What is the most impressive game you know of?

[FatRakoon]

Title doesnt really do it justice here, but we are in the middle of a conversation here about games, or more specifically certain parts of games, or a game, and we are talkign about how they have come on since the early days.

I am not really one for owning too many games I have to admit, I have the entire collection of Doom, Quake, UnReal , UnReal Tourney series, and Halo and FarCry, but other than that, my collection is lame, so myselkf I cannot comment on some of the others out there.

My most impressive part of any game, and I am sure that some will agree with me on this bit, is in HalfLife 2, in the Anti-Citizen section, where all around you, there is all sorts of action going on, constant battles over here or there... One part, is when oyu are ona rooftop and you have to shoot down the airship with the Rocket Launcher, and below you in the courtyard thingy, is a massive battle going on with the citizens and the striders... Absolutely loads all going on at once, and the detail of that game really comes into play on these particular sections in the game.

I myself think that this is perhaps one of the most impressive things I have ever seen so far on a PC.

Admittedly, the most depressing part of any game, is also HalfLife 2 too!

"Sorry Doc", or even "Reload Dr Freeman" justhas to be single most irritating thing ever!

Anyone got anything to add?

Perhaps, so I can get the game myself too, add to my collection of the good uns yeah?

 

[FatRakoon]

Bloody hell... I didnt expect so many people to get into this one.

Named some gorgeous games there.

My first forray into the 3D World as we know it today, was UnReal Tournament on a P200MMX & Maxi-Gamer 3D ( Voodoo 1 )

My god, I was blown away by that.

Before that was Wolfenstein and AvP on the Atari Jaguar.

Back then, games were much more immersive... Youused your mind a lot more to fill in the details than you do now, with todays graphics... Much like a book can be so much better than a film.

And while Doom3 certainly made me feel a little like a baby in some places, the older ones made me jump.

I suppose these days its gettingso that we have seen it all and they are losing the edge in many ways

Who has played Doom64 on the N64? - Those of you who have, I think its level 13, but cant be 100% on this, but in the background, is slow gothic horror music, and rolling thunder sounds, and lightning flashes, but the one thing that has given me nightmares, is that in the background you can hear babies crying... Sick!

Also, have to hand it to FarCry... At first I wasnt all that impressed with it to be honest, basing my main games on UnReal / Tourney / Doom / Quake, and then going to FarCry, its a completely different way of playing... This was somethign that I didnt like at first, but then it all became natural and the game was just sweet after that.

However, OTTOMH I cannot point out a particular point in FarCry that really did it for me... Not really. not somethign that hit me like it did with HL2 etc, nor can I say anythign for Halo actually, but both those games are still great games for me, I have only played them the once, and I am deliberately holding back on another run through them in case I end up doing what I have done with Quake 1 + 2 and I just play those now just to see how fast I can finish them.... Quake 1 in way under half an hour, and Quake 2 in under 4 hours. Now thats sad, and I dont want to ruin these like that.

Although admittedly, I got UnReal after UnReal 2, and I have never finished UnReal, so thast spolit it for me, I have finished UnReal 2 6 times now.

I am currently working on a walk through for a friend in HL2, grabbing screenies every few seconds which is irritating, btu its also showing me where I can improve my own game too!

Right, thats it.

 

[FatRakoon]

Such an amazing game, and was sooo long! Only wish they could make another.

Erm, they did.

Called it UnReal II - The AWAKENING

and its been out for yonks on the PC.

Completed it quite a number of times now.

Only issue I have with that, is the in-game video footage is a bit monotonous at times, however, the game wouldnt be right without it.

I wind the wife up by following Aida when she walks around the ship cos she has a great rs... Listen to me getting off on a computer generated girl... How sad!

 

[FatRakoon]

I got Deau Ex.

Never played it though?

So it seems a lot of people recommend it then?

 

[FatRakoon]

Ok, Deux Ex is now installed on my game PC upstairs... I will have a play later on tonight.

I got to ask this one, but has anyone ever player Turrican on the C64 / ST / Amiga?

I also know that its on the SNES too, and also the Sega MD, but I am sure it was called universal Solder on that???

On the C64 I had it on Tape not Floppy, but the levels loaded up fairly quickly, so it wasnt too much of an issue to play through it.

I also love SimCity too!

I liked the original more than the others really, they just too complex for me... I dont like to think in a game... I suppose that why I liked PacMan on the Atari 2600 so much.