What is your top 15 PC games of all time?
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 - 9:40am
I was thinking of this the other day and put together my all time 15 list. Whats yours?
1. Fallout 2
2. Fallout
3. Privateer
4. Civilization 1
5. Pirates (2004 edition)
6. Shogun Total War
7. Under a Killing Moon
8. X-Com 1
9. Civ III
10. Pandora Directive
11. Monkey Island
12. Rollercoaster Tycoon I
13. Tie Fighter
14. Railroad Tycoon 1
15. Space Quest 3
Damn...
1. System Shock 2
In no particular order:
EDIT: Remembered the best game ever created by Brian Reynolds. Also, I wanted to point out that it is entirely correct to consider Civ 2 and 4 completely different games.
EDIT 2: Just remembered another one
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No order:
I cheated... and used one of buzzvang's free slots
GAH! Good one, Boogle. Day of the Tentacle! I need to put that in... but i already cheated once! Too... many... good..... games! Ugh!
Oh and i agree about Civ 2 and Civ 4 being completely different games...
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No particular order
-Fallout
-Fallout 2
-Half-life
-Half-life 2
-CS:Source
-Day of the Tentacle
-Grim Fandango
-Deus X
-TF2
-Civ 4
-Civ 3
-Age of Empires 2
-Call of Duty
-Heroes of Might and Magic 2
-Stalker
*Legion* wrote:
The interesting part was when you limit yourself to only 15 you have to make some tough choices. I kind of suprised myself with my own choices.
I started the thread mostly so I could see what others have on their lists, but also to see if I have forgotten any. And I was shocked to see I totaly forgot x-wing. That was a good game
In no order-
TIE Fighter
Wing Commander 2
Baldur's Gate 2
Pools of Radiance (Gold box series)
Company of Heroes
Homeworld
Bard's Tale
Fallout
Planescape Torment
Ultima II
Titan Quest-(IMO better than Diablo II)
Rome Total War
Deus Ex
Wizardry
Neverwinter Nights
These are all games I either play regularly or played to death back in the day. Most have sequels that are also heavily played.
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No particular order:
-Team Fortress 2
-Portal
-Baldur's Gate 2
-Planescape
-TIE Fighter
-X-Wing
-Civilization 3
-Sins of a Solar Empire
-Diablo 2
-Unreal Tournament
-Unreal Tournament 2004
-Jedi Knight 2
I'll edit and add more when/if I think of them.
More or less in order...
1. Planescape: Torment
2. Deus Ex
3. Fallout Tactics
4. Fallout 2
5. Carmageddon
6. Freespace 2
7. Half-Life
8. C&C: Red Alert 2
9. Neverwinter Nights
10. Diablo 2
11. System Shock 2
12. NFS: Hot Persuit
13. Thief
14. NFS Porsche Unleashed
15. ...reserved for one game that I'm sure that I'm forgetting and it would be a crime not to mention it.
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The window that I was into PC gaming was relatively small, but here's the standouts from that period.
1. No One Lives Forever
(the rest of the list is in no order)
Grim Fandango
Planescape: Torment
Freespace 2
System Shock 2
Theif 1 & 2
The Incredible Machine: Contraptions (sush, it's my list)
The Sims (see above)
Decent 3
Half-Life
The Longest Journey
Mafia
Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption
Deus Ex
You Don't Know Jack! Volume 4: The Ride
-Doom
-CivII
-Tie Fighter
-Team Fortress 2
-Quake
-Diablo
-Warcraft
-Counter-strike
-GTA
-Homeworld
-Need for speed Porsche unleashed
-Tribes
-f119 Steath Fighter
-Legeond of the Red Dragon (BBS Mud)
-Sins of the Solar Empire
Xfire: Pharacon
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1. Doom
(the rest in no order)
The 7th Guest
Quake
King's Quest VI
Leisure Suit Larry 6
Duke Nukem 3D
Portal
Half-Life
Half-Life 2
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Diablo 2
Warcraft II
Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist
Day of the Tentacle
Battlefield 2
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NOLF was a classic to be sure
Here we go again. Still fun to see what everybody picks though.
1) Age of Conan, yeah I'm hooked bad
2) System Shock 2
3) Baldur's Gate 1
4) Doom 2
5) Thief 2
6) Ultima Online
7) Ultima IV
8) Ultima VII
9) Might & Magic VI: Mandate of Heaven
10) Icewind Dale II
11) Project Gotham Racing 2
12) Thief 1
13) Age of Wonders 3: Shadow Magic
14) Civilization 2
15) Unreal
my vote cancels out yours
You know, I just realized that the Chessmaster series really needs to be on my list. While I wouldn't say it knocks NOLF out of the top spot it certainly deserves to be my #2, if for anything else the stupid number of versions I have of the game:
Chessmaster PC (3 different versions)
Chessmaster Gameboy
Chessmaster SNES
Chessmaster Xbox
Chessmaster 360 XBLA
Yikes!
In the order I thought of them....
1. Empire
2. Wizardry
3. Everquest
4. Battle of Britain
5. Doom
6. Civilization
7. Fallout
8. Baldurs Gate
9. Pirates
10. Starflight
11. X-COM: UFO Defense
12. Half-Life
13. World of Warcraft
14. Deus Ex
15. Falcon 3.0
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In alphabetical order:
Descent
Deus Ex
Doom
Fallout
Half-Life
Half-Life 2
Homeworld
Jagged Alliance 2
Master of Orion
Master of Magic
Star Control 2
System Shock
Tie Fighter
Ultima IV
X-Com: UFO Defence
Cutting down this list was killing me.
I can't bring myself to put these in order:
-The Longest Journey
-System Shock 2
-Monkey Island
-Grim Fandango
-World In Conflict
-Heroes of Might & Magic III
-Baldur's Gate
-Baldur's Gate II
-Wing Commander II
-Privateer
-Police Quest (Original)
-Space Quest (Original)
-Master of Orion II
-Alpha Centauri
-Star Control II
I still play the open-source release of Star Control II at least once a year. So brilliant.
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In order of how much of my life they stole:
I am floored by how rarely Quake has come up on these lists. That game had a mod for everyone. If you liked competitive pumpkin collecting, you could find a mod that did just that. I weep for those of you that never found happiness with a Quake mod.
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I had to come with with a grading system and then evualated about 80 games I thought belonged just so I could define those top 15. And yes it was brutal for me as well. I dont know how many times I went back and changed a grade. I have to admit though it was fun and surprising to me what I thought was good and then on second and third reflection thought was the true cream of the crop.
And if anyone is interested I used a 4 question system worth 5 points each, each game could get a maxium of 22 points. (4 additional questions could earn a bonus of .5 points each)
Criteria
1. (Interface), Design intelligent or not?, Effected by bugs?, Was it easy to use?, Organizaton, Was it linear?
2. (Plot\Options)Storyline, overall length, Game options and choices
3. (wow factor) Graphics, Sound, Concept
4. (advanced) Ambianaice, Was it gripping or Addictive, Did the game stand out from others?, was it fun
(bonus points)
(a) Was it innovative
(b) Was it replayable
(c) Is it mod friendly
(d) Will you remember this game in 10 years
Posting before reading other responses AND only using one example from a given series (for example, both Civ 4 and Civ 2 count, but I only include one of them). Also, I'm limiting my list to games that were primarily PC.
1) Ultima VII
2) Quake
3) Tie Fighter
4) Doom 1
5) Diablo 2
6) Half-Life 2
7) World of WarCraft
8) Civilization 4
9) Wing Commander Privateer
10) Fallout 2
11) Warcraft 2
12) Planescape Torment
13) EverQuest
14) Star Wars Jedi Knight 2
15) Portal
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I, too, am an indecisive wuss and cannot put these in any sort of order.
Zork Nemesis
Myst
Riven
Team Fortress 2
Half Life 2
Portal
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary
Freespace
Freespace 2
Starcraft
Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight (despite the abysmal cutscenes)
Alpha Centauri
C&C Tiberian Sun
Quake
Starship Titanic
May not seem like much of a list, but these are the ones that stick in my memory. That qualifies them.
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I'll give this a week or two to fill out, and then I'll make a compilation with all votes being equal. Should be an interesting study.
*Legion* wrote:
The first 5 are in rough order, then it is a dogfight.
Starcraft
Half Life
Warcraft 2
Rome: Total War
Homeworld
Guild wars
Civ 4
Half Life 2
Portal
Quake 2
Dragon Shard
Swat 3
Call of Duty
Evil Genius
Mass Effect (although I played it on 360, I'm selling the 360 and will probably get the PC version)
I have a lot of other games that apparently are classics, but as yet haven't played far enough to form an opinion.
Beyond Good & Evil
Chronicles of Riddick
Grim Fandango
NOLF
kuddles wrote:
I'm sure I'm overlooking some. In no order:
- Everquest
- Max Payne
- Anachronox
- Half-Life
- Doom 2
- WoW
- Fallout
- Fallout 2
- Warcraft 2
- Starcraft
- Baldurs Gate 2
- Civ 4
- Serious Sam
- Jedi Knight
- Descent: Freespace
1. Planescape: Torment
2. Baldurs Gate
3. Neverwinter Nights
(I like single player RPG's. So sue me.)
4. Mechwarrior
5. Diablo
6. Warcraft
7. Starcraft
8. Half Life
9. Call of Duty
10. Portal
11. Dawn of War
12. Red Alert
13. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
14. WoW
15. Dungeon Keeper
The list is in the order I thought of them. And if it's a series, I played them all and liked them, so I just named the whole series.
After reading over other lists, I can't believe I forgot Deus Ex and Descent. Also, KOTOR.
Um there is a conspicuous lack of Mechwarrior 2 in this thread...
Diablo 2 LoD
Mechwarrior 2
Quake 1
Diablo 1
Champions of Krynn
Fallout 1
Privateer
Jedi Academy
Mechcommander 2
Sim City 2000
Battletech Cresent Hawks Revenge
Wing Commander 2
Starcraft
World of Warcraft
Populous
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You have a great point, it is interesting how many "blockbusters" dont necessarly appear on these lists. Its also interesting how certain games tend to be on almost everyones list.
Frankly I would have thought more folks would have said quake as well. Also it seems Doom isnt on too many either. Where Fallout and tie fighter seem to be on almost all of them.
Well we're not exactly the most diverse demographic sample.
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Hmm...
Tie Fighter
Space Empires IV
Heroes of Might and Magic III
Company of Heroes / CoH Opposing Fronts
Victoria
Civilization IV
Pools of Radiance
Neverwinter Nights 2
Ultima Online
Crusader Kings
Madden '03
NHL Hockey -- the one year where they bled when you hurt them -- the one 'immortalized' in Mall Rats --
Vampire: Bloodlines
Metroid
X-Com UFO Defense
I wrote this out without looking past the first post, then went up to see everyone elses' selections. You know, it kind of (but shouldn't) surprise me about Tie Fighter. I played that game religiously and absolutely loved the story. I remember getting freaking chills when Darth Vader was flying along side you. Simply pimp, simply pimp.
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Off the top of my head (I'm sure I'm forgetting lots)...
Thief
Vampire : Bloodlines
Deus Ex
Planescape : Torment
System Shock
Baldurs Gate
Half Life
The Longest Journey
Duke Nukem 3D
Dungeon Keeper
Morrowind
Gabriel Knight
Diablo
Bioshock
No One Lives Forever
Not in order (with the possible exception of Thief and Vampire being at the top) - and assume that I'm referring to all games in a series where appropriate (is that cheating?...oh well).
Except for Deus Ex...far as I'm concerned they only made the one game
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