Fragony on 21/2/2009 at 08:52
Medieval Total War for sure, a few times a year I fall deeply in love with it once again.
Paulie007 on 21/2/2009 at 12:05
SWAT 4
For a week or two every year I get a hanking for some tactial takedowns.
I also discovered a site with some pretty decent (
http://hot-swat-mods.com) mods/fan missions.
gunsmoke on 21/2/2009 at 15:42
Quote Posted by RavynousHunter
If I remember correctly, you
do have a scoped Mauser by that time, right?
Yes. You get one before you even fight Helga.
RavynousHunter on 21/2/2009 at 23:35
You'll have to forgive me, its been a reaaaaal long time since I played that game, so I don't really remember very much about it except that I could set things on fire and kick people to death.
Disturbation on 22/2/2009 at 02:03
(
http://www.mobygames.com/game/heroes-of-might-and-magic-ii-the-succession-wars) Heroes of Might and Magic 2 - Think it was the first game I bought (or had my parents buy for me, rather, after playing the demo obsessively for a couple of months). Every couple of years, I come back to this for the nostalgia, even though HoMM3 is probably "better".
(
http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/pharaoh) Pharaoh - I got this when it was released, and I still haven't actually finished the campaign. I find myself mustering the will to plan out and finish a city or two, maybe twice a year. I always try to plan things in such a detail with the help of spreadsheets and stuff that starting a new city wears me out quickly.
(
http://www.mobygames.com/game/settlers-ii-veni-vidi-vici) The Settlers 2 - More infrequently than HoMM2, I've busted this one out a couple of times over the years. Too bad the sequels lost everything I liked about it very quickly (not that I even bothered trying anything beyond Settlers 3).
(
http://www.mobygames.com/game/simcity-3000) Sim City - Every once in a while I get a strong urge to play it, but it's never what I imagine/want it to be, so I quickly uninstall them again.
(
http://www.mobygames.com/game/baldurs-gate-ii-shadows-of-amn) Baldur's Gate II - Again, I try to find my way back to that feeling it gave me when I first played it. I usually fail.
(
http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/europa-universalis-ii) Europa Universalis II - Bar none the game I've spent the most time with. Several hundred hours at least. Recreating history, or creating alternative history has never been so much fun. EU3+expansions+Magna Mundi mod has been defeating my urge for EU2+AGCEEP mod lately though.
Aaaand more.
Kuuso on 22/2/2009 at 16:11
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There are triple-A fire-and-forget-em games, like Bioshock and Dead Space, visceral shootfests that are a thrill a minute, then you forget them about a minute later.
There are multiplayer games that you might keep playing, simply because you've played them for so long and you know everything in your muscle memory, and you're unable to move on. (tsk, tsk)
There are the loved classics that never leave your heart or your hard drive, your Thief Golds and System Shocks, Deus Exes or Legends of Zeldas. These are the games that make you a gamer, whether or not you subscribe to that horrible term.
Then, there are games that you come back to once a year, or every couple of years. They're not necessarily your
favorite games, and they may not make many top-10 lists, because they're not quite what you think of when you think of hardcore gaming.
Maybe you forget they exist until you find them supporting the uneven leg of the dining room table, and once you see the label side of the install CD, you can't help but toss it into your drive and give it another go. For the next seven days or so you'll be one of a small number of people who may still be playing a game that most everyone else feels is superceded by the next version up, or became boring long ago. Most of the time, you'd agree with them, but for now...
For me, this week, it's
SimCity 3000 Unlimited:
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Next week, I won't be able to stomach the game, its fuzzy, ill-defined sprites or lack of dreadful reality (where's my black unrest, dammit). But for now, I'm all about dismissing petitioners and laying down zones.
What about you? What game do you keep coming back to, in spite of yourself, or the fact that the gaming world has since moved on? Maybe you keep coming back to the Morrowind province. Maybe it's Mario Bros. or Mega Man. Or Tetris. Maybe it's hopscotch. Bonus points if it's dreadfully dull to everyone but yourself.
In this thread: what almost-forgotten game or games do you come back to every once in a while for a short, obsessive period of time? If you're playing one now, don't be lazy, post a screenshot!NOT in this thread: a stock list of your favorite games.
The more obscure, the more interesting! Try to think of games that you find yourself hungering for again every now and then, even though the last time you played them, you were thoroughly bored with them and firmly convinced you would never play them again... but you came back anyway.
Can't believe this. I installed Simcity 3000 World Edition about an hour ago and now I'm reading this...:cheeky:
Other games that I have a yearly binge on are:
Rollercoaster Tycoon
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Black&White
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dreamcatcher on 22/2/2009 at 18:44
Quote Posted by RavynousHunter
so I don't really remember very much about it except that I could set things on fire and kick people to death.
Postal?
gunsmoke on 22/2/2009 at 21:51
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Postal?
Well, that too, but it was definitely in RtCW.
Also, Black and White was a great game. About the only strategy/RTS-ish game I can STAND. That says something, IMHO. Gotta give prps to the pet and the humor, as well.
pdenton on 23/2/2009 at 07:24
Man, great idea for a thread. I hope someone will confirm I'm not the only one who gets really, really nostalgic for games when I say that...well, usually in the fall or summer, I'll install my old Half Life, do up some Dod 3.1 (before it got shitty), run through some They Hunger, Heart of Evil, and even try out some new HL mods (like Afraid of Monsters, great, great mod).
I'll even sometimes play the music I listened to when I played them originally to really get the effect. I love reminiscing through playing old games.
To add to the list:
GTA3
Mafia
System Shock 2
CHEX QUEST
Hidden and Dangerous
and the first Condemned.
EvaUnit02 on 25/2/2009 at 11:27
I get the urge to replay these annually:-
Silent Hill 2 - A benchmark of storytelling in gaming medium. Little comes close. The Xbox version is fucking amazing - DISCRETE 5.1 surround, baby. (It also added "Born on a Wish", but that was in the later PC port and PS2 Director's Cut re-release too.)
Metal Gear Solid - either the PS1 original or the Gamecube remake, depending on the mood. I played the PS1 original for the first time via an emulator a few months back, the massive resolution increase and graphical enhancements like texture smoothing brought new life to the game.
FEAR - the firefights, dude.
