What game really had an impression on you?

Some good mentions above.


I think one of my earliest memories was in Deus Ex. Reporting back from missions, and people reacting to how injured I was. I'd never seen anything like that in a game before. Throughout the campaign, I was highly impressed by many other moments. Top notch writing / information presentation.

System Shock 2 for the voice acing: possibly the best I've heard in a video game, though Doom 3's is also v.good too.

Quake 1 for the setting / first fps I had ever played. What a great one to start with! :cool:

F.E.A.R. for its storyline and overall atmosphere. So good I can almost literally taste it. Still my favourite story in an fps.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl + Clear Sky for their organic 'A life' and replay value. The mods really do a fantastic job of making them still worth playing through. I wasn't quite as impressed with the vanilla Call of Pripyat experience (still a very good game), though once again the use of mods do sure save the day.

Severance: Blade of Darkness for the combat. I haven't experienced anything quite like that since. Superb shadows for the time as well.

Morrowind for being quite possibly the only game I'm aware of / have played that is truly open world. Contrary to the criticisms it receives for the combat mechanics, I still found that part of the gameplay to be a rewarding one. Despite having been a table top rpg gamer when I was very young, surprisingly few computer games of a similar genre manage to deliver a good enough overall game experience, but that one did certainly hit the mark!

Doom on the PS1. The best Doom music I've ever heard, thanks to the talent of Aubrey Hodges. Like Quake, it was one of the first fps titles I played (but on a console).

Unreal for its single player. I can remember that feeling of amazement as I explored seemingly an almost endless variety of locations. Beautiful graphics for the time, with a solid story & superb sound / atmosphere.
 
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Dark Age of Camelot

the best MMORPG ever made with epic relic raids and massive realm v realm battles that no other game before or since has managed to recreate.
 
Quake. Amazing, my first FPS.
Half life. FPS with a story, completely changed what a game could be for me.
Skyrim my first RPG.
Witcher 3. The standard for all other games to live up to now.
 
Boycey0211 said:
Mafia 1, amazingly immersive for its time and really hooked me into caring about the characters.
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I came here with Mafia 1 in mind as well. Fantastic game, incredible story line and immersive music and graphics.

I remember the first time I played the the "Trip to the Country" mission and being blown away by the sound and graphics as you explore the farm in the middle of a thunderstorm. Nothing much by today's standards, but it was incredible at the time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeeFEHhR9Ek
 
LotRo, the most community social MMO I have ever played, the Kinship (guild) felt almost like a huge family of friends, and I am still to this day friends with a lot of people that I met playing that game, many still follow me and the guild from game to game.
 
This may sound ridiculous but the BF1 campaign really stayed with me. There was some genuine emotion and thats something I NEVER thought I would say about a man shoot game.

Also, Spec ops really stayed with me with the whole twist and such
 
I was a console gamer for the most part but...

Console - Final Fantasy 10, my first introduction to Final Fantasy and the story and the game play has really stuck with me.

PC - UT'99, picked this up late into it's life at a car boot sale and instantly fell in love with it. Nothing like a good frag fest arena style :)
 
Knightlore on the speccy
The Last Ninja on the C64
Frontier Elite 2 on the Amiga
Wipeout on the Playstation
Goldeneye on the N64
Crammonds Grand Prix 2/3 on the PC
Battle Field 1942 on the PC

....aaaaand not a lot since really :(
 
I'd like to add the first time I played C&C:RA against a friend. Multiplayer RTS games are something special.
 
GoldenEyE 64 the first time looking through the sniper rifle to see those very realistic polygons for the first time. Combined with the rumble pak you really thought you was holding a real gun!

Zelda 64, when you leave and headout into Hyrule field for the first time after leaving the Kokiri forest and talking to Zara on the wooden bridge with the owls in the trees in the background making sounds when Zara said that "Your not coming back are you" you just knew that you was playing something really special and that nothing out there on any platform was even close to comparison. Hyrule field...it was like were do i go, what direction do i go in? Who will i find? How do i know were to go? We take this for granted today but Zelda did it properly first time around in true 3D, great playability and an amazing story.

BF2...way to many memories to list on this one, a real timeless classic that will never be beaten for its playability and features.

The Last Ninja 1 and 2 Still makes hairs stand up on my next in 2016 especially the music.

I could go on and on but theres way too many...just like first time you picked up the Baseball Bat in 1987's Double Dragon etc etc

Or the first time you blew up the Death Star in Atari's 1983 Star Wars Coin op etc etc etc etc.


GTA3...Legendary franchise started properly when it went full 3D
 
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Threads like this make me realise how much pleasure I've had from gaming over the years since I was quite young.

I could go back to the Speccy days and think of how awesome Head Over Heels was, how sucked into Might and Magic I got, or how I could be completely absorbed by text adventures like The Hobbit, Twin Kingdom Valley or Jinxster. Or the Amiga era and the awe that was Dungeon Master, how I lost myself in space colonisation in Millennium 2.2, or the amazing mechanics in Stunt Car Racer.

Then the proper PC era, where my gaming habit was reawakened after being long dormant by just loading up Half-Life and seeing the introductory tram ride.

Since then, well there's so many that others have mentioned - System Shock 2, Deus Ex, whichever Call of Duty that had you storming Stalingrad, Morrowind, the Stalker series, Gothic 3, Dark Souls, Portal...

So hard to pick just one or two. Recalling these games takes me back to the time of my life I was playing them and brings back how immersed I was in them at the time.
 
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I remember the first time I played the the "Trip to the Country" mission and being blown away by the sound and graphics as you explore the farm in the middle of a thunderstorm. Nothing much by today's standards, but it was incredible at the time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeeFEHhR9Ek
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That mission was incredible. So many baddies to take out! My favourite was some mission at the docks.

One of the best aspects of Mafia 1 for me anyway was the fact that vehicles evolved over time as the in-game years went by. At the start you had those old 30's bangers iirc, and by end game you had a collection of powerful engined works of art.
 
Witcher 3 - This seems to have been covered several times already so probably no need to add more. This was gaming perfection in every sense.

Life Is Strange - A real gem of a game and one I really expected to hate. I can't remember a game that had quite the emotional impact on me that this one left. This one stuck with me for quite some time.

Bioshock Infinite - The ending on this one left a huge impact on me as well, and as with the above title it stuck in my head for days. Excellent writing and design on this one.

The Last Of Us - Stunning game. The intro had me close to tears, and though it took a little time to get going after that, the relationship between Joel and Ellie was expertly written. The acting was phenomenal too. Hey, this game accomplished something amazing...it made me give a crap about an initially annoying and mouthy teenage girl. I actually grew quite attached to her character. I just wish the game had offered choices as it would have made it close to perfect.

Final Fantasy VII - Wonderful story, and probably the first time I'd actually felt any real emotion during a video game. This one was quite a departure for me at the time, and certainly changed my gaming habits afterwards.

Mass Effect Trilogy - I became obsessed with the incredible universe Bioware created. The characters, the lore, and just everything about this sucked me in from the start. Probably helped massively by my obsession with space/astronomy. Sure, the ending felt a little anti-climactic but what a fantastic ride, and the second game in particular was outstanding.

Maze Of Galious (MSX) - Something a little different. I doubt anyone remembers this game, or platform for that matter. This is more for the fact that it was the first game I really lost myself in and fell in love with. It was a far cry from all the other games I'd played up until that point. I was only nine when I started playing this but it rapidly became an obsession.
 
Just like to add the first time that you found out that your Character was actually Revan in Star Wars the old Republic. This character was talked about in a Legendary way throughout the game. Once you find out its then up too you how you want to progress either through the light side or dark side.
Epic for its time!
 
Thief : Deadly Shadows (2004)..the Shalebridge Cradle missions.

It's hard to articulate the sense of abject fear I felt when I first played this. Ghostly whispers, children crying softly, insane screams and that demonic banging coming from upstairs - and this is all before I had actually met any of the inmates. Even after all this time I still get nervous and cold just thinking about any of it.

So, so well done, but my god it was a complete pant filler from start to finish.
 
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Thief : Deadly Shadows (2004)..the Shalebridge Cradle missions.

It's hard to articulate the sense of abject fear I felt when I first played this. Ghostly whispers, children crying softly, insane screams and that demonic banging coming from upstairs - and this is all before I had actually met any of the inmates. Even after all this time I still get nervous and cold just thinking about any of it.

So, so well done, but my god it was a complete pant filler from start to finish.
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I must be in the minority in that I didn't find that level particularly scary, extremely atmospheric, but I had no problem playing it. This is from someone who had to turn off alien isolation 30 seconds after encountering the alien for the first time... :p
 
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