just finished unreal 2

Ruz

well its a bit late,as I first played the game in 2003, but finally I finished it. did it in about 3 days on and off.
noticed kevin johnstone did the character work)
bit disappointing overall, the textures sooooo low res, even on highest settings.

I might play some more old games now as I can't even install gears of war.

Murdoc

Funny I just finished Sim City 1, I mean wtf were they thinking so pixelated!

carlo_c

Ruz wrote: »

bit disappointing overall, the textures sooooo low res, even on highest settings.

lol! I didn't play unreal 2, my first taste of unreal was unreal tournament and I remember thinking how sweet that looked.

If your going to install more old games might as well pop in deus ex

Ruz

never played deus ex. might give it a try. i am quite into retro games really

bounchfx

MAX PAYNE

Ruz

YUP, max payne is on my list too. its all because i got a job in games, then I never had time to play games
so I missed out on a lot of fun

ericleekessler

carlo_c wrote: »

lol! I didn't play unreal 2, my first taste of unreal was unreal tournament and I remember thinking how sweet that looked.

If your going to install more old games might as well pop in deus ex

Man I remember when I thought dues ex looked awesome for it's time. My how the times have changed

Mark Dygert

Wow Unreal2 huh that was pretty fun I think I played through it twice.

Oh and... Moonbase Commander! I doubt you can find in anywhere now tho...

konstruct

I second deus ex. if you can get past the graphics, your in for a good experience.

00Zero

max payne wont even run on my computer anymore. and i got it off steam too. the framerate is really high and it just crashes at certain points. its not a v sync thing either.

oXYnary

If this has become a thread of PC classics may I suggest...

>>>Deus EX<<<<

Theif 1&2
HalfLife 1
Grim Fandango

Gav

Xcom
Fallout 2

...do it!

pior

Oni! some parts are horrible, but the feel of the anims is great (segmented models whooo!)

Is MDK any good?

TWilson

www.quakelive.com

(holyshititsfasterthanIremember)

frostymoose

pior wrote: »

Is MDK any good?

Well I guess that's up to you to decide your own opinion - but I found it quite boring. Then again, I think I only played MDK 2. Maybe 1 is better?

If you haven't played KOTOR - or haven't played it in a while - that's definately my #1 recommendation. I played it when it first came out, but replayed it a couple weeks ago and I think it was probably just as enjoyable now as it was then.

(that's Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic, btw)

blankslatejoe

pior, MDK is GREAT--but it's even older than a lot of the games people here are mentioning--it's part of the doom1/2/Duke3d clone era. It's a hilarious game with enough style that it's still fairly playable ( I just played through it the first time all the way through last year)...and it has one of the greatest endings ever.

eld

I played unreal, with the software renderer, stuff of beauty

MattQ86

Seeing as I had a series of shit computers for most of my life my first exposure to Unreal was on the PS2



Blurry textures are blurry.

sampson

mdk is the first game i remember from my childhood (although i'm not old at all) - although i never finished it.... does anyone remember some sort of warping room of checker textures? or something..

t4paN

frostymoose wrote: »

Well I guess that's up to you to decide your own opinion - but I found it quite boring. Then again, I think I only played MDK 2. Maybe 1 is better?

If you haven't played KOTOR - or haven't played it in a while - that's definately my #1 recommendation. I played it when it first came out, but replayed it a couple weeks ago and I think it was probably just as enjoyable now as it was then.

(that's Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic, btw)

KOTOR 1 = bestestest 3d crpg ever. Dunno if Mass Effect comes close.

That said, has anyone mentioned Baldur's Gate 2? Bestestestest crpg of all time. Hope Dragon Age will be half as good, gameplay wise.

/edit oh, and Unreal (the first one) was pretty damn good, I remember being dumbstruck the first time I stepped out of the spacecraft in the beggining and you see the environment and shit, I was like "0_0" with a slack jaw and everything.

Gmanx

Try System Shock 1 + 2 (if you can find them). I still regularly play these along with the first two Thief games. Gawd bless ya Looking Glass.

JohnnyRaptor

Vrav

Yes, yes, Looking Glass games. And old id / Raven games. Maybe old Bioware and Black Isle too.

blankslatejoe

If you're looking for something from the same time as Unreal 2, try No one lives Forever 2. It's got such exciting playing environments as....Akron, Ohion!

low odor

The first No One Lives Forever was really fun too..Anyone remember Sacrafice...that was another great Shiny game..Mdk was fun

Nizza_waaarg

QUAKE!!!! playing it right now, still really cool.

umm, system shock 2, deus ex (have to play it, best game evah), theif 1+2... seconding oni as well, wish it'd work on my new comp ;_;

also operation flashpoint and cod 2, but they might be a little too new :P

eld

t4paN wrote: »

KOTOR 1 = bestestest 3d crpg ever. Dunno if Mass Effect comes close.

That said, has anyone mentioned Baldur's Gate 2? Bestestestest crpg of all time. Hope Dragon Age will be half as good, gameplay wise.

/edit oh, and Unreal (the first one) was pretty damn good, I remember being dumbstruck the first time I stepped out of the spacecraft in the beggining and you see the environment and shit, I was like "0_0" with a slack jaw and everything.

how about this then;


what can change the nature of a man.

Justin Meisse

I have fond memories of Blood 2

Vrav

eld wrote: »

how about this then;


what can change the nature of a man.

Win.

|Buddy|

They don't make games like this anymore

kendo

If you do decide to give Deus Ex a go you can improve the graphics a bit with the following.

http://www.helderpinto.com/blog/personal/deusex-ultra-high-quality-mod-v01.html

videos of it in action:
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU1a9iP3urk[/ame]
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxAZp8ZqMdU&amp;feature=related[/ame]

Blaizer

I recommend -->> Giants: Citizen Kabuto

Mechadus

Blaizer wrote: »

I recommend -->> Giants: Citizen Kabuto

Holy crap I forgot about that game - that thing was WAY fun.

I just finally polished off Fallout2 - highly recommended

And MDK2 is way fun for an older game

-N

JacqueChoi

God this entire thread brings back so many memories.

Pretty much every game listed is fantastic. NOLF, Oni, Giants,


Shogo was pretty cool. If you can find a copy of Grim Fandango give that a twirl (tim shaeffer at his best), then there was my life sucker Diablo 2 (which still has a pretty decent online community after all these years).

Ruz

yeah I still have the unreal 1 disc, but its scratched to hell.

Mechadus

Ruz wrote: »

yeah I still have the unreal 1 disc, but its scratched to hell.

Carnauba wax (the paste stuff you use on a car) will usually bring a scratched disc back to life - smear it on, let it dry, buff it off and your good to go!

JohnnyRaptor

may i make another suggestion?



Was frakin awesome!

JacqueChoi

American McGee's Alice.

Lamont

Finally unwrapped God of War for the PSP. Had it for a year. Finished it in about 5.5 hours. It's a great game, looks really good on the PSP. Now I guess I better unwrap the PS2 versions that have been sitting there since they came out.

Prolly gonna go out and buy this gem: Machine Hunter.

oXYnary

Backing up Shogo as well. Fun Game. Wish Monolith would resurrect it.

carlo_c

Argh, I'd love to play system shock 2 I never got a chance. They need to release it on steam or something I'm sure gamers would go ape for it.

MartinH

i really enjoyed System shock 1, remember i had to upgrade my RAM from 4 to 8 just to run the damn thing!

(or was it 8 to 16, i cant remember it was a long time ago, but it was a big deal back then haha)

eld

system shock 2 coop is still so much fun to mess around with

Michael Knubben

Mdk gets to be a bit boring and repetitive rather quickly, sadly

[HP]

Ruz wrote: »

never played deus ex. might give it a try. i am quite into retro games really

what? BLASPHEMY

Ruz

he he, never had time or I may have been going though a phase of not playing games .
soo many PC games to play still
I did play a lot of 3d platformers. loved jak and daxter series and stuff like rayman and other games like the getaway which I have still to finish:)

[HP]

DeusEx, System Shock 2, No One Lives Forever, Aliens Vs Predator, just to name a few gems from the past.

JohnnyRaptor

oooooh! i gotta second Alien Vs Predator....so farkin scary!

stimpack

AVP was amazing. Countless hours sunk into that game. I played the multiplayer religiously!

Gmanx

Sounding like a total Looking Glass fan-boy here, but I really like (and still play) Terranova, which was - I think - one of the first true squad-based tactical shooters out there....

[HP]

Amazing how this thread became an "old school" shooters games!

Anyways, I've been playing some good old classic Doom (1) on the last few days, jebus the memories! so awesome...