OT: Oldies but Goodies

[Atrocities]

Do any of you old gamers remember these games and if so, when was the Last time you played them?

Wolfenstien 3d (95)
Doom (97)
Heretic (97)
Dark Forces (96)
Duke Nukem 3d (97) God I loved this game.
Rebellion (2000)

Quake (2002)
Quake II (2003)

Myst (96)

There is something to say about these games that helped to define the PC gaming world. Without them we would not have had what we have now.

I can remember most of the great games released and can even remember paying full price for all most all of them.

From SimCity II through Freespace I had a great collection of fun and addictive games. I have to say that I loved most of them and hated only a few.

Half-Life was fun and when it came out it was a great game. Tribes is and always will be my most favorite game of all time, but even games like Dark Forces and Decent are on my all time hit list.

Heretic was a lot of fun MP wise, and Doom was, well it was doom. (A whole new universe opened up when I discovered that game.)

Duke Nukem 3d was a bLast to play, as were DeusEx, Unreal, System Shock 1 & 2, Blade, and even the original Soldier of Fortune.

Games like BOTF, Rebellion, Imperium Galactica II and Homeworld were great and offered many hours of game play.

But it has been a long time since I have had a game that I truly have enjoyed playing. This year alone I have bought and played several games that just took the wind out of my sails. SimCity 4 was ok, but not as good as it could have been. Unreal II was just a plane awful game and MOO3 was by far the biggest disappointment ever released IMHO.

Last year we saw Jedi Night Outcast and SOF II, but both seemed to be lacking the energy that their predecessors had, and ultimately became boring to play.

What I would love to see are games that go back to the basics. Good inventive game play with solid MP and Co-Op play. Games that look good, have good stories and game play, and keep you coming back for more.

I can remember playing Starcraft and wondering if I could build enough troops to keep the enemy at bay. The game was a lot of fun, and I have to say I really enjoyed it. As also did Diablo, Bolders Gate, SFC, and even Tie Fighter. (Although Freespace was a by far the best space fighter sim game I have ever played.)

I can remember being blown away by the how they did Wing Commander IV and loving that game a lot. I miss that game, but I still have it.

Like I said there is something to be said about the older games. The memories they bring to life, and feelings they inspired. I really do miss going down to the local Computer shop and buying the newest games. Now all the local computer shops are closed replaced by mega stores like Wal-Mart and Best Buy. They just don't have the feel of that small business computer shop that I came to love. Oh well, things are destined to change I guess.

Lets hope that in the future some game designer comes along with a new novel idea that blows us all away and gives us another memorable game.

We can hope.