Author Topic: Best game ever? (Read 1675 times)

JB42 · « **on:** September 29, 2004, 01:41:44 PM »

I was just browsing the web when I came across an article about Wolfenstein 3D. I thought to myself " Wow, I remember when that came out. It blew me away.". So then I began to think of what game just floored me the most when it came out. Not just graphics or gameplay or plot etc......... I mean as a whole.

The first one that came to mind was the Star Wars game were you were Han Solo in training. I forget the name. Then all of a sudden, like a shot out of the blue, a blast from the past if you will, it dawned on me...............

RESIDENT EVIL!!!!!!!!!!!!

Man that game was of the hook. Killing, Strategy, Problem Solving. The game had it all. I remember playing for 35 hours straight, me and a friend trading off while the other cat-napped. IMHO, best break-through game ever.

What's Yours?

JB73 · « **Reply #1 on:** September 29, 2004, 01:49:57 PM »

Deus Ex

Lode Runner

Metal Gear Solid

Aces High

no particular order

Boroda · « **Reply #2 on:** September 29, 2004, 01:51:08 PM »

Digger died for our sins.

Curval · « **Reply #3 on:** September 29, 2004, 01:52:55 PM »

The original Harpoon.

Air Warrior.

Aces High.

Chronlogically speaking only.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #4 on:** September 29, 2004, 01:53:32 PM »

For me the hook was AW and "SWOTL".

Edbert1 · « **Reply #5 on:** September 29, 2004, 01:53:37 PM »

"Breakthrough"?

I'd have to go with Wolfenstein3D or perhaps Civilization. But W3D defined the genre that about 30% of the games on the market fit into, that category did not even exist until then. Another that created a genre/category would be Warcraft, but I never cared for RTS that involved resource aquisition.

BTW, I bought Wolfenstein3D for my kid to play on his gameboy, it looks and sounds EXACTLY like the original

SunKing · « **Reply #6 on:** September 29, 2004, 01:54:40 PM »

Subspace

AKS\/\/ulfe · « **Reply #7 on:** September 29, 2004, 01:55:00 PM »

UnReal.
-SW

JB73 · « **Reply #8 on:** September 29, 2004, 02:06:51 PM »

ill add Age of empires also.

many many wasted hours building a civilization.

J_A_B · « **Reply #9 on:** September 29, 2004, 02:16:12 PM »

The PC games I consider the best (obviously everyone's list is going to be different):

Air Warrior 1.2/AWFW--the best ever. Period. I'd still play it if it was available. Was doing in the '80's basically what AH is doing today.

DooM/DooM2--King of FPS (none of this doom3 crap, either). Still superior to any new standalone FPS. Co-op mode was brilliant.

Warcraft II--First really good RTS

Age of Empires 2--First RTS that was better than the above; I still play it unlike all other games on this list

Counter-Strike--best online FPS ever

J_A_B

Sikboy · « **Reply #10 on:** September 29, 2004, 02:21:20 PM »

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Originally posted by Curval
The original Harpoon.

Yep, for me it's between that and Civilization.

-Sik

gofaster · « **Reply #11 on:** September 29, 2004, 02:22:06 PM »

"Chuck Yeager's Air Combat" - the first flight sim for the personal computer to have clouds that you could hide in/behind.

"Star Wars" in the sit-down cabinet with tinted glazed cockpit. Awesome way to shut out the outside world.

Furball · « **Reply #12 on:** September 29, 2004, 02:22:16 PM »

Red Baron!

ra · « **Reply #13 on:** September 29, 2004, 02:24:36 PM »

Doom.

narsus · « **Reply #14 on:** September 29, 2004, 02:24:39 PM »

Warbirds 2.something
Falcon 3
Grand Prix Legends
Doom
StarCraft
Diablo 2
Thief
X-wing and Tie Fighter
Jedi Knight

All the above game got me into a particular genre and held my attention for a long time. I played warbirds at $2/hour for years and could care less about the bill at the end of the month it held my attention more than any 3 of the above. But it burnt me out on flight sims though, played aces high for a while but it never had the same fun factor for me.