Top 10 favorite games!

[Blazur]

We've had discussion about the most difficult or easiest games. Now let's hear about your all-time favorites. They can be for any platform or difficulty.


StarCraft (http://www.blizzard.com/us/starcraft/) (PC) – Played this so much in college I used to have dreams about it
Team Fortress 2 (http://orange.half-life2.com/tf2.html) (PC)
Diablo 2 (http://www.battle.net/diablo2exp/) (PC) – The ultimate LAN party game
Unreal Tournament 2004 (http://www.unrealtournament2004.com/) (PC) - Another great game for LAN's.
Tekken Tag Tournament (http://guidesarchive.ign.com/guides/13946/) (PS2)
Half-Life 2 (http://orange.half-life2.com/hl2.html) (PC)
Grand Theft Auto:Vice City (http://www.rockstargames.com/vicecity/) (PC) - I've enjoyed the first 4 major GTA games, but this one I like the most for its environment.
Final Fantasy III (US) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xld0vsX9ynM) (SNES) – Best soundtrack, ending, and amazing character development
Street Fighter 2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter_II) (SNES)
Star Wars: BattleFront II (http://www.lucasarts.com/games/swbattlefrontii/indexFlash.html) (PC)

[spychi]

1. StarCraft - Storyline
2. Mass Effect - Storyline
3. Alien vs Predator and Alien Vs Predator 2 - singleplayer, multiplayer
4. Dead Space - storyline, great horror
5. Half Life 2, Ep 1, Ep 2 - best FPS game, best storyline
6. God of War and God of War 2 - best slasher
7. Dark Colony - legend RTS
8. Abe's Oddysey and Abe's Exoddus - great adventure game, legend!
9. Left4Dead - Great multiplayer
10. Team Fortress 2 - great multiplayer

[screw_ball69]

1. Quake 3
2. Team Fortress 2
3. Starcraft
4. Metal Gear Solid 3
5. Metal Gear Solid 4
6. Metal Gear Solid 2
7. Unreal Tournament 99
8. Any Final Fantasy before 9
9. Left 4 Dead or Killing floor
10. Kingdom Hearts (entire series)




7. Dark Colony - legend RTS



I could never get into this game, felt like a poor mans starcraft.

[DemolitionSquid]

Games/Franchises in no particular order:

StarCraft
Diablo
Mass Effect
Super Smash Brothers
Halo
Left4Dead
Pokemon
Conkers Bad Fur Day
Goldeneye

[Freespace]

1. Master of Orion II - reigning champion for pure sci-fi awesomeness unlike I've seen since;
2. StarCraft - how can this not be in my top;
3. Unreal Tournament 2007 - the amount of time I've spent fragging my mates in this justifies the #3 spot;
4. Titan Quest - best action RPG ( until Diablo 3 comes out ); the atmosphere this game produces is mesmerizing, and the replay value is ridiculous;
5. Mass Effect - amazing story and universe make this a solid sci-fi experience;
6. Baldur's Gate II - somebody knew their D&D when they put this together;
7. Raptor: Call of the Shadows - TOP. DOWN. SHOOTER. :D
8. Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty - I played this for years when I was a kid. It was captivating as hell;
9. Half Life II - loved the first part, but this one took it to a new level. I can still hear the music;
10. Freelancer - Good times, this game was really immersive ( even though it has its flaws ). I loved how you could upgrade your ship and interact with all the factions and explore space ( X3 is a more complex version of this, but it didn't get me into it as much )

[Perfecttear]

1)Deus Ex <3
2)Gothic 2
3)Earth 2150
4)Half life 2
5)Warcraft 3
6)Starcraft
7)Elder scrolls -Morovind
8Counter Strike Source
9)Age of Empires 2
10)Diablo 2

[Sheliek]

In no real order, since that requires actual thinking, and I'm running late this morning.

Final Fantasy IX. In this case, it's music and story. I love the soundtrack, one of the best in the series. As for story, it's good in my opinion, but what really shines is Kuja. He's one of the most sympathetic villains I've ever seen, no matter how horrific his actions. I can fully understand why he did what he did, especially is freak-out at the end.

Final Fantasy XII. A lot of people don't seem to like this one, but I never understood why. Then again, I can't figure out why I like this one so much. It's a gut feeling, I suppose.

Final Fantasy VI. Best plot, best characters, best soundtrack. This game is my favourite, not just in the series, but of all games.

StarCraft, obviously. Excellent plot, characters, even music, though I don't listen to it much. Kerrigan is definitely one of the greatest villains in gaming.

Portal. It was an interesting escape from the normal FPS style, had an endearing villain, and is all-around excellent.

Mass Effect. Great story, even if a little cliched.

SW:KotOR II, with an excellent plot full of twists, and some of the best music in any Star Wars game.

[Islandsnake]

Hmmm its really hard to make list like these.....


1. Warcraft - Only War3 and Old school WoW
2. Starcraft - Only BW
3. Thief - Only the first one
4. Maki Kingdom - and the others like it
5. Metal Gear Solid Series
6. Final Fantasy 4-10x2 - 8 Coming out somehow as being my favorite
7. Zone of the Enders ( The game everyone I kno doesn't remember T_T A new one is coming though! )
8. Pokemon - Middle school was awesome because of pokemon :D
9. Fallout 2-3 including tactics
10. Ico & Shadow of the Colossus

Honorable Mentions - Portal, Spelunker and Spelunky, Front Mission 4,Tales of Abyss (and a few other tales games), Halo, Street Fighter 4 / MVC 2,Uncharted 2, Dragon Age and Mass Effect ( though these 2 prbly belong on there somwhere)


Err I guess I kinda cheated oh well!

[spychi]

I see the obviously alot of people here place StarCraft in at least top 3
Mass Effect I see is also popular, same goes for Half Life 2/Orange Box
no wonder

[sandwich_bird]

1. StarCraft, Best game of all time
2. Final Fantasy 7 (PS1) Best JRPG of all time
3. Unreal Tournament 99 (PC) Best shooter of all time
4. Battlefield 1942 (PC)
5. Chrono trigger (SNES)
6. Dragon Age: Origins (PC) Best WRPG of all time
7. Banjo Tooie (N64) Best 3D platformer of all time
8. Gauntlet Legend (N64)
9. Megaman X3 (SNES)
10. Resident Evil 4 (PS2) Best 3rd person shooter of all time

Honorable mentions: Megaman X6 (PS1), Castlevania symphony of the night(PS1), Secret of Mana 3(SNES on ROM...), Conker Bad fur day(N64), GTA4(PC), Adventure of little Samson(NES), Zelda: Ocarina of time(N64), Ninja Gaiden black(XBOX), Half-Life 2 (PC), Civilization 4 (PC), Final Fantasy 6 (SNES), Twisted Metal 2 (PS1), Warcraft 2 (PC), Pokemon Blue (GBC), Oblivion (PC), Diablo 2 (PC), Kingdom Underfire (XBOX).

[Xyvik]

I can't really rate them in order except for my number 1: Half-Life (all of them)

After that would come Age of Empires 2 and 3, Metal Gear Solid (all of them), Chrono Trigger, Morrowind, Team Fortress 2, Borderlands, Battlefield 1942 and Battlefield 2, Deus Ex, Rome: Total War, Worms Armageddon, Civ 4 and Plants VS Zombies, and probably StarCraft.

[Caliban113]

Man, this is a tough one

1. StarCraft
2. Diablo II
3. Perfect Dark
4. Company of Heroes
5. Age of Mythology
6. Quake
7. Goldeneye
8. Adventures of Link
9. Legend of Zelda
10. Castlevania III

Prolly be an edit or 2..... :)

Edit: Now, how can I squeeze Syphon Filter and Twisted Metal 2 in there without going over 10....?


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[SaharaDrac]

1. StarCraft
2. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
3. Mike Tyson's Punch-Out !!
4. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
5. Diablo II
6. Final Fantasy VIII
7. Mass Effect
8. Metal Gear Solid series
9. WarCraft III
10. Street Fighter III: Third Strike

[newcomplex]

1. Warcraft 3
2. Starcraft
3. Ut2k4
4. Half Life 2
5. Baldurs gate 2
6. Sins of a solar empire
7. Diablo 2
8. Homeworld
9. The witcher
10. Guild wars series

[trace wm]

no order.


StarCraft

Earthbound // Mother 3

Final Fantasy VI

System Shock 2

Mega Man 2-6 // X 1-3 // Zero 3-4

Super Metroid // Metroid Prime

Blaster Master // Blaster Master: Enemy Below

Fallout 2 // 3

Half-Life(s)

Secret of Mana

[Equiliari]

1: StarCraft
2: Morrowind
3: System Shock II
4: World of WarCraft
5: Supreme Commander
6: Dark Reign
7: Half Life 2
8: Sins of a Solar Empire
9: Sonic 3 & Knuckles
10: Galactic Civilization II

In some sort of order.

[trace wm]

System Shock II REPRESENT!

[Norfindel]

In no particular order:

Starcraft
Warcraft 1
Doom(s), Quake(s)
The Elder Scrolls II, IV
Fallout 3
F.E.A.R.
Half Life 2
Starwars: KOTOR 1 and 2

[GentleBen]

half life series
Starcraft
Team Fortress Classic and TF2
Final Fantasy VIII
Dawn of War
Street Fighter EX plus Alpha
Super Mario RPG
Elder Scrolls Oblivion
Wolf3D
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

[Xyvik]

System Shock II REPRESENT!

Ooh, forgot about this game. Pure creepy!

[sandwich_bird]

To all those who aren't putting SC as their first, why are you here then :p

[DemolitionSquid]

To all those who aren't putting SC as their first, why are you here then :p

Because of the ability to have multiple internet windows open at the same time.

[Freespace]

To all those who aren't putting SC as their first, why are you here then :p

Walks away guilty...

[Xyvik]

To all those who aren't putting SC as their first, why are you here then :p

...because if you have at least the slightest interest in Starcraft, Legacy is the best place to come?

To be perfectly honest, Starcraft isn't even my favorite RTS. But I have an interest in it, and certainly an interest in SC2, and so Legacy is where I come. After all, where else could we find so many (many) posts discussing things that may not even show up in Beta, and yet have so much fun in the process? :D

[Islandsnake]

I only wrote blizzard games first because I did them as a group.

Starcraft is my game to watch, not to play lol

[sandwich_bird]

...because if you have at least the slightest interest in Starcraft, Legacy is the best place to come?

To be perfectly honest, Starcraft isn't even my favorite RTS. But I have an interest in it, and certainly an interest in SC2, and so Legacy is where I come. After all, where else could we find so many (many) posts discussing things that may not even show up in Beta, and yet have so much fun in the process? :D

No I'd say the place to go would either be sc2.com or b.net. I mean sure you could end up here but unless you actually love starcraft to death you wouldn't take the time to join the site and participate in all those macro discussions and etc. Instead, you would most likely end up on a fan site that talks about your favorite game.

I'm not trying to attack anyone here but I just find it rather interesting that people that are not pationate about Starcraft would join us. I find it even more ironic to see that a lot of players that barely ever really got into SC1 multiplayer would go on and debate on the multiplayer aspects of Starcraft 2. So... how about we all go play some Starcraft: BW:D 1v1 anyone? 2v2? 4ffa?:p

[Perfecttear]

I'm not trying to attack anyone here but I just find it rather interesting that people that are not pationate about Starcraft would join us. I find it even more ironic to see that a lot of players that barely ever really got into SC1 multiplayer would go on and debate on the multiplayer aspects of Starcraft 2.
I don't think that's so strange. I for example have never played even one multiplayer game of starcraft in my life. But i did finish all of the campaigns a few times. I actually prefer warcarft3 much more than starcaft, and i still play warcaft till this day. But im a blizzard fan, and an rts fan, and with all the hype sorunding Starcraft, i decided to observe the development and educate myself about this game, so i joined this site ;)

[l33telboi]

Oh man, this is a hard one. A few come to mind immediately though:

1. Gothic
2. Myth 2
3. Strife
4. Thief 3
5. Fallout 2
6. Deus Ex
7. Civilization 3
8. C&C
9. Diablo 2

There are probably tons more, but the above stand out like santa claus in a latex fetish party. Didn't put Starcraft up there because it being one of the favorites should be obvious given the forum I'm posting in. :p

[PhanttoM]

The original IndependenceWar, Starsiege and StarCraft are the ones that have influenced me as an artist.
1.- IndependenceWar had a 14 minute long intro (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7AsRQXOUSY) that blew me totally away, and gameplay had "realistic" space flight physics for the players warship. (exaggerated of course)
2.- Starsiege: awesome art style (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i9LfDIiiCU) for the mechs that the Artificial Intelligence (evil) faction had.
3.- StarCraft need I say anything? :D

Total
• IndependenceWar 1 and 2
• Starsiege (EarthSiege 3)
• StarCraft
• Mechwarrior 2 and 3
• Ace Combat 6
• Sonic Adventure 1 and 2
• Battlefield Bad Company

[Xyvik]

No I'd say the place to go would either be sc2.com or b.net. I mean sure you could end up here but unless you actually love starcraft to death you wouldn't take the time to join the site and participate in all those macro discussions and etc. Instead, you would most likely end up on a fan site that talks about your favorite game.

I'm not trying to attack anyone here but I just find it rather interesting that people that are not pationate about Starcraft would join us. I find it even more ironic to see that a lot of players that barely ever really got into SC1 multiplayer would go on and debate on the multiplayer aspects of Starcraft 2. So... how about we all go play some Starcraft: BW:D 1v1 anyone? 2v2? 4ffa?:p

Actually you have it backwards, Sandwich. Legacy is known as the place for LORE lovers, not the competitive people. If I enjoyed SC competitive, which I despise, I'd spend my days at TL.

And just because we aren't into SC MP doesn't mean we don't know anything about RTSs, balancing, or what could possibly work in SC2. After all, SC2 is supposed to be its own beast.

[AegisKHAOS]

My top ten picks of the moment in no particular order:

-Starcraft/Brood War
-Final Fantasy 6
-Star Control 2
-Free Space 2
-Ar tonelico
-The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Smash
-Anubis: Zone of the Enders
-Street Fighter IV
-Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrows
-Castlevania: Aria of Sorrows

[Eligor]

In no particular order:

-StarCraft
-Myth II and Myth the Fallen Lords (grouped together because they're very much like one game in two parts)
-Deus Ex and DX: Invisible War (ditto)
-Thief 3
-Quake (the first one, though the "sequels" are great too...)
-WarCraft III
-Diablo series (can't choose a single favourite)
-MDK
-Lands of Lore II
-Wing Commander: Prophecy

[Ghost_828]

To all those who aren't putting SC as their first, why are you here then :p

...people that are not pationate about Starcraft...

Because if Starcraft is not your number one favourite game of all time, you are incapable of being passionate about it. Interesting.

But to return to the topic at hand, in no order:
- Battlefield
- Dawn of War
- Half Life
- Left 4 Dead
- Starcraft
- Supreme Commander
- Team Fortress 2
- Unreal

[sandwich_bird]

Because if Starcraft is not your number one favourite game of all time, you are incapable of being passionate about it. Interesting.
No, this is obviously not what I meant. My post was directed to Xyvik more than anyone else considering:


To be perfectly honest, Starcraft isn't even my favorite RTS.


and probably StarCraft.(regarding his favorite games)

Again I must say that it's fine if him or anyone else don't enjoy the game as much as others.


Actually you have it backwards, Sandwich. Legacy is known as the place for LORE lovers, not the competitive people. If I enjoyed SC competitive, which I despise, I'd spend my days at TL.Yes indeed. That still doesn't change the fact that even though most of our members never were competitive players (and most likely enjoy more the universe than the gameplay), the SC2 section is still way more active than the lore section. Furthermore, the majorities of all the SC2 threads have gameplay related topics.


And just because we aren't into SC MP doesn't mean we don't know anything about RTSs, balancing, or what could possibly work in SC2.

Though I agree with most of this, I believe that if you never played SC MP you are missing some key factors to understand how the sequel's MP should work and be played. Sure, a lot of other RTS have come but once you actually play SC MP and really get into it you realize how much different it is from every other RTS imho. For example, just adding a new race brings tons of work for competitive players. Of course this is obvious for any rts players but you don't really understand how big this work load really is unless you take the time to get competitive in SC MP imo.


After all, SC2 is supposed to be its own beast.

It will be different but from what I can see atm, the core gameplay is the same.

In any case, you should give MP a chance :p Though I agree that it is really not welcoming at first but once you start getting into it, it's more addictive and fun than it looks!

[PhanttoM]

Yes indeed. That still doesn't change the fact that even though most of our members never were competitive players (and most likely enjoy more the universe than the gameplay), the SC2 section is still way more active than the lore section. Furthermore, the majorities of all the SC2 threads have gameplay related topics.


Well, reguardless of "type" of fan, I guess one could say that we all have to play the game in some way or the other. :D

As for the rest - Lore forum seems to mostly cover only the written aspects, but topics reguarding the visuals of StarCraft (artwork, unit design, etc.) are also in the SC2 section.



-Free Space 2


Oh yes! *add to list*
IndependenceWar = My favorite space warship sim of all time.
FreeSpace 2 = My favorite space fighter sim of all time.

Unfortunately the "glory days" of the space sim genre is pretty much dead.
I have yet to come across a game that even remotely measures up to those two franchises. :(

[AegisKHAOS]

Oh yes! *add to list*
IndependenceWar = My favorite space warship sim of all time.
FreeSpace 2 = My favorite space fighter sim of all time.

Unfortunately the "glory days" of the space sim genre is pretty much dead.
I have yet to come across a game that even remotely measures up to those two franchises. :(

In the case of Free Space, I was sad that it ended at two games given the second game's epic cliffhanger. I was still into Wing Commander back then, but when THAT got stale, Free Space comes along and just spat all over it and thus I never looked back. The Erinyes and the Terran modified Mara are two of my favourite fighters.

[Xyvik]

No, this is obviously not what I meant. My post was directed to Xyvik more than anyone else considering:





Again I must say that it's fine if him or anyone else don't enjoy the game as much as others.

Yes indeed. That still doesn't change the fact that even though most of our members never were competitive players (and most likely enjoy more the universe than the gameplay), the SC2 section is still way more active than the lore section. Furthermore, the majorities of all the SC2 threads have gameplay related topics.



Though I agree with most of this, I believe that if you never played SC MP you are missing some key factors to understand how the sequel's MP should work and be played. Sure, a lot of other RTS have come but once you actually play SC MP and really get into it you realize how much different it is from every other RTS imho. For example, just adding a new race brings tons of work for competitive players. Of course this is obvious for any rts players but you don't really understand how big this work load really is unless you take the time to get competitive in SC MP imo.



It will be different but from what I can see atm, the core gameplay is the same.

In any case, you should give MP a chance :p Though I agree that it is really not welcoming at first but once you start getting into it, it's more addictive and fun than it looks!

Just moved into my new house and got my internet back, woohoo! So yes, forgive me for a minor bit of NecroThreading, but I thought I might tackle this really quick.

I was actually quite active in SC MP during the years closely following Brood War. I was never terribly good at it, although my Zerg constant pressure strategies kept my win numbers higher than my losses. I gave up on SC once I saw the disturbing trend of everything devolving into three unit BOs. I despise that portion of SC MP. Otherwise, I actually do enjoy SC MP, as long as it's not the semi-pro scene but more the casual type.

My passion about SC stems from passion for most RTS: balance and strategy. I want to make sure SC2 doesn't devolve into three unit BOs, and that I can get very passionate about :p