Favorite video games. Past, and present.

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MISSTRESSAHARA

Wednesday, January 19, 2011 1:42 AM

Many have been mentioned (Zelda series, Mario series) I tend to play some rather hardcore and adult games, but like the cutsie stuff as well. Recently played and finished:

Ratchet and Clank 1

Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando

Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal

Mad weapons in those games.

A lovely game called Eco, the prequel being Shadow of the Colossus (of which I have not played yet)

Conkers Bad Fur Day (N64) If ANYONE has played this game you KNOW how hardcore it is. So funny and..... disturbing on so many good levels.

So many others I can't remember. At the moment however I'm in the middle of what is considered one of the best games out there, and damn me it's hard and very, very bloody. You may have heard of it, God Of War. Kratos is one sick mother.....

I have so many games to play, will I finish them in this lifetime? Hmmmm....

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THEHAPPYTRADER

Wednesday, January 19, 2011 2:29 AM

My first favorite games were

X-Wing (the original)
Dark Forces
Microsoft Space Simulator (I think it was made in the 80's, almost older than I am. It took like 5 floppies to install).
Rebel Assault
Legend of Zelda

After I'd become an adolescent and started to understand and appreciate strategy a little, my gaming taste changed a mite

Civilization II
X-Wing Alliance
Myst (and later Riven, got Exile recently and am eager to begin playing)
Age of Empires II
Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time (which got me interested in joining band lol. This game might be responsible for choosing my Major).
Dark Forces II Jedi Knight
Mechwarrior, Mechwarrior II

Of course my high school and early college (As in before I realized I didn't have time to be a major gamer anymore College) games were mostly shooters, cause that's what everyone else did, but I also began to really like RPG's.

HALO
Super Smash Bros
Neverwinter Nights
Homeworld
Star Wars Battlefront
Jedi Academy
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic

My current favorite games are probably Mass Effect I, II and X-Wing Alliance. I wish they'd make more games like the X-Wing series, nobody makes flight sims like that anymore. Probably the best part is the combat simulator, where you can create your own missions. It's far from perfect, but offers an exceptional amount of replay value. And with a little clever editing of the shiplist, you can fly any ship in the game! Even a Corelian Corvette or a Star Destroyer, though the larger ones are kind slow and boring.

For XWA'ers out there, my favorite ship is the Y-Wing hands down. With clever power management you can be agile and fast enough to 'fighter' while being extremely tough and difficult to kill. Also, the lasers are in the center so they're more accurate not having to converge from the wingtips. Anyone else have a favorite ship or mech or rpg 'class'?

TRAVELER

Wednesday, January 19, 2011 2:42 AM

A friend of mine had the first rendition of Populous developed by Bullfrog. I miss it.

After getting my first hard drive computer I bought Crimson Sky. It does not like my newer machine and coughs it up a lot. But I drag it out and play what I can.

Now I have Total War Rome. Keeps me occupied to until the Sun rises in the sky and I realise I have spent double digit hours playing this game.

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FREMDFIRMA

Wednesday, January 19, 2011 2:56 AM

Oh man, given the ludicrous amount of games I have, everything from a MAME32 Emulator with 558 Arcade ROMS, often stripped right from decommisioned boards, all the way up to my now en-route original spec Emotion-Engine PS3 (The one that can play PS1, PS2 *AND* PS3 games), I could go all day.

But I'll just throw in a couple.

For 4X game fans, Sword of the Stars (complete collection) with the Argos Naval Yard expansion, it's available via Amazon and is the epitome of 4X, everything Master of Orion III shoulda been, and wasn't.

And what convinced me to make the jump to PS3, is two games, one called Valkyria Chronicles, which looks right awesome given it's story + gameplay and setting which reminds me a bit of Last Exile...

And since I got em both as a cheap package deal, also Reasonance of Fate, which seems a halfsie realtime/turnbase bit of "Gun Fu" and that kind of all too entertaining cheese.

Good stuff, and I got tons and of it, all the way back to a functional Mattel Intellivision II with speech pack and 50 some working games.

-Frem

SINGATE

Wednesday, January 19, 2011 4:20 AM

Zork (PC) Text based gaming at it finest.

Atari 2600
Combat and Air Sea Battle. Sure the graphics sucked but games on the 2600 were pure fun.

Atari 520ST
Leisure Suit Larry. Too funny.
Alternate Reality. My first RPG.

Sega Genesis
John Madden football(the first one). Before sports games became overtly anal they were actually fun to play.
Toe Jam and Earl. Funny as hell.
Sonic the Hedgehog

PS1
Ridge Racer
Soul Edge

PS2
Any of the Grand Theft Auto games though Part 3 is still my favorite.
God of War 1 and 2

PS3
Metal Gear Solid 4
God of War 3

I also just started playing more current PC games because I recently discovered modding. Fallout 3 and Oblivion are escpecially awesome.

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OPPYH

Wednesday, January 19, 2011 5:30 AM

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Originally posted by Misstressahara:

A lovely game called Eco, the prequel being Shadow of the Colossus (of which I have not played yet)

Shadow of the Colossus is a thing of beauty. Not many games have a strong "feel" to them anymore. If I could describe it, I would say it feels like a lazy Sunday afternoon in early Spring Exploring a lush(but desolate) mountainous region. With occasional giant monsters to battle if you so choose.

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BLUEEYEDBRIGADIER

Wednesday, January 19, 2011 6:45 AM

Due to my parent not giving in to the pleas of my brother and I until '97 to get ANY gaming console, I missed out on a lot of video gaming other than PC until we got an N64 for Xmas. Still, here's my list of favourite games...

PC
1) Call of Duty 1 -> honestly preferred the campaign more than the Medal of Honor games that were released before it

2) Interstate '76 -> automotive combat game set in an alternative 1976 where the oil crisis got so bad people start turning their muscle cars into tanks and blowing each other up?! I'm there, baby!

3) Return to Castle Wolfenstein -> a lovely update to a seminal FPS classic

4) Crimson Skies -> one of the few times I will give props to Microsoft Game Studios for the sheer awesomeness of an arcade flight set in an alternative 1930s where the USA is a series of indvidual fiefdoms. Plus, I think Nathan Zachary and the Fortune Hunters are proto-BDHs

5) Command & Conquer: Red Alert series --> Westwood Games made the best RTS stuff that balance unit management with sheer fun of battling enemies with all manner of crazy tech

6) Deus Ex -> Eidos and Ion Storm captured lightning in a bottle with this RPG/FPS hybrid, especially in the way you could solve mission objectives in so many ways... or or (represents brains/skills)

7) Max Payne -> bullet time + pulp noir + trippy dream sessions = awesome 3rd person adventure

8) Half-Life 1 & 2 -> Valve made geeks into heroes with their decision to have their protagonist being a theoretical physicist instead of a cop, soldier or some other kind of badass. Plus who can dismiss the wonder that is the Gravity Gun in both offensive and defensive puzzles

9) No One Lives Forever -> did Austin Powers before Austin Powers came along, plus the main character was a female spy!

PlayStation 2
1) Grand Theft Auto Vice City - Miami Vice seen through the eyes of the kind of criminal Crockett & Tubbs were always busting? Schweet!

2) Red Faction 2 -> even for just the Geo-Mod tech, this game was a blast

3) Killzone -> space Nazis? Sold!

Xbox
1) Black -> for FPR fanatics who just needed a basic reason to level various locations in Eastern Europe

2) Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas -> a bit too involved with all the mini-games and character stat management, but I found game enjoyable

3) Secret Weapons Over Normandy -> WWII area X-planes and Nazis vs. Allies dog-fighting? You have me sold with X-planes, LucasArts!

4) Halo 1 & 2 -> as if I could leave off the landmark game for Microsoft's entry into the console market!

5) Need for Speed series --> crazy car chases and automotive hooing? Yes please

Nintendo 64
1) GoldenEye 64 --> the very first game I ever had with the N64 and it took me 8 months to beat! I occasionally ache for the good ole days of 4-player deathmatch and big head mode

2) Perfect Dark -> Rare, before becoming a part of Microsoft, was in a hot streak with GoldenEye, this, Banjo-Kazooie, and Conker's Bad Fur Day. Still, Rare took the good of GoldenEye and made it so much better, with the crazy weaponry and various training sims

3) Turok -> dino dismembering and jungle stomping galore!

4) Resident Evil 2 -> not having a PS meant that I missed out on the first RE game, but damn was the Nintendo port of RE2 spectacular fun to get scared over. Plus the do over as Claire was a new twist to replay that was brought back for RE5

Xbox 360
1) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare -> wasn't an early release for the 360 by a long shot, but it was the gorram reason I bought one! Amazing gameplay and an intriguing if a bit too Tom Clancy storyline

2) Call of Duty 6: Modern Warfare 2 -> plot got more gonzo but I loved the gameplay. First game I did online MP for too!

3) Halo 3 -> it's the Captain, Jayne and Wash! As Space Marines! You can't argue with awesome

4) Battlefied: Bad Company -> destructible environments? Check. Firepower that would make Jayne going in

LWAVES

Wednesday, January 19, 2011 12:32 PM

Arcades

PacMan
Daytona USA

Speccy

Head Over Heels
Saboteur
The Hobbit

Amiga

Monkey Island series
Lotus Turbo Challenge series
Cannon Fodder

PC

Half-Life 1&2
Deus Ex
Jedi Academy
Unreal 1+2
Unreal Tournament (several versions)
GTA: Vice City
GTA: San Andreas
Tomb Raider (just the first one)

XBox & XBox360

TrialsHD
Battlefield 1943
Forza 3
Burnout Paradise
PGR 3&4
Just Cause 2

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ZEEK

Wednesday, January 19, 2011 2:37 PM

Super Mario Bros.
Mike Tyson's Punch Out
Tetris
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic & Knuckles + Sonic 3
Shining Force
Space Quest 5
Shining Force 3
Counter Strike
Diablo 2
Super Mario Galaxy
Starcraft 2

CYBERSNARK

Wednesday, January 19, 2011 4:03 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by TheHappyTrader:
My current favorite games are probably Mass Effect I, II and X-Wing Alliance. I wish they'd make more games like the X-Wing series, nobody makes flight sims like that anymore. Probably the best part is the combat simulator, where you can create your own missions. It's far from perfect, but offers an exceptional amount of replay value. And with a little clever editing of the shiplist, you can fly any ship in the game! Even a Corelian Corvette or a Star Destroyer, though the larger ones are kind slow and boring.

It also has (well, had) a kick-ass editing community.

http://www.xwaupgrade.com/

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