[PC] What is your Favorite PC game EVER?

Counter-Strike. Even if it does make me a massive douche.

If you can be lucky enough to find the right group of people and the right server, it can be something magical.

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Probably Counter-Strike or Counter-Strike Source because the in-game mods for them (Zombies or Superheroes anyone?) can make them quite fun and even playing in a fun server with friends, even if you are losing can be pretty fun.

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Classic List:
Starcraft
Deus Ex

Modern List:
UT2004
KOTOR/II

I will explain for each choice:
Deus Ex was a revolutionary title for me... it gave me a wide range of things to do, with actual consequences for doing so (Try to rob the bank, and security guards would appear, or whatever), along with a storyline that actually adapted to your choices, and let you decide how to procede (Kill the guards and gung-ho it in, or sneak around and stealth kill?) in many different situations. Too bad the sequel couldn't live up to the first game.

Starcraft was one of the few games I would play just because it was that fun. The balance of power between the three races was excellent for its day, and the many hours I bled away on multiplayer give me warm memories now. I really wish they would make a Starcraft 2, or World of Starcraft even... a sci-fi balance to WoW.

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KOTOR/II for me was a unique take on both how RPGs operated and showcased a new side to the Star Wars Mythos. I have to give an edge to the second game for its overall better presentation (Sans the ending). The killer spoiler of the first game was also a nice touch. The combat system was partiucarly new for me (Probably not for some of you others). I especially enjoyed the voice acting.

UT2004 was special to me for the vast amount of deathmatches, bombing runs and other gamemodes which was always a great way to pass off steam. The even larger amount of customization meant that you could play a new great quality mod every day of the week. I should reinstall it again soon.

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It's hard to decide betweem these two, but no game has come close to occupying as much of my free time as Baldur's Gate 2 and Planescape Torment have. These two are by far my favorite computer RPGs and offer incredible replay value.

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1. Well, My favourite PC game of all time HAS to be Max Payne 2: Fall of Max Payne, Not only were the graphics great, The story was great the music was great I loved it even though it was short. But I didn't care I still play through that game when ever I get bored and the modding for it is amazing.

2. I also agree with everyone else on UT 2004, I 'used' to be REALLY big on that game it was probably the first PC game I had gotten with my new computer back in '04 and I couldn't stop playing it, Although now I don't play it as much but when I did I could play for nights and nights I just loved the whole game, This is definatly one of the best PC games out there.

3. The Day of the Tentacle was an amazing game I used to play, I loved those old point and click adventures and this was an amazing game. I loved the funny jokes the game had I liked the comic book style it presented and I loved the logic you needed to use in order to solve the puzzles.

4. The Kings quest titles (Mainly 5, 6 and 7) Were in my opinion some of the best games that I have ever played. I loved the graphics the story lines and the great puzzles you needed to solve I never liked 8 though...

5. Another game I really like on the PC has to be Call of Duty 2, The graphics are amazing and the gameplay is fun as hell I wouldn't consider this the 'best' though but I do consider it a great game.

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I think for me it would have to be battlefield 1942, damn did I lose a lot of hours to that game. I think counter strike would be a close second though.

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Nethack. maybe the closest thing to a perfect game.

as far as games that normal people play, I'd say Baldurs Gate II. I put quite a few hours into that.

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Originally Posted by Darkcomet72

My favorite PC game of ALL TIME:


It had the first level editor I ever used, and was the simplest and most versatile ones I ever played with. Gameplay was simple, mostly platforming, But the levels you could create were limited by your imagination only. The original 100 levels could be made using the editor, which dosen't make them any more unique than a single custom level made by yourself. It's what got me appreciating level design for the first time. I must've made like 12,000 levels with this; some series, most standalone. It was fantastic.



Now the game is Freeware (YES!!!) but it won't work on my PC (slits wrists)

EDIT: Yes I copy 'n past'd this from another topic.

Damn I used to play this ALL THE TIME, like 10 years ago, if not more. I still have a floppy with a bunch of levels I created in Editor.

Any way to make it work on an XP PC?

As far as my own most favorite game, it's Thief, hands down. Followed VERY closely by Deus Ex.

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Real-Time Strategy: StarCraft, definitely. This is the first game I ever played online and I'm still playing it occasionally. It's amazing how they managed to make all three races so different, yet so balanced.

First-Person Shooter: Return to Castle Wolfenstein. I've yet to come across an FPS as good as / better than RtCW. Okay, the singleplayer was rather disappointing, but the multiplayer... Whoah. It's about playing as a team, but having a decent aim won't hurt either. I've had a lot of great moments with this game.

Adventure: Monkey Island's, Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max, Grim Fandango... Can't pick my favorite. They're all so damn good.

And of course the before-mentioned Incredible Machine! Thank you for mentioning it, didn't even remember this game existed!

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Ultima VII : Black Gate was a game that changed my life. No, really. It did. Suddenly it was not just the hero going after a quest, it's a world, and people work, live, and have their own stories to tell. Even if it's just a random townsperson. It was dazzling. And few RPGs still do things like that nowadays.

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Unreal Tournament '99 and Unreal Tournament 2004 - Simply because of the high-speed fragfest and lots of fun. While the music in '99 was near godlike for its beauty (Skyward Fire and Botpack #9 are my absolute favorites), 2004 boasted vehicles and basically more modes (Favorite tracks here are DM-Rise and Serenity).

Deus Ex - As many have mentioned, Deus Ex is pretty deep and fun. You can customize your character's abilities to well-suit the field while the story is just fun. I saw what's what and I am incredibly impressed.

Serious Sam: The Second Encounter - No, not Serious Sam II. This Serious Sam has fun written all over it. Minus sometimes his one-liners that are very very cheesy, nothing sates my excitement while unloading a double-barrel shotgun round to a Beheaded Kamikaze (which is in my opinion, one of the best created villians in any game).

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - While not as innovative as other RTS games out there, this features a squad unit which basically almost eliminates making soldiers just to create an army (while you have to create another soldier for another squad). Of course, there are also 3 races which I like. Bloodthirsters are fucking crazy while the Imperium's Commander has Orbital Bombardment. Awesome shit.

Rome: Total War - Definitely a favorite of mine, this RTS game doesn't employ building up structures and creating units and all that. This game is all about soldiers in battle en masse. Deployment of pockets of soldiers is awesome and is also inspired by near damn factual events (except the names: Julii, Brutii and Scipii [Scipiones]). It's like watching a panoramic view of soldiers fighting. So many. Strategy is vital here since you don't have buildings to construct soldiers, you'll just have to depend on your men that's on the field. In short, this game is epic and a whole lot of fun. Plus, the music is well-suited for the game and there are some historical battles to be replayed, seeing if the player can reverse the soldiers' fates to what actually happened. A definite favorite of mine.

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Quest for Glory 1: So you want to be a hero. Amazingly funny and enjoyable I probably spent literaly a year total playing it between all of times I picked it back up. Plus pretty damn spiffy graphics for the time.

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I'd have to go with The Longest Journey. The story, music, and voice acting just took my breath away. It is truly a masterpiece.

I have not played Dreamfall, its sequel, yet, so no comments there.

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I'll have to be silly and post a game that no one cares about:
Bust A Move 4
The chain reaction shouts and kawaii character design wins the cake.
That doesn't seem to count since it was multiplatform, so my real favourite is:

Sim Tower
Even as a child, randomly placing rooms and frustrating tenants is lots of fun. Especially if the elevator only comes by, oh, every hour or so >=)

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This is really hard, because my favorite really changes as to what mood I'm in and what is going on at the time. If I start thinking about what I was most addicted to, and what I most enjoyed while I was playing it a ton, I'd really have to say that title goes to either Starcraft or The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. And yes, I've played Oblivion. A lot. Doesn't come close .

EDIT -> One more game is right up there making me indecisive as to my favorite . King's Quest VI. Something about VI games just really pwns...I mean FFVI is my favorite game of all time, hands down .

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I don't play that many PC games, but out of the ones that I have played and beat, I would say that Soldier of Fortune is my favorite. Out of the ones that I've played but never beat, I would say Deus Ex and No One Lives Forever were my favorites.

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Deus Ex is my favorite. I certainly enjoyed the dialog and the action. A damn shame it won't play on my computer (well it can but it doesn't want to save so what's the point?). Fallout comes in a close second.

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Easily Disciples II: Dark Prohpecy. On no other game have i wasted so much time. The next closest cadidate has to be Starcraft, but even that doesn't come nearly as close.

Disciples FTW!

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My overall favourite PC game of all time is probably Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2. The original was FUN, and the expansion pack made it even better. Shame the network/internet play is hideously outdated now.

Anarchy Online was a pretty fun MMO while I still played it.

Quake 2 was pretty fucking fantastic. I didn't like number three quite as much.

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Originally Posted by Infernal Monkey

EVER. What other game encourages you to drop bowling balls on cats so they go all demented and run off, setting off another ten bowling balls to fall on another ten cats? No other game! I would really like to see this series revived, but they'd probably turn it into a street racing game or something.

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My favorite PC game of all time is

TRON 2.0... yea, i LOVE this game. :biggrin:


but hey, starcraft is fine, too!

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I remember wasting countless hours playing Book Worm.


Totally got addicted to it and once even forgot about class o_O'''

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Planescape: Torment, probably. It has the best story I've ever seen in an RPG to date. It has some technical problems, but going back and seeing the game's originality and writing overshadows any other issues.

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Overall, I'd probably have to say System Shock 2 is my favorite PC game (and definitely is in the running for my favorite game ever). The atmosphere is just perfect, and while the combat itself isn't the greatest, the RPG elements make the game very engrossing and even helps with the replay value (it's different going through it as, say, a psi user rather than gun-toting marine). It was just extremely well executed and a great premise, and even playing through it today is still extremely fun even when I know what's going to happen.

Although...I'd have to say that the multiplayer-online Natural Selection mod for Half-life is a very close second. Strangely enough, it has a setting similar to System Shock 2's, but I've probably sunk more hours into that game than any other. For almost a year, I played the game almost exclusively with other games only being a distraction before I came back to it. It was the first (and last, come to think of it) online game that I really got involved in, and it helps that I had a familiar server that always had players I knew on it. Unfortunately, the server and regulars kinda disbanded, and I haven't been able to get into the game like I used to be. But for the time I was into it, I really had a game I could connect to.

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I would have to say, despite the actual gameplay not being aw inducing, Diablo 2. Some buddies and I had a blast playing this game in High School. We have some memories tied up in it.

In those days it was eat, sleep, Diablo 2.

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The past 6-7 years, i've watch people play alot of Warcraft,Diablo2 , Half Life 2, and what not. I didn't try much of those games out. I thought they were ok. The only pc game that got me hooked was F.E.A.R.

A friend of mine i worked with back then told me about it. I thought it was just going to be another fps. But since they added a few sub-horror scenes and intense battles against a few goons, I was impressed by it. So i'd say Fear is my favorite PC game.."EVER". couldn't finish it though..

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