Favorite video games

[Black Mage]

So what are your top three favorite video games?

1. Final Fantasy VI/III
2. Super Metroid
3. Final Fantasy

[Stanley]

1. Quake 2 (Chaos mod and Lithium CTF)
2. Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo
3. Zelda a link to the past

[GPeszek]

PC:
1) Starcraft / Broodwar
2) Counterstrike [HL Mod]
3) QII [Chaos and Lithium II CTF]

SNES:
1) The Legend of Zelda: A link to the past
2) F-Zero
3) TIE: Utopia and Firepower 2000

N64:
1) Goldeneye
2) Super Smash Bros
3) Starfox

Gamecube:
1) Super Smash Bros: Melee
2) Medal of Honor: Frontlines
3) Nightfire

(The only reason Metroid isn't on there is because I just got it but haven't taken it out of its packaging yet http://campcaen.engin.umich.edu/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif)

Dang...theres so much more I want to add. Â*Puzzle Fighter, the C&C series, Age of Empires, Tetris, Mario Kart, Faceball, Starfox (SNES). Â*I could go on for a while http://campcaen.engin.umich.edu/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Stanley]

I think the problem with this question is that I have different favorites depending on what the system/console is. Greg definetly has the right idea. For instance, I have a serious love of 2d fighting games as well s platformers, but I couldn't get them in the list.

[Neo_TAW]

PC
1. Ghost Recon
2. Ghost Recon:Desert Seige
3. Ghost Recon:Island Thunder
http://campcaen.engin.umich.edu/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://campcaen.engin.umich.edu/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[Black Mage]

</span>Quote[/b] (GPeszek @ Mar. 07 2003,02:57)](The only reason Metroid isn't on there is because I just got it but haven't taken it out of its packaging yet http://campcaen.engin.umich.edu/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif)<span =''>
Trust me, it will at least be better than Nightfire. Anyways for my other systems:

Gamcube:

1. Metroid Prime
2. Robotech Battlecry
3. Super Smash Brother's melee

PC:

1. Age of Empires
2. Starcraft
3. Age of Empires 2

PSX

1. Final Fantasy 7
2. Final Fantasy Origins
3. Wild Arms

[jyorke]

PUZZZZZZZZZZZZEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!

PUZZZZZZZZZZZZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!

Puzzle Fighter all the way! That and FF6 (3us)... FFX was awesome too... Vice City ownz me as well.... too many to list! And I barely even play games ;-).

[Black Mage]

</span>Quote[/b] (jyorke @ Mar. 07 2003,21:41)]FFX was awesome too...<span =''>
I dunno...FFX was lacking something very important, say a world map?

[jyorke]

I was OK with that myself... a world map may have been nice, but on the other hand it would have allowed for even more random battles, which would make me want to punch the ps2.

[-D12-_LMN8R]

ALL TIME:
1. Metroid Prime.
2. Super Metroid
3. Chrono Trigger

SNES:
1. Super Metroid
2. Chrono Trigger
3. Final Fantasy 3/6

Gamecube:
1. Metroid Prime
2. Super Smash Bros.
3. Tie between:
Eternal Darkness
Super Monkey Ball 1/2
Timesplitters 2

PS2:
1. Burnout 2 (screw your Gran Turismo - Burnout 2 is the best racing game I've ever played
2. Final Fantasy X
3. Metal Gear Solid 2

PC:
1. Half-Life
2. Command and Conquer: Red Alert/Generals
3. Any Worms game you throw at me

[Infernokitty]

PC:
1.Unreal Tournament 2003
2.Unreal 2
3.Warcraft 3

GBA SP:
1.Golden Sun
2.Golden Sun The Lost Age
3.Mario Kart

Gamecube:
1.Skies of Arcadia: Legends
2.Phantasy Star Online
3.SSBM

N64:
1.Mario Party
2.SSB
3.Yoshi Story

[FlamePixel]

My all time fave has got to be No One Lives Forever or No One Lives Forever 2. NOLF1 was marketed so poorly that people would not have known there were 2 NOLFs if it weren't for the 2 in NOLF2. Nonetheless both were wonderful games full of stealth, story, and action!

[Ops]

My two favorite games are Deus Ex for the amazing storyline and gripping plot, and Battlefield 1942.

[Black Mage]

Battlefield is an awesome game I'll admit to that.

[wzoo1]

Here's my favorites:

PC:
Counter-Strike [HL Mod, of course but I'm kinda getting sick of it playing year AFTER YEAR!]
Warcraft III [been playing ALOT of this recently]
Starcraft/Broodwar [good game, years old finally got sick of it but an old time fav.]
C&amp;C Generals [excellent game and graphics, still playing single player and multi, I wanna play this @ camp this year]
GTA3: Vice City [Just got this game, GRAPHICS ARE AWESOME, been playing alot of this recently also]

Right now I'm mainly playing C&amp;C Generals, Vice City and Warcraft III. For CS, I'm not playing that much anymore since I've played it year after year but is fun when you have alot of players like @ camp. Finally, I still wanna check out UT2k3, BF1942 and Return to Castle Wolfenstien. (I heard these games are good but just didn't have the time to try them out yet, I probably will this summer once I get the $$$ to buy the games...)

[Infernokitty]

I have a change:
N64:
1.Quest (woot, woot)
2.Mario Party
3.SSB

[Ops]

New favorite game, PlanetSide. Nothing compares. Planetside.com (http://www.planetside.com)

[-D12-_LMN8R]

I was in the closed beta for planetside, and it pretty much just hit me as a fun-for-one-week, gets boring after type of game. The massive battles with hundreds of people is awesome, the strategy involved by combining with a ton of people is great, but there really isn't enough expansion and longevity for a game with a persistant world, meant to last for at LEAST months and months.

[Ops]

PlanetSide would still be great to have for Camp CAEN. We could have a Camp CAEN outfit and pit squads against each other or something. And personally I think that the developers are really working hard to make the game able to last for months and months and continue to be interesting.

[-D12-_LMN8R]

One thing I noticed about the beta is how quickly they fixed the most annoying bugs, after only a few complaints. Sony's support for the game has been amazing, so that in itself will make the game be great for months.

It probably won't run in the labs though.

[Ops]

Maybe those who wanted to play it could take a field trip down to Digital Ops. http://campcaen.engin.umich.edu/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif www.digitalops.com

[Zeras]

PC:
Starcraft: Â*Brood War
Warcraft 3
Diablo 2: Â*Lord Of Destruction (yea, im a big blizzard fan)
Medal Of Honor Allied Assault

PSX:
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VIII
Legend Of Dragoon

Sega Saturn:
Panzer Dragoon
Virtua Cop
Fighters Megamix

Games I Wish I was Playing:
FFXI
World Of Warcraft
Socom 2
Syphon Filter Omega Strain
BF1942

speaking of planetside, i was in the beta to that too and i was unimpressed...it was fun for a few days then it just got really old. Â*Plus it took days for me to patch since they wouldnt mirror them, and my DSL connection (Earthlink...ugh) wasnt compatible with their patch server.

</span>Quote[/b] (-D12-_LMN8R @ May 31 2003,17:43)]One thing I noticed about the beta is how quickly they fixed the most annoying bugs, after only a few complaints. Sony's support for the game has been amazing, so that in itself will make the game be great for months.

It probably won't run in the labs though.<span =''>
no kidding i love planetside (especially the BFRs) but seeing as the lab comps have, oh, say, 4MB of video memory, ain't gonna happen. for you SoE freaks try Star Wars Galaxies, AKA Planetside, But It's Still Interesting Even After A Year

[kram 2.0]

Cummon guys - been waiting since CC2003 for this and Half Life 2 is definately up there http://campcaen-dev.engin.umich.edu/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif. Problem would be if the CAEN computers can handle it...I have it though.

kram

3D:
1.) Thief 3
2.) Journeyman Project 3
3.) Far Cry

2D (translation: golden oldies):
1.) Super Mario Bros. 3
2.) Carmen Sandiego (the old ones)'
3.) The Internet (the end guy is really hard)

[ImEric12]

</span>Quote[/b] (kram @ Jan. 23 2005,01:57)]Cummon guys - been waiting since CC2003 for this and Half Life 2 is definately up there http://campcaen-dev.engin.umich.edu/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif. Problem would be if the CAEN computers can handle it...I have it though.

kram<span =''>
I think this year the three year cycle is up, meaning new computers in the labs, meaning HL2 bliss for all, hopefully. At very least, please let there be CS:S instead of just CS.

1) Skies of Arcadia: Legends
2) Conker's Bad Fur Day
3) Tales of Symphonia
4) Paper Mario
5) Super Mario 64 DS

[AfterMAtH]

</span>Quote[/b] (ImEric12 @ Jan. 30 2005,12:57)]</span>Quote[/b] (kram @ Jan. 23 2005,01:57)]Cummon guys - been waiting since CC2003 for this and Half Life 2 is definately up there http://campcaen-dev.engin.umich.edu/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif. Problem would be if the CAEN computers can handle it...I have it though.

kram<span =''>
I think this year the three year cycle is up, meaning new computers in the labs, meaning HL2 bliss for all, hopefully. At very least, please let there be CS:S instead of just CS.<span =''>
No man CS:s sux... I'm still for the old versions.....
But HL2 multiplayer's pretty cool..

[kram 2.0]

</span>Quote[/b] (AfterMAtH @ Feb. 02 2005,18:22)]</span>Quote[/b] (ImEric12 @ Jan. 30 2005,12:57)]</span>Quote[/b] (kram @ Jan. 23 2005,01:57)]Cummon guys - been waiting since CC2003 for this and Half Life 2 is definately up there http://campcaen-dev.engin.umich.edu/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif. Problem would be if the CAEN computers can handle it...I have it though.

kram<span =''>
I think this year the three year cycle is up, meaning new computers in the labs, meaning HL2 bliss for all, hopefully. At very least, please let there be CS:S instead of just CS.<span =''>
No man CS:s sux... I'm still for the old versions.....
But HL2 multiplayer's pretty cool..<span =''>
http://campcaen-dev.engin.umich.edu/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif Bah...CS:S rocks - just give it a play for a few weeks and you'll get used to it.

That is good news on the Lab computers - I somehow doubted that Dell Dimension desktops with &quot;Intel Extreme Graphics&quot; or some form of integrated graphics solution will make CS:S run smoothly, let along run at all.

kram

[thewastedsmile]

Hehehe.. Great to see that the boards are finally back up. Any ideas what the labs are getting this year? The integrated graphics.. gadzooks.

/me recalls the 3d studio max crashes.. the awful awful crashes. So many. http://campcaen-dev.engin.umich.edu/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

As for my games, to get to the topic:

HL2 (On a secondary note, Garry's mod is the greatest thing ever.)
CS:S
Halo 2
Splinter Cell: CT Beta (Buggy, but still teh funness)
Ninja Gaiden

Tons more, but meh.

[Nebula]

</span>Quote[/b] (thewastedsmile @ Feb. 07 2005,19:33)]Hehehe.. Great to see that the boards are finally back up. Any ideas what the labs are getting this year? The integrated graphics.. gadzooks.<span =''>
I remember Greg saying a while ago that CAEN computers have a 3 year long life before they're replaced, and the Pierpont labs (http://www.engin.umich.edu/caen/wls/labs/pierpont.html) are now 3 years old. They better be replaced soon...hehe. Otherwise HL2 will suck...those things can hardly handle CS @ 640x480...

Oh well. Let's hope Greg knows what he's talking about...or that my memory isn't wrong. Hehe.

For favorite games, let's say HL2, CS:S, and StarCraft. I participated in the WoW Stress Test (which, from current news, wasn't stressful enough for Blizzard's network), and was very impressed, but I'm not willing to pay $50 for a game, and then $10/month to keep it, and that the game is useless if I stop paying. I understand MMORPGs are some people's thing, but it's definately not mine.

Now if only StarCraft2 would run off of WC3/WoW's engine...then I'd be very impressed.

[kram 2.0]

I've never got the point to monthly payment games to start out with...hopefully, something will come out so that WoW can be available to us less-wealthy people.

[Black Mage]

</span>Quote[/b] (ImEric12 @ Jan. 30 2005,12:57)]</span>Quote[/b] (kram @ Jan. 23 2005,01:57)]Cummon guys - been waiting since CC2003 for this and Half Life 2 is definately up there http://campcaen-dev.engin.umich.edu/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif. Problem would be if the CAEN computers can handle it...I have it though.

kram<span =''>
I think this year the three year cycle is up, meaning new computers in the labs, meaning HL2 bliss for all, hopefully. At very least, please let there be CS:S instead of just CS.<span =''>
Yes, it'd be nice to have computers that aren't a pile of garbage.

[Gamefreq]

Well, bear with me, this list may be long...

Gamecube:
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
F-Zero GX
Lost Kingdoms II
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle
Super Smash Bros. Melee (falco~)

DS:
Advance Wars: Dual Strike

PC:
Unreal Tournament 2004
World of Warcraft

PS1:
Brave Fencer Musashi
Final Fantasy Tactics
Final Fantasy VII
Legend of Mana
Mega Man Legends
Mega Man Legends 2
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
Star Ocean: The Second Story
The Misadventures of Tron Bonne
Twisted Metal 2
Vandal Hearts

PS2:
Amplitude
Armored Core 3
Bloody Roar 4
Katamari Damacy
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
OKAGE: Shadow King
Resident Evil Outbreak
Resident Evil Outbreak 2
Soulcalibur III
Star Wars Battlefront II
Tekken 5
Twisted Metal: Black (wish the online version still had people playing...)
We ♥ Katamari

X-Box:
Fable
Halo 2
Ninja Gaiden
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (oooh the Co-Op)

Genesis:
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Eternal Champions
Lion King
Mega Turrican
Mortal Kombat 3
Primal Rage
Sonic Spinball
Sonic and Knuckles attatched to Sonic 3
Sonic and Knuckles attatched to Sonic 1
Spider-Man - Venom: Maximum Carnage
Vectorman
Vectorman 2
X-Men 2: Clone Wars

N64:
Star Fox 64
Kirby 64

Yeah... that covers the one that I can remember clearly.

[Unspoken]

ALL TIME:
1. Final Fantasy 7
2. Monster Hunter
3. Diablo II: Lord of Destruction (Nezeramontias Mod)

SNES:
1. Final Fantasy IV, V, VI
2. Gradius III
3. Bubsy

PS:
1. Final Fantasy VII, VIII, IX
2. Chrono Trigger / Cross
3. Twisted Metal II

PS2:
1. Monster Hunter
2. Xenosaga
3. Final Fantasy X

PC:
1. Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
2. Unreal Tournament 2K4
3. Starcraft: Brood War / Counter Strike

[Renieliu]

Me like final fantasy!!! Final fantasy is awesome!!!:)

[ThsTorturedSoul]

I like :

Playstation 2:
1. Champions of Norrath
2. Red Faction
3. Alter Echo

Computer:
1. Guild Wars
2. Diablo II
3. Counter Strike: Source

All-time:
1. Guild Wars
2. Counter Strike: Source
3. Champions of Norrath

[Zzarkc-20]

As far as RPG's go, Final Fantasy VII is definately very high on my list. Though for just fun battling goes, Super Smash Brothers Melee is very good. But who can forget the Bomb game on the Atari 2600 or Pong for that matter?

Anyways, as far as FF7 goes, I've mastered that game. Without cheating, I beat Ruby Weapon. Very fun. Although, I was up 2 straight days before that maxing out all of my materia. Let me tell you, Knights of the Round takes forever to max out.

Geoffrey

[jon]

i'm still a big cs 1.6 fan. I don't really like source much either.

As far as console games most of my favorites have already been mentioned. I do love playin the old NES / SNES games they have this nostalgia value which the best graphics in the world can't beat.

Also, its good to see people talkin on the forums.

[lulutang]

I love Final Fantasy VII... even though i've never actually beaten the game, but i've gotten pretty far. The movie is really good, too.
Kingdom Hearts is actually a really good game, a little cheesy, but a good play. I just started Kingdom Hearts 2 so i'm not sure if the second's going to be as good as the first.
Those are probably my all time favorites... A lot of people seem to like Final Fantasy VII... haha.

[KrzyMoose]

I enjoy Guild Wars, but I don't play the PvE anymore. I just PvP/GvG, which is a lot more rewarding (especially if you have a decent guild).

Soul Calibur 3 is the new thing for me at the moment, but Power Stone 2 used to be my favorite fighting-style game (<3 Sega Dreamcast).

But as for all time, the Sonics (especially 1 and 3) and Age of Empires I are where it's at.

And yeh, CS 1.6 is a lot better than CS: Source.

[chewy]

PC -
1. The Movies
2. Call of Duty 2
3. An Monkey Lisland Games =D

PS2 -
1. Delta Force Black Hawk Down
2. Burnout 2 (Once GT puts damage in it might be better ^^)
3. Kingdom Hearts Series

SNES -
1. Chrono Trigger
2. Mario Kart
3. Star Wars

PSX -
1. Croc
2. GTA (Yes, the first one =D )

[HappiNess]

1. CS 1.6
2. WoW
3. Diablo2 Lod

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Fixed.

-KrzyMoose
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[dmc_dante1991]

PS2
1 Kingdom Hearts
2 Kingdom Hearts 2
3 Spiderman 2

Xbox
1 Doom 3
2 Doom 3 Resi of Evil
3 Gun

Xbox 360
1 Quake 4
2 Call of Duty 2
3 Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter

DS
1 New Super Mario Bros
2 Metroid Prime Hunters
3 Brain Age

:) :) :) :)

[XIII]

6.Jet Set Radio-Dreamcast
5.GF&DM-Arcade
4.Sonic the Hedgehog (all games up to heroes)-sega genisis/gc
3.Chu Chu Rocket-DC
2.DDR-arcade/ps2/gc (XP @ MM)
1.Gunstar Heroes-Sega Genisis