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Vatican City State1650 Posts
I've been gaming for at least ten years now. When I first started gaming, every new game I tried seemed new, refreshing, and all around entertaining. But after so many years playing games, I think I've reached a point where it's becoming extremely difficult to feel any stimulation from gaming. I've been trying for several months to "get the groove back," but the magic just doesn't seem to be there anymore.
I'd appreciate it if I can get any recommendations for games that I had not tried. The more addicting, the better.
I want something that can recapture my interest, so that I can do some gaming during my free time.
Some games I played:
Of course, from Blizzard:
Starcraft
Warcraft 3
Diablo 2
+various custom maps for these games (i.e. DotA, ~blood/~madness, ~micro etc)
These are classics. I can still play them and feel a semblance of enjoyment, but it's only maybe 1-2 games max before I get tired of it.
Other Major Games:
football manager 2009, 2010
Civilization 2, 3, 4
heroes of might and magic 3,4
elder scrolls oblivion (Got really into it, making mods/creating textures/3D modeling new weapons etc)
Final Fantasy 7/8
GTA 3/4 (Grand theft auto)
Neverwinter Nights 1/2 (Also got REALLY into it, making many maps, modules, scenarios)
Sim City 3000/4k
The Sims 4
Fallout 3
The Witcher (Enhanced Edition)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
Portal
Half Life 2 (First Chapter)
Alpha Centauri
Rise of Nations (Thrones and Patriots)
Devil may Cry 3/4
Left 4 Dead
Mount and Blade
Medieval: Total War, Rome: Total War, Medieval: Total War 2, Empire: Total War
Fable
Dungeon Siege 1/2
Call of Duty modern warfare 1/2
icewind dale
baldur's gate 2 (throne of bhaal)
planescape: Torment
star wars: knights of the old republic 1/2
Command and Conquer 1/2/Red Alert/Tiberian Sun/Kane's Wrath/Red Alert 2
Warhammer 20k Dawn of War/Dawn of War 2
Company of Heroes
Age of Empires 1/2/3
Spore
Latest games:
Alpha Protocol
Tom Clancy Splinter Cell
Borderlands
Dragon Age Origins
Assassin's Creed
Bioshock 1/2
Mass Effect 1/2
King's Bounty
Divinity 2: Ego Draconis
Street Fighter 4
Sniper: Ghost Warrior
anno 1404
Some Minor Games:
Stepmania (on Keyboard)
Torchlight
Nox
Titan Quest
Breath of Fire
Severance: Blade of Darkness
Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magic Obscura (Kinda sick of the theme at this point)
Space Rangers 2: Rise of the Dominators
Ur'Quan Masters
Battlestations Pacific (flying simulations weren't my type)
Jericho
Risen
Tropico
drakensang
Galactic Civilizations
Sins of a Solar Empire
Lords of the Realm 2
Sacred 2
Out of the Park Baseball (baseball version of football manager)
Deus Ex
doujin games:
fatal fake
Touhou 6/7/7.5/8/9/9.5/10/10.5/11/12
Korean/Japanese Games:
The War of Genesis 1/2/3/4 (창세기전 1,2,3,4)
Farland Tactics (파랜드 택틱스)
Arcturus (악튜러스)
Romance of the Three Kingdoms 10/11 (삼국지 10/11)
Dynasty Warriors 2/3/4 (진삼국무쌍 3/4/5)
Warriors Orochi (무쌍 오로치)
Ys 4/5/Origins (이스 4/5/오리진)
Legend of Heroes (영웅전설)
Princess Maker 4,5 (프린세스 메이커 4/5)
Several Japanese dating sims
Feudal Country Ransu
Yes, I played princess maker/other japanese dating sims way back when I was a horny teenager. Sue me. -_-
Emulated Games using SNES/PCSX etc:
Final Fantasy 4/5/6
Chrono Trigger
Dragon Quest
Raiden
Seiken Densetsu
edit: Final Fantasy Tactics
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Sigh. I've been looking for some other good ones that I had missed. But I can't find anything else that captures my interest.
I've heard of Singularity as the latest "it" game. But I see that it's again the same old regurgitation of the FPS genre, only upgrading the graphics and leaving storyline/gameplay in the shithole.
Can anyone give me any recommendations of games that I missed throughout my life?
Perhaps it really is time for me to stop gaming...
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world of warcraft? that should keep u busy a while
edit: otherwise.. sc2?
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I feel the same way. I really don't like most video games anymore. But I love BW and SC2.
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Gaming is a great time filler. But most people stop playing as they get older, not because gaming is immature but because other things in life start to interest them or take up the spare time they used to devote to gaming - hi Mani 
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Vatican City State1650 Posts
Hm.. WoW? I don't know. I'd rather not pay a monthly fee for a game. Much rather just buy a package.
I thought SC2 would be promising, but with the way it's been screwed over, I'm probably just going to go through the single player campaign and then be done with it - just enjoy whatever pro scene that arises as a spectator, rather than a player.
Sigh... Is there anything major that I missed, that I definitely should try out?
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you simply don't know what to look for =D
if you have a PS2 then I'd say you need to play Shadow of the Colossus. It's about 8-10 hours long depending how fast you figure it all out, but it's something that everyone needs to play.
Go out and get it for like $15-20, pop it in at night when you have some alone time, and enjoy. Easy to pace yourself since it's literally a game that consists of 16 boss fights and nothing else. Honestly, if gaming has lost its magical touch for you, this will bring it back over anything else right now.
If you're looking for a longer, more addicting experience then perhaps get into an MMO? Otherwise I'd recommend FFXIII as it really works that Square Enix magic -- it has an excellent sci-fi fantasy premise, great plot, intense battle system and has a really streamlined approach to RPGs. Not everyone's cup of tea but it might be the cure!
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Vatican City State1650 Posts
Err, sorry. I didn't mention it, but every game I played has been on the PC.  I've seen FF9,10,11,12,13 as all being pretty interesting games. But I don't have a console, so I can't play them...
I can emulate PS2 using emulators, but my computer is too slow, I think:
Laptop
Intel 2.0Ghz Core 2 Duo
Nvidia 9800M GTS
4Gb ddr ram
64Bit Vista
I've been told that this spec isn't good enough to run the PS2 emulator at full throttle. If I could, I'd have jumped immediately - there's a whole library of games to explore. But until I upgrade my laptop next year, I won't be able to play any console games.
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Ahhh you need to get a PS2 at least! It's all so cheap nowadays.
For PC all I can think of is Braid at the moment, it's pretty short but it's a really cool game. I can't get into SC2 either, it puts me to sleep 
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you've pretty much played everything that's good on PC..
assassins creed 2, and the diablo 1 campaign
otherwise ur best bet is just wait for D3
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Lots of good RPGs you haven't played....
breath of fire 2
sword of mana
golden sun
castlevania series
earthbound/mother 2
legend of zelda games
etc.
I personally enjoyed the megaman battle network series (1-6) a lot as well...
Platformers you got some classics like donkey kong 1-3 (SNES), mario 64, SMW2 yoshi's island, etc. Lots of good stuff.
Looks like most of your list is PC games.... Lots of stuff on SNES/GBA/N64 if you really want to play some games. :p Emulators for a lot of these things are now pretty good too. PSX emulation is lagging a bit behind though so... yeah.
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Oh, assuming you can emulate PS1 -- Final Fantasy Tactics is a brilliant game that will suck many hours away from your life.
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On July 10 2010 15:18 eMbrace wrote:
Oh, assuming you can emulate PS1 -- Final Fantasy Tactics is a brilliant game that will suck many hours away from your life.
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Hey man, what hobbies do you have other than gaming? What do you fill your days with?
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Vatican City State1650 Posts
Oh yeah, I played Tactics! It was great, while it lasted. I loved using the mathematician class. Holy (single target spell) on all enemies with no mana cost, every turn? Yes please.
2-D scroll based action games like super mario and zelda became really old though after the first fwe games...
On July 10 2010 15:17 eshlow wrote:
breath of fire 2
sword of mana
golden sun
castlevania series
earthbound/mother 2
legend of zelda games
These are all from SNES? Which system were these designed for?
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If you want, you should play the original command & conquer games: original, red alert, tiberian sun and red alert 2.
All of those games have pretty awesome single players.
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Oh shit, forgot about them too. I also played all the CnC games. Oh, yeah... I also tried out Warhammer. The latest one (Dawn of war 2 chaos rising) was too much RPG for way little gain though. Not engrossing at all...
Also unfortunately, after final fantasy 6 and 7, most other Japanese style RPGs don't feel that attractive to me. I tried Breath of fire afterwards, but it was kinda crappy compared to FF6 and 7. Chrono Trigger was about the only other notable Japanese style RPG to capture my interest to the level of FF6 and FF7.
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Flash games are where its at. You will never get tired of Robot Unicorn Attack. Never.
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On July 10 2010 15:25 orgolove wrote:
Oh shit, forgot about them too. I also played all the CnC games. Oh, yeah... I also tried out Warhammer. The latest one (Dawn of war 2 chaos rising) was too much RPG for way little gain though. Not engrossing at all...
Also unfortunately, after final fantasy 6 and 7, most other Japanese style RPGs don't feel that attractive to me. I tried Breath of fire afterwards, but it was kinda crappy compared to FF6 and 7. Chrono Trigger was about the only other notable Japanese style RPG to capture my interest to the level of FF6 and FF7.
BOF1 was ehh. BOF2 was much better. That's a SNES game. So is earthbound
Most of the other ones are GBA or GBA ports from other systems.
Zelda has stuff from all of the different platforms from nintendo, SNES, n64, GB/GBC/GBA, etc.
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Play Dragonquest 8, but that is a really old school style rpg so i doubt you would like it.
Also Shadow of the Colossus as another person mentioned and Ico are definitally those rare games that are more art than a game. ( as in the gameplay itself is art, these games don't have a bajillion cutscenes, and I promise you will like them )
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