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defenestrate
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States579 Posts
March 06 2009 18:56 GMT
#21
Dosbox + Master of Orion 1. Probably the most time-sucking single player I've played since HoMM2. Best economy/research model ever.
We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges.
0xDEADBEEF
Profile Joined September 2007
Germany1235 Posts
March 06 2009 19:31 GMT
#22
- Planescape: Torment
- Baldur's Gate 1+2
- Deus Ex 1
- Thief 1+2
- Jagged Alliance 2
If you haven't played *all* of the games mentioned above, kill yourself now.

More recent great games:
- Portal
- Bioshock
- Fallout 3
- The Dark Eye: Drakensang
boongee
Profile Joined November 2004
United States967 Posts
March 06 2009 19:32 GMT
#23
KOTOR
ShaLLoW[baY]
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada12499 Posts
March 06 2009 19:41 GMT
#24
Deus Ex.

DO IT.

What a great fucking game.
ALEXISONFIRE ARE FUCKING BACK (sAviOr for life)
fanatacist
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
10319 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-03-06 22:26:34
March 06 2009 19:49 GMT
#25
FPS
Quake 3, Unreal Tournament 2004

RTS
Total Annihilation, Red Alert : Tiberian Sun
AoE II: Conquerer's Expansion

TBS
Heroes of Might and Magic III (Complete set)
Masters of Orion series (I think 1 or 2 was the best, probably 2)
Civilization 3
Peace~
ilistis
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States828 Posts
March 06 2009 20:07 GMT
#26
I have a text file full of games I've played/have not played/need to play. These games are more recent but still good nonetheless.

world of goo
far cry 2
call of duty world at war
'Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
'Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization'
'Left 4 Dead'
1) Empire: Total War

5) Rise of the Argonauts

9) Sins of a Solar Empire

10) The Agency

Prince of Persia
FEAR



mirror's edge

Team games

NBa 2k9
Pure
Worldwide Soccer Manager 2009
motohp 08

Games to play:

Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir
Tomb Raider: Underworld

King's Bounty: The Legend
Project Aftermath
X3: Terran Conflict
motohp 08
STALKER: Clear Sky
#7. S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl

The Witcher: Enhanced Edition
Bionic Commando Rearmed

Lost Planet Colonies
GRID

Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm
The Dawn of War jug

Unreal Tournament III
Portal


Rpgs to play:
the witcher
sacred 2 fallen angel
Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir
fallout 3
the elder scrolls oblivion

2007 rpgs:

1.The Witcher
2.Oblivion: Shivering Isles
3.Mythos
4.Hellgate: London
5.Titan Quest: Immortal Throne


recent games-

warhammer 40k:dow II
drakensang
empire:total war
street fighter 4
"The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."-William Faulkner *_*_*_Kolll FAN_*_*_*
Polis
Profile Joined January 2005
Poland1292 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-03-06 20:22:58
March 06 2009 20:21 GMT
#27
Try Gothic/Gothic 2 little specific hate or love for many people, there is a demo:
http://www.worldofgothic.com/dl/?go=dlfile&fileid=57 ~230mb, use original controls they are good when you get used to them, fighting is timed based so don't spam attack and you will be fine, only changes: bind z/x to strafe.

Mount & Blade, while game lacks in context it s worth to check just for a fight system, there is also a demo.

The Witcher -new crpg.
Xiberia
Profile Joined September 2007
Sweden634 Posts
March 06 2009 21:13 GMT
#28
DEUS EX
XejO
Profile Joined October 2007
Czech Republic9 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-03-06 22:58:56
March 06 2009 22:58 GMT
#29
i'm playing Neverwinter Nights 2 now, it's quite good game. but of course if you haven't played Baldur's Gate or Planescape Torment (best game ever made ) try these.
Racenilatr
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States2756 Posts
March 06 2009 23:03 GMT
#30
Fallout 3 is pretty awsome in very high graphics <3
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-03-06 23:22:50
March 06 2009 23:21 GMT
#31
On March 07 2009 03:16 Boblion wrote:
Old games are the best.

Rpgs:
Baldur's Gate 1-2 / Planescape Torment.
Baldur's Gate has the best ratio between dialogs/awesome scenario/epic battles imo.
Planescape has the weirdest universe in all Rpgs and is really dialog oriented.

FPS-RPG hybrid:
Deus Ex 1: Killer game. The only thing bad about this game is the graphics ( and for me it isn't a problem ). Everything else is just so good. Level design, scenario, music, characters. Even 8 years later very few games are as good.

Turn based game:
Civilisation 2-3 ( 4 is ok too but it isn't my fav ).

FPS:
Ut99 for life <3.
I would play just for the music
edit: <3<3<3 + Show Spoiler +


If you are a geek + hardcore gamer try dwar fortress ( deepest RTS/gestion game ever made ). Even if it has the worst graphics on this lists ( ASCII lol ) you will need a good comp to run without lag. Also you can always try to dl a graphic pack if you really hate ASCII.
+ it is free :p

You can get easily all this games. They are all cheap and easy to find. ( except maybe Torment but you can torrent it anyway i don't think it really matter because Black Isle is dead )



OMG you stole every game I was going to recommend.

All I have to add is:
Civilization 2 > Civilization 4 > Civilization 3

Edit: I think its funny that almost all the games that have been recommended don't need anything close to modern hardware to play.
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Mindcrime
Profile Joined July 2004
United States6899 Posts
March 06 2009 23:48 GMT
#32
Deus Ex

zomg
That wasn't any act of God. That was an act of pure human fuckery.
Fen
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Australia1848 Posts
March 07 2009 01:23 GMT
#33
Yay for deus ex!!

Just dont go near its sequel.

Id reccommend the Civ games. Play Civ 4 if your newish to the game. Theres debate over which is best, but they are all really good and Civ 4 wont dissapoint. Lots of strategy and learning to be had with that one.
fanatacist
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
10319 Posts
March 07 2009 01:43 GMT
#34
On March 07 2009 08:21 TheYango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 07 2009 03:16 Boblion wrote:
Old games are the best.

Rpgs:
Baldur's Gate 1-2 / Planescape Torment.
Baldur's Gate has the best ratio between dialogs/awesome scenario/epic battles imo.
Planescape has the weirdest universe in all Rpgs and is really dialog oriented.

FPS-RPG hybrid:
Deus Ex 1: Killer game. The only thing bad about this game is the graphics ( and for me it isn't a problem ). Everything else is just so good. Level design, scenario, music, characters. Even 8 years later very few games are as good.

Turn based game:
Civilisation 2-3 ( 4 is ok too but it isn't my fav ).

FPS:
Ut99 for life <3.
I would play just for the music
edit: <3<3<3 + Show Spoiler +
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBnaKD7CU6M&feature=related


If you are a geek + hardcore gamer try dwar fortress ( deepest RTS/gestion game ever made ). Even if it has the worst graphics on this lists ( ASCII lol ) you will need a good comp to run without lag. Also you can always try to dl a graphic pack if you really hate ASCII.
+ it is free :p

You can get easily all this games. They are all cheap and easy to find. ( except maybe Torment but you can torrent it anyway i don't think it really matter because Black Isle is dead )



OMG you stole every game I was going to recommend.

All I have to add is:
Civilization 2 > Civilization 4 > Civilization 3

Edit: I think its funny that almost all the games that have been recommended don't need anything close to modern hardware to play.

Because old games are the best.

BTW.

2 > 3 > 4 sorry.
Peace~
Kinky
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States4126 Posts
March 07 2009 01:53 GMT
#35
Fallout 3 - FPS/RPG
Devil May Cry 3 - Action RPG
Dead Space - FPS/RPG
Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare - Most amazing single player campaign of any FPS I've ever played.
Far Cry 2
Gears of War and Bioshock are quite good too even though they're a bit 'old'.
Frits
Profile Joined March 2003
11782 Posts
March 07 2009 02:23 GMT
#36
Deus ex is an obvious choice.

As for snes roms zelda 3 and chrono trigger are guaranteed to be awesome.
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-03-07 03:31:18
March 07 2009 03:30 GMT
#37
On March 07 2009 10:43 fanatacist wrote:
BTW.

2 > 3 > 4 sorry.

Its probably de-railing, but I'd like to know why you think this? I thought 3 introduced a lot of good concepts, but they seemed to be really unpolished. Special resources were a good idea, but there were too many of them, so they got cumbersome by the end of the game. A lot of victory conditions were kind of screwy too. Its really stupid if you have to intentionally retard the culture of your cities if you want a late-game victory thats not a culture victory (almost every time I wanted to try space victory, I got culture first on accident because spreading culture was way too easy).

Then again, Civ 4 has its crazy balance issues. Chop rushing > all before Prince, and Incans > all after Prince.

Still, I'd say in spite of all that, there's one reason why I'd say Civ 4 is better: more and more developed MODS.

If you think Civ 3 > Civ 4, you clearly haven't played enough Civ 4 mods.
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fanatacist
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
10319 Posts
March 07 2009 06:12 GMT
#38
On March 07 2009 12:30 TheYango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 07 2009 10:43 fanatacist wrote:
BTW.

2 > 3 > 4 sorry.

Its probably de-railing, but I'd like to know why you think this? I thought 3 introduced a lot of good concepts, but they seemed to be really unpolished. Special resources were a good idea, but there were too many of them, so they got cumbersome by the end of the game. A lot of victory conditions were kind of screwy too. Its really stupid if you have to intentionally retard the culture of your cities if you want a late-game victory thats not a culture victory (almost every time I wanted to try space victory, I got culture first on accident because spreading culture was way too easy).

Then again, Civ 4 has its crazy balance issues. Chop rushing > all before Prince, and Incans > all after Prince.

Still, I'd say in spite of all that, there's one reason why I'd say Civ 4 is better: more and more developed MODS.

If you think Civ 3 > Civ 4, you clearly haven't played enough Civ 4 mods.

I have played 0 mods. So you may be correct. The stand-alone game itself I think is superior. Civ 4 is way too imbalanced compared to 2 and 3. That was my major issue, as well as the dumbing down of resource management. Also I got the sense that AI difficulty was kind of capped, Civ 2/3 AI always seemed stronger to me, but that is just imo.
Peace~
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
March 07 2009 08:52 GMT
#39
On March 07 2009 15:12 fanatacist wrote:
I have played 0 mods. So you may be correct. The stand-alone game itself I think is superior. Civ 4 is way too imbalanced compared to 2 and 3. That was my major issue, as well as the dumbing down of resource management. Also I got the sense that AI difficulty was kind of capped, Civ 2/3 AI always seemed stronger to me, but that is just imo.

I agree with your assessment of balance issues, though, IMO that doesn't make a game (particularly given that its entirely irrelevant to mods). I'm curious what you mean about dumbing down resource management. Civ 2 definitely has the most simplified resource management scheme of all of them. Civ 4 is less complex than Civ 3, but at the same time I feel the system is more polished.

In regards to the AI, did you play vanilla or with Beyond the Sword? Because Beyond the Sword gives the AI a pretty substantial update (I think its also available as an add-in to vanilla Civ 4).
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Bub
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States3518 Posts
March 07 2009 11:48 GMT
#40
GTA IV
Dead Space
CoD 4
Fallout 3
Mirror's Edge- if you like parkou.
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