Top 5 games

[Caius]

What are your 5 fav. games?
My 5 fav. games are:
AOE2
RTW
Command and Conquer:Tiberian Sun
Need for Speed underground
Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine
What are your 5 favourite games?

[tripwirescars]

not in any particular order:

RTW
Final Fantasy III (US)
Castlevania: SoTN
Half-life 2
Civilization 4

[sbroadbent]

Racing:
Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed

Strategy:
Medieval: Total War
Medieval 2: Total War
Starcraft

FPS:
Unreal Tournament 2004
Counterstrike CZ


Sure, M2:TW is not out yet but from what I've seen it definately ranks up there. It may be the first ever game I purchase at the New Release Retail price level. I tend to wait atleast 6-12 months for the price to come down as I've so rarely been as excited about a game as I am for M2.

[ByzantineKnight]

if mods count


Lord of the Rings Total War
Rome Total Realism
Chivalry Total War
Blue Lotus Total War
Medieval Total War


if they dont
Rome Total War (for the mods)
Medieval Total War
Age of Empires II
Rouge Squadron
Ominous Horizons

[Martok]

1.) Galactic Civilizations 2
2.) Medieval Total War
3.) Birth of the Federation
4.) Shogun Total War
5.) Lords of the Realm 2
6.) Neverwinter Nights

Yes, I'm a bit of a strategy nut.

[professorspatula]

It's tricky to pick out just 5 favourite games, but amongst them would be these:

Fallout 2,
Medieval Total War
Ultima 7
Far Cry
System Shock


Although to be honest, most of them I don't really play much now, put they're all pretty good (and old). Were I to explain my choices, I'd say this: the graphics might get better, but gameplay in an RPG rarely tops U7 and FO2. MTW provides endless hours of war and fun. System Shock is the most atmospheric game I've probably played (more so than it's sequel). And Far Cry is probably my fav FPS of the past 2 years, even if it gets a bit poor towards the end.

The X-Com series and Master of Orion 2 were close contenders, just based on the sheer number of hours I've spent playing them.

[Andres]

Not in any particular order:

GTA: San Andreas,
GTA: Vice City,
Rome Total War,
Medieval Total War,
Fifa '98 (nostalgia)

[Lurker on the Threshold]

MTW
STW
RTW
(THINK i SEE A PATTERN HERE)
MEDAL OF HONOR
IL STURMOVIC (OLD STYLE RUSSIAN FLYER)

[ByzantineKnight]

Sounds like alot of TW fans there

[PseRamesses]

CIV I-(IV)
Europa Universalis II
RTW
Pharaoh
Links

[King Noob the Stupid]

MTW
Tropico
Pharaoh (unfortunately my Cd got lost years ago, can't find it in the shops around here and I'm too young for eBay :()
Monkey Island (all of them)
Railroad Tycoon

[DukeofSerbia]

On PC:

1. Europa Universalis II
2. Medieval Total War + Viking Invasion
3. Starcraft
4. Far Cry
5. C&C: Red Alert

[highlanddave]

1-medieval total war/viking invasion (and several mods)
2-hearts of iron-2
3-lords of the realm 2
4-civilization 1 and 2
5-civil war generals 2

as you see most of my favorite games are old. i have some newer ones, but they seem to rehash the same old ground with fancier graphics.

i like building games and war games. i have only rarely tried a first-person shooters, too many buttons to remember and i find it irritating that i could do the real thing 100 times faster in real life (lets select the pistol, oh my, wheres that button!). most real time simulation games are okay but i get tired of them and put them away after a brief time. i can not be bothered to memorize long lists of keyboard shortcuts.

[unseelie craig]

Medieval Total War/Viking Invasion

Civ 3 (have not got civ 4 yet)

Battleground: Gettysburg and Shiloh (by Talonsoft) (the only two that i bought from this series)

someone above said Birth of the Federation... that was an old, but cool game!

Warcraft 2 & 3 (never got around to getting Starcraft)


there are plenty of other games that looked very nice... but never got around to getting them, as the little bit of computer gaming time i have had over the last 3 years or so, MTW took up the far majority of the time.

[Master_Thief]

1. Thief Deadly Shadows
2. Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion
3. Thief 1 + 2 (They're both practically the same game, just different storylines and a few tweaks, same graphics).
4. Rome Total War
5. Warcraft 3

[Conradus]

RTW
MTW
Morrowind
GTA:San Andreas
RTCW:Enemy Territory

Not in an particular order.

[MuseRulez]

MTW
Baldurs Gate 2
C&C: Red alert
Empire Earth
Hearts of Iron 2

As you can see, I can't resist a good strat-game

[bedlam28]

RTW - THINKING
BURNOUT REVENGE - NOT THINKING
NFSU - MOST WANTED - STILL NOT THINKING
AGE OF EMPIRES - THINKING A LITTLE
RESIDENT EVIL 4 - CANT THINK - ZOMBIE ATE MY BRAIN.

Never played MTW as only found the series since I bought Rome after needing something to tax me.
Why do majority of people rate it over Rome ?

[doc_bean]

MTW
Castlevania (any from SOTN on really)
Advance Wars DS
Far Cry
Total Annihilation

Never played MTW as only found the series since I bought Rome after needing something to tax me.
Why do majority of people rate it over Rome ?

It's generally more challenging. The strategic map is risk style which makes strategic management easier (also, less hassle with popualtion and such) and allows for great big battles when someone decides to invade with two full stacks. But mostly because the tactical battles were slower and, well, more tactical.

[CountMRVHS]

In no order:

-RTW/BI
-MTW/VI
-Thief: the Dark Project/Gold
-Thief II: the Metal Age
-Thief: Deadly Shadows

Although Master Thief counted Thief I and II as the same game, I'm separating them, not only because I can't think of another game I play as frequently as all the above, but also because the feel of the two games is quite different.

Basically, I switch between the Total War series (don't have Shogun) and the Thief series. I'm a great fan of each. Total War makes the ultimate strategy/tactical games, and the Thief games (especially the first) are the epitome of stealth gaming in a medieval/technopunk setting, not even to be surpassed by Deadly Shadows despite "better" graphics and several years of advanced technological innovation.

[vikrant1986]

AOE II {age of kings } ******
RTW *****
IL2 ****
COD 2 ***
RON {thrones and patriot} **
NFS {underground 2} *

[whtdoesitmatta]

My top 5...
Well RTW of course...
Rainbow Six: Lockdown PS2, Played online January till now nonstop
Madden 07: PS2
Twisted Metal III: PS
Tactics Arena Online: Google it.

[Rex_Pelasgorum]

1) Rome Total War
2) Medieval total war
3) Lord of the Realm II (the nr 3 was disapointment..)
4) Cossacks Back to War , European Wars, the Art of War
5) Age of Empire , age of conquerors
6) Delta Force 3
7) F22ADF Red Sea Operations

[grapedog]

Fallout 2, System Shock, Deus Ex, Civ II(perhaps IV now), X-Com...

close but not quite....Daggerfall, Starcraft, RTW, GTAIII, Oblivion, Thief...

edit/add: I can't leave out Roller Coaster Tycoon...another of my all time favorities that just didn't quite make it to the top 5.

[whtdoesitmatta]

1) Rome Total War
2) Medieval total war
3) Lord of the Realm II (the nr 3 was disapointment..)
4) Cossacks Back to War , European Wars, the Art of War
5) Age of Empire , age of conquerors
6) Delta Force 3
7) F22ADF Red Sea Operations

This had me laughing... Nice top 5.

[Scurvy]

1. Medieval total war
2. shogun total war
3. Football Manager 2006
4. Red Baron
5. Cossacks

....6 --> Microsoft FreeCell --> Most addictive game ever!

[professorspatula]

Heh, Freecell can be addictive, especially when you're on a run. I used to stick my music on (different tunes definitely affect my performance) and and see how many wins I could rack up, and if I started losing, I would have to keep playing until my session win percentage was level or above my overall win percentage, even if that meant playing another 15 games! I actually played it yesterday for the first time in ages, and ended up winning 15 or so in a row, desparately meaning to quit, but kept on going until I lost. Damn.

I can't remember if the task manager shut down cheat still works with Win XP, heh.

My brother used to be addicted to Minesweeper at work. Rather than earn his pay, he'd play Minesweeper! I think he managed to do expert in 109 seconds or something stupid, before having to give it up when a new computer arrived with a horrible non-responsive mouse, thus forever runing his chances of topping his best score.

Amazing how sometimes the simplest of things can be addictive.


I'm quite surprised there isn't some really retro enthusiast who's listed Rogue/Net Hack in their top 5.

[Martok]

I'm quite surprised there isn't some really retro enthusiast who's listed Rogue/Net Hack in their top 5.

Just give it time. This thread's only a few days old, after all.

[Subedei]

1. RTW/BI (+ the deluxe mods)
2. MTW
3. Pirates!
4. Kaiser (I don´t know if people outside German speking contries know the game; it´s old but it is a lot of fun as you can play with up to 4 people)
5. Age of Empires 1/2

out of main competiton are:
C64 allstars: Uridium, Quest for tires, Wizard of War, Nemesis

[DUTCH-BUDDHA]

1) TOTAL WAR ERAS,
2) Age of Empire I-II-conquerors-III,
3) close combat 1-2-3-4,
4) America's Army,
5) operationflashpoint-gold-resistance-betweenthelines-planetofwar,
6) halflife-opposingforce-blueshift-halflife2-ep1,
7) homeworld-cataclysm-homeworld2,


next gen game

1) medieval 2,
2) armedassault-operationflashpoint2-VBS2,
3) exspension medieval 2,
4) halflife.ep 2,
5) suddenstrike 3,