Favorite games thread

Blackman · August 3, 2013

Out of sheer curiosity, I'd like to know what you guys' favorite games are (apart from TEW/WMMA obviously; that's kind of a given on these forums). I know they do this almost everywhere, but I find that you get interesting results on these kind of (specialised) forums. You can debate some choices, but we all know it's subjective by definition. A lot comes from the direct experiences induced by these games, and you weren't there when that person played it. The title of the thread, btw, is "favorite games", not best games.

Perhaps it's best to just fill 5 prominent games of your life, and name top games for their respective genres (obviously excluding those that made the top 5 list). I made a template you can fill in, but be free to use your own or just type some names, it matters not. It doesn't need to be ranked: just 5 games you love(d) the most, taking into account the time they were released or the prestige. Graphics therefore shouldn't be a big factor imo. Update the post if you change your list to keep it manageable.

TOP 5 GAMES:

- Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
- Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- Crusader Kings II
- Goldeneye 64
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

ACTION-ADVENTURE:

- Sam & Max Save the World

- Mount & Blade (as RPG is full up )

PUZZLE/ABSTRACT/CASUAL:

- Portal

- Lemmings

RPG:

- Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Calibur

- Fallout 3 (not sure if shooter )

- Icewind Dale II

STRATEGY:

- Civilization IV

- StarCraft

- Warlords Battlecry III

SHOOTING:

- No One Lives Forever (aka 'The Operative')

- Unreal Tournament

- Perfect Dark

SPORTS/RACE:

- International Superstar Soccer Millenium (ISS: ME)

- F-Zero X

- Diddy Kong Racing

SIMULATION:

- WMMA series

- TEW series

- Harvest Moon

FIGHTER:

- Soul Calibur

- Dead or Alive 3

damonster · August 3, 2013

My Top 5: (note I haven't played as many as others have)

1. Batman Arkham Asylum- As much as BAC is a better game then BAA, BAA was the first in the series and really made me love open world type games.

2. Minecraft- Probably my second most played game of all time, behind WMMA 3, although I haven't played it much recently to overplaying it or the fact that the frames go low a lot at times.

3. Payday- Just the type of game I wanted, and a masterpiece, imho. Plus overkill is awesome.

4. GTA 4- So I have never played GTA 4 before, but have seen loads of MP videos (The Let's Play group for one), and they are very funny, not only because of the people, but the game itself, you can't find a truck rolling over during a game of cops n' robbers not funny.

5. LOST Via Domus- One reason and one reason only, first game I have ever 100%.

moon_lit_tears · August 3, 2013

My fav games aren't newish.

1. Lufia (Rise of the sinistrals)

2. Breath of fire III

3. ShadowRun (Genesis version)

4. Goldeneye 64

5. Wild arms Alter code F

D-Lyrium · August 3, 2013

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="moon_lit_tears" data-cite="moon_lit_tears" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36500" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>3. ShadowRun (Genesis version)</div></blockquote> Have you played Shadowrun Returns? Just released on Steam? Really good game, and it's got a great editor which is bound to result in plenty of user-generated awesomeness and DLC later down the line. Anyway, following the OP: TOP 5 GAMES: - Deus Ex - Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Dragon Age: Origins - Bloodbowl - TEW ACTION-ADVENTURE: - Fallout 3 - Dishonored - Orcs Must Die PUZZLE/ABSTRACT/CASUAL: - Portal 2 - Thomas Was Alone RPG: - Diablo 2 - Baldur's Gate 2 - Neverwinter Nights STRATEGY: - Dawn of War 2 - Warcraft 3 - Crusader Kings II SHOOTING (Not a genre I'm fond of at all): - Team Fortress 2 - Doom 2 - Unreal Tournament SPORTS/RACE (REALLY not a genre I'm a fan of!): - Mario Kart - Fire Pro Wrestling? - WWF Smackdown: HTCP SIMULATION: - TEW - WreSpi - Football Manager FIGHTER: - I don't even know. :/ Tekken 2 was about the last one I played.

Jaysin · August 3, 2013

My brother was a backer for Shadowrun Returns so he got the DRM copy as well the Steam version, so I've been playing that. I just haven't been able to figure out how to get a new patch

It's fantastic though.

panix04 · August 3, 2013

TOP 5 GAMES:

- Gears of War 3

- Football Manager

- Smackdown (HCTP)

- Star Wars Galaxies (not many people will have that on their list!)

- Age of Mythology

- Mass Effect 2 - I literally cannot choose 5 from that six!

ACTION-ADVENTURE:

- GTA 4

- Red Dead Redemption

PUZZLE/ABSTRACT/CASUAL:

- Game Dev Story

RPG:

- Knights of the old republic

STRATEGY:

- Civilization V

- StarCraft 2

- Rest of the Age of series

- Stronghold series

SHOOTING:

- Gears 1/2

- Modern Warefare 2

SPORTS/RACE:

- Mario Kart

SIMULATION:

- TEW

- Sim City 200/4/new one(ish)

- Theme park

- The Sims

FIGHTER:

- Mortal Kombat

- Street Fighter 2

Sports

Fifa

NHL (EA)

Virtua Tennis

Fleisch · August 4, 2013

TOP 5 GAMES:

- Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

- GTA: Vice City

- Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

- Saints Row 2

- Red Dead Redemption

ACTION-ADVENTURE:

- Monkey Island (or would that come under casual?)

- Sleeping Dogs

PUZZLE/ABSTRACT/CASUAL:

- Worms Armageddon!

- Hogs of War

RPG:

- Fallout 3

- Neverwinter Nights

- Dragon Age

STRATEGY:

- Rome: Total War

- Medieval: Total War

- Civilization V (only just got it and ended up spending 2 hours on it earlier without realising)

SHOOTING:

- Duke Nukem (original)

- Doom (original)

- Halo 4

SPORTS/RACE:

- Forza III

- Mario Kart

- NHL 94, 2004, 2012 (Can't decide!)

SIMULATION:

- Championship Manager 03/04

- TEW (2010 & 2013)

- Sim City 4

FIGHTER:

- KOF Series (I pretty much loathe all other fighters)

RKOwnage · August 4, 2013

TOP 5 GAMES:

- Shining Force II (SegaGenesis)

- Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

- Final Fantasy X

- GTA: San Andreas

- Batman: Arkham Asylum (placeholder as I can't think of anything else at the moment)

ACTION-ADVENTURE:

- Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

- Mass Effect 2 (I guess these two would count here?)

- Sonic Adventure

PUZZLE/ABSTRACT/CASUAL:

- Portal

RPG:

- Star Wars: KOTOR

- Fallout 3

- Dragon Age: Origins

STRATEGY:

- Civilization IV

- StarCraft 2

SHOOTING:

- Goldeneye 007

- Rainbow Six: Vegas

SPORTS/RACE:

- Mario Tennis

- Diddy Kong Racing

SIMULATION:

- TEW

- Football Manager

FIGHTER:

- Mortal Kombat series

- Street Fighter series

lazorbeak · August 4, 2013

TOP GAMES:

<ol style="list-style-type:decimal;"><li>- Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time </li><li>- Morrowind </li><li>- Fallout 3 </li><li>- Civilization II </li><li>- Batman: Arkham Asylum </li></ol>

ACTION-ADVENTURE:

- Prince of Persia: Sands of Time

- Donkey Kong Country

- Mario Bros. 3

- Assassin's Creed 2

- Spider-Man 2

PUZZLE/ABSTRACT/CASUAL:

- Dr. Mario

- Tetris

- Katamari Damacy

RPG:

- Final Fantasy X

- KOTOR

- Mario RPG: Legend of the 7 Stars

- Mass Effect

STRATEGY:

- Civilization III

- Age of Empires II

- Crusader Kings II

SHOOTING:

- Perfect Dark

- Hitman: Blood Money

- Portal 2(?)

SPORTS/RACE:

- Mario Kart Double Dash (and all Mariokarts except Mariokart 64)

- the NBA 2k series on the 360

- NBA Live on the Genesis

- The Aki wrestling games (No Mercy et al)

SIMULATION:

- Sim City 2000

- The Sims

- TEW

Honorable Mention:

- Red Dead Redemption

- GTA San Andreas

- Loz: Wind Waker and Loz: Majora's Mask

- Shadow of the Colossus

- Kingdom Hearts

- MGS3: Snake Eater

As a result of the Steam sale, I just finished Dishonored, and have X-Com, Farcry 3, Sleeping Dogs, and Saints Row 3, but haven't really gotten a chance to play them.

Dragonmack · August 4, 2013

Hard to narrow it down because I have played numerous games over numerous platforms, but if I have to go by sheer time played then

1. Diablo 2 ( was still playing this 7 years after it came out )

2. Civilization ( have played every incarnation of the series, although the earlier ones were probably played by me the most)

3. World of Warcraft - Have almost 5 years of time playing this.

4. Yu-gi-Oh - Have played pretty much all the titles that came out for the Nintendo platforms and playstation portable- easily well over a couple thousand hours all told.

5. almost sad to say this, but Pokémon - have also played for well over a thousand hours across all the Gameboy and Nintendo portable versions that have come out over the last decade.

RPG wise

Mass Effect series ( although really, all of Bioware's titles were must plays for me, at least till the recent decline in quality)

The D&D gold box games back in the late 90's

Neverwinter Nights

Bards Tale

Fallout

Ultima series

All time

Diablo 2

X-com ( original)

Master of Orion 2

Civilization

Ultima 4

Recently ( aka the past year or so) my favorites

Skyrim

Xcom ( new version)

Star Trek Online

Batman Arkham City

Diablo 3

BHK1978 · August 4, 2013

This is tough...

Top 5 Games:

1. Skyrim

2. GTA: San Andreas (This and GTA Vice City probably have the two best soundtracks ever. Not sure why GTA IV's soundtrack sucked so bad.)

3. Saints Row 2 (I hardly ever play the missions in this game and have never beaten it because I just enjoy going around doing the diversions and killing people.).

4. Final Fantasy VII

5. Super Mario Brothers III

Dragonmack · August 4, 2013

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Jaysin" data-cite="Jaysin" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36500" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>My brother was a backer for Shadowrun Returns so he got the DRM copy as well the Steam version, so I've been playing that. I just haven't been able to figure out how to get a new patch <img alt=":(" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/frown.png.e6b571745a30fe6a6f2e918994141a47.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> It's fantastic though.</div></blockquote> if you have it on steam, the patch is installed automatically. If you are playing the DRM free copy, then he needs to download the patch from the hairbrained Schemes website.

moon_lit_tears · August 4, 2013

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="D-Lyrium" data-cite="D-Lyrium" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36500" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Have you played Shadowrun Returns? Just released on Steam? Really good game, and it's got a great editor which is bound to result in plenty of user-generated awesomeness and DLC later down the line. </div></blockquote> No. I started watching a Lets play, but I can't get into it. Anyone who has played the original Genesis version will understand I guess. The story was good, the Metrix system was way before it's time and it's nothing like the SNES version. I mean you do go around killing Frag-faces, but other than that...meh..I think this one follows more to the SNES layout and style than the Genesis version which really turned me off quickly. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="BHK1978" data-cite="BHK1978" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36500" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div> 4. Final Fantasy VII 5. Super Mario Brothers III</div></blockquote> FF7 seems to be the one most FF players turn too. I've tried it and after about an hour and a half I got stuck on a tower of sorts...it's been YEARS since I played but the part was something like you had to folow a man in a black hood through this tower part and I couldn't because I forgot something earlier in the game...MEH....12 stands out to me which apparently is the worst in the series. Although I liked 4 for the DS. SMB 3....is a big thumbs up for me. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

bigtplaystew · August 4, 2013

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Dragonmack" data-cite="Dragonmack" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36500" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div> 5. almost sad to say this, but Pokémon - have also played for well over a thousand hours across all the Gameboy and Nintendo portable versions that have come out over the last decade.</div></blockquote> Say it loud! Say it proud! The Pokemon series is one of the most consistently fun RPG series still standing today. As long as graphics aren't a dealbreaker for you I don't understand how any rational RPG fan craps on Pokemon... yet they do all the time. Also: Mad props for throwing Diabo 3 up there. That game gets so much crazy hatred it's absurd. It's a solid experience for sure and a very good game. I'm going to get back into it now that you mention it.

BHK1978 · August 4, 2013

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="moon_lit_tears" data-cite="moon_lit_tears" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36500" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>FF7 seems to be the one most FF players turn too. I've tried it and after about an hour and a half I got stuck on a tower of sorts...it's been YEARS since I played but the part was something like you had to folow a man in a black hood through this tower part and I couldn't because I forgot something earlier in the game...MEH....12 stands out to me which apparently is the worst in the series. Although I liked 4 for the DS.</div></blockquote> I have not played it in a long time either and I never beat it but I still remember loving the storyline. After seven the FF games went down hill for me because they relied too much on looking like an Anime. I for one am not a fan of that style of drawing and so it distracted me from playing any of those games. It was actually a toss-up between SMB 2 and 3. I actually have not played a Mario Brothers game since Super Mario Brothers 3 as I have not owned a Nintendo system since the original. I went to Genesis, Play Station, XBOX, Play Station 2, and XBOX 360. So I have missed out on all of the Mario games since then. A little bit off topic but, looking back at the systems that I have had the only one that still works besides the 360 is the Genesis. I still play games on there from time to time. I actually still have the original Nintendo and an Atari System (I do not recall which one it was) I am not sure if either one of them still work because it has been like twenty years since I have tried either one of them.

moon_lit_tears · August 4, 2013

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="BHK1978" data-cite="BHK1978" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36500" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I have not played it in a long time either and I never beat it but I still remember loving the storyline. After seven the FF games went down hill for me because they relied too much on looking like an Anime. I for one am not a fan of that style of drawing and so it distracted me from playing any of those games. It was actually a toss-up between SMB 2 and 3. I actually have not played a Mario Brothers game since Super Mario Brothers 3 as I have not owned a Nintendo system since the original. I went to Genesis, Play Station, XBOX, Play Station 2, and XBOX 360. So I have missed out on all of the Mario games since then. A little bit off topic but, looking back at the systems that I have had the only one that still works besides the 360 is the Genesis. I still play games on there from time to time. I actually still have the original Nintendo and an Atari System (I do not recall which one it was) I am not sure if either one of them still work because it has been like twenty years since I have tried either one of them.</div></blockquote> SM2 and 3 are WAY different from each other. They are good in their own rights. Did you know that 2 was almost not released here in the states because they thought it was too hard?

BHK1978 · August 4, 2013

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="moon_lit_tears" data-cite="moon_lit_tears" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36500" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>SM2 and 3 are WAY different from each other. They are good in their own rights. Did you know that 2 was almost not released here in the states because they thought it was too hard?</div></blockquote> http://www.currentobservations.us/images/Carson%20I%20did%20not%20know%20that.jpg Sorry, I have been wanting to use that Johnny Carson picture for sometime. But seriously I did not know that.

Psycho Sam · August 4, 2013

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="moon_lit_tears" data-cite="moon_lit_tears" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36500" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>SM2 and 3 are WAY different from each other. They are good in their own rights. Did you know that 2 was almost not released here in the states because they thought it was too hard?</div></blockquote> I thought Lost Levels was the one not released in US, with SM2 being the one replacing Lost Levels.

Blackman · August 4, 2013

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="BHK1978" data-cite="BHK1978" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36500" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div> Sorry, I have been wanting to use that Johnny Carson picture for sometime. But seriously I did not know that.</div></blockquote> Then <a href="http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/top10/2608.html" rel="external nofollow">this</a> is an interesting read. I admit I kinda forgot the original pokémon, but then again, it wouldn't make my top list of RPG's (though I've played that one for a long damn time). Games like a Bard's Tale and Monkey Island were all very fun, but it's hard to same those in top lists because they were more like 'fun gigs for kicks and jiggles'.

Jaysin · August 4, 2013

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Dragonmack" data-cite="Dragonmack" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36500" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>if you have it on steam, the patch is installed automatically. If you are playing the DRM free copy, then he needs to download the patch from the hairbrained Schemes website.</div></blockquote> I don't see the patch anywhere on the Hairbrained Schemes site, but there's a good chance I'm blind.

Dragonmack · August 4, 2013

according to this from their website

Our dev team has been squashing bugs left and right, and we released a game update yesterday. On Steam, this update is applied automatically and you can see our release notes in the Announcement section of our Steam page. The updated DRM-free version is available on our HBS Account Site. Just login and download the game again. The release notes are also available on <a href="http://shadowrun-returns.wikispaces.com/Release+Notes" rel="external nofollow">http://shadowrun-returns.wikispaces.com/Release+Notes</a> and we’re looking to find a way for you to be able subscribe to that page so you can get automatic updates in your inbox.

you would download the game again from the downloads section and it would be the updated version.

moon_lit_tears · August 4, 2013

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Psycho Sam" data-cite="Psycho Sam" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36500" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I thought Lost Levels was the one not released in US, with SM2 being the one replacing Lost Levels.</div></blockquote> From what I've heard and read it was called Doki Doki panic in Japan. They changed the title to Super Mario bros USA and then made the SMB2 game. IT seems to be somewhat the same cosmetically, but rom articals the hardness level was dropped a bit between the original and SMB2

SHaynes23 · August 5, 2013

My top 5 would have to be:

1. Final Fantasy X (I think I played Blitzball more than the actual game, same with the card games in the ones before it.)

2. Super Mario World on SNES

3. MVP Baseball 2005

4. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic

5. Aerobiz Supersonic on SNES (Played many a marathon games with my brother and cousin over the years.)

Civ 2 and Goldeneye would be up there too. The original Halo only because of the 8 player games we would play on baseball trips when it came out.

moon_lit_tears · August 5, 2013

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="SHaynes23" data-cite="SHaynes23" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36500" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>My top 5 would have to be: 1. Final Fantasy X (I think I played Blitzball more than the actual game, same with the card games in the ones before it.) 2. Super Mario World on SNES 3. MVP Baseball 2005 4. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 5. Aerobiz Supersonic on SNES (Played many a marathon games with my brother and cousin over the years.) Civ 2 and Goldeneye would be up there too. The original Halo only because of the 8 player games we would play on baseball trips when it came out.</div></blockquote> Was it x or was it 12 that had the game with the numbers? I forget the name of the game, but I played the hell out of it.

BHK1978 · August 5, 2013

Crap I forgot all about KOTR I and II and Dragon Age: Origins. Ah well just put them all in a four-way tie for fifth place on my list.

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