yeah its old, just fu*king play it!.....f*cker!

magick

ok so theirs an old game (game that made a REAL impact) in ur heart u would recommend to ppl, what would it be?!

doesnt matter if its fps/prg/rts..etc


For me all i can say "Fps set in Ireland" Clive Barker Undying, its olllld but still scary as ****....... its not the graphics that makes this game but the unbelievable sound. All i can say is play it in the dark with the sound turned up REAL lound.

you can thank/curse me later later.........

DeVore

Any chance you can title a thread without cursing?

Its not fncking big or clever...

DeV.

Owen

I've still got a soft spot for Quake II, and Unreal Tournament.

K.O.Kiki

Deus Ex.

Which looked dated ON RELEASE, and is still more competent & ambitious than... well, pretty much any game since.

RobertFoster

Beneath a Steel Sky, of course.

Mr E

I could name 100+ games..... pointless thread, IMO.

tman

ned78 wrote: »

I've still got a soft spot for Quake II, and Unreal Tournament.

Would you recommend them to people though? Quake II has aged horribly, and SP was pretty crap anyway in all fairness...

Super Metroid and SotN are both still massively enjoyable, and I'm already considering getting my ladyfriend to play through one of them

Tusky

System Shock II is still really playable. Excellent game.

Gummy Panda

tman wrote: »

Super Metroid and SotN are both still massively enjoyable, and I'm already considering getting my ladyfriend to play through one of them

Good games. Both are amazing fun!

Retr0gamer

For all the people that blindly think FFVII is the best game/RPG ever go play Panzer Dragoon Saga or Suikoden 2 or any other JRPG I could name that is better.

Super Metroid is pretty much essential for anyone that likes gaming.

MooseJam

tman wrote: »

Would you recommend them to people though?

Unreal tournament is still great fun and always worth recommending

nice1franko

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.

bestest most enjoyablest game in the world.

Gummy Panda

Retr0gamer wrote: »

For all the people that blindly think FFVII is the best game/RPG ever go play Panzer Dragoon Saga or Suikoden 2 or any other JRPG I could name that is better.

Super Metroid is pretty much essential for anyone that likes gaming.

LOL retro don't go against the grain or you'll have tons of ff7 fanboys on your back.

Btw, I started playing ff4 again except on ds. Feels weird hearing voices on kain and cecil but the mist village/ring scene was good.

L31mr0d

well, going by the thread title, there are a few games that I've tried to get people to play, but due to not getting enough hype or exposure, and due to there being plenty of other mediocre high profile games out there, they probably never will:

I'll usually recommend

Psychonauts
Penumbra: Black Plague
Viking: Battle for Asgard
Call of Juarez
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
Infernal
(an old popular one) UFO: Enemy Unknown

All really good games imo that not a lot of people have played, some of them really shining in their last act.

Jazzy

starcraft. clearly

cedomination

Retr0gamer wrote: »

For all the people that blindly think FFVII is the best game/RPG ever go play Panzer Dragoon Saga or Suikoden 2 or any other JRPG I could name that is better.

Super Metroid is pretty much essential for anyone that likes gaming.

What a game,back when I was about 10 or 11 I found that game on an old demo disc and loved it. Still need to track down a real copy of it.

Sabre0001

Quake 3 Arena
Starcraft
Dungeon Keeper
Worms
Sensible Soccer
Jonah Lomu Rugby (Playstation)
Commander Keen
Theme Hospital
Theme Park
Total Annihilation
Grand Prix 2

....The list goes on really but that should be enough to get started (All PC with the stated exception)

Retr0gamer

cedomination wrote: »

What a game,back when I was about 10 or 11 I found that game on an old demo disc and loved it. Still need to track down a real copy of it.

I know and the game doesn't even hit it's stride until the second disc

I've thought of another game. Gradius V is far and away my favourite PS2 game. Many people are put off 2D shoot'em ups for no good reason other than they look too tough or that they aren't 3D. Gradius V is very accessible and an absolute masterpiece.

Outkast_IRE

Dungeon keeper or theme hospital its my dream that they make a new version of either

Amalgam

I can hear you brother.. the first Thief game. How old is considered old?

A nice site for getting musty old codger games running on the likes of XP and Vista: http://vogons.zetafleet.com/ (VOGONS very old games on new systems)

ironictoaster

I have all the thiefs for the pc!, great game. We really need a new thief game

chamlis

Elite

/thread

noodler

Retr0gamer wrote: »

For all the people that blindly think FFVII is the best game/RPG ever go play Panzer Dragoon Saga or Suikoden 2 or any other JRPG I could name that is better.

Super Metroid is pretty much essential for anyone that likes gaming.

For all the niche, anorak weirdos who like to go against the grain to be special and dismiss the opinions of those who don't agree with them: .......................eh.....try Red Alert 2. Still the best one

ShiverinEskimo

Beyond Good and Evil.

Criminally overlooked.

Phototoxin

For all the people that blindly think FFVII [is the best game ever]

Taxi for one!

Btw, I started playing ff4 again except on ds. Feels weird hearing voices on kain and cecil but the mist village/ring scene was good.

Yeah FF4 was the best one

Deus Ex was superb and also the Dungeon Keeper series. But best old series was the Thief Series. It had it all.

forbairt

Magic Candle II

Elite

Chuckys Egg

Star Swarm

Thief

Wolfeinstein 3D

Spirit of Excalibur

Saruman

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

Deus Ex.

Which looked dated ON RELEASE, and is still more competent & ambitious than... well, pretty much any game since.

+1

TinCool

Impossible Mission (c64)
Elite (whichever)
Quake 2 (Multiplayer)
Monkey Island II (PC)

Stev_o

Operation Flashpoint never gets old.

RobertFoster

Phototoxin wrote: »

Taxi for one!

I can't stand FFVII either. Random turn based battles are so fun!

gamer

I,LL still play call of duty 1,and timesplitters 1,classic fps games,the graphics still look good,SYSTEM shock 2 and deus ex have great storys ,better scripts than most new games ,theres a mod just released 4 deus ex 1.UNREAL tournament on the pc has loadsa mods,free maps and fantastic ai bots ,with varying skill levels,it was the first fps i played that had bots that play as good as human opponents ,while still being beatable.SOME of the free maps are unique ,with a wide range of environments,not like halo where maps are very similar.

Mossy Monk

Centipede. Played it again last week and had a great time.

Overheal

Have to play Mario 2, FF7, Legend of Dragoon, Megaman series, And if you have the cash, Steel Battalion.

Retr0gamer

Overheal wrote: »

Legend of Dragoon

Please nobody play this, it's ****ing awful.

ShiverinEskimo

I started playing KOTORII again this week also. Super fun times.

Overheal

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Please nobody play this, it's ****ing awful.

Anti-Thanks! I'd like you to justify that comment at least..

http://apps.metacritic.com/games/platforms/psx/legendofdragoon

I think they did up the story well among many other things, like the combat additions - which were a big huge plus over many other RPGs at the time. The only thing that really comes close that I am aware of to that at the time was the combat system for Mario RPG..which should also be attached to my list of games you must play.

But then again, as one reviewer notes, I was a power ranger kid back in the days.

giggsy664

Tusky wrote: »

System Shock II is still really playable. Excellent game.

Can't wait for System Shock IV

DeVore

Starcraft
Deus Ex
Rune (a viking 3-rd person slasher, utterly under rated)
Nemesis
UFO: Enemy Unknown
Settlers of Catan

You know.... the greats!


DeV.

Gummy Panda

noodler wrote: »

For all the niche, anorak weirdos who like to go against the grain to be special and dismiss the opinions of those who don't agree with them: .......................eh.....try Red Alert 2. Still the best one

Have you played suikoden 2?

SeantheMan

Medal of Honor : Allied Assault , especially the multiplayer...still play it to this day 7 years on

Crash Bandicoot....its just PURE fun !!

Tetris !

jim o doom

quite liked the 2 sets of alien vs predator games on the pc..

as the predator or alien it was good evil fun, but you were paranoid as hell playing as the regular soldier, constantly expecting to die! loved it :P

Spunge

Fallout 1+2 and system shock 2 (with the high res pack) comes first to mind.

These games are still great, i probably appreciate them even more now after playing so many games since they first came out.

Sofiztikated

Dungeon Keeper 1 & 2 (Just fired them up on my old PC over the last 2 days) - Just so much good wholesome evil.
HalfLife (As above) - I lost hours to this game and its mods, especially They Hunger 1 - 3
Worms (As above) - Maliciousness has never been so much fun, or inventive, no game I have played since has topped this.
Theme Hospital/Park - Micro Management without being pedantic, great.
Sonic the Hedgehog 1 - 3/Sonic & Knuckles (to a lesser degree) - Played inside out. Loved them.
super Mario World - Fun, Fun, Fun
Yoshi's Island - Man I loved this game. Yoshi rules.
Donkey Kong Country - Plenty of fun to be had.
Aliens (Playstation) - Suspense and frights in bucket loads, along with some great guns.
Resident Evil 1 - 3 - How can you not love these games.

Many, Many others.

magick

Mr E wrote: »

I could name 100+ games..... pointless thread, IMO.

ah but i said "game" not games.

pointless thread, i think not.

noodler

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Have you played suikoden 2?

Have you played Game Z? Or Y?

Retr0gamer

Overheal wrote: »

Anti-Thanks! I'd like you to justify that comment at least..

http://apps.metacritic.com/games/platforms/psx/legendofdragoon

I think they did up the story well among many other things, like the combat additions - which were a big huge plus over many other RPGs at the time. The only thing that really comes close that I am aware of to that at the time was the combat system for Mario RPG..which should also be attached to my list of games you must play.

But then again, as one reviewer notes, I was a power ranger kid back in the days.

I thought the story was crap and as one review noted the battle system was like playing a bad version of parappa the rapper every random battle

Gummy Panda

noodler wrote: »

Have you played Game Z? Or Y?

I played X but Z and Y were out of stock.

redshoulder

deus ex (pc)
snatcher (sega cd)
shinobi 3 (megadrive)
shadowrun (snes)
megaman x (snes)
castlevania (any)
double dragon (c64)
midnight resistance (c64)

Tails

I think for me its always going to be half-life. Still play it now and again. I think I was the only person who liked the xen section. I was delighted the game wasn't over yet when I got there!

Tails

redshoulder wrote: »

midnight resistance (c64)

Oh man, what a legend, forgot about that. That was great.

awhir

Jazzy wrote: »

starcraft. clearly

have to agree the game as hradly aged in 11 years !