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Joined: Mar 14 2006 Posts: 135

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Murdar Machene:
1. Quake: Definitely takes my number one slot game of all time. No FPS I've ever played has had such gristly, solid, action packed multiplayer, or been such a raw test of skill. The mods that came out for Quake, or TC's, completely redefined PC fps games. Mods took off hugely with Quake. Navy Seals Quake, a mod made by gooseman, the same person who would later go on to create the original (actually fun to play) counterstrike, started on quake. Half-Like itself wouldn't even exist without this game, so despite the awesome ness of that game, I have to give credit where it's due. King of PC FPS of all time!

Quake, ah, what a game. This was probably the first game I played and said, I gotta get me this more often. Hundreds of good things have arisen from this game, such as pissed-off congressmen, pissed-off mothers, and pissed-off (insert name here.) This game and my 2 old computers in the basement have given me some great times...ah, what a game. (I know i'm repetitive.) Me and 4-5 other people would organize "Quake tournaments" which would usually end up with one of us passing out from fatigue. I even have definative proof that old people like this game.

Posted: Mar 15 2006 09:19 am

We used to play a mod for quake called Navy Seals Quake at my old job. We'd get pretty big games going too, like 12 people. It was so fun...lunchtime would roll around and a couple people would run to the store to buy all the food, and hurry back to play Quake. I still remember the boss yelling, "Hey guys, we playin' quake?" from the other room. I was pretty much a cut above everyone else FPS skill wise, so everyone would usually try to kill me, which made it even more fun. Maniacal cackling, flying meat chunks, blood splattering everywhere. Great times.

Posted: Mar 15 2006 01:29 pm

UT > Quake!

*runs away*

Oh man, I remember the Quake III Vs. Unreal Tournament debates I used to get into. Those were fun. But I will tip my hat to the original Quake, without Quake, we woudln't have Unreal Tournament.

Posted: Mar 15 2006 02:31 pm

I'd say it's like this

Quake 1 > pretty much any FPS
UT > everything except half life 1 and quake 1
Half life > everything but quake 1

The original unreal tournament was insanely awesome and I played the shit out of it. It's definitely a great FPS due to its raw, unadulterated FPS gameplay. Oh and the double enforcers rule over any default weapon in any FPS

Joined: Mar 14 2006 Posts: 135

Murdar Machene wrote:

I'd say it's like this

Quake 1 > pretty much any FPS
UT > everything except half life 1 and quake 1
Half life > everything but quake 1

The original unreal tournament was insanely awesome and I played the shit out of it. It's definitely a great FPS due to its raw, unadulterated FPS gameplay. Oh and the double enforcers rule over any default weapon in any FPS

I still have unreal tournament, and occasionally play it. And the double enforcers were especially fun on the demo servers. Also, Half-Life still has some incredible mods running out there, like The Specialists, Action Half-Life, and Science and Industry.

And i'd say the double enforcers were on par with Quake:Dissolution of Eternity's (I think it was called that at least) improved nail gun. That thing was so fun to use.

Posted: Mar 15 2006 08:53 pm

Quake was a damn cool game, but I was always a bigger fan of Duke Nukem, Doom, and Doom II.

Joined: Mar 14 2006 Posts: 135

All of them are much better games than the hilarious crapfest that was Quake II.

I didn't really like the 2-D Duke Nukems, but Duke 3-D ruled.

Posted: Mar 15 2006 09:52 pm

Duke Nukem 3D was cool because he stole the lines of so many movie characters and made them sound even more badass. Seriously, Duke sounds better than both Bruce Campbell and Roddy.

Posted: Mar 16 2006 12:29 am

What about Blood? Anyone here remember it? It was on the Duke Nukem 3d engine. Blood was basically as close to army of darkness the game as you could have gotten back in the day. It even had little hands that said "I'll swallow your soul!".

I'd say Duke 3d, Doom and Doom II were much better as a single player experience than Quake. But Quake deathmatch was unparalleled.

Duke 3d and Doom / Doom II had really great co-op though. Doom II co-op is probably my favorite two or more player cooperative game ever.

If anyone here is interested in some Doom II co-op, we oughta get it going.

I was playing Doom II co-op with my friend's GF. The screenshot is staged of course. But yeah, it was awesome.

Posted: Mar 16 2006 12:47 am

I vaguely remember Blood. Wasn't one of the weapons you could get a voodoo doll?

Some other FPS games that I kinda sorta remember include:

Rise of the Triad
Hexen
Heretic
Blake Stone
Chex Quest

Joined: Feb 24 2006 Posts: 2578

Hehe. I remember Blake Stone. I thought that game was revolutionary, in that you could get food/health from vending machines. Most of the old FPSes usually involved getting food from the Floor, who must have been a fantastic chef.

Posted: Apr 06 2006 04:32 pm

I will not list my best top 5, because all the were already named.
I will list top games that i think is not listed in the thread (as my surprise)

STARCRAFT : THE Real-Time Strategy game. Incredible multiplayer lan-style and/or battle.net. Customizing maps, single player missions was fuckin' cool too (including the expension's ones)

River City Ramson : 2 players action beat 'em up nes game with money that can buy moves, foods, weapons. and the fuckin' cool fucntion to use ennemies bodies as weapons.

Phantasy Star 1 : this is clear, the best graphics looking ever 8bits game. screenshot of it make you think that it is almost a 16bits game.

Metroid : the original one, action with rpg style in HUGE map full of secrets and powerups and ennemies.

Heretic : OK, this is a very doom-like game, but the first to come to mind with medieval weapons, levels and ennemies. full of action, a good amount of levels, and a bit harder than Doom. i will allways love this game.

Quake III Multiplayers : just to mention it into this style as the best hardcore action multiplayer fps ever made. try it while listenning to some speed techno or fast drum 'n bass-industrial music and killing others (especially when this is your close friends, in a lan party) no multiplayer fps deathmatc game out there give me adrenalin than this one in this style of fps gaming.

this the games that comes to my mind now that were not listed in this thread. (i can be worong on that)
maybe i will psot more if there is others who will pop-up in my mind.

*gone playing Duke It Out In D.C.*

Posted: Apr 07 2006 10:32 am

braincras wrote:

...Phantasy Star 1 : this is clear, the best graphics looking ever 8bits game. screenshot of it make you think that it is almost a 16bits game....

If I remember correctly, the ad campaign for an NES Batman game (I think it was Return of the Joker) had billed itself as having graphics that looked almost 16 bit.

Posted: Apr 07 2006 02:11 pm

lordsathien wrote:

braincras wrote:

...Phantasy Star 1 : this is clear, the best graphics looking ever 8bits game. screenshot of it make you think that it is almost a 16bits game....

If I remember correctly, the ad campaign for an NES Batman game (I think it was Return of the Joker) had billed itself as having graphics that looked almost 16 bit.

Yeah, and? The 360 adverts bill it as having 'next-gen' graphics.

Posted: Apr 07 2006 11:08 pm

The 360 DOES have next-gen graphics, have you seen the way the ragdolls bounce around uncontrollably and retardedly in Perfect Dark Zero? Or, how about the total lack of any realtime shadows on models in that game?

That's the next generation Cool

Joined: Mar 14 2006 Posts: 135

braincras wrote:

I will not list my best top 5, because all the were already named.
I will list top games that i think is not listed in the thread (as my surprise)

STARCRAFT : THE Real-Time Strategy game. Incredible multiplayer lan-style and/or battle.net. Customizing maps, single player missions was fuckin' cool too (including the expension's ones)

I do love me my Starcraft. I currently have 4 CD keys for the origional, 6 for Brood War, about 10 copies of each CD (only five of which are burned), and the (somewhat lame) N64 version.

When SC: Ghost comes out, I'm most likely NOT going to rush to the stores and buy it, because it'll probably have lost most of it's StarCraftey goodness. We'll see, though.

Murdar Machene wrote:

The 360 DOES have next-gen graphics, have you seen the way the ragdolls bounce around uncontrollably and retardedly in Perfect Dark Zero? Or, how about the total lack of any realtime shadows on models in that game?

That's the next generation Cool

LOL! So true.

Posted: Apr 11 2006 09:10 am

Murdar Machene wrote:

The 360 DOES have next-gen graphics, have you seen the way the ragdolls bounce around uncontrollably and retardedly in Perfect Dark Zero? Or, how about the total lack of any realtime shadows on models in that game?

That's the next generation Cool

I"m a Nintendo fanboy and I have to say that the x-box games I've played, sans perfect dark, look phenominal (though my friend does have an HDTV). You have to remember the Perfect Dark Zero is a TERRIBLE game, so you can't count that against a system. I mean, if I can pull up my crosshairs, line Syd's up directly in the center, and unload an entire clip without harming him at all, clearly something's wrong with the game...oh yeah, and the rolling clothesline is unstoppable.

Besides, the 360 is a next gen system (compared to Gamecube, PS2, and X-Box), so whether they're better, worse, or the same, it does, by definition, have next gen graphics.

Posted: Apr 11 2006 12:22 pm

I'm an XBox fanboy and even I gotta make cracks about the 360. It was a total rush job, the hardware isn't going to be as powerful as the PS3, and that kinda defeats the XBox gimmick; being a behemoth of a machine with a good online gaming system. At least they got the online part down on the 360.

Posted: Apr 11 2006 07:55 pm

Dr. Jeebus wrote:

it does, by definition, have next gen graphics.

I suppose so, but that's just a technicality. Oblivion looks and runs better on my PC than on the 360, as does Quake 4, and any other game that's on both systems. So in all actuality what that says is that developers for xbox 360 making xbox 360 specific games 1. are better developers or 2. have an easier time being developed for as a platform, due to the SDK having to favor to ONE system setup, allowing better optimization and the ILLUSION that the system is more powerful than a PC, which in fact it isn't.

Joined: Apr 14 2006 Location: Lake Michigan Posts: 3332

Hey guys, here's my first post, and for added measure, I'm mentioning seven games.

Civilization 3 - I'm an history fanatic, so any game where you can change history every time you play, I automatically like. There's nothing like having Rome survive into the 21st century or conquering the entire planet by 1 AD. Plus there isn't an overemphasis on combat. You can still win the game easily by being an isolationist or pacifist.

Hero's Quest 1 - Like Syd, I had to mention at least one Sierra or LucasArts adventure game, and since I didn't want to seem like a pervert selecting a Leisure Suit Larry game, my pick is Hero's Quest, or alternately, Quest for Glory. This game seemed to create the foundation of Sierra's style of rpg that carried into its online endeavor, The Realm. Gotta love the versatility of solving puzzles either with force, magic, or thievery. The diversity of the types of puzzles is astounding as well. Honorable mention here to Space Quest 5, Police Quest 3, and Maniac Mansion.

Arcanum - No one's probably heard of this one, but it's another Sierra RPG that was made after the company's abandonment of adventure games, and was made by the creators of Fallout. This was a game that took the usual magical medieval world and had it undergo an industrial revolution. That concept is pretty mind-blowing. On top of this, it had a plotline worthy of a novel or epic movie that discussed tons of philosphical issues such as the nature of life and death, how our personal experiences shape how we view the world, the existence or non-existence of fate, and how one must question everything in order to learn and form an opinion.

RBI Baseball - I had to mention at least one Nintendo game, and since this is the only one that consistently comes to mind, besides River City Ransom, I selected it. For me, this was the baseball game I compared every following baseball video game to. It was simply the gold standard. Besides, who can't love controlling fat, pudgy players who are supposed to represent muscular athletes? I've actually been playing this game a lot lately online at http://www.1980-games.com/us

Road Rash series - When I think of the games I played on Sega Genesis, the most prominent games I think of are Road Rash and Evander Holyfield's "Real Deal" Boxing (The best boxing game ever in my opinion). But nothing beats driving in a motorcycle race while beating opposing racers with clubs, pipes, and chains. These games were in depth too. Your opponents had personalities of their own, which made you love them, hate them, or love to hate them. I always remember personally seeking out "Public Enemy No. 1" to beat the crap out of her.

Goldeneye - This game was the reason I bought an N64. Star Fox was the same for me with the Super Nintendo. Like others have said, Goldeneye had such an in depth storyline, hidden bonuses that extended replayability, and a multiplayer mode that was just phenomenal

GTA: Vice City - This game was just steps ahead of GTA3 by developing your character's personality. Plus, I liked the voice actors even more in this one, and I love the Italian mafia theme. Also, as a chiild of the 80s, it's great to play in that environment. Like others have said, it's just awesome to cruise around with 80s music blasting.

Alright, I'm gonna stop before I think of more games I'd want to include.

Posted: Apr 14 2006 09:53 am

Well i post rarely here but here my Top 5 of Video Game (barely all compy game cause i'm really not in console....)

5 - "at the moment" Dungeon Dragon Online (yeah right..)
4 - GTA Vice City and San Andreas (both game cause there some sort of sequel between them..)
3 - ElderScroll III - Morrowind with all expansion (yeah that game rock for sure)
2 - Castlevania: Symphony of Night
1 - Gothic 1 and 2 (and surely the 3rd one too)