Best video game of all time POLL

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HamburgerBoy

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Apr 12, 2004
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Tony Hawk (though both suck)
Never played either
Football (though both suck)
Burger Time
Zelda
Mortal Kombat
Street Fighter 2
Utopia
Never played Dreadnaught Factor
Call of Duty
Goldeneye (though both suck)
Diablo II
Daikatana
Command & Conquer
Doom 3 (though both suck)
 

Slickone

Diamond Member
Dec 31, 1999
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Where's Dragons Lair?
Or the other arcade classics: Donkey Kong, etc?

C-64/Amiga classics like Archon, Maniac Mansion, Defender of the Crown, It Came From the Desert, F/A-18 Interceptor, Test Drive, etc.

 

Sphexi

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Feb 22, 2005
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How can you compare two totally different games like X-Com and HL1? HL1 is a FPS, with very minor bits of puzzle solving in it, X-Com is RTS/turn-based combat, so very different. Hell, just for the amount of itme that each wasted of my life, X-Com is the winner.
 

CellarDoor

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Aug 31, 2004
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I PM'd regarding Monkey island 1 and 2, loom, and indiana jones and the fate of atlantis. Old school adventure games ftw!
 

ruffilb

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Feb 6, 2005
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Originally posted by: Sphexi
How can you compare two totally different games like X-Com and HL1? HL1 is a FPS, with very minor bits of puzzle solving in it, X-Com is RTS/turn-based combat, so very different. Hell, just for the amount of itme that each wasted of my life, X-Com is the winner.

Which one did you enjoy more?

Originally posted by: Howard
Originally posted by: aswedc
You didn't split up the MGS games.
Maybe he's only talking about the first one?

Yup.
 

ruffilb

Diamond Member
Feb 6, 2005
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New poll will be up by this weekend.

Bump for those who still haven't seen this thread.
 

JujuFish

Lifer
Feb 3, 2005
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Originally posted by: KarmaPolice
Originally posted by: JujuFish
Oh, by the way, I nominate Alpha Centauri. That game is awesome.

I loved Civ1..I loved Civ2..heck I licked almost all civs including Colinization! Even with all of the games I have liked that have spawned from the likes of sid meirs..I hated alpha centauri..that was a horrible game.'

I remember how it went down. I get pcgamer every month(best pc mag ever)and they had a reivew for it. THey gave it some crazy score of like 96 or something...i think HL1 the best game ever rated by pcgamer is like a 98 i believe.(prob wrong by now).

Went out the store...got it right away..played it..thought it sucked..and i didnt just play it a little..I gave it all the chances it could.

I dont know why..I guess its just me..

I, on the other hand, enjoyed it more than the Civ series. And PC Gamer gave it a 98% which continues to be the best rating ever, although it has since been tied by Half Life 2.

Awesome game.
 

clamum

Lifer
Feb 13, 2003
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This is a pretty good poll, but I don't agree with the new games being matched up against old classics. That doesn't seem like a fair comparison to me. The old ones have stood the test of time and it's much easier to see their influence now. It's hard to judge a new game against an old one.
 

ruffilb

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Feb 6, 2005
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Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Personally I wouldn't consider any of those games the "Best". 90% aren't even playable, IMO.

Well then, what games do you like?

Originally posted by: clamum
This is a pretty good poll, but I don't agree with the new games being matched up against old classics. That doesn't seem like a fair comparison to me. The old ones have stood the test of time and it's much easier to see their influence now. It's hard to judge a new game against an old one.

True, and I'll do my best to make the pairing better in the next round.

Besides, for close polls, both games will likely be left in the pot and reshuffled. This is mainly to eliminate those games that won't make it at all.
 

drinkmorejava

Diamond Member
Jun 24, 2004
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You spelled Shenmue wrong. And dear god I must have spent a thousand hours beating Shenmue II for dreamcast.
 

Eeezee

Diamond Member
Jul 23, 2005
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LOL you put MGS up against Doom 3? That's like putting a putting a T-Rex up against a cow with no legs.
 

ruffilb

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Feb 6, 2005
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Originally posted by: Eeezee
LOL you put MGS up against Doom 3? That's like putting a putting a T-Rex up against a cow with no legs.

Gotta thin the herd sometime :p
 

Fingolfin269

Lifer
Feb 28, 2003
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You kinda screwed the pooch by putting Halo vs. Chrono Trigger. Both of those would have made it very far otherwise.