Favourite social games

sryanbruen

Ok, please don't throw the hate comments at me. I know how much people can get frustrated over social games especially Facebook's games like FarmVille, Farm Heroes Saga etc. Sorry mods if this thread does not belong here, I do apologise if that's the case.

But this is just out of curiosity since I've never seen it talked about and I'm definitely a person for nostalgia. I'm going to talk about specifically Facebook games here for my opinions but it doesn't have to be just Facebook, any social games if you want.

What are your favourite social games even if they have been shut down or removed over the years?

My top 5 favourites have to be

1. Geo Challenge - Easily the best educational game ever made. Feel very sad for anybody, specifically Geography nerds like myself, that never got to try this game.

2. FarmVille - Yes this infamous game is one of my favourites but see you shouldn't be surprised given that many of my opinions of something are unpopular. FarmVille has definitely gotten worse and absolutely terrible over the years but from like 2009-2012, it was easily one of my favourite games ever. I do hate how heavy the game is though and therefore, very slow to load.

3. PetVille - Loved decorating my house and seeing my pet eat the treats I fed him in it was absolutely adorable. I miss my Pet so much .

4. Ruby Blast Adventures - This was my favourite Match 3 game ever made. It was very fun to compete with everybody for the weekly tournaments and very replayable also.

5. FishVille - Literally FarmVille but a bit of a downgrade imo and aquarium based rather than a farm. I guess this game is just purely nostalgia of why I love it, I can't see how I love it that much apart from that.

Others include YoVille (YoWorld will never be as good as YoVille!), Know-It-All Trivia, FrontierVille (known as Pioneer Trail before it shut down) and ChefVille.

learn_more

Playing the field

sryanbruen

learn_more wrote: »

Playing the field

Is that not a TV series?

Jack the Stripper

Games are for children.

sryanbruen

Jack the Stripper wrote: »

Games are for children.

And why do you think this?

Dravokivich

Solitaire is a riot when you unlock multiplayer mode.

DontThankMe

Chess

Barry Badrinath

Pfft.

Unless you have played Oregan Trail, Facebook games can go suck a ballbag.

sryanbruen

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Pfft.

Unless you have played Oregan Trail, Facebook games can go suck a ballbag.

As a matter of fact, I have played that.

Jack the Stripper

sryanbruen wrote: »

And why do you think this?

I don't get paid to think.

Barry Badrinath

sryanbruen wrote: »

As a matter of fact, I have played that.

Did Cholera kill your family too?

Facebook games can still go suck a ballbag.

Have you played New Zealand Story or Flimbos Quest?

Red Eyes

8 Ball Pool

I don't think that this is a Facebook game but you can defiantly link your facebook with it.

Hector Bellend

ridin' and drinking

sryanbruen

Jack the Stripper wrote: »

I don't get paid to think.

Nobody does so that's kind of a childish thing to say.

sryanbruen

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Did Cholera kill your family too?

Facebook games can still go suck a ballbag.

Have you played New Zealand Story or Flimbos Quest?

No, none of my family have died :cool:.

And no I did not play whatever those were.

sryanbruen

Hector Bellend wrote: »

ridin' and drinking

Once played that but I was given out to because I was underage and still am.

sryanbruen

Red Eyes wrote: »

8 Ball Pool

I don't think that this is a Facebook game but you can defiantly link your facebook with it.

Yes you can.

Archeron

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Did Cholera kill your family too?

Facebook games can still go suck a ballbag.

Have you played New Zealand Story or Flimbos Quest?

Haven't thought about new Zealand story in yonks!


Rainbow islands and treasure island dizzy..

Barry Badrinath

sryanbruen wrote: »

No, none of my family have died :cool:.

And no I did not play whatever those were.

I meant in Oregan Trail. Everytime I went hunting...my family died of Cholera. I was **** at OT.

New Zealand Story and Flimbos Quest were games on the Commodore 64....retro to a mid 30's guy.

sryanbruen

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

I meant in Oregan Trail. Everytime I went hunting...my family died of Cholera. I was **** at OT.

New Zealand Story and Flimbos Quest were games on the Commodore 64....retro to a mid 30's guy.

Oh :pac: (ffs sryanbruen :rolleyes:).

Noveight

8 Ball Pool is a nice way to kill a few hours.

sryanbruen

Noveight wrote: »

8 Ball Pool is a nice way to kill a few hours.

It is. I just quitted it because I'm absolutely terrible at it and have a win percentage of only 6% :pac:.

whoopsadoodles

I played quiz up a few times. Does that count.

And words with friends with one friend and we're both crap at it.

GLaDOS

Expected this to be about games like charades and stuff where you interact with actual people.

The word "social" has taken on a whole new meaning these days.

whoopsadoodles

GLaDOS wrote: »

Expected this to be about games like charades and stuff where you interact with actual people.

The "word" social has taken on a whole new meaning these days.

Me too.

Social media games would have been more apt.

Love charades

Barry Badrinath

GLaDOS wrote: »

Expected this to be about games like charades and stuff where you interact with actual people.

The word "social" has taken on a whole new meaning these days.

Fcuking Millennials!

razorblunt

Sporcle. Have some decent quizzes you can send to friends.

The Countries of the World one in particular leads to incredible one-up-man ship.

Conall Cernach

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Fcuking Millennials!

I've never played that one but I'm in my 40s so I'm probably too old for it.

sryanbruen

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

I played quiz up a few times. Does that count.

And words with friends with one friend and we're both crap at it.

Yes Quizup does count, I play that too.

sryanbruen

GLaDOS wrote: »

Expected this to be about games like charades and stuff where you interact with actual people.

The word "social" has taken on a whole new meaning these days.

I am quite aware. I didn't specifically say what type of social games I meant. I did mean ANY social games.

sryanbruen

razorblunt wrote: »

Sporcle. Have some decent quizzes you can send to friends.

The Countries of the World one in particular leads to incredible one-up-man ship.

Have you seen the Countries of the World quiz on Jetpunk?

razorblunt

sryanbruen wrote: »

Have you seen the Countries of the World quiz on Jetpunk?

I have not, I'll check it out now though.


It's very close to sporcle, I like the countries being coloured when guessed, but the tables make it too easy to fill in the gaps as it were.

fizzypish

DontThankMe wrote: »

Chess

Defiantly but after some crippling defeats I tend to reside in a poorly lit room reading books written by unpronounceable Russians so maybe not the most social of games. Or maybe thats just me......

biko

Tetris

Miss Demeanour

I find a game of 'Are ya there Moriarty?' is a splendid way to pass a Sunday afternoon.

Robsweezie

Monopoly, cluedo, guess who FTW

annascott

Does anyone remember Mafia Wars? Quite intense game popular around 2007-2009 before it faded into obscurity.

Badly Drunk Boy

sryanbruen wrote: »

I am quite aware. I didn't specifically say what type of social games I meant. I did mean ANY social games.

Facebook games are probably the least social games since you usually play them by yourself. I've played football and darts and stuff like that in real life. They're fairly social so do they count?

sryanbruen

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

Facebook games are probably the least social games since you usually play them by yourself. I've played football and darts and stuff like that in real life. They're fairly social so do they count?

Yes they do count after all you're competing with others and it's a game.... so social game.

sryanbruen

annascott wrote: »

Does anyone remember Mafia Wars? Quite intense game popular around 2007-2009 before it faded into obscurity.

I most certainly do. After they got rid of Las Vegas in it, I did not like the game from then on.

mahamageehad

Werewolf on Boards is super addictive. There is a forum games forum and a game runs once a month. It's absolutely brilliant Craic. http://touch.boards.ie/forum/1763

Ficheall

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

GLaDOS wrote: »

Expected this to be about games like charades and stuff where you interact with actual people.

The word "social" has taken on a whole new meaning these days.

Me too.

Social media games would have been more apt.

Love charades

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I have work to do so can't finish the rest - over to you, whoops.
And can we have a Charades AH Beers?