any other, and the trash talk! Oh my the trash talk! Shooting other people has never been this fun!
18.) Ninja Gaiden Black I list this one, because it's one of those weird games that I just kept playing. I remember the first time I played this, the game whooped my butt in like the first 20 minutes, chewed me up , spit me out, and left me feeling destroyed. But I kept coming back. The day I beat this game, I never felt so good.
19.) Dreamfall: The Longest Journey The last adventure game I put through the paces is the most memorable for me. I hated the ending, but I loved getting there.
20.) Morrowind/Oblivion I still play these. Not so much on Morrowind anymore now that I have Oblivion, but these games just appeal to me on so many different levels. I've been a warrior through all the storylines. A thief through all the storylines. And currently I'm going through it again as a mage. A lot of bad things may be said about this game, and about what it was *supposed* to be, but for what it *is*, it currently takes up most of my gaming time anymore.
I guess I'd have to mention Gears of War, and Rainbow Six Vegas as I play those two online a bit, but nothing like the old Rainbow Six days.
I currently await the release of Huxley on my birthday, and hope it rocks, because it will become my new passion if it does.[/b]
2.) Punch Out My first purchased nintendo game. I remember it wasn't Mike Tyson, but Mr. Dream who was the last fighter in this boxing title.
3.) Dragon Warrior My first RPG. I remember being about ten or eleven playing this, and the princess (after I rescued her), asked me if I loved her, and I couldn't say no! I kept picking no, and she kept saying "but thou must! ... Does thou love me?"
4.) Mega Man 2 I don't think I ever completed this game, but it was a big part of my childhood.
5.) Bionic Commando You could use your stretchy arm to navigate levels like a zipline ... and blow things up. Nuff said.
6.) Sonic the Hedgehog This game was simply spectacular when it first came out. The sense of speed was amazing.
7.) Toe Jam and Earl Still my favorite Sega Genesis game to this date.
8.) The Journeyman Project This was my first computer game, and came right before my introduction to Tex Murphy. It's what started me down adventure gaming.
9.) The Pandora Directive I literally got yelled at for not participating in my own birthday party due to this game.
10.) A Fork in the Tale Some say it is the most worthless piece of crap they ever touched. I say Rob Schnider in a FMV game was too catchy to be passed up. I liked it, but it was over with way too quickly for the price.
11.) Quake The original. Sucked away my entire teenage life.
12.) Ultima Online I beta tested this bad boy, and played it for about a year. Another life stealer.
13.) Escape From Monkey Island Guybrush Threepwood! My hero for everyday life!
14.) Final Fantasy VII I have to totally agree on this one Sai, because your blurb would about match mine. It was my first playstation game too, and totally accidental. It ended up being the only RPG that I ever completely totally obliterated. I even took out the two special weapons they put in the game, Emerald and Ruby. I had a bond with these characters more so than any RPG ever.
15.) WWE Smackdown I love my wrestling games! This entry covers all of them, from Wrestlemania Challenge on the nintendo, to WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 07, and everything in between (Because more than likely I owned it.)
16.) Diablo I beat this game so many times I lost count, and still love to play it just to grind through it all one more time!
17.) Rainbow Six The first one on the X-box. As soon as I got X-box live, I could not be pulled from this game. Clan matches galore, community unlike any other, and the trash talk! Oh my the trash talk! Shooting other people has never been this fun!
18.) Ninja Gaiden Black I list this one, because it's one of those weird games that I just kept playing. I remember the first time I played this, the game whooped my butt in like the first 20 minutes, chewed me up , spit me out, and left me feeling destroyed. But I kept coming back. The day I beat this game, I never felt so good.
19.) Dreamfall: The Longest Journey The last adventure game I put through the paces is the most memorable for me. I hated the ending, but I loved getting there.
20.) Morrowind/Oblivion I still play these. Not so much on Morrowind anymore now that I have Oblivion, but these games just appeal to me on so many different levels. I've been a warrior through all the storylines. A thief through all the storylines. And currently I'm going through it again as a mage. A lot of bad things may be said about this game, and about what it was *supposed* to be, but for what it *is*, it currently takes up most of my gaming time anymore.
I guess I'd have to mention Gears of War, and Rainbow Six Vegas as I play those two online a bit, but nothing like the old Rainbow Six days.
I currently await the release of Huxley on my birthday, and hope it rocks, because it will become my new passion if it does.[/b]
I'm not fat ... I'm festively plump.
I'm cutting my list down to my very absolute favorites and the games that have affected me the most. In no particular order:
Dig Dug - the very, very first game I ever played. My older brother showed it to me on a Commodore 64 he borrowed off a friend when I was 6 or 7 years old.
Super Mario Bros. - Needless to say, the first game I ever owned.
Tetris - The only game my father has beaten me at.
Mega Man 2 - My brother bought it. I kind of... adopted it. Gave it a safe home. Nurtured it and played with it. I'm also quite sure my speedruns are respectable. I love this game to bits!
Duke Nukem 3D - The first game I ever played at a LAN, vs friends.
Grand Theft Auto (the original) - The only game I beat my friends at. All of them. At the same time. Good times.
Under A Killing Moon - My first ever PC game. Tried it a friend's house, got hooked, bought it, loved it!
Starcraft - Helluva lot of time has gone into this game on battle.net and LANparties. I was never part of the CS-players, so this is what I spent my time on.
Day of the Tentacle, Secret of Monkey Island, Monkey Island 2 - Lechuck's Revenge, Indiana Jones & The Fate of Atlantis and Sam'n Max - Hit the Road - The greatest LucasArts Classic Adventuregames. Lots of fond memories and laughs.
Loom, Full Throttle and The Dig - Probably two of the best games ever made. The Dig especially had me emotionally involved, which is something that extremely rarely happens.
Metal Gear Solid - When this arrived, it was my sole reason for buying a Playstation. I loved everything about it.
Final Fantasy VII - Who didn't love this game?
Final Fantasy VIII - I cried the first time I saw the ending. Alright? Yeah, I'm a big softie. Let's all laugh at wimpy-boy. No, seriously, I did. And I'm not ashamed to say I did either, it was probably the greatest game experience I ever had.
The Pandora Directive - I don't need to explain my reasons for loving this game to you guys. We all agree on this topic.
Tex Murphy: Overseer - See above.
Fallout 1 & 2: Greatest CRPG's made to date.
Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within - Borrowed this game off a friend once when I was bored. Gee did I ever get surprised! I ended up buying it off him. Still have it in near-mint condition.
Grim Fandango - The 3rd and last game that had me emotionally involved with the characters. And it also signifies for me the death of adventure games. But make no mistake, the genre went out with a bang.
Daggerfall - Picked this up from a guy at a Used Games/Records/Movies/Books/etc store who was trying to sell it to the proprietor for bus fare. I bought it for about... five bucks I think. Best $5 I ever spent on games. Hours upon hours of fun.
No One Lives Forever 1 & 2 - Hilariously funny spy-parody games. The dialogues alone are worth the time it takes to play them. Also, excellent storylines and plots. Very well-made first-person perspective sneakers.
Thief: The Dark Project & Thief 2 - The Metal Age - Best first-person sneakers ever made. Garrett is the king of cool.
Aliens vs Predator 2 - The single best singleplayer storyline I have ever encountered in a FPS-game. I don't know how many times I've replayed this gem, but it's a lot!
Fahrenheit (a.k.a. Indigo Prophecy) - Probably the most innovative game of our time. I love the interactivity and overall feel of the game. Also, the story was kick-ass!
All the Sierra adventure games either ending with -Larry or -Quest.
A lesser-known adventure game called 'Connections', based on the television documentary series by the same name, hosted by James Burke. I loved the television series. There's just something about the way he presents history to you, in all it's intricacies and subplots.
I should also mention World of Warcraft, seeing as how I spent nearly two years of my life playing this game and very little else, occupying all my alotted game-time. That said, it's the people you play it with that's worth the time. The game itself... well... it's somewhat less than epic. I don't miss it one bit.
Sure am glad I cut it down to size!
-Fred
Dig Dug - the very, very first game I ever played. My older brother showed it to me on a Commodore 64 he borrowed off a friend when I was 6 or 7 years old.
Super Mario Bros. - Needless to say, the first game I ever owned.
Tetris - The only game my father has beaten me at.
Mega Man 2 - My brother bought it. I kind of... adopted it. Gave it a safe home. Nurtured it and played with it. I'm also quite sure my speedruns are respectable. I love this game to bits!
Duke Nukem 3D - The first game I ever played at a LAN, vs friends.
Grand Theft Auto (the original) - The only game I beat my friends at. All of them. At the same time. Good times.
Under A Killing Moon - My first ever PC game. Tried it a friend's house, got hooked, bought it, loved it!
Starcraft - Helluva lot of time has gone into this game on battle.net and LANparties. I was never part of the CS-players, so this is what I spent my time on.
Day of the Tentacle, Secret of Monkey Island, Monkey Island 2 - Lechuck's Revenge, Indiana Jones & The Fate of Atlantis and Sam'n Max - Hit the Road - The greatest LucasArts Classic Adventuregames. Lots of fond memories and laughs.
Loom, Full Throttle and The Dig - Probably two of the best games ever made. The Dig especially had me emotionally involved, which is something that extremely rarely happens.
Metal Gear Solid - When this arrived, it was my sole reason for buying a Playstation. I loved everything about it.
Final Fantasy VII - Who didn't love this game?
Final Fantasy VIII - I cried the first time I saw the ending. Alright? Yeah, I'm a big softie. Let's all laugh at wimpy-boy. No, seriously, I did. And I'm not ashamed to say I did either, it was probably the greatest game experience I ever had.
The Pandora Directive - I don't need to explain my reasons for loving this game to you guys. We all agree on this topic.
Tex Murphy: Overseer - See above.
Fallout 1 & 2: Greatest CRPG's made to date.
Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within - Borrowed this game off a friend once when I was bored. Gee did I ever get surprised! I ended up buying it off him. Still have it in near-mint condition.
Grim Fandango - The 3rd and last game that had me emotionally involved with the characters. And it also signifies for me the death of adventure games. But make no mistake, the genre went out with a bang.
Daggerfall - Picked this up from a guy at a Used Games/Records/Movies/Books/etc store who was trying to sell it to the proprietor for bus fare. I bought it for about... five bucks I think. Best $5 I ever spent on games. Hours upon hours of fun.
No One Lives Forever 1 & 2 - Hilariously funny spy-parody games. The dialogues alone are worth the time it takes to play them. Also, excellent storylines and plots. Very well-made first-person perspective sneakers.
Thief: The Dark Project & Thief 2 - The Metal Age - Best first-person sneakers ever made. Garrett is the king of cool.
Aliens vs Predator 2 - The single best singleplayer storyline I have ever encountered in a FPS-game. I don't know how many times I've replayed this gem, but it's a lot!
Fahrenheit (a.k.a. Indigo Prophecy) - Probably the most innovative game of our time. I love the interactivity and overall feel of the game. Also, the story was kick-ass!
All the Sierra adventure games either ending with -Larry or -Quest.
A lesser-known adventure game called 'Connections', based on the television documentary series by the same name, hosted by James Burke. I loved the television series. There's just something about the way he presents history to you, in all it's intricacies and subplots.
I should also mention World of Warcraft, seeing as how I spent nearly two years of my life playing this game and very little else, occupying all my alotted game-time. That said, it's the people you play it with that's worth the time. The game itself... well... it's somewhat less than epic. I don't miss it one bit.
Sure am glad I cut it down to size!
-Fred
Pirates, vampires, zombies, ninjas, ghouls, aliens, goblins, monsters, robots, sorcerers, undead, werewolves, demons, mutated dinosaur-cyborgs and those pesky phone salesmen! The shotgun is a one-size-fits-all solution!
You have to give it this ... there is nothing quite like it.
I can understand the people who were lied to about it's features having a sourpuss "I wanna kill bethesda" attitude, though, because I have that feeling on other companies. (Lionhead in particular.)
But for everything it ended up not being, everything it was is revolutionary, expansive, and fun.
It's all good though. You see, because there were those who didn't like great american movies like Citizen Kane ... and those opinions are to each their own ... but the fact remains that Citizen Kane is one of the top rated movies of all time. Me ... I thought that movie was the slowest piece of junk ever made about a stupid snow sled.
So, in that same vein, you can say Oblivion sucks. You may think it actually does. And it might even suck ass, in your opinion. But the general public disagrees with you. From the critics, to the average every day gamer, Oblivion is the top rated game on two different systems, Xbox 360 and PS3 (according to http://www.gamerankings.com which averages every review for every game out into one score.) ... THE TOP GAME. Number one. Nothing better on these systems.
I know I'm such a fanboy, but I'd defend the game I play everyday of my life with every ounce of my being. Sure there are some shortcomings. But the good things in this game FAR outweigh them.
I can understand the people who were lied to about it's features having a sourpuss "I wanna kill bethesda" attitude, though, because I have that feeling on other companies. (Lionhead in particular.)
But for everything it ended up not being, everything it was is revolutionary, expansive, and fun.
It's all good though. You see, because there were those who didn't like great american movies like Citizen Kane ... and those opinions are to each their own ... but the fact remains that Citizen Kane is one of the top rated movies of all time. Me ... I thought that movie was the slowest piece of junk ever made about a stupid snow sled.
So, in that same vein, you can say Oblivion sucks. You may think it actually does. And it might even suck ass, in your opinion. But the general public disagrees with you. From the critics, to the average every day gamer, Oblivion is the top rated game on two different systems, Xbox 360 and PS3 (according to http://www.gamerankings.com which averages every review for every game out into one score.) ... THE TOP GAME. Number one. Nothing better on these systems.
I know I'm such a fanboy, but I'd defend the game I play everyday of my life with every ounce of my being. Sure there are some shortcomings. But the good things in this game FAR outweigh them.
I'm not fat ... I'm festively plump.
Just watch Advent Children to get your fix again!Sai wrote:Hmmm tough one..
1) Final Fantasy 7 - An absolutely amazing experience. My first Playstation game. If I could go back to the time I first played back 7 years or so ago I would. I still rememebr completing it and wondering, is there really no more?
-Cub. =o)
Got the 2 disc with limited edition tin case imported from Australian online store when it was releasedCubase wrote:Just watch Advent Children to get your fix again!
So naturally I've seen it 
Now we just need them to do a remake on the PS3 (no changes to storyline etc. of course) as it would be fantastic to see the whole journey with the kinds of graphics we have today. They did that E3 tech demo of the FF7 opening on PS3:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=NMX2NxOWAZc
But sadly it was just a one-off to show off the PS3. I would buy the game and play it all over again if they ever did but if you Google "ff7 remake" you'll most likely find neverending discussions and rumours without any conclusive end.
I heard they did a similar thing with FF8 on PS2 (rendering a bit of the the PS1 ballroom dance CGI cutscene with in-game graphics to show the real-time rendering capabilities)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VREs1rAq9bU
Oh and as you know from my Deviantart I'm a bit of a figure fanatic so of course I have FF7 figures
Cloud on the left
Cloud resin
my favourite! Aeris resin
Yuffie!
Vincent
Advent Children Cloud on bike
Highwind and little Advent Children keychain figures
Kingdom Hearts Cloud
If I could afford it I'd get the other bike one but its over £100
And don't even ask me about the large Advent Children resin thats like £200! Not going there pal! 
(Ruri_Ayanami from the old Tex Murphy ezboard).
"I don't believe in intuition, don't know why... just a feeling." - Tex Murphy
"I don't believe in intuition, don't know why... just a feeling." - Tex Murphy
Asking me to rank them unforunately is asking a bit much but I can at LEAST list my favourite 20 and justify my liking to them.
1. The Last Express
What an environment! Take real life actors and sets, scan them into the computer via rotorscoping. Then, set the game in real time- on a train during the second world war, add intriguing and strange characters with a dash of terrorism, magic and romance. Gaming perfection.
2. Broken Sword 2
The best of the series. Hows this for an introduction: strapped in a chair while a tarantula creeps closer and closer to you. The thrills don't stop here as the story and charcters just become more and more interesting like a good-old-fashioned Indiana Jones film. Beautifully drawn, why can't they make them like this anymore?
3. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Again, the best of the Indiana Jones gaming series and perhaps the best of the Lucasarts gaming catalogue. The perfect story (all three paths in fact) with a mix of conversation, action, adventure and puzzles. The winning formlua was sadly replaced by a Tomb Raider clone.
4. Doom 2
For me, this is where Doom began and should have ended. Not even the epic, macabre and modernistic trimmings of Doom 3 can match or compete with this game. It's the ultimate FPS alongside Wolfstein. It's raw, in your face and scary as hell.
5. Duke Nukem 3D
This is where FPS began to experiment with their environments to deviate from the "kill kill kill" approach. That's not to say DN3D isn't an action game, but for the first time, I was really mindful of the environments (drinking fountains, pin ball games, billiards, shooting bottles on the bar) and NPC's (strippers). Throw in some humour and you have the gem that was and still is from 3D Realms. Give us Duke Nukem Forever already!
6. Mafia
This came out at the same time as Grand Theft Auto 3 which boasted a bold, new and engaging direction for the series. While this premise had some weight, Mafia beat it on all accounts. I love the characters, the theme, the freedom and the game. Not to mention the gloomy ending which almost brought a tear to my eye.
7. The Godfather
Next to Farenheit, it's my favourite console game thus far. Much for the same reasons as Mafia, it's the game you cannot refuse except you're a part of the Godfather world, just like the film. Overly criticised, don't believe the critics on this one, it's a tenner if you loved Mafia.
8. Blade Runner
The best game to be based on a movie. The player really did feel a part of Ridley Scott's distopia that was Los Angeles. I always considered it to be a lament to Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis in terms of how it dealt with combining action, adventure, character, dialogue and player decisions that impact on the outcome. The perfect game.
9. Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
I don't really need to explain this. Most of us love this game for similar and obvious reasons, some of us have some more personalised experiences with this game. Here's some trivia for you: it's the final Tex Murphy game I ever played, that's right, AFTER Overseer.
10. Quake 2
This is my favourite Quake and what I consider to be a worthy addition to the FPS legacy because it had stunning visuals for its time but also thrusting the character into a colourful, vibrant environment instead of the sombre and gruelling setting of its predecessor.
11. Deus Ex
The best hybrid game around. FPS meets adventure meets RPG. Just stunning. What lacked in cutting edge graphics was more than compensated in the rich story and decisions of the character that literally made you stop and think about what you were doing. Favourite moment: you discover your Brother is with the enemy.
12. Sam and Max hit the road
I think this is the closest a computer game ever got to being an interactive version of The Simpsons. I'm pretty sure this is the funniest game i've ever played (closely rivalled by Scarface, Kingpin and Redneck Rampage).
13. Farenheit
Now here's an interesting concept: you play more than one character. You play the killer AND the detective. Your actions as each character influence the outcome which effectively make you the director of a film. A bold step forward for adventure gaming.
14. Half Life
Never has anarchy been so enjoyable. YOU ARE Gordon Freeman and YOU ARE fighting for your survival. This game was so believable it had to be played a dozen times over. It still hasn't lost its charm.
15. Half Life 2
An impossibly better sequel. Did you like the first one? You'll enjoy this more than you did Half Life when you played that for the first time. It's insanely enjoyable. To me, the last great PC game ever made.
16. Max Payne
FInally! An action game that gives the story as much attention as the razor cutting action. The first game to introduce bullet time where the player can slow everything down to their advantage not unlike that of the Matrix films. Mix this with a gritty, rich noir story and graphic novel style cinematics. Action with substance - very rare.
17. Command and Conquer: Red Alert
The first and only strategy game I really enjoyed. I can't explain why but it was impossibly addictive.
18. Tex Murphy: Overseer
I consider this to be the "Return of the Jedi" of the TM series. A tender story filled with endearing dialogue, deep characters and bringing much closure to the series. The most emotional Tex Murphy yet. Did I also mention there was a kickarse cliff hanger?
19. Under a Killing Moon
The first interactive movie I ever played and partly responsible for my infatuation with adventure games. Much like Pandora, I have so many reasons I could go through but i'm sure they've all be said before around here. Love it.
20. Wolfstein (the original)
If I had to nominate my top five games, i'm pretty sure this would be in it. What a work of genius. You, the gun and the Nazis - all in your eyes. I remember a friend of mind copying this to floppy disc for me and bringing it round to my house and loading it onto the computer promising I wouldn't sleep after playing it. He was right, it kept me up many hours of the night. It was also the game that got me into computer gaming. I developed my taste for FPS right here. It was also the subject of many discussions in the playground and classroom in primary school. I have so many personalised memories of this game which are literally making me smile as I write this. We cherished this game. But you know what? Through all of that, we never played against one another! Sadly, I don't think we will either. If I could be anywhere between the age of 7 and 10 for one day, i'd choose to spend it with 5 of my school mates from back then playing Wolf in a death-match frenzy.
I've said it before and i'll say it again - WE WILL NEVER EXPERIENCE GAMING LIKE WE DID IN THE 1990'S. There were just so many innovative ideas back then where story, charcter and gameplay just had to work hand in hand. Sure, there's some of that now but nothing like it used to be. Yes, I know, 22 going on 63.
1. The Last Express
What an environment! Take real life actors and sets, scan them into the computer via rotorscoping. Then, set the game in real time- on a train during the second world war, add intriguing and strange characters with a dash of terrorism, magic and romance. Gaming perfection.
2. Broken Sword 2
The best of the series. Hows this for an introduction: strapped in a chair while a tarantula creeps closer and closer to you. The thrills don't stop here as the story and charcters just become more and more interesting like a good-old-fashioned Indiana Jones film. Beautifully drawn, why can't they make them like this anymore?
3. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Again, the best of the Indiana Jones gaming series and perhaps the best of the Lucasarts gaming catalogue. The perfect story (all three paths in fact) with a mix of conversation, action, adventure and puzzles. The winning formlua was sadly replaced by a Tomb Raider clone.
4. Doom 2
For me, this is where Doom began and should have ended. Not even the epic, macabre and modernistic trimmings of Doom 3 can match or compete with this game. It's the ultimate FPS alongside Wolfstein. It's raw, in your face and scary as hell.
5. Duke Nukem 3D
This is where FPS began to experiment with their environments to deviate from the "kill kill kill" approach. That's not to say DN3D isn't an action game, but for the first time, I was really mindful of the environments (drinking fountains, pin ball games, billiards, shooting bottles on the bar) and NPC's (strippers). Throw in some humour and you have the gem that was and still is from 3D Realms. Give us Duke Nukem Forever already!
6. Mafia
This came out at the same time as Grand Theft Auto 3 which boasted a bold, new and engaging direction for the series. While this premise had some weight, Mafia beat it on all accounts. I love the characters, the theme, the freedom and the game. Not to mention the gloomy ending which almost brought a tear to my eye.
7. The Godfather
Next to Farenheit, it's my favourite console game thus far. Much for the same reasons as Mafia, it's the game you cannot refuse except you're a part of the Godfather world, just like the film. Overly criticised, don't believe the critics on this one, it's a tenner if you loved Mafia.
8. Blade Runner
The best game to be based on a movie. The player really did feel a part of Ridley Scott's distopia that was Los Angeles. I always considered it to be a lament to Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis in terms of how it dealt with combining action, adventure, character, dialogue and player decisions that impact on the outcome. The perfect game.
9. Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
I don't really need to explain this. Most of us love this game for similar and obvious reasons, some of us have some more personalised experiences with this game. Here's some trivia for you: it's the final Tex Murphy game I ever played, that's right, AFTER Overseer.
10. Quake 2
This is my favourite Quake and what I consider to be a worthy addition to the FPS legacy because it had stunning visuals for its time but also thrusting the character into a colourful, vibrant environment instead of the sombre and gruelling setting of its predecessor.
11. Deus Ex
The best hybrid game around. FPS meets adventure meets RPG. Just stunning. What lacked in cutting edge graphics was more than compensated in the rich story and decisions of the character that literally made you stop and think about what you were doing. Favourite moment: you discover your Brother is with the enemy.
12. Sam and Max hit the road
I think this is the closest a computer game ever got to being an interactive version of The Simpsons. I'm pretty sure this is the funniest game i've ever played (closely rivalled by Scarface, Kingpin and Redneck Rampage).
13. Farenheit
Now here's an interesting concept: you play more than one character. You play the killer AND the detective. Your actions as each character influence the outcome which effectively make you the director of a film. A bold step forward for adventure gaming.
14. Half Life
Never has anarchy been so enjoyable. YOU ARE Gordon Freeman and YOU ARE fighting for your survival. This game was so believable it had to be played a dozen times over. It still hasn't lost its charm.
15. Half Life 2
An impossibly better sequel. Did you like the first one? You'll enjoy this more than you did Half Life when you played that for the first time. It's insanely enjoyable. To me, the last great PC game ever made.
16. Max Payne
FInally! An action game that gives the story as much attention as the razor cutting action. The first game to introduce bullet time where the player can slow everything down to their advantage not unlike that of the Matrix films. Mix this with a gritty, rich noir story and graphic novel style cinematics. Action with substance - very rare.
17. Command and Conquer: Red Alert
The first and only strategy game I really enjoyed. I can't explain why but it was impossibly addictive.
18. Tex Murphy: Overseer
I consider this to be the "Return of the Jedi" of the TM series. A tender story filled with endearing dialogue, deep characters and bringing much closure to the series. The most emotional Tex Murphy yet. Did I also mention there was a kickarse cliff hanger?
19. Under a Killing Moon
The first interactive movie I ever played and partly responsible for my infatuation with adventure games. Much like Pandora, I have so many reasons I could go through but i'm sure they've all be said before around here. Love it.
20. Wolfstein (the original)
If I had to nominate my top five games, i'm pretty sure this would be in it. What a work of genius. You, the gun and the Nazis - all in your eyes. I remember a friend of mind copying this to floppy disc for me and bringing it round to my house and loading it onto the computer promising I wouldn't sleep after playing it. He was right, it kept me up many hours of the night. It was also the game that got me into computer gaming. I developed my taste for FPS right here. It was also the subject of many discussions in the playground and classroom in primary school. I have so many personalised memories of this game which are literally making me smile as I write this. We cherished this game. But you know what? Through all of that, we never played against one another! Sadly, I don't think we will either. If I could be anywhere between the age of 7 and 10 for one day, i'd choose to spend it with 5 of my school mates from back then playing Wolf in a death-match frenzy.
I've said it before and i'll say it again - WE WILL NEVER EXPERIENCE GAMING LIKE WE DID IN THE 1990'S. There were just so many innovative ideas back then where story, charcter and gameplay just had to work hand in hand. Sure, there's some of that now but nothing like it used to be. Yes, I know, 22 going on 63.
Well then! Point taken. Those figurines are adorable. I remember seeing that PS3 tech demo and thinking "wow they remaking it" but than again everyone was asking that. Looked awesome though.Sai wrote:Got the 2 disc with limited edition tin case imported from Australian online store when it was releasedCubase wrote:Just watch Advent Children to get your fix again!
Now we just need them to do a remake on the PS3 (no changes to storyline etc. of course) as it would be fantastic to see the whole journey with the kinds of graphics we have today. They did that E3 tech demo of the FF7 opening on PS3:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=NMX2NxOWAZc
But sadly it was just a one-off to show off the PS3. I would buy the game and play it all over again if they ever did but if you Google "ff7 remake" you'll most likely find neverending discussions and rumours without any conclusive end.
I heard they did a similar thing with FF8 on PS2 (rendering a bit of the the PS1 ballroom dance CGI cutscene with in-game graphics to show the real-time rendering capabilities)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VREs1rAq9bU
Oh and as you know from my Deviantart I'm a bit of a figure fanatic so of course I have FF7 figures
Cloud on the left
Cloud resin
my favourite! Aeris resin
Yuffie!
Vincent
Advent Children Cloud on bike
Highwind and little Advent Children keychain figures
Kingdom Hearts Cloud
If I could afford it I'd get the other bike one but its over £100
I think collections are really cool!
-Cub. =o)
A remade FF7 would sell so many PS3s it is not funny.
Seriously
Seriously
I gots a webcomic! http://yetanothercomic.com
Square Enix == Teh Stupid!
I mean they have two franchises here that'd sell millions if remade with new technology. FF8 and FF7. I'm betting they are just milking the franchises till they can milk no more and then BAM! Remake.
So expect some lame arse sequel to FF8 or something
Meanwhile FF13 and FF13vs look pretty awesome. FF12 in my opinion was boring (too much grinding.. I could play WoW and have more fun
)
BTW. Sai did you hear about EzyDVD's Blade Runner: Ultimate Edition. I am so forking ordering that massive son of a bitch
Will be pre-ordering that SOB when the thing is ready. (because EzyDVD accidently leaked it to the public. So now we just wait for a link)
Btw, Yes that spinner is a FIGURE.
I mean they have two franchises here that'd sell millions if remade with new technology. FF8 and FF7. I'm betting they are just milking the franchises till they can milk no more and then BAM! Remake.
So expect some lame arse sequel to FF8 or something
Meanwhile FF13 and FF13vs look pretty awesome. FF12 in my opinion was boring (too much grinding.. I could play WoW and have more fun
)BTW. Sai did you hear about EzyDVD's Blade Runner: Ultimate Edition. I am so forking ordering that massive son of a bitch
Will be pre-ordering that SOB when the thing is ready. (because EzyDVD accidently leaked it to the public. So now we just wait for a link
)Btw, Yes that spinner is a FIGURE.