What is the best computer game you have ever played?

[Merkuri]

Bascially, two companies can put out a product, and I'll play it: Bioware and Rockstar.

Another company that finds it hard to go wrong is Blizzard. Diablo, Warcraft, Starcraft... I haven't played anything by Blizzard that I haven't loved. They've defined the RTS and MMO genres for me. I can't play an RTS without comparing it to Warcraft III or Starcraft, and I can't play an MMO without comparing it to World of Warcraft.

 

[Welverin]

Indiana Jones and the Fountain of Youth?

Or do you mean Fountain of Dreams, the Wasteland sequel? That wasn't all that good.

Yes, I got the name wrong, never played either game myself, but have a friend who was a big Wasteland fan. I know he didn't like FoD as much, but can't remember if he disliked it or not.

 

[Thunderfoot]

Medieval Total War II - great game, truly epic if you don't screw around with the cheats, even better if you download the mod Stainless Steel 6.2 or higher - absolutely killer.

Civilization IV - I've liked all the Civ games (hell, I even liked the original Avalon Hill bookcase game it was based on.) This one is just my favorite, although I haven't gotten V yet (sucks being out of work).

Pirates! - Plundering anything along the Spanish Main is a whopping good time.

Suikoden 1 & 2 - Can't leave out the classic console games. I still have them on my play list, still love the story and the fact that getting the game 100% is never a gaurentee but always a treat.

Final Fantasy Tactics - I can't stand Final Fantasy for the most part, I'm not sure why, the games are brilliant, but FFT is just plain old awesome in a box.

 

[Thunderfoot]

Another company that finds it hard to go wrong is Blizzard. Diablo, Warcraft, Starcraft... I haven't played anything by Blizzard that I haven't loved. They've defined the RTS and MMO genres for me. I can't play an RTS without comparing it to Warcraft III or Starcraft, and I can't play an MMO without comparing it to World of Warcraft.

And for me, WoW just blows. I know I'm in the minority, but farming just isn't my thing. I prefer old school RPG's so I like DDO. Starcraft and Warcraft aren't all that much of my cup of tea, but then I don't like RTS's outside of Age of Empires and that's more for the kitsch value. Diablo though, can't wait for D3...

 

[Kaodi]

Another company that finds it hard to go wrong is Blizzard. Diablo, Warcraft, Starcraft... I haven't played anything by Blizzard that I haven't loved. They've defined the RTS and MMO genres for me. I can't play an RTS without comparing it to Warcraft III or Starcraft, and I can't play an MMO without comparing it to World of Warcraft.

No company is perfect though... I really love StarCraft II, but it also includes another game which I despise, Lost Viking. I HATE that I have to get 500,000 points at that piece of refuse in order to get all of the campaign achievements!

 

[Keith Robinson]

Half-Life I (and expansions)
Neverwinter Nights I (and expansions)
Civ series

Reminds me that I must get Neverwinter Nights up and running on my Windows 7 box. Haven't played it in a while.

 

[Thunderfoot]

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Reminds me that I must get Neverwinter Nights up and running on my Windows 7 box. Haven't played it in a while.

Good luck with that, there have been some issues with NWN and Windows VIsta and beyond. If you're running a 64-bit system, I hope you have good bandwidth to download patches - and hopefully your emulator won't see it as a virus. Most folks have had to run dual system in order to run it (one reason I never upgraded my gaming rig is so I could keep it on my playlist without any hassles.)

 

[Merkuri]

Reminds me that I must get Neverwinter Nights up and running on my Windows 7 box.

Good luck with that, there have been some issues with NWN and Windows VIsta and beyond.

If you're willing to pay $10 you can get a copy of Neverwinter Nights: Diamond that's guaranteed to play on Windows 7.

 

[John Crichton]

If you're willing to pay $10 you can get a copy of Neverwinter Nights: Diamond that's guaranteed to play on Windows 7.

Definitely the way to go!

 

[Keith Robinson]

Thanks for the info, guys. I'll probably just look to get the Diamond version and be done with it.