Here's a list of my favorite top five games of all time along with a few reasons why. I think figuring out your top 5 games is easier than figuring out your top 10.
1. Battlefield 1942 (PC)--capture and hold Conquest mode, the huge number of vehicles, planes and ships available; quirky little things you could do like hitch a ride on the wing of a B-17 bomber or every guy having a parachute and being able to use as many times as he wanted.
2. Tribes 2 (PC)--using your jetpack to not only briefly fly, but also to "ski" down a hill; the huge outdoor maps; the many cool reconfigurable weapons and backpack configurations such as the cloak pack and the "assasination from behind" shocklace.
3. Total Annahilation (PC)--the Commander; the first 3-D RTS; the fantastic orchestral music.
4. Quake (PC)--the rocket jump; being able to use the axe as a grappling hook online; getting the damage rune and blowing enemies to pieces
5. Super Mario Kart (Super NES)--2 player Mario Kart GP mode; Battle mode; taunting your enemies as you pass them.
Well i think
1. GTA Vice City PS2
2 Armada (1 or 2)
3.Gears Of War 360
4.Fear PC or 360
5. any madden for PS2
1. Virtua Fighter (http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=10329) (and sequels) for arcade, Dreamcast, Sega 32x, PS2
2. Lego Star Wars (I & II) for Gamecube
3. Lethal Enforcers (http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=8419) for arcade, Sega Genesis
4. Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo (http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=9931) for PS1
5. Quake for PC
Honorable mention...
6. Star Wars Arcade (http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=9773) (Atari, 1983) for arcade
Half-Life 2
Fear
Freespace 2
Doom 3
Wing Commander
Tough question. Here goes:
Everquest: I played this game for years and only WOW could pull me away. I still miss it sometimes.
XWing/Tie Fighter: Loved these space sims. Wish they would do another with modern graphic power!
World of Warcraft: Best MMO ever - at least to me.
Starcraft: Best RTS ever!
Diablo: Man, when this game came out - just played and played it.
A few runner up's:
Dark Forces, DOOM, Baldur's Gate, Star Trek 25th Anniv., Wing Commander series
KOTOR 1
Battlefront 2
Gears of War
Prince of Persia 3D (idk if its one of my top 5 but it's a great game... its an old PC game from 1999)
I would say Bridge commander, but I don't want to add another trek game... so I'll go with Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Oh, and I love Armada 1
World of Warcraft: The only known cure to the bad taste in one's mouth left over from playing SWG
Super Mario World: Best platform game ever, all others are only ever AS good, never better.
Starcraft: It is indeed the best ever RTS, it's an RTS with an amazing plot & storyline, I just love it.
Civilisation IV: The version of this game (past 2) doesn't matter so much as the game itself (the later versions just make it prettier really) but this game has the ability for me to sit down to play on a Friday, blink then it be Sunday evening all of a sudden.
The Sims 2: Another game with time altering powers. Sit down for a 5 minute game when you come home from work and just watch it be midnight before you realize it!
This will date me.
Spacequest 1-6- I liked two the best.
Rebel Assault (just because when it came out.. well, it rocked)
Star Trek 25th Anniversary
Star Trek TNG (Sega)
Star Trek Final Unity
Oh man, I haven't had the time to play anything in years. Oh well, maybe someday.
Spacequest.. ah, the fond memories of radio shack tandy computers and the classic vga monitors....
well these are my top 5 games
1.Halo 2
2. World of Warcraft
3.Starwars battlefront (1 and 2)
4.Warcraft III
5. Sims II
Quote from: pickard on March 08, 2007, 01:54:06 PM
1. Virtua Fighter (http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=10329) (and sequels) for arcade, Dreamcast, Sega 32x, PS2
2. Lego Star Wars (I & II) for Gamecube
3. Lethal Enforcers (http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=8419) for arcade, Sega Genesis
4. Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo (http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=9931) for PS1
5. Quake for PC
Honorable mention...
6. Star Wars Arcade (http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=9773) (Atari, 1983) for arcade
I'd also have to mention Battlefield: Vietnam, a sequel to PepperDude's Battlefield 1942. A few years ago I was away for a few months on business. My coworkers and I spent most of our free time playing the game, and it was great fun. We also had Star Wars: Battlefront with us, but, though the setting was obviously more fun, the gameplay of Vietnam was much better.
Back in college, I wasted many a night playing X-Wing. I'd love to see that game updated with current graphics and including PT fighters.
They have starwars starfighter
I'm goin' old school with my top picks!
-Marathon
-Unreal
-Unreal Tournament
-Jedi Outcast
-Call of Duty
The new Call of Duty is fun and Unreal Tournament is fun too heh i kept on fraging and dieing
Ah...good question. Here are my picks.
I have to agree with Picard:
1. KOTOR I
2. Lego Star Wars I and II
3. Jedi Academy
4. KOTOR II
5. No One Lives Forever II: A Spy In Harms Way
I played all the games exept the last one...they were SO much fun (well KOTOR II was not as fun but hey)
It was fun all the way up to the ending...and then it bombed. :)
yeah the last level was hard and confusing.
Its because they chopped a bunch of the story out...they were rushed to get it out in time for Christmas (I think it was Christmas)...anyway, it was supposed to have a different ending.
I wish they took the memory of your X-box /pc from KOTOR cause on my KOTOR Bastila is evil and that guy ran away on taht planet
I agree, Kotor 2 was fun for a while... but then all of the sudden you're getting attacked by floating lightsabers and you have no idea whats going on... But all in all I did enjoy it...
The most appealing thing about kotor 2 was that you could level up faster and get more powerful than in one...
My favorite part of 2 was Duxun... Ahh so fun!! i love Mandalorians... The Klingons of Star Wars...
HEH i never thought of that...
Quote from: Picard_delta_5 on March 10, 2007, 04:53:53 PM
I agree, Kotor 2 was fun for a while... but then all of the sudden you're getting attacked by floating lightsabers and you have no idea whats going on... But all in all I did enjoy it...
The most appealing thing about kotor 2 was that you could level up faster and get more powerful than in one...
My favorite part of 2 was Duxun... Ahh so fun!! i love Mandalorians... The Klingons of Star Wars...
I liked that part too. I enjoyed having the ability to train others as Jedi.
Yeah, my stratagy in KOTOR I, was to refrain from leveling up (just the basic skills were used) until I reached the Jedi Temple. Then I used all my skill points on Jedi abilities. It was VERY difficult but I was glad I did it.
Well mines a mix of old and new
WoW
Call of Duty (orignal)
Elite (and later versions)
Alien Breed 1 & 2
Tie Fighter & X-Wing
Jedi Knight
Monkey Island Series
Duke Nukem
Rome Total War
Space Hulk (used to scare the crap out of me)
Great thread! Here's mine, not in any particular order:
1. World of Warcraft
I've been playing trhis game for the past three months now to the exclusion of anything and everything else. My Wii and 360 are gathering dust while my new laptop keeps getting a major workout every day of the week.
2. Dragon's Lair/Space Ace
These laser disc games are sometimes credited with keeping the arcades alive a whole lot longer than they otherwise would have without them. Dirk the Daring and Dexter's adventures, all gorgeously imagined by Don bluth's animation studio, will always remain at the top of my list of favorite classic video games.
3. Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Jr.
These will always be my favorites of the early era of acrade gaming. Hard to believe the massive franchises these games spawned, but putting the whole nintendo saga aside, these are the games that pretty much invented the platforming genre and will always be the best of them in my mind. As a kid I was totally into both these games.
4. Wizardry
This game, played on my friend's Apple II E back in the 80's, could probably be credited with igniting my interest in role playing, dungeon crawling, and all the fun D & D stuff I've been involved with for my entire life. It was a simple game back then, vector line graphics, first person perspective, but the gameplay was fun and addicting. Creating a party was cool and fighting the various monsters in the huge dungeon was a lot of fun.
5. Star Wars
I had a hard time coming up with this last one because there are just so many games that could take this spot. But this classic vector shooter one is one of the games that I will always remember, and still love playing to this day. The gameplay never gets old, its HARD, practically impossible at later levels, but always fun.
Go WOW if you guys want a free guild and lvling (no not haxx lvling or having a guy to lvl i will help you) go on kilrogg and mail Darkmolerman (me)
Cool Subject, Most of Mine are pretty old
1. Baseball Stars - NES
Dont Really care for many sports games, but this one I really liked, you could create your own team, trade players, and was real fun. To top it off, it had no Major League affiliation, and I think that it even better. I had created this great team, which was really tough to beat
2. Tie Fighter - PC
I played this for hours, really loved the Dog Fights, and I really liked that you could fly missions, and do the special extra part of the mission for the emperor. I really enjoyed X-Wing, and I found this one even one Upped it.
3. Sam and Max Hit the Road - PC
I loved this game and everything about it. Was sad that Lucas arts never released another. I really enjoy these types of games where you click around and open doors and ask questions and solve small puzzles.
4. Indycar Racing 1/IndyCar Racing 2 Papyrus - PC
I played these games for hours, and was the mainreason that interested me in Autoracing. I suck at pretty every game out there, but not a auto sim racing games. My friends and I would download setups off the internet, and then try to best each others lap times. Also it was the first 3d accelarated game I ever owned, as they game out with a version for Rendition Cards, and was amazed at the graphics at the time, and the fluid visuals.
5. Nascar Racing Papyrus - PC
Just like ICR/ICR2, was glued to my PC with this one as well. Nascar Racing gave me some of my best gaming memories. The first being, when I bought my first steering wheel for my PC, I carted my PC over to my brothers house for the weekend, to play network games with him and other friends. On Friday Evening, we had a race, and I was the first person to own the steering wheel. We were having our race, and things seemed to be going as expected. I was running 3rd out of 3, and getting into the last parts of the race with 5 or 6 laps to go, didnt look like I was going to win, and wondering if the Steering Wheel made a difference. My brother and our friend were using CH Flight Yokes at the time, well all of a sudden, I catch them, and pass both with ease, and then pull away with a considerable margin and win the race. They had both worn out their tires and were pushing really hard, and my tires were still in great shape. Next morning, off to the Computer Store and they both were buying Steering Wheels. My Other best Memory was a Victory at Phoenix on some guys online racing series back many years at the start of internet online gaming. I was so happy about that for Months.
Honorable
Star Trek 25th Anniversary/Judgement Rites (PC), Sea Battle (Intellivision),War Craft 2 (PC), Command and Conquer 2 (PC), Empire Earth (PC), KOTOR (XBOX)
WOW even honoralbe metions cool
Well, narrowing it down to 5 is tough, but I think I can do it:
1)Civilization-Mainly 3, but I also enjoyed 2. Havent played 4 much but I do have it. Either way, the series is awesome.
2)The Sims 1 and 2-It aint just for girls. I love the games. Low stress, and deep. Games you can play for hours or a few minutes.
3)Maximum Football-A fairly new PC football game, kind of a football sandbox, create and play in your own football universe.
4)Front Page Sports:Football Pro-Older game, played it to death. Still have it on my PC.
5)Galactic Civilizations-Basically, Civilization in space. Theres a 2 now with much customization.
The last 2 were tough. I could have gone with any number of RTS or shooters. But the top 3 are what I have sunk most of my time and effort into.
Hmmmmmm
I started gaming with the good old Sega Master system so have quite a few to choose from..... here goes in no particular order......
1) Mario Kart (SNES)
2) Super Tennis (SNES)
3) Halo (XBOX)
4) 1942 (Arcade - Capcom)
5) Fable (XBOX)
What do you reckon?
yay someone else likes halo AND fable!
KOTOR I & II
(one was way better... I've played it like 30 times... and I love the Dark Side. LOVE IT!!!!!! well... in real life... I would have been light... I think... but it's not real life... so I will keep going here... )
P.S. When ever I start playing that game... I get addicted... I beat the first one in 5 days, and didn't look anything up. wow... life before college... ah.
Star Trek Voyager Elite Force
(II was sort of depressing...)
Lord of the rings, the Two Towers (or The Third Age RPG)
Splinter Cell I and II
Star Wars Battle Front I & II
(Also Armada I and II, Ghost Recon II, Age of Empires, Bridge Commander, Dark Forces I, II, III, and IV. They were not really called dark forces III and IV...
Space Quest also has a place near to my heart... Many more) :yoda
LOL i hated the lrd of the rings games (i moslty hated the RPG) but hey we can't ALL be the same!
Have you heard of Star Wars Dark Empire? I saw the soundtrack to this game on iTunes. Wasn't that a SW novel? I didn't know it was a game too.
In spite of what's possible today in game technology my TOP 5 are:
1. TETRIS
2. POPOULUS
3. BALDURS GATE
4. DOOM
5. SIM CITY
(yes - I'm getting old....)
lol wow no offence but yah thats old once again NO OFFENCE also Jen Dark empire (i think) is a very old star wars game it was so old that everything was in a 1 cm cube (sorta like star trek special force just alittle worse)
Jedijeff, there are new Sam and Max games. Go to: http://www.telltalegames.com/samandmax (http://www.telltalegames.com/samandmax)
You can download the mini episodes for $8.95 each or the entire season for a lower price per episode. I've read that Episode 4: Abe Lincoln Must Die! is outstanding. I like your Nascar Racing Papyrus story. I hear it's still one of the best. I remember playing NASCAR 1998. . .I think. It was fun and hard. One time, I remember somehow going from 4th gear to 1st--not good. I heard my engine make a loud noise, it then started smoking and I slowed down and eventually stopped. Yep, I had blown my engine.
Moyer, I think you should play KOTOR with Four Lights. You'll like the game. Trust all of us who like that game.
And a lot of you liked many of the Star Wars games. I agree that KOTOR was a fantastic game. It's the best RPG I've ever played but then again, I haven't played that many RPGs. I'm sorry to say that I never played X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter (I believe that's one of the titles). I always read that it's still the best space combat simulation out there (after more than 10 years!)
Of course, there are many WoW freaks here :P
yes I am a WOW geek as well, so how can you play KOTOR with a freind?
Oh I have to add Oblivian to the list! I just bought a 360 about a month ago and Oblivion was the first game I purchased for it. I LOVE this game. Just wish it was Star Wars...hopefully the next Knights Of The Old Republic will be similar in length and quality.
lol i wish i could play oblivian heck a 360 would be nice.
Quote from: PepperDude on April 17, 2007, 09:00:07 PM
Jedijeff, there are new Sam and Max games. Go to: http://www.telltalegames.com/samandmax (http://www.telltalegames.com/samandmax)
You can download the mini episodes for $8.95 each or the entire season for a lower price per episode. I've read that Episode 4: Abe Lincoln Must Die! is outstanding. I like your Nascar Racing Papyrus story. I hear it's still one of the best. I remember playing NASCAR 1998. . .I think. It was fun and hard. One time, I remember somehow going from 4th gear to 1st--not good. I heard my engine make a loud noise, it then started smoking and I slowed down and eventually stopped. Yep, I had blown my engine.
Thanks Pepper Dude, I was not aware of that, will definitely check out those Sam and Max games., as I am itching to play more Yes, I remember lots of Blown engines as well in Nascar Racing, those days when I was playing it were so fun.
Jeff
Its always a bad sign when you trawl the boards, see a topic you think "yeah I'll reply to that" only to discover you already did some months ago :-[
I think I've been away too long.
Anyway since I'm here I'm going to add
Dawn of War
Civ 3 & 4
Pirates (Sid Meier)
Nice to see you back again Geoff! ;) I've always wanted to get into the Civ games but never had the time to try yet. Is Civ 3 a good place to start?
Rico,
go straight to Civ 4, as one of the guys said earlier the basic concept is the same through all of them but Civ 4 is prettier. The addons for it do add some nice dimensions to it, but be warned the hours can fly and I don't want to be responsible for you missing a podcast ;)
I finnaly got up to date with you last month and I was starting to catch up on other podcasts now I only have or two of yours to listen to, then my MP3 player broke :wallbash:
Ordered the new one today :biggrin