What are your all-time favourites?

[wetwarev7]

What are your all time favourite games/sims? You know, the ones that are so in-depth and consuming that you just can't bring yourself to uninstall them, and they sit there for years on your drive to be played when all else is boring, or get automatically installed everytime you reload your OS?

My favourites:
X2: the Threat(Soon to be X3)
CivIII(soon to be Civ4)
Silent Hunter III
Daggerfall
Morrowind(Mostly because I don't want to have to re-install all the mods)
FS2004
Operation Flashpoint: Resistance

[klmmicro]

All the MS FS'es (including the CFS series)
Morrowind+expansions (I like long open ended adventures)
SH3 (after SH1)
M1 Tank Platoon (old, but I still play it)
Starcraft!

GT4 on the PS2.

[Teufelschiff]

Call of Duty :rock:

SHIII :rock:

[silent_otto]

SHIII
Diablo II
Return to Castle Wolfenstein (RTCW)

:ping:

[Gizzmoe]

SH3
Simcity 4
Steel Panthers
Harpoon 3
Falcon 4
Tropico
X-Plane
TacOps
IL2
Combat Mission
Close Combat
Need for Speed Porsche
Hearts of Iron 2
Rome Total War

[Ula Jolly]

In reverse order of importance...
Little Big Adventure 2
Civilization I and III (soon IV :D)
Steel Panthers: MBT and WWII
SimCity 4+RH
FS 2004
Operation Flashpoint +RES
Dangerous Waters
Silent Hunter III
(And I WISH I had the Sims.. plus a few expansion packs...)

[wetwarev7]

SH3
Simcity 4
Steel Panthers
Harpoon 3
Falcon 4
Tropico
X-Plane
TacOps
IL2
Combat Mission
Close Combat
Need for Speed Porsche
Hearts of Iron 2
Rome Total War

What is IL2? It sounds familiar...

[Sailor Steve]

SHIII

There are a few others I would still have if I had DosBox:
SHI
European Air War
Red Baron 3D
A few Formula 1 games.

I'm not really much of a gamer (though I want to play Pirates so bad my teeth hurt). I just like certain eras and certain machinery.

[Marhkimov]

SHIII
IL2 Aces Expansion
CFS2 (the best game of it's time!)


My game list is very small; quality over quantity

[Gizzmoe]

What is IL2? It sounds familiar...

It´s a WW2 flightsim.

http://www.il2sturmovik.com/

[gouldjg]

Call of Duty :rock:

SHIII :rock:

I played the demo of COD2 today and it absolutely rocks as a fps.

The ai soilders are probably the smartest ai I have seen in a fps.

[Nedlam]

Not in any particular order:

Silenthunter III
Warbirds
Combat Mission I, II and III

[thasaint]

brothers in arms
silent hunter 3
microsoft flight sims and combat flight sims
call of duty
some sports games
gran turismo 4 for PS2
other various PC racing games (no not need for speed :P)
battlefield 2 though it's not a sim just rules
freelancer
i plan on buying x3 soon

[Highbury]

IL2 + Aces Expansion + Pacific Fighters installed as expansion

Day of Defeat

EverQuest II

And although I am new to it I am sure SHIII is now on that list

[Trav_R]

Oldest > Newest (roughly anyway)

Privateer 1
Ultima 6
Strike Commander
Jagged Alliance 1 and 2
XCOM - UFO Defense
Doom 2
Red Baron (Original and 3D)
Aces of the Deep
Empire Earth
Mafia
B-17 The Mighty Eighth II
Battlefield 1942 (Not a good enough comp for 2)

[Valtonen]

Pro evolution soccer 4 best sports game ever
Sh III most mentally oppressed game
and football manager games, they´ll control your whole life...

[wetwarev7]

Oh! I forgot one,

Orbiter

It's a freeware space flight sim. Based on real physics, rather sterile, but very realistic. I've traveled to the moon in real time - forgot about my ETA, and sailed right past it.......

[U-104]

:rotfl:

[gdogghenrikson]

SHIII
Diablo II
Return to Castle Wolfenstein (RTCW)

:ping:


sweet, a fellow diablo 2 person

[GlobalExplorer]

My top 10 of in chronological order:

- Pirates!
- Ultima VII
- Aces of The Deep
- Panzer General 2
- Red Baron 2
- Close Combat 2
- Grand Prix Legends
- Shogun Total War //best game of all time
- Rome Total War
- Silent Hunter III

[Valtonen]

One more

Red Storm Rising
Just listened theme...
Ah...Oh...
http://www.playbynumbers.com/mp3/archive/red_storm_rising_sid.mp3

[kiwi_2005]

Doom 3
Quake 4
Lock On: Modern Air Combat
SH3
SH2 and Destroyer Command as LAN Network play
Guild Wars
Americas Army
NeverwinterNights & Expansions
Dangerous Waters (Still learning how to play it!)
Morrowind (The Sequel Oblivion is out 2006)
Act Of War
Fear
Age of Empires III (just came out and its GOOD!)
Fast Attack (old subsim, still rocks)
Rome Total War

[GlobalExplorer]

One more

Red Storm Rising
Just listened theme...
Ah...Oh...
http://www.playbynumbers.com/mp3/archive/red_storm_rising_sid.mp3

Ah of course. Thanks for the link.

[Sturm]

- Silent Hunter III
- Operation Flashpoint: Resistance with FDFmod :rock:
- Close Combat: Invasion Normandy multiplayer
- Warcraft III
- Battlefield 1942 with Forgotten Hope
- Falcon 4
- Richard Burns Rally
- Grand Prix 4

[JBClark]

In no particular order:

Civ II
Falcon 4 (and FreeFalcon)
Silent Service
Diablo II
Jane's F15E and Longbow 2
Sword of the Samuari

and of course: SHIII (modded)

[zoinks]

sid meier's antietem
b17:the mighty eigth
deus ex
delta force
half life
command & conquer
red baron
nhl '96

[Von Scheerbach]

wetwarev7: I almost started this thread several times...I see by the response I should have!

Games I loved but no longer play:
M1 Tank Platoon
Silent Hunter 1
D-Day America Invades
Aces of the Deep
Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe
Greant Naval Battles of the North Atlantic, 39-43
Carrier Strike
X-Wing

If anyone knows how to get these old DOS based games to run on my P4, please let me know!!!!

Games I love and still play:
Silent Hunter 3
B17 2: The Mighty 8th (would have been GREAT with multiplayer)
Pacific Fighters
IL2, Forgotten Battles
Call of Duty
Fighting Steel
Sea Dogs
Madden 2003
NASCAR Racing 2003
Empire Earth
KOTOR 1 & 2

And if any of you ever wanted to be GM of ANY hockey team in ANY league in the world, get NHL Eastside Hockey Manager 2005 from Sega. It's pretty much just a GM sim (with some coaching thrown in - no moving around the ice checking, shooting, etc), but the depth is unreal...

[Mud]

FS2004
Eve online
Elite
B17 2
GP500
Half life
Operation Flashpoint
Armed & Dangerous
SH3
M1 tank platoon 2
IL 2



Mud

[andy_311]

sh3
b-17 the mighty eight
cfs2
cfs3
aoe 1 and 2 plus all the expansion packs
blitzkrieg-blitzkrieg rolling thunder
codename panzers phase 1
codename panzers phase 2
stonghold crusaiders
starwars battlefields
flight sim 2004

[Trav_R]

Von Scheerbach: DosBox is the way to go for getting old games running again. It's pretty easy to use, you'll have to do a little reading but not much.

http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/download.php?main=1

Main problem with it is that it's pretty resource intensive. If you're running a "newer" DOS game it may not run very well, but most games it runs fine.

[iambecomelife]

My top 15 (in descending order)

1. Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe
2. Silent Hunter III
3. Red Baron 3d (heavily modded)
4. Aces of the Deep
5. Their Finest Hour
6. Cutthroats: Terror on the High Seas
7. Pirates of the Caribbean (heavily modded)
8. Freelancer (heavily modded)
9. Falcon 3.0 ("Major Iambecomelife was courtmartialed for aiding and abetting the enemy...") Dang - right after I beat the Red Baron's kill count :damn: .
10. Resident Evil 3
11. Silent Hill 2
12. Return to Castle Wolfenstein
13. Wolfenstein:Enemy Territory (the only MP game I play)
14. Morrowind ("You are a fool to walk around like that :rotfl: ")
15. Resident Evil 2

The IL2 series almost makes it but loses out because of mediocre immersion & campaign play. SH2 loses out because it was relatively poor out of the box. I think SH3 is the best modern
game both default and with mods. RB3d is a close second with the "Full Canvas Jacket" mod. If only I could get some decent FPS with it...

[U-552Erich-Topp]

:) SH3 is number 1, Medal of Honor is number 2, Call of Duty is number 3

[thasaint]

ooo cutthroats was a great game iambecomelife, i think i still have the disks around somewhere

[iambecomelife]

ooo cutthroats was a great game iambecomelife, i think i still have the disks around somewhere

My CD was stolen several years ago. I had it in the box that my Radeon 9600 came in and someone made off with it, expecting to get a shiny new graphics card. At least they were disappointed when they opened the box :roll: . I haven't bought a new copy yet.

[Skubber]

I don't think anyone listed

-Half-life 2 (It's very good!)

and several others already mentioned
-Starcraft
-Civ III
-Warcraft II and III
-Halo

[JBClark]

I never played Half-life, but the same folks put out Counter-Strike. I loved that one, but can't play it anymore. That Steam business looks too suspect for me.

[ironkross]

Playing now.
1. SHIII
(Tons of time spent playing these two. Left new games laying in the box untouched to continue playing these.)
2. X2 The Threat

3. DW
4.IL2 and IL2Forgotten Battles
5.Pacific Fighters

Oldies but favs in order

XBTF
SH II
CFS 2
Janes 688i
M1A2 by IM
Janes Sub Command
CFS1
Janes F-15
Steel Beasts
Strike Fighters
Janes F/A 18
Gunship
Indy Wars

I bought Myst but for the life of me I can't see how people enjoy this game. Would rather watch paint dry.

[Von Scheerbach]

Trav: Thanks for the link! I'll give it a shot.....not many of these games need a whole lot of resources, but it's worth a try.

iambecomelife: "Their Finest Hour".....was that the LucasArts Battle of Britain game???? If it is, my old college roommate and I played that game non-stop for about 12 hours one time....

Hard to believe no one else is mentioning GNBNA. That may have been the first game I ever played with a dynamic campaign. That was my biggest disappointment with Fighting Steel. Well, that and the whopping 4 ship convoys....

I'm also suprised to see so many people mentioning B17 2. I thought I was the ONLY one who played that game!!!!

[Redwine]

Unreal 1
Return to NaPali
SH1
Jet Fighter III
DID ADF
IL2 Forgoten Battles AEP
Flanker 2.0/2.5

[FERdeBOER]

Aces of the Deep
PcFútbol (Spanish football manager game)
Maniac Mansion
Super EF2000
Civilization 2
Steel Panthers: World at War
Drakheen

[Elder-Pirate]

SH3 ( OF COURSE )

Hidden & Dangerous 2 + its exspansion pack "Sabre Squadron"

FarCry

MOHA, Spearhead and Breakthrough.

Call of Duty and its expansion pack "United Offensive".

And of course the Untouchable "Return to Castle Wolfenstein".

[BettingUrlife]

So many already mentioned, but mine are
Doom 1
X-Com series
Falcon series
Master of Orion 1
Jagged Alliance 2
GTR FIA
Diablo 1 (still don't like D2's graphics)
Rome Total War
European Air War
Longbow 2
Civ 2
Baldur's Gate series

And probably many others, far too many to mention

[wetwarev7]

I still play the X-com series, and Medieval(and Rome) Total War.

I've noticed that the DosBox program has some problems with WinXp(mostly graphics) and some games, so I've got a slower Win98 machine for those games like X-com, Daggerfall, Elite, etc....

I played Halflife2 all the way thru, enjoyed it, then removed it. Takes too much space, and just doesn't have the same replay value as open ended games. same with Doom3. I'll play them again, will never sell them, but they just don't rate the disk space they use.

Lately, I've gotten back into Muds....I spend a lot of time at Discworld. :up:

[Nedlam]

Wow, how could I forget Medieval Total War. That is a great game.

Not to mention the oldies but goody X-COM.

I found a game which is basically a rip off of X-COM called UFO Aftermath. I had to buy it to get my X-COM fix since I've long lost any copies of the original. It was worth the 30 bucks. :)

[wetwarev7]

Wow, how could I forget Medieval Total War. That is a great game.

Not to mention the oldies but goody X-COM.

I found a game which is basically a rip off of X-COM called UFO Aftermath. I had to buy it to get my X-COM fix since I've long lost any copies of the original. It was worth the 30 bucks. :)

I'd heard of that. I thought about buying it when it came out, but didn't for some reason(I forget why). Is it as good as the originals?

[Nedlam]

Yeah, the eye candy is obviously much better. It plays mostly like X-COM. I've wasted may an hour glued to my computer screen whacking mutations and "Greys" (that's their little pet word for aliens).

If you liked X-COM you'll like this. I heard that they might be coming out with a new X-COM. I forgot the company who originally produced it but if you do a search you'll probably find info on it.

Great thread, it's a trip down memory lane. I remember my first (and only other) Sub Sim which was Silent Service and I played it on my Commodore 64!!! :) Ahhhh, happy days. I remember thinking: "These graphics are amazing!!!" :)

[wetwarev7]

Great thread, it's a trip down memory lane. I remember my first (and only other) Sub Sim which was Silent Service and I played it on my Commodore 64!!! :) Ahhhh, happy days. I remember thinking: "These graphics are amazing!!!" :)

Can you imagine, 30 years from now, our children will be trying out something like Half-life2, or Doom3 for history class, and would consider the graphics "quaint"?

[SmokinTep]

IL2/AEP/PF
RTW
MOH
COD
LINKS 2001
FAR CRY
SHIII

[ICBM]

The Classics:

*Duke Nukem 3D
*Shadow Warrior
*Blood 1
*Redneck Rampage
*Earthsiege 1
*Outlaws
*Total Annhilation 2
* Severance - Blade of Darkness
*Quake 1,
*Carmageddon 2 (totaly modded)
*Silent Hunter 1, 3
*Settlers 4
*Outcast
*Alien vs Predator 1
*Unreal Tournament

Yes, I like old games of the Pre EA erea, still 100% quality unlike the console style crap that is produced today.

[Myszkin]

- Aces of the Deep
- Silent HUnter 3

That's all...

[scrapser]

The game that started it all back in 1985...

Silent Service (Commodore 64)

Other oldies...
Gunship (Commodore 64 and Amiga 500)
Carrier Command (Amiga 500)
Red Strom Rising (Amiga 500)

Battlezone I, II, and Forgotten Enemies (PC)
M1TP2 (PC)
EAW (PC)
Starcraft (PC)
Doom 2 (PC)
Quake 2 (PC)
Tron 2 (PC)

scrapser

[Trav_R]

Von Scheerbach: I've run games with DosBox on XP without any problems, so you should be able too as well. That's what it was made for!

[JohnnyPotPie]

In no real order

-SH3
-Nascar Racing 2003
-F1 Challenege (and all the mods)
-GTR
-GT Legends
-IL2 Pac. Fighters
-LoMAC
-CS-Source
-Battlefield 2
-HomeWorld 1&2
-Age of Empire III
-Op. Flashpoint
-Doom3
thats about it for my HD right now.... it changes often though! :arrgh!:

[caspofungin]

in no particular order:

x-com: ufo defense and sequels
baldur's gate 1+2
close combat 5 + gjs mod
op flashpoint + res
system shock 2
hidden and dangerous 2



I played the demo of COD2 today and it absolutely rocks as a fps.

The ai soilders are probably the smartest ai I have seen in a fps.

try f.e.a.r. -- the ai in that will literally blow you out of your shoes -- advancing under cover, suppressive fire, moving environment objects to create cover, grenades -- if you're kicking ass, they'll even refuse to engage you.

[JohnnyPotPie]

ohhhh System Shock 2.... game freaked me out, it gave me really dreams for like a year.... freaky game

[Kaleun]

.. in no order


SWAT 4
SHIII
Halflife 2
Rome Total War
Morrowind ( soon to be Elderscrolls 4: Oblivion)
Grand Prix 4
Falcon 4 (and it's new incarnation Allied Force)

Kaleun

[Martin1813]

The new Civilization 4 is so much better than the 3 !!! :rock:


no order :

SHIII
Call Of Duty
Civilization 2
Sim City

[supersloth]

no particular order but:
thief I and II
Deus Ex
SH3(modded)
just got civ 4 so we'll see
neverwinter nights
shogun TW
Medieval TW
Rome TW(modded)

but my all time favorite has to be baldurs gate 2.

[U107Wolff]

- Silent Hunter 3
- Shogun Total War
- Medal of honour AA
- Red Storm Rising

[jason210]

In no particular order, these sims are what make having computers worthwhile for me. Of course, where applicable, all the best add-ons have been utilised.

FS2004
Silent Hunter III
Orbiter
Sub Command / DW
Operation Flashpoint
Aerowinx 744 Simulator
Pardox Games series (EUII, Hearts of Iron II, Victoria)

For instant, gratuitous feedback, the following I have succumbed to in the past:

C&C Tiberian Sun
Stronghold
Quake II
Close Combat III and IV

and more recently, for just plain fun:
Half-Life 2

[Detritus]

Lessee:
Deus Ex
NOLF 1 & 2
Combat Flight Sims 1-3
IL2 series
European Air War
SH3
System Shock 2
Brothers in Arms (screw COD)
Thief series
Knights of the Old Republic 1 & 2
Hidden & Dangerous 2
Mafia
Monkey Islands

[Syxx_Killer]

Command: Aces of the Deep
Janes 688(i) Hunter/Killer
Sub Command
Command & Conquer Red Alert (with Aftermath expansion)
Command & Conquer Red Alert 2 (with Yuri's Revenge expansion)
The Sims (with all the expansions)
Hard Truck 2/King of the Road
Hard Truck: 18 Wheels of Steel
Silent Hunter III
Rome: Total War (hopefully with the Barbarian Invasion expasion soon)
Dangerous Waters
USNF '97
Jet Fighter III
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (Game of the Year Edition)
Gran Turismo 2
Gran Turismo 3
Gran Turismo 4
Test Drive 4
Test Drive 5
F-22 Raptor
F-16 Multirole Fighter
MiG-29 Fulcrum
F-22 Lightning 3
Super Off Road
Delta Force

[eweber]

FS9
MSTS
SH3
Orbiter
CoD
Full Spectrum Warrior

Looking to get X3: Reunion

Hmmmm.... lots of sims.... I think I'm in Walter Mitty's wonderful world!

:rotfl:

ew

[Highbury]

try f.e.a.r. -- the ai in that will literally blow you out of your shoes -- advancing under cover, suppressive fire, moving environment objects to create cover, grenades -- if you're kicking ass, they'll even refuse to engage you.

I actually grabbed the full version for my GF, she is more of a shooter player then I am. I did howerver spend a bit of time with it myself and the AI is amazing and the 'feel' of the game is incredible. Should still be a fee demo of the first lvl for those who want to try.

[ICBM]

try f.e.a.r. -- the ai in that will literally blow you out of your shoes -- advancing under cover, suppressive fire, moving environment objects to create cover, grenades -- if you're kicking ass, they'll even refuse to engage you.

I actually grabbed the full version for my GF, she is more of a shooter player then I am. I did howerver spend a bit of time with it myself and the AI is amazing and the 'feel' of the game is incredible. Should still be a fee demo of the first lvl for those who want to try.

When you have a NASA mainframe yes... The system specs are outragous.

[iambecomelife]

Trav: Thanks for the link! I'll give it a shot.....not many of these games need a whole lot of resources, but it's worth a try.

iambecomelife: "Their Finest Hour".....was that the LucasArts Battle of Britain game???? If it is, my old college roommate and I played that game non-stop for about 12 hours one time....

Hard to believe no one else is mentioning GNBNA. That may have been the first game I ever played with a dynamic campaign. That was my biggest disappointment with Fighting Steel. Well, that and the whopping 4 ship convoys....

I'm also suprised to see so many people mentioning B17 2. I thought I was the ONLY one who played that game!!!!

Yep, that's the one. It's too bad most new flight sims don't feature a dynamic campaign like the one in "Their Finest Hour" or SWOTL. I'd really like to see this feature in a subsim, but I guess it's unlikely.

[ICBM]

Also interesting that many people played Hidden & Dangerous 2, wich got burned down by most gamemags. (to difficult...but as usual that is exactly why I loved it)

We seem to like quality games, refreshing.

Forgot a few games:

Hidden & Dangerous 2
B-17 Flying Fortress 2
F-29 Retalliator (Holy mosez that one's OLD!)
Apache Longbow
Apache vs Havoc
Commanche vs Hokum
Flanker 2 and Lock On - Modern Air Combat
Black & White 1
Homeworld 1+exp pack and HW2
Messias
Morrowind + Exp pack

[illuminatus]

Somewhere along my PC gaming timeline (oldest to most recent)

Warlords II
Ultima VIII (yes, i'm a heathen)
Privateer
Syndicate
X-COM: UFO Defense
Master of Orion II
Warcraft I / II

Starcraft
Fallout
Baldur's Gate II
Planescape: Torment
Grim Fandango
Fallout 2
Jagged Alliance II
Half-life
The Longest Journey
Splinter Cell
Greyhawk: Temple of Elemental Evil
Silent Hunter III
Pro Evolution Soccer V
Civilization IV

[wetwarev7]

The new Civilization 4 is so much better than the 3 !!! :rock:



I agree! I got it Friday, and all weekend long it was like:

(Playing Civ4) "I wish I were playing SH3..."
(Playing SH3) "I wish I were playing Civ4..."
(Playing Civ4) "I wish I were playing SH3..."
(Playing SH3) "I wish I were playing Civ4..."

:damn: I gotta stop buying new games when I'm allready playing another....

[illuminatus]

Hahah WW.

Doing an instance in WoW: What's the next player I should buy for my master league team in PES5?

Playing PES5: I wonder how the Civ4 AI plays on the islands scenario

Playing Civ4: OMG submarines... I'd so put some torpedoes through the keel of that Galley! :arrgh!:

Playing SH3: Man I wish Civ4 didn't crash so much.

:rock: :rock:

[wetwarev7]

@illuminatus: :rotfl:

The whole time I was playing Civ4, I was gearing my entire civilization towards building a submarine fleet when they became available....

And Civ4 only crashes when you are doing well - Start a war with a bigger, badder civ, and the game becomes rock-stable.... :lol:

[illuminatus]

Part of the improved AI, I assume!

[von Buelow]

All time #1
WARBIRDS - before they killed the lower realism mode. I was even a Squadron commander at one time ("The Drifters, Guns for hire") with about 30 members. Was always an awesome time when we got together!

#2's
DIABLO II - spent way too much time on this. had 48 characters, all level 80 or above, with 6 level 99's. Sold the acounts on eBay :)

SH III - Mostly because I'm playing it now... but probably won't remain. Fun, but not THAT fun. Maybe if they had better multi-player options, including a "no friendly fire" option that would prevent hack weenies from causing damage (or better yet, have any damage that would have been assessed, be assessed to the shooters sub and not yours).

Other notable:
REAL WAR - fun, and a bit challenging, but not an all-time favorite. I think there's a newer version out there (something like CIV 4, but with tanks and such -- if you know of the game I speask, please PM me) I seem to recall something on the G4 channel that reviewed this game - but I forgot the name :damn: maybe Age of Empires III ?? :hmm: I'm not sure how far that game goes.

[U-104]

The whole time I was playing Civ4, I was gearing my entire civilization towards building a submarine fleet when they became available... :rotfl: :rotfl:

[Archangel]

In no order :

- Operation Flashpoint
- Silent Hunter III
- Battlefield 2
- Rainbow six series
- Hidden and dangerous titles
- Mohaa
- Mafia

[kiwi_2005]

I just finished F.E.A.R a first person shooter with a kind of horror theme to it.

The AI enemy is the best ive seen in a shooting game. I mean these guys run, duck you throw a grenade they're throw one back they even do the getto style with gun outstretched one arm style moving back while firing. They will flank you find other ways of getting to you, if you run they're follow, you hide they're find you and they call for reinforcements.

What i found to be a bit of a bore was to much corridor fighting. Still a good shooter for its realism fighting.

[Dowly]

WHAT I CURRENTLY PLAY:
SHIII

WHICH HAVE A PLACE IN MY HEART TILL THE END OF THE WORLD:
IL2FB+AE+PF
Close Combat IV & V
Full Throttle (The LucasArt´s classic :) )
Broken Sword 1
Sniper Elite
MOH: Allied assault (The game that started all this WW2 fps thinhy :D )

[HKreutzkopf]

My list of games chronologically since 1997:
F/A 18
Close Combat II A Bridge So Far
Close Combat III Russian Front
Silent Hunter I
Armored Fist II
GP2
Starcraft
Close Combat IV Battle of Bulge
Close Combat V Invasion Normandy
GP3
Silent Hunter II
Destroyer Command
Colin McRae's Rally II
CC Generals

Most I remember Close Combat series. It's alive - take a look tohttp://www.closecombat.org/CSO/index.php :D
And then Silent Hunter series.

[Deep-Six]

CoD2
Rome Total War and Barbarians
SH3
CIV3

And that is in particular order.

[benetofski]

Any flightsim - with my dodgy-ticker, it's the only flying I can do these days ! :cry:

[VWPowerSub]

New here but i have been playiing Battle Field 1942 and its mods for a few years and still love it. Don't play now as i am very addicted to THis wonderful game. I have not played another subgame since Wolfpack way back when VGA was king. Just bought Blitzcreag but have not gotten off SHIII to try it out. I love games! but just dont' have the time with a new 1 month old baby and 2 year old boy.
later,
ERick :rock:

[Knotical]

In order of their total domination of my free time and absolute coolness:

1. X-COM -UFO Defence (1994)
2. IL-2 / FB / PF
3. Close Combat series (all of them)
4. SHIII
5. Op Flashpoint + all addons ( Still the most realistic land combat game ever, total freedom of maneuver).
6. Microprose PAW / then EAW
7. M1 Tank Platoon II
8. Microprose GUNSHIP! ( I dug it even though it was nearly impossibly hard to play).
9. Far Cry ( I think it spanks HL2, dont know why but I just love the
weapons, AI, and free range openess of this game.)
10. Grand Theft Auto III and up.

And for Multiplayer, hands down BF1942 and BFII, though Joint OPS if cool too.

And as for games I think are/were highly overated:

1. Call of Duty (It just does nothing for me, way to much action at once and feels like its on rails (no freedom of maneuver).
2. Anything from ROWAN (BOB, Korea, all of them)
3. Every sub sim before SHIII except for AOD. ( I'm talking WWII sims not modern).
4. Microsofts CFS series.
5. LOMAC (I guess modern combat sims are to hard for me when the HUD and instruments are in Russian.

[andy_311]

SH3
Blitzkrieg (all)
Codename Panzers 1& 2
Stronghold 1& 2
CFS 3
Mosquito Squadron
Age of Empires 3
Age of Mythology (all)
Panzer General 2
Empire Earth
Star Wars Battlegrounds
Silent Service (C64)

[andy_311]

SH3
Blitzkrieg (all)
Codename Panzers 1& 2
Stronghold 1& 2
CFS 3
Mosquito Squadron
Age of Empires 3
Age of Mythology (all)
Panzer General 2
Empire Earth
Star Wars Battlegrounds
Silent Service (C64)

[andy_311]

SH3
Blitzkrieg (all)
Codename Panzers 1& 2
Stronghold 1& 2
CFS 3
Mosquito Squadron
Age of Empires 3
Age of Mythology (all)
Panzer General 2
Empire Earth
Star Wars Battlegrounds
Silent Service (C64)

[ICBM]

^^ Holy triple post Batman!

[Yattky]

I like to play:
1.Silent Hunter series(I could run SH1 in my pc recently with D-Fend!)
2.Teitoku no Ketsudan series by Koei(this is a simulation game based on the Pacific war; you are playing as the Commander in Chief of Japan or US, and form and command your fleet or give orders to bases you occupied.... your story will be unfolded on the Pacific.)
For your reference, see the website at :http://ps2.ign.com/articles/100/100489p1.html

[HundertzehnGustav]

Cfs3 (first thing i ever did on a PC was install it)
Diablo II
Cossacks
Il2FBAEPPF
Sh3

in that order :D

[mferrulo]

My Top 10 PC games of all time in no particular order:

1) Myth: The Fallen Lords ---- made by Bungie studios before Microsoft bought them because they wanted Bungie's next game, Halo, to be an Xbox launch title. Myth was the first ever true 3d squad level real time tactical game and it was a masterpiece in every way, both single player and multi-player.

2) All the Infinity Engine Role-playing games (too hard to pick just one.) Planescape, Baldur's Gate I and II, Icewind Dale I and II. No fantasy RPGs have ever come close to these games in pure fantasy roleplaying, story and tactical level strategy gaming excellence.

3) Medal of Honor: Allied Assualt ---- The D-Day Normandy invasion level will go down in history as one of the greatest, most immersive, cinematic, teeth clenching game levels in gaming ever created. Multi-player was top notch as well. Many of the designers left Electonic Arts and formed Infinity Ward which created Call of Duty1 and 2.

4) SHIII ---- I won't preach to the choir except to say that few games have ever matched the simulation experience, graphics, depth of gameplay, realism, replayability and devoted mod community as this game embodies.

5) Everquest ---- Nothing can compare to the experience of entering this living, persistent, 3D gameworld for the first time. A truly mesmerizing experience. No game has ever replicated the absolute fear, awe, and joy in exploring a virtual world than this one.

6) Half-Life 2 ---- The best ever FPS game ever made.

7) Farcry ---- The other best FPS game ever made.

8) Vampire: The Masquerade ---- One of the most underated games ever. For pure immersiveness, roleplaying and adult oriented open ended fun, this game is a must have.

9) Zork I ---- text based adventure game that did more to create a generation of PC gamers than probably any game ever has.

10) You Don't Know Jack I and II (and others) ---- A brilliant series of irrverant trivia games that have generated more laughs, good hearted competition and pure fun in my home than any other compliation of bits and bytes to be sketched into my hard drive.


Capt. Vinarious - U-101

[Kalach]

I can't put these in any real order so they're placed into a few groups.

Exceptional games - my all time favourites;
*SH3
*Morrowind
*Total war series

Very good games;
*KoToR 1&2
*Jagged Alliance series
*Pirates!
*Civilization series
*SWAT 4
*IL2
*Commandos: BEL & BTCOD
*Dues Ex
*Brothers In Arms
*Worms 2
*SimCity 4

Terrible games;
*Alien Vs Preditor 2
*True Crime (it was fine until I encountered vampires...)
*Boiling Point (its not that bad, but it had potential to be an all time classic and didn't come close :( )

[Dutch]

Mine would be as follows (not necessarly in this order)

The Close Combat Series (Microsoft)
Command & Conquer Series
Combat Flight Sim series
Silent Hunter 3
688 (i)
Sub Command
Madden 06:P
MVP 04:P
Call of Duty series
IL2
Simcity series