Games any "True" gamer should have played

CruelCoin

Hi all,

So, for the first time, i have yesterday played Portal 2. What the hell was i doing leaving it off this late.
My brain hurts, but its a good hurt.

What games do you think are those seminal "must play games" ? Games taht define/d the best in their genre etc.

I'll start: Black & White, Morrowwind.

TheDoc

CruelCoin wrote: »

Hi all,

So, for the first time, i have yesterday played Portal 2. What the hell was i doing leaving it off this late.
My brain hurts, but its a good hurt.

What games do you think are those seminal "must play games" ? Games taht define/d the best in their genre etc.

I'll start: Black & White, Morrowwind.

When I think of that sort of question, or when someone asks me my favourite game, Max Payne always jumps straight in there. I actually have the third game but never installed it. But 1 & 2 were excellent. They are on steam at the moment for like €3, so will pick them up again. Have my CD drive disconnected in PC.

Deus Ex was another that I thought was groundbreaking at the time of playing it.

Dave_The_Sheep

Mass Effect.
Civilization (5 is probably the best, but it's personal preference. I like 2).
Total War (again, Shogun 2 is probably the best, but aside from Attilla, they're all great).

Three off the top of my head.

RianF2

Any Pokemon game from generations I to III

Mr E

RianF2 wrote: »

Any Pokemon game from generations I to III

Hi, welcome to the PC forum.

I'd say Doom (1993) has to be on this list.

System Shock 1 & 2 too.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Jedi Knight
X wing v tie fighter
FF7
Unreal Tournament
Half Life

endacl

Pacman. Space invaders. Asteroids. Frogger. Donkey kong.

Duggy747

Super Metriod & Unreal Tournament, for me.

So many memories....

milehip

endacl wrote: »

Pacman. Space invaders. Asteroids. Frogger. Donkey kong.

Tetris,pong.

Dcully

Half Life 1 and 2

Zillah

Dcully wrote: »

Half Life 1 and 2

I have a PC Gamer friend who has still yet to play either of the Half Lifes, nor Portals. The mind boggles.

Fian

Strange somehow, because I would be inclined to say "Elite" which I spent countless hours on in my childhood.

Only thing is the modern reboot, elite dangerous, is objectively a much "better" game, but it is not really an essential game. I guess Elite was important because it was groundbreaking at the time, but now it is a pretty ordinary game.

Others to mention:

X-wing v Tie Fighter, Thrust, Paradroid, Doom, Doom 3, Deus Ex, Minecraft, Baldurs Gate, Morrowind, Ultima online, World of Warcraft, Fallout franchise.

I am looking forward to star citizen if it lives up to the promise.

The_Valeyard

Doom
Half Life
Civ
The Curse of Monkey Island
Deus Ex
Command & Conquer
Oblivion/Skyrim
City Skylines
Fallout

Mal-Adjusted

I'm not too fond of the phrase "true gamer" as different things appeal to different folks, even the classics. For my own part, i'd suggest Deus Ex, Daggerfall, Morrowind, System Shock 1+2, Jedi Outcast, S.T.A.L.K.E.R Shadow of Chernobyl and Age of Empirs II: Age of Kings.

ED E

I'm very surprised you're the first to mention AGE2, tut tut lads.

Gbear

Mr E wrote: »

Hi, welcome to the PC forum.

GBA Emulator. That is all.

Mal-Adjusted wrote: »

I'm not too fond of the phrase "true gamer" as different things appeal to different folks, even the classics. For my own part, i'd suggest Deus Ex, Daggerfall, Morrowind, System Shock 1+2, Jedi Outcast, S.T.A.L.K.E.R Shadow of Chernobyl and Age of Empirs II: Age of Kings.

Case in point - I've played 1 of those.

Maybe it was unfortunate but Skyrim was my first foray into TES and I can't say it made me regret missing out on the other ones.

As far as I can tell Bethesda RPGs are underdeveloped, sterile garbage.

For my money, it's Worms. The 2d sort, of course. Probably Worms: Armageddon.

The_Valeyard

Mal-Adjusted wrote: »

I'm not too fond of the phrase "true gamer" as different things appeal to different folks, even the classics. For my own part, i'd suggest Deus Ex, Daggerfall, Morrowind, System Shock 1+2, Jedi Outcast, S.T.A.L.K.E.R Shadow of Chernobyl and Age of Empirs II: Age of Kings.

That's the problem with these threads, you easily forget some Of The classics!! Like Age of Empires. What a great game.

Also very fond of the original Empire Earth. Playing that in college on LAN, games would go on for hours. Amazing game.

Also forget games likes Grim Fadingo, Xcom, Homeworld, day Of The tentacle, Myst, Rome, total war.

This Fat Girl Runs

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego
Oregon Trail

Sonics2k

Dcully wrote: »

Half Life 1 and 2

I'm ashamed to admit it, I have been playing on PC since the late 80's (Amstrad CPC 464) and moved onto actual PC's about 92, but I have never played a full Half Life game.

I completely missed Half Life on it's release as I'd just gotten my hands on FF7 and never ever played it.

The worst part is I have both games on my Steam account.

manuelpr039

Super Mario World

Skerries

Sonics2k wrote: »

I completely missed Half Life on it's release as I'd just gotten my hands on FF7 and never ever played it.

The worst part is I have both games on my Steam account.

Try Black Mesa as it is a very good update for the first one

Sonics2k

Skerries wrote: »

Try Black Mesa as it is a very good update for the first one

...

I have it

I promise I'll play it!

Robert ninja

Gbear wrote: »

GBA Emulator. That is all.

Star Lord

Some classics:
The Secret of Monkey Island
Monkey Island: LeChuck's Revenge
Prince of Persia (The original, not the more recent ones!)

I Armour I

I hate the phrase but objectively speaking it would be games that appeal to the wider audience while still remaining true to their play, story, franchise etc.

For that I would pick generic ones like
GTA
MORTAL KOMBAT
MINE CRAFT
HALO2
BIOSHOCK
METAL GEAR SOLID etc.

However for me personally it's tetris, pong, sonic (the original) Street fighter 2, half life, portal, fifa (pre 2005), Ridge racer (arcade anyone?) Pacman, doom etc

saneman

My choices are multiplayer focused thanks to a local LAN centre (office space really): 1998's Starsiege Tribes & Delta Force.

Both were ahead of the curve, with traits that are now the mainstay of the modern FPS. Multiple game modes, large scale maps, various loadout options, to name a few.

Loved Tribes' fast paced combat and with three weight classes, a selection of vehicles, deployables, jetpacks (yay!!), and the spinfusor/disc launcher (that weapon was a classic in it's own right). It was also the first game I recall that allowed modding.

Delta Force was a more considered, military shooter, which also had a co-op option and (to me) the daddy to the modern soldier sim.

Oh, and that one map on Codename Eagle, bonkers but fun. WW1 shooter anyone?

Btw, doesn't make me a "true" gamer, just an old one. Now gramps must get to bed...:D

errlloyd

I guess this thread is more like "if there were penguin classics for video-games what titles would you include".

Medal of Honor Allied Assault was pretty important to me, and would lead to Call Of Duty and Battlefield for better or worse.

Sim city classic, rush hour and then cities skylines are all classics that contributed to that genre.

A personal selection would be Commandos Behind Enemy lines. I pumped hours into it as a kid. Loved it. Tech has moved on, and left that style of video-game behind.

Taylor365

Diablo 2
AOE II
Carmageddon 2
Worms 2

It was a golden age....

Kirby

Wololo....

Blazer

Half Life 1 & 2
Deus Ex - still my favourite single player of all time and multiplayer was great fun...invisibility, silence and throwing knives ftw
Age of Empires 1 +2..remembering laughing at the little people throwing spears at the mammoth
Jedi Knight
Soldier of Fortune 1 + 2--awesome crack in multiplayer
BF1942
UT2004
Halo
Metal Gear Solid
Resident Evil 2

RoyalMarine

starcraft 1 and 2
AOE 2
League of legends
Civ 2,3 and 5

degrassinoel

PC:World Of Warcraft (2004)
PC: Half-Life (1998)
PC: Fallout (1997)
PC: Command and Conquer (1995)
Megadrive/MS: Sonic The Hedgehog (1991)
C64: Turrican (1990)
NES: Super Mario Bros (1985?)
Atari 2600: Asteroids (1979)


Some bias in there with personal favorites and already posted stuff but that'd be my list

kieran.

Alex the kid (Sega master system)
Lemmings (PC)

AlmightyCushion

The Stalker games are very love them or hate them but they're definitely worth giving a shot.

Dr Bob

Gbear wrote: »

As far as I can tell Bethesda RPGs are underdeveloped, sterile garbage.

Not being bad here but,you really aren't a PC gamer are you?;)

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To explain ,the PC versions of their RPGs are really just the starter versions , you add a selection of mods to them to make them do whatrever you like.
(I know the current gen console versions can take mods now but the mount of PC ones is staggering)

Gbear

Dr Bob wrote: »

Not being bad here but,you really aren't a PC gamer are you?;)

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To explain ,the PC versions of their RPGs are really just the starter versions , you add a selection of mods to them to make them do whatrever you like.
(I know the current gen console versions can take mods now but the mount of PC ones is staggering)

Mods are add-ons that refresh older games or bring innovation in unpredicatable directions.

They're not supposed to be there to do the developer's job for them because they're a shower of useless greedy twats.

d31b0y

(Originals, not remakes)

Flashback
Shadowrun
Duke Nukem/ Shadow Warrior
Unirally
Exile

Kimbot

Soldier of Fortune

jester77

bomberman

Mr Bloat

Plancescape: Torment
Dark Souls
Half Life
Elite
World of Warcraft
KOTOR
Resident Evil
GTA Vice City

bigphil2

degrassinoel wrote: »

PC:World Of Warcraft (2004)
PC: Half-Life (1998)
PC: Fallout (1997)
PC: Command and Conquer (1995)
Megadrive/MS: Sonic The Hedgehog (1991)
C64: Turrican (1990)
NES: Super Mario Bros (1985?)
Atari 2600: Asteroids (1979)


Some bias in there with personal favorites and already posted stuff but that'd be my list

Turrican was so good at the time and on that machine too..a technical marvel considering..

d1sc0d3v1l

A few that don't seem to be getting any love:

Hi-Octane
SimCity 3000
The Battlefield's, up to and including 2142, though official servers are no more.
Company of Heroes - Bitzkrieg Mod (Don't bother with vanilla)
ArmA series - Alas, DayZ has had it's day, but maybe try Wastelands mod on ArmA 3 with some friends.
F.E.A.R
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
If you liked CoD 4 or earlier, try Insurgency
And of course, Crysis - If you can run it...

Skatedude

Surprised no one mentioned day of the tentacle

sockpuppets

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Angron

The Half Life and Portal games.
Age of Empires 2.
Elder Scrolls Oblivion and/or Morrowind.
Team Fortress 2.

Links234

Gone Home

Undertale is a recent addition. Its utterly fantastic and it's terrible graphics would put off any non "true" gamer.