Good Morning all
So, in another recent thread I began thinking about my top 5 games. It's turned into a top 10, but I broke it back into top 5 (Dos) and top 5 (windows).
Out of curiosity and fun, I welcome opinions as to what your top 5's are.
I'll start:
Top 5 Vintage (Dos Age)Tie FighterMaster of MagicPrivateerBetrayal at KrondorTorment - Planescape
Top 5 Modern (Windows Age)Dragon AgeNever Winter NightsKnights of the Old RepublicCivilization IVStarcraft
I'm not sure how far back "vintage" goes. But I will list some of my favorite all time. Console and PC.
Vintage:
Alpha Centuari
Planescape Torment
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Brigandine
Final Fantasy Tactics
Newer:
Fallout 3 & NV (yes I liked them better than the old ones)
Morrowind & Skyrim (I liked Oblivion, but not enough to list)
Dragon Age: Origins (2 disappointed me in gameplay, I didn't mind other often made complaints)
Knights of the Old Republic 1&2 (I liked TOR at first, but got old really quick)
Mount & Blade: Warband (like crack, I can't get enough of this game)
Dwarf Fortress
Team Fortress 2
Diablo 2
Starcraft
World of Warcraft
Aww, what a coloured line-up! TBS, FPS, ARPG, RTS, MMO(rpg)
Vintage games:
Stars!
Civilization
Dungeon Keeper
Commander Keen
Rayman
In no particular order:
CIV IVMaster of Orion II
Kings Bounty Crossworlds
Total Annihilation
Heroes III
Pools of Radiance
Warlords
Populous
Kings Quest 1 (first game I purchased for myself from Radio Shack).
More recent:
Gal Civ 2
Also in no order!
Civ IV w/ BtS. The way pollution was handled knocked the earlier iterations out.
Heroes of Might & Magic III
X-Com (and append X-Com TftD to it, I guess)
Everquest
Might & Magic VI
Recent: (no particular order)
Red Dead Redemption
UFO:Afterlight
Minecraft
Civ V (poo poo all you want, I adore the way combat went semi-tactical, and am willing to trade strategic depth for that type of finesse)
Silent Storm 2
Vintage: (also no particular order)
Master of Magic
XCOM: UFO Defense
Fallout 1 & 2
Thief 1 & 2
Syndicate
For the record, I am seeing a LOT of games new and old in your lists that have a fond place in my heart.
For vintage, I'd like to give an honorary mention for two Spectrum titles:
Reberstar Raiders
Lords of Midnight
Other than that, pretty much the games you've all mentioned already
Battle Isle II and III stole a lot of my life in my youth
Old:
New:
Lords of midnight. I wasted a good whole year on that game. I know you can still play it on the midnight engine but I wish they would do a good remake of it.
The Guild 2
Company of Heroes
Pro Evolution Soccer 2011
Majesty 2
Miniconomy
Vampire:Bloodlines
Civ IV
Madden 07
Master of Orion II
I chose these simply on how much time I spent playing and the replayability of these games. I have only ever played two RPGs more than once, which was fall out 3 las vegas and vampire:bloodlines. However I played bloodlines through with each clan at least once and some of them twice.
Civ IV was just the best of the series. Mechanics, map generation, balance, etc. Civ V has better graphics, but that's simply due to advancement in real world technology.
No one has come close to Master of magic. I'm hoping E:FE will be close, but i doubt it.
Same as for MoM is MoO II.
Madden 07(on the PC) My guess is most poeple would say you need to have some interest in American football to enjoy, but I disagree. The ability to draft new players year after year, the variety of plays you can call, the way the players graphically respond to things on the field, the coaching/player stats you have to pay attention to, subbing players, making your own plays etc etc. Its simply a well done game with tons of replayability and things to do.
Vampire: Bloodlines is also one of my all time favorites, hard to have left it off my list. That and Arcanum...shit all the Troika games could be on my list.
Vintage (pre-2000):
Civ 2
SimCity 2000
Imperialism II
Alpha Centauri
SimCity 4
Civilization V
Galactic Civilizations 2
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Panzer Corps
Hmmm, considering I have been around since before the beginning, this is going to b a hard list.
Elite (Commodore 64)
Battlesquadron and Hybris (Amiga)
Populous II tied with Power Monger(Amiga)
So many great Amiga games to chose from like the original Battle Isle and History Line 1914-1918, Wing, SDI, Syndicate, etc. Hard choice.
Windows Based
Silent Storm (PC)
Nexus: The Jupiter Incident (PC)
Just Cause 2 (PC/PS3/360)
Heavy Rain (PS3)
Joan D' Arc (PSP)
yes, I listed a PSP game. Wonderful story, fun battles and a shocker at the end of the game when you read the real history.
Modern:
Knights of the Old Republic
Sword of the Stars
Heroes of Might and Magic 3
X-com
Star Control 2
Archon
Mail Order Monsters
"Vintage" PC, in no particular order
"Vintage" Console, in no particular order
"Newer" PC, in no particular order
Yeah, Arcanum was pretty freaking awesome. Fallout with more divergent playstyles via the tech/magic mechanic.
Also, you could fuck a sheep. Not enough games offer that.
Civilization 2
Master of Orion 2X-ComStarcraftHeroes of Might and Magic 3Master of MagicI'm heavily biased towards strategy games, though.
At first I thought Arcanum was amazing, but after a while I stopped caring and never finished. I guess it was too much fantasy. Not that I'm against fantasy, but the steam punk part was great the magic and so forth was kinda irritating.
I was never much for console games once I got a computer, but I wanted to mention Symphony of the Night(Castlevania game) and Master of Monsters I and II. I played them a lot and really enjoyed them. However, I tried Master of Monsters II about 4 months ago after not playing it for over a decade and was bored quickly. Shrug.
Yes, most of them are old. But so am I.
More Modern:
BG 1 and 2 transcend vintage vs. modern. Best series ever in my mind with BG2 topping every game made yet.
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