What is the best computer game you have ever played?

[Kaodi]

You know, I remember talking about Baldur's Gate way back when there was still a TSR Chat (or when it had recently become WotC Chat). After all these years, I have to wonder whether I should go back and play the Baldur's Gate series and Planescape: Torment. I have thus far avoided paying for digitally delivered content, but I suppose you can burn them onto DVDs?

 

[Starman]

Civ II
HOMM III
X-Com
Baldur's Gate I and II
Planescape: Torment

 

[Gulla]

You know, I remember talking about Baldur's Gate way back when there was still a TSR Chat (or when it had recently become WotC Chat). After all these years, I have to wonder whether I should go back and play the Baldur's Gate series and Planescape: Torment. I have thus far avoided paying for digitally delivered content, but I suppose you can burn them onto DVDs?

That's one of the big advantages of GOG: You can download it, burn it, install it on all computers in your house (if you, like me, have more than one) and enjoy it. So yes, buying it from GOG let you burn the games to CD/DVD and with no DRM you can be pretty sure you can play it as long as you have anything running real or emulated Windows.

(The more I use GOG the bigger a fan-bay I get. Not associated with them in any other way than as an early Beta tester and long time very satisfied customer.)

 

[Sutekh]

Good Old Games while good still isnt cutting it for me.


Where are my Gold Box D&D games? The Ultimas? THe Might and magics? Wizardries, THe X Com series etc

 

[Jhaelen]

This is very difficult. There's a lot of games I remember quite fondly.

My vote probably goes to Ultima IV. The depth and love to detail in the worldbuilding was incredible. What set it apart from similar game were the moral challenges. It was difficult to become an avatar of eight sometimes conflicting high virtues.

A close second would be Gothic. It didn't have quite the depth, but there were lots of choices to be made (moral and otherwise) and the 3d graphics were simply stunning. Monster AI was varied and the action components actually helped immersion.

 

[Relique du Madde]

Oregon Trail. Though personally I wished you could get stuck in the Sierras and resort to canibalism in that game.

 

[Merkuri]

After all these years, I have to wonder whether I should go back and play the Baldur's Gate series and Planescape: Torment.

Go play Planescape: Torment! Now! It's a crime that you haven't played it yet.

 

[TarionzCousin]

Endure. In enduring, grow strong.

This game.

 

[Hammerhead]

X-Com. The end.

 

[Gulla]

Good Old Games while good still isnt cutting it for me.


Where are my Gold Box D&D games? The Ultimas? THe Might and magics? Wizardries, THe X Com series etc

It has to do with unclear rights mostly. But Might & Magic 1-6 are at Might and Magic® 6-pack: Limited Edition - GOG.com

And some games simply used so many bugs from DOS and Windows display and sound drivers that any emulation probably is impossible :-(