Being curious

[altti]

Hi, to all.

I'd just like to know your favourite game(s). What is your favourite game besides the superior products of the Total War line?

[Revenant69]

Planescape Torment
Baldur's Gate Series
IceWind Dale Series

Need I say more? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/joker.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/joker.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/joker.gif

[Aymar de Bois Mauri]

Hi and welcome, altti http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

Although addicted to the Total War series for a looooooonnng time, I still play several types of games:

-Homeworld series.
-Neverwinter Nights + Expansions
-Warcraft 3
-Diablo 2 LoD
-Quake 3
-Half-Life
-Deus Ex
-MOHAA
-RTCW
-Jedi Knight 2
-Il-2 Sturmovik
-GP 4
-IWar 2: Edge of Chaos

And quite a few more simulators...

Yeah, I know. Although quite a few are very old, and I don't play them anymore, some of them are still fun http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

I'm waiting for Doom 3, Half-Life 2, Deus Ex 2, etc... and, of course: ROME TOTAL WAR http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/birthday.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/cheers.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/birthday.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/cheers.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/birthday.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/cheers.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/birthday.gif

[Sjakihata]

And Morrowind as MMORPG http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

[altti]

Revenant69, you have good taste at least when it comes to computer games. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
ID is good but BG is just awesome.

Aymar, thanks for the welcome. You have a wider taste for games apparently. Did you play ID or BG prior to Neverwinter Nights? I saw NwN at my friends home but somehow it didn't just do it for me...

[Count Alfred von Schlieffen]

The Thief series (Thief: The Dark Project, Thief Gold, Thief 2: The Metal Age.

So immersive, atmospheric. Best games together with the Total War series EVER. PLus it has a great number of wonderful Fan-made Missions to download, great websites decicated to it and of course it stars Garrett, Master Thief..... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smokin.gif

[Ja'chyra]

TES3
CM4

[Aymar de Bois Mauri]

Quote[/b] ]Did you play ID or BG prior to Neverwinter Nights?
Unfortunatelly no. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/frown.gif
I heard they were awesome, specially BG 2 story-wise, but apparently they were never sold in Portugal.
Since they were old games, I never got around to buy them through Amazon or something like that... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/frown.gif

After Bioware / Forgoten Realms launched Neverwinter Nights as their sucessor in the series, I jumped right in http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
My friend, the game is awesome: alluring, complex and time-consuming. Maybe too much Presently, I have no time to play it... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/frown.gif




Quote[/b] ]The Thief series (Thief: The Dark Project, Thief Gold, Thief 2: The Metal Age.

So immersive, atmospheric. Best games together with the Total War series EVER. PLus it has a great number of wonderful Fan-made Missions to download, great websites decicated to it and of course it stars Garrett, Master Thief.....
I completelly agree Nothing could compare at the time

I have them both. I didn't forgot them, although beeing old I should have included them, before some other simulators.

Too bad Looking Glass Studios went bankrupt http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/mecry.gif
They created them and the awesome System Shock 1 and 2.

Strangelly, like Battlezone, these 4 games were praised by ALL reviewers, but never got big sales... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif

[Chimpyang]

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My other games would ahve to be....
-Warrior Kings
-Deus Ex
-Quake 3
-Unreal Tournament Series
-CM4
-Call of Duty
and finally Halo

[Revenant69]

Quote[/b] (altti @ Jan. 08 2004,10:36)]Revenant69, you have good taste at least when it comes to computer games. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
ID is good but BG is just awesome.

Aymar, thanks for the welcome. You have a wider taste for games apparently. Did you play ID or BG prior to Neverwinter Nights? I saw NwN at my friends home but somehow it didn't just do it for me...
Hey altti, thanks for the compliment http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
I find that as on person grows old, their taste in games matures. Perhaps that has something to do with my choice of games http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/joker.gif

One game i forgot to put on the list, but cant forgive myself for doing so is Fallout 2. Absolutely wicked RPG game, you can be a gigolo, a drug addict, scourge of the wastes, porn star, you name it. One of the all time favorites of mine.

About Neverwinter nights, I wasnt too impressed by it. Just because its 3D it doesnt mean that it is good. In fact i love the old isolinear view of BG series etc. 2D graphics do just fine IMHO. Besides, damn NwN didnt run on my machine - even with two different video cards - so i gave up on it. But I have seen my freinds play it and all in all was not too impressed to say the least.

I dont understand why game developers have to jump on the 3D bandwagon, 2D games can be just as good if not better. Oh well. I digress.

[Voigtkampf]

Fallout 1&2
TIE Fighter ( )
Medieval: Total War
Freedom Fighters
Pirates of the Caribbean
Star Wars: KotOR

Only game I really look forward to: Rome: Total War.

[Demequis]

Fallout 2 all time greatest, hands down.
Edit: Deus Ex a close second (DX2 not worth $50 retail, take it from a die hard fan http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/frown.gif)

[makkyo]

My favorite games are... besides the total war series...
Morrowind
Halo
Knights of the Old Republic
Socom: US Navy Seals (for thoes not from the US, you can play as many other special forces from all over the globe)
NCAA Footbal
Grand Theft Auto 3 & Vice City
Welcome to the org altti http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

[Monk]

Right now, besides TW games

-Call of Duty
-Knights of the Old Republic
-Homeworld 2

Those are in not in any sort of order...

[Basileus]

CIV 1 and 2
NWN+Hordes
KOTOR
Championshipmanager
Pirates

and lets not forget Total War http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[PseRamesses]

EU II (If you haven´t played Europa Universalis II you absolutely must - it´s a killer&#33http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
CIV II (I still play it, heaviliy modded, he he&#33http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
LINKS (Have every game from every year since the start&#33http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
PHARAOH/ CLEOPATRA (I looove building thoose monuments. And I got my nick, PseRamesses, from their forum)

[el_slapper]

Commentaire[/b] (PseRamesses @ Jan. 09 2004,00:31)]EU II (If you haven´t played Europa Universalis II you absolutely must - it´s a killer&#33http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
CIV II (I still play it, heaviliy modded, he he&#33http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
LINKS (Have every game from every year since the start&#33http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
PHARAOH/ CLEOPATRA (I looove building thoose monuments. And I got my nick, PseRamesses, from their forum)
EU2, Hearts of Iron, Victoria(though Vicky still needs some patching). Hell's good.

Jagged Alliance 2 / Urban Chaos mod. Waaaaaaay cool. Tough too.

Operation Flashpoint. I need my evening CTF.

I might reinstall Star Wars rebellion, too...

[Louis de la Ferte Ste Colombe]

Europa Universalis II

I only have EU2 and VI on my Hard drive http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Back in the good old days, I remember liking Master Of Magic a lot ( http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/pat.gif Mordred)

Louis,

[Drucius]

All time favourites in no particular order:

Medal Of Honour/Spearhead - {D.D}S/Sgt.SuicideSyd{1st} is my tag in multiplayer.
Championship Manager
Frontier/Elite
Railroad Tycoon 1/2/3
Close Combat 2/3/4/5
Half Life/Counterstrike
Civilisation 1/2/3
Total War, all flavours
Settlers 1/2
Knights Of The Sky
Syndicate
Call Of Duty
Ultima 4/5

[Contra]

Medal of Honor
Battlefield 1942
Mafia
FIFA 2003 - when I don't have much time.

[Divine Wind]

Medal Of Honour Allied Assault + Spearhead (mp)
Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear + Raven Shield (mp)
Operation Flashpoint (mp)
Americas Army (mp)
Counter Strike (mp)
Medieval Total War + Shoggie (sp only)
Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin + Beyond Overlord (pbem or sp)
Championship Manager 4 (sp)
Freelancer (mp + sp)

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edit: My Callsign i use for gamespy arcade, zone, or ubisoft is Mr.Wabb if anyone wants to play a few games. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Aymar de Bois Mauri]

Quote[/b] ]Fallout 1&2
Never had the patience, but the humor was fantastic http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif




Quote[/b] ]DX2 not worth $50 retail, take it from a die hard fan http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/frown.gif
Really? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif

That's really bad, I was hoping for it to be excellent. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/frown.gif

[MadMad]

Don't have a favourite per say, but I plays these the most.

STW & Mongol Invasion
Americas Army
Operation Flashpoint
Mafia (Single Player)
Call of Duty (Single Player)

[Lord of the morning]

Fallout 1+2 (NOT fallout tactics)
Planscape Torment
Civ series
Homworld
C&C + Redalert
Arcanum
Baldursgate series


Well those are some of my favortites, dont get me started again by menioning some great game if forgotten like master of orion, doh http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/dizzy.gif , o well, master of orion 2&3 gets on the list along with master of magic and clonozation and... no I have to stop now, otherwise this would become an infinite list, and an infinite list will take up infinite hard disk space and infinit hard disk space has an infinite mass, and since the host probably doesnt have infinite storgare space that infinite mass would form a singularity evolving to a black hole, and we wouldn want that would we. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Basileus]

yeah and Starcraft+Broodwar aswell http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

how could i forget this one..

[Phatose]

Homeworld 1 (the demo of the second made me think they took out my favorites parts of the original)


Planescape: Torment, Fallout 1/2, Arcanum


Sacrifice (Great game that nobody ever mentions)


Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos (Even less people mention this one, and it's just as good)


System Shock 2, Deus Ex 1


Star Control 2 (And the UQM is turning out well)

Infiltration for Unreal Tournament (Iron sights and deadly weapons)

Unreal Tournament (Cause sometimes, you don't want smart, you just want boom)

Master of Orion 2

And of course, Total War

[Gothic_war_monkey]

Now lets think...

Battlefield 1942+expansions(multiplayer)
Operation flashpoint(sp and mp but also moddability)
Jedi Knight 2
SW: Galactic Battlegrounds (maybe)
I also like the close combat series and i wish there was a better strategic WW2 game. Maybe a WW2 RTW mod would do the trick as the battlefield system is better suited than provinces.

GWM

[MAJORPA1N]

woot my first post

Battlefield1942 and Desert Combat mod
America's Army
Call of Duty
Starcraft
Simcity4
Rise of Nations
and of course ALL the TW games

[johnnybrigante]

Medieval: Total War (duh)
JK II: Jedi Outcast
Deus Ex
Half-Life
Doom/Doom II
Warcraft II/III
Championship Manager 01/02 (santiago canizares; rio ferdinand, roberto ayala, assane n'diaye; miguel angulo, pablo aimar, xabi alonso, jose antonio reyes; juan roman riquelme; ronaldinho and vicente. my valencia won the 07/08 spanish league with a 24-point margin, 94 goals for, 27 against in 38 matches http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif )

[Voigtkampf]

Quote[/b] (Phatose @ Jan. 10 2004,00:05)]Master of Orion 2
Oh, dear, how could I forget to name this one? It's the best space strategy game of all times, IMHO, it sure gave me many hours of fun and demanding conquest…

[Gregoshi]

Greetings and welcome Gothic_war_monkey and MAJORPAIN. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif Thanks for joining us and I hope you do stay awhile.

On the PC I am currently playing (rather sparingly):

MTW/VI (and barocca's Shogun mod)
Deus EX
Railroad Tyco 3
Thief: The Dark Project
Call of Duty

Since my PC time has been limited of late, I've been playing some PS2 games to hold me over:

Medal of Honor: Rising Sun
SSX Tricky
NFL Game Day 2004
NASCAR Thunder 2004
Silent Hill 3

[caspian]

Why is it that the other RTS (Age of Empires Series and its clones or the Command And Conquer games) are missing from majority of the posts. Its either RPGs or FPS aside from Empire Management. Also Racing Games are lacking, anyone here play NFS:Underground?

I tried Rise of Nations and after a battle I couldn't play anymore. The strategy, planning and tension of TotalWar is just too addicting that I try to look for it in any war game I play, even if Rise of Nations has the Risk-type map of the world.

Any thoughts?

[Cazbol]

What I'm playing now is:
Medieval Total War (Irish)
Railroad Tycoon 3
Civilization 3 Conquests (the medieval scenario is great especially with regards to MTW)
Counterstrike
Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark (just finished)

My all time favourite would however be Privateer 2: The Darkening. A game that hooked me so totally that it became almost impossible to get my attention for anything. When not playing it I would just sit with a numb stare and not hear a thing of what was said to me. My girlfriend soon dubbed it Deprivateer because of reduced ativity on other fronts. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-rolleyes.gif

[Rhyno]

MTW
Swat 3 TGY Edition
Age OF Kings - The Conquerors Expansion
Cossacks -The Art of War
American Conquest - Fight Back
Caesar III
Starfleet Command - orion Pirates
Star Trek - Bridge Commander
Janes Fighters Anthology
Steel Beasts - Gold Edition
FPS Football Pro 98
Moto Racer
Earth Siege 2

[Ashen]

Ceasar 3
Age Of Emipres series (and Mythology)
Tribes Series
Half-Life
Call of Duty
Imperium Galactica series

[iostephanos]

almost all city building with war or campaigning stuff, history optional (i must have been a poor general in a past life):

eu ii
caesar 3/pharoah/zeus
age of empires/kings
shogun
risk ii
warfare (cheesy shareware that afforded hours of fun)

and then:

c.s.i. crime scene investigation
odyssey - the search for ulysses

i used to have a great battle chess game that i regret having given away with the last computer...

steph

[Selborne]

So many games, it's hard to narrow down the list. These are the ones I find myself pulling back off the shelf months after moving on to something else, that are always fun to play again.

Strategy:
Civilization III
Caesar III
Homeworld
Europa Universalis
Sacrifice

RPG:
Morrowind
Baldur's Gate series
Planescape: Torment

MMORPG:
Dark Age of Camelot
Asheron's Call

Honorable Mention:
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon & Splinter Cell
Myth series (The Fallen Lords, Soulblighter)

[Black Arrow]

Besides Total War?

Neverwinter Nights
The Watchmaker

Uplink http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-glasses2.gif

[altti]

Quite many reported championship manager being one of their favourite games and that is quite odd as it differs a lot of the other games mentioned here. I'm a huge fan of cm series myself, played it long before shogun came out.

I have cm4 and i'm pondering wether to buy cm0304 or wait for the cm5. Any thoughts/experiences?

[iostephanos]

how is the civ series?

other ones i was thinking about were chariots of war, europa 1400 (where you are supposed to guide family members to get prestige), praetorians (not sure)...

i'm looking fowrd to crusader kings coming out

anyone ever play the myst series? i only had the first at one point; were the others more fun/challenging?

[spud_gun]

How many are we allwed to put on these lists?

Well I'll stick with the four I've got on my hard drive :)

MTW-VI: One of those rare games that just seem to bring it all together in one package :D

CM03/04: Improved CM4 no end :)

GTA-VC: Havn't played GTA3 so can't compare but having an actual plot line was a damn good move :D

SWAT3: Bit of an oldie but i liked what they did with it good fun all round :D

Thought of another one that deserves an honourable mention, maybe not a game as such but still talk about a neiche(sp) market and that is:-

ATCC: Air Traffic Control, like I said neiche(sp) market but still quite good add to that the fact Version 2 has taken 5 years and still aint here don't make RTW being pushed back 12 mths all that bad does it :D

[Basileus]

Quote[/b] (altti @ Jan. 14 2004,08:40)]Quite many reported championship manager being one of their favourite games and that is quite odd as it differs a lot of the other games mentioned here. I'm a huge fan of cm series myself, played it long before shogun came out.

I have cm4 and i'm pondering wether to buy cm0304 or wait for the cm5. Any thoughts/experiences?
CM 2003/04 is what CM4 should have been like, i suggest you get it if you git the spare cash..or you´ll have to wait a while for CM5 i dont even know when that comes out hehe

[MuseRulez]

My fav games are: - Warcraft III
- NOLF 1 and 2
- Max Payne
- Black and White
- Red Alert 2
- Baldur's Gate 2
- Morrowind
- NFS: Underground
- CM series

BTW it's my birthday
http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-balloon.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-party2.gif just one year and I'll be driving
(And allowed to coffee-shops http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smokin.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Gregoshi]

http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-balloon.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-balloon.gif Happy Birthday MuseRulez http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-balloon.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-balloon.gif

Hope you're having a great day.

[Sir Zack de Caldicot]

ALright, lets see
- Warcraft three
- Final fantasy X-2
- Age of empires 2 The age of kings
- Majesty
- all the SIms ( I have all the expanions= $200.00 http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-jester.gif )

AND OF COURSE ROME: TOTALWAR

[Duke of RumpyPumpy]

Well, if you insist on being nosy. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-curtain.gif

My historical favorites are:

Master of Orion 2
Heros of Might and Magic 3
Starcraft
Sacrifice
Warcraft I,II,III
Diablo I,II
Privateer 2
Wing Commander
Total Annihilation

I am new to MTW. Since I started playing it I have played nothing else and am now conviced it is the best ever. With possibly Master of Orion 2 a close second.

[The Tuffen]

My favorite games would have to be,

Morrowind + its expansion packs.
Diablo 2,
Doom 1 (can't wait for number 3 - it might be the only game to stop me playing M:TW)
Icewind Dale 2
Max Payne 2
Red Alert 1 + 2 (not so much the original C+C or Tiberian Sun)

[Gen_Lee]

Im a Morrowind Mod's player 1st, all others games came after http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
Online I use to play Bf1942 with Dc, eod and Fh mods.
CoD
Il2-fb
Offline, besides morrowind, fs2004, Rb3d with fcj addon.
Unfortunalty since i got Mtw +vi and medmod, I cant do anything else.
I'm 2 addicted to it. Still trying to install and test at least 2 morrowind mods per day, but when doing so I'm thinking in what would be My next step towards My current early campaign as the English.

As My fav all time games, for sure Morrowind, Crimson Skies, Gta series, Il2 series, Rb3d (this game is out for more than 5 years and still 3th party addons coming every month), Mohaa, Aa, homeworld, startcraft, warcraft 1 and 2 and finally the Sims.
Not to mention oll Spectrum 48k games as Manic miner, Elite, f16 or the Amica 500 wings of glory.
And of course Dos games as Red baron 1.
Meaning I'm getting older, as I keep on playing 19 years after my 1st comp.
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[Jags]

- Hearts of Iron (best available WWII Grand Strategy game, especially if modded)
- Diablo (not Diablo II, just plain old good Diablo)
- Steel Panthers : World at War
- and of course Panzer General (I & II) http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-thumbsup.gif

[insolent1]

all the Quakes, DOOM, RTCW, ET, COD, streetfighters, tekkens

[PrinceBrobex]

Quote[/b] (iostephanos @ Jan. 14 2004,08:53)]other ones i was thinking about were chariots of war, europa 1400 (where you are supposed to guide family members to get prestige), praetorians (not sure)...
Europa 1400? Awful, just awful. No period flavor at all. Threw it in the trash after two hours. If Chariots is anything like Legion - by the same company - you might want to pass on that too.