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Geek Culture / TGC Game Awards 2008

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Raven
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We've not done this in a while, and I figured this year. Might as well have a new twist on the old formulae.

What this boils down to is this... list you're top 10 games of all time, and you're worst 10 games of all time.

Other catagories you can vote for are:
Best Storyline - Self explanitory really, what game did you feel had the best story

Best Gameplay - Being able to play a game is paramount, which game did you feel did this the best

Best Graphics - This one doesn't mean, how amazing the graphics are compared to current generation titles. What is actually meant here is what stood out for outstanding graphical achievements. For example you could pick Elite (as it was the first to do 3D), you could pick Perfect Dark (as it was the first game to feature real-time reflections and Depth-of-Field). Be sure to provide the reason to why you've picked the game you have for this.

Best Multiplayer - Any game you felt had a kick-ass online aspect

Best Game Mechanics - This is a new and interesting degree, but it boils down to a game that added something new or a new twist on something old that you felt really made the game fun and awesome. Again you must provide a reason.

The additional catagories are only open to a single game and are completely optional... but if you post you have to post you're top 10 best and worst games of all time.

Also I don't want to see "oh why did you pick that it's crap" or "how could you say that was crap when it was 1337 ub3rsom3!" or such crap. Whatever people pick is their own preference not yours, if you wanna join in then make a list of your own; otherwise keep the writing fingers still.

Well look forward to seeing which games win this year

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Gil Galvanti
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10 Best
-Oblivion
-Call of Duty 4
-Bioshock
-Company of Heroes
-Rome: Total War
-Portal
-Battlefield 2
-Morrowind
-Civilization 4
-Half-Life 2

I really don't play many bad games because I look at reviews before buying most games, so I won't do a worst category. I'll do a 5 most looking forward to though.
5 Games Looking Most Forward To
-Fallout 3
-Spore
-Empire: Total War
-Star Wars: Force Unleashed
-Far Cry 2


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Game maker wannabe
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10 Best:

Age Of Empires 2
Oblivion
CoD4
World Of Warcraft
Assassin's Creed
Conflict: Desert Storm
Sonic Adventure 2
GTA San Andreas
Guildwars
Goldeneye (N64)

Best Graphics :

Guildwars - Best graghics I have ever seen on an MM0

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Alucard94
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10 Best:
Oblivion
Portal
God of war series
Halo series
Stepmania/DDR
Final Fantasy X
Metal Gear Solid 4
Loco Roco!
Guild Wars (I have some fun memories from this...)
Guitar hero series

Worst:
Barbies horse adventure
Every other damn Barbie game!


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10 best
guild wars- wins best graphics for an MMO/rpg.

team fortress 2- good gameplay and mechanics, good multiplayer.

unreal tournament 3 and 04- UT3 wins for best graphics in shooter.

guitar hero games(not aerosmith)

counter strike

tribes(the best shooters on earth)- win in best gameplay, best game mechanics, best multiplayer.

GTA 4- good gameplay and mechanics, good multiplayer, good story line.

Any of the marble blast games- good in multiplayer, game play and mechanics

mercenarics 1 and 2- good open world shooter, good gameplay and mechinics

spore


waiting for:
guild wars 2
UT4


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Current Generation:

1- Best Storyline - Mass Effect, these guys put more effort than most game developers do into creating a plot.

2- Best Gameplay - Assassin's Creed; great battle system and I liked the running and hiding - climbing up walls etc.

3- Best Graphics: Crysis or Mass Effect again


4- Best Multiplayer: I'm not much of a multi-player guy and I just got beaten by a friend on DoW, but I'd say Call of Duty 2 is the best one I've played

5- Best Game Mechanics: Oblivion

Additional Games:

6- Bioshock
7- Half Life 2

Can't complete 10 for this gen.


OF All Time:

1- Story: Final Fantsy VII (Immersed me and I don't overate it)
2- Gameplay: Echoes (Yes Binary Zoo) or Syobon action...both very addictive games
3- Graphics: Monkey Island - not quality, but style, but only the first
4- Multiplayer: RuneScape
5- Mechanics: Syobon Action - the aim to purposely make the player go insane is brilliant. My friend hated me for showing it to him and I hate whoever posted it on here.

Others-
6- Push Over - fun puzzle game
7- Dawn of War
8- Age of Empires 3
9- Final Fantasy VIII
10- Final Fantasy IX


Worst:

Doom 3
Reservoir Dogs
FEAR
Chicken Invaders

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Top 5:
Lego racer 1 FTW!!
Halo 1
COD4
Halo 3
GTA IV

Lego racer was the best ... sigh...

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Bizar Guy
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10 Best, given both the time they came out and how I currently view them:
-Homeworld
-Halflife
-Halflife 2
-Portal
-Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening
-Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
-Fable: The Lost Chapters
-No More Heroes
-Tony Hawk 2
-The Longest Journey

Not all of those are my favorite games, but all in all I think they qualify as the top 10 best games I've played, for various reasons. Many games I think might go on that list I have yet to play, so my list should be somewhat different in a year.

10 worst games, for time frame and current view
-The Club
-Link: The Faces of Evil
-Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon
-Zelda's Adventure
-Spider man 2 for the PC
-full metal alchemist
-Sonic the Hedgehog for 360 and PS3
-Extreme PaintBrawl -from IGN, never played
-NRA Varmint Hunter -from IGN, never played
-ET -I have never played, but I feel it deserves to be here


Best storyline- Hmm... Tough one. I'll have to go with Half Life 2 though
Though there are many other game stories I regard just as highly as Half Life 2's, I can think of non that portray the story so well. In HL2, I really feel as part of the story, in a way no other medium has done.

Best gameplay-Links awakening
This might be the best designed game I have played. All in all, I find I enjoy every gameplay mechanic in the game. Simple as that.

Best Graphics- Shadow of the Colossus
This is simply the most beautiful game I have ever seen, both in still shot and motion. This game more than any other, is a work of art. It would probably be on my top 10 list, but I have not yet played it.

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my 5 ToppRank Games.osv Best game list
1:Nfs1,1se,2,2se,3,4,6 and maby the new one that is created like the nfsHp2 game
2:all GTA Games
3:all Halflife game
4:all TGCproduct`s orginaly created by the TGC
5:all RainBowSix Games}

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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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10 Best Games:
Oblivion (Just wow...)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Genuine improvement, although see below.)
1080 Avalanche (Good graphics, had an awesome feeling of connection between player and game)
Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force (Immersion and graphics were fantastic for the time, especially the lighting. Online matches were second to none.)
Cel Damage: Overdrive (Wasn't expecting much, found a good solid multiplayer game to my pleasant suprise.)
Jedi Academy (Challenging and fun. Something most games fail to combine.)
F-Zero GX (Good feel, lots of content, smooth visuals.)
Metroid Prime (Worked better than I expected, possibly best visuals of the generation.)
Trackmania Sunrise (Hours of fun through user-generated content.)
Need For Speed: Underground (Came out of nowhere, good generic racer)

10 Most Disappointing Games:
Zelda TP (Looked like Tomb Raider 2 for the most part and played like it too. Good atmosphere but bored me.)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Too many characters mainstream gamers couldn't care less about - who the hell is Ike? Map editor over restricted.)
Morrowind (Lacked the feel of connection Oblivion had between player and game - immersion is key.)
X2 - The Threat (Nice graphics and gameplay but I ran out things to do. Too quickly.)
Driver: Parallel Lines (Tried to be GTA, just isn't.)
Guitar Hero 3 (Really dodgy PC port)
SSX Blur [Wii] (Vague controls that just ruined it. Supposed to be tricks triggered by patterns, none of which seemed to work in the slightest.)
3D Sonic Games (They suck, Sega. Admit it.)
Terminator 3: War of The Machines (Where was my single player campaign?)
MS Flight Sim 2004 (Horrendous performance for no known reason)

Anticipated games:
Mirror's Edge (Not that I have anything to play it on)
GTA DS

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Hmmm don't think my list will have changed much since last time I posted one:

Best games of all time:
1 - Shadow of the Colossus (work of art, innovative game play, excellent graphics style, awesome soundtrack, nice minimalist storyline (yet far more powerful than any other game I have played) - great in every way)
2 - Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
3 - ICO
4 - Morrowind
5 - Legend of Zelda: Majoras Mask
6 - Silent Hill 2
7 - The Curse of Monkey Island
8 - Half Life 2
9 - Perfect Dark
10 - Jet Force Gemini

There's lots of other great games that could probably be on this list but these are the only ones I can think of at the moment.

Worst games (I have played) of all time:
1 - Fahrenheit/ Indigo Prophecies (This game summarises just about everything which sucks about game story lines)
2 - Two Worlds (only played 360 demo)
3 - Run out of ideas, I tend not to play games which I don't think I will like .

@Bizar - You really should play SotC.

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Quote: "@Bizar - You really should play SotC."


I bought this game when it came out after hearing a lot of good things about it. Wierd thing: I don't even own a PS2, it's still in it's shrink wrap! I really need to get me a PS2 and finally play this game. Many of the other games you listed are my favorites, so I'm guessing you're right on the ball with SoTC.

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Best:
10. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
9. Evochron Renegades
8. Diablo II
7. Super Mario 64
6. The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind
5. Zelda: Links' Awakening
4. Starcraft
3. Metal Gear Solid 4
2. Deus Ex
1. Metal Gear Solid

Worst:
10. Super Mario Bros 2
9. Driv3r
8. Daikatana
7. Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link (auch!)
6. Bad Day LA
5. Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing
4. Universal Combat
3. Superman
2. Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon (auch!)
1. ET

Best Storyline - Metal Gear Solid 1. So many layers of betrayal and plot, that it dazzled my mind how they came up with the whole thing.

Best Gameplay - Super Mario 64 probably wins that for me.

Best Graphics - I think Metal Gear Solid was the first game that I thought of that the graphics were worth a big 'wow'. Gears of War did drop my jaw as well. Gears of War wins for now, I think.

Best Multiplayer - I never thought I'd choose a RTS for this category, but alas: Starcraft never ceased to amaze me online. Even ten years after it's original release, the multiplayer community and the balance between the races still make Starcraft the best multiplayer game to date for me.

Best Game Mechanics - Deus Ex provided players with the standard FPS approach but with a depth and a level of perfection not seen before and never seen after, although Metal Gear Solid 4 is a worthy runner-up.


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I'm writing this without reading anyone else's responses, so I'm not influenced by you people.

BEST
1. Diablo II - I LOVE this game.
2. Warcraft II - Probably the best strategy game ever.
3. Red Alert I/II
4. Tetris - Specifically Tetris Attack on the SNES. But Tetris games in general are amazing.
5. Donkey Kong Country I
6. Super Mario World
7. Super Mario Brothers 3
8. Lolo 1/2/3 - I list all three here, because they're all the same game, just different levels.
9. Mario 64
10. Zelda Series - Not counting Wind Waker, not because I didn't like the graphics (because I kinda liked them), but because it was a boring game. If I didn't group all the Zelda games together, Zelda would be my top 10 list.

WORST
1. A Boy and His Blob - ok... what the heck is this game? It's such a lame game... I never understood why it was ever a "game".
2. Hey You Pikachu - Nice try nintendo... nice try.
3. Halo 2 - This game made the list, because how disappointing of a game it was to me. They had my expectations pretty high, and they let me down. Awful story line, it was very buggy, it... ugh... it was such a disappointment to me.
4. Garry's Mod - Overrated, boring, not much of a game. I'm sorry, but that's how I feel.
5. World of Warcraft - of all my opinions about games, my opinion on WoW is the strongest. If you want to waste your time and you money playing a super boring game - WoW is your game.
6. Runescape - Holy crud batman...
7. Ghost Recon - The gamecube one. That game just has so many UI nasties that made me wish I never bought it. The game has a sweet concept and decent game play, but ugh... I just couldn't like it. It makes the list because it was disappointing to me.
8. F.E.A.R. - Yeah, the graphics were good. The gore was over the top, they tried WAY to hard to make it gorey. They swore WAY to much. I mean, seriously, way too much. And it wasn't that scarey of a game. I was really disappointed in this game.
9. Zelda - Wind Waker. Graphics were cool. I liked the style. The engine is sweet. But holy COW the boat was so stinking stupid. Talk about boring. I tried really hard to ignore the hours I put into that stupid game sailing in that slow boat on that HUGE ocean. But I just couldn't like it. That game was severely disappointing to me.
10. Mega Man 64 - Man I was so excited to play this game... LAME.


the problem is, I play a game, if I don't like it, I put it away and don't play it anymore and forget about it. So I know there are worse games than those. The games I listed are mostly games that I looked forward to playing, or thought were great ideas until I played them and the disappointment was just overbearing. So they're not the worst games ever, just the worst ones that I can think of that really left a bad taste in my mouth. Except A Boy and His Blob... I just don't understand that game

Best Series: Zelda
Best Story Line: Half Life 2 - why? Because it's the only FPS that I really really enjoy playing, and the story pulls me in and I'm curious to see what happens next. No other FPS does that for me, and very few other games in general.
Best Graphics: Donkey Kong Country 1 - those graphics still impress me, and I still think they were on top for their time and generation.

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Best Graphics:

Portal, not just well built lighting bloom and fresnel, but a nice styling too. Especially in the "behind the scenes" areas.....

Best Story:

Half Life 2, it really pulls the player in and immerses them in the dystopia, although the immersion is occasionally release while a rebel yells "Reload, Freeman!" while you're smashing crates with a crowbar. It really does pull you back under with the extremely realistic NPC interaction. Such as Alex finding her father in Nova Prospekt.......

Best Gameplay:

Ooohhhh....a hard one this, but I'd put down...Oblivion. It's pretty immersive, and the randomised face generator makes every fight feel unique...even if they do all have the same voice. All the little things like Fatigue, Weapon Degredation and and the way it's implemented make it truly awesome...

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Top 10:

Hidden and Dangerous 2
Super Mario RPG: legend of the seven stars
Goldeneye 007
Battlefield 2: modern combat (online-single players not that good)
Legend of Zelda: a link to the past
Legend of Zelda: ocarina of time
Tetris (spent most time on "The New Tetris" on N64)
Resident Evil
Final Fantasy 7
Lemmings (psp version because it has level editor)


Theres alot of others that come close but I tried to put the ones that I spent the most time on

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I'm going to add the top 5 of what I think to be the most innovative:

5. Pong - of course
4. Doom/Quake - Defined the FPS in general.
3. Golden Eye 007 - Defined console FPS
2. Super Mario 64 - Really defined the 3d adventure style game
1. Super Mario Brothers 3 - It really redefined what a side-scroller game should and would be until the 3d generation came about.

I'm sure if I thought harder, there would be others, and the list would be in a different order. But those are 5 games that really put their footprints in gaming history.

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Best storyline:

Pong

Best Graphics:

Pong

Best Gameplay:

Pong

Best Multiplayer (if it had it)

Pong

Best Game Mechanics:

Pong!


Wait, were all my answers Pong?

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Best storyline:
1. Deus Ex - the game gave reasons nearly every step of the way as to why you had to do what you did and it did a great job immersing the player into its environment.

2. Thief series - The only other game where I actually looked forward to the next cinematic cut scene.

Best Game Mechanics:
1. Thief 3 - The 3rd installment of great series was done by a different group. Rather than mimic the previous games to make a poor attempt at capitalizing on the Thief name like I think most companies may have done, Eidos and Ion Storm(Deus Ex) changed the game play a little bit and added new features, while doing away with others (rope arrow) and yet pulled it off very well. The graphics were definitely a step above the previous titles and the game was less linear than it had been in the past.


I don't play many games, so this is all I have. Diablo2 was most addicting game ever, and while I loved UT I wouldn't give it any awards. Same game every time, just newer graphics.


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Top 10

ArmA - Armed Assult
Crysis
Dark Reign - The Future of War
GRAW
Ghost Recon (original)
Flight Simulator X
Empire Earth
Commandoes 3
Empire Earth 3

Best Graphics

Crysis

Turbogames
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10 Best games of all time... no particular order

Captive (ST)
Pikmin (Gamecube)
RE4 (Gamecube)
Mario Kart (DS)
Animal Crossing (DS)
Oblivion (360/PC)
CoD4 (360)
Half Life (PC)
Portal (360/PC)
Halo3 (360)

Best Storyline - Oblivion (Not only the main quest, all the sub-quests are well written as well)

Best Gameplay - Portal (You don't realize until your on about the 6th or 7th puzzle that your playing one of the best games ever made)

Best Graphics - RE4 (Going by the Gamecube version, I think the atmosphere in that game comes second to none)

Best Multiplayer - Rock Band (Not played online, but 4 player co-op band mode is where the high cost is justified)

Best Game Mechanics - Portal (Everything makes perfect sense in that game although often with the exception of the player actions)

Games I'm most looking forward to...

Trackmania DS (DS)
Spore (PC)
Farcry 2 (360)
Fallout 3 (360)
Diablo 3 (PC)
Gears Of War 2 (360)
RE5 (360)
Fable 2 (360)
Guitar Hero 4 (360)
Rock Band 2 (360)

There's a few popular games I hate, like Assassins Creed, Mass Effect, Anything related to Final Fantasy, Metal Gear Solid.


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uh
1) unreal tournament 1999.
2) counter strike: source
3) counter strike: 1.6
4) half life.
5)command and quoqeur: tiberian sun.
6)doom1
7)doom2
8) unreal(plus "return to na-pali map pack".)(1998.).
9)unreal tournament 2004.
10)Half life2.
( sneak this one in for agent dink.)
11) PONG! seriously that game is killer.
least fave.
1) crysis,
2)commandoes 1
3) World of warcraft(for my obvious reasons )
4)space invaders(its getting too old and too re-done all the time )
5)unreal 2

fav mods.

1) Zombie panic source(and I only had it for a day.)
2) zombie master
3)zombie mod for battlefield 2.
4)cssource server zombie mod.
5) Garry's mod 9.(ask me, me thinks better then ten/eleven 0_0 )

hated mods.
1) garry's mod 10.
2)riot act(got stuck on it )

Game on tgc.
1) drugs kill(may be fpsc, and I may be developing it, but I like it for non biased reasons 0_0)
2) One.
3) Demon sun (by creator of zombies, a fpsc game may I add too, aint played it yet )
4) robot island (whatever its called, but it looked unquie and amazing with the shaders.)


Thats all... suprised counter-strike:source aint number one?
*hehe*

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Quote: "counter strike source: 1.6"

Umm


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Quote: "I bought this game when it came out after hearing a lot of good things about it. Wierd thing: I don't even own a PS2, it's still in it's shrink wrap! I really need to get me a PS2 and finally play this game."

Heh awesome. Similar thing happened with me and ICO. I kept hearing great things about it so in the end I bought a cheap second hand PS2 and a copy of it to see what the fuss was all about. Needless to say I really enjoyed it, and when I found out SotC was made by the same team I immediately went out and bought that too.

Quote: "Many of the other games you listed are my favorites, so I'm guessing you're right on the ball with SoTC."

Cool, for me SotC is one of those rare games that really demonstrates how powerful an experience video games can be.

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10 best games of all time, in no particular order:

Riven
Zelda series
Psychonauts
Half life 2
Portal
Worms 2
Katamari Damacy
Black and White
Sim City 3000
Pokémon (should probably put this on the worst list as well, due to all the money I wasted 7 years ago on all things pokémon)

The worst:
Pokémon
Tamagotchi
World of Warcraft
Sonic series
Dr Mario

Games which I'm ashamed that I haven't played:
Ico
Shadow of the Colossus

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Quote: "Quote: "counter strike source: 1.6"
Umm "

thanks for that spot al!(dont mind me calling you that, often when I spell you're full name it's always wrong and I`m to lazy to copy and paste )

edited teh list.

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I've seriously considered getting a ps2 just for Shadow of the Colossus and Ico. A friend of mine got one recently though, and I literally forced him to buy Shadow of the Colossus.

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counter strike 1.5 was my favorite.


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Best storyline: Advent Rising. Written by Orson Scott Card, but they never made a sequel...

Best gameplay: Halo 3 (don't turn this into a Halo debate)

Best platformer: Mario, Ratchet and Clank, Jak

Best RPG: Oblivion, KotOR and Final Fantasy X were close though

Best 2D: I'm gonna go with Pokemon or the Zelda games

Best RTS: Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth II. I loved the epic battles

Best third person shooter: Mercenaries. That game was so sick

Best sandbox: GTA4

Best game I actually liked for the gamecube: Viewtiful Joe

Best Stealth: Splinter Cell 1-3, I didn't like Double Agent that much

Gears of War: Gears of War (needed to be mentioned)

Other: Phantom Dust, Star Wars: Battlefront II, Republic Commando


And I agree with JoelJ about Halo 2. That game was horrible, looking back on it. The multiplayer was awesome though.


Worst games (that I can think of):

Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault: I bought this game and installed it on two of my computers, it wouldn't run on either! Fail.

Fuzion Frenzy: Come on, every minigame is nearly identical!

Madden 2006 (360): got rid of some of my favorite features, was overall dreadful to play

Lord of the Rings: Tactics: Why did I buy this?

Those are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head (without going into the obvious ones like ET).
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@Van B - You like Pikmin over Pikmin 2? I like them both but I don't like Pikmin's time limit. There's few things I hate worse in video games than time limits.

@Bizar Guy - I tried SOC when I got my PS3, but I had no idea what to do with the first monster. Maybe I wasn't thinking how the designer's brain works. It's not really a spoiler if anyone cares


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Recent Ones

1- Best Storyline - Bioshock

2- Best Gameplay - Assassin's Creed

3- Best Graphics - Crysis - for making innovative breakthroughs with programming and graphics to bring a massive environment to the player like never seen before.

4- Best Multiplayer - I haven't played much Multiplayer this year, but COD4 wins.

5- Best Game Mechanics - Spore



Top games in every category of all time (no particular order)!

Best Storyline

1. Final Fantasy Mystic Quest, 7, 8, 9 (Okay I know that's cheating but you can't pass them up)
2. Dues Ex - Couldn't put it down!
3. Zelda: Majoras Mask - I felt like I was there in the game
4. Mega Man 64, and Mega Man 62 X2 - I really got involved in the storyline, even though the graphics weren't the best
5. Space Griffon VF9 - Little known game by Panther, but it's AMAZING.

Best Gameplay
1. Loco Roco - Addictive
2. Assassins Creed - Dang cool
3. Metal Gear Solid 3 - Epic

Best Graphics
1. Crysis - Don't know how they did it
2. FF 7 - For faking 3D by using sprites for environments
3. Mass effect

Best Multiplayer
1. Warcraft 3 Dota Mod
2. CS: Source - (with vent)
3. COD4

Best Game Mechanics
1. Portal
2. Bioshock
3. Spore

"If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants" - Isaac Newton
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Favorite games
Salmon man : adventures in none existance
Waffle world 3 "The level with the waffle rocked ,,/"
Ultimate pong : Now with no balls!
THe codeless game : no playablilty evoled
And the Living death virus "It had such great graphics it wiped my computer!

My real Favorite games
1. world in conflict
2. diablo 2
3. Warcraft 3
4. Starcraft
5. Battlefield bad company
6. Call of duty 4
7. Half life
8. Flight Simulator X "Yes my computer can play it and it runs fine"
9. Ancient Domians of mystery(Adom) "its and ASCII rpg and its awsome"
10.Supreme commander

Favorite DB games edit:Whoops my bad dbpro changed to db
1. Stick suicide 2
2. Dream
3. TCG Heros
4. Vision
5. And Untitled

Note the entrys are not in order

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Trust this forum with the exception of a couple who stuck to the original catagories start inventing their own.

This is all done on votes btw, so the order of your top 10 makes no difference at all. More votes, the more likely the game will be higher ranking.

Best Top 10
1. Elite (Multiplatform)
2. Soul Calibur 2 (Multiplatform)
3. Dungeon Keeper (PC)
4. Battlefront 2 (Multiplatform)
5. Shadow of the Collossus (PS2)
6. Civilization Revolution (Multiplatform)
7. Perfect Dark (N64)
8. Portal (Multiplatform)
9. Psychonauts (Multiplatform)
10. Secret of Monkey Island (PC)

Worst Top 10
1. Oblivion (Multiplatform)
2. Carmageddon (N64)
3. Superman (N64)
4. Full Throttle (PC)
5. Spyro (Multiplatform)
6. Phantasy Star Online (Multiplatform)
7. Frogger (Multiplatform)
8. Heroes of Might and Magic (PC)
9. Epic (Multiplatform)
10. Crysis (PC)

Best Storyline - Killzone (Multiplatform) • Might be an odd choice especially with the likes of Final Fantasy Series or Jade Empire, but this was the first FPS that really made me feel that the characters themselves actually had depth to them. More than one dimensional mindless killing machines, as well as telling the story in a way that both sides have reason to fight.

Best Gameplay - Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (NGC) • Full of surprises today, eh? This one oddly enough is a very under-appreciated title in my opinion. It's controls were extremely responsive, and it did an amazing job of taking one of the most complex RPG systems in gaming today; and creating an action orientated experience that is simple and easy to pick up. It provided such an excellent all round experience that I just can't fault it.

Best Graphics - Shadow of the Collossus (PS2) • This title is a true testiment to what can be done when developers put their minds to it. For the aging Playstation 2, to achieve the huge world that never suffers from lag or loading; along with some truely impressive graphical effect some of which are still not commonplace several year on. It is a technically amazing game and should be recognised for it's achievements.

Best Multiplayer - Unreal Tournament 3 (Multiplatform) • You might be wondering why I've chosen what fans believe to be the worst game in the series of great multiplayer games... you know what all I can say is play it online against friends, enemies and strangers. From it's truely amazingly balanced weaponry and vehicles to excellent level design. This game is nothing but pure delight to play against others.

Best Game Mechanics - Portal (Multiplatform) • Sheer delight playing this. Although the whole "portal" system isn't really new given games like Tomb Raider and Quake 3 used them as core components; it's surprising that this game took that to a whole new level allowing you to create your own. Past being a great technical achievement, the blend of a 3D puzzle world, the blackest humour ever seen and sense of urgency despite there being no need for it... the mechanics just all came together to provide one of the best games ever made.

Quote: "I tried SOC when I got my PS3, but I had no idea what to do with the first monster. Maybe I wasn't thinking how the designer's brain works. It's not really a spoiler if anyone cares "


It confused me at too when I came up against my first collossus; but during my many random attempts to hurt it, I accidentally found myself grabbing on to hairy parts of it's body. It was from that point I realised the genius of the boss fights and it became a sheer delight to play.

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Quote: "@Bizar Guy - I tried SOC when I got my PS3, but I had no idea what to do with the first monster. Maybe I wasn't thinking how the designer's brain works. It's not really a spoiler if anyone cares "

Well, my friend beat the game in a week or two, and now I'm just waiting till I see him at college again before I play. If I have too much trouble with the first one I'll steelz his learnded skillz.
I can't offer much about the gameplay yet, until I've played it. I was kind of put off by the idea that most of the game is the boss fights when it came out. That is until I played No More Heroes, which is also mostly boss fights, and I loved that. SotC is even more about the boss fights from what I can tell. Made me start to think that kind of model could really work.

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Raven, in your sig Is August 11th 2008 the release date for the new dashboard or is it unrelated im asking because of the 360 avatar in your sig

I'm a noob help will be accepted
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Woah, never heard of that one.

Favorite Quote: Dramatized code? Code Drama!

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~Top 10~ Not in order because I don't know what I like best lol

~Halo 1
~Halo 2
~Halo 3
~Gears of War
~Fable
~Mass Effect
~Oblivion
~Gladius (most under rated game of all time lol)
~Knights of the Old Republic 1 (and 1 only)
~Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2

Worst game
~Runescape

That's pretty much the only game I've played that I hate.

Looking forward to
~Gears of War 2
~Fable 2
~Fallout 3

I'm kind of looking forward to ~Halo Wars~ but I don't really like RTS games. It has coop so it might be good. If it didn't have coop I wouldn't be looking forward to it at all.

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Hrm...

I tend to ramble a lot, I appologise!

BEST GAME - BioShock:

If ever there was a game to prove that games are an art form, this is it. Probably the most emersive and original game universe I've ever seen, in terms of design, sound, art and concept. The combination of FPS and RPG elements wors realy well, the characters have depth and the voice acting is excellent, it draws you in completely. The graphics are stunning, they hired a whole team just to do the water alone. I don't think I've ever anticipated a game as much as I'm anticipating it's sequel! (And the film!)
Plus, this game harbours a very serious educational message: Don't take drugs, kids.
Then again, at the same time it also harbours the message: Drugs give you super powers...


MOST INGINUITIVE - Portal:

Practically re-wrote the puzzle gaming genre. Wonderfully engaging on a mental level whilst still hillariously funny. Took puzzle games from the bargain bin to the fore.
Oh, and in case any of you needed proof that I was a nerd, I am writing a screenplay for a film based on Portal called 'Aperture' for my film studies class...

BEST MULTIPLAYER - Team Fortress 2:

Probably the most addicting game I've ever played. The simplest concept executed with sheer brilliance, well worth the 8 or so year wait since Team Fortress 1. The combination of the cartoony art style and the glorious, gratuitous violence along with the hillarious personalities of the player classes all add up to potentially the best online multiplayer experience I've had in a long time.
There is nothing more gratifying than shooting another player, and then not only to see them explode, but to see their various limbs and internal organs all labeled for you amongst the remains. And they say gaming encourages violence?

BEST RPG - Assassin's Creed:

I've only had this less than a week and I'm allready in love. I don't quite know if this counts as an RPG, but I couldnt think of another genre to assign it to, feel free to correct me. I've played a lot of free roaming games but this one certainly has the greatest feel of 'freedome' to it. The free running works brilliantly (Though it took a while to get used to controlling it with a keyboard and mouse!) and the world seems really explorable.
The fighting, I'll admit seems a little repetetive sometimes, but the sheer fun you can get jumping from rooftop to rooftop and diving into carts of hay certainly makes up for it! I've never been a fan of fantasy, knights and horses and castles. But this game has opened my eyes to realising that horses can be as cool as 'hover-jey-laser-mobiles'and that stabbing people can be just as fun as shooting them! But seriously, I draw the line at World of Warcraft.

MOST UNDERATED - Kane & Lynch: Dead Men:

I personally LOVE this game. Great fun, good replayability, satisfactory level of expletives. Yet the reviews didn't seem to care for it and after barely being out a year, I find it for £12.99 in my local game store's 'Bargain Bin'. Not impressed.
It's not the best graphics or the most original, but it's damned good fun to play!
Apparently there's a film on the way...

WORST GAME - Supreme Commander:

Biggest. Dissapointment. EVER. Honestly, I've played more exciting games lawn bowls with my Nan than this! (Seriously, I play lawn bowls.)
Thank god I only payed £15 for it in a pack with 'Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance'. onestly, was SO looking forward to getting this, all the advanced features, 'the most detailed and expansive RTS of all time.'. The truth is, the detail and the features RUINED it. It's just too complex, so complex it saps all the fun out of it! Spending hours linking structures and setting waypoints and building technology trees. This game also wins the award for 'the shortest playtime before uninstallation ever'. Installed it, played it for 1 day, left it there for 2 weeks untouched and then uninstalled it to make space for Guitar Hero III. I've never even looked at 'Forged Alliance'.

Other games worth noting:

Alone in the Dark
Command and Conquer 3
TimeShift
F.E.A.R.

Games I plan on buying soon:

Unreal Tournament 3


Games I can't wait to be released:

BioShock 2
Mirror's Edge
Spore
STALKER: Clear Skies
Crysis: Warhead
Fallout 3
Red Alert 3
Battlefield: Heroes

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I thought the story was pretty cool but I just hated the gameplay lol.

InsaneFPS

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Top 10 - top to bottom

Deus EX (PC)
Deus EX: IW (PC)
Unreal Tournament 2004 (PC)
Panzer Dragoon Saga (Saturn)
Freelancer (PC)
Halflife (PC)
GTA San Andreas Multiplayer (PC)
FarCry (PC)
Sonic 3 & Sonic and Knuckles (Megadrive)
Dynamite Heady (Megadrive)

Bottom 5

Pro Evolution Soccer 6 (PC)
Resident Evil Gun Survivor (Playstation)
Tunnel B1 (Playstation)
Hexen (Saturn)
Sonic Spinball (Megadrive)

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Quote: "MOST UNDERATED - Kane & Lynch: Dead Men:"

Is that the one with "Here, eat this!"?

Most anticipated Games:
Spore (PC)
The Conduit (Wii)
ZELLLLLLLLLLLLDDDDDDDAAAAAA (Wii)
(possibly) No More Heroes 2 (Wii)
Fable 2 (360, hopefully eventually PC)
Prince of Persia (PC, 360, PS3)
Portal 2 (PC)
Tension (DBp)
Soul Hunter (DB)
Geisha House (DBp)
Dream (DB)


Quote: "Favorite DBpro games
1. Stick suicide 2
2. Dream
3. TCG Heros
4. Vision
5. And Untitled"

Wooo!! Though Dream is DBC
Now I must find out what untitled is...

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Uh, isn't that a net magazine?

ASUSTek Eee PC 701 4G Black - Celeron M @630mHz - 512Mb RAM - 32Mb Shared Intel GMA 900 - Windows XP Home SP1 - No antivirus/firewall.
And it still boots quicker than any other laptop I've seen.
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Yes, rami and Gil do it. but he listed it as a game... so I thought it might be something else...

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Holy cow! Someone who doesn't like Supreme Commander!

That is my favorite strategy game ever. It is fantastic, and in my opinion isn't near as complex as some others like sins of a solar empire.

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I'm working on a game and it has no name yet so therefore untitled

I'm a noob help will be accepted
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Ooh a list...

Oooohhhh...

Top 10 of Current Gen
(No Order)
-Rock Band
-Bioshock
-Zelda Twilight Princess
-Oblivion
-Eternal Sonata
-Soul Calibur IV
-The World Ends With You
-Apollo Justice : Ace Attorney
-Mass Effect
-Portal

Top 10 of All Time
(no order)
-The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
-Rock Band
-Soul Calibur II
-Chrono Trigger
-Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow
-Bioshock
-Eternal Darkness
-Shadow of the Colossus
-Kingdom Hearts II
-Kid Icarus

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Top 10 Best

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Super Mario Galaxy
Oblivion
Bioshock
Half-Life 2
Portal 2
Guitar Hero 2 & 3
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Super Mario 64
Timesplitters 2

90% of statistics are completely inaccurate.
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The Conduit (Wii)"



woot!!!


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Top Ten(in order)
Metal gear solid 4
Unreal 1
Half Life
Kingdom Hearts
Fable
Team Fortress 2
Counter strike source
Civ 4 complete
Metal Gear Solid 2
Black & White

Worst
Halo 1 - just got so bored nothing to make me want to push on
World Of Warcraft
Unreal 2
the whole Ghost Recon seris
Halo 2
Driver 3

Best storyline - MGS4
Best gameplay - Unreal 1
Best Graphics - crysis
Best Multiplayer - Team fortress
Best Game Mechanics - Black and White


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best-5.prince of persia the 2 thrones
4.halo
3.halo 3
2.cod 4
1.resident evil 4
im doing top overrated instead
5.gta
4.gta4
3.hitman 2
2.gta vice city
1.fear
i dunno i just dont like gta well its ok

3.2.1..... BOOM!
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