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Ultima IV !!! Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time.
I played that on my Commodore 64 and waited a loooong time for the (actually floppy) disk drive to spin up.
I bet most people here don't know any of the Ultima games.
No particular order, but it seems I hit quite a few different genres.
- Starcraft
- Stardew Valley
- Subnautica
- Final Fantasy Tactics
- Infamous
- Hades
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
- Halo 2
- Super Smash Brothers Melee
- Rome: Total War
In no particular order:
- kenchi
- ghost recon wild lands
- s.t.a.l.k.e.r
- ready or not
- arma 3
- dayz
- mag
- cities skylines
- red dead redemption
- skate 3
dragon age origins
mass effect 2
red dead 2
baldurs gate 3
witcher 3
cyberpunk 2077
tetris
horizon zero dawn
dragon age inquisition
resident evil 4
Halo 3
Viva Pinata
Fallout 3
Kingdom for Keflings
Red Alert 2
Left 4 Dead 2
Warframe
RuneScape 2 (pre eoc)
Minecraft
Borderlands 2
Tekken 3
Raiden rtype
Diablo
Unreal Tournament
Blakestone
Alien vs predator
Ultimate Doom
Team fortress 2
Overwatch 1 R.I.P
Battlefront 2
I have not kept up with gaming much for the past decade, so my list is going to be very dated. In no particular order:
- Starsiege: Tribes (Tribes 2 gets an honorable mention)
- EarthSiege 2
- EverQuest (very begrudgingly, but it did kick the era of MMORPGs into overdrive, and I was addicted to it for almost a decade)
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
- Mass Effect Legendary Edition (I'm counting the trilogy as a single game)
- X-Wing Vs. Tie Fighter
- Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe
- Cities: Skylines
- Star Trek Online (only because of storylines)
- Battlefield 1942
No console games on my list, because PCMR! :P
[Edit] Almost forgot Star Control 2!
I have a whole separate list for arcade games.
- Mortal Kombat (including only 1, 2, and 3. Hated 4 with a passion.)
- Virtua Fighter 2
- Killer Instinct 1 and 2
- Marvel Vs. Capcom
- Super Street Fighter II Turbo
- X-Men (1992 side scroller)
- NBA Jam
- Tekken 3
- Daytona USA (really reaching here)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (struggling to get the list to 10)
Once again in no particular order: Ultimata IV - Quest of the Avatar
Sim City 2000
The Last of Us
Breath of the Wild
Trade Wars
Kingdom Hearts
Knights of the Old Republic
Civ 6
Omega - a dos game where you programmed Tanks and set them loose
And right now: Balatro
Tic tak toe,
Solitaire,
Snek,
That one with the bubbles that you just watch and you canβt do anything (I think it actually a screen saver)
Uh. Thatβs it.
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Nethack : old school roguelike
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Tale of Maj Eyal : removing of tediousness in old school roguelike
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Baldur Gate 2 : D&D implementation
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Civilization 2 : just one more turn
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Fallout 2 : narrative based on character build
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XCom : tactical combat with base building
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Jagged alliance: tactical combat with squad building
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Knight of Legend : best original turnbased combat system never done again
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Slay the Spire: For deck building
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Quake: playing with friend
In no particular order:
- Wing Commander: Privateer
- Rim World
- Kotor + Kotor 2
- Any first person Elder Scrolls Game
- Europa Universalis games
- Portal + Portal 2
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Elite Dangerous
- Eve Online
- Dwarf Fortress
- Chrono Trigger
Okay done
Ranking is tough but I'll give it a go. The ranking is based on the impact and enjoyment I got out of them regardless of playtime.
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What Remains of Edith Finch & Kentucky Route Zero (shared 1st place)
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Life is Strange
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Stray
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GRIS
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Cyberpunk 2077
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SOMA
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Heaven's Vault
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The Town of Light
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FAR: Lone Sails
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Portal 2
That last one is a bit of an outlier but I have laughed so much while playing it, it deserves a place at the table.
I see you like narrative-driven games. Have you played Detroit : become human? It scratched the itch for me when I ran out of life is strange
I'll add mine in no particular order:
Zelda: tears of the kingdom
Diablo 3
Secret of Mana
Skyrim/Oblivion
Super Mario Odyssey
Zelda: ocarina of time
Command: aces of the deep
Halo 3
Metal gear solid
Donkey Kong country 2
These are the games over gotten the most enjoyment out of over the years
This is off the top of the dome and given more time I'd probably change this significantly, but here's 10 of my favorites from a multitude of genres:
- Rain World
- Outer Wilds
- Stephen's Sausage Roll
(Those are pretty firmly my top 3, all totally mindblowing experiences that surprised and awed me multiple times)
- Spelunky 2
- Getting Over It
- Peaks Of Yore
- Satisfactory
- Dark Souls PTDE
- Hunt: Showdown
- Morrowind
Honorable mentions for Guilty Gear and Tekken as series, and I have a special place in my heart for the 2000 title Sacrifice, which is my eternal top pick for a remaster/remake.
R360
Operation wolf
GTI club
VideoPoker
Coin pushers
Fussball
Bar billiards
Darts
Bowling
Paintball
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3
Katamari Damacy
Sims 2
Stardew Valley
Skyrim
The 101 Dalmatians Puzzle Game for Gameboy Color.
These are the games I have the fondest memories of π
Hylics 1/2
Half Life 1
Myst
Jet Set Radio Future
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
Factorio
Doom II (heavily modded)
OpenRCT2
Voices of the Void
The Sims (I like the series as a whole, I feel like each game has its own pros and cons)
In no real particular order, games with highest impact on me:
- battlefield 1942 - desert combat mod
Ground breaking at the time. Physics and gamespeed have never been captured by any other game. Consumed my free time for a long time.
2 counter strike
Simple concept, extreme depth. I've clocked several thousand hours into this franchise.
- The witcher 3
In terms of world building and story telling... Incredible.
- The Witness
Absolute masterclass in game design, world design. Puzzle design.. This is an incredible puzzle game that will shift your perspective.
- Faster than light
I haven't found anything else quite scratch that replay ability, that tethering on the brink of losing, itch. It's a unique game.
- Guild wars 2
Completely changed the way mmorpgs were played, and was a great mmo.
- Monkey Island
I wanted to mention a point and click, several spring to mind, but this still series lives in my mind the most. Although space quest is another that impacted my young brain.
- Minecraft
Like... I was there since its debut. Still watching and enjoying mc related content.
- Elite
Space is pretty big and cool
- Eve online
Getting back stabbed by the person you've been back stabbing for, so you join the enemies of your friends to be able to backstab your backstabbers.
In no particular order:
- Zelda Twilight Princess
- Xenoblade Chronicles X
- Dragon Nest (back when they had Level 60 cap)
- Kirby Planet Robobot
- Lost Odyssey
- Super Mario Galaxy 2
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- Mother 3
- A Hat in Time
Honorable Mentions:
- Blue Dragon
- Dragon Quest VII
- CloudbuiltΒ
- Epic Battle Fantasy 3
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- The Witcher 3
- Minecraft (I stopped at version 1.11)
- The Evil Within 1
- Layer of fear
Boom Blocks - Wii - top of my list. Not because it's a good game, but because my kids and I had uproarious hours spent playing it together.
Video game I have not yet figured out the name of. It came out in 1986(ish?) and it had a robot/cyborg in a kind of metroidvania level set. Macintosh.
Doom, the original. Scared the PISS out of me. Then I played it hardcore after that. Doom II came out and I set up LAN parties and opened up my nascent IT outsourcing business for those.
Helldivers 2 - Honestly, I haven't actually engaged with a game this hard for decades.
Senua's Sacrifice - This game helped me considerably, in understanding the people I love.
Doom 2016 - What's not to like. It's perfect.
Starcraft II - When it came out. Excellent weaving of story and gameplay.
HI-FI Rush - Unexpected fun.
Zork - I would have never expected this level of amazing story telling this many years ago.
I know I am short of 10, but I can't think of anything else.
Might and magic III
F19
Submarine Commander (Atari computer game)
B17 (intellivision)
Counterstrike.1.6
Half-life
Castle Wolfenstein
WOW
WoT
Witcher 3
Cyberpunk 2077
I play them still.
- Total annihilation.
- Zero-k
- World of Warcraft, as long as I can avoid cataclysm
I don't play them but would easily
- The settlers III + Amazons
- Torchlight
- Diablo II as it was in like 05
- Quake II + lithium (slow hooks; hi Nelson crew)
- Dune 2
- WCII as in 98
Huh. That's it. StarCraft is out as I played for a day before cavedog ruined it for me forever, but it get it if you still love it.