Games you MUST have played before you die.
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Hey guys!
New thread idea:
post all games that you have to have played sometime in your life. (even oldschool N64 games etc.)
here are the ones i could come up with: (not really a gamer myself)
-The Legend of Zelda: the Ocarina of Time
-All of the other Zelda games
-All Kirby games
eager to hear about some new titles
New thread idea:
post all games that you have to have played sometime in your life. (even oldschool N64 games etc.)
here are the ones i could come up with: (not really a gamer myself)
-The Legend of Zelda: the Ocarina of Time
-All of the other Zelda games
-All Kirby games
eager to hear about some new titles
Replies
Here's my list of a few, I was a pretty big adventure game fan:
Maniac Mansion 1 & 2
Full Throttle
Sam & Max Hit the Road
Out of This World
Carmageddon
Mechwarrior
Planescape: Torment.
Beyond Good and Evil
Psychonauts.
Abe's Exoddus.
The Longest Journey
Okami
Grim Fandango
If theres any on the list that you haven't at least tired then take some time off immediately, hunt them down and play them. You should not be doing games art without experiencing each one. That'd be like taking up your brain surgeon's scalpel without adequate training.
Pigskin Football
OH yeah, I haven't played it but I want to just because of all the controversy that surrounded it:
Night Trap!
Oh yeah, check out:
Executioners
I had to spend my hard earned allowance money to buy the shareware demo out of a catalogue based on a description and a 1" x 1" picture box.
quake
hardwar
goldeneye
half life series (duh)
one of the tribes series (2 was my favourite)
But if we're talkin Old School nintendo..
Adventures of LoLo
red alert command and conquor
starcraft
half life
super mario brothers
Beyond Good and Evil
Deus Ex
Shadow of the Colossus
Ico
Rez
The Longest Journey
Grim Fandango/Full Throttle/Monkey Island/Day of the Tentacle/Sam 'n' Max
only two come to mind: Ico & Shadow of the Colossus.
There's plenty more awesome games out there, but in terms of must...
On my list:
- Dreamweb (just beacuse)
- Wing Commander series
Plus of course all the givens, such as Monkey Island, Grim Fandango, etc, etc.
Super Metroid
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Metal Gear Solid
Chrono Trigger
Final Fantasy IV, VI, IX
Monster Hunter
Monkey Island.
FF 7/9/X
Call of Duty 4
Dune 2 Battle for Arrakis
Monkey Island
Speed Ball 2 (Amiga)
Resident Evil 4
Quake 3 (for multiplayer)
Portal
Braid
Zelda: A Link to the Past
Baldurs Gate 2: Shadows of Amn & Throne of Ball
Deus Ex 1 (not 2, that game sucked)
Super Metroid
Metroid Prime
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
System Shock 2 (better than Bioshock imo)
Resident Evil 4
Super Mario Bros 1 - 3
Edit: Oh god, how could i forget Portal!!!
Can't think of any more right now
Myth (the speccy version, not the amiga one. Worlds apart)
Hunter
Rainbow Islands. I've got a copy of Rainbow Islands Revolution that i still haven't even plugged in yet, i'm a bit apprehensive about it ...
Beasts-n-bumpkins2
Diablo2
and a shitload of other classics.
tetris
betrayal at krondor
elite
master of orion
might and magic 3-4-5
samurai showdown and mortal kombat
giana sisters
... I could go on forever
Dungeon Keeper
Messiah
Dark Messiah
Starcraft
Pain Killer
Unreal Tournament 2003/2004/ 3
Quake 4
Giants: Citizen Kabuto
Terranigma (SNES)
Beyond Good and Evil
Team Fortress
I could say more, but too many have been said :P
Final Fantasy 4 , 6 , 10
Dragon Warrior 1 (NES)
Thief
Starcraft
Planescape: Torment
X-wing
Wing Commander Series
Battlefield 1942 & Desert Combat mod
Megaman
XCom
It's just a part of game history.
-.... what? Aha must play games :P
Ok so these games are must trys so you know what the hell people are talking about
Fallout 1 or 2
Baldursgate 2
warcraft/starcraft/redalert 1 n 2
Diablo games
Counterstrike
COD4 maybe not a classic but its ace around this time.
TF2
UTs or Quakes is a must play
Halflifes!!!!
Mario/sonic play some of the major 2d ones
Zelda
Tetris/space Invaders/asteroids/donkeykong/
Battlefield series
GTAs
The Sims (nah i dont like this but you need to try it to see what the fuzz is all about)
sim city
ThIef
MGS
Portal
freespace
alien versus predator (i have only played lan on internet cafe and it rocks) 3 different races in a shooter and it worked (works?)
Street fighter 2
jamesbond goldeneye
Duke Nukem
there are some games i havent played yet that i should:
Planescape: Torment should be like baldursgate 2? been looking for it but never found.
Grim Fandango i keep hearing stuff about this game all the time... next time i see it il buy it
The Longest Journey
World of warcraft (didnt start because i was afraid i would get sucked in but hey now i got a job and its okay :P right?)
Deus ex
Mass effect
A final fantasy game, i got a ps3 now so il get the next in the series...
Maybe il come back and edit this list later when i can think of more
Also, stimpack, I meant the first Mechwarrior game, although MW2 and Mercs were also great.
Tie Fighter had an awesome Atmosphere, LucasArts just wasn't able to miss back in the day
Since Monkey Island is already mentioned ( i hope it means the whole series
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
BattleZone ( not the ancient one )
Tetris ( ;P )
Dungeon Keeper
BioForge
Commandos
Frontier : Elite2
Gabriel Knight : Sins of the Fathers
... it goes on
-TIE Fighter
-Grim Fandango
-Zelda Series
-Mario Series
-Mechwarrior series (2, expansion, mercenaries, 3 is the last good one before the series went arcadey)
-Half Life series, Portal, TFC & TF2
-Unreal Tournament series
-Quake series
Few others I loved but didn't see mentioned:
-Syndicate & Syndicate wars
-Duke Nukem 3d
-Call of Duty series
-Dark Forces & Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight along with its expansion. Jedi Outcast had decent saber fighting but a badly done single player campaign.
-Descent Freespace series
-Monolith games, with few exceptions being Blood 2, and that NOLF spinoff
-Deus Ex and System Shock 1&2
-Stalker
secret of mana
secret of mana
secret of mana
secret of mana
..
Fuck year!
But it is one of the very very few games that made me feel genuinely tweaked when i first saw it, let alone played it
Counter-Strike (1.6/Source)
Final Fantasy X
Call of Duty 4(Mulitiplayer)
Super Mario Bros 3
Guitar Hero 2
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2
Other than that... damn, usually I'm great at this, but I can't think of anything right now!
Jet Set Radio Future and Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath rank extremely high on my list, but they're not MUSTS...
Um...
I'll just mention Chrono Trigger again. Only traditional JRPG I've ever bothered to finish, and I wanna play it again!
Blood1
StarcontrolII: The ur-quan Masters (never finished it though
Hmmm, has CronoTrigger been mentioned?
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil Remake
Silent Hill
Silent Hill 2
Doom 3
Guitar Hero
Sonic 2
Wii Sports
Is that some sort of Japanese porn game?
The Max Payne games are a bit of alright and nobody seems to have mentioned them yet.
Something else I am really interested in (not out yet though so probably doesn't qualify)...
http://machinarium.com/
haha of course, cyber frogz is genius!
...
Doom 1 & 2
Manhunt
Super mario galaxy
Castlevania series
...
find the intruder
Bionic Commando
Aliens vs Predator loved that game for a lan party
Quake 3 Arena
Warcraft 3
Starcraft
Castlevania 3
Marvel Superheros arcade edition
Marvel vs Campcom arcade edition
Contra
Final Fantasy 7, 9
Metal Gear series
agreed.
But Carmageddon, oh man! I had a hankering a few months ago and ordered all three. In a perfect world, the burnout guys would get their hands on that IP.
Fuck ... That!
-Jack Black
terra nova
bioforge
system shock 1 & 2
Earthsiege series
mechwarrior & mech commander series
Starcraft
C&C
sam and max
Leisure suit larry
Civ 1
Total war series
Syndicate (the OLD one)
Gunship 2000