OT - your fav games

[Arryn]

Morrowind is *older* than Gothic 2 (and perhaps Gothic). It's graphics were cutting-edge when the game came out, and are not shabby even by today's standards, almost 3 years later. Stop to consider that Diablo 2 had woefully-obsolete graphics when *it* was released, and huge numbers of players still play the game today. Ditto JA2.

[Gandalf Parker]

Morrowind I didnt like nearly as well as Daggerfall. I was very dissapointed and I still hope they do a Daggerfall 2.

NWN wasnt bad but it was a game engine with very little game attached. If you still have it you might want to check it out again now that there are ALOT of really good player done modules. Many of which stay up all the time on the creators machine running as a multiplayer game.

[Arryn]

Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
Morrowind I didnt like nearly as well as Daggerfall. I was very dissapointed

Why? People keep saying they disliked the game, but they decline to say *what* it is about the game they didn't like (besides the graphics load on a computer, which is a non-issue with today's Boards).

[Mardagg]

Real time strategy:

"Total Annihilation"
although not a big a fan of this genre,this game is one of my all time Favorites,still playing it Online with some friends from time to time.

("Warlords Battlecry 2")
for SP,this game was great fun,because of the Hero system and the huge mass of playable races.Only RTS ever I played a lot in SP,MP wasnt that funny though,too unbalanced IMO.

Other strategy games:

All time Favorites(Dominions 2 may get there):

"Warlords 1,Warlords 2 deluxe"
played warlords 1 on Amiga,great fun and one of my first fantasy strategy games.
Warlords 2 deluxe,I do renember those great Hot Seat sessions with 2 friends of mine long time ago,everytime resulting in a 2 vs 1 game,naturally.Diplomacy was very important therefore(I give you my cake,if you ally with me...)

"Master of magic"
my all time favorite for SP.
Not much to say,time wise this could be the game I played the most in my life.I still have a working Version on my PC ...I only stopped playing it from time to time because of Dominions now

"Battle Isle 1 and 2"
I very much liked the game idea for Multiplayer,especially in 1(Splitscreen).

"Celtic Legends"
this is the(very old) game,where the developers of HoMM took the game idea from.


further games to mention:
MOO2,Fantasy General,Fantasy Empires,Warlords 3/Battle Isle 3(not as addictive as the first parts of the series IMO),Panzer General,AOW/AOW2/AOW:SM,HoMM 2/HoMM 3,Vikings:Fields of Conquest

RPG:

"Amberstar"
"Wizardry 6:Bane of the Cosmic Forge"

Only RPG`s ever,I did play through.
I didnt use any hints/solutions,if I renember correctly.
Whereas Amberstar was quite easy to finish,Wizardry was really,really difficult,with lots of restarts involved
Both belong to my all time Favorites.

also to mention:
-Might&Magic 2(my first RPG game,C64)
-Dragon Wars
-Legend of Faerghail
-Dark Queen of Krynn
-Wizardry 7:Crusaders of Dark Savant
(still have a working Version installed together with my savegames...maybe I will finish it sometimes).

[ July 19, 2004, 00:11: Message edited by: Mardagg ]

[djtool]

I tried morrowwind myself...it didn't hold my interest.

another one I forgot to mention was alone in the dark. That's one of the only games (probably can count them on one hand) that i've finished multiple times. Like 13 or 14.

[Arryn]

Originally posted by djtool:
[QB]I tried Morrowind myself...it didn't hold my interest./QB]

And again, I ask: why?

There are plenty of games I dislike, and games I like that have things I dislike about them. But if someone says they dislike or didn't care for something, without saying why, there's no basis for someone else to compare or judge.

[LintMan]

RTS: Total Annihilation, no other RTS else comes close.

TBS: Conquered Kingdoms (by dearly departed QQP)-old school, lousy EGA graphics and ridiculous music, but great AI and a wonderfully balanced set of units.

FPS (single player): I'll pick 3: 1) Half Life - great story, groundbreaking technology for its time. Most FPS's today still don't match its single-player quality.
2) Medal of Honor: Allied Assault - much of the game was standard fare, but the Normandy beach level in particular is awesome.

FPS (Online): Half Life Team Fortress - Awesome team-based play with specialized classes. I was in a very strong clan competing in several leagues and this game sucked countless hours of my time.

RPG: I've been a fantasy RPG player back from the Temple of Apshai days on my C-64, but I'll say Knights of the Old Republic is the best RPG I've ever played.

4X: MOO2. Shrapnel's SEIV comes closes but is missing...something. MOO3 was a piece of garbage that I returned as soon as I discovered that the game was unable to save your turn information mid-turn.

Arcade strategy: Archon, Archon 2: Adept - yeah, I loved them both!

Action Adventure: Star Control 2 - probably my vote for greatest game of all time. Funny, fantastic story, great music, fun action combat.