Best PC game ever? [Archive]

Dieter

22-10-2005, 04:40 PM

I think mine would be Quake 3. That includes trickjumping, botmatches and online/LAN play. I've lost count on how many hours I've clocked on it just trickjumping around a funmap (think skatepark-ish but Q3 style) listening to Captain Immy....

In fact, I think I'll go do that some more now... where was that darn cd again?

Raining_again

22-10-2005, 04:49 PM

age of empires 1 rocks my socks! :D

Sanchez

22-10-2005, 05:06 PM

Red Alert LAN fun. Soo many tesla coils. so many power plants.

Mr_Odwin

22-10-2005, 05:07 PM

Super Mario World on ZSNES. It's eaten up far too much of my time.

JonSt

22-10-2005, 05:11 PM

Barbie Fashion Show. You get to design exciting fashion projects.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0001BR9O8.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

BlackMesa

22-10-2005, 05:27 PM

World Of Warcraft imo ;)

Wesley

22-10-2005, 05:39 PM

Final Fantasy 7 or Half-Life.

Or how about Sim City, or would Counter-Strike be seperate from Half-Life?

Haver

22-10-2005, 05:42 PM

Half-Life/CS 1.6

(Command and Conquer, too)

Jordan

22-10-2005, 05:52 PM

I'll have to give a selection and why.

Doom/Quake = the "original" first person shooter.
The Sims = although it was kinda shit, it made PC gaming popular.
Half-Life series along with all its mods = CS1.6 is still one of the most played games.
Everquest = the first MMO game ever.
Sim City = the first popular management game
Command And Conquer = simply brilliant RTS action.

But my fave PC game? Well... Half-Life 2. It's the only game i've played 8 times and It has countless mods.

Space

22-10-2005, 06:21 PM

Jordan no UT?

#1 Total Annihilation
#2 C&C Generals
#3 Unreal Tournament

Jordan

22-10-2005, 06:39 PM

Supprisingly, no.
I dunno, UT and 2004 are fantastic game i'm not denying that. But they didn't change the genre.

christophicus

22-10-2005, 06:43 PM

Im playing through Half life for the first time now and i dont see whats so amazing about it?its good but not great.

Jordan

22-10-2005, 06:46 PM

Chris, it may not seem big now. But Half-Life came out during the "UT" generation. Mindless violence and no story. Half-Life was an amazing breath of fresh air. Half-Life 2 is better i feel, because it plays so differently.

christophicus

22-10-2005, 06:54 PM

OK that may be true but you guys are talking about best games ever and ,i think that the best game should stand the test of time,and in my oppinion UT does more then HL.

I know that many people will think me a heathen for saying this .I can see how it would have been seen when it first came out and i agree that this might make it one of the best games ever,but i think UT has aged better because it is more geared towards multiplayer as is cs which i think is really good.

zaraki

22-10-2005, 07:17 PM

Havent played as man PC games as console games, but I have to say HL2.
Guild Wars isnt bad to. (:

Konfucius

22-10-2005, 07:32 PM

I played through Schleichfahrt (Achimedian Dynasty) from 1996 in 2005 the first time and for me it's the best PC game but I heard it's similar to Wing Commander:

other games I enjoyed: CnC (3), Freelancer, SW Republic Commando, Yager

never played HL2 but HL1 (got the generations box, actually only for CS) and I got quickly annoyed killing mutants (there's a difference between zombies and mutants for me) what was also a reason for me not to try out HL2.

Bluejay

22-10-2005, 08:03 PM

Half Life 2 for me.

Bowser.Vs.FWNT

22-10-2005, 08:57 PM

I got Half life when it 1st came out all thoses years ago. And it was so different to everything else i ever played. So that's gotta be where my vote goes. And if you missed out on HL around when it came out you just won't get it. Especially if you compare it to todays offerings.

|Laguna|

22-10-2005, 08:58 PM

Maniac Manion and Lucas Arts adventure games in general.
Unreal Tournament
Oh and Dues Ex 1. An amazing amazing game at the time, merged RPG and FPS.
And PES, although not the best game, one that I've devoted the most hours to.

Ice9

22-10-2005, 10:10 PM

Half Life, thats it.

Stocka

22-10-2005, 10:20 PM

Online: Counter Strike Source
Single Player: Half Life 2
I've only recently got a powerful gaming quality PC though so I don't have too much, but I always loved and still love Age of Empires I and Tiberian Sun.

Calza

22-10-2005, 10:23 PM

I'm probably one of the only people that will say this but i think Star Wars : Knights of the Old Republic : The Sith Lords.
I think it is a really addictive game which you can fully custoisme your Jedi/Sith. Though i did hear the 1st one has a better plot, i haven't got it yet :(

1UP

22-10-2005, 11:09 PM

Half-Life and Half-Life 2

The3rdChildren

22-10-2005, 11:37 PM

Halo 2, without a doubt.

JonSt

22-10-2005, 11:45 PM

Very Funny Guy.

The3rdChildren

23-10-2005, 12:08 AM

PC means possibly coolest, right? Man... I suddenly feel like I've made a horrible mistake.

c0Zm1c

23-10-2005, 01:49 AM

Quake III Arena is my all-time favourite PC game. In fact, it's my all-time favourite game over all platforms. :smile:

Offerman

23-10-2005, 08:25 AM

Either Max Payne 2 - Not because of how technically advanced it was, but because the story was amazing. It was so gripping, and pretty moving towards the end...

..or Hitman Contracts - For me it felt so much more freebased, and non-linier then so many games promised to be, yet failed.

Dieter

23-10-2005, 01:45 PM

Supprisingly, no.
I dunno, UT and 2004 are fantastic game i'm not denying that. But they didn't change the genre.

Neither did Half Life 2.

Dan Dare

23-10-2005, 03:25 PM

c0Zm1c

23-10-2005, 04:08 PM

For basic combat in a first-person shooter I think every developer should be following F.E.A.R. (if they really have to follow an existing game and not forge their own ideas that is ;) ).

Half-Life² remains my current favourite (for single-player), simply because of its bleak atmospheric quality and also because of its variety in level design and gameplay. But, its more repetitive nature aside, I can't help thinking F.E.A.R.'s take on combat is just that little bit more entertaining.

chrizkerr2

23-10-2005, 04:24 PM

World of Warcraft, Warcraft 3, Broken Sword series.

Some of the best PC games, i have played :smile:

Dieter

23-10-2005, 04:38 PM

gotta disagree with you there buddy, hl2 is the first fps to throw you into a world so utterly convincing with almost real life physics implemented to almost everything.

what its done, rather than cause a revolution on a par with say Halo and Goldeneye on consoles it has simply raised the bar so high that everybody making an fps untill half life 3 will be forced to follow valves example. thats industry change, not just genre.

oh and while im here, i gotta say warcraft 3 is the best fun ive ever had with an online pc experience. hands down.

EDIT i forgot to mention Steam. i know we all kinda hate it, but what it represents is the start of genuine online, high speed access to games without publishers interests being proiritiesed over those of the gamer and the developer. respect for that ya'll.

'utterly convincing' is relative. I see the word 'photorealistic' used in a review of the first Rainbow Six. Physics have been around a lot longer, yes Havoc 2.0 is the current best but still, see above for relativity.

Changing the genre requires innovation, which HL2 lacked somewhat. This doesn't mean it's a bad game, I thought it was pretty good (the mapdesign and gameplay are better in Quake 4 though). HL2 didn't change the genre at all, just advanced it a little bit (which, to me, isn't 'changing' anymore seeing as everything evolves so fast nowadays).

Choze

23-10-2005, 11:21 PM

Battlefield 2.

Its Killzone 2 trailer x1000 in feel.

mario114

24-10-2005, 10:33 AM

Counter strike source, messin' around on my server, and owning noobs never gets borring, i play at least 24-30 hours a week.

christophicus

24-10-2005, 06:44 PM

BF" is Good Especially for LANS but it Gets boring after 40 hours play.

Choze

24-10-2005, 09:02 PM

BF" is Good Especially for LANS but it Gets boring after 40 hours play.

Battlefield 2. You are suppossed to play it online. Bit hard to do 64 player LAN :P

BeerMonkey

24-10-2005, 09:12 PM

WORLD OF WARCRAFT......>>>dot..dot..dot...>>!!! and if you disagree u havent played it its a freaking fantastic beauty of a game (35 days gameplay and still havent got everything)

second is rollercoaster tycoon 1 back in the day or sims 1

christophicus

25-10-2005, 07:08 PM

Battlefield 2. You are suppossed to play it online. Bit hard to do 64 player LAN :P

Yeah i can appreciate that,but i did play BF1 with 13 players on each team,and that was amazing.

Dragonsbane

25-10-2005, 08:50 PM

The best Pc games of all time would have to be this top 20 List

01 Warcraft 2
02 Diablo
03 Civilization
04 All Monkey Island games
05 Day of the tentacle
06 Outcast (still hoping for part 2)
07 Total War series
08 Leisuresuit Larry series
09 Sim City 2000
10 Command and Conquer
11 Ceasar III
12 Colonization
13 Age of Empires
14 the Need for Speed
15 The Settlers
16 Battlechess
17 Mafia
18 Homeworld
19 DUNE
20 The Incredible Machine

BeerMonkey

25-10-2005, 10:17 PM

wheres halflife? and wheres quake...also sims...rollercoaster tycoon...everquest...world of warcraft

battlechess wtf

wing

26-10-2005, 09:07 AM

1) quake 1, I still find its deathmatches fun even after this long.
2) halflife

Meik

26-10-2005, 01:53 PM

Rollercoaster Tycoon for the win.

I used to spend hours upon hours making stuff like this:

http://img446.imageshack.us/img446/669/lollercoaster7kd.th.jpg (http://img446.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lollercoaster7kd.jpg)

Edit - Diablo 2 gets an honourable mention for taking away 2 years of my life.

Raining_again

26-10-2005, 02:20 PM

05 Day of the tentacle
13 Age of Empires

i love DOtT! evil tentacles :D

and most people know that i love age of empires :D

Choze

26-10-2005, 04:06 PM

Ashley

26-10-2005, 04:48 PM

Worms - well its the PC game I've played the most at least. Don't think its revolutionary or anything but damn fun none the less.

Dieter

26-10-2005, 06:03 PM

Rollercoaster Tycoon rocks very very VERY hard :) I still play it to this day.

I didn't like 3, you had to put lights and stuff so you could see something at night, which kind of put me off, since it was still too dark. I'm probably acting conservative but I didn't like 3 at all.

Meik

26-10-2005, 06:44 PM

Yes, I own Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 but, like Dieter, I don't like it.

Sure, the graphics are nice, and the firework displays were a nice touch.. but it just lacks the fun, addictiveness and ease-of-use that the original had. I could go on and on for pages about all the little details that annoy me about it, but that's for another day.

RCT3: Soaked made it marginally better with the addition of (basic) tunnels and Loudspeakers (something that was always lacking in RCT1&2, but could be worked around by placing a small ride underground with music on).

I've still spent a fair bit of time on it because, even though the controls are niggly, end results certainly are impressive.

Here's a couple of pictures of (incomplete) projects:

Entrance Plaza:

http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/7107/aaoverall8od.th.jpg (http://img126.imageshack.us/my.php?image=aaoverall8od.jpg)

Jurassic Park River Rapids:

http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/7061/jpriverrapids69yd.th.jpg (http://img126.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jpriverrapids69yd.jpg)

Raining_again

26-10-2005, 06:49 PM

yeah i agree, sometimes really complex games are just annoying cause by the time youve figured out how to work all of the features its gotten really boring.

Jordan

26-10-2005, 06:51 PM

Mike, i'm just glad you're using the ISOmetric camera. Did you pick up the expansion pack? Another one is out soon.

Offerman

26-10-2005, 06:54 PM

yeah i agree, sometimes really complex games are just annoying cause by the time youve figured out how to work all of the features its gotten really boring.

I definitly agree with you there, some of the best games are also some of the most simple. I mean, in essence HL2 was pretty simplistic.

I know its not PC related but remember Burnout 2, it was the pinacle of the series, it was so simple, yet so diverse. Now BO4:Revenge is out, its needlessly complexed, the original idea of dodging traffic has totally gone.

EDIT - What game developers need to understand, is if it isnt broke, then why fix it?

Raining_again

26-10-2005, 07:08 PM

if they spent more time making a better plot/better gameplay than developing graphics, it would be a lot better. but then again its all about the money, most people go for a game cause it has "stunning graphics" or is more realistic.

Bren

26-10-2005, 07:08 PM

i would vote HL2 or Animal, they both have taken up shit loads of my time, and i loved animal as a kid, being an angry pepperoni was fun

Meik

26-10-2005, 07:49 PM

Mike, i'm just glad you're using the ISOmetric camera. Did you pick up the expansion pack? Another one is out soon.

I did. RCT: Wild looks pretty cool. As far as I know it finally adds the much-needed Jurassic themeing and Jeep ride. Jurassic Park Jeep Adventure ahoy!

wing

27-10-2005, 03:41 PM

Best games I think are indiana jones and the fate of atlantis, full throttle, Day of the tentacle, The dig. Man those games rocked.

Raining_again

27-10-2005, 03:50 PM

indiana jones was awesome, same sorta gameplay as dott. they both rocked my socks :D

Dieter

27-10-2005, 03:57 PM

EDIT - What game developers need to understand, is if it isnt broke, then why fix it?

Because console gamers demand revolution more, while pc gamers demand evolution more.

That is, of course, my personal opinion :)

AshMat

04-11-2005, 03:37 PM

Black and white!
God i love this game so much, number 2 is on my christmas wishlist at the top.
I have never played half life or age of empires etc, those popular ones that evreyone talks about.
I have quake 3 but i cant get it to work on my xp pc.... then again i haven't tried it since i got this new pc

old_gregg

09-11-2005, 09:20 AM

Civ2. End of story.

Caris

09-11-2005, 10:05 AM

for multiplayer : C&C Tiberian Sun

altheman

09-11-2005, 04:16 PM

My favorite PC games in no particular order...

- Doom
- Duke Nukem 3D
- Day of the Tentacle
- Dune II: Battle for Arrakis
- Sam and Max Hit the Road
- Full Throttle
- X-Com - UFO Enemy Unknown
- Civilization I-IV
- No One Lives Forever 2
- Raptor: Call of the Shadows

Schpickles

09-11-2005, 04:26 PM

#1 Elite 2 (better on the Amiga)
#2 UFO - Enemy Unknown (aka XCom: UFO Defense)

Then you've got the Championship Manager series, Z, TA, Monkey Island... that sort of thing. It's been a hell of a long time since I've gotton excited about a PC game though... it's kind of stuck in a rut of not being able to innovate, and crippled by software piracy.

AshMat

09-11-2005, 07:39 PM

Am i the only one here who likes Black and White??

faz99

09-11-2005, 07:57 PM

I loved Quake 3 and i still play it. In fact i just finished playing it 3 minutes ago. Freaky! I also love the Baldur's Gate series, brilliant. I love most of Bioware's games such as Neverwinter Nights etc... But Baldur's Gate 2: Shadow of Amn was my favorite.
I also really enjoyed Splinter Cell its soo good on PC, it should be illegal its just so good to play..
Warcraft 3 is another i have lost count how much i have played. And hmmm, Starcraft which i used to play online obsessively. It still is one of the best RTS games EVER!
I played a little World of Warcraft it was freakly good, but still as most RPG's, none come EVEN CLOSE to my beloved Ultima Online. It's so good to play, it's crude and it doesn't bubble wrap anything, and you can play it for free! Which i do, obviously because i wouldnt play official servers where americans got their way because they live and die by the game, well at one point anyway.
So yeah!

Rolf

10-11-2005, 01:02 AM

ShavenWolf

10-11-2005, 08:15 AM

As well as HL2, UT, Rollercoaster Tycoon and other games mentioned here... Little Big Adventure 2!!!!

Ok, I was, um, 11 when I completed it, but it was a frickin great game at the time!

Meik

10-11-2005, 09:43 AM

Little Big Adventure 2!!!!I preferred the original, but hey, somebody give this man a medal.

LBA for the win.

Shorty

10-11-2005, 10:07 AM

In the past have loved

Rollercoaster Tycoon
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Little Big Adventure
Command and Conquer Red Alert
Grand Theft Auto
Tomb Raider 2

RoadKill

10-11-2005, 05:25 PM

I preferred the original, but hey, somebody give this man a medal.

LBA for the win.

I only played the second but it was enchantingly awesome and swallowed many many hours of my life.

Charlie

10-11-2005, 06:26 PM

#1 Total Annihilation
#2 C&C Generals
#3 Unreal Tournament

TA - best game ever. I loved it how it had a quote on the box from a PC Mag "better than C&C" :D

It never really got that big though, C&C's always overshadowed it. I still played it up until January... when I got XBL.

christophicus

10-11-2005, 06:32 PM

Has anyone here played Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines? Very few people have, but it is absolutely incredible. Minus a few shoddy combat mechanics. But shhh.

Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn gets an honourable mention.

Yeah Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn is an amazing game that deffinatly deserves a mention.,my friends play bloodlines but my pc sucks so i havnt played it,but sounds good from their discription.

Shorty

11-11-2005, 11:05 AM

TA - best game ever. I loved it how it had a quote on the box from a PC Mag "better than C&C" :D

It never really got that big though, C&C's always overshadowed it. I still played it up until January... when I got XBL.

I always wanted to try TA, I remember being in primary school and trying to spell annihilation for about a week.

Edit: that just made me realise how old all the games I listed are o.o

faz99

11-11-2005, 12:39 PM

As well as HL2, UT, Rollercoaster Tycoon and other games mentioned here... Little Big Adventure 2!!!!

Ok, I was, um, 11 when I completed it, but it was a frickin great game at the time!

HOLY SHIT.
HOW COULD I FORGET?
LBA2 i betrayed you! :'(
What. A. Game.

christophicus

11-11-2005, 06:43 PM

Is TA total annihilation kingdoms?

AshMat

16-11-2005, 08:36 PM

I aslo love, UT2004 and Wolfenstein Enemy territory, for the online play

Maverick

16-11-2005, 10:25 PM

Command and conquer generals online ... or really just command and conquer in a whole there is nothing like winning a game of this against another human being its just the feeling of knowning they are pissed with the outcome and you used your brain to overcome their forces.