Its that time again, Your Top 10 Favorite Games Topic
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@Emperor. It's the best out of the whole Myst series (I still have to play Uru), but in terms of the core 5 single player games, Riven was indeed the best. It had a solid storyline that didn't feel like fan fiction. The pre-rendered graphics were wonderful, captivating, and best of all, REAL. Even when I play it again today, it astounds me at how much effort Cyan put into the game. The sounds and visuals really made the world like it was on the verge of collapse. And the end of the game really showed a great example of the idea of cataclysm.
Agreed. I love all the details of the world like the bacteria that make water move away from heat, I love Gehn as a villain, I love the way all the puzzles make sense in the world unlike in most adventure games, I love how immersive it is (maglev rides, whee!), and I hate-love the ending for making me cry.Slenn said:
(Uru was fun though. Not spectacular, but fun. You can download and play it for free, and I recommend it for the puzzles and exploration. The graphics and controls are weak and the multiplayer really feels shoehorned in, though.)
I always have a terrible time with this. Even though nobody reads it, I always get antsy about putting a definite list in writing.
Pokemon Gold
Shantae
LoZ: Link's Awakening
No More Heroes
Team Fortress 2
Cave Story
Mega Man 2
Saints Row 2
Kirby and The Chrystal Shards
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
I'd like to talk about some of them, the first being Paper Mario, which is a game that I enjoy a lot, but fate always conspires against me to beat. Such as a sudden power outage, a fried laser reader or an inexplicably corrupt data file. I'm sure I'll try again some day, and maybe some day I'll finally beat it.
Saints Row two is on there not because it's a game that I would really play and enjoy again, but because I chose the games based on a felling of fulfillment after playing them. I would probably rather play SR Three over Two, it Three didn't leave me with the sense of success and longing that Two did.
Similarly, Pokemon Gold is on there because it was the first game I ever owned, and I count it the single most important influence on my life. I wouldn't be who I am today without that game.
That the last one is Shantae, for Game Boy Color. It's banaynays out the whizow and everyone should play it.
Pokemon Gold
Shantae
LoZ: Link's Awakening
No More Heroes
Team Fortress 2
Cave Story
Mega Man 2
Saints Row 2
Kirby and The Chrystal Shards
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
I'd like to talk about some of them, the first being Paper Mario, which is a game that I enjoy a lot, but fate always conspires against me to beat. Such as a sudden power outage, a fried laser reader or an inexplicably corrupt data file. I'm sure I'll try again some day, and maybe some day I'll finally beat it.
Saints Row two is on there not because it's a game that I would really play and enjoy again, but because I chose the games based on a felling of fulfillment after playing them. I would probably rather play SR Three over Two, it Three didn't leave me with the sense of success and longing that Two did.
Similarly, Pokemon Gold is on there because it was the first game I ever owned, and I count it the single most important influence on my life. I wouldn't be who I am today without that game.
That the last one is Shantae, for Game Boy Color. It's banaynays out the whizow and everyone should play it.
Bah, bah I say to simply limiting it to ten games! How about every game that I have enjoyed enough to remember over y gaming career!
1) Super Mario Brothers (NES)
2) Silpheed (PC)
3) Stellar 7 (PC)
4) Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles (electric seaweed anyone?) (NES)
5) Batman (NES)
6) Wizardry 1 and 3 (PC)
7) Super Mario World (SNES)
8) Zelda : Link to the Past, Twilight Princess (SNES, Wii)
9) Super Mario: Search for the Seven Stars (Geno!) (SNES)
10) Heroes of Might and Magic 2 (PC)
11) Outpost 2 (PC)
12) Warcraft 2 and 3 (PC)
13) Half Life 1 and 2 (PC)
14) Counter Strike (PC)
15) Natural Selection 1 and 2 (PC)
16) Day of Defeat (PC)
17) Prey (PC)
18) Star Wars: Shadow of the Empire (N64)
19) Mario Party X (N64)
20) Mario Kart (SNES, N64, Gamecube)
21) Super Smash Brothers (N64, Gamecube)
22) Star Wars Rogue Squadron (N64, Gamecube)
23) Metroid Prime (Gamecube)
24) Homeworld 2 (PC)
25) STALKER (PC)
26) World of Warcraft (PC)
27) EVE Online (PC)
28) City of Heroes/Villains (PC)
29) Age of Conan (PC)
30) Diablo 2 (PC)
31) Starcraft and 2 (PC)
32) Mass Effect 1, 2, and 3 (- the abyssmal ending) (PC)
33) Civilization 2 (PC)
(Running out / remembering missed games now..)
34) Assassins Creed 1 and 2 (PC)
35) Crash Bandicoot X (Playstation)
36) Dragon Age (PC)
37) Dishonored (PC)
38) Might and Magic 6 (PC)
39) Might and Magic: Dark Messiah (PC)
40) Dune 2 and 2000 (PC)
41) League of Legends (PC)
42) Star Wars: Podracer (.. N64?)
43) Bioshock (PC)
44) Quest 64 (N64)
45) Star Fox 64 (N64)
46) Clayfighter 63 1/3 (N64)
47) Banjo Kazooie (N64)
48) Mechwarrior Online (PC)
49) .. and I am out. I am sure there are many I have missed, and many not worth mentioning, but that is what I would call the core of gaming. Oh!
50) Paper Mario (Gamecube)
okay, done!
My only edit, because the game deserves it..
51) Spec Ops: The Line
1) Super Mario Brothers (NES)
2) Silpheed (PC)
3) Stellar 7 (PC)
4) Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles (electric seaweed anyone?) (NES)
5) Batman (NES)
6) Wizardry 1 and 3 (PC)
7) Super Mario World (SNES)
8) Zelda : Link to the Past, Twilight Princess (SNES, Wii)
9) Super Mario: Search for the Seven Stars (Geno!) (SNES)
10) Heroes of Might and Magic 2 (PC)
11) Outpost 2 (PC)
12) Warcraft 2 and 3 (PC)
13) Half Life 1 and 2 (PC)
14) Counter Strike (PC)
15) Natural Selection 1 and 2 (PC)
16) Day of Defeat (PC)
17) Prey (PC)
18) Star Wars: Shadow of the Empire (N64)
19) Mario Party X (N64)
20) Mario Kart (SNES, N64, Gamecube)
21) Super Smash Brothers (N64, Gamecube)
22) Star Wars Rogue Squadron (N64, Gamecube)
23) Metroid Prime (Gamecube)
24) Homeworld 2 (PC)
25) STALKER (PC)
26) World of Warcraft (PC)
27) EVE Online (PC)
28) City of Heroes/Villains (PC)
29) Age of Conan (PC)
30) Diablo 2 (PC)
31) Starcraft and 2 (PC)
32) Mass Effect 1, 2, and 3 (- the abyssmal ending) (PC)
33) Civilization 2 (PC)
(Running out / remembering missed games now..)
34) Assassins Creed 1 and 2 (PC)
35) Crash Bandicoot X (Playstation)
36) Dragon Age (PC)
37) Dishonored (PC)
38) Might and Magic 6 (PC)
39) Might and Magic: Dark Messiah (PC)
40) Dune 2 and 2000 (PC)
41) League of Legends (PC)
42) Star Wars: Podracer (.. N64?)
43) Bioshock (PC)
44) Quest 64 (N64)
45) Star Fox 64 (N64)
46) Clayfighter 63 1/3 (N64)
47) Banjo Kazooie (N64)
48) Mechwarrior Online (PC)
49) .. and I am out. I am sure there are many I have missed, and many not worth mentioning, but that is what I would call the core of gaming. Oh!
50) Paper Mario (Gamecube)
okay, done!
My only edit, because the game deserves it..
51) Spec Ops: The Line
Ah, the ole' "Top X games" thread. The thread wherein a hundred or more posters will list their favorite games...and never take the time to read anyone else's list. Good times. Good times.
Anyway, on to my pointless contribution...
Half-Life (series)
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
Homeworld
Metroid Prime
MechWarrior 2 (and series, really)
Banjo-Kazooie
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Torchlight 2
Donkey Kong County
For the record, there are at least thirty other games I could have listed here; just off the top of my head.
I've been gaming since the 80's. Needless to say, I've seen a LOT of amazing games come and go. So a Top 10 list is rather difficult for me.
Anyway, on to my pointless contribution...
Half-Life (series)
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
Homeworld
Metroid Prime
MechWarrior 2 (and series, really)
Banjo-Kazooie
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Torchlight 2
Donkey Kong County
For the record, there are at least thirty other games I could have listed here; just off the top of my head.
I've been gaming since the 80's. Needless to say, I've seen a LOT of amazing games come and go. So a Top 10 list is rather difficult for me.
I read it, Vigor.
Cannot believe I forgot the Donkey Kong Country series. Second was my favorite, just that little bit of graphical polish, and hunting for DK coins kept me busy for hours! Actually beat the real ending once. Very entertaining game.
Cannot believe I forgot the Donkey Kong Country series. Second was my favorite, just that little bit of graphical polish, and hunting for DK coins kept me busy for hours! Actually beat the real ending once. Very entertaining game.
The combat is not badly designed, it's just really repetitive, The story and chemistry between the leads seems to make up for it for most people but quite frankly their banter made me want to vomit.Bhaalspawn said:
In no particular order.
1. MGS3
2. Hitman Contracts
3. Shadow Of The Colossus
4. Silent Hill 2
5. Kingdom Hearts 2
6. Batman Arkham City
7. Dino Crisis 2
8. Dead Rising 2
9. Devil May Cry 3
10. Grand Theft Auto San Andreas.
Sure, I'll throw my snazzy hat into the mix.
a) No repeat franchises, otherwise I'd have six games from one on this list.
b) No particular order.
Dwarf Fortress
Riven
Fallout: New Vegas
Rayman: Origins
Super Mario Bros. 3
Final Fantasy V
Chrono Trigger
Syberia
Baseball Stars
Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII
(Honourable mentions: Aerobiz Supersonic, SimCity 2000, Dungeons of Dredmor, X-Com: Enemy Unknown, Gunstringer)
a) No repeat franchises, otherwise I'd have six games from one on this list.
b) No particular order.
Dwarf Fortress
Riven
Fallout: New Vegas
Rayman: Origins
Super Mario Bros. 3
Final Fantasy V
Chrono Trigger
Syberia
Baseball Stars
Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII
(Honourable mentions: Aerobiz Supersonic, SimCity 2000, Dungeons of Dredmor, X-Com: Enemy Unknown, Gunstringer)
More happiness for everyone!EmperorSubcutaneous said:
Okami
Skyrim
Arkham City
Crysis
Shogun: Total War
MGS: IV GOP
Minecraft
Shadow Of The Colossus
Kingdom Hearts 2
Bastion
and a couple more because I can't bear to leave them out
Mount and Blade: Warband, Amnesia: TDD, Assassin's Creed, Bioshock, Divine Divinity and Team Fortress II.
I think that paints a fairly good picture of my likes.
Skyrim
Arkham City
Crysis
Shogun: Total War
MGS: IV GOP
Minecraft
Shadow Of The Colossus
Kingdom Hearts 2
Bastion
and a couple more because I can't bear to leave them out
Mount and Blade: Warband, Amnesia: TDD, Assassin's Creed, Bioshock, Divine Divinity and Team Fortress II.
I think that paints a fairly good picture of my likes.