More specifically, give your top 5 favorite single-player computer games.
I'll start with (in no particular order):
1. Silent hunter 1. (Yeah, I'm a dinosaur, as you'll see in the other games)
2. Zork
3. Prisoner of War
4. Age of Empires
5. Any Sid Meier game
Single player huh? If we're building an all-time list...
1) Red Baron /II/3D
2) Dungeon Keeper I/II
3) Half Life 2/Ep.1/Ep.2
4) Total War Shogun/Rome/Medieval II/Shogun II
5) Football-O-Saurus (http://www.windowsgames.co.uk/football.html) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id9TgycMS-0)
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5 is not a joke either. I have 117 seasons invested with 21 D1 trophies, 7 D2 trophies, 1 D3 trophy, and 1 D4 trophy.
I get so into it that the girlfriend has to tell me to turn it off because I start yelling at the stupid dinosaurs without even realizing I'm doing it.
Many, many, MANY expletives have been dropped on this game.
Portal
Zoo Tycoon
And if RWL counts, that too.
Err, computer?
Definetly mass effect and possibly dragon age, although I own them on the xbox. Halo started out on computer, and that has single player, so yeah. Erm, both knights of the old republic. Jade Empire. Oblivion. Portal. Age of empires. I couldn't really make a definite list.
Are you a mid-to-late 90's kid by chance, Firetooth?
1. Halo: Combat Evolved
2. Age of Empires/ AOE II / AOE III
3. Assassin's Creed II PC
4. Halo 2 for PC (yeah it sucked)
5. Various games on emulators if that counts lol
1. Red Baron 3D
2. LOTR Battle for Middle Earth
3. Command and Conquer RA2
4. Warcraft 3
5. Empire Earth
Quote from: Neobaron on April 15, 2011, 04:30:53 PM
Are you a mid-to-late 90's kid by chance, Firetooth?
Well, born mid 1990's, but I like a lot of 90's and pre 90's stuff (by pre-90's, I don't mean video games haha, unless pong and pacman counts). I agree with you that half life and total war are pretty sweet. I'm mainly into RPG's though. Not many RPG gamers in my age range, lol.
Quote from: Gen. Volkov on April 16, 2011, 02:01:02 AM
1. Red Baron 3D
2. LOTR Battle for Middle Earth
3. Command and Conquer RA2
4. Warcraft 3
5. Empire Earth
Empire Earth is good, but could have been a lot better in my opinion. I have it lying around by my old PC.
Favourites? Zelda, Mass Effect, Bioshock, Minecraft.. there's probably more but I can't think of any now.
Jesus christ, Minecraft. I have no idea what it is that is so addictive about this game, all I know is that I literally can't stop. I'm going to build a sweet castle and nothing can stop me!
I still love old-school Nintendo... can't quite bring myself to ebay my special Pokemon N64 even though I desperately need the money..
Quote from: Ashyra Nightwing on April 16, 2011, 09:02:35 AM
Favourites? Zelda, Mass Effect, Bioshock, Minecraft.. there's probably more but I can't think of any now.
Jesus christ, Minecraft. I have no idea what it is that is so addictive about this game, all I know is that I literally can't stop. I'm going to build a sweet castle and nothing can stop me!
I still love old-school Nintendo... can't quite bring myself to ebay my special Pokemon N64 even though I desperately need the money..
*high five*
I love that game too much.
I could never get into Zelda, though. I got the wii version, but my sister ended up playing it instead. :-\
QuoteEmpire Earth is good, but could have been a lot better in my opinion. I have it lying around by my old PC.
Yeah, it was still fun though.
Quote from: Uiblis on April 15, 2011, 07:41:30 PM
1. Halo: Combat Evolved
2. Age of Empires/ AOE II / AOE III
3. Assassin's Creed II PC
4. Halo 2 for PC (yeah it sucked)
5. Various games on emulators if that counts lol
Emulators be beastly!
They get boring after a while, though, and the controls suck b/c a lot of games require pressing more than 3 buttons at once, which is impossible on a keyboard.
I'm getting minecraft right now if this counts
1. Age of Empires II: The Conquerors
2. Lords of the Realm II
3. Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
4. Stronghold
5. Dragon Age: Origins
All but my fifth were made almost a decade (or more) ago. I feel old now.
i'll post a photo of my sweet minecraft pirate ship as soon as it's done!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeIIALrEwCQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeIIALrEwCQ)
The scale models of the enterprise and death star were cool, but seeing this almost made me want to play minecraft.
I just won't. I know I will get sucked into it and ruin my existence as I know it. :P
...Maybe over the summer.
Cave Story
Portal
Warcraft III, not WoW. I don't like WoW.
Spiral Knights, it's a browser Java-based game with cute cartoon graphics. I also play Runescape, but you guys probably grew out of that already... Staying true to my school's nerd stereotype, I play counter-strike 1.6 and starcraft: brood war.
Oh, and Minecraft. How could I ever forget minecraft? It's the only game I bothered spending hours on end learning how to use 3rd party programs for (invedit, mcedit, mods and texture packs).
:)
Runescape=ftw
Starcraft=ftw
Oh, I also found another pretty fun game: Lord of Ultima.
If you aren't signed up already, I'll give you a special sign-up link(it'll give you and me bonuses): http://www.lordofultima.com/ref/2384615263
Recently playing through spore, that is quite fun. Also, <3 pokemon.
Currently fiddling around again with Mass effect 2 due to boredom. Great game, but less fun on what, my 10th playthrough -_-
I play The Sims 2.
Anyone know if the Medieval Sims has to have Sims 3 to run?
Eve
the reason I don't really come on here anymore
I'm quite addicted
Quote from: Gorak on May 04, 2011, 11:56:54 PM
Eve
the reason I don't really come on here anymore
I'm quite addicted
goonfleet best fleet
I'm with T.N.C.
wormholes ftw
TERRARIA!!!
eve is the one where you can make IRL money, right?
totally awesome flash game:
http://armorgames.com/play/751/shift
SHIFT
My fav games are
1. Starcraft 2
2. Metro 2033
3. Magic the Gathering
4. Terraria
5. Oblivion
Oh and Medal of Honor:Allied Assult is Awsome
Mtg is a computer game?
I'm tempted to ctrl c+ctrl v a bunch of reviews I wrote on another site to here.
In other news, tetris is awesome.
Yeah look it up on steam
there are now two versions out
Favorite games:
1. World of Tanks
WWII tank simulation game with 15v15 tank battles. My highest tier tank right now is a Hetzer, I'm researching for a new radio.
2. Nexuiz
Fast-paced FPS game with lots of gore and almost immediate respawns.
3. OpenRA and Red Alert 2
Sequels to the original Command & Conquer, the mother of modern RTS games.
4. Minecraft
Multiplayer building game.
5. Portal and Half Life series
Excellent games by Valve.
I always wanted to play Age of Empires but never wanted to take the time. Same with about 5 million other games.
Welcom to forums, Sowinov :)
On a related note, the Humble Indie Bundle 3 is out
http://www.humblebundle.com/?hib3
11 indie games (now including HIB 2) for one price, which you set. You also control how much goes to the publishers, two charities, and the HIB site.
Its a pretty cool thing, the games are cross platform (win/mac/linux!) and rather fun.
1 dollar seems reasonable, it wouldnt convert my £ to $ on the paypal though
A great deal on amazon is £5 for Deus ex and Deus ex invisible war, or £10 for the Orange box (5 of the best pc games ever, no hyperbole there, in one box)
team fortress 2 is pretty good, free on steam
Never got into tf2, probably the only title on the orange box I don't love to death. Probably cause I'm a noob and am a console kiddie with the intellect of a mentally challenged rock.
(I spend too much time around PC elitists)
its an alright game pretty good online you rock
Playing morrowind because I'm lazy and never brought Oblivion, just borrowed it for two months.
"AH yes, we've been expecting to you!" (the game had some great graphics for the time, but man the character models aren't great)
The only beter "Ah yes" in gaming is "Ah yes, Reapers." :P
fallout 3 is best
ah yes, reapers
man, mass effect 2 is a really good game. *currently replaying*
I would totally have got that humble bundle thing if I didn't already have Braid and my laptop was at all capable of PC GAMING (I can't even get Minecraft to run any more)
also noticed something: the top contributor to that thing is the bitcoin people bahahaha
Also funny to notice the stats for contributions based on the operating system. PC users are cheapskates. The humble indy bundle is kind of passive aggressive about their choice of posted stats ^_^
RWL of course
well said, though fallout has a nuke launcher >:D
So does Mass Effect 2 :P
There was actually a real life troop-deployed nuke launcher considered by the U.S government, believe it or not. :D
I'm a lowly console gamer, all our PC's are rubbish. The best one has linux so can barely play any games. Tried oblivion once on PC and the ground texture's kept dissapearing. The only PC games we really have are RTS's.
Heck, half our PC's can barely handle Knights of the old republic. Those games released in 2003 and 2004. Lol.
yeah i wouldnt consider myself a pc gamer, not even a gamer really just enjoy playin a game every now and then
I'm kind of a gamer but not somebody who has a steam account or gets every big new title and plays the multi-player non stop...only real multi-player titles I have at the moment are the latest halo games, and I haven't been online for months really.
The two most stuck up groups of gamers are PC elitists and hardcore, number-crunching RPG players. A mix of the two creates a terrible, elitist monster who is feared by all.
lol, to be honest rpgs are my favourite games i dont play much else other than a bit of cod if im really bored
Yeah RPG's are my favourite games too, but they have some fans straight out of the 90's. "Voiced protagonists, customizable appearances and different genders are a waste of resources." Plus any RPG that doesn't conform to the standard rules (inventory, turn based combat, thousands of weapons that serve no purpose such as in ME1) is flamed. Not that there's anything wrong with classic RPG rules (kotor, baldurs gate, oblivion) but for some games (Mass Effect) stats that control your weapon accuracy and damage don't work.
/end mini-rant
Also incase you can't tell already I'm most hyped about:
1. Mass Effect 3
2. Deus Ex: Human Revolution (coming in 16 days!)
3. Skyrim
4. Halo 4 (don't really care about the CE anniversary edition but sharp may buy it)
5. Rage
somewhere below 100, yes even below Modern Warfare 3. The Old Republic
Ok, perhaps a bit harsh there, but I can't believe Bioware canceled Kotor 3 for an MMO. I'm sure it will have great storytelling and characters, but that's a given. I'll probably pay for at least a few months, just so I can see the HK-47 cameo.
fallout has a system for both, computer aided attacking system and also free fire
Quote from: Shadow on August 10, 2011, 03:07:29 PM
Also funny to notice the stats for contributions based on the operating system. PC users are cheapskates. The humble indy bundle is kind of passive aggressive about their choice of posted stats ^_^
Linux users FTW!!
As for gaming, atm I'm playing Sins of a Solar Empire, Homeworld 2 (just on the last level) and still doing some Reach multiplayer, mostly RTSes
Quote from: Ashyra Nightwing on August 10, 2011, 02:34:03 PM
man, mass effect 2 is a really good game. *currently replaying*
DO WANT ME3
I think a lot of ME fans are also itching for a way to stick it to the Turian Counselor in the 3rd one, Firetooth can probably tell you some of the funnier suggestions but on a forum board someone said they hoped you could smack his face into a Reaper in the third one . . .
Best suggestion to punish the turian councilor was to tape his fingers together so he couldn't finger quote and throw him out of an airlock into a reaper whilst re-quoting his "AH yes, reapers" speech.
*doesnt understand*
Quote from: Pippin on August 10, 2011, 04:23:10 PM
*doesnt understand*
*go play the game it's amazing and you'll die unhappy if you don't*
Below video should perfectly illustrate:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7Oc-pstqpc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7Oc-pstqpc)
Seriously, that line is ME's equivalent of "feelin' lucky punk," "play it again sam"etc.
best one (courtesy of the SA forums I think)
Shepard: I need to speak to the council!
Councillor: No time for that now, these giant machines are attacking the Citadel
Shepard: Ah yes, Reapers
*Reapers blow up*
Shepard: we have dismissed those claims
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z--ic2lQzg#t=00m19s
Councilor: Shepard, help us, we're being attacked by the reapers, we were completely unprepared, we never saw them coming.
Shepard: Well I suppose *puts glasses on* you reap what you sow.
YEEEAAAHHH!
BOWEP games my dad got in the early 90's
Sega Smash Pack 2 specifically Shining Force
Chess
I'm playing Sid meires Pirates Gold on my iPad. Such fond memories :)
Currently playing FFXIII, decided I finally need to beat that game.
Games I'm waiting on:
Warhammer 40k: Space marine
Tera
GW2
Dota2
I'm a PC Elitist btw, phear me.
Quote from: cloud on September 01, 2011, 04:16:20 PM
Currently playing FFXIII, decided I finally need to beat that game.
I strongly dislike video games, but FFXIII is one that I do play. (for the epic graphics)
What chapter are you on? because I am stuck.
I play heaps of games but I have stoped playing all of them when I got more active in RWL :D
Just finished Deus Ex: Human revolution twice. Awesome game, my biggest dissapointment is Adam's mirror never gets fixed. :(
Might play rome total war again soon, I need to get strong enough to kill the senate.
Finished Bioshock in 3 days, now moving on the Oblivion.
Bioshock the original? Or sequel? I'm playing usually whatevers on Freeworldgroup.
Stronghold - original and crusaders - imo best games ever made
AOE - all
Total War - all
used to play WoW. never again.
Civilization 4+ 5
Doodlejump, the greatest game of all time. Angry Birds can die in a hole for being so boring and unoriginal.
how is angry birds unoriginal, is there a genre of games where you throw birds at bricks that was before now unknown?
Regardless, I have just downloaded this doodlejump to my mobile device, maybe it is indeed vastly more entertaining.
Quote from: Kilkenne on September 15, 2011, 12:44:16 PM
how is angry birds unoriginal, is there a genre of games where you throw birds at bricks that was before now unknown?
Regardless, I have just downloaded this doodlejump to my mobile device, maybe it is indeed vastly more entertaining.
Plenty of games where you throw items other then birds at a pile of bricks, yes.
Most of which are free.
Eh. Its hard to be too hard on 99c games. Angry Birds is simple, stupid fun. Seems like most people who complain about it haven't played it - no, its not original but its well executed.
Cut The Rope is also fun
btw, Portal (1) is free (again) on Steam - http://store.steampowered.com/app/400/?snr=1_7_7_151_150_1
For the next 4 days or so.
I have the Orange Box, and I've now beaten Portal. That difficulty curve on those last two puzzles seemed to climb sharply. Killing GLaDOS was insanely hard.
PORTAL: THE FLASH GAME (for those of us with computers that find things difficult)
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/404612
I have Steam, is it worth downloading Portal while it's free so I'll still have it when I get a better computer?
Lol, I just got it, anything free is worth getting.
Of course there's always ways to get free things :D
Most of my gaming is done on a console (Xbox, generally, but also Wii and DS). When I do play on a computer, it tends to be simulation games, strategy games or the occasional MMORPG. Some computer games I've been playing lately: Sims Medieval, Spore, Dofus 2 and Civilization 5. I also enjoy playing Angry Birds and Doodle Jump when I'm on the go, but I don't play games on my phone often, because it drains my battery so quickly.
I like Portal because it makes me think, but I never finished the game. Anyone played Portal 2 yet?
Ashy - I think as long as you click 'download' on Steam's site it's added to your library, so you can download it whenever you can play it.
I played through Portal and Portal 2 on my 360, started playing through Portal last night on my mac and I gotta say I like the 360 controller better than keyboard / touchpad. Prolly just what I'm used to, mostly a console gamer. Guess I could dig out my mouse...
Portal 2 is fun Ruatine (oh hai, you should stay longer this time), definitely worth picking up.
Also, you should finish Portal - its not a long game.
Picked up Age of Empires 3 a week or two back (yes, its now an old game) and have been playing through the campaign. Fun.
Get age of empires II, window so we can play multiplayer. It's a good idea!
QuoteGet age of empires II, window so we can play multiplayer. It's a good idea!
I have Age of Empires 2.
Age of Empires 2 is defo the best age of empires...I think we lost our disk though. :(
Portal 1 was pretty fun, though I'm yet to play the second one. I borrowed the Orange box and loved everything except TF2. Though granted, I was at a disadvantage playing on console and am not really huge on multiplayer games anyway. Probably why I loved HL2 and the episodes. (though ep 1 wasn't that great)
Also Volk, you just kind of spoiled the ending of Portal in your post. :P I agree the difficulty does sharply increase.
As for angry birds, I just can't be bothered. It's fun to begin with, but just gets v. repetitive and let's be honest, the people who made that game do not deserve all the money they got for getting an existing game format, copying and pasting it and selling it for 99c. Suppose that's just the way the world works, though.
QuoteAlso Volk, you just kind of spoiled the ending of Portal in your post. Tongue I agree the difficulty does sharply increase.
How so? Everyone knows there is a computer named GLaDOS in the game, and it only makes sense that you would somehow have to defeat it. Anyway, the real fun of Portal is the journey and the black humor, not the ending. Anyone who has listened to the song "Still Alive" can probably figure out that you kill GLaDOS in the game.
I have to say, the game was a triumph and a huge success. :P
I agree with you, but some people are really fussy about spoilers.
QuoteI have to say, the game was a triumph and a huge success.
Indeed. I am making a note here.
QuoteI agree with you, but some people are really fussy about spoilers.
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Well those people are jerks.
Some people are really annoying with spoliers, like telling you the Master Cheif lives in the end of Halo 3. But who didn't know that. And I, who never played Portal (want to though), still know you'd have to kill GLaDOS.
Heh. Portal was released in Oct of 2007.
Its been 4 years, anyone interested in the game would have played it by now.
I was going to legit buy a copy of Age of Empires 2, but people be crazy - http://www.amazon.com/Age-Empires-2-Gold-Mac/dp/B00005RD6X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1316573094&sr=8-1
So I 'found' one instead
I think Kilk should get a copy of Age of Empires 3 so we can play, 2 may be a good game but 3 has a lot more polish to it. Graphics aren't everything, but 2 is definitely showing its age
I'll probably still play through the campaign