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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Pegasus V on July 09, 2002, 10:29:46 pm

Title: Favourite Game Features
Post by: Pegasus V on July 09, 2002, 10:29:46 pm
I was just wondering what everyone's favourite feature is from each of the games they've played. What I mean is the thing in the game that made it so unique.

I've assemble a list of my own games here for example:
Title: Favourite Game Features
Post by: Stryke 9 on July 10, 2002, 10:31:24 am
Earth 2150: Active weather patterns, (TMP) The 50s B-movie plot
Nocturne: It ends
Outforce: Cutscenes. Aaaalll the preety cutscenes.
HWC: It's a strat that actually has all the features the manual claims
FreeSpace: Moddability (duh)
Dune: Tanks can run over people
DOW: near-complete control over unit properties
SimCity: Disasters
I-war II: Everything but the plot, characters, and missions
I-War: The first cutscene, 'cos that's all I can get.
StarCraft BW: The map editor controls
StarCraft: Pretty all around
Bureau 13: You've gotta be kidding me. Kicks arse all around.
Syndicate: (See above)
Master of Orion: The gameplay
Title: Favourite Game Features
Post by: Kamikaze on July 10, 2002, 07:16:25 pm
hmm... interesting

homeworld: fun
freespace 1/2: atmosphere is good
morrowind: uber-open-ended
starcraft: bad in many way but occasionally "fun" (well maybe a bit more than that...)
red alert 2: dorky, a kind of a light romp through war... lots of tank tops shots... :rolleyes:
Emperor: Battle For Dune: sucky....
Earth 2150: plays well
Battlezone: fun and different
Sacrifice: The atmostphere was great and the game hard enough to be fun... sometimes actually gives you choices (unlike most rts games)
Empire Earth: err.... lots of units....
and others not significant enought to mention...
Title: Favourite Game Features
Post by: an0n on July 10, 2002, 07:27:26 pm
Title: Favourite Game Features
Post by: Stealth on July 11, 2002, 12:13:32 am
hey stryke, when you say "Dune", are you talking the original dune?  the one that came out in the early 1990's?  or Dune 2000
?
Title: Favourite Game Features
Post by: Dark_4ce on July 11, 2002, 04:42:58 am
Hmm, this is a tough one...

Freespace: Oh come on... If it wasn't excelent in any respect I would'nt be here...
Imperium Galactica II: The scope of the gameplay, loved it.
Civilization 2: REALLY addictive.
Fallout 1&2: Even more addictive, and the story was perfect. Along with the fact that you can pritty much do anything.
Starcraft: Cant beat that swarming aspect.
Homeworld: Great story and great controls and action.
Monkey Island series: Funniest **** on the computer, still makes me laugh! :D
Sam and Max Hit the Road: Oh man this was a fun game.
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault: Omaha Beach....
Soldier of Fortune: GORE!
Soul Reaver 1&2: great story, fun gameplay.
Half Life series: Great atmosphere, great action. creepy.
Max Payne: Innovation. Bullet time. Action.
Tribes 2: Good ol' online action. And nothing beats the Frisbees of death!
Title: Favourite Game Features
Post by: Gortef on July 11, 2002, 08:22:31 am
Final Fantasy Series: Great stories... and awesome cutscenes
Chrono Trigger/Cross: -same as above-
Thief1&2: Kick ass atmosphere, great controls, good story
Half-Life: Atmosphere, story... and the life of the engine
Freespace: Do I need to repeat what the other have said ;)
Flashpoint: Multiplayer
MGS: Awesome story, great characters and playability
Max Payne: Finland :D Bullet time, story

well... that's something
Title: Favourite Game Features
Post by: Mad Bomber on July 11, 2002, 08:43:54 am
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Originally posted by Dark_4ce
Tribes 2: Good ol' online action. And nothing beats the Frisbees of death!


Except for heavy plasma artillery, MDM mortars, EMP mortars, homing rockets, spreadfire plasma, laser turrets, rocket turrets, the Boom Stick, the Volter, and the Gravgun (on air maps).

Oh wait. You weren't talking about MODs, were you? :D

Shifter 6b (for Tribes 1) owns j00!!
Title: Favourite Game Features
Post by: Redfang on July 11, 2002, 09:01:42 am
Well, hmm... a few what come to my mind...
I'm sure I forgot some good games... though all of above aren't that good, but most of them are at least good. :)
Title: Favourite Game Features
Post by: CP5670 on July 11, 2002, 10:56:26 am
Here is my list:



I have also seen some oter games that my brother plays a lot (Homeworld, Ground Control, etc.) but I have not really gotten a chance to try them out yet.
Title: Favourite Game Features
Post by: Stargazer_2098 on July 11, 2002, 12:11:42 pm
Let's see....

These are the ones i play most for the time being:

Freespace: I agree with all that is written by other users; great story is one of the main features.

Half-Life: Same as written by other users.

Noctis: Why havn't this one been mentioned before?
Great atmosphere, over 70,000,000,000,000+ stars and planets to propsect and explore, free mobility; free to dream, impressive use of fractal-seed-engine, most addicting freeware-game in years.

Orbiter: Innoventive true-nevtonian-physics-engine, great add-on capability, great graphics (for a freeware game), great atmosphere, having the ability to explore all planets of Sol in real-time.

Countless others: Tough I like many other games as well, they are to many to list; and those listed here are those I play  most for the time being.



Stargazer.
Title: Favourite Game Features
Post by: aldo_14 on July 11, 2002, 04:34:33 pm
Max Payne - Bullet time, movie atmosphere
Serious Sam - Stupid, relentless fun
Freespace 2 - Emphasis on action... big guns & bigger ships
Goldeneye (N64) - James bond :D
ISS (N64) / Pro Evo Soccer (PS2) - Close as possible to the beautiful game.... good graphicvs, great gameplay, lots of unique little touches
GTA 3 (PS2) - Total freedom ,massive gameplaying area.
Title: Favourite Game Features
Post by: Stealth on July 13, 2002, 11:49:06 am
actually CP, i believe it was Dune 1, not Dune 2, that started the 'RTS genre' :)
Title: Favourite Game Features
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on July 13, 2002, 01:30:02 pm
Civ 2 It's that time already?
Transport Tycoon Where'd my life go?
System Shock 2 Hey, this is like Event Horizon.
Deus ExSneaky, sneaky, sneak, sneak.
UTSnipey, Snipey, snipe, snipe.
Half Life Everything!

etc, etc.
Title: Favourite Game Features
Post by: Unknown Target on July 13, 2002, 01:35:20 pm
Freespace: The fun level.

Empire Earth: The ability to command modern tanks.

Homeworld: The pure fun of it.

Freespace 2: The fun level, amazing graphics, kewl storyline, and MODability.

IL-2 Sturmovik: The gritty realism, and the incredible Mplayer and graphics.

Combat Flight Simulator 2: Uhhhh...MODability, I guess.

Star Trek: Armada: The simple coolness of watching the game play. The campaigns weren't too fun, but if I was forced to play a game other than those listed above, I'd pick this one.
Title: Favourite Game Features
Post by: Sandwich on July 13, 2002, 03:42:59 pm
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Originally posted by CP5670
  • Total Annihilation - great RTS with tons of units and strategy, fully 3D
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I was hoping someone would mention this game. :D Although it actually wasn't fully 3D - the terrain graphics engine wasn't, although it used fully 3D heightmaps and 3D units. The actual look of the terrain was completely 2D, made to look 3D, with the underlying heightmap designed so that units would go uphill where it looked graphically like there was a hill.

Anyway, I'd have to give a big mention to Total Annihilation for the 3D units, and even more importantly, the command-queuing. You could queue up so many diverse command for a single unit or group that the possibilities were just mind-boggling. My favorite was how easy it made setting up patrol routes for construction kbots/planes, how they would salvage metal while patrolling, repair damaged units, etc. Also cool was how easy it was to have a battle group follow a very specific path to attack a target from a certain angle. Dang, I loved that game. :D
Title: Favourite Game Features
Post by: Thorn on July 13, 2002, 03:58:47 pm
GTA 3 - Stealing a Hummer and going on a joyride through a busy city.. Who doesnt want to do that?
Title: Favourite Game Features
Post by: Redfang on July 14, 2002, 02:15:48 pm
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Originally posted by Stealth
actually CP, i believe it was Dune 1, not Dune 2, that started the 'RTS genre' :)


I don't think so. As far as I know, there is no Dune 1. I don't know if Dune 2 was the first RTS game, but I think so and at least it was real good. :D
Title: Favourite Game Features
Post by: Dark_4ce on July 14, 2002, 02:23:32 pm
Ok.

DUNE 1 was an adventure game with a tad of strategy. But NOTHING resembling an RTS. Dune 2 is infact the one that pioneered and started the RTS games.
Title: Favourite Game Features
Post by: Sandwich on July 14, 2002, 06:27:59 pm
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Originally posted by Dark_4ce
Ok.

DUNE 1 was an adventure game with a tad of strategy. But NOTHING resembling an RTS. Dune 2 is infact the one that pioneered and started the RTS games.


:nod: What he said. :yes:
Title: Favourite Game Features
Post by: Levyathan on July 14, 2002, 08:37:34 pm
Daikatana - Innovative, great story, and runs smoothly on just about any machine!
Title: Favourite Game Features
Post by: Martinus on July 14, 2002, 09:35:41 pm
Homeworld: Yes it was fun, yes it was interesting to play but my favourite aspect was the fantastic asthetic quality. This game is a work of art.

Freespace 2: The first time you hear a beam cannon powering up and you can feel the hair on the back of your neck standing on end.

Halflife: The game that keeps on giving and the biggest shock I've ever gotten that a game could be so immersive. Utterly captivating.

Xwing vs. Tie fighter: Tell me you didn't feel like a hero whilst piloting an Xwing. :)  The missions ruled and so did the music.

Soul calibur: Heart pumping mental fight action. Other than the next game nothing's got me so on edge.

Tekken 3: Moves moves and more moves. Great characters too :nod:

Pod racer: It actually feels like you're travelling at 300kmph.

Bomberman (SNES original): Playing with 3 of your pals at the same time everybody attempting to off each other in the most simple and fun game. I'm pretty sure this game has wrecked relationships :)

Shenmue and Shenmue2: Character interaction. The characters were so believable, diverse and interesting. The story was brilliant too and there's a third game in the works. *bliss*
Title: Favourite Game Features
Post by: Stryke 9 on July 14, 2002, 09:57:07 pm
Since I just got a "new" one-

Darker: actually provides a challenge once you've beaten your 400th FS destroyer. Actually, that's an advantage and disadvantage rolled into one...