What is your favorite video game and why?

[Ameesh]

i really enjoyed the space quest games as well as the quest for glory series.

i love adventure games, too bad they dont make them anymore.

 

[Trey22]

Favorite all time game is a tie between Herzog Zwei (sp?) for Sega Genesis and Battlefield 1942 for PC.

Herzog was probably the first RTS and provided hours of gameplay. We'd go shoot hoops while the credits built up, come back and have huge armies to battle with.

 

[KingGheedora]

Starcraft is probably my favorite of all time. It never got old and there were so many different strategies you could use. You had to decide your strategy on a macro-level, and then carry it out using meticulous micromanagement... gets you very engrossed in the game.

I don't remember what it was called, but it was this shareware or freeware game. It was just a map of a bunch of countries, and each country had a number indicating how many troops were positioned there, and was colored to show which empire controlled it. There were no fighting graphics, it was all strategy, just turn based action-- each turn you could either move troops to different countries in preparation for attacking/defending, or you could attack countries adjacent to ones under your control. The goal was to take over the whole map basically. I spent countless hours playing that game.

 

[teckmaster]

I really got into the Rainbow Six series especially Rogue Spear. At the time when I was playing online there were close to 1 million registered online gamers. At one point I was ranked 13th in the world. I still enjoy it but I only have my laptop which although could run it, I prefer a desktop.

 

[SlowSpyder]

Panzer Dragoon Saga on the Sega Saturn has to be my all time favorite followed closely by the first two games of the Phantasy Star series. I have lots of great memories of the first few Final Fantasy's as well.

My son's middle name is the lead charactor from Panzer Dragoon Saga. <-- Nerdy.

 

[bleeb]

My favorites:

The Legend of Zelda (Nintendo Console)
Zelda II: Link Adventure (Nintendo Console)

I like the whole start with nothing, gain weapons, items and experience, then kick the boss's arse. These are also relatively quick play games and fun to play.

 

[Canun]

StarCraft, Xcom, CivIII

basically in that order. You could throw in all the GTAs and the HOMMs.

 

[FoBoT]

X-COM

take a time machine back to 1995 and play it, then you'll know why

 

[ranmaniac]

Atari 2600: River Raid
Intellivision: Lock & Chase
NES: Contra, Mike Tyson's Punch Out
Genesis: Street Fighter II: Championship Edition
SNES: Super Double Dragon
N64: Goldeneye
PSX: Final Fantasy VII
PS2: A tie between NCAA Football + Soul Calibur II
XBox: Halo
PC: Monkey Island, Star Wars Galaxies before they nerfed the Jedi and profession system.

 

[CityShrimp]

Chrono Trigger

Loved the characters, story, music, eh.. basically everything EXCEPT that magus is nowhere as badass as Sephiroth.

 

[chr6]

oregon trail and dod:s

oregon trail because its always fun trying to caulk the wagon and float across a 100ft deep river and watch the cows drown.

dod:s for the teamwork and respawn action.

 

[Extelleron]

Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

 

[roguerower]

X-Wing was an awesome game, but I always managed to run into trouble when my ship would blow up and I got captured....had to start all over again.

 

[Uppsala9496]

Tie Fighter v. X-Wing
then it was
BF1942
then it was
PGR2

now.......don't really have the time. I'll play Madden 06 on the PSP randomly.

 

[Minjin]

Not sure what my favorite is but I'll mention one thats up there that I haven't seen in the thread yet:

Planescape: Torment

 

[dainthomas]

These are my top 3 (all PC btw). If I had to pick one, it would be Diablo II for sheer longevity. I could pick it up today and still enjoy it.

Diablo II
KOTOR
BFME I and II

 

[AmigaMan]

Baldurs Gate I & II because they were great RPG's and had a good story, excellent gameplay, and good graphics.
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault because it was just fun to play and kind of sucked you into that era. I was actually sad when the game ended since I wanted to continue playing it.
And from way way back, I loved Skate or Die on my C64. Cool music and it was just plain fun to play.
The original D&D Pool of Radiance on the C64 was also loads of fun. I remember playing it for hours with my brother. Good times.
On the Amiga, I liked Test Drive II and It Came From the Desert. Lots of fun, awesome graphics, and great music.

 

[Kirby]

Console: Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The perfect game. Period.

PC SP: HL2
Great story, and the graphics and facial expressions really blew me away. Gravity gun and console commands really add to the replay value.

PC MP: UT2004
I love the fast gameplay and weapons, along with the different game types (assault, onslaught).

 

[Fenixgoon]

tie fighter - the imperials are 10000x cooler than the rebels. you can make darth vader your b!tch

baldur's gate2 - best rpg ever: great party, great voice acting, plenty of freedom, but linear enough that you know wtf to do, and of course, an excellent story.

deus ex - best single player FPS ever, the perfect hybrid of RPG and FPS with a downright amazing story.

 

[angminas]

FF4- nothing was anywhere close to it for YEARS. So much depth and innovation, and still the best magic system ever. Magicians could use magic all the time and not run out of points! You didn't have to melee for 1 damage for an hour so you could have MP for the boss! Hidden treasure and monsters! Elemental damage, usable items, great balance of levelling and advancing the story. I have not liked any FF after the SNES era except Tactics, which I finally got sick of after 66 hours of the same old same old.

Battlefield 2- I'm surprised nobody else has mentioned this. BF2 combines fast-twitch with intelligent strategy. I'm very uncoordinated but I can still learn to kick ass in a challenging action game. I use a keyboard to fly but I can still almost always outpilot the enemy because I use my head. The lamers are usually a small price to pay for the stupendous ownage this game has over any two other FPS.

Everquest- I played a warrior for 4 years. EQ is way too much of a timesink and I won't go back, but I loved meeting so many new people and finding new ways to overcome challenges most people wouldn't touch. When you work hard on your gear and skill, it's often fun to get a PUG just so you can get some validation. And AAs.

Tecmo Super Bowl II / III- I've never gotten into Madden...don't really know why. I've played this game many seasons and still play it sometimes. It's just fun.

Mechwarrior 4 Mercenaries - Similar reasons to BF2. I'm a details man, so I like tweaking my 'mechs to the gram and making the peoples fall down.

Majesty- One of the most underappreciated games ever. So many reasons.

Dark Wizard - "Archer attacks for 1 damage."
"Bart counterattacks Archer for 255 damage."
"Archer died."


X-Men Vs. Street Fighter - The last good fighter before they went crazygonuts. Juggernaut + Wolverine. "I'M...UNSTOPPABLE!!"


In the end, FF4 comes out on top, with BF2 and Majesty close behind. I don't think I'll ever play a RPG that will unseat FF4 for me- they're just made so differently now, and I'm not impressed. :disgust:

SNES >

 

[Dumac]

Adventure: Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princess were both masterpeices. I've played OoT so many times

JRPG: Final Fantasy VII and X, Legend of Dragoon, Legend of Mana, and Chrono Trigger.

ARPG: Definately Morrowind, which I find better than Oblivion in too many aspects

FPS: Half Life 2 - Great gameplay and story

RTS: Starcraft was a big part of previous years, but my favorite modern RTSs are the total war series.

MMORPG: Everquest. EQ at its peak is what i compare all new MMO's to.

 

[dighn]

Consoles: Xenogears - the plot is pure epicness.
PC: Deus Ex - awesome combination of excellent plot and game play

 

[ForumMaster]

Originally posted by: animalia
the oregon trail

...isn't that that game you play in 4th grade in school? and it's your favorite cause...

anyway, my favorite is probablly GTA:SA with UT2k4 tied for 1st place. there's something to be said for games that you can spend hours and hours on and they're still fun. for second place, either starcraft broodwar or RA2:Yuri's revenge. both reallly fun games. and they stay fun for so long!

 

[KaOTiK]

Final Fantasy VI (was called FF 3 on SNES)
Storyline is fantastic. Has some great sequences in it. Art style is very pleasing to the eye, even to this day. Excellent music and probably one of the best bad guys in a game. Only rpg ive played through more then 2-3 times.

Also nice memories related with it with me and my friend renting the game like 3 times and having to wait till Christmas to get it cause it was $70, I remember my mom said I couldnt ask my grandma for it cause it was too expensive lol she ended up giving me $40 towards it though.

I remember what is probably some of the least useful info ever and forget stuff that is very important at times.... lol

Kao

 

[zerocool84]

Counter Strike 1.3