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Best game of all time?

wazzledoozle

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I am going to create a large poll, but first I think I should gather a list of games.

Some good games I had in mind were-
Half Life series
Doom series
Far Cry
Resident Evil series
Halo series
Counter Strike series
Starcraft series
Command and Conquer Series
Super Mario series
Mario Kart series
Zelda Series
Elder Scrolls series
Goldeneye: 007
Call of Duty series
Ghost Recon series
Super Smash Brothers series
TTDX
Settlers series
HoMM3
Battlefield series
Quake series
Bards Tale
Gorf
Zork
Dungeons of Daggarath
Elite
Might and Magic
Diablo series
World of Warcraft
Everquest series
Total Annihilation series
Enchanted Scepters
Might & Magic series
Citadel
Load Runner
Marathon Series
God of War
Contra
1942
Duck Hunt
MegaMan series
Final Fight series
Top Gear series
Wave Race series
Bomberman series
Street Fighter series
Duke Nukem series
Warcraft series
Initial D
Time Crisis
Lumines
Meteos
Golden Sun series
Tetris
Metal Gear series
Deus EX
Chronno Trigger
Guild Wars
Centipedes
Asteroids
Defender/StarGate
Tempest
Donkey Kong series
Crazy Taxi series
Yar's Revenge
Grand Theft Auto series
Gran Turismo series
Kingdom Hearts Series
FEAR
Roller Coaster Tycoon series
Age of Empires series
Simcity series
Final Fantasy series
Prey

Recommend some more to add to the list :D
 
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Super Mario 64! And Mario Kart too. The Zelda Series, Elder Scrolls
 
Yeah, Mario Kart was definitely addictive. Call of Duty and Ghost Recon might be some considerations...
 
SuperSmashBrothers FTW!!
 
gygabite said:
SuperSmashBrothers FTW!!
Agreed! I can't believe I forgot that...I have the original and Melee on GCN...what a great game. The reason why people love Nintendo so much is because they make great consoles with great family/party games.
 
TTDX is godly, people are still addicted.
Settlers 2 has a similar problem.
HoMM 3

Those are games that are truly classics, can't say that for most of the above games.
 
DanTheBanjoman said:
TTDX is godly, people are still addicted.
Settlers 2 has a similar problem.
HoMM 3

Those are games that are truly classics, can't say that for most of the above games.
I have never even heard of these games :wtf:
 
What about the Battlefield series?

BF1942 should be on there just for the theme music :)

I'd have to add(some of em are REAL oldies):
Bards Tale
Gorf
Zork
Dungeons of Daggarath (sp??)
Elite
Might and Magic (any of em)
Diablo


Bill
 
wazzledoozle said:
I have never even heard of these games :wtf:

:eek: , it's 2 of the best game's i have ever played, do some google search get a demo, and in the next day you're buying it :rolleyes:
 
Quake 2
Wolfenstien-3d
 
Mario Kart 64! :rockout: I love that game...but otherwise Halo 1 for the PC.
 
Here ya go, in order of GREATNESS: :D
Quake 2 (Action Quake 2 mod)
:respect: Marathon, Marathon 2: Durandal, Marathon Infinity (Bungie's pre-Halo FPS series) :rockout:
Diablo II
Total Annihilation: The Core Contingency

Oldschool:
Enchanted Scepters
Might & Magic III
Citadel
Load Runner
 
Console:
God of War
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Final Fantasy VII (still tryin to play the "classics" ie. 4,5,6)
Super Mario Bros. Series including mario 64
All Mario Kart except Double Dash
Contra
1942
Duck Hunt
MegaMan series
Final Fight
Top Gear 1 & 2
Metal Gear Solid Series
Wave Race (beautiful graphics and water physics)
Bomberman for Snes w/ 4 players
Street Fighter
Halo 1 (havne't played halo 2 yet, dun want to own a xbox)

PC:
Doom
Duke Nukem 3D
Unreal Tournament
Quake 1 & 2
Raptor 3D (i think...made my 3Drealms)
Starcraft
Warcraft 2 (1 was a precursor to something great, 3 wasn't that great imo)
World of Warcraft (talk about an addiction)
Half Life 2

Arcades:
Street Fighter
Initial D
Time Crisis

Portables:
Tetris!!!
Lumines
Meteos
Mario Kart DS
Golden Sun
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
 
Add Battlefield 2, I love it! My all time favorite has to be Half-Life though, it was the game that hooked me.
 
World of warcraft by far, 76 hours in one week my first week, got to level 25 orc warrior, and started a caster (undead warlock) at level 6 right now, though i havent played for two days cause ive been doing other stuff...but talk about a great game
 
Can you add this games too, please:

Metal Gear Solid (PSX)
Deus EX (PC)
Chronno Trigger (SNES)
 
drade said:
World of warcraft by far, 76 hours in one week my first week, got to level 25 orc warrior, and started a caster (undead warlock) at level 6 right now, though i havent played for two days cause ive been doing other stuff...but talk about a great game
It's amazing a person can sit in front of a computer for that long!! At the same time I'm thinking, OMG get a life! ;) But seriously, that games sounds like it's more addicting than EverCrack, er Quest. Yeah, I stay away from those games. Some of my buddies in the service played WoW and that's all they ever talked about... unbearable when working a 12 hour shift. These guys couldn't even keep a girlfriend because they would rather play WoW. One of them even talked his wife into playing the game and got her addicted too. So now they both go home, say hi, then spend the whole night playing... that's no way to live man. Computers/games should compliment your life, not become your life. So please, go outside, go fishing, go hunting, go hiking, go swimming, communicate with people in the real outside world... don't shut yourself indoors and live through your computer. I swear, I worry about some of you guys :)
 
^^ u totally have a point. I lost my WoW addiction b/c i have a gf, and i would give her my attention moreso than WoW. But i had a friend who was addicted; he took a yr off school. Played WoW like it was a full time job until he jus got too bored of it.

btw, taking a trip outside the country can help lose ur addiction, complement ur tip with a lot of booze and other social fun :toast:
 
Goldeneye: 007 for the N64 was the game that started the whole 3D thing and did it properly....so yeah this one I won't say is the best but rather most influential for todays gaming....IMO of course
 
raymanxp said:
he took a yr off school. Played WoW like it was a full time job until he jus got too bored of it.
That's the problem, games never truly satisfy, eventually you get bored with it. Then after spending all the time playing, what do you have to show for it? I hate to burst anyones bubble, but a Level 60 Druid doesn't mean $%#* to 95% of the people in the world. In order to continue the relentless pursuit of "the next level up", people isolate themselves to groups of friends who all agree, "this is important" and will give you respect for having a maxed out character. And then when the next game comes out, the cycle starts again. Don't let them feed you their expansion packs, and keep milking you for your money month after month, it's seriously a drug.
:rockout: BREAK FREE! :rockout:
 
error_f0rce said:
That's the problem, games never truly satisfy, eventually you get bored with it. Then after spending all the time playing, what do you have to show for it? I hate to burst anyones bubble, but a Level 60 Druid doesn't mean $%#* to 95% of the people in the world. In order to continue the relentless pursuit of "the next level up", people isolate themselves to groups of friends who all agree, "this is important" and will give you respect for having a maxed out character. And then when the next game comes out, the cycle starts again. Don't let them feed you their expansion packs, and keep milking you for your money month after month, it's seriously a drug.
:rockout: BREAK FREE! :rockout:

Wonderful Point...doesn't mean $hit like you said to the rest of the world....but in their own little world it means everything!! Halo 2 was my WoW equivalent so I could understand both sides of the spectrum, me and my ex had so many arguments about Halo 2, she would hide the game and I would go crazy trying to find it, and then we would fight about it because she wouldn't tell me where it was.....now that I look back, its soo soo sad...:shadedshu
 
man i played over 300 hours of guildwars my first month and since got bored.
then i played about 300 hours of css and got bored
then i beat everyother game i had and got bored
so then i jumped on my (then) dusty longboard and got a life.
 
As far as "PC" games go...

See subject-line/title: I'd have to say ANYTHING by "IDSoftware"... @ least from the Wolf3D/RTCW, Doom series, &/or Quake series!

:)

* Personally, I think they are "THE SHOP", for anything "cutting-edge" out of the First-Person-Shooter realm...

If we were to reach to other realms, such as arcades or consoles?

ARCADE

I would go with ones like:

Centipedes
Asteroids
Defender/StarGate
Tempest
Donkey Kong

(That's from the 1980's arcades which got me "into" computing in general really, & probably FAR ahead of most of your experiences, but they ARE truly classics, & were loads of fun imo @ least)

CONSOLE

From the world of the console home game arena??

Crazy Taxi
Yar's Revenge

I loved "Crazy Taxi" (the passengers bust me up with their comments - especially the black dude)...

APK

P.S.=> This is a TOUGH one, so many to choose from over time... like asking someone who their favorite actor or musician is, or tunes & films! apk
 
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The first Grand Theft Auto and first Gran Turismo (but there all good)
 
oh shit i forgot about the gt series. i loved gt1 and gt2. over 800days in gt1 and over 2000 in gt2... gt3 was a real let down for me..it just wasnt fun.
 
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