[Scooby_Doo]

Where can I find a list or just start spouting names of games from the last 7 years (since about 2000 give or take)?  I'm so far behind and only getting worse.   

Ones I already have (or know i need):
halflife 1 and exp
diablo 2
morrowind
sims 2
homeworld 2
farcry
starlancer (freelancer doesn't appeal to me)
unreal 2
alice
sacrifice
deux 1 (i know about 2)
elite forces 1 (i know about 2)

I'll skip: black and white, citizen kabooto,

i know i need to find:
kiss pyscho circus

it looks like Links died in 2006 

[Mefustae]

starlancer

While I loved the game, I kept getting this weird bug where it would crash to desktop inexplicably in the middle of missions. With the complete lack of a mid-mission save feature, I had to give up by about the 5th mission out of frustration.

Sad, indeed. Damn good game.

[Steel Prophet]

Call of Duty Series
Splinter Cell Series
Sacred
Battlefield Series
Ground Control

for now

[Scooby_Doo]

Ok ignore the MMO and realistic games like rainbow 6.


Oh and add return to wolfenstein to the list of gotta gets.

[TrashMan]

A bit of a oldie, but goldie - Outcast

X-Wing alliance
SW: KOTOR
UFO: aftershock

hm.. lemme think. OH, the jewel:
Sword of the Stars (and Born of Blood expansion)

[Rictor]

Beyond Good and Evil and Psychonauts are a must, at least if are the type of person who is able to experience joy and wonder.

[Wobble73]

I recently picked up Fire Warrior and have been extremely impressed with it. The levels are huge, there are some fantastic voice actors in there, the graphics are top-notch and some of the ship designs remind me of FreeSpace capital ships! 

Seeing as I had never heard of this game before picking it up, I was very pleasantly surprised with it! (Published in 2003)

Edit* BTW the link above says the game is spread over 21 levels, however, some of those levels are split into three sections so there are actually more levels, the game autosaves after each section. Oh and I'm playing the PC version always best for FPS games. Anyone played this little gem?

[asyikarea51]

starlancer

While I loved the game, I kept getting this weird bug where it would crash to desktop inexplicably in the middle of missions. With the complete lack of a mid-mission save feature, I had to give up by about the 5th mission out of frustration.

Sad, indeed. Damn good game.

Same here, random crashes, though now I don't even know where I put my discs.

Definitely has to do with newer computers though, I never got the CTD on my older single-core AMD loaded with XP Home.

[diceman111]

A few games:

Kotor 2 when team Gizka finishes their work (http://www.team-gizka.org/) since the game was a bit unfinished when it was released.
World in Conflict are a must have
Half-Life 2 + Expansions
Nexus: The Jupiter Incident
Sam & Max season 1
Team Fortress 2

I would skip farcry I think that game wasent that good and if you have a good enough computer try crysis that is a fun game although a bit short IMO.

EDIT: Also how could I forget Elder Scolls IV: Oblivion

/Dice

[Sarafan]

I recently picked up Fire Warrior and have been extremely impressed with it. The levels are huge, there are some fantastic voice actors in there, the graphics are top-notch and some of the ship designs remind me of FreeSpace capital ships! 

Seeing as I had never heard of this game before picking it up, I was very pleasantly surprised with it! (Published in 2003)

Edit* BTW the link above says the game is spread over 21 levels, however, some of those levels are split into three sections so there are actually more levels, the game autosaves after each section. Oh and I'm playing the PC version always best for FPS games. Anyone played this little gem?

Have it, I was a bit disapointed actually, graphics were quite badly done but it was a passable game, the guns were nice, I hope they make a new 40k FPS, that universe just begs for this type of game.

[jr2]

starlancer

While I loved the game, I kept getting this weird bug where it would crash to desktop inexplicably in the middle of missions. With the complete lack of a mid-mission save feature, I had to give up by about the 5th mission out of frustration.

Sad, indeed. Damn good game.

Same here, random crashes, though now I don't even know where I put my discs.

Definitely has to do with newer computers though, I never got the CTD on my older single-core AMD loaded with XP Home.

OK, so, lock the process onto one core and try again, setting compatibility to XP if you are in Vista.


EDIT:  Xenon 2 & Scorched Earth FTW!!

[TrashMan]

B.t.w. - If you get SOTS and BOB, check this out:
http://www.kerberos-productions.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6945&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=135

[Flipside]

Hostile Waters
Warzone 2100
Dawn of War
Dungeon Keeper 2
Sacrifice
Homeworld 1
Rome: Total War

That's what comes to mind, at least

[BloodEagle]

Cave Story (not that GBA BS).
Walkover.
C&C: Generals (I hate the AI and the poor multiplayer code, but I love the game).
Transcendence.
Crazy Cross.
The Apocalyptic Game About Penguins.
Ground Control.
Red Faction II.
Metroid Prime (Not 2, because it sucks).
Timesplitters 2.
Final Fantasy IX.

I'll think of some more later.

EDIT: Also how could I forget Elder Scolls IV: Oblivion

Baldr crap!

[lenard27]

Already mentioned but Star Wars: KOTOR And KOTOR II are awesome.  And Freelancer really wasn't that great of a game.  At all. Starlancer is so much better

[TrashMan]

Freelancer was good, but had little replay value.

Oh, tried Baldurs Gate 2? It may be old, but it's one of the best RPG's ever made.
Oh, the Witcher.

[Mustang19]

Where can I find a list or just start spouting names of games from the last 7 years (since about 2000 give or take)?  I'm so far behind and only getting worse.   

*SNIP*

Well guess what? You're not doing bad. FSOpen tops all of those in my book.

C&C: Generals (I hate the AI and the poor multiplayer code, but I love the game).

Amen. Great multiplayer actually. Maybe I'll play you some time.

Some great obscure games that you'll never play:

Space Rangers http://www.elementalgames.com/eng/r_all.php
WinSPMBT http://www.shrapnelgames.com
ORB (not really obscure, but it gets a bad rep as a HW clone and the community is pretty dead)

[Flipside]

I'm actually downloading ORB now, I like Homeworldy games anyway, and it's pretty cheap. My only concern is the name which just screams 'we thought of the initials first!'.

[NGTM-1R]

I recently picked up Fire Warrior and have been extremely impressed with it. The levels are huge, there are some fantastic voice actors in there, the graphics are top-notch and some of the ship designs remind me of FreeSpace capital ships! 

Seeing as I had never heard of this game before picking it up, I was very pleasantly surprised with it! (Published in 2003)

Edit* BTW the link above says the game is spread over 21 levels, however, some of those levels are split into three sections so there are actually more levels, the game autosaves after each section. Oh and I'm playing the PC version always best for FPS games. Anyone played this little gem?

Being a Tau player on the few occasions I ever play 40k anymore, I've long considered getting that, but I've heard it's rather lackluster. And in any case it's a little hard to come by these days.


Ground Control
Ground Control 2 (Better in a lot of ways then World in Conflict, which is very much its direct descendant.)
Steel Panthers 3 (Unlike the other Steel Panthers games, 3 is more a "grand tactical" game then a tactical one; you command larger forces over greater areas. It also, I think, has a more forgiving nature than SP:WaW or WinSPMBT. Also unlike any RTS ever made, this will teach to you a true soldier's respect for artillery.)
ORB (Homeworldesque, but compelling, with decent gameplay. It's not a Homeworld clone, though; Homeworld was much more forgiving then this.)
Morrowind (Story-wise, gameplay-wise, complexity-wise, creatively-wise, Morrowind is simply head and shoulders above its descendant Oblivion. Perhaps Oblivion's expansions helped, I don't know yet, but they have stiff competition from Morrowind's expansions too.)

Sincerely recommend skipping Homeworld 2 unless it's for mods or multi. The SP campaign is a *****.

[Scooby_Doo]

LOL you don't have to tell me about Homeworld 2.  OMG that game sucked so badly compared to HW1.