The3rdChildren Posted October 23, 2005 Posted October 23, 2005 PC means possibly coolest, right? Man... I suddenly feel like I've made a horrible mistake.
c0Zm1c Posted October 23, 2005 Posted October 23, 2005 Quake III Arena is my all-time favourite PC game. In fact, it's my all-time favourite game over all platforms.
Guest Offerman Posted October 23, 2005 Posted October 23, 2005 Either Max Payne 2 - Not because of how technically advanced it was, but because the story was amazing. It was so gripping, and pretty moving towards the end... ..or Hitman Contracts - For me it felt so much more freebased, and non-linier then so many games promised to be, yet failed.
Dieter Posted October 23, 2005 Posted October 23, 2005 Supprisingly, no. I dunno, UT and 2004 are fantastic game i'm not denying that. But they didn't change the genre. Neither did Half Life 2.
Dan_Dare Posted October 23, 2005 Posted October 23, 2005 gotta disagree with you there buddy, hl2 is the first fps to throw you into a world so utterly convincing with almost real life physics implemented to almost everything. what its done, rather than cause a revolution on a par with say Halo and Goldeneye on consoles it has simply raised the bar so high that everybody making an fps untill half life 3 will be forced to follow valves example. thats industry change, not just genre. oh and while im here, i gotta say warcraft 3 is the best fun ive ever had with an online pc experience. hands down. EDIT i forgot to mention Steam. i know we all kinda hate it, but what it represents is the start of genuine online, high speed access to games without publishers interests being proiritiesed over those of the gamer and the developer. respect for that ya'll.
c0Zm1c Posted October 23, 2005 Posted October 23, 2005 For basic combat in a first-person shooter I think every developer should be following F.E.A.R. (if they really have to follow an existing game and not forge their own ideas that is ). Half-Life² remains my current favourite (for single-player), simply because of its bleak atmospheric quality and also because of its variety in level design and gameplay. But, its more repetitive nature aside, I can't help thinking F.E.A.R.'s take on combat is just that little bit more entertaining.
chrizkerr2 Posted October 23, 2005 Posted October 23, 2005 World of Warcraft, Warcraft 3, Broken Sword series. Some of the best PC games, i have played
Dieter Posted October 23, 2005 Posted October 23, 2005 gotta disagree with you there buddy, hl2 is the first fps to throw you into a world so utterly convincing with almost real life physics implemented to almost everything. what its done, rather than cause a revolution on a par with say Halo and Goldeneye on consoles it has simply raised the bar so high that everybody making an fps untill half life 3 will be forced to follow valves example. thats industry change, not just genre. oh and while im here, i gotta say warcraft 3 is the best fun ive ever had with an online pc experience. hands down. EDIT i forgot to mention Steam. i know we all kinda hate it, but what it represents is the start of genuine online, high speed access to games without publishers interests being proiritiesed over those of the gamer and the developer. respect for that ya'll. 'utterly convincing' is relative. I see the word 'photorealistic' used in a review of the first Rainbow Six. Physics have been around a lot longer, yes Havoc 2.0 is the current best but still, see above for relativity. Changing the genre requires innovation, which HL2 lacked somewhat. This doesn't mean it's a bad game, I thought it was pretty good (the mapdesign and gameplay are better in Quake 4 though). HL2 didn't change the genre at all, just advanced it a little bit (which, to me, isn't 'changing' anymore seeing as everything evolves so fast nowadays).
Choze Posted October 23, 2005 Posted October 23, 2005 Battlefield 2. Its Killzone 2 trailer x1000 in feel.
mario114 Posted October 24, 2005 Posted October 24, 2005 Counter strike source, messin' around on my server, and owning noobs never gets borring, i play at least 24-30 hours a week.
christophicus Posted October 24, 2005 Posted October 24, 2005 BF" is Good Especially for LANS but it Gets boring after 40 hours play.
Choze Posted October 24, 2005 Posted October 24, 2005 BF" is Good Especially for LANS but it Gets boring after 40 hours play. Battlefield 2. You are suppossed to play it online. Bit hard to do 64 player LAN :P
BeerMonkey Posted October 24, 2005 Posted October 24, 2005 WORLD OF WARCRAFT......>>>dot..dot..dot...>>!!! and if you disagree u havent played it its a freaking fantastic beauty of a game (35 days gameplay and still havent got everything) second is rollercoaster tycoon 1 back in the day or sims 1
christophicus Posted October 25, 2005 Posted October 25, 2005 Battlefield 2. You are suppossed to play it online. Bit hard to do 64 player LAN :P Yeah i can appreciate that,but i did play BF1 with 13 players on each team,and that was amazing.
Dragonsbane Posted October 25, 2005 Posted October 25, 2005 The best Pc games of all time would have to be this top 20 List 01 Warcraft 2 02 Diablo 03 Civilization 04 All Monkey Island games 05 Day of the tentacle 06 Outcast (still hoping for part 2) 07 Total War series 08 Leisuresuit Larry series 09 Sim City 2000 10 Command and Conquer 11 Ceasar III 12 Colonization 13 Age of Empires 14 the Need for Speed 15 The Settlers 16 Battlechess 17 Mafia 18 Homeworld 19 DUNE 20 The Incredible Machine
BeerMonkey Posted October 25, 2005 Posted October 25, 2005 wheres halflife? and wheres quake...also sims...rollercoaster tycoon...everquest...world of warcraft battlechess wtf
wing Posted October 26, 2005 Posted October 26, 2005 1) quake 1, I still find its deathmatches fun even after this long. 2) halflife
Meik Posted October 26, 2005 Posted October 26, 2005 Rollercoaster Tycoon for the win. I used to spend hours upon hours making stuff like this: Edit - Diablo 2 gets an honourable mention for taking away 2 years of my life.
Raining_again Posted October 26, 2005 Posted October 26, 2005 05 Day of the tentacle 13 Age of Empires i love DOtT! evil tentacles and most people know that i love age of empires
Choze Posted October 26, 2005 Posted October 26, 2005 Rollercoaster Tycoon for the win. I used to spend hours upon hours making stuff like this: Edit - Diablo 2 gets an honourable mention for taking away 2 years of my life. played Rollercoaster tycoon 3?
Ashley Posted October 26, 2005 Posted October 26, 2005 Worms - well its the PC game I've played the most at least. Don't think its revolutionary or anything but damn fun none the less.
Dieter Posted October 26, 2005 Posted October 26, 2005 Rollercoaster Tycoon rocks very very VERY hard I still play it to this day. I didn't like 3, you had to put lights and stuff so you could see something at night, which kind of put me off, since it was still too dark. I'm probably acting conservative but I didn't like 3 at all.
Meik Posted October 26, 2005 Posted October 26, 2005 Yes, I own Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 but, like Dieter, I don't like it. Sure, the graphics are nice, and the firework displays were a nice touch.. but it just lacks the fun, addictiveness and ease-of-use that the original had. I could go on and on for pages about all the little details that annoy me about it, but that's for another day. RCT3: Soaked made it marginally better with the addition of (basic) tunnels and Loudspeakers (something that was always lacking in RCT1&2, but could be worked around by placing a small ride underground with music on). I've still spent a fair bit of time on it because, even though the controls are niggly, end results certainly are impressive. Here's a couple of pictures of (incomplete) projects: Entrance Plaza: Jurassic Park River Rapids:
Raining_again Posted October 26, 2005 Posted October 26, 2005 yeah i agree, sometimes really complex games are just annoying cause by the time youve figured out how to work all of the features its gotten really boring.
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