What is your favourite game of all time, and why?

Amraam · 3 Feb 2014 at 16:44

If I had to list one, it would be Mass Effect Trilogy.

I have a few that I like a lot such as Skyrim, STALKER Trilogy, and Falcon 4 with BMS 4.32.

Haven't flown Falcon BMS in over 2 years now though.

redstar1 · 3 Feb 2014 at 16:58

Horace Goes Skiing.

It had everything. Multi-level fast paced action and was years ahead of its time.

gilchrd · 3 Feb 2014 at 17:13

Battlefield Vietnam - wasted so many hours on that. Punji sticks, Napalm, war music etc \o/

Doco · 3 Feb 2014 at 18:06

Favourite of all time - that is asking a lot - I wouldn't know were to begin tbh but it's cool to read some of the games that have been posted here

FoxEye · 3 Feb 2014 at 18:18

BubbySoup said:
Everquest takes the crown for the most time I have spent on a game, so I guess that's mine.

Multiplayer: EverQuest (when I first started playing, not modern EQ)

Single Player: Sonic 2.

BriT · 3 Feb 2014 at 18:41

First Call Of Duty multi player for me, had me hooked for years. Search & Destroy

Uncle Petey · 3 Feb 2014 at 18:44

Mario Kart (SNES)
Dat nostalgia and bitter splitscreen rivalry

Fluke? · 3 Feb 2014 at 19:00

Adam_101 said:
Kingpin, great game and so much fun playing it. Graphics were (still are) great for its time/day.

Awsome graphics for its time. Loved the way you could make out the outline of the ladies nips through the tops

/perv

What I did not like was that I'd got prob 2/3 through it when a patch was released for it. Applied patch and it wiped all of my friggin saved games. I was as sweary as the game for a short while after. :eek:

L0new0lf · 3 Feb 2014 at 19:16

Amraam said:
If I had to list one, it would be Mass Effect Trilogy.

Same here. An honorable mention goes to Championship Manager 01/02 aswell.

redline · 3 Feb 2014 at 19:16

Its tough, but probably HL2. It has great gameplay, story, atmosphere, characters and graphics, that still hold-up well. There are some sections that become a chore with replays, but it remains, for me, the perfect FPS.

Footyslayer · 3 Feb 2014 at 19:48

Wow, tough choice.

I am going to go with FF7 though. That was the first game I played of that size and loved it.

Mirage · 3 Feb 2014 at 20:14

TFC for me too, far too many hours over far too many years. Playing for one of the most hated clans in the history of euro TFC certainly had it's up and downs...

Devious · 3 Feb 2014 at 20:45

Has to be Half life (And its mods - especially front line force) - Almost 8 years of my life playing and making maps for it. Good times.

Runners up:

Guild Wars
World of Warcraft
Fallout 3/NV
Skyrim
Vampire Masquerade

jasoncb · 3 Feb 2014 at 22:09

Half Life + All the great mods. Loved the PC gamer CD was like getting 30 new games.

I have to mention Deus Ex, as it was had choosing between this and hl.

Fluke? · 3 Feb 2014 at 22:55

Mirage said:
TFC for me too, far too many hours over far too many years. Playing for one of the most hated clans in the history of euro TFC certainly had it's up and downs...

Which clan was that Mirage? I seem to remember EF were quite unpopular for a long while.

Slam · 3 Feb 2014 at 23:27

Portal

Cd0gz · 4 Feb 2014 at 00:33

FF7 springs to mind without having to think about it.
Great story, graphics, sound it truly drew me in.

Adam_101 · 4 Feb 2014 at 09:41

Fluke? said:
Awsome graphics for its time. Loved the way you could make out the outline of the ladies nips through the tops /perv

What I did not like was that I'd got prob 2/3 through it when a patch was released for it. Applied patch and it wiped all of my friggin saved games. I was as sweary as the game for a short while after.

Sure was lol

. I remember playing it on my "upgraded" K62-333 lol, and thinking blimey. Still waiting for that sequel!

Raumarik · 4 Feb 2014 at 09:48

Dark Age of Camelot just pips Ultima Online for me.

PVP was fantastic fun
Community had a huge array of people in it, both to love and loath!
Character development was rewarding, nothing was given too easily.
Graphical style was just more gritty than WoW, looks dated these days, hardly a surprise though.
Biggest win though? Sound effects, quite simply the only MMO that ever nailed the sounds to actions properly from the off. Whether firing your bow or blocking a sword, it just always seemed to sound right.

dholdi · 4 Feb 2014 at 20:04

Half Life deservedly gets a lot of mentions, perfectly summed up by Rezident below.

Rezident said:
Half-life.
Because I didn’t even play games until I installed that for my brother and sat transfixed at the screen ‘to make sure it was working’ for the train ride into Black Mesa while my brother said ‘can I have a go?’ for the next while.

At that time, it was an order of magnitude greater than anything else I’d ever seen, it had real atmosphere, amazing action and epic set pieces with new AI but it also had subtlety and pacing, all the stuff we expect now, that games just didn’t have back then, and it was all new, original. I still clearly remember the first time I launched the rocket, the music, ‘We’ve got hostiles’, Dr. Kleiner and co., my crowbar (sorry doc). I remember crawling through a vent when a headcrab jumped out and bit me, I jumped in my seat, it was the first had gotten to that level of immersion for me. It felt real. Even HL2, technically better in ever regard, didn’t feel as original to my senses as the memories of Half-life. Best game ever.

This has reminded me to have a look here

http://www.blackmesasource.com/

Hadn't realised it was out so dl'g now.