Favorite Dungeon Crawler

[Souplex]

In the vein of my favorite game in an obscure genre threads I thought I would visit one very near and dear to me, the dungeon crawler. what is your favorite dungeon crawler and why?

For those uninitiated with what exactly a dungeon crawler is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeon_crawl

My personal favorite would have to be Fallout 3.

That said, gimme' your two cents!

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

Oblivion namely the Ayleid ruins. You think you've finished and killed all the bandits then POW! A secret tunnel and a load of undead.

 

[BlackDodongo]

erm Diablo 2 anyone?

 

[War Penguin]

Zelda.
Do I need to say anything else?

 

[thiosk]

im in the mood of a good dungeon crawl right now... but neither oblivion or fallout, which i never really considered dungeon crawlers, are going to do it for me...

 

[brewbeard]

It's certainly not for everyone, but I'd have to say NetHack. I've never played another dungeon crawler where death was so much fun.

 

[Zacharine]

Neverwinter Nights, both 1 & 2 and expansions.

That should hold your intrest for a few weeks.

EDIT: And for a bit of OldSchool, go for NetHack or A.D.O.M (Ancient Domains Of Mystery)

 

[Ganthrinor]

I dunno if I'd call Oblivion or Fallout 3 Dungeon-Crawlers as they had a great deal of open-world andfriendly NPC interactions. Good games, don't get me wrong, but not Dungeon-Crawlers.

Diablo 2, Neverwinter Nights 2, Dark Messiah of Might and Magic (when it worked) were all excellt dungeon crawlers. DMoMM had it's own issues, not the least of which was production under UBIsoft, but if you can get it working long enough to finish the game, it's a very viscereal experience IMO.

 

[the Tadman]

Diablo 2 and Titan Quest. They're very similar games so i count them as one.

 

[Cargando]

The Ayleid ruins in Oblivion - the traps in them are awesome.

 

[TsunamiWombat]

Neverwinter Nights, both 1 & 2 and expansions.

That should hold your intrest for a few weeks.

EDIT: And for a bit of OldSchool, go for NetHack or A.D.O.M (Ancient Domains Of Mystery)

I've been playing NWN1 for YEARS. Online is a brand new world. NWN2 is sad sauce and makes be a depressed panda.

 

[Flour]

Never knew Phantasy Star Online was considered a 'dungeon crawler'.

I guess that'll be my answer because PSO for the gamecube is my most-played game ever.(I might have played WoW a few hundred hours, but I've spent twice that amount of time in PSO)

 

[Samman]

erm Diablo 2 anyone?

No contest.

 

[VitusPrime]

Phatasy Star Online Blue Burst, I have had so much fun with that game

 

[The Madman]

Nethack is probably my favorite for the sheer variety of inventive ways to kill and be killed.

Arx Fatalis is another good one however, extremely fun first-person rpg that plays kinda like the older rpg's such as Ultima did. Plus I really enjoy the way everything has multiple solutions and how the spell-system works.

 

[Rhob Anybody]

Dungeons and Dragons online. Loads of dungeons, loads of mobs and great walls of fire. Probably the most fun I've had with my clothes on

 

[Piping Rock]

D&D Temple of Elemental Evil.

 

[Border City Gamer]

Hmm, Diablo 2 of course. That game redefined dungeon crawling, and you get to kill the devil ho awesome is that?

 

[SpikeyGirl]

It's certainly not for everyone, but I'd have to say NetHack. I've never played another dungeon crawler where death was so much fun.

'Killed by kicking a wall'

'Killed by a brown pudding'

Yup, I'd agree with you