[PC] What is your Favorite PC game EVER?

Mines would have to be Deus Ex as well. I remember playing this in the early hours each day during one exam period. I would play this game again but the sheer scale of it, there is no doubt I would get well hooked on it and have to play it from start to finish.

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Mine would be Deus Ex. The sequel 'Invisible War' was a bit of a disapointment compared to the original. It was still a good game though.

I also really liked Warcraft 3.

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Descent 1, 2, & 3 and Unreal Tournament 99, & 2004 are my all time favorites. It would be hard for me to make a choice since each game has something about it I like and the experience I've with them online.

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I think I have about two. My all time favorite is Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis. The sheer realism and feasibility(although sometimes it got crazy) was amazing. The amount of freedom the player is confronted with is staggering. The islands total some 400 sq km of constantly available land to roam. Mission in front of you? Wanna find a broken truck instead? If they are going to make good simulations they need to set more of them in the cold war like they did with OFP.

The second is Jane's USAF. The sheer variety of planes available and the diversity of the campaigns(Vietnam, to Desert Storm, to a scenario involving the newer F-22A) made it one of the best simulations I've played. LOMAC is good, so is Falcon 4.0; USAF was just amazing though. Plus, the F-4 is just sexy.

Honorable mentions: Rise of Nations, Half Life, and Rainbow Six.

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Mine is, Max Payne 2. It is by far the most story intensive title out of any action title i've played on the PC and it has some of the best graphics (For the time it was out) I had ever witnessed on a PC game, The game still holds up well today graphically and game play wise. I really think that Max Payne 2 is probably one of the best reasons to ever play Third Person shooters in general seeing as it has such an amazing story line topped with some of the best bullet time you'll ever experiance in a video game.

My second favourite would have to be (In General, Excluding the first title) the Hitman series. Those games always had an amazing story line and always gave you that feel like you could go back and do anything. I loved that feel and the missions were just so un believably fun in all of these titles, And the story line is just amazing.

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Have very fond memories of playing the original Dark Forces back on Windows95 - and the funny thing is I still think that it is the best Star Wars game (although I haven't played the RPG games, which I hear are quite decent).
It surprises me that with all the creative elements that are in place within the Lucas Empire that they can't compete with the likes of Valve or UbiSoft to put out a groundbreaking FPS.
Still, one can hope.

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Over the years since its release, I don't think any game has yet to bring me more joy than Total Annihilation. It had a amazing game engine that put Red Alert 1 to shame since they were both released more or less at the same time. I could spend days fighting the computer AI's in a custom battle on a large map. Now after watching the 300MB Supreme Commander trailer this week, I seriously can't wait for its release, at last, a true unofficial successor to the TA series will finally be released.

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Easily, easily UT99. Although UT2k4 has Onslaught which owns me, and is graphically superior, nothing can match the "feel" of UT99, even when modded. I haven't played it unmodded since... well, 1999 lol. Monster Hunt and UT4E mods are a must. Also, UT2k3 ruined Domination mode, which rivals even Onslaught.

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Over the years since its release, I don't think any game has yet to bring me more joy than Total Annihilation. It had a amazing game engine that put Red Alert 1 to shame since they were both released more or less at the same time. I could spend days fighting the computer AI's in a custom battle on a large map. Now after watching the 300MB Supreme Commander trailer this week, I seriously can't wait for its release, at last, a true unofficial successor to the TA series will finally be released.

I agree on that one. TA was the game of games at that time and currently my #1 All-Time Greatest Game ever created. Chris Taylor was a god amongst men. I skipped most of the Playstation/N64/Dreamcast console era for that single PC game. I believe at that point the PC took over as my primary gaming platform.

I enjoyed the A.I. for what it was worth, but the whole massive battles online is what sucked me in. Before I played TA I did play other RTS games such as Red Alert (and even tried to play some after like Starcraft) but the thing that strikes me most about TA are it's newtonian physics implemented in the game. While the maps were 2D graphics, they were mapped in 3D and that really played a major role in how I setup battle tactics in the game. I tried to play games like Starcraft after I played TA, the lack of physics and true unit control really left a bad impression of Starcraft on me, the game was felt too simple and had no substance.

Now about Supreme Commander, that is going to be the only game I might be playing for the 4 years after it releases. I am so relieved that Mr. Taylor is going to keep the same physics in this game, that was my biggest concern!

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Something I always tell when involved in a Total Annihilation / Supreme Commander discussion. I posted something like this before, but this place keeps getting wiped out... so here it is re-rold!

I used to work with other admins back on the old Cavedog Boneyards online service for Total Annihilation. Our job was to maintain integrity of the service and write CNN-like articles of galactic battles between ARM and CORE players. So I could spectate these 1 vs. 1 battles and then write it in a story for posting on the main news section of the service.

Well at some point, we all came across a glitch in the game that happened on a certain map (it was an Acid World) and at a certain point on the map. What happened was the appearance of an ARM Commander was seen that would look like he was walking while cloaking and de-cloaking, but it was more like random flickering in and out which was a lot more glitchy. Anyway the funny part is that the scale of the model was larger than normal, so he looked about as big if not bigger than the CORE Krogoth.

Well during this specific galactic battle region, many people would see this glitch, but no one could explain it. So what did we do? We just wrote a silly rumor story about the Supreme Commander that was circling around the TA Boneyards for awhile, trying to make it look like the possible answer for the ex-CORE Commander, Krogoth. Since the highest player rank in the service was High Commander so we thought, "What's higher than high? Let's go for Supreme!" and thus the birth of the mythical Supreme Commander.

Now, the name of Supreme Commander being used in the latest game is likely just a coincidence but the fact that a small rumor based on a glitch came up with that mythical name may actually end up being on the soon to be greatest all-time game ever created!

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And I also like other PC games such as UT Classic which I still play to this day (http://girl-gamers.com/min-ut.avi). UT2k4 for Assault and Onslaught matches. Deus Ex for one of the greatest RPG's ever. Fallout 1 and 2 for the best damned dialogue in an RPG and THE GREATEST RPG ever. Half-Life 2 and HL2: Episode 1 for the really fun Gravity Gun (so so I like the rest of the game too!) And DOOM 3 just for the great single-player experience it really was.

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Either Dark Forces II or Starcraft. Starcraft I played hours and hours, probably logged more hours on that game than I ever did even on Morrowind. And that's no small number. It is to date, IMHO, the most balanced RTS ever made.

Dark Forces II was an amazing game, and it didn't have quite so cheesy of real-life video as other games did at the time, being that it was the huge fad of the day for video games. It is the one game where I can honestly say I enjoyed the jumping puzzles.

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DarkLink: Nice choice - I would say that for me it's a toss-up between Blood or Dark Forces II for favorite single-player FPS ever. I tried to get into Jedi Knight II but it just doesn't have the same flavor somehow...

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It's pretty hard to find one single game that I can call the greatest of all time, since every each one have something that makes it special.

The first one that comes to my mind is definitely the Diablo series, specially Diablo 2 and expansion. A very great game with amazing story and fast paced action. It gave MONTHS of fun. Best $50 i've ever spent (battlechest :biggrin: ).

The second one should be Dark Forces II - Jedi Knight. It was the first FPS that allowed you to wield a lightsaber as a weapon, and it was VERY fun. I think it featured a great level design, not to mention a great story too. The second JK was very fun too, but not more than the first one.

The third should be Half-Life, the atmosphere that it had was pretty particular, I can't explain it. HL2 was a very good game too, but it had a different atmosphere.

Fourth has to be Metal Gear Solid. Maybe it didn't had the best graphics for that time, but it had a great story, with twisted plot and everything. I had to pause the game and replay it sometimes just to understand what was going on. Hideo Kojima is a genius.

That's all that comes to my mind right now. If I keep thinking I probably won't finish this post :ashamed:

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I also second Total Annihilation. Nothing quite like it before it, nothing quite like it since. Especially I loved playing without fog of war (so that the defences get ample chance to blast holes into the legion of ships moving ominously in your direction...), and the battles were HUGE. I also loved the fact that Cavedog gave us so much extra stuff--new units, new maps, new missions. It was exciting to install new units and to get to try 'em out!

I think TA was probably the first game I ever bought...

Starcraft is great, but it gave me more the feeling of an expansive rock-paper-scissors game, rather than war. TA really felt like combat. Plus the music kicks ass.

That's a great story Mina, by the way.

And yeah, Supreme Commander is the only game that I can imagine changing my mind about TA being the best game ever. I'm so excited about it! Come on, 2007!

EDIT: If you were underwhelmed by the AI in TA btw, there's a fanmade AI that is pretty killer called "Mostly Harmless". I have a pretty tough time beating it on smaller maps (with limited metal). Of course, I have a pretty tough time beating anybody on TA, but never mind that. =D

My other most-played PC game might be Worms 2...

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Starcraft is great, but it gave me more the feeling of an expansive rock-paper-scissors game, rather than war.

That's because Starcraft IS a (complexified) remolding of RPS. The game's not an RTS at all, but a Real Time Reflex game, and those are commonly found on arcades and consoles.

Nevertheless fun, but you wonder about its status on the gaming 'serving' pyramid as some sort of genre staple.

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That's because Starcraft IS a (complexified) remolding of RPS. The game's not an RTS at all, but a Real Time Reflex game, and those are commonly found on arcades and consoles.

Nevertheless fun, but you wonder about its status on the gaming 'serving' pyramid as some sort of genre staple.

Yeah, absolutely. I just didn't want to say "this is a fact" and risk the wrath of the Zerg rushStarcraft fans. And it's not like I hate Starcraft or anything, it's a great game. I Just don't think it's comparable to TA in any meaningful way.

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The best PC game (and in my opinion, the best game period) that I've ever played is System Shock 2. I've never played a game that let me play as myself quite in the same way that that game did. That mixed with the atmosphere, the great voice acting (at least for those characters that really mattered), the way the story would actually change slightly to make sense depending on your actions, and the persistent and deadly villain around you at all times.... mmm, man. It's the only game I've ever played that once I beat, I had to start a new game right away just so I could keep playing it.

Since the rights situation with the game is so messy, we may never see another true sequel, but if Bioshock is as good as it looks like it might be, we just might have another franchise to follow that'll be just as brilliantly crafted. Here's to hoping.

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Either Morrowind or Starcraft. It's hard to choose between the two - IMHO Morrowind had such an excellent and riveting story if you read into it at all, and the main quest was superb, you had the feeling that you chose to become the Nerevarine....Starcraft was just so much FUN, and still remains fun to this day, and boasts a pretty good story besides.

If you are finding Starcraft to be like rock-paper-scissors, then IMHO you aren't playing the game right, or doing SOMETHING wrong.

TA was a great game also, I just couldn't fine myself getting into it as much as I did with Starcraft. Still very excellent.

EDIT-> Holy shit I posted in this thread not that long ago. I feel stupid. Well my third choice way up there still remains.

Speculative - same w/ me & JKII. I just found myself playing it for the awesome lightsaber battles, and after awhile that just got tiring. DFII just seemed more addicting, deep, evil, epic....can't think of the right words at the moment. I honestly think the filmed characters helped in that game, gave them more depth.

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It'd be between Deus Ex and Syndicate Wars. If I go by hours played, then Syndicate Wars gets it. It was the first PC game to ever rival my favorite console games. I always found it to be a wonderfully immersive game with the right mix of depth and accessibility. I should also mention that the strategy guide is the perfect accompaniment. Maybe the only strategy guide that actually enhances the game experience with all of the context it provides. It's written as if the game world actually exists and it's totally believable how it explains the details and nuances of the fictional future in Syndicate Wars. Deus Ex of course is just a masterpiece through and through. It'd be just as easy to pick that one for reasons already stated.

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Well, I don't play that many PC Games, but out of the ones I've played, I have a couple favorites: For Gameplay, I have to say Neverwinter Nights (All expansions included, I have Diamond Edition). I absolutely love everything about how that game plays! For storyline, I'm gonna have to go with an old one that I played a few years back... Septerra Core!!! The story was simply awesome, despite a slight need for improvement in gameplay in my opinion... I was hooked on it from the beginning...

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While games like Starcraft, Dues Ex, Quake, Baldur's Gate, Diablo were undisputably fantastic games here's a list of my more rare favourites I'll never forget:

- Blake Stone
- Hocus Pocus
- Commander Keen Episode 4
- Cannon Fodder
- Blood
- Lemmings
- Ignition
- Rally Championship Xtreme
- Icewind Dale
- Unreal

So favourite game... hmmm two thumbs up to Death Rally ~!

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Since it's been a while since I played any PC games, but those old Lucas Arts point-and-click are the best for me. Games like Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle and Sam & Max I'll never forget.

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I'm gonna have to say Starcraft: Brood Wars, i play it all the time. Also WoW, go BLIZZARD! Oh yeah and 3rd: Halo.

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Mine is Dune 2 always and forever. This game is so good for a RTS it just can't be topped in my book. I simply love the good old graphic. Those were the days.

By the way, is there an official site to download freeware games with no viruses or anything like that. I've been looking for some of the freeware games to download.

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Because I use my consoles for gaming and play only on a PC what can't be played properly on a console, there's never been the need to upgrade my old PC, and when it gave up the ghost, I bought a medium-class new one. So I couldn't care less about stunning 3D graphics - give me a good 2D strategy or roleplaying game, and I'm set.

The most addicting PC gaming experience for me is Age of Wonders, replaced by AoW Shadow Magic when it came out. In my whole life I've never played any game for a longer overall time than these two. I'm sure there are better strategy games, gameplay-wise, but the captivating art design, the ear candy music, all those little ideas and touches that form a collection of the very best of fantasy staples, coupled with the fact that I'm a sucker for western high fantasy and don't care for 3D animation when there's simply no need for a third dimension (actually I think 2D looks much more evocative and artistic), make the AoW series the essence of fantasy gaming for me, regardless of genre.

The Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale series finish second and third (despite the atrocious pathfinding), and I bemoan the fact that these were the last great 2D roleplaying experiences. I don't get why everything has to be 3D, especially in the roleplaying genre. But I guess it depends if you started out with 2D and watched it grow up or if you belong to the 3D generation. I feel old.

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I would have to say the PC game that I have had by far the most fun playing is UT99, with UT04 following close behind. UT99 was the epitome of the run and gun FPS, and nothing can come close to it. Everything else is just too slow.

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