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Subject: Favorite Games
Posted by: Cosmo's Cod Piece
- [144192417] Sun, Nov 21, 2004, 17:35
Just wanted to see what everybody's favorite games are in a given genre:
Sports - NCAA Football 2005 (XBox) tied with Fight Night (PS2)
First Person Shooter - Soldier Of Fortune 1 (PC)
Role Playing - Vagrant Story (PS1)
Third Person Action - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. I'd like to give an honorable mention to that PS1 game starring Bruce Willis. Everybody hated it except for me.
Strategy Game - Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis (XBox). Its like SimCity, but with Dinosaurs. Yes, I do like it more than C&C or WarCraft.
I would have to say that my favorite game of all time would be either GTA: Vice City or Manhunt. |
| 1 | Tightends
ID: 3410101917
Sun, Nov 21, 2004, 17:39
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First Person Shooting- Counter Strike (PC)
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| 2 | TB
Leader
ID: 031811922
Mon, Nov 22, 2004, 03:01
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All PS2
Sports - NFL 2K3.
Madden 2004 and NCAA 2003 are the two most current versions I have and I enjoy both of those as well. Splashdown RGW is fun too if we can count jet ski racing as sports.
First Person Shooter - Half Life (I know it's an old game, but had a blast with it). My current favs are the Conflict Desert Storms, Ghost Recons, and SOCOM Navy Seals. All fun games.
Role Playing - I really got into the Silent Hill games. If Metal Gear fits into this category it was an awesome game in it's day. Enjoyed Substance as well.
Hack N Slash: Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance and Champions of Norrath.
Racing: Gran Turismo 3 A Spec. You mentioned GTA Vice City, so I added a racing category. I had a NASCAR 2002 or 2003 game, but still think GT Aspec rocks.
Strategy Game: Umm, Escape from Monkey Island. Okay, it's a kids game, but I had fun playing it. The Sims too, up until kids started showing up earlier than I wanted them. I used to stick them out on the front lawn until they were taken away. Silent Hill 2 had some action but was a serious strategy game too.
I don't know what category Max Payne would fall under, but it was a game I enjoyed. Evil Dead, A Fistful of Boomstick cracked me up. Bruce Campbell is the man.
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| 3 | Cosmo's Cod Piece
ID: 144192417
Mon, Nov 22, 2004, 18:29
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TB: How could I forget racing games?
GT3-A Spec is the Lord Of The Manor. Need For Speed Underground rules the school too, but nothing beats GT3-A Spec.
How did the NASCAR games work out for you? I've never tried one, but always wanted to take the plunge.
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| 4 | biliruben
ID: 3110231016
Mon, Nov 22, 2004, 18:45
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All PC:
Strategy: Starcraft - beats all Warcraft, including III, imho.
Honorable mention: Lords of Conquest, circa 1981. I have long since lost the original 5 1/4 inch disk that I used to run this game off of on an original IBM without a harddrive Not that it matters, given a lack of a harddrive to run it off of. I've been transferring it from HD to HD over the span of 5 different computers since then, and still runs great! A testament to MS's DOS emulator, I suppose. It is still the game I play the most.
Role playing: Diablo.
I don't play shooters or racing.
I still run an emulator with some old-school arcade games, but not often. Anyone have a stand-up Defender they are looking to unload?
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| 5 | TaRhEElKiD
ID: 40612721
Mon, Nov 22, 2004, 18:48
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Sports- Madden 2005 (PS2)
First Person Shooter- Halo 2 (XBOX) although multi player makes it the best
3rd Person Action- GTA III and GTA: San Andreas (PS2)
Funny thing...I hate GTA: Vice City but oh well...
THK
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| 6 | Valkyrie
ID: 510152216
Tue, Nov 23, 2004, 00:57
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My favorite game was UNC-CH at Santa Clara (except that it really did embarass the whole conference.)
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| 7 | TB
ID: 59933268
Tue, Nov 23, 2004, 17:11
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Cosmo,
Once I played GT3-A Spec, all other racing games paled in comparison. I think I saw Challenger talking up NASCAR 2004 in the racing forum, but I couldn't find the thread to link you to it. I know this guy who has went all-out on his computer, bought the steering wheel, pedals, and even created a cockpit and he goes online to race. Personally, I get my butt kicked with NASCAR unless I turn off vehicle damage. I am all over the walls.
There was a game I used to love to play on my PC called Pirates Gold. I still have the game, but it doesn't work on my computer. I tried to change the computer settings, but it's outdated software.
Here is a shout-out to the Summer and Winter Olympic games from my old Comodore 64. Had a cool battle chess game on there too.
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| 8 | James K Polk
ID: 151035917
Tue, Nov 23, 2004, 18:22
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bili -- I don't play shooters either, but I picked up a copy of Star Wars: Battlefront for my boys, and it is awesome! I love it. Something about zooming in with a sniper rifle and picking off a Snow Trooper on Hoth is just very fun.
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| 9 | biliruben
ID: 3110231016
Tue, Nov 23, 2004, 18:54
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Yeah, I watched a buddy of mine play Battlefront. Looks fun. I think I would pick up the old RPG, "Knights of the old Republic," first, however. I've heard great reviews of it.
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| 10 | TaRhEElKiD
ID: 40612721
Tue, Nov 23, 2004, 19:31
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"My favorite game was UNC-CH at Santa Clara (except that it really did embarass the whole conference.)"
Too bad nobody in the Carolina organization or knowledgable fans give a crap since the game was played with Felton. A freshman PG was running the show and we know how that normally goes (especially since he isn't even a TOP recruit). I am guessing you hated the BYU game last night where UNC scored 30 before they scored 5. Expect more of the same this season. Should beat Tenn tonight by 15+...then they will act revenge on Texas in the Maui Championship. Get over it Carolina hater...this is their year.
THK
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| 11 | James K Polk
ID: 51010719
Tue, Nov 23, 2004, 22:20
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I have KOTOR as well. It's interesting and very well done; I just haven't been in the mood to invest 35+ hours in a game like that. I'm much more likely to sit down and play a couple Battlefront battles for 20 minutes or so, or kick a little butt with Soul Calibur II, then put the Xbox down.
I have played KOTOR enough to see that it deserves all the praise it got. Once you become jedi, it's pretty fun. And I understand that the sequel looks really nice too.
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| 12 | Mike D
Sustainer
ID: 041831612
Tue, Nov 23, 2004, 22:27
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All PS2:
SOCOM 2 Navy Seals
Winning Eleven 7 (soccer)
Def Jam Vendetta as well as the newest one Def Jam NY (fighting/wrestling)
The Madden series
Primal (RPG, not for the meek)
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| 13 | R9
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ID: 02624472
Wed, Nov 24, 2004, 08:47
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I never got around to finishing KOTOR, but it was indeed very well done. I'm not much of an RPG fan either, so that's saying something.
Sports-wise, I like NHL 2005. The computer is awful again, but with a bunch of buddies its great fun. The new Free-for-All mode was a great idea too. I also used to be a big Formula 1 racer, with F1RC being my preferred game. Gave such a great feeling of speed, and actually staying on the track threw an entire 30-40 lap race was something else. :)
Strategy-wise, Civilization 3 and Master of Orion 2 are my picks. Not sure how many of you guys are old school, but Moo 2 goes waaaay back. Was packaged in DOS and Win95 formats... ;)
And finally, I'm a sucker for Counterstrike too. I usually don't spend all that much time with FPS games, but CS is different. Not sure why. Maybe just because I love sniping, and CS sniping is the easiest of them all. Call of Duty gets an honorable mention too, as it was a very realistic and well done game.
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| 14 | KnicksFan
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ID: 30815418
Wed, Nov 24, 2004, 09:16
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Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Final Fantasy VII
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
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| 15 | culdeus
ID: 119141810
Wed, Nov 24, 2004, 10:49
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Sports - New: NCAA 2004 (PS2) more fun than this years model and they finetuned the engine from the prior years Madden perfectly.
Old: Front Page Sports Pro Football (PC) A ground breaking game with drafting, training, play design elements not seen for 10 years later on consoles.
First Person Shooter - No interest here.
Role Playing - New: None
Old: Legend of Zelda (NES8) Hero's Quest1-4 (PC)
Third Person Action - The entire GTA series.
Strategy Game - NEW: C&C Red Alert
OLD: A very low volume game that never hit the radar of anyone -Spirit of Excalibur- combined the RPG and RTS generes into one game with a historical background. I just wish it would load on XP because I bet I'd still dig it.
Arcade: NEW: Area51
OLD: NBA Jam
I still think my all time favorite series is Madden. To tough to call.
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| 16 | PuNk42AE
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ID: 036635522
Wed, Nov 24, 2004, 11:35
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Have you played C&C Generals yet Culd?
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| 17 | Valkyrie
ID: 351012316
Wed, Nov 24, 2004, 12:10
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Actually THK I do root for the Heels when they play out of conference- Just couldn't resist the jab at "ol' Roy" I respect the school itself and will always be grateful for their beautiful and intelligent women. And Franklin Street will always be better than anything Durham has to offer. PS- It's easy to root for Carolina as a Duke alum in Southern California because I rarely have to interact with any UNCCH alumni here LOL.
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| 18 | jtserb
ID: 101039107
Wed, Nov 24, 2004, 16:02
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I dont really like C&C Generals, but man Red Alert 2 has to be the be strategy game of all time. I still play it.
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| 19 | Cosmo's Cod Piece
ID: 144192417
Wed, Nov 24, 2004, 17:27
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Anybody hear of an old computer game called Realms? It was an old school floppy disk strategy game that was great back in the day. Where can one snag a copy of this?
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| 20 | Texas Flood
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ID: 311039208
Fri, Nov 26, 2004, 08:46
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Sports, Tiger Woods 2004 or 2005.
1st person shooter, Halo 2.
Role Playing, Fable.
Strategy, Rome Total War.
Third Person Action, Ningja Gaiden.
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| 21 | TB
ID: 59933268
Wed, Dec 29, 2004, 14:17
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Mike D and KnicksFan, Based on what you guys put in above, I bought a couple games.
Primal- Just finished it. It was a fun game, but more for the strategy versus the fighting. The characters and story were cool and Jen is a little hottie. I really got stuck in a couple parts and if I had any hair, I am sure I would have pulled it out. The hardest to figure out was probably the sea world. Fighting as an Undine was a pain in the butt. Great music too. I think I will try to find an album from 16 Volt. I might go back into it just to see if I can find all the cards. I missed at least a dozen of them.
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence- I was pretty certain that Castlevania: Symphony of the Night was a PS1 game only and don't buy any new PS1 games. I had read good reviews for LOI, so bought it. This was also a fun game and I enjoyed testing out what different combos of sub-weapons and orbs did. IIRC, I liked using the yellow orb with the axe. I kept playing the game until I had 100% completion, finding every relic and item. It had a Devil May Cry feel to it and was a pretty short game, but does have some replay value with the additional unlocked character and the boss mode (which I tried and failed twice before moving on to different games).
I just got my son (lol) another dozen games for Xmas, so looking forward to testing most of those out as well.
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| 22 | KnicksFan
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ID: 30815418
Wed, Dec 29, 2004, 15:07
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TB, I don't know how similar Symphony of the Night is to Lament of Innocence. I know it's just a PS1 game, but it's so good (and quite large too) that I'm sure you wouldn't mind the slightly worse graphics. Anyway, I'm happy you got a Castlevania game; it's a helluva series.
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| 23 | Mike D
ID: 321132821
Thu, Dec 30, 2004, 13:48
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TB, great to hear! Primal is a very underrated (and unknown) game. Glad you liked it! I totally agree on the Undine and sea world part. Man, it tired me out being under water so much. Jen is most definitely a hottie!! I was very impressed with the soundtrack.
There was some wacky stuff throughout the game, so unfortunately I haven't let my kids play it yet.....I don't think their ready. Even the opening Club scene would scare them I think.
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| 24 | Ref
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ID: 539581218
Thu, Jan 06, 2005, 12:25
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All Xbox
Best sports game ever: ESPN NFL 2K5
Best shooting game: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow
Best Campaign: Halo 2
Most entertaining: World Championship Poker
Sports Games worth owing: Links, Top Spin, ESPN NBA 2K5 (hopefully ESPN baseball has a title out this spring too)
Future purchase: Probably Mech Assault 2: Lonewolf (3rd person mech game that kills the first game that I got free with my Live susbscription a year ago)
Final Tip: If they aren't on Xbox Live, they aren't worth getting!
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| 25 | biliruben
ID: 41046317
Thu, Jan 06, 2005, 16:43
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snood.
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