10 Top Games [Archive]

kalkwerk

08-10-2007, 08:45

Id like to hear what other games and mods EB fans play.

Actually I only really cared about these two games the last years:

1. RTW (Mods: EB, earlier AE and RTR)
2. Hearts of Iron 2 Doomsday (Mods: TRP, Stony Road, Mod 34)

Additionally I liked to play:
3. Baldurs Gate 2
4. Europa Universalis 2 (with mods)
5. Medieval (Mods: Pikes and Muscets)
6. Strategic Command
7. Anno 1701
8. Football manager
9. Heroes of Might and Magic 3 / 5
10. North vs. South

My biggest disappointments:
1. Medieval 2
2. Europa Universalis 3
3. Neverwinter Nights 2
4. Oblivion
5. Crusader Kings

Gugus

08-10-2007, 08:52

1. EB+Balancing MiniMod+Darth Formations for EB+BI
2. RTR
3. Civilisation III
4. Icewind Dale
But during last 6 month's I havn't touched anything except nr.1 - guess I got sucked in for good :).
G

Rundownloser

08-10-2007, 09:09

Top 10, no particular order:

God of War II
EB
Gears of War
Shadow of the Colossus
Mario Kart (any incarnation)
Burnout: Revenge
DOA 4
Soul Calibur 3
Fire Emblem (all pretty decent)
Metal Gear Solid 3

Most disappointing:

Zelda - Twilight Princess
I don't know...Daikatana?

Most exciting upcoming titles:

Assassin's Creed
Metal Gear Solid 4
LittleBigPlanet
Medieval 2 - Kingdoms (if only for EB II)

grudzio

08-10-2007, 09:22

1. RTW(BI) + EB.
2. Mount & Blade.

KARTLOS

08-10-2007, 09:48

last few months its just been eb an football manager.

Barbarossa82

08-10-2007, 11:32

Top games that I currently play (not in order of preference):

1. RTW/BI/ALX/EB
2. Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
3. Mark of Chaos
4. Age of Mythology
5. Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
6. Pharaoh
7. Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom
8. Delta Force: Land Warrior
9. The Battle for Middle-Earth
10. The Battle for Middle-Earth II

Top classics that I still keep:
1. Worms (original)
2. Grand Theft Auto (original)
3. Age of Empires and AoE2
4. Tropico
5. Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds
6. Chaos Gate
7. Medieval TW/Shogun TW

Top disappointments:
1. Global Power (worst. game. ever.)
2. Fire Warrior (buggiest port from PS2)
3. Schizm

EasternScourge

08-10-2007, 12:44

Heres mine,in no particualr order:
1.EB (duh)
2.Civilization 4 and its Expansions
3.Elder Scrolls (Oblivion and Morrowind)
4.Pokemon Diamond
5.Europa Universalis III
6.Legend of Zelda:Twilight Princess (though this might change if Majora's Mask ever comes out on the Wii's Virtual Console)

And thats about it.

Games I'm Waiting For:
1.Super Smash Bros. Brawl
2.Medieval II Kingdoms
3.Assasin's Creed (sadly only be able to play while visiting family in Ohio)
4.Super Mario Galaxy

Morte66

08-10-2007, 13:09

Playing actively:

RTW + EB + balancing mini-mod
The Longest Journey
Occasional NWN1/2 community mods

Recently liked:

Farehnheit (aka Indigo Prophecy)
RTW vanilla then RTR 1.6 gold then RTR PE + 4tpy + ExRM
Half-Life 2 Episode 1

Disappointments:

NWN2 official campign (ran on rails, choo-woo!)
Oblivion (no PC motivation, silly scaling, no depth)
EVE Online (more interesting to read about than play)

All-time faves:

Planescape Torment
Fallout
Baldur's Gate especially BG2
Morrowind
Civ2

Mean to try:

Tabula Rasa
Bioshock
Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay
Thief - Deadly Shadows
Operation Flashpoint
RTW + EB + balancing minimod + no landblocks + Darth formations + BI
RTW + BI + Rise of Persia
RTW + BI + some 4th century mod TBD
M2TW + EB2
M2TW + MTR

Thaatu

08-10-2007, 15:09

1. Operation Flashpoint

The rest in no particular order:

UFO: Enemy Unknown
Red Baron 3D
Sim City 2000
Ultima 6: The False Prophet
Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
Space Hulk
Command & Conquer
Civilization III: Conquests
Europa Barbarorum

Shifty_GMH

08-10-2007, 15:29

Games I currently play:
EB
BF2 (with expansion BF2SF)

Games I own, but don't play much:
BI
MTW2
BFV
BF1942
COD
Brothers In Arms
(If you can't tell have a thing for 1st person shooters set in WW2 era)

RTW and MTW2 MODS I have an interest in and would like to someday play:
EB2 (goes without saying)
Paeninsula Italica - Radices Imperii
RTR 7.0
Roma Surrectum
The Fourth Age

Bonny

08-10-2007, 15:59

Most of the games are a bit old...

1. Dungeon Keeper
2. Gothic / Gothic 2
3. Medieval: Total War + Addon
4. Mechcommander / Mechcommander 2
6. Diablo / Diablo 2
7. EB
8. Mechwarrior 3 / Mechwarrior 4
9. Unreal
10. X - wing vs Tie Fighter / X - wing Alliance

edit: forget one big game which i really enjoyed playing: Jagged Alliance 2

Cybvep

08-10-2007, 16:36

I'm currently playing:
- EB
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R. (with mods)
- Europa Universalis III
- Anno 1701

I love, but I'm not playing anymore:
- TESIII: Morrowind (with expansions Tribunal and Bloodmoon, and mods)
- Planescape: Torment
- SW: KOTOR (Knights of the Old Republic)
- Fallout 2
- Fahrenheit (aka Indigo Prophecy)
- Civilization 2

My biggest disappointment:
- TESIV: Oblivion (It has no TES feeling and no TES lore... I had tried to enjoy it, but found myself unable to do it, even with mods... Although one of its expansions, Shivering Isles, was very good)

Nowadays, it's hard to find good games... The only ones I'm awaiting for are:
- Fallout 3
- Assassin's Creed
- Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway

Arkatreides

08-10-2007, 16:42

Games I play regularly/are installed (in no particular order):

1) RTW+EB (of course)
2) Civilization IV+expansions (also Civ III on my laptop which can't handle IV)
3) SMAC/X (Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri)
4) Rise of Nations
5) GTA: San Andreas
6) X3
7) Oblivion
8) XCOM Ufo Defense (on my PDA ~;) )

Classics (haven't played them in a while but I spent a LOT of time with them in the past - again no particular order):

1) Sim City 2000
2) System Shock
3) Fallout I+II (CANNOT wait for III!)
4) Baldur's Gate I+II
5) Planescape: Torment
6) Privateer
7) Master of Orion II
8) Star Wars TIE Fighter
9) Heroes of Might and Magic III
10) Age of Empires II

Greatest Disappointments:
1) Master of Orion III (eh, what???)
I am sure there were others but this really stands out

Conradus

08-10-2007, 16:46

My faves

Rome Total War (with EB)
GTA:SA
Civ IV
Enemy Territory
Call of Duty
Guild Wars (especially Nightfall)
Age of Empires
Morrowind (with mods)

Biggest dissapointment
Oblivion and M2TW (I hope kingdoms is better)

Hooahguy

08-10-2007, 20:26

favorite games-
1) EB (this counts as a separate game, right?)
2) RTW & BI
3) Halo 2 (do xbox games count?)
4) ghost recon- advanced warfighter
5) Age of Empires II
7) Brothers in Arms (all 3 games)
8) battlefield 2
9) battlefield 2142
10) World at War

biggest disappointment-
1) Age of Empires III
(i don't recommend buying it- a cannon can reach targets halfway across the map, and you can only make 200 units, and that includes villagers? and cannons cost 7 population! the worst part about it is that they show that musketeers line up and fire in rank, but that a big lie! never did that while i was playing it! the funny thing was, many AoE III fans were bashing RTW over at the AoE forums, and i came to its defense :charge: -i do check those forums every so often- some retard said you needed ridiculously high system specs to play it even mediocrely! how wrong is that?! :laugh4: i played RTW with the bare minimum req., and it played fine, barely any lag, but try to play AoE III with that same computer, its like seeing a slideshow! but seriously people, AoE III is a waste of money.)

MarcusAureliusAntoninus

08-10-2007, 21:04

My top games I've played in the last year or so:
1) RTW (With EB. Before I joined EB, I played tons of mods: Aurthurian, RoP, RTR, Troy.)
2) M2TW (I started playing to figure out the engine. It's kind of fun in a "I always win!" type of way.)
3)Oblivion (gets boring quickly)
4)Half-Life 2 (still play it off and on)
5)Final Fantasy XII (man was it boring, never finished)
Those are the only ones I've played to any extent.

Some old, good ones:
The Baldur's Gates
The KoTORs
Final Fantasy VII (when they peaked)
Wolfenstien 3D :laugh4:

kalkwerk

08-10-2007, 21:16

Im puzzled that noone mentioned HOI2 (with its excellent mods) yet. Is it because people dont know it or because they dont like it?

Swordmaster

08-10-2007, 22:10

Sim City 2000

Holy crap, you're still playing that ol' fucker? Had great times with that about 10 years ago.

I only care for a handful of games: Civ 3, Caesar 3, SC3K, EB.

Orb

08-10-2007, 23:08

1. Baldur's Gate II
Best. Game. Ever.
2. Fallout
I preferred it to the second, for some reason.
3. Planescape: Torment
4. KOTOR series.
5. Medieval Total War
6. Prince of Persia series (1&3 being much better than 2)
7. Mount & Blade with The Last Days mod
8. Shadow of the Colossus
9. Warcraft III/Frozen Throne, if only for the beautiful campaign story, which is by far the best for any RTS I've owned. I really do suck at the game though.
10. Age of Empires III

EB, of course, goes without saying.

On the whole Age Of... Series, I agree that 2 was great, but I've always preferred AOM:TT and AOE III, and can't really understand why people would prefer the second. The campaigns, I admit, were much better, but the game itself seems to have improved.

steve_s

08-10-2007, 23:36

1. starcraft
2.Counterstrike
3.rome total war(when modded)
i look forward to crysis, and starcraft 2.

Teleklos Archelaou

08-11-2007, 02:11

The only games I've played in the past three years are:

1. EB
2. March Madness 2007 (PS2)
3. NCAA Football 2006 (PS2)
4. NCAA Basketball 2006 (PS2)
4. M2TW (about 5 hours of it)

I bought Caesar III and played about 30 minutes with it and never touched it again.

NeoSpartan

08-11-2007, 02:15

My top 10 games:

0: Europa Barbarorum II
1: Europa Barbarorum
3: StarCraft
.....What else is there??????
Oh yes...
4: Contra (Nintendo)
5: Age Of Empires I

thats about it..... I am not sure about StarCraft II, I hope the story doesn't get too creasy and stupid when the game comes out.

Kushan

08-11-2007, 04:02

When I'm not modding, I'm currently playing (In no particular order):
- M2TW (with mods)
- FATW
- EB
- WOW (Although I have been phasing this out)

Old games I dont play much:
- Starcarft
- Morrowind (Best RPG I have ever played when fully modded)

Disappointments:
- TES IV: Oblivion (:thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: Dont get me started on it, all hype no substance. No TES lore, *sigh* I'll stop now)

I have a number of other games installed on my comp but I dont really play them.

Kushan

Intranetusa

08-11-2007, 04:37

When I'm not modding, I'm currently playing (In no particular order):Old games I dont play much:
- Starcarft
- Morrowind (Best RPG I have ever played when fully modded)
Disappointments:
- TES IV: Oblivion (:thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: Dont get me started on it, all hype no substance. No TES lore, *sigh* I'll stop now)
Kushan

Sigh...unfortunately that's true. They significantly "dumbed down" TES IV Oblivion to make it playable to mainstream gamers...and in the process really lost the best aspects present in TES III Morrowind.

My Top 10:

1. Legend of Zelda, Ocarina of time (N64)
2. Total Annihilation (expansions Battle Tactics and Core Contingency)
3. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (expansions Bloodmoon and Tribunal)
4. Starcraft (expansions Brood War)
5. Half Life 2 (mods, etc)
6. Rome Total War (mods EB and RTR)
7. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
8. Counterstrike: Source
9. Day of Defeat: Source
10. America's Army

Jesus_saves

08-11-2007, 05:47

Wolfman

08-11-2007, 07:29

1. EB
2. M2TW + Dues lo Vult
3. Guild Wars Series
4. Knights of the Old Republic 1 ( I own 2 but its to incomplete for me)
5. Hitman Blood Money
6. Metal Gear
7. Tekken
8. Soul Calibur
9. Mount Blade
10. Sports Games
I also love the Halo series!!!
Most Anticipated
1.M2TW Kingdoms
2. Guild Wars Eye of the North
3. Halo 3

Xehh II

08-11-2007, 07:52

1. Baldurs Gate II
2. GTA San Andreas
3. Fahrenheit
4. EB
5. M2TW

That's it.

Treverer

08-11-2007, 08:10

In no order of favor:

- Civ & its spinoffs: Colonization, Master of Magic, diverse others
- RR Tycoon 1 & 2
- Might & Magic 6 & 7, to a lesser degree M&M8
- Age of Wonders 1, 2 & Shadow Magic
- Knights of Honour
- Gothic 1
- HOI 2 & DD, several mods: mod34, Byzantine mod, Kaiserreich
- Medieval 1
- Panzergeneral (all of them, actually), I love this ol' RTB strategic games
- Tropico
- NWN 1, especially the module: "The Aielund Saga" (it's amazing)
- Morrowind
- Imperium Galacticum 1
- Master of Orion II (on vh, to get the AI races get the most bonuses ;-))
- Heroes of M&M 3 & 4 (to a lesser degree: 1 & 2)
- Capitalism 1 & 2
- Fallout 1 & 2, even more Fallout Tactics
- Planescape Torment
- Temple of Elemental Evil (with the Co8 patch: it's how it should have been)

and now my all time favorites:
- Icewind Dale 1 & 2 (2 even more than 1)

and finally

- BG 1 & 2 (with expansions)

God, what did I play BG 1 !!

P.S. Oh, I forgot RTW, with RTR or EB. And BI with IBFD. Silly me!

P.P.S. I'm getting old: I forgot the SSI's AD&D RPGs for the Atari ST & Commodore C64. Also on C64: The Bard's Tale 1 to 3, Choplifter, Summer / Winter Games ...

Bootsiuv

08-11-2007, 08:11

1. EB
2. Civ III Conquests (so easy to mod)
3. C&C: Generals
4. Warcraft III
5. Diablo II and expansion
6. Soul Caliber III
7. Freelancer
8. Starcraft
9. Any Zelda
10. Any Final Fantasy (although VII was the best I've played)

I'm looking forward to Starcraft II and a few WWII first person shooters (Call of Duty 4 mainly).

Biggest disappointment for me has been LOTR: Battle for Middle Earth II. The graphics were great, and the units and abilities were pretty cool, but the campaign felt rushed, with such short uninspired cutscenes that I felt completely uninvolved. Games that are just rehashes of the millions of other RTS's need good storylines, otherwise there just command and conquer with wizards and dragons.

Thaatu

08-11-2007, 08:27

Holy crap, you're still playing that ol' fucker? Had great times with that about 10 years ago.
The last time I played it was within five months. Oh, and I probably should have included Fallout 1, Final Fantasy VII or IV and Star Wars: X-Wing to the list, maybe replacing Arcanum, Civ III and... I can't! Too hard to choose.

kalkwerk

08-11-2007, 08:40

Maybe I'm thinking of the wrong game but are you talking about the Old SNES one?

Its a quite old, but very good turned based hex game.

MarcusAureliusAntoninus

08-11-2007, 08:56

4. Knights of the Old Republic 1 ( I own 2 but its to incomplete for me)
I know what you mean, it feels like they pushed a beta out too soon, that was only about 60% the length of the first. It wasn't made by Bioware, so it couldn't possibly live up to the first. I hear Bioware is making their own 'KOTOR2' right now, though.

Rundownloser

08-11-2007, 09:07

4. Knights of the Old Republic 1 ( I own 2 but its to incomplete for me)

Yeah, they just don't make game endings like they used to.

I hear Bioware is making their own 'KOTOR2' right now, though.

Seriously? Between that and Mass Effect, they have to have been working 90 hour weeks.:whip:

blank

08-11-2007, 10:26

1. GTA: San Andreas
2. Deus Ex
3. Final Fantasy series
4. Call of Duty series (just for MP)
5. EB (plain TW games don't fit here)
6. Devil May Cry 3
7. Hearts of Iron 2
8. Knights of the Old Republic 2
9. Vampire: Bloodlines
10. WWE series (just for the CAW feature :2thumbsup: )

Soon i imagine Halo 3, Bioshock, Assassin's Creed, Splinter Cell: Conviction, GTA IV, Fable 2 and, especially, Mass Effect, will be breaking in though :sweatdrop:

I know what you mean, it feels like they pushed a beta out too soon, that was only about 60% the length of the first. It wasn't made by Bioware, so it couldn't possibly live up to the first. I hear Bioware is making their own 'KOTOR2' right now, though.

KOTOR 2 was in most aspects better than the first, where game mechanics and the uncut story elements are concerned. In the first, you had to be a) lackey for the lame-ass Jedis (oh wow i got a medal :laugh4: ), or b) psychotic murderous lunatic. In 2, the dark side path is better done and more logic (even though it's still crap compared to the light side path). Also, the party/interaction system is a lot better, there are more feats, more powers and whatnot.
Only part where the sequel fails is that it has big chunks of content left out. However, these guys are working on restoring all of it, they should be done soon: http://www.team-gizka.org/

Morte66

08-11-2007, 10:42

4. Knights of the Old Republic 1 ( I own 2 but its to incomplete for me)

Keep an eye on the Sith Lords Restoration Project (http://www.team-gizka.org/)

{edit: beaten by Blank}

Geoffrey S

08-11-2007, 11:29

Somewhat arbitrary list, since any could probably be switched depending on my mood.

1. Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
2. Monkey Island (1&2, both equally brilliant)
3. Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
4. Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
5. Outcast
6. Mario 64
7. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (first half, anyway)
8. Timesplitters Future Perfect
9. Rome Total War
10. Anachronox

Dago

08-11-2007, 11:54

1.Operation Flashpoint & Armed Assault
2.The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind
3.S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
4.Mount and Blade
5.Splinter cell series
6.GTA series
7.Medieval (the first one)
8.Max Payne
9.Medal of Honor (i remember the first MoH on playstation :beam: )
10.Call of Duty series

Biggest disappointments

Oblivion

Most Anticipated

BIA Hells Highway

blank

08-11-2007, 13:05

9.Medal of Honor (i remember the first MoH on playstation :beam: )

It was the first game i played on PS...
I was like: ''WOW i can shoot enemies in the nuts and the grenades explode and windows break and shit!'' :laugh4:

Nowadays though, MoH has gotten it's limbs chopped off by CoD and BiA :whip:

Dago

08-11-2007, 15:17

It was the first game i played on PS...
I was like: ''WOW i can shoot enemies in the nuts and the grenades explode and windows break and shit!'' :laugh4:

Thats why i placed it higher than CoD, MoH was first.

Sharpz214

08-11-2007, 15:59

My Favorites in no particular order:

1. RTW + EB Mod
2. Company of Heroes
3. CoD 2
4. BF2
5. DoD: Source
6. M2:TW + Stainless Steel Mod
7. Civ 4
8. Red Orchestra
9. Garry's Mod (Woot! :2thumbsup: )
10. SWG Pre-CU
11. WoW (Don't play it anymore, was fun though.)

Classics I Enjoyed:

1. AoE 1 + Expansion Packs
2. AoE 2 + Expansion Packs
3. AoM + Expansion Packs
4. CoD 1
5. STW and MTW + Expansion Packs

My Only Major Disappointment:

1. M2TW Vanilla (Woot, way to go CA!)

Looking Forward To:

1. Assassins Creed
2. CoD 4
3. LittleBigPlanet :yes:
4. MoH: Airborne
5. BIA: Hells Highway
6. Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
7. Crysis

:clown:

Hooahguy

08-12-2007, 05:10

on the whole Age Of... Series, I agree that 2 was great, but I've always preferred AOM:TT and AOE III, and can't really understand why people would prefer the second. The campaigns, I admit, were much better, but the game itself seems to have improved.

really? what do u like so much about AoE III? I and II were good (loved those "photon men!") but i just hated III! :rtwno: i mean, the skirmishers had some sort of Kevlar armor, as with almost every other unit! i like one-shot-one-kill games better. much more realistic, IMO.

Liberator

08-12-2007, 10:11

My all-time-Favorites:

1. Operation Flashpoint
2. Rome + EB
3. Medieval 2
4. Starcraft
5. Baldurs Gate 2
6. Diablo II and expansion
7. Medieval 1
8. Conterstrike
9. Tactical Ops
10. NHL 2006

Thaatu

08-12-2007, 10:53

1. Operation Flashpoint
Liberator, my man!

10. WWE series (just for the CAW feature :2thumbsup: )
I prefer No Mercy. Has actual gameplay with great CAW.

blank

08-12-2007, 11:08

I prefer No Mercy. Has actual gameplay with great CAW.

Never heard of it :book: I only know the WWE Smackdown and the (now defunct) Legends of Wrestling. And, WWE 2008 will have excellent gameplay from what i've seen :2thumbsup:

Thaatu

08-12-2007, 12:23

'WWF: No Mercy' is universally recognized to be the best pro wrestling game you can find about North American wrestling. The only better one is 'Virtual Pro Wrestling 2' which uses the same system, and is about Japanese wrestling. Both are for Nintendo 64, although one can try them using Project 64 (an N64 emulator).

Centurio Nixalsverdrus

08-12-2007, 19:08

1. Europa Barbarorum (what else)
2. MS Flight Simulator (yes, really)
3. Civilization III Conquests (numbering all your brigades is fun)
4. SimCity 3000 (has its weaknesses but is fun)

kalkwerk

08-13-2007, 03:31

1. Baldur's Gate II
Best. Game. Ever.

Well I enjoyed that one too. Its the only game which made me forget I smoke cigarettes and thats say something.

sgsandor

08-13-2007, 05:04

1Eb for the past 6 or 7 months it is the only thing i play
2Tropico(lost)
3Civ III(lost)
4Panzer General I&II(lost and wont work any more)
5Sid Meirs Pirates
6Knights of the old republicI&II

Game I bought just for EB 2 MTW2

kalkwerk

08-13-2007, 14:32

Hadnt the time to play EB so i began to play travian. What a failure! This game keeps me afront the computer more than any other game. It has just made it into my top 5.

Urnamma

08-13-2007, 15:51

P.P.S. I'm getting old: I forgot the SSI's AD&D RPGs for the Atari ST & Commodore C64. Also on C64: The Bard's Tale 1 to 3, Choplifter, Summer / Winter Games ...

I remember the SSI games too, have no fear!

A lot of you guys are into the same games as me :-)

However, I eagerly anticipate Mass Effect, because I'm a hardcore bioware fanboy (I'll forgive them for Jade Empire).

Mordecai

08-13-2007, 19:18

My top ten games:

1. EB
2. IBFD for Barbarian Invasion.
3. Roma Serrectum
4. SPQR.
5 Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion
6 Gears of War
7. FEAR - Extraction point
8. Galactic Civilizations
9. Armored Core 4
10. Halo2

Yeah I can't wait to try out Mass Effect too. And this other one called Two Worlds.