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What are your top five games?

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1. System Shock 2
2. Deus Ex
3. Defense Grid: The Awakening
4. Half-Life
5. The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion (well, i can't decide between Oblivion and Morrowind)
 
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My top 10 games:

#1: Mass Effect 2 (2010).
#2: Star Wars: TIE Fighter (1994).
#3: X-COM: Terror From The Deep (1995)
#4: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003).
#5: Mass Effect (2007).
#6: Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (2000).
#7: Neverwinter Nights (2002).
#8: Strike Commander (1993).
#9: Star Control 2: The Ur-Quan Masters (1992).
#10: Jagged Alliance 2 (1999).

I think it is saying a lot that on my top 10 list, half of the games are dated before 2000. We might not have had graphics back then, but boy did we have gameplay and storyline. Today we tend to get clones of the same game types. FPS is distilling this to the point of ridicule.

It is also saying a lot that out of the top 7 games on this list, five are Bioware titles. Bioware is truly unmatched in telling a story.
 
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I have to agree on that one. Most f games these days are all bling but complete rubbish from gameplay point of view.
 

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Half-Life 2 because of the tech(in its time), the mods, the story and the crowbar.
Crysis because of the story, the Nomad, the Nanosuit, the graphics
Max Payne because of the story, the graphic novel, the gameplay, the mods, the graphics(in its time)
Grand Theft Auto San Andreas(its better than GTA IV in fun factor) because of the fun factor and the replayability
Elder Scrolls IV because of everything.

not in particular order.

PS. looks like top pics are Bad Company 2, Modern Warfare 2, Crysis and Half-Life 2... FPS UNITE!!! haha
 
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OMGOGMOGMOGMO I need to get back to oblivion, but the mods are to overwhelming
 
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Haha, this thread went along well! How about your favorite mods!

1. Cod4 crysis
2. Crysis Physis "physics playground"
3. Fallout 3 random dancing mod
4. Crysis super mod
5. Cod4 people explode into tires when killed (not really a mod, but oh well:D)
 

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Haha, this thread went along well! How about your favorite mods!

1. Cod4 crysis
2. Crysis Physis "physics playground"
3. Fallout 3 random dancing mod
4. Crysis super mod
5. Cod4 people explode into tires when killed (not really a mod, but oh well:D)

no Garry's Mod? :cry:
 

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In no particular order......

Bad Company 2
COD MW 1
Deus Ex (the origional)
Command and Conquer Red Alert
Total war (the origional)
 
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Mine would be

COD MW2
Freelancer
Left 4 Dead
Half Life 2 or Halo
GTA 4

Mite go play freelancer now :)
 

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Very difficult to pick a top 5...

Half Life 2
Doom 3
Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
Far Cry
Serious Sam: First Encounter
 
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1: Bioshock
2: Battlefield 2
3: Call of duty World at war
4: Portal
5: Age of empires 2 the age of kings

Non pc

1: It came from the desert & Antheads (Amiga)
2: Little big planet (PS3)
3: Wings (Amiga)
4: Destroy all humans (PS2)
5: Oddworld Abes Oddysee (PS1)
 
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For me, my top 5 goes like this:

1. Runescape (lost a few years of my life to this game)

2. Counter Strike: Source

3. Portal

4. Half Life 2

5. Crysis

In no particular order, of course. All equal pegging but RS is my main played game, hence why Im investing in a low power netbook to play it on, rather than my main rig with its power hungry layout. A 260 is not needed to run a java game haha.
 

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i never got past level 18 in portal :) but so many people love that game
 
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Indeed i do was the hidden gem of the Orange Box and for me at least the highlight.
 
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totally agree trip, its such a replayable game, definitely worth the £££.
 
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For me, my top 5 goes like this:

1. Runescape (lost a few years of my life to this game)

2. Counter Strike: Source

3. Portal

4. Half Life 2

5. Crysis

In no particular order, of course. All equal pegging but RS is my main played game, hence why Im investing in a low power netbook to play it on, rather than my main rig with its power hungry layout. A 260 is not needed to run a java game haha.

Runescape:D I used to play that game, it was pretty good to kill some boredom for a few hours.
 
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The ones I have without DRM. :cool:
 
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1. Unreal Tournament
2. Guild Wars (the PvP aspect)
3. Day of Defeat Source
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Mine would be
COD MW2

I Object

It isn't popular to object other people's opinions in these kind of threads but this has to be only one in universe I just have to dare.

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1. Left 4 Dead 2
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well I'm with mailman on this and would like to add to his list
Tyrian ( a top down scroller)
Decent 1 and 2 ( 1st 360 degree 3D game)
blakestone
Windows Pinball
all the NFS series from NFS 3 up (except pro street because it sucked dogs balls)
and Sacred

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