Top 10 Favorite PC Games of All-time, by category

not too many resources, more that if you only have a small clump of trees, you can only get 3 guys cutting timber. whereas, i want to stick 20 guys on it cut all the timber and then move on. then there is only 5 farms to a town centre, where is the reasoning in that????? the whole mountain mining thing was good though.

going across 4000 years in history in an hour is too short. you only get a brief experience of each age. consider the atomic ages in EE, you have maybe 30 different units. how many do you have in RoN? maybe 15 - 20?

 

Actually, I think it usually does take longer than an hour, but perhaps it depends what speed you play at. Honestly I don't remember how many units. Quite a few. Well as they say, to each his own, and live and let live. I am quite interested in seeing EE3 though.

 

Well see that's the thing... they can't! Since this is a faves list and not a 'best of', then no one can argue with your putting 1701AD #1, that's your preference. I haven't played it so I can't comment on it. Why do you think so highly about it, especially since you dare put it in front of Starcraft!! And... and... !!! What the hell is THAT CRAP!!?!??!? j/k

 

its completely an economic based rts game. theres some combat, like you get to kill off stereotypical foreigners and take over their land, lol. but its not truly a developed combat game. The point is to the rule the world by owning all of the trading ports and supplying all the necessities- like alcohol, tobacco, gold, oil, food, jade elephants (lol), etc. Its completely addictive- at least for me. I'm totally into it. I reserve my xbox for all the hardcore killing games However, Spore will be played on my computer eventually, when the time comes!

 

Diablo 2 needs to be on here more...it saved me from sports and friendship and countless hours of my childhood. But do I regret it? not at all!

1. Diablo 2
2. Jet Slalom ( http://ww2.freearcade.com/Jetslalom.jav/Jetslalom.html)
3. Age of Empires
4. BF2
5. Halo:CE
...and thats about it.

 

Good point... diablo 2 does need a spot on the list! However, Halo?1?! lol, when is the world going to get enough of Halo? If I'm going to represent the Halo then I'm going old school w/ Halo 1... (but i've never played halo on the computer)

OHH, I've been wanting to get this game for a while but haven't really done so.. what does everyone think about Company of Heroes?

 

Yup, Guild Wars will always be free, even when GW2 comes out in 2009
I haven't actually played Starcraft, but yes, I don't think I'd enjoy it very much. I've played Empire Earth and the later space ages were my least favorite stages of the game.

 

have you played patrician 3 by any chance, it is a rt trading game set in the hanseatic league, 1300 - 1500 league of traders from northern germany and france.

 

I, too, am (impatiently) waiting for Spore to come out.

 

Urgh, uh, what did I say before? It's your preference and no one can beg to differ... (must... not... say anything...) j/k

LOL, nice!

I see that D2 is at least on the OP's list... who the hell started this dumb-a** thread anyway and what's up with all of those stupid-a** lists...? Doesn't even have much new stuff on it!

Borderline blasphemous, especially to the OP! Watch out, he might ban you from this thread or something...

 

same, too many nukes flying around really ruin it.

 

why is my question being avoided? ehem.. spore release date anyone? or shall i stop being completely lazy and look it up myself? fine, fine, i get the point!

 

oh, its been put back so many times i'm not sure. march next year was the last i heard.

 

OP has told me the following info: "EA CEO John Riccitiello and EA Games Chief Frank Gibeau have confirmed that spore will be available in either March, April or May of 2008." (xspore.com, 8/2/07)

In return, OP said he wanted 'that spore lady to stop with the ?!@#$! questions already', or something like that...

 

The only reasons halo's on there is because I'm lame. Halo:CE is Halo 1 by the way

 

and probability dictates that it will be may rather than march

 

^^^ And EA's reality dictates that it will be Sept rather than May.

Of course if it were Blizzard, it would be March... of '09. Not that I'd be complaining about a Blizzard product, homer that I am.

 

damn, then I guess that means I have to value Halo:CE as much as I value Halo 1... all well, I guess Halo CE can make the list, i s'pose but that doesn't mean i'm smiling! Just pretend I'm frowning in my avatar! (jk)

 

You do enough complaining in the Dell subforum to be able to complain about anything else lol

 

I thought CE stood for "Collector's Edition" - didn't I hear that they released the PC version that included a Director's Commentary, outtakes, and deleted scenes? 'Combat Evolved' my a**... j/k, it's a solid game.

I'm sorry folks, just a bit punchy tonight, too much punch in my punch... that or it's superultra late.

I'm tellin'!!!!

 

Just an overall -

1. Starcraft, I actually got fat playing this game - luckily I lost the weight lol, was once nr. 126 on the Ladder

2. Diablo 2 (not LoD - I thought LoD was broken) - Every six months I come back to this game - discover that Blizzard deleted my lvl 70 chars account, throw around some molotovs and return to building up my characters to lvl 70 again.

3. Baldurs Gate II - I don't know why maybe because in typical geek fashion I played RPG's such as Dungeons and Dragons and Fading Suns and with DnD our preferred setting was Forgotten Realms.

4. CounterStrike - So bad and annoying, but so addicting...

5. Black & White - Who doesn't love god games?

6. Half-Life

7. Tiberian Sun

8. Neverwinter Nights (Baldurs Gate FTW!!! - although its unfair that I include two of the series here...)

9. Rollercoaster Tycoon - Need I say more?

10. Star Trek: Bridge Commander. This is by far the best Trek game so far, not even Armada I comes close to it, and not for the original game, but the mods - where else can you find trek ships as beautiful as these?

 

^^^ Pretty... colors... let me gues: Star Trek fan??!? To answer your question: What about Star Trek: Legacy? It seems like that game would have everything, though I have not seen or played it.

Nice list. RCT over RCT 3? And, NWN isn't actually a part of the BG series, so it's fine. Even if it were, it'd be fine as well.

 

phritz, that just took about 10 minutes to load but i have to admit, it does look pretty awesome.

 

Are those in game shots?? I played that about a year ago and dont remember the graphics being that good. Is that maxed out? I think I may have to load that up when my Vostro 1500 arrives
My top 10
1. Medieval 2 Total War
2. Rome Total War
3. Half Life
4. Hidden And Dangerous
5. Doom
6. Quake 2
7. X wing Alliance
8. Medival Total War
9. X3
10. Jedi Knight 2

 

MAME! All 2000 of them!

 

Most addictive and my favourites!

1. Football Mannager (all of em)
2. CS Source
3. Pro Evo Soccer
4. Red Alert 2
5. AoE II
6. Freelancer
7. Rome: Total War
8. Starwars Republic Commando
9. Defcon
10. DoW: Dark Crusade

 

Sorry about the load time

The problem with Star Trek: Legacy is that it was completely rushed for the 40th anniversary just for marketing, as such it had to patched on the release date and there was no attention to detail, in fact it was a huge dissapointment, it was basically just a port from the XBox 360 version and the controls were just mapped to the keyboard, it plays ok, the graphics are ok, although I think the perspective effects are a bit too much (a lot of stretching going on there). If Bethseda wanted to make a good Trek game that people would buy they'd have delayed and deleted the pictures of the producer guy with a goat :/

Its so bad that no-one has even bothered to port the high poly - high texture models to Legacy from BC, at which some of the Legacy players are groaning about but us old schools peeps will keep our 17,000 poly, 250mb textured ships (The High quality version of that sovereign is more than 200mb in textures, although the standard is a toned down 100 lol, the Galaxy is 90mb of textures forgot the polycount, that constitution is 140mb, you see how Trek fen pay attention to detail, we're barely even satisfied with 150mb of textures and a 17,000 poly ship ) As soon as Legacy came out all the Bridge Commander players switched to waiting in anticipation of the Kobayashi Maru 1.0 mod, which came out a few weeks ago

 

Well ill just list RPGS because i mainly play them. Its a bit of a shocker there is no mention for Arcanum by others

1. Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines (best FPS RPG)
2. Arcanum
3. Planescape Torment
4. Ultima VII and Ultima VI
5. KOTR
6. Fallout 2
7. Dungeon Master
8. Morrowind
9. Baldurs Gate 2
10. Gothic 2

 

I am out of touch and don't buy too many titles. Also I have some old versions of games like Tiger Woods which I really like but as I am so happy with it just stay on 2003.

1. Pro Evolution Soccer 6
2. Football Manager 2007
3. Grand Prix 4
4. Worms Armageddon
5. Tiger Woods 2003
6. Quake 3 Arena
7. Aliens vs. Predator 2
8. Flatout
9. Toca 2
10. MS Flight Sim 2004

I am going to have to get a laptop soon for when I move. Space will be at a premium so have to opt for a laptop. Am holding off as long as I can though because I don't want to be forced to buy before the 8800 laptop gfx cards arrive. Will begrudgingly opt for Vista too - though am sure worried about it's compatibility with some of my fave titles. Has anyone played any of the above games on my list on Vista, do they work ok?

Thanks, Wayne

 

CS is the Legendary FPS of all time...

 

Retro anyone?

1. Civilization 2
2. Star Control 2
3. Dune 2 (the original and the best)
4. Wing Commander 2
5. Commander Keen
6. Space Quest
7. Micro Machines
8. Privateer 2
9. Double Dragon
10.....

Okay, I don't seem to be able to remember the names of a few that should be on the list, and others are just there since they're all I could think of for the moment.

 

Best Retro games:
NES: Kirby's Adventure, Mega Man 6, The Adventure of Zelda, Metroid and Dragon Warrior 4.

SNES: Zelda: Link to the Past and Super Metroid.

 

Is it just me, or does no one play WoW here, didnt see 1 person put it in their top10?

Anyway here's my list

1. Fallout 1/2
2. Diablo 1/2
3. World of Warcraft
4. Halflife/CS
5. Starcraft
6. Warcraft 3
7. Virtual Tennis 3
8. C&C/Redalert
9. King's Quest V
10. Scorch? (That tank game that used to be on 486 machines back in 1995)

 

Good god, i think i just threw up a little.

Am i only one that found this game pretty rubbish and subpar compared to most fps on the pc? It only works well on a console, and mostly because of the lack of other good games.


I really don't get the halo thing... only if you don't have a pc i suppose.

 

I, my friend, am totally with you on this one!!!!!

 

None of you put down C&C as far as I could see, tut tut.

RTS :
1. C&C
2. C&C : Tiberian Sun
3. Shogun : Total War
4. Commandos - Behind Enemy Lines
5. Starcraft
6. Battlezone (Kind of an RTS/FPS/Tank game but a lot of RTS in there)
7. C&C : Red Alert
8. C&C : Red Alert 2
9. Commandos 3
10. Z!!!!

RPG :
1. Morrowind
2. Oblivion
3. Arena
4. Daggerfall
5. Final Fantasy 7
6. Phantasy Star Online
7. World of Warcraft
8. Ultima Online
9. Baldur's Gate 2
10. Wizardry 8

FPS:
1. Doom
2. Doom 2
3. Wolfenstein 3d (Old one not remake)
4. Duke Nukem 3D
5. Command and Conquer : Renegade
6. Doom 3
7. Quake 4
8. Half Life / Counterstrike
9. MOH : AA
10. Enemy Territory

 

Now u mentioned it, it was a nice game... but unfortunately, there was no Z 2

 

Yeah I know, it's a shame. There was another game made by the same people afterwards though wasn't there? Kind of similar, damn can't remember the name...

 

I tell you thing commando's the first one is, in fact for sure hardest game i have ever played followed by hidden and dangerous..........................pound for pound half life 2 is best pc game ever(as in single player)just sucks you in......

 

Commandos is extremely difficult alright. But really fun. Green Beret is the coolest character ever. I'm sure if you were a commando in a war it would be easier to get through a mission than in Commandos. The music is great as well.

I actually have half life two but haven't been able to play it because my pc is too underpowered.

 

Overall
1. Advent rising
2. Red Faction
3. Half-Life
4. Halo:CE/Halo 2
5. Battlefield 2
6. Far Cry
7. Hitman: Blood Money
8. CS 1.6/CS:S
9. COD 1/3
10. Deus Ex & Invisible War

 

Overall:
1. Half Life/Counter-Strike
2. Final Fantasy VII
3. Diablo II
4. Doom
5. Warcraft III
6. Heroes of Might and Magic III
7. Starcraft
8. Oblivion
9. Red Alert
10. Civilization

 

In no particular order:

Guild Was PvP (before ANet killed it)
Neverwinter Nights
Call of Duty and its expansion UO
NetHack
Master of Orion II

And, I'm going to mention Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts because that's my favorite game on any platform.

 

No one chose Red Faction.

 

For shooters, i'm very surprised that you didn't include Battlefield 2 or 2142, and the call of duty series.

For strategey...you forgot company of heroes....

 

i believe that was because he has never played it. i think he said it in another thread though

 

What about Red Faction?

 

i've never played that. i haven't even seen it in any of the game stores for tha matter.

 

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