Name a game you keep going back to

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2Dead

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Originally posted by: Skott
Jagged Alliance 2 v1.13 mod. Its the oldest PC game I have installed on my PCs. I play it at least once a week. I just love the simplicity of it and its fun game play.

Same.

I also go back to KOTOR 1/2, NWN2, Stalker:SoC (OL/Arsenal mod) and a couple of others.
 

Via

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I keep going back to Gothic 3 thinking "this is the time I'm going to finish this game".

It never turns out that way; my games always just sort of fizzle out. And yet I can't help myself; I just cleaned out my system and re-installed Windows 2 weeks ago and I'll probably re-install Gothic 3 and give it another try soon.

One of these days I'm going to have to do something I swore I wouldn't - follow a walkthrough just to get to the end of the main plot.
 

Pantlegz

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WoW :( over a year /played now... I stop for a few months, play for a few months. finally able to play fairly casual now... for now at least.
 

quakeworld

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Quakeworld.

Can't say I've tried quitting it though. Been playing it since QTest. Played it so much I can do an entire circuit of the maps with my eyes closed without getting stuck, falling off a ledge or into lava (dm1 to dm6).

Since my ping isn't for competitive play anymore I just play againt bots everyday.

Best deathmatch game there ever was, is and will ever be!!!! Long live QW!!! :)

edit: spelling
 

zebano

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D2, Civ4 and FinalFantasy Tactics (I play using epsxe so I think it qualifies as PC Gaming)
 

Loobusk

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Descent is awesome. I always give up trying to beat it on insane using one save/level half-way through the game.
 

Loobusk

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Oh, and recently, return to castle wolfenstein. Again, singleplayer on hard with no saves. I get frustrated and wipe it from my hard drive, only to re-install on the next re-boot.:wine:
 

Skott

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Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Originally posted by: Skott
Jagged Alliance 2 v1.13 mod. Its the oldest PC game I have installed on my PCs. I play it at least once a week. I just love the simplicity of it and its fun game play.

Have you played the Urban Chaos total conversion? The new weapon set, maps and story are a lot of fun.

No, I havent. I hear its quite good though. Over at Bear's Pit they have some great mods but I just keep to the v1.13 vanilla mod they made and just like to play through using it.
 

CrackRabbit

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Medieval II: Total War, It's fun to try and win as the different factions.
From my experimentation the Moors are the hardest to win with, Holy Roman Empire is the easiest.
 

PieIsAwesome

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Starcraft, DoD:S, CS:S

Homeworld is one of the most awesome games I have played but the multiplayer never seemed that great and is probably dead online.
 

duragezic

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Diablo 2 by far

I hadn't played for 5+ years and my brother picked it up all of a sudden this summer and that's all it took for me to go get the Battlechest and play. But that was only for a month or so.

A coworker told me he randomly got back into it this week too. So I guess I'm not alone with it. :)
 

TehMac

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CoD: WaW

Ever since I started toying with Military FPS back in 2005 I found myself addicted. Now I am addicted to the coop Zombie stuff. I just love taking the different WW2 guns to the zombies heads.
 

pontifex

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Windows Vista Mahjong - 100% dead serious. This is a great time waster, especially when you don't have enough time to do anything else but still have a little time to kill.
 

Sam25

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I think the games I've gone back to the most are Deus Ex, Max Payne 2 + it's many many mods and the Splinter Cell series. :)
 

stag3

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cs, dod, guildwars, company of heroes

usually after getting so burnt out i hate the game for anywhere from ~3 to 6 mos, i go back