Best PC Games Ever

[JCMach1]

Who makes your list...

Here are some of mine:

Simcity (original version)
Transport Tycoon
Railroad Tycoon
Star Control 1,2,3
Pharaoh
Darklands
Dungeon Keeper 1,2
Ad&D (Gold box games)
Third Reich
Creatures 1,2,3 (and Docking Station)
Pirates! (Gold)
Civilization

Notice, I didn't include 3d shooters... My pesonal likes don't extend to that area. I also don't really like fighting games either...

[NewHampshireDem]

1. Those are some good ones

I'll add:

Half-Life--only because it has proven to be so versatile--Day of Defeat is my favorite mod ... you can visit the clan I was part of founding here, www.generalsoflegend.us

Civilization 1 & 3
System Shock 2
Grim Fandango--beautiful graphics, neat story
TES III: Morrowind--my god, how much of my life that one sucked away!
Baldur's Gate
Syberia
Age of Empires, all of them

I'm going to toss in Theif as well, only because it really redefined the FPS from run-n-gun to something much more sophisticated.


My current fav is Call of Duty--I do like the FPS myself. :)

[Anaxamander]

24. I second MORROWIND. This game is a girlfriend displacer (nt)

[lazarus]

2. A few

System Shock 2
Deus Ex
Civ II
Command and Conquer
Starcraft
Total Annihilation

And my current favourite, Tiger Woods PGA 2004.

[Gothic Sponge]

3. I'm into first person shooters

My list:

Half Life
Deus Ex
Battlefield 1942
No one lives forever
Halo
Star Trek Elite Force
Call of Duty

[JaySherman]

4. My list:

Baldur's Gate I & II
Betrayal at Krondor
The Wizardry Series
Lords of the Realm I & II
Front Page Sports: Football Pro 98
Unreal Tournament
Daggerfall
Warcraft II
Civilizations II
Age of Empires I & II

Heavy on the RPG's and strategy. The Baldur's Gate games are the greatest EVER imo. UT was the only shooter I ever enjoyed. Football Pro was one of the most underrated games ever made.

[ET Awful]

5. For those that like FPS games . . . .

I HIGHLY recommend giving Far Cry a try. . . I've been PC gaming since the earliest days of Doom, and Far Cry is by far the best FPS game I've ever played (and no, I don't work for the company) :).

[Kellanved]

7. interesting

The makers are currently being cheered as the "1st German game programmers who made it". I personally disagree, but most other successful German teams/designers had to emigrate before getting successful (Factor 5 (Console SW games), Guide Henkel (Planescape)...).

Well, I haven't picked up Farcry, because my PC is not exactly a gaming machine; Farcry would not install on it with all the developer tools present.
It is quite ironic: despite being under investigation for pirated software, Crytek chose to include copy protection that keeps a lot of honest gamers from playing the game.

[toddzilla]

32. farcry was great.. but

the ending 5% is waaaay, waaaay over the top difficult. I played on normal difficulty and the game was about right in difficulty until the very end where it was literally impossible to finish without cheating.

[Kellanved]

6. ok

Elite plus
Transport Tycoon Deluxe
Sacrifice
The Settlers I+II
Deus Ex
Tie Fighter CD
Terra Nova
Ultima Underworld I+II
Master of Orion I+II
Alien Legacy

[DS1]

13. doh! Elite and Tie Fighter were the best space games around

[JCMach1]

19. Elite was good...!

[Kellanved]

37. forgot a few

X-Com (how could I forget about that one? )
Magic Carpet
Archimedian Dynasty


(+ probably a few more :-) )

[cleofus1]

8. I like shooters,

Diablo II
Warcraft II/III
Doom (ah the memories)
Duke Nukem (yeah baby)

[FlashHarry]

9. GTA: Vice City.

No question.

[Kellanved]

10. On a related matter: anyone noticed the new HL2 release date?

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00006I02Z/qid=1082406763/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/104-6550786-6202331?v=glance&s=videogames&n=507846

[FDRrocks]

11. Sometime in August according to the local Electroniques Boutique n/t

[Bossy Monkey]

18. What'll we play it on when it gets here in 1969? Etch-A-Sketch? n/t

[Gothic Sponge]

36. Damnit!

Now i have to find a DeLorean to go back in time to buy it.

[DS1]

12. The Bard's Tale (better on Amiga and Apple //gs)

Ultima 1, 2, 4

F-19 Stealth Fighter

Thief 1,2

Duke Nukem 3D

Quake I for single player - Quake 2 for online

[Endangered Specie]

14. MOHAA

[puerco-bellies]

20. Recently started playing MOHAA battle chest

What servers do you play on? Want to team up someday?

[Endangered Specie]

25. You can often find me on the {BAH} servers...

I go by H-Bomb, Ph.d.

Classic MOHAA only.

[puerco-bellies]

29. I'll look for you there

I go by Prvt MonkeySpank

[TheMightyFavog]

15. The Starflight Series.

Great writing, absorbing gamplay, this was a game ahead of its time.

[classics]

16. Asheron's Call

At its peak I believe it was the best PC game I've ever played. Its still quite a good game, just not as many people playing now. I enjoy the social aspect, which is what made AC so much better than other MMORPGs.

Also:

XCOM UFO Defense
Warcraft
Starcraft
Civ 1
Quake

I'm not a shooter fan, but Quake did play well multiplayer. It was also a groundbreaking multiplayer title.

[GregW]

17. Duke Nukem Forever

Just kidding!

Half-Life
Soldier of Fortune II
MOH
Unreal (first only)
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Max Payne (both)
Duke Nukem 3D
All the Dooms
All the Quakes
Heck - throw in Hexen and Heretic

[MAlibdem]

21. Civ 3, Xwing vs Tie Fighter, Sim City

Are my favorites

[curse10]

22. I'm a War Craft fan

Civilization
Zeus
Sim City
Zoo Tycoon

[puerco-bellies]

23. Fallout 1, and 2

Holy-mole' lost a lot of sleep and almost my then fiance over that one.
Fallout 1,2
Castle Wolfinstein 3d, Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Warcraft II
System Shock II
Diablo, Diablo II
Baulders Gate I, II
Doom, Doom II
Half-life
U.S. Navy Fighters Gold
No One Lives Foever - Hilarious dialog!

Edited to include actual list

[betty_booop]

39. i here that about fallout

wow...did the grades drop that semester :cry:
and wolfenstien 3d still scares the crap out of me today...the only game that ever has(other than system shock 2) lets hope doom 3 lives up to the trailer

[NewHampster]

26. Castle Wolfenstein

Castle Wolfenstein
Adventure (the grand daddy of all)
Leisure Suit Larry
Zork


Do I date myself?
:hippie:

[Blue-Jay]

40. You're about to be eaten by a grue.

Yeah, you dated yourself a bit. I've played all of those too. :)

[denverbill]

27. Here's my list, in approx the order I bought them.

Civ I.
Railroad Tycoon.
Civ II.
Panzer General II
System Shock II
Civ III
Deus Ex
Madden NFL 2004

[Catholic Sensation]

28. my favorite pc game is "mad euphemisms"

It's played on DU quite a bit sometimes...

Oh, you mean computer game. Riven is the best PC game ever, followed closely by Quake 3 Arena

[CrownPrinceBandar]

30. I think I can recycle this reply here...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=1035688&mesg_id=1036346

[Shrek]

31. Leather Goddesses of Phobos

The Zork series is a close second.

You young kids today, you don't know how easy you have it . . .

[Ratty]

33. Yeah, Dungeon Keeper 1 was awesome

Didn't care so much for the sequel though. I bought the official expansion pack plus played a TON of user created maps. Ancient Keeper alone kept me busy for months. But my favorite top ten games of all-time are, in roughly their order of greatness and personal favoritude:

1. Thief 1 & 2
2. Elder Scrolls Arena & Daggerfall
3. Dungeon Keeper 1
4. Heretic
5. Duke Nukem 3D
6. Lands of Lore
7. Deus Ex
8. Myst
9. No One Lives Forever 1
10. Starcraft

I generally only like first person shooters, but two RTS's made my top-ten list anyway.

Edit: Do'h! Forgot System Shock 2 and Halflife. Those should be up there someplace too.

[BluePatriot]

34. KOTOR

...Knights of the Old Republic...only RPG with replay value, IMHO. Besides, mind tricking people into giving you all their money and into killing each other? Come on. ;)

Also enjoyed:
Neverwinter Nights/Shadows of Undrentide/Hordes of the Underdark
Warcraft III
Diablo/Diablo II
Final Fantasy 7-8 (squaresoft is still slightly overrated imho)
Civilization (1,2,3)
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
Rise of Nations
Dungeon Siege

And, for the SNES:
Breath of Fire 1 and 2
Lufia 1 and 2
Bahamut Lagoon
Chrono Trigger
Final Fantasy 5 and 6

[Spider Jerusalem]

35. Here's my list...

Mostly FPS and RTS. First, the first-person shooters.

Wolfenstein 3d - the grandaddy of them all. Sure, there were one or two earlier games that could be classed as FPS, but none of them were as influential as Wolfenstein.

Doom - the birth of multiplayer deathmatch.

Quake - introduced hi-res graphics, a professional-quality soundtrack, and up to 16-player connectivity over IP.

Half-Life - Still the greatest first-person shooter. Amazing graphics, for its time, that don't look too bad today; immersive sci-fi storyline; basis for mods like Counterstrike and Day of Defeat.

Unreal Tournament - took the concepts of Doom and Quake and kicked things up a notch, with much more detailed environments, a much greater range of weaponry, and hyper-detailed graphics.

Medal of Honor Allied Assault - Forget Return to Castle Wolfenstein; forget Call of Duty; forget Battlefield 1942. This is still the best of the WWII FPS games. Combining immersive cinematic storytelling and a greater level of historical realism than any other game in this genre, it has yet to be surpassed, over two years after its release (but look for Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault to raise the bar again).

Third person shooter:

Grand Theft Auto 3/GTA Vice City - GTA3 was cool, but a little thin, lacking in character development. THe idea reached full flower in Vice City (and San Andreas should take it further; have to wait till next year to find out, though).

Hitman 2 Silent Assassin - Stealth strategy that puts you in the shoes of a genetically modified assassin, to carry out hits on targets in locations all over the world. Fairly open-ended gameplay, excellent level design, and different enough from most of the other games out there to really stand out.

Real time strategy:

Warcraft 2

Starcraft

Warcraft 3

[Misunderestimator]

38. I thought you meant "Best Politically Correct Games Ever"

:)

[sir_captain]

41. Tie Fighter

best game ever

also Half Life, clearly