Best Computer/Console Games

Anarchist Bunny · Post by **Anarchist Bunny** » 2002-12-27 02:28am

Dalton wrote:All Zelda games except the second NES one (yes, I liked Majora's Mask)

Ewwwwwww. Why?

For the record, Mario Sunshine is by far the most fucking annoying game I have ever played. Good music, good graphics, shitty physics, bad control, HORRID camera. It also annoys me that Mario had more moves in 64. And I dislike the damn water tank.

I have to agree with you there, some peopel have been saying it's the best Mario ever, and while I do agree that it was okay and good to see new things happening to an old series, but it really was shit to play. You had to beat the first 6 areas of every level to get to the boss, and thats what kept me from wanting to beat the game. If there is a level in your way that requires a talent you don't have, you shit outta luck, unlike Super Mario 64 where you could just skip ahead in the level and get the next star to move on. Also anything involving the FLUDD was hard to control, the hover had shit for turning, the rocket boost had to be aimed blind, the jet pack move faster than the camera so you had to steer blind, and the water jet was a little hard to aim.

And the complete and blatant lack of Goombas just pissed me off.

Post by **Dalton** » 2002-12-27 02:35am

anarchistbunny wrote:
Dalton wrote:All Zelda games except the second NES one (yes, I liked Majora's Mask)
Ewwwwwww. Why?

It was quite challenging for a Zelda game, and you could play as four different races. Goron Link was fun. Not to mention Fierce Deity Link.

anarchistbunny wrote:
Dalton wrote:For the record, Mario Sunshine is by far the most fucking annoying game I have ever played. Good music, good graphics, shitty physics, bad control, HORRID camera. It also annoys me that Mario had more moves in 64. And I dislike the damn water tank.
I have to agree with you there, some peopel have been saying it's the best Mario ever, and while I do agree that it was okay and good to see new things happening to an old series, but it really was shit to play. You had to beat the first 6 areas of every level to get to the boss, and thats what kept me from wanting to beat the game. If there is a level in your way that requires a talent you don't have, you shit outta luck, unlike Super Mario 64 where you could just skip ahead in the level and get the next star to move on. Also anything involving the FLUDD was hard to control, the hover had shit for turning, the rocket boost had to be aimed blind, the jet pack move faster than the camera so you had to steer blind, and the water jet was a little hard to aim.

I have to agree with most of these, but I'm not quite far enough in the game for the rest of it.

anarchistbunny wrote:And the complete and blatant lack of Goombas just pissed me off.

You didn't see the Goombas? I saw plenty in the first level.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2002-12-27 03:01am

Nintendo (the 8bit one)
Mario

Super Nintendo (the 16bit one)
Mario

Sega (all of em)
Sonic the Hedgehog
(Super) R-Type

PS1
Einhander
Warhawk

PS2
(haven't played it much because of...)

PC!!
Wolfenstein
DooM series
Quake series
Unreal Tournament
Warzone 2100
WarCraft 3
Scorched Earth
Tyrian

Brother-Captain Gaius · Post by **Brother-Captain Gaius** » 2002-12-27 03:12am

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:Tyrian

EEEP! How could I forget this beautiful, infinitely cool game!? Damn my cursed memory! (And to think, its still on my computer...)

Dargos · Post by **Dargos** » 2002-12-27 03:13am

PONG!!! PONG RULES!! ALL BOW DOWN TO THE ORIGINAL!!!

but seriously
Baulder's Gate I and II
War Craft I and II
Wing Comander
Tie Fighter

and finaly because its a quality game thats FREE:
America's Army:Operations

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2002-12-27 01:51pm

I have to say one thing, The Legend of Zelda was the best of all games, and the best of course of the Zelda titles. However every one of them are damn good. Especially Zelda II the Adventures of Link. At first I didn't like it. Once you get to playing and realize how expansive that world truely is, you can truely appreciate it. Shadow Link at the end was a bad ass boss.

Honourable mentions:

Sonic the Hedgehog. They're just so damn smooth.

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2002-12-27 01:58pm

I dont play console games

PC Neverwinter nights, Baldur's Gate 2 Shadows of amn, Icewind Dale, Jedi Knight 2, Jedi Night, Age of Empires 2(killing frenchies with my longbowmen of death, was fun) TIE Fighter, X-Wing Alliance, Homeworld(new rebelllion mod)

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2002-12-27 02:07pm

Don't...play...console games...

You sad wanker...

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2002-12-27 02:11pm

I simply dont find the games appealing, at least not games that i can also get onmy computer.

I have an N64 and one game....Rouge Squadron

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2002-12-27 02:18pm

Now we're talking. That game was so fucking amazing. I loved it. Rogue Leader is exhilerating too. It seems to up the TIE numbers in the missions. Instead of running into maybe two or three at a time, there will be ten or more flying. Whew!!!

Try some of the older NES games. Games like Kabuki Quantum Fighter, Double Dragon, any Mega Man game.
Sega Genesis you have to play the Sonic the Hedgehog games. In fact, I bought a Sega smash pack for the PC. $10 at Wal Mart had Sonic 2 on it, Comix Zone and a few great others.

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2002-12-27 02:23pm

Console:
Super Smash Bros. Melee. Zelda is a playable character!!(and not like in the 3DO Zelda games*shudder*)

A Link to the Past.

Super Mario World. I still play that on the SNES sometimes.

PC:
X-wing.

TIE Fighter.

Jedi Outcast.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2002-12-27 02:53pm

Computer Mainframe:
Network "Startrek" Ascii code game: there was one floating around that was like the old pilot the enterprise, visit stations, seek and destroy, that was MULTIPLAY, and you explored planets, and blasted other players too!

(Ok, I know I'm dating myself here, the Graphics were text code based, but it was so damn fun)

Consol:
I am a Square RPG addict, I think there's a 12 steps program for that somewhere.

First Consol I owed:
Pong

Most common use for my PS2:
Anime, Akira Kurasawa, & Clint Eastwood movies.

Most Common Use for my Computer
Master of Orion 2

Favorite Computer (PC) games (Basedon how many DAYS spent playing)
Nethack
Master of Orion Series
Civ series (Including SMAC & SMAC X)
Scorched Earth/Planets VGA
Diablo series
Fallout Series
Variable Wargamming
Homeworld
Command & Conquere
X-Com

Raptor 597 · Post by **Raptor 597** » 2002-12-27 02:58pm

Also, add The Two Towers for PS2. Fucking awesome.

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2002-12-27 03:11pm

Alyrium Denryle wrote:Homeworld(new rebelllion mod)

Do you post to the forum? What's your screen name?
(The new rebellion mod for HW was the second link I posted last time)

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2002-12-27 03:17pm

Well based on Replay...I would also add

Phantasy Star Online Ver. 1, Ver. 2, and Episode 2: I have really no clue how many months, because when I add up the hours...I think I've had girlfriends for less time.

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2002-12-28 09:39am

Homeworld (and the SW:NR)
Jedi Outcast (Get your mods at http://www.massassi.net/ )
Frank Herberts Dune
Dungeon Siege
Empire Earth
Star Wars Galatic Battle Grounds.
Deux Ex
Half Life

On my PS2
Onimishua
Legands of Wrestleing
LOTR - TTT

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2002-12-28 02:54pm

Total Annihilation - best RTS to date
Independance War - best space combat sim (with possible exception of IW2, which I haven't played yet)
"Star Trek - The Computer Game" - C64 version of the seemingly eternal "seek and destroy" Star Trek computer game. Best one IMO; the hits are cool (the screen "garbles" and goes in every which color), and while the repetition of the main theme gets a little repetitive, it still sounds cool.
"Star Trek - 25th Anniversary" - Just plain best Star Trek game ever. That last mission is a total bitch, too.

Anarchist Bunny · Post by **Anarchist Bunny** » 2002-12-28 03:38pm

I was thinking about getting GTA3 for my computer, but I'm not sure if my video card can handle it. I'm also thinking about getting the Platinum 5-pack Edition of Halflife, but I know I'll need to get a new video card for that.

Brother-Captain Gaius · Post by **Brother-Captain Gaius** » 2002-12-28 03:40pm

anarchistbunny wrote:I was thinking about getting GTA3 for my computer, but I'm not sure if my video card can handle it. I'm also thinking about getting the Platinum 5-pack Edition of Halflife, but I know I'll need to get a new video card for that.

If your graphics card might be able to handle GTA3 why would it have any problems with HL?

C.S.Strowbridge · Post by **C.S.Strowbridge** » 2002-12-28 04:59pm

JediNeophyte wrote: - Earth & Beyond, for its high coolness factor and superior MMORPG design.

Didn't like E&B. The economy was static and that ruined the tradesman for me. Also, you couldn't be a tradesman and also mine. That sucked.

What I want in a space based MMORPG is X: Beyond the Frotier (or better yet X-Tension) online. I hear they are working on a MMORPG version. It looks awesome, if it isn't vapourware.

Unfortunately, you can't explore space in Star Wars: Galaxies. Hopefully a future expantion will take care of that. Otherwise I won't be playing.

What I really want to do is be a independent Tramp Frieghter pilot, who can grow their business into a massive multi-planet empire. X-Tension had that, but it was single player.

Anarchist Bunny · Post by **Anarchist Bunny** » 2002-12-28 10:17pm

JediNeophyte wrote:
anarchistbunny wrote:I was thinking about getting GTA3 for my computer, but I'm not sure if my video card can handle it. I'm also thinking about getting the Platinum 5-pack Edition of Halflife, but I know I'll need to get a new video card for that.
If your graphics card might be able to handle GTA3 why would it have any problems with HL?

I don't have Full OpenGL support, it's the reason I can't run Voyager: Elite Force.

blkmage · Post by **blkmage** » 2002-12-29 04:25pm

Starcraft, Warcraft III, and Jedi Outcast are my top favourites, with Final Fantasy 6 and 9 next, Chrono Trigger, FF7 and 5, Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns, Perfect Dark, and Smash Brothers.

Thunderfire · Post by **Thunderfire** » 2002-12-29 04:37pm

Master of Magic
Master of Orion 2
Jagged Alliance 2
Planescape Torment
IL2 Sturmovik
Alpha Centauri
Gothic 1+2
Final Fantasy 4+
XvT
Tie Fighter
SWOTL
EAW
Combat Mission
Starcraft

Damaramu · Post by **Damaramu** » 2002-12-29 04:46pm

I'm just going to name some of my favorites, for multiple platforms:

River City Ransom
Guardian Heroes
Half Life
Capcom vs SNK 2
Daytona USA (BIG arcade multi-screen linkup ver.)
Star Trek: Armada (only w/ SW vs ST mods installed)
Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance (w/ high poly ship model mods installed)
Star Wars: Force Commander (yes, I thought this game was fun)
Dungeon Keeper II

Clone Sergeant · Post by **Clone Sergeant** » 2002-12-29 05:51pm

PC: Freespace 2
Gamecube:Metroid Prime(It's about fucking time they made a new one!)
PS2:Gran Turismo 3
Xbox:Halo(heaven on earth!:lol:)

I have always loved the old Genesis Sonic games(1-3 and Sonic and Knuckles, none of that spin-off bullshit like Dr. Robotnik's mean bean machine).

Goldeneye ruled my life for a LONG time. It's style is still being copied to this day.

Rogue Squadron for the N64 was in my opinion better than the newer one for the Gamecube. Rogue Squadron 2 felt rushed, half of the missions were rehashes. The game's only redeeming qualities were the graphics and the Battle of Endor mission(which is pure bliss BTW)