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Your choices for games that everyone should have

bernse

Diamond Member
Rise of Nations

Battlezone (circa 1997.. not the original one)

Rome: Total War

Operation: Flashpoint Gold

IL2: Forgotten Battles/Pacific Fighters

Silent Hunter 3

Sierra/Papyrus NASCAR 2003 (although supposedly the new EA one is quite good too)

LOMAC (Lock-On Modern Air Combat)

FS:2004 COF - if non-shoot 'em up flight sims are your thang

No One Lives Forever 1 AND 2
 
Final Fantasy 6 (US 3)
Final Fantasy 9
Secret of Mana
Chrono Trigger
Chrono Cross
Mario Kart
Ratchet & Clank 1-3
Jack 1-3
Halo 1-2
Tribes
Diablo 2
Starcraft
Zelda: link to the past
Super Metroid
 
I was wondering if anyone would choose HL2. I think it was a really good game (decent physics model, etc) but I am not sure yet if it'll be looked as a must-have 2 years from now. Maybe.
 
Originally posted by: Kenazo
Civilization II
AOE2
BF1942
CoD
X-Wing
SimCity 2000

There ya go, that covers almost every genre.
Civ4 and AOE3 come out in November. 😀

There goes November. 🙁
 
Final Fantasy 5-10. Chrono trigger/cross. FF Tactics (lets just say all of the retro RPGs)
Metal Slug series (needs mame...)
Thief 2&3
System Shock 2 (One of the most underrated games of all time)
Zelda series
Roller Coaster Tycoon 3
 
Mike Tyson's Punch Out
Xbox Ninja Gaiden
Halo 2
GoldenEye 007
NES The Legend of Zelda
KOTOR I
Warcraft III
 
Super Mario Kart SNES > *

Street Fighter 2 Turbo Edition
Killer Instinct 1
Super Mario Brothers (any 2D verions)
Super Mario 64
Legend of Zelda (all of them except wind waker and part 2 on NES)
Metroid Prime
Halo 2 (online gaming on it is not even matched by any other game on any other console)
 
Deus Ex 1
Starcraft + Broodwars
Unreal Tournament Classic
Quake 3 + Team Arena
Marathon 2
Goldeneye N64
Need for Speed Hot Persuit 2
Civ 2
BF1942😀C with a good joystick
 
Starcraft
Warcraft 2
X-wing
Tie Fighter
Half Life
Command and Conquer
BF 1942 w/ DC
UT 2004
Morrowind
Zelda games (excluding GBA titles)
Mario 64
Rome: Total War
Dues Ex: Invisible War

-spike
 
Total Annihilation + Core Contingency + Absolute Annihilation
Quake & Quake2
Carmageddon, Carmageddon 2 (Wasn't too big a fan of 3 though)
Transport Tycoon Deluxe (with mods)
Battlefield 1942 + DC
Empire Earth
Half Life w/ TFC mod
Duke Nukem 3d
Grand Theft Auto (The original and part two due to the massivly fun multiplayer)
 
Wolf3D
Doom (1 or 2)
Sim City (classic or 2000 preferably 2k)
Quake (3)
Half Life 1
Battlefield (any of the three)
Civ (2 or 3 w/ Conquests)
Rome:TW
Diablo (1 or 2)
Warcraft 2 or Starcraft
TIE Fighter
 
Those old sim city games were alot of fun. I loved all the llama references in 2k, reminded my of monty python. I might have to get whatever the latest one is and give it a try...

-spke
 
Originally posted by: Spike
Those old sim city games were alot of fun. I loved all the llama references in 2k, reminded my of monty python. I might have to get whatever the latest one is and give it a try...

-spke

3000 and 4 were, IMO, 'meh' at best. I still have very fond memories of 2k though.
 
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