Favourite videogames?

Ooook, between all those serious threads today im gonna start a mundane one:

What are your favourite single player games as of now, and why?

Lessee mine, lately definately Gran Turismo 4 on the PS2... who wouldn't love to have 600+ dream cars in his garage?

In addition to this definately Ace Combat 5, still on the PS2, probably one of the best stories in the videogame history, and the very best of the series, twisted to the right point, emotional to the right point (one of the few games that at some points made me cry so far) great action (if you like to fly anime-like action at least, flying a fighter jet trough a very long and narrow tunnel is NOT realistic, but still great and awesome graphics, a must have if you don't really really really despise that kind of games (in addition to this, for once it has a really well made english language dubbing, even if the choice of a couple voice actors is questionable, that makes for the best radio chatter ever heard, a rarity and for sure an added value).

Mike Tyson Punch Out..... only the greatest game ever.

I have enjoyed the Thief series... get sneaking around and knocking people out to loot them and untimately save society!! gotta love that

I also liked Baldur's Gate

Time Pilot circa 1982!!!!!

Damn.. played so many over the years..

Favorite RPGs:
1. Xenogears. By far the best -- real characters, believable drama, epic story, thought-provoking. The battle system is more involved that traditional RPGs and breaks up the leveling monotony with the combo system.
2. Shining Force Saga. Typical fantasy storyline. Had great cut-scenes and unique little plot twists and gags. Also liked the "strategy" based RPG system.

Fav Side Scroller: Sonic CD. Played it for hours and hours. Bonk was also really cool. Also, Metal Slug and the newest side scroller I've seen -- Alien Hominid.

Fav RTS/Strategy:
1. Warcraft series: Every single one was excellent. I remember unwrapping the shareware disk of the original way back when and being blown away by it.
2. Dune II: The first RTS I can remember. Very basic, but I loved the Frank Herbert books so much that my friends and I spent a lot of time obsessing over this game.
3. Civilization 2: Nuff said.
4. Black & White. Fucking love this game. Love it.

Fav Adventure Games:

1. The "Quest" games. They just rocked the casbah.

Fav Flight Games:

1. Wing Commander Privateer: I'm playing the remake now. Man... this was teh best.

Fav Action:

1. Quake 1 and 3.
2. Doom 3
3. Rainbow 6

Fav Shooters:

1. All the aba games. Torus Trooper rocks.

I also love all the zelda and metroid games. And mario tennis.

OOo.. and FF5.

Garh.. I could go on. But I won't.

One of the main reasons i love the ace combat series for is because its basically the nearest to the wing commander philosophy, almost it-s japanese copy lol.
Basically the same kind of epic action (even if faster), a breathtaking story and strong characters.. I would love to see a wing commander 5...

I weep for Looking Glass! Hehe, yes, I think the Thief series have to be my favorite games, ever.

Half-Life. Yes. Half-Life 2 was... okay.

Master of Magic was an old favorite, also (along with Civ2), Master of Orion 1&2...

Elite, if you want to go old old school...

Lately I've been addicted to Mooglewind... er, Morrowind. It's just so unfair to be a thief.

I like Deus Ex... that shiznit r0x0red my s0x0rs... in fact when I first heard about Tyrell in here, my gut reaction was like "Wow, that's cyberpunk like Deus Ex", so I have you Tyrellians in a way to blame for me being here. That and BBC's warm intro and meeting you cool peeps one by one (WHERE IS FLYK??? I wanna meet her :|). Anyhoo I really liked DX 'cuz it's cyberpunk and some of it conceivably *could* happen in our lifetimes, which is so utterly fascinating to me. I also like the deep, engaging storyline and well-developed characters. I really enjoyed the voice acting, esp. Tracer Tong -- shame I couldn't say the same about him in DX2.

I used to play a number of classic Mac games. One of them is Sim City 2000, which our very own Robin Linden worked on a decade ago... can ya believe that? I also enjoyed other sim games, Sim Tower and Sim Earth come to mind. I liked Spectre VR because it was a very techy, polygonal tank shooter with WIKKID music (the CyberBach trax rocked in some lucidly liquid way) and because the whole gameplay style was downright addictive. Also a cyberpunk type of game, I just have a thing for those near-future scenarios.

I also enjoyed Nintendo classics, Megaman's a big one. The beginning of the series, anyway, before it got really redundant and didn't add much new -- it was like incremental upgrades instead of quantum leaps, so I grew tired with that. I used to play some RPGs but I acclimated to simple shooters...

Right now, I don't play any computer games. Unless you count Second Life.

Chrono Trigger, Goldeneye, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, and Tetris

You expected any differently?

I think newer games are great, especially franchises like Polyphony's Gran Turismo and how every franchise is making its leap to 3D. I just feel that, at some point, the simple concepts as "racing" or "gameplay" become obfuscated in the constant pursuit of content. Gran Turismo, for example, was a "sure thing" for me when it first came out, but as 2 came out, and later, 3, I slowly lost interest as it was the same (single player) formula. This is, of course, my take on the matter only.

I like novelty, simplicity, and depth. That's pretty much it.

Final Fantasy 3 for the SNES! Best. Game. Ever.

Knights of the Old Republic 1

Fallout 1&2

Half-Life 1 (2 sucked)

Baldur's Gate 2

Final Fantasy X-2 (I LIKE dressing up pretty and kicking ass! What of it? )

Suikoden III (haven't finished it yet, but loving every minute)

Elder Scrolls 2&3 (Daggerfall, Morrowind)

Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura

Everquest 1

The Legend of Zelda 3-6 (Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Wind Waker)

Vampire: The Masquerade- Bloodlines

Chrono Trigger

Super Metroid, Metroid Prime, Metroid Fusion, Metroid Prime 2

Command and Conquer 1-3 (Original, Red Alert, Red Alert 2)

Secret of Monkey Island

King's Quest 8: Mask of Eternity


Addendum: FALLOUT 3 IS IN DEVELOPMENT AND ELDER SCROLLS IV IS TOO!!! AAAAA!!!

*ahem* sorry...

I never understood why so many people bashed X-2 just because of that (technically it's been realized in an absolutely astounding way, by the way) exactly why pretty much the same people bash VIII because it's supposedly "too" romantic...



The classic of the classics ^_^

Arcade...
Xevious
Dragon's Lair
Tapper - used to be able to play for hours on a single quarter

PC games...
Total Annihilation - still my favorite RTS of all time
Civ 2 - I reinstall it at least once a year
M. A. X. (Mechanized Assault & Exploration) - awesome turn based strategy
Age of Empires

Console -
Project Gotham Racing 2
Gladius - great turn based strategy! I so wish the sequel hadn't been cancelled *cry*
Worms 3d

Console:
Final Fantasy
Sims: Bustin Out, Urbs
And the games where I can beat up people in a tournament

Games on console I like to watch other people play:
Devil May Cry series
Splinter Cell series
Resident Evil, etc.

Arcade:
Frogger
Pac-Man

PC:
Sims & Sims 2

I need more games.

Pirates!
World of Warcraft (and anything else by Blizzard)
All of the "Fallouts"
Morrowind
Neverwinter Nights (actually, everything by BioWare)
All of the "Thief" games
Silent Storm
All of the X-Com games
UFO Aftermath
All of the GTAs

Odd World Strangers Wrath - a really great game.
Morrowind - yes
City of Heroes - super jump just rocks!


fen-

Knights of the Old Republic I & II - Suprisingly good titles. My son insisted I play them and I found them really good, with deep storylines and lots of options.

Doom III - This figgen game stresses me out.

Vampire The Masquerade, Bloodlines - Some great levels in this game, and some challenging character types. Unfortunatly I'm stuck on one of the toughest big bosses and can't seem to get past her.


Max Payne II - Just an excellent game.

Oooo I forgot Gladius! Haven't beaten that yet either, but having a great time with it.

David, if you want to PM me I can give you hints

I can't believe I forgot this one! I loved this game, especially the music. One of the very few console games that I've ever actually wanted to play. Well, that, and the Bloody Roar series... sure, it wasn't perfect, but it was nicely fuzzy around the edges.

I've spent far too much time in Neverwinter Nights, too. I guess I should include it as well.

Chip, you rock.