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Starcraft? World of Warcraft? No way.

It's a close call between Doom, Fallout 2, and Hearts of Iron. I went with Fallout 2.
 
Originally posted by: HardWarrior
For me, the best is an old Microprose sim called F-14 Tomcat. Nothing has come close since. Halo is very good as well.

Have you ever played F-19 Stealth Fighter?
 
Definitely not the best of ALL time, but

Empire (early-to-mid 1970s) on mainframes (pre MicroSoft, pre Apple II, pre Sid Meier)

was the best of its days (the only competition could have been Rogue several years later). I remember playing it on a VAX with CVS OS. I don't know who had compiled the source code for our VAX or even where our version came from, but I still thank the system admins and my software engineer friends.

Empire was the predecessor and major influence for games like Civilization and all other games of that genre. I suppose there had to have been board game versions that pre-dated even the mainframes, but I am too lazy to google for their existance.
 
Originally posted by: MaverickBP
Wtf is up with the 32 votes for Diablo 2? Good god that game was addicting.

Totally agreed. I want my lost hours back from that game!!

I voted Starcraft:Brood War though. Although it may not be the best game (according to the poll it is 😛) but the best RTS period. Its still going strong after 10 or so years.

Maybe i shouldve voted doom, where it all began..
 
This thread has been up for several months. I say start a new one with only the games people voted on and add COD4, portal and Team Fortress 2.
 
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