Best. Game. Ever.

[joule]

Now, since the Worst. Game. Ever. thread is off of the front board, I figured I would make a new thread dedicated to the Best. Game. Ever.
But there is one catch, your favorite game may not be Half-Life or any of its mods, simply because everyone would be choosing that; and this is a Half-Life/Half-Life 2 fan site.
Well, my favorite game ever is...Grand Theft Auto 3/Vice City. I cannot narrow it down any because they go hand in hand for my best game ever.
So, what's yours?

[Shuzer]

There was a thread on this awhile back.. not like it matters though

My favorite game of all time is EVO for the SNES

[blahblahblah]

Mechwarrior 2

(If anybody can get that game to work on Windows XP, let me know :angel: )

[Gorgon]

Grand Theft Auto 3/Vice City

and

FarCry.................For now off course..............things will change as soon as D3,HL2 out

[Stigmata]

This is definitely a toughie...

I'd have to say either GoldenEye 007, Perfect Dark, LOZ: Ocarina of Time, or Halo. I can't really narrow it down, I love all those games equally.

[Rico]

Starcraft 10charlimitihateitsomuch

[nicrd]

Mechwarrior 2

(If anybody can get that game to work on Windows XP, let me know :angel: )omg, I havent thought about this game in a long time. Yes, it is one of the best games ever done. Unfortunatly they dont do anymore simulations like this today (apart from steel battalion which doesn't count because of the 200$ price tag :angry: ). But I can't say Mechwarrior 2 was the best sim game, actually it was equal with Tie Fighter :thumbs: (X-Wing is in second).

[Pressure]

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City hands down.

[Direwolf]

I should say Mech2 (my name IS Direwolf), but I can't. Other than Half-Life I've logged the most time in Battlefield: 1942 out of any game I've ever owned. It was exactly what I was looking for in a game, as has really lead the way for the next generation of first person shooters with its use of vehicles and huge maps.

[Foxtrot]

I don't think I have played enough good games to name one the best, all games have major flaws in them that make them boring, even half-life. But if I am forced to chose I guess it would be Everquest, just because I played the hell out of that game.

[Stigmata]

Battlefield: 1942Augh! That's the game I forgot about! And damn, is it a good one. I don't remember why I traded it in for a different game... Well, whatever. All I know is that I'm buying the WWII Anthology in a week or so.

[Silent_night]

warcraft 3

[Shuzer]

warcraft 3

StarCraft > WarCraft 3

sorry :) It's my opinion that Blizzard will never be able to make a masterpiece with the feel of SC..

[hiln]

Fallout/Fallout 2

or

Xenogears

[CrazyHarij]

Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast.

[nicrd]

StarCraft > WarCraft 3

sorry :) It's my opinion that Blizzard will never be able to make a masterpiece with the feel of SC..No, Diablo 2 was better in my opinnion. Who would have thought that a clickfest could be so much fun? Actually, I believe diablo 2 is the game I played the most in my life (halo comes close). Diablo 1 was also great, but the second (with the expansion) was near perfection. For one thing your right Shuzer, Blizzard will never create a game as great as Diablo 2 or StarCraft.

[Kyorisu]

I feel sorry for all the people that said GTA3/Vice City was the best game ever.

The best games in my opinion are;

Age Of Empires 1-2
Diablo 1-2
Dune 1-2
Starcraft with Broodwar
Quake 1-3
Warcraft 1-2

Anything I missed?

[Prince of China]

Soldier of Fortune II:Double Helix
Prince of Persia 1
Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.
Quake II but not the expansion packs.
Unreal
WarCraft III & The Frozen Throne

[Letters]

It seems like I've posted this a lot. :P

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Runners-up:
Secret of Mana
Age of Empires
Sim City 2000
Goldeneye/Perfect Dark
Baldur's Gate II

[qckbeam]

I love the Thief series, Silent Hill series, Starcraft, and System Shock 2. Warcraft 3 is quite fun as well. Some games hold a special place in my heart though. Doom and Wolfenstein (Wolf being the first game I ever played and Doom being my first serious game) as well as Super Mario on the SNES and this game I'm sure no one has heard of called Lagoon (also on the SNES). It was an RPG. I played it all the way up until the very, very end, and then I accidently erased the save game (go me).

[DarkStar]

X-Com: UFO Defense.

[Pressure]

I feel sorry for all the people that said GTA3/Vice City was the best game ever.

The best games in my opinion are;

Age Of Empires 1-2
Diablo 1-2
Dune 1-2
Starcraft with Broodwar
Quake 1-3
Warcraft 1-2

Anything I missed?

Enough with the bashing of GTA games! ARGGGHHHHH.

/me takes a bite of a Nutrigrain bar.

OHHHHHHHHHHHH YEEEAAAAAA! I FEEL MUCH BETTER NOW, INFACT I FEEL GREAT!

[goldenboi]

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. SO excited about the new Zelda for GC coming out!

[torso boy]

i can't choose the best, so i'll say the game that has taken most of my time (besides halflife/mods).....roller coaster tycoon.....damn that used to be addicting(that was back when that was the best thing my computer could handle....it could hardly run HL1 on software mode.

but otherwise there are too many to list, basically everything everyone else has said and more. Most fps don't keep my interest long....the only exception is half life.


anyone who said any gta needs to play more games.

[jsc1286]

Wow guys. It's obviously Zelda: OoT.

[Letters]

/me takes a bite of a Nutrigrain bar.

OHHHHHHHHHHHH YEEEAAAAAA! I FEEL MUCH BETTER NOW, INFACT I FEEL GREAT!
Ahaha, I still can't get enough of that! :laugh:



Wow guys. It's obviously Zelda: OoT.
Wow, it's obviously Link to the Past! :flame:

/me takes Pressure's Nutrigrain

[Asus]

I have proabably spend a great deal of time playing BF1942(DC) multi but then again I love just driving around and having a good time in GTA3(VC).
Before counter-strike there was only N64 Goldeneye 007. ;)
I never got into perfectdark as it was just too odd.

My favorite? Proabably BF1942.

[Prince of China]

me takes a bite of a Nutrigrain bar.

OHHHHHHHHHHHH YEEEAAAAAA! I FEEL MUCH BETTER NOW, INFACT I FEEL GREAT!

/me takes Pressure's Nutrigrain

Ohh sucker! Jacked! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[AmishSlayer]

Final Fantasy VII is the best overall experience I've ever had. If MGS1 & 2 had lasted longer, I'd say those, but FFVII is a fulll 40+ hour experience.

[Pressure]

Final Fantasy VII is the best overall experience I've ever had. If MGS1 & 2 had lasted longer, I'd say those, but FFVII is a fulll 40+ hour experience.

I would have said MGS 2 but I can't even play through it a second time. It was fun, but like most games I can't play through it a second time. Also I tend to never finish games because I lose interest or I don't feel motivated enough to go on. I had a hard time getting all the way through MGS 2 but I did. Don't get me wrong, it was fun as hell but I just can't finish most games. That is probably why I tend to be attracted to games like GTA. RPGs tend to be the hardest for me to finish. I don't quit, I just slowly stop playing and forget about. It's not on purpose it's just something I do. A few game's I've never finished the first time through are FFVII, FFVIII, FFIX, FFX, Zelda: OoT, XenoSaga, PoP, Ninja Gaiden, MGS, MGS2, Max Payne, Call of Duty, WarCraft 3, Half-Life, Silent Hill 1-3, Resident Evil and many more, I can't even begin to think of them all. Of course I pushed myself to finish most but not all of these. I don't know what my problem is, I just can't go all the way through a game. Infact, the majority of the time I never get through a game the first time I play it. It's usually months later when I'm really bored I might pick up where I left off, confused as hell I might add, and finish the game. Even then I still might not even finish it.

[BHC]

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Half-Life
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[burnzie]

Britneys dance beat

[Shuzer]

Mary-Kate and Ashley Sweet 16: Licensed to Drive

[burnzie]

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004SR5Z/102-2769546-5924139?v=glance

[crabcakes66]

bf42/Bfv
xcom
total anhilation
mechwarrior series
warcraft 1&2 (3 sucks)
diablo 2
half-life
goldeneye
herzog zwei
sonic(all pretty much)
mario(all of em pretty much)
final fantasy 7
zeld link to the past
GTA series (all of em including 1&2)
quake 2
sim city series
baldurs gate
NWN
morrowind
Various d&d and other RPG games
fallout series
various strategy games (RTS and turn based...to many to list)
most likly missed a bunch(like space shooters and arcade games and more console games etc etc etc etc)

Those are some of my favorites. There is really no best ever for me, it depends on what im playing..... right now I would say BF42(mods) is the best...... in 6 months to a year I will probobly say that some HL2 mod is the best.

[Dr. Freeman]

my opinion on best games ever?

hmmm..

well i enjoyed Half Life so much the first time through that i just don't have the heart not to add it to this list.

Half Life
Fina Fantasy 3 and 7
Mortal Kombat 2

had alot of fun with these games.. i'd add 1 or 2 NES games but i can't quite remember the names :|

[LittleB]

Ocarina of Time. Hands down.

[Kyorisu]

But there is one catch, your favorite game may not be Half-Life or any of its mods, simply because everyone would be choosing that; and this is a Half-Life/Half-Life 2 fan site.

How many people missed that?

[ComradeBadger]

Breakout.

Arcade Simplicity :E

[disruptioN_]

Console: Ocarina of Time
PC: StarCraft, Counter-Strike, WarCraft 3 were games I got really addicted to.

[Eywanadi]

1.Starcraft
2.The first Zelda
3.Tetris


^^^^^^We all know that is the true list

[leadfish]

Starcraft
Diablo II: LoD <--- I'm a reformed addict :)
Goldeneye
Zelda: OoT
Mario Bros. 3

That's all I can think of atm.

[Jmechy]

anyone that said ocarnia of time never played a link to the past...

HL is the best game ever due to mods, but just for the actual game, zelda: link to the past was the best EVER.

[Warbie]

Mario 64 or Golden Eye/Perfect Dark. Maybe Zelda OoT/MM.

(I've spent 1000's of pounds on my pc - and it's come no where matching my 2nd hand N64 - that cost 70 quid :) )

For online/clan play i'd say RTCW/ET.

[Texter]

Ultima Underworld 2

[jsc1286]

/me troutslaps Letters. OoT!

[mchammer75040]

*takes letters nutrigrain
ohh you got served. :naughty:

Anyways I would have to say lunar:SSS for ps, that game was the only game Ive ever played that actually moved me. Its the only PS game I havent sold and ive had it since 99(yea thats a big deal for me I usually sell all my shit after a year or so :P)!

[Mikey Canuck]

If not HL, then it's Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Yes, I've played A Link to the Past.

[Moejoe]

Ooohhh...

I'd have to say Super Metroid, for the SNES. I have the fondest of memories with that game.

Secondary would probably be Super Smash Brothers: melee, that game has eaten up a lot of my time.

[G-Nelson]

Hmm...
well my top favorite are...

1. Half Life
2. Freespace 2
3. Shogo
4. Tron 2.0
5. Warcraft III

But soon...HL2 will be on top.

[Sparta]

FREESPACE 2! i forgot that one! That game was absolutely fantastic. I loved watching two capital battle cruisers blast each other to pieces with laser beams. It was awesome. I so hope they make a 3rd one

[LittleB]

Like I said before, OOT, hands down.

[outpost]

Chrono Trigger for the SNES. That was a RPG classic.

[G.Freeman]

Deus Ex

Just completed it once more last week and went straight back to the beginning to do it again. Its that good!

[SnowBall]

Unreal, Starcraft, or Deus Ex.

[neil7]

Pro Evolution 3 is the best game!
the best two player you can get!
the japanese are amzing getting them small players into a game they look so realistic (check out their eyes and finger nails!) they move like players(occasionally mucking up but that could be classed as realism?)
when you have a competive 2 player game your emotions can get the better of you!
Even the refs make contrevsal decisions from time to time!
apart from the lack of names etc this has to be the best game ever!
no other game can give you so much excitement

[Bio]

Fallout series and BG series and mabye Max Payne series but they are too short.

[Silent_night]

Dangerous Dave !

[Caliber]

America's Army (www.americasarmy.com). No doubt in my mind :)

[egon]

No One Lives Forever 2 and No One Lives Forever in that order

[DropnonE]

Most fun in a 2 player game: General Chaos (genesis)... those machinegunners always got a click at the wrong time... heh

Most fun on console with friends: Goldeneye (N64)... i swear to this day that my friend had some sort of cheat that he was using.. lucky bastard

Some of the most memorable times online with friends: R.T.C.Wolfenstein multiplayer demo... Yeah i was the guy that ganged up on my own teammates with the flamethrower.. HA HA HA

Most fun had because of a game while not playing it: Everquest... Who would've ever though that a couple kids could take a trip to disney world after selling a bunch of platinum game money online... what a trip. Thank you Ebay... and paypal.

Funniest sound coming out of a friends mouth after playing a video game: Morrowind After about 36 straight hours of playing, my friend was sick with a bad cold and almost lost his voice. He told me he should probably go home and sleep.. only it sounded like this: "HeGGGH, I GHHouGH pRGHHHGbly GHHO AGHHD GHHGG slEGGEghed." That still cracks me up



I'll be back with more after I think of more... I've had way too much fun play'n vids in my lifetime... Will I ever grow up?

Anyone who singles out GTA3 as overrated hasn't fooled around on it enough. *mumbles*... You probably never stole a tank from the army when they were chasing you... you probably used a cheat... loser

[Bio]

nope i really stole the tank from the army while chasing me, err hmmm but gta3 is far away from the best game ever made.
That game is a game from the people with the age 10-13 years old.

[daveodeth]

Planescape torment

Close runners up

Wonder boy 3: the dragons trap(master system
Dungeon Keeper 2
System Shock 2
Thief Series

[NJD2003]

Starcraft 10charlimitihateitsomuch

What it really worth it going through all that trouble of typing that stuff all together. Just put a damn . at the end of Starcraft and there ya go, 10 characters.

[Bio]

Starcraft rocks!!!!

[DropnonE]

I'm not say'n GTA3 was the best game.. just wondering why fools are try'n to downplay it on this thread so much. I've had a grip of fun play'n that game and I wouldn't be suprised if it is someone's favorite game.

So what if... uhh... people from the age with 10-13 old years... or whatever you were trying to type... So what if younger kids like the game? So a game is only good if some 30 year old "professional" gamer says it's good? Nope, sry but you probably had your bestest and most favorite Care Bear game back in the day but that doesn't mean it's the best game ever today.

[Bio]

I mean that the content in gta3 is applying too 10-13 years old and that gta3 is not a very good game.
You know when you are in that age you usualy dont give a shit about the story and you want as much blood as possible.

[DropnonE]

Well the stories in those games don't really lead anywhere except setting up the next crazy car race or hit on some dude so I see your point where the plot isn't very extensive and yeah, that's not what fools play the game for.

We'll have to see if they did anything worth talking about with San Andreas as far as the plot... I haven't read anything about this next game in the series, but I suspect that they will be trying to add more content like vice city rather than a more intricate storyline.

You will die alone good boy, Triumph

[Bio]

It`s a shame they dident make better grapichs.

[Warbie]

Most fun in a 2 player game: General Chaos (genesis)... those machinegunners always got a click at the wrong time... heh



That was a sweet game :) massively underrated.

[The Monkey]

Age of Mythology rocks. So do Chaser, UT2004, Half-Life, Vice City, Battlefield etc.

[thehunter1320]

grrr..... i hate these threads! so many to choose from...
uhhh... i really liked OoT better than Link to the Past

OoT
Devil May Cry 1 (2 was a travesty to gaming)
Halo
GTA:VC (not 3... didn't really like it)
CoD
Freedom Fighters (Amazing! pick it up... only $20!)

[daveodeth]

That was a sweet game :) massively underrated.

and so much fun multi player

[Bio]

Freedom Fighters (Amazing! pick it up... only $20!)

Or just download it, it dont have any multiplayer so why not.( always buy games with both sp and mp)

[lans]

Or just download it, it dont have any multiplayer so why not.( always buy games with both sp and mp)

you play theif 3 too much lately...

meh, Chrono Trigger deserves the big spot on my list.

Finalists:

secret of mana
Tactics ogre: let us cling together
Goldeneye 007
Warcraft 3

[Bio]

Yeah maby too much theif 3 :)

[dura]

Mech Warrior 2 or THE ORIGINAL TUROK.

[neil7]

Alex kidd im miricle world was good for the master system.
Sonic the hedgehog and mario were good for the nintendo and megadrive.
does anyone remember harrier attack for the amstrad! sensible soccer on the amiga was good and swos was the pinnacle,
Got to say the grand theft auto games are not that bad but some missions can be a bit fiddly, the next release should be more polished and enjoyable.

how abou grand turismo the first one on the ps1!
a great game that was so original and fresh! and the the analogue dual shock controller! immense! I hope gran turismo 4 can emulate it and I felt three was too long although the graphics were really good but not enough cars!

But i still stand by that pro evolution is the best game ever!
hurry up evo 4. Champman comes quite close!

[Warbie]

ahh - but do the slight differences in Winning Eleven make them better than Pro Evo??

[neil7]

there is isn't anything different apart from languages ,and maybe player updates/transfers if your luky, that is the only thing wrong with evo. if they could get the proper licenses it would be the definite football game bar none.
i played winning eleven on a chipped ps2, the first time i had played it on ps2 and was addicted ever since, I have played this game for 14 hours once against three different people!

[swdarin]

Legend of Zelda, the entire series!

[neil7]

zelda was really good for the snes but what about final fantasy vII?
a game so good I have purchased it again!
great story and atmosphere, you can even name the characters!
I named them after my mates!