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Postby Papayania » Wed Sep 23, 2009 10:16 pm

Hungry, Hungry Hippos!
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Postby San Guillermo » Wed Sep 23, 2009 10:20 pm

The one where everyone loses everytime they think of The Game.

Oh..shit...... :palm:
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Postby Kanabia » Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:04 pm

The_pantless_hero wrote:
Kanabia wrote:
DrunkenDove wrote:
SD_Film Artists wrote:Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn

No contest.


Ohhhh, well done! That a serious contender for my favorite RPG, and most defiantly my favorite D&D based RPG.

"I shall inspire you all by charging BLINDLY ON!" :p


I've been meaning to use some of the mods that update BG1 into the BG2 engine to have a massive playthrough from level 1-40...but it's just too epic, I only ever get halfway. :p

The BG2 engine? Lol. "Let's update an 11 year old game into a 9 year old game's engine!" Last I heard, some one was trying to make a NWN2 mod for BG2.


Well there's nothing wrong with the engine itself - it does what it does very well. The difference between this two years is pretty significant though, since the BG2 engine lets you use any screen resolution , while the BG1 engine is locked at 800x600 (or was it 640x480?) which looks fucking awful in the current age of massive monitors unless you like pixels you can count individually. That's the primary difference (as well as allowing the new character classes in BG2 to be played from level one). Planescape: Torment has the same problem and theres a mod for it out too.

As for NWN2...meh...it's not great.
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Postby Alsatian Knights » Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:22 pm

LOL ANARCHY NUBZ wrote:E.T

Just wow...
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Postby DrunkenDove » Thu Sep 24, 2009 1:38 am

Maurepas wrote:Rock, Paper, Scissors...


It has the best, and most obvious example of, Meta-Game ever made, ;)


I still dispute the claim that paper beats rock.
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Postby Hoyteca » Thu Sep 24, 2009 1:47 am

DrunkenDove wrote:
Maurepas wrote:Rock, Paper, Scissors...


It has the best, and most obvious example of, Meta-Game ever made, ;)


I still dispute the claim that paper beats rock.

You've obviously never seen what a piece of paper can do to a rock. It would leave you as disturbed as I am. It will leave you wishing you were never born. Then we'd have something in common and can start discussing favorite cake recipes.
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Postby Nanatsu no Tsuki » Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:33 am

Papayania wrote:Hungry, Hungry Hippos!
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Ooooohhhhh, I loved that game. :)
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Postby Douchebaggerry » Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:33 am

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:Ooooohhhhh, I loved that game. :)


The work of a genius, truly.
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Postby Nanatsu no Tsuki » Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:34 am

Douchebaggerry wrote:
Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:Ooooohhhhh, I loved that game. :)


The work of a genius, truly.


I don't know about that, but I owe the creator countless hours of fun fun fun while growing up. :D
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Postby Douchebaggerry » Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:39 am

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:I don't know about that, but I owe the creator countless hours of fun fun fun while growing up. :D


I also this.
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Postby Ravea » Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:42 am

Moreau Catholic High wrote:Chess and Starcraft.

I dare anyone to dispute these.


Agreed. Although Shogi is pretty great too.
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Postby Terminus8 » Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:45 am

Starcraft comes in first for me.
At a VERY close second is Knights of the Old Republic 1

Other favs:
- KOTOR2
- Space Quest 1-6
- Commander Keen
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Postby The Pike Dynasty » Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:48 am

Paper Mario for N64, hands down
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Postby Ordo Mallus » Thu Sep 24, 2009 7:41 am

Moreau Catholic High wrote:Chess and Starcraft.

I dare anyone to dispute these.


starcraft is a copy of Warhammer 40k so this can be ignored as a stolen idea
also Dawn of War 2 is ranked higher (last time i checked) than Starcraft.
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Postby The_pantless_hero » Thu Sep 24, 2009 7:47 am

Kanabia wrote:As for NWN2...meh...it's not great.

Blame Atari. But it's a better engine.
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Postby Antilon » Thu Sep 24, 2009 5:13 pm

Another Honorable Mention: Left 4 Teletubbies
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Postby Sokjevk States » Thu Sep 24, 2009 5:15 pm

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Postby Pevisopolis » Thu Sep 24, 2009 5:31 pm

San Guillermo wrote:The one where everyone loses everytime they think of The Game.

Oh..shit...... :palm:


THE GAME

To be serious, the original Command & Conquer, Red Alert, and Dune games. All the classic Westwood RTS's.
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Postby Kerden » Thu Sep 24, 2009 7:37 pm

So many good games coming up here. And here I thought we'd get more recent games. xD Well, there are a few, but, still.

Hungry Hippos was great. Spent so long playing that...

Westwood made AMAZING games, and I actually have to say that they're my favorite RTSs

Starcraft beats Warhammer hands down. Reason: Zerg Rush. Also, there's a Gundam mod that I really want.

But E.T.? NO! A curse thee with a rain of angry anvils!



On the other hand, one that I don't think I've seen mentioned was:

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Postby Hydesland » Thu Sep 24, 2009 7:40 pm

THE Game.

edit: y'all bustas, I thought of this first, I just didn't get round to posting
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Postby Czardas » Thu Sep 24, 2009 7:52 pm

War Games.
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Postby Tsa-la-gi Nation » Thu Sep 24, 2009 8:00 pm

Chess & Othello
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Postby History land » Thu Sep 24, 2009 8:00 pm

Kerden wrote:
History land wrote:The Greatest Game Ever

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Hells yeah! But more like this:

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Postby Lord Tothe » Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:19 am

Antilon wrote:Another Honorable Mention: Left 4 Teletubbies


If the larger zombie was a Barney the Dinosaur, it would be perfect.
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Postby Cameroi » Fri Sep 25, 2009 7:15 pm

feds and heads
anti-monopoly
steve jackson's conspiracy game
gurps amber

no, i don't think these were the greatest, but they deserve as much mention as many which have already been.

greatest game? NON-zero-sum.

that and perhaps the "game" of writing believable science/engineering fiction in believably alien settings with convincing alien cultures and maybe a twist of mystery thrown in.

the game of making the world we all have to live in a simultaneously more gratifying peaceful, safe, and secure place for everyone. all of the people and life forms you don't like as well as those you do.

that would probably be the most gratifyingly challenging, frustrating, and rewarding, one.
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