Simple question, explain if you want.

My answer is Deus Ex. I'll give you some taste why I came to this choice, as you probably know, there are damn many games. Nice story, but it gets interesting after one part. The level design is good, even though not anything spectacular. There is this magical feeling present everytime I play it. And I love it. However, I know this game isn't perfect, I just think it's the best game ever. At the moment. Yes...

So, post your opinion.

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<landfish> FastGamerr > Satan

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I've been playing Battlefield 1942. Nice gameplay for LAN if ya ask me.

Story wise, don't laugh, but I liked XWA's side story A LOT. There are a few other good story games but I can't remember them ATM


EDIT: Another great gameplay game would have to be Master of Orion 2. They totally screwed up MOO3 Main reason is that they made my Psilons all wrinkly and ugly... Plus, I'm not fond of the whole real time battle for MOO3

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"Dalton, that pie just moved of it's own accord."

"You must be mistaken, Tess. A pie can't move."

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What's the matter with XWA's plot? I also enjoyed it.

(And for some people, "I also enjoyed it." isn't a reason)

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<landfish> FastGamerr > Satan

[This message has been edited by FastGamerr (edited August 08, 2004).]

Max Payne 1/2.

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Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side

Can't really give out the good parts without spoilers

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"Dalton, that pie just moved of it's own accord."

"You must be mistaken, Tess. A pie can't move."

Starcraft. Always Starcraft.

(one day I may possibly buy a new game!!)

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/end boob rant

Raven Shield (or any R6 game for that matter) and Thief 3. I Can't speak for the other Thief games because I've never played them, reason being that the demos have some kind of graphic error on my PC and I don't feel like getting the game if it's going to have the same problem.

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Do you have stairs in your house?

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Either Mafia or Beyond Good & Evil

I've got a soft-spot for atmospheric 3rd person action-adventures.

Mafia is just stylish in every aspect. Very well realised plot. Prohibition-era buildings, vehicles, clothing, and music. The best and most cinematic gunfights and chases that I've played in a game. Very good sound and voice acting.

Beyond Good & Evil is a gem that no-one played. Very similar in feel to other French or Belgian games such as Outcast or the Little Big Adventure/Twinsen games (which are just as good and have many of the same aspects). Vivid colours. Surreal and alien worlds to explore that are inhabited by a variety of bizarre creatures. Wonderfully strange soundtrack. Nicely branching plot that gives you plenty of time to explore.

Runner-ups: Anachronox, Outcast, LittleBigAdventure 2, Grim Fandango.

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Worth a million in prizes, baby.

Medal of Honour: Allied Assault

Probably the game I've spent the most hours playing. Hell I still play it these days, and it was released a long time ago now.

Runners up would be Mafia, BF1942, UT2k4, Half Life, and Rainbow 6. Oh and if we're talking console, FIFA 2003, GoldenEye, and Mario Kart: Double Dash.

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The Massassi-Map
There is no spoon.

Half-Life.

There has been so many things done with this game, it is probobly the most modded game ever to exist, and probobly the game that has lasted the longest as well. I used to think Jedi Knight, but as we all know, it is dying/and or dead.

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Maker of the Levels:
Sand Trap
Sand Trap (Night)

Writer/Author of the fanfic: Dragonball Aftershock

_.~'AKA DBF_SuperSaiyan'~._

Metal Fatigue. Virtually unknown RTS with a kick-A-$ concept.

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"Iraqniphobia - The fear of non-existant weapons of mass-destruction."

Final Fantasy VII is the best game ever.

Vice City, Startopia, Red Alert 2 + Yuri's Revenge, Generals + Zero Hour, Conquest: Frontier Wars, Mafia, Far Cry, UT 2K4 and Rise of Nations/Thrones and Patriots are probably my favourites...

[EDIT]Whoops, forgot Paper Mario (N64) and Super Mario R{G (SNES)[/EDIT]
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Fire Pretty - Graz's Armoury - (That's my blog...)

The Soviet Bunker - (That's my forum...)

"Thou shalt not steal. (Because the government doesn't like competition!)"

[This message has been edited by Gee_4ce (edited August 08, 2004).]

I'm going to take this further and catergorize my favorites. These are my personal picks. I did not take my console games into account.

Best Single Player: Call of Duty
Best Multi Player: Tie between Unreal Tournament 2004 and Call of Duty(with honorable mention of MOHAA Liberation mode)
Best Story: Max Payne 2
Best Intro: Tie between C&C Red Alert and Red Alert 2
Best Ending: Max Payne 2
Best Characters: Warcraft III and expansion
Best Sound: Thief II (which will probably change to Thief III when I get the game)
Best Graphics: Far Cry
Best Mood: Far Cry
Best Replayability: Neverwinter Nights and expansions
Best FPS: Call of Duty
Best Strategy: Command and Conquer Generals Zero Hour
Best RPG: KotOR
Best Vehicle/Flight Simulator: X-Wing Alliance
Best Overall: Call of Duty
Biggest Disappointment: Tie between Ultimate Combat and Superpower
Most Promising Demo: Ground Control II(if I can just get the feel for the controls and lack of detailed tooltips, this should be a good game. Also, I have the Theif III demo, I just can't get it to work).

The games I currently play: X-Wing Alliance, Far Cry, Ground Control II demo

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Debating politics on the internet is about as useful and productive as shoving a broomstick up your *** .

[This message has been edited by Kieran Horn (edited August 08, 2004).]

Starcraft. Best sprite-based graphics ever made. Coolest cutscenes, coolest music, best story (deus ex would be a close second!), and the best gameplay of any RTS I've ever known. (and I have played alot!)

On a side note, I just reinstalled XWA this morning out of boredom(hadn't played in almost 2 years), and I've been glued to my seat all day, played almost 8 hours straight. I've forgotten how good it was.

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WAITER: Here’s your green salad, sir.
ANAKIN: What? You fool, I told you NO CROUTONS! Aaaaaaargh!

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Deus Ex for story/music/ambience/immersion. Starcraft for story. KotOR for just plain wonderful-ness. And GTA:VC for being just so friggin fun.

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Doom 3 is obviously the very best game out there right now. Nothing else even comes close.

bump

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<landfish> FastGamerr > Satan

Pong, followed closely by tetris ... no matter how many years pass ... these two games will always be classics.

Super Mario RPG for SNES never gets old, I just beat it for the ten-dozenth time last week. Original C&C Red Alert kicked *** , as well. Morrowind.

That's all I got off the top of my head.

Unreal Tournament. They just cant recapture the magic in 2K4.

Deus Ex. Just an awesome game in everyway possible. Sadly cant say the same about Invisible War


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Zork

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But of course

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"If I had a dollar for every time I had sixty cents, I would be Canada."
"Should slice indices start at 0 or 1? My compromise of 0.5 was rejected without, I thought, proper consideration."
"I like the concept of people, but people ruin it."
"It has come to my attention that some of you have thumb-drives. They are cool."
--@%

Jumping on the bandwagon and saying Deus Ex.

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I'm not an actor. I just play one on TV.

Vice city, b/c it lets you do all the sick twisted things that you can't do in real life b/c of the consequences.

For example, after I come home from driving on the freeway and some dips*** slows the whole freeway down by making a stupid mistake and crashing, I get pretty mad at poking along at 10 mph while everyone brings the whole freeway to a crawl by watching the poor dumbaa** stand by his totaled car. When I'm on the road, I pretty much hate all the other people on the road b/c they drive like morons.

I come home, and I can take out my road-accumulated anger on the hapless citizens of Vice city w/o any consequences. I run over pedestrians, smash into other cars, pass slow moving cars on the sidewalk at full speed (like any one here who drives has yearned to do in slow traffic, admit it.

GTA3/Vc is just a great way to blow off some steam w/o getting into real trouble.



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I have found that you can transform your character solely by the power of belief: as you believe yourself to be, so you shall become over time.

I whole heartily agree with you. That game has a spirit like no other. It's full of everthing that makes a great game. Except it didn't feel like I was playing a game. It felt like I was there, I got sucked in and it never let go. I still play it a for an hour or two a week. Just to feel it's power.


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"Whats your name"
Cody
"No, whats your real name"
Arkon............
Proud member of the Co-op

TIE Fighter.

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"Tickets, please."
"You don't have to see our tickets."
"What?"
"These are not the tickets you're loking for."

Anybody play Spycraft: The Great Game?

It was made by Activision, came on three cd's, and was the best thing I've ever played - it was effectively an interactive movie, but an amazing experience - I've never been so sucked into puzzles or anything like that before or since. On a sidenote, anybody got it and willing to part with it?

Oh, and aside, I'll chuck in votes for Deus Ex, and for the mighty System Shock 2.

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If at first you don't succeed, lower your standards.

Best FPS - UT2k4
Best RPG - Kotor
Best overall feel of realism: CoD
Best Story - A really hard choice between KoTor and Deus Ex for me.
Best Replay Value - Agreeing with Kieran on this one, NWN
Game with the best community - JK!!! w00t!

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Kill Your Idols!

I'm liking Keiran's category style.

Best Single Player: Deus Ex
Best Multi Player: Tie: Counter-Strike and Neverwinter Nights
Best Story: Baldur's Gate Series
Best Ending: Difficult to say.
Best Characters: Final Fantasy 7
Best Sound: Doom 3
Best Graphics: Doom 3
Best Mood: Doom 3
Best Replayability: Neverwinter Nights and expansions and online modules
Best Strategy: Starcraft/Age of Mythology
Best RPG: KotOR
Best Overall: Tie, Neverwinter Nights and Counter-Strike
Biggest Disappointment: Daikatana, Star Wars Galaxies

Best game I ever played was Chronotrigger. Followed closely by every Rainbow 6 game, X-Wing Alliance, and Starcraft.

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"Windows [n.]
A thirty-two bit extension and GUI shell to a sixteen bit patch to an eight bit operating system originally coded for a four bit microprocessor and sold by a two-bit company that can't stand one bit of competition."

Best Single Player: Deus Ex
Best Multi Player: Tie: Battlefield 1942 and Savage
Best Story: Baldur's Gate II
Best Ending: Starcraft (original)
Best Characters: ?
Best Sound: Can't decide
Best Graphics: Deus Ex: IW, actually. haven't played Doom yet
Best Mood: Deus Ex
Best Replayability: Starcraft
Best Strategy: Starcraft
Best RPG: Baldur's Gate II
Best Overall: Starcraft
Biggest Disappointment: Deus Ex: IW

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"No good can ever come from staying with normal people"
-Outlaw Star
"Some people play tennis. I erode the human soul"
-Tycho, Penny Arcade
"I'm a Cannabal-Vegitarian. I will BBQ an employee if there is no veggie option"
-DX:IW
A Knight's Tail
Exile: A Tale of Light in Dark
The Never Ending Story²[/i]

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Best Single Player: Age of Mythology/Painkiller
Best Multi Player: Unreal Tournament 2004
Best Story: Zork
Best Ending: Shenmue
Best Characters: Final Fantasy VII
Best Sound: FarCry
Best Music: Quake 2/Painkiller/UT Series
Best Graphics: FarCry/UT2k4/Doom 3/Painkiller
Best Mood: World of Warcraft
Best Replayability: World of Warcrarft
Best Strategy: Age of Mythology/Warcraft III
Best RPG: Skies of Arcadia
Biggest Disappointment: Star Wars Galaxies/Deadly Dozen/Quake III
Overated Games: Final Fantasy XI/Splinter Cell games
Underrated Games: Whiplash/Stronghold/Warrior Kings/Tie Fighter

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[This message has been edited by SAJN_Master (edited August 09, 2004).]

Winner.

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Maker of the Levels:
Sand Trap
Sand Trap (Night)

Writer/Author of the fanfic: Dragonball Aftershock

_.~'AKA DBF_SuperSaiyan'~._

Battlefield 1984?

And Savage is a terrible game, it's horribly unbalanced vers the Humans. The alien/wolf people are far superior.

(Sorry for double post)


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Maker of the Levels:
Sand Trap
Sand Trap (Night)

Writer/Author of the fanfic: Dragonball Aftershock

_.~'AKA DBF_SuperSaiyan'~._

I loved Battlefield 1984.

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Snail racing: (500 posts per line)

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The Massassi JO/JA Single Player contest info (or something of this matter. Just smile.)

Hmm, I think of ALL THE TIME Deus Ex and Final Fantasy VII are best games ever... Yep. In my opinion.

Watch out for that bump.

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<landfish> FastGamerr > Satan

Fixed.

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When guitars are outlawed, only outlaws will have guitars.

I would like to include more but I'm not a big gamer. So I will just chose the two primary genres I play.

Best RPG: Neverwinter Nights (including expansions), although KotOR is a VERY VERY close 2nd.
Best RTS: WarCraft 2

Honorable mentions:
Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time
Final Fantasy VI
Chrono Trigger
Call of Duty
Battlefield 1942 (including secret papers & expansion)

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