Not just that, Thief: The Dark Project was released two years earlier than Deus Ex, which belies Mr. Whitaker's claim that "Deus Ex was the first game that managed to bring together meaningful story, stealth, and platforming in a first person shooter." Deus Ex was a very good game, but Thief was a great game that combined meaningful story, stealth, and platforming in a first person shooter far better than Deus Ex.The Rogue Wolf said:No Thief? Well, I have to say I'm disappointed. I mean, all it did was revolutionize the first-person gaming experience and show that games didn't just have to be loud dumb action.
Seriously, Shooting someone with a tranq dart makes them run around screaming and shooting their gun wildly until they just collapse. In the words of Yahtzee, "That's not very tranquil". Great game but serious problems along side being ugly as sin even compared to other games that released that year.Signa said:I've dabbled in most of them, but damn do I find every one of those to not be a must-play game. Deus Ex comes close, but it still has some clunky mechanics that I wouldn't expect everyone to deal with. Still a damn good game though.
Yes for Nimoy. I like V but IV is Civ defined. I fooled you! I fooled you! I got all pig iron!theSovietConnection said:I'd really have to argue against Civ 5. Even with Brave New World, I just did not find it terribly compelling. I'd have gone with Civ IV Complete instead, especially with Nimoy's narration of the tech quotes.
I think I'd also have gone with Sim City 4 as opposed to 2000, especially with the additions Rush Hour brought to the table. Granted, I still listen to the soundtrack from 3000 once in a while. Love that jazzy vibe it had going.
Other then that, I can't really argue with the rest of your list, other then to say I'd *maybe* have left off WoW in favor of System Shock 2.
that is the main advantage of being on a PC, I doubt you'll ever see a Total War game on a console. Supreme Commander was on the xbox 360 but had awful framerate problems. I remember Starcraft on the N64, that at least was a good and proper port.FirstNameLastName said:So, rts/management with a few massively popular titles thrown in there.
Couldn't agree more. Civ V, even with Brave New Worlds is just too small and too streamlined for me to enjoy. I bought the game and DLC on sale since I have some friends who play it, and I wanted to try it out. After about 10 hours against both A.I. and humans, I stopped and returned to Civ IV and never looked back.theSovietConnection said:I'd really have to argue against Civ 5. Even with Brave New World, I just did not find it terribly compelling. I'd have gone with Civ IV Complete instead, especially with Nimoy's narration of the tech quotes.
You do realize most of the games you've named are either causal or have become causal due to streamlining (the worst fate that can befall a game)Arnoxthe1 said:No Doom. No Far Cry. No Unreal Tournament. No Elder Scrolls. No Halo. No Wing Commander. No Jedi Knight. No GTA. No Guild Wars. No AvP. No Crysis. No Duke Nukem 3D. No Hitman. No Mechwarrior. No Myst. No Freelancer. No Need for Speed...
wat r u casul?