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Posted: 12/30/2023 1:11:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Socom 2, the end. |
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Posted: 12/30/2023 2:10:25 PM EDT
[#2]
Mario Cart Game Cube edition
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Posted: 12/31/2023 12:51:29 AM EDT
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I doubt I could come up with a list. I've liked a lot of games, but I'd be hard pressed to pick a "best". I have to give it to Sony, a lot of the best series started on Playstation - Resident Evil, Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill.
I miss 90s Blizzard. They could do no wrong back then. Now they're just wearing the company like a skin suit. |
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Posted: 12/31/2023 12:55:00 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Socom 2, the end. SOCOM was the first console game I ever played online, and the first game I played with broadband. Holy crap what an experience that was. Except for those douchebags using the noob tube. Fuck those guys. |
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Posted: 12/31/2023 12:41:11 PM EDT
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Battlebit Remastered on PC. Game is a masterpiece in my opinion.
Adding Rising Storm 2: Vietnam also. |
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Posted: 12/31/2023 3:58:20 PM EDT
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For me, my top 3 in no order would be:
Elden Ring Red Dead Redemption 2 Cyberpunk 2077 ...I got Cyberpunk when it came out and hated it due to all the bugs. With the release of Phantom Liberty and patch 2.0/2.1 I finally played through it now that the game is fixed, and loved it. It knocked the original Deus Ex out of my top 3. The rest in my top 10, in no order: Deus Ex Dark Souls Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Half-Life 2 Halo 3 Mass Effect 2 |
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Posted: 12/31/2023 4:12:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: For me, my top 3 in no order would be: Elden Ring Red Dead Redemption 2 Cyberpunk 2077 ...I got Cyberpunk when it came out and hated it due to all the bugs. With the release of Phantom Liberty and patch 2.0/2.1 I finally played through it now that the game is fixed, and loved it. It knocked the original Deus Ex out of my top 3. The rest in my top 10, in no order: Deus Ex Dark Souls Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Half-Life 2 Halo 3 Mass Effect 2 The original Deus Ex was amazing. I definitely missed mentioning it. Deus Ex: Human Revolution was pretty good, too, if not as great as the original. |
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Posted: 12/31/2023 6:47:05 PM EDT
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I think the Batman Arkham series games should be on that list of greatest of all time. Before Arkham Asylum, we had a bunch of forgettable Batman games, the best one I can remember was the Nintendo game that was kinda based on the Tim Burton Batman film.
Arkham Asylum really turned the video game world on its head with regards to superhero games, and that a British developer showed such care and respect for the Batman mythos should be recognized and applauded, in my opinion. |
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Posted: 12/31/2023 7:10:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I think the Batman Arkham series games should be on that list of greatest of all time. Before Arkham Asylum, we had a bunch of forgettable Batman games, the best one I can remember was the Nintendo game that was kinda based on the Tim Burton Batman film. Arkham Asylum really turned the video game world on its head with regards to superhero games, and that a British developer showed such care and respect for the Batman mythos should be recognized and applauded, in my opinion. Solid argument. I would add that "detective mode" emphasized a side of Batman ("World's Greatest Detective") that is almost completely ignored by the movies and yet is an integral part of the character. |
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Posted: 12/31/2023 7:36:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Solid argument. I would add that "detective mode" emphasized a side of Batman ("World's Greatest Detective") that is almost completely ignored by the movies and yet is an integral part of the character. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I think the Batman Arkham series games should be on that list of greatest of all time. Before Arkham Asylum, we had a bunch of forgettable Batman games, the best one I can remember was the Nintendo game that was kinda based on the Tim Burton Batman film. Arkham Asylum really turned the video game world on its head with regards to superhero games, and that a British developer showed such care and respect for the Batman mythos should be recognized and applauded, in my opinion. Solid argument. I would add that "detective mode" emphasized a side of Batman ("World's Greatest Detective") that is almost completely ignored by the movies and yet is an integral part of the character. For me, the Batman Arkham games are another one of those one-in-a-lifetime games. Like, if you enjoy good video games, you should play these, even if you aren't a fan of the Batman mythos and everything it entails. But if you are a Batman fan, these games are a love letter to the entire Batman universe and should absolutely be experienced. |
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Posted: 12/31/2023 8:05:19 PM EDT
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Now this one, I don't know if I'd call it "great," but I think it is very important - System Shock 2.
From a gameplay standpoint I don't think it's very good at all, it's very clunky, the difficulty especially early on in the game is pretty punishing as well. But I think without System Shock 2, there would be no Bioshock games, no Skyrim, no Fallout 3 or any of its derivatives, no Dishonored or Dishonored 2, no Prey (2017), no Starfield. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 6:04:57 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The original Deus Ex was amazing. I definitely missed mentioning it. I need to go back and finish that game. Wasn't the plot about how the government released a virus? 
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Posted: 1/1/2024 6:18:39 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I need to go back and finish that game. Wasn't the plot about how the government released a virus? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: The original Deus Ex was amazing. I definitely missed mentioning it. I need to go back and finish that game. Wasn't the plot about how the government released a virus? The virus was released by a corporation that is run by the leader of the secret society "Majestic 12" (based on the real-life conspiracy/ufo theories). The same corporation manufactures the treatment and artificially limits supply. There's Illuminati, corrupt UN people, corrupt FEMA people, more conspiracies inside of conspiracies. Great story. There are so many minor story details that can play out differently depending on your choices and how well you perform, as well as three main endings to the game. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 8:49:31 AM EDT
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Contra
Cyberball 2072 Any and all Mario games including Mario Kart Zelda: Link to the Past Street Fighter 2 Prop Cycle (this one used real pedals and handlebars to propel/steer a glider) The original Star Wars stand-up Tony Hawk on PS1 Also Dragon’s Lair and Space Ace are pretty terrible as far as actual game play goes, but their graphics were unreal for their time. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 9:40:36 AM EDT
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Missed names below and agree with many of above.
Galaga Super Tecmo Bowl Double Dribble Mike Tyson's Punch-out Myst GoldenEye Golden Axe |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 12:32:00 PM EDT
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So when I think of "greatest video games of all time," I like to think of games that were important to the genre and/or video games in general. Greatest is kind of a subjective term, there are games that I don't enjoy that are almost universally loved and acclaimed (yeah, I'm looking at you, The Last of Us 1 and 2).
A few notable ones for me:
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Posted: 1/1/2024 1:48:07 PM EDT
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EQ
WoW Half Life Elden Ring FF7 Mario 1&2 If there was a modern eq remake I’d play in a second. All other mmos have failed to compare to it for me. WoW was good but not the same. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 1:54:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: EQ WoW Half Life Elden Ring FF7 Mario 1&2 If there was a modern eq remake I'd play in a second. All other mmos have failed to compare to it for me. WoW was good but not the same. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 3:08:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: EQ WoW Half Life Elden Ring FF7 Mario 1&2 If there was a modern eq remake I’d play in a second. All other mmos have failed to compare to it for me. WoW was good but not the same. You can try Project 1999 for classic EQ. Progression through Velious the same timeframe as back in the day. I played for about a year, got a necro to 57. I enjoyed it, but everyone knows what they're doing and it's ultra-competitive. If you have a life, you're not going to be a top dog. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 3:39:00 PM EDT
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I beat Magic Sword again in my den the other night, 51 levels. Lol.
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Posted: 1/1/2024 4:15:37 PM EDT
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Need for Speed
Mechwarrior Air Warrior Jane's Tactical Fighters 688 Attack Sub Silent Hunter |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 4:21:26 PM EDT
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Descent (with a joystick controller of course) PC
Duke Nukem 3D (PC) Counter-Strike (PC) Half-Life (PC) Half-Life 2 (PC) Return to Castle Wolfenstein (PC) GTA San Andreas (PS2) Golden Eye 64 Metro Exodus (XSX) Alien Versus Predator (1999, PC) Psychonauts 2 (XSX) BioShock 1 (360) Too many. Props to Senua: Hellblade for a crazy freaking story. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 4:26:05 PM EDT
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Battlefield 1942 and Battlefield 2.
The large scale maps with vehicles that had decent control and physics. By comparison, Ubisoft TO THIS VERY DAY cannot manage to get vehicle controls that feel natural or even remotely useful(FarCry/GhostRecon). But after around 2008 gaming seemed to trend towards the worst in terms of laziness and rebranding. The one game to come along and make me actually enjoy it was Uncharted 4. I generally do not care about game story and hate when a game forces you to sit through it(FarCry 3) with no ability to skip it. Uncharted 4 story was so good and well done that I didnt skip it despite being able to. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 4:29:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You can try Project 1999 for classic EQ. Progression through Velious the same timeframe as back in the day. I played for about a year, got a necro to 57. I enjoyed it, but everyone knows what they're doing and it's ultra-competitive. If you have a life, you're not going to be a top dog. I watched some of the Project 1999 YT videos. My maybe naïve and optimistic observations were that it seems like everyone is consolidated in a server (so actual people playing maybe) and everyone seems much more helpful than they used to be. When I used to play EQ it was hypercompetitive because you could get a random drop and then go on Ebay and sell it for real bucks. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 4:34:41 PM EDT
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Half Life 2
Counter strike source Metal Gear Solid Call of Duty 4 modern warfare COD Black ops 1 COD World at war COD Cold War GTA series from gta3 forward Original tomb raider games Doom games Halo 1 was a good game for the time Most games after that just weren’t as creative with the story lines and you could tell the magic wasn’t there as it was after those games. Metal gear solid 2 and 3 were ok but they don’t hold a candle to the first one. Metal gear solid 4 sucked and got weird. Good mix of storytelling and gameplay for those on the list. Those are all in a class of their own. Earlier games just had more life in them. Later ones seem more stagnant and forced. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 5:10:44 PM EDT
[#26]
I forgot one!
In additional to UO, EQ, and Halo 1. . . I have to say Wolfenstein/Spear of Destiny is another classic worth a mention. The game actually contained swastikas and the bad guys would actually yell Nazi slogans  |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 5:24:01 PM EDT
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Another vote for total annihilation.
 Total Annihilation: Total Testosterone Booster And the pathing problem has been solved by the players community. ------------------- Gran turismo 2: Peak GT fun before the consoles got krufted up and required internet access and enabled the console developers contrl-freak tendencies to take over. Mechwarrior 3: Peak mech gaming. The only blight on it was that they mistook the construction rules for the modification rules. An easy mistake to make, but mistake it was. We have had some neat new features in the releases since than but IMO it's all been downhill since. Where the inner sphere houses showed the clans that the clans only played at war like the stupid socialist children they were and are:  Mechwarrior 3 cinematic ending |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 5:25:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: MechWarrior 2. Still some of the best PC game music ever recorded. I'd love to put it there but it came a bit too early and lacks some core features. No disrespect at all to it. Wish I had gotten it back in the day! |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 5:30:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: A few notable ones for me: [ul] Without Gears I don't think there would be an Uncharted, modern day Tomb Raiders, TLOU or any other number of third person shooters that use a cover mechanic. Gears of War ripped that mechanic from another great game that preceded it. Kill.Switch. I had the fortune to play it and it was great fun on PS2. So, GOW really owes it.  Kill Switch (PS2 Gameplay) | Forgotten Games |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 5:59:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Gears of War ripped that mechanic from another great game that preceded it. Kill.Switch. I had the fortune to play it and it was great fun on PS2. So, GOW really owes it.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfrqyu3DjrcQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: A few notable ones for me: [ul] Without Gears I don't think there would be an Uncharted, modern day Tomb Raiders, TLOU or any other number of third person shooters that use a cover mechanic. Gears of War ripped that mechanic from another great game that preceded it. Kill.Switch. I had the fortune to play it and it was great fun on PS2. So, GOW really owes it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfrqyu3DjrcTime crisis had the cover mechanic before the PS2 was a thing, if memory serves. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 6:09:34 PM EDT
[#31]
Minecraft. It’s amazing how many people make a living playing that game. Insane.
COD4. Like it or hate it, it was ground-breaking. The world was never to same. Pac-Man. You gotta give the classics some love. It started most of this if you think about it. Half-life. Many games we have today started with people modding half-life and doing their own thing. Kinda started the indi-game movement. Halo. An entire generation of casual gamers came from Halo. Mario- specifically the one on the game boy. Don’t know the specific name, but that also became so well know it’s completely infused into the culture. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 6:17:31 PM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I watched some of the Project 1999 YT videos. My maybe naïve and optimistic observations were that it seems like everyone is consolidated in a server (so actual people playing maybe) and everyone seems much more helpful than they used to be. When I used to play EQ it was hypercompetitive because you could get a random drop and then go on Ebay and sell it for real bucks. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: You can try Project 1999 for classic EQ. Progression through Velious the same timeframe as back in the day. I played for about a year, got a necro to 57. I enjoyed it, but everyone knows what they're doing and it's ultra-competitive. If you have a life, you're not going to be a top dog. I watched some of the Project 1999 YT videos. My maybe naïve and optimistic observations were that it seems like everyone is consolidated in a server (so actual people playing maybe) and everyone seems much more helpful than they used to be. When I used to play EQ it was hypercompetitive because you could get a random drop and then go on Ebay and sell it for real bucks. People are very helpful until the end-game. I had a necro basically mentor me the entire time i played. Lots of people to help you and give advice. All of the good loot spots were perma-camped with the absolute minimum amount of people. Good luck actually getting a pre-nerf CoS or Fungi Tunic without paying for it. Even all of the epic stuff is on lockdown. I wanted to make a shaman since I played one back in the day, but knowing the epic (child's tear was perma camped and went for over 100k) and fungi tunic would likely never happen for a casual player, I didn't bother. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 6:41:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: People are very helpful until the end-game. I had a necro basically mentor me the entire time i played. Lots of people to help you and give advice. All of the good loot spots were perma-camped with the absolute minimum amount of people. Good luck actually getting a pre-nerf CoS or Fungi Tunic without paying for it. Even all of the epic stuff is on lockdown. I wanted to make a shaman since I played one back in the day, but knowing the epic (child's tear was perma camped and went for over 100k) and fungi tunic would likely never happen for a casual player, I didn't bother. Ahhh good to know. To be fair, nothing made me rage like my days playing EQ back in the day. Even if I was playing EQ on "easy mode" I don't think I have the time nor mental fortitude to give it a go
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Posted: 1/1/2024 6:42:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Time crisis had the cover mechanic before the PS2 was a thing, if memory serves. It did. But that was a FPS Arcade shooter and had different mechanics. GOW directly ripped the 3rd person mechanics directly from kill switch and gameplay. And many followed since. GOW very successful as a showcase game for Xbox 360 and sold well. I enjoyed the heck out of it. Beat it on hardest mode as well solo. Tagging people on multiplayer with nades was great back in the day. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 8:22:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ahhh good to know. To be fair, nothing made me rage like my days playing EQ back in the day. Even if I was playing EQ on "easy mode" I don't think I have the time nor mental fortitude to give it a go Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: People are very helpful until the end-game. I had a necro basically mentor me the entire time i played. Lots of people to help you and give advice. All of the good loot spots were perma-camped with the absolute minimum amount of people. Good luck actually getting a pre-nerf CoS or Fungi Tunic without paying for it. Even all of the epic stuff is on lockdown. I wanted to make a shaman since I played one back in the day, but knowing the epic (child's tear was perma camped and went for over 100k) and fungi tunic would likely never happen for a casual player, I didn't bother. Ahhh good to know. To be fair, nothing made me rage like my days playing EQ back in the day. Even if I was playing EQ on "easy mode" I don't think I have the time nor mental fortitude to give it a go Lol I know what you mean. Nothing like dying multiple times while naked trying to get a corpse, losing lots of exp in the process. Or passing through an area, and a Sergeant Slate or similar sees you and lays the smack down. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 8:29:23 PM EDT
[#36]
Medal of Honor
Call of Duty Goldeneye Super Mario Bros. Metroid Legend of Zelda Diablo 2 Ghost Recon Battlefield 1942 And I can't BELIEVE nobody has mentioned... Battlefield: Bad Company 1/2 |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 8:47:36 PM EDT
[#37]
Asteroids
Recently played it on an original arcade, it was fantastic. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 8:54:03 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Lol I know what you mean. Nothing like dying multiple times while naked trying to get a corpse, losing lots of exp in the process. Or passing through an area, and a Sergeant Slate or similar sees you and lays the smack down. Ages ago I died in a very obscure spot of Lower Guk After losing an entire level trying to get to my corpse I gave up. . . . just straight rage quit and let it rot after probably 500 hours in the game  I think something similar to Guild Wars is more my MMORPG speed these days if I went down that rabbit hole. I maxed out a couple characters on Diablo 4 but the game is trash so I quit 
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Posted: 1/1/2024 10:23:39 PM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: It did. But that was a FPS Arcade shooter and had different mechanics. GOW directly ripped the 3rd person mechanics directly from kill switch and gameplay. And many followed since. GOW very successful as a showcase game for Xbox 360 and sold well. I enjoyed the heck out of it. Beat it on hardest mode as well solo. Tagging people on multiplayer with nades was great back in the day. They didn't "rip" it from Kill Switch. Cliff B. has publicly acknowledged using the game's cover system for GOW development. Gears mastered it, and for a cherry on top, introduced chain-sawing Grubs. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 10:58:51 PM EDT
[#40]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Medal of Honor Call of Duty Goldeneye Super Mario Bros. Metroid Legend of Zelda Diablo 2 Ghost Recon Battlefield 1942 And I can't BELIEVE nobody has mentioned... Battlefield: Bad Company 1/2 The destructible buildings in Bad Company 2 made it a ton of fun (I didn't play 1, so I don't know if it was in that game). |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 11:07:40 PM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: They didn't "rip" it from Kill Switch. Cliff B. has publicly acknowledged using the game's cover system for GOW development. Gears mastered it, and for a cherry on top, introduced chain-sawing Grubs. I was merely pointing out that GOW did not pioneer this gameplay centric style as it was mentioned earlier and was giving the predecessor the credit it deserves rather than to GOW. |
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Posted: 1/5/2024 5:58:05 PM EDT
[#42]
In no particular order:
Red Dead Redemption 2 Titanfall 2 Halo Reach Edit: 2 and 3 are really close on the keyboard lol |
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Posted: 1/5/2024 6:21:01 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: In no particular order: Red Dead Redemption 2 Titanfall 3 Halo Reach Damn, where did you get your hands on Titanfall 3?
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Posted: 1/5/2024 6:25:47 PM EDT
[#44]
Damn my clumsy fingers, I’d kill for a Titanfall 3 tho
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Posted: 1/5/2024 11:57:59 PM EDT
[#45]
Titanfall 3 is never going to happen blame Apex.
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Posted: 1/6/2024 12:01:27 AM EDT
[#46]
Any list that does not include Starsiege Tribes or just plain "Tribes" for those of us that played it is invalid. It was the first open world game.
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Posted: 1/6/2024 12:04:21 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/6/2024 12:14:45 AM EDT
[#48]
Quote HistoryQuoted: In no particular order: Red Dead Redemption 2 Titanfall 2 Halo Reach Edit: 2 and 3 are really close on the keyboard lol Welcome fellow gaming enthusiast!
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Posted: 1/6/2024 1:42:25 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryGreatest game soundtrack of all time. 
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Posted: 1/6/2024 8:51:39 PM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Socom 2, the end. Hesrightyouknow.jpeg |
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