Gaming Favorite video game?

[jedidia]

No matter what I did, my dwarves kept dying horrible deaths, again and again.

Dwarf Fortress is a lot like NetHack in that respect: failing is half the fun :lol:

I mean, is there even a set goal other than see how long you can keep your fortress going? sooner or later, even the mightiest falls, and usually with lots of hilarity. That's kind of worth it...

 

[cinder1992]

I prefer Vilve titles to blizzard and EA, so most of my favorites are, in fact, valve titles.

All time favorite: Team Fortress 2

Top 10 (besides all time fav)

1. Half-Life (Source version)
2. Half-Life 2 (ep. 1 and 2 included)
3. Sims 3
4. Spore
5. Starsiege
6. Alien Swarm
7. Moonbase Alpha
8. Crash Bandicoot 3
9. Crash Bandicoot 2
10. Audiosurf

P.S. Did you know that we have an OF Steam Group?

 

[garyw]

A lot of my favourites are starting to look a bit dated, it seems to me that many modern PC games are just clones of better things that went before hand.

Anyway, my list:

1. MechWarrior 4
2. Janes Fleet Command
3. FreeFalcon
4. Universal Combat

 

[Urwumpe]

I tried that game. I played it for a few weeks on and off, reading AARs, manuals, reading and asking in the forums, trying stuff. No matter what I did, my dwarves kept dying horrible deaths, again and again. I thought I had a thing going when I survived the couple of years after almost a week of frustration, but things just went downhill from there. I appreciate challenge in a game, but this one takes it from the "learn orbital mechanics to plot interplanetary trajectories" kind of challenge to more of a "achieve nirvana and catch flies with chopsticks while levitating" kind of challenge.

Yes! Exactly. You need to do your best every minute. and of course it is meditative...

This picture illustrates it pretty well:

Reminds me on my start, though I have less problems with Titans after building moats and traps.

 

[n122vu]

Finally got AOE II working on my computer again; been playing that for the last few hours. Man, I've missed it.

The Windows 7 color issue, by chance? That one was a pain until I found the workaround (kill the explorer process - used a batch script to kill the process, launch the game, then start the process when the game was done). I was ready to go back to XP just to be able to play AOE II. That workaround worked on a couple other titles as well.

garyw reminded me of the awesome Mechwarrior series that I love so well. I began with Mechwarrior for the SNES, which was one of my favorite titles for that console. Didn't have a PC, so I didn't get to experience 1 or 2 for some time. I got into the series later on the PC, starting with MW3, which so far is my favorite. Been playing MW2 in DOSBox and it is just as fun if not more fun, despite 3 having better graphics. Wasn't as impressed with 4. Didn't think the graphics or the gameplay were all that great. Maybe I just didn't give it a fair chance.

Fleet Command is another on my list.

 

[Moach]

ArmA 2!

it's a ruthlessly realistic simulator and completely open-ended!
the "Orbiter" of combat games :thumbup: - and with an incredible addon base

 

[marcogavazzeni]

IL2...all series

 

[moni2010]

My favorite video games are
Nfs
Wow
Starcarft
Counter strike
Guild wars,,,

 

[Spacethingy]

Anything from the late 1990's...

Ah, Flight Unlimited, why did you leave us?! hthedrama:

Simutrans, Torcs and this funny little game I found somewhere called Orbiter. :lol:

 

[Izack]

Metroid (any of them from the old NES up to and not including Corruption...IMO that was just another 'play the Wii because it has cool gimmicks' game, shame on Retro) IL-2 (Pacific Fighters mostly :thumbup and formerly Homeworld2, but I can't play it anymore, and a few shooters (oldschool shooters ) like Touhou, etc.

I'm also fond of the Halo series, but I hesitated to say that because most of Orbiter-Forum hates those types of game. Same for Ace Combat (even though it's pretty easy next to IL-2) and other 'evil unrealistic crap' games. I'm still a videogamer, not a physicist. :tiphat:

 

[n122vu]

Metroid (any of them from the old NES up to and not including Corruption...IMO that was just another 'play the Wii because it has cool gimmicks' game, shame on Retro) IL-2 (Pacific Fighters mostly :thumbup and formerly Homeworld2, but I can't play it anymore, and a few shooters (oldschool shooters ) like Touhou, etc.

I'm also fond of the Halo series, but I hesitated to say that because most of Orbiter-Forum hates those types of game. Same for Ace Combat (even though it's pretty easy next to IL-2) and other 'evil unrealistic crap' games. I'm still a videogamer, not a physicist. :tiphat:

Still love Halo here, though I stopped after 2 because the single-player ending left me angry (waaay too short compared to the first). I actually just bought an Xbox from a friend for $40 that included H2 and 9 other games (and a PS2 & 9 games), and I traded some of them for Halo 1 at a local game-trade store. Whole reason I bought it was I was missing Halo & didn't have the money to go get a 360 right now.

Gran Turismo 3 has also been eating some of my time lately, up until I started working on the Explorer.

 

[Izack]

Still love Halo here, though I stopped after 2 because the single-player ending left me angry (waaay too short compared to the first).

You didn't miss much. 3's ending is even worse. Can't speak for that other one, but Reach is great. It eats up about half as much time as Orbiter, and that's saying something.

 

[astrosammy]

It changes from time to time. Currently it is of course Orbiter, and also Lock On, FSX and Conflict (Global Storm and Desert Storm).

 

[JonnyBGoode]

I was very big into Half-Life and it's many mods, and still get deeply involved in Day of Defeat.

 

[FuzzyLogic]

4Xs! Master of Orion (I, II and even III), Galactic Civilizations, Space Empires (IV and V), Sin of a Solar Empire, the obscure but fondly remembered Ascendancy, the Civilization series and, odd for someone who's not the fantasy type, Master of Magic.

Aside from that, the old XCom series (Can't play them anymore, even on DOSBox ), simutrans (a perfect replacement for the sorely missed Transport Tycoon), Homeworld 1 (great storyline), Homeworld 2 (great gameplay), Mass Effect, Il2 Sturmovik (still can't land on carriers, though :lol and, of course, Orbiter.

 

[jedidia]

the obscure but fondly remembered Ascendancy

Ha! I still have the original CD of that one lying around!! :lol:

Can't play them anymore, even on DOSBox

Why not? they work quite flawlessly for me on DosBox.

 

[FuzzyLogic]

Why not? they work quite flawlessly for me on DosBox.

UFO - Enemy Unknown and Terror from the Deep do work, but scroll speeds are so high it's virtually unplayable. I've tried slowing the CPU cycles, but then they won't run at all.

XCom 3 was to some critics the worst of the lot, but also happened to be my favorite. I can't get this one to work at all.

Oh, I herd u liek Starcontrol 2!. Forgot to add that one to the list. One of my favorite adventure games, too!

 

[jedidia]

UFO - Enemy Unknown and Terror from the Deep do work, but scroll speeds are so high it's virtually unplayable. I've tried slowing the CPU cycles, but then they won't run at all.

Well, you have to find the sweet spot, but I never really had trouble. I also managed to get Apocalypse going, but it wasn't quite my cup of tea...

 

[JonnyBGoode]

Speaking of Half-Life mods, I understand Natural Selection 2 (Source) is nearing release. For those that don't know what the Natural Selection mod is... it's a unique blend of Real-Time Strategy and First-Person Shooter, pitting "space marines" against aliens. If you need a better idea...

That's the original HL version. You can imagine what the Source version is going to look and feel like.

 

[Pilot7893]

You didn't miss much. 3's ending is even worse. Can't speak for that other one, but Reach is great. It eats up about half as much time as Orbiter, and that's saying something.

Hey Izack, didn't you say you were gonna get an XBL subscription once you got Reach? We should add each other.