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Offline Mars

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Games of a certain era
on: January 06, 2011, 10:42:50 pm
So I played Half Life for the first time today. It's fun, reminds me of Red Faction.

When I close my eyes I see the game - I don't get that with modern games - it seems to be games of a certain generation. Anyone else?
 

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Re: Games of a certain era
Reply #1 on: January 06, 2011, 10:54:13 pm
Quote from: Mars on January 06, 2011, 10:42:50 pm
When I close my eyes I see the game - I don't get that with modern games - it seems to be games of a certain generation.
that's called nostalgia :nervous:
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Re: Games of a certain era
Reply #2 on: January 06, 2011, 10:57:02 pm
Do you understand why we were disappointed with HL2 now?
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Re: Games of a certain era
Reply #3 on: January 06, 2011, 11:05:14 pm
Heck, I still drag out Dungeon Keeper 2 from time to time ;) I've looked at the new DK2 clone coming out next year, looks interesting, but I'll wait and see :)
 

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Re: Games of a certain era
Reply #4 on: January 06, 2011, 11:08:41 pm
Quote from: redsniper on January 06, 2011, 10:57:02 pm
Do you understand why we were disappointed with HL2 now?
No, because having played both now, Half-Life 2 is far far superior. :p
 

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Re: Games of a certain era
Reply #5 on: January 06, 2011, 11:20:06 pm
Quote from: Mongoose on January 06, 2011, 11:08:41 pm
Quote from: redsniper on January 06, 2011, 10:57:02 pm
Do you understand why we were disappointed with HL2 now?
No, because having played both now, Half-Life 2 is far far superior. :p

Don't get me wrong Half Life is super awesome, but the only disappointing thing about HL 2 is that Valve is leaving us hanging after Episode 2.

Anyway; Dark Forces II Jedi Knight, TIE Fighter, Buried in Time, Total Annihilation, Civ II and Freespace 2 make up my golden oldies.  I'll still crank up TA, BiT and Civ for some good times, they still hold up well even today.
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Re: Games of a certain era
Reply #6 on: January 06, 2011, 11:28:28 pm
Quote from: Flipside on January 06, 2011, 11:05:14 pm
Heck, I still drag out Dungeon Keeper 2 from time to time ;) I've looked at the new DK2 clone coming out next year, looks interesting, but I'll wait and see :)

DK2 clone?
Please tell me more.

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Re: Games of a certain era
Reply #7 on: January 06, 2011, 11:36:24 pm
Quote from: Rodo on January 06, 2011, 11:28:28 pm
Quote from: Flipside on January 06, 2011, 11:05:14 pm
Heck, I still drag out Dungeon Keeper 2 from time to time ;) I've looked at the new DK2 clone coming out next year, looks interesting, but I'll wait and see :)

DK2 clone?
Please tell me more.

I wanna see the lizzard win the jackpot again :C

I'll start a new Topic about it, rather than offtopic this one ;)
 

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Re: Games of a certain era
Reply #8 on: January 07, 2011, 02:25:40 am
Pre-2000 (excluding really old titles) and in no particular order: Descent, Super Mario 64, System Shock*, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, GoldenEye 007, Star Control II: The Ur-Quan Masters*, The Oregon Trail, Earthbound, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to The Past, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, Final Fantasy IV*, Shadowrun*, Super Mario World, Super Mario RPG, Fallout*, Final Fantasy Tactics, and quite a few others were all games that stayed with me, when I was done playing them. 

I mean, it started to get pretty freaky.  Everywhere I went, I saw these HUDs and Action Bars.  And don't get me started on the health meters appearing above people's heads.  (Note: I am completely serious about all of this)

*I didn't play this until well after the release date.
 

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Re: Games of a certain era
Reply #9 on: January 07, 2011, 05:01:47 am
 Age of Empires 2... Been playing it since I was 9. :D
 

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Re: Games of a certain era
Reply #10 on: January 07, 2011, 05:07:19 am
Bill Clinton gaming years - the golden age of gaming.
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Re: Games of a certain era
Reply #11 on: January 07, 2011, 05:15:00 am
I still play the first Unreal...

There are also packs of HD textures. Even now, this game is exceptional !

I also play some FF6 (FTW !) and Oddworld.

And the Homeworld serie.

And FreeSpace...  :)
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Re: Games of a certain era
Reply #12 on: January 07, 2011, 06:24:54 am
I currently have installed and play from time to time or more often

Doom
Epic pinball
First Encounters (Elite III, the really buggy one)
Freespace 2
Master of Magic I
Master of Orion II
One Must Fall 2097 (the best pc only beat-em-up ever)
Transport Tycoon Delux
Total Annihilation
Tyrian 2000
UFO enemy Unknown
X-Com Terror from the deep

Not installed but occasionally drag out

Global Operations
Ground Control
Ground Control II
Incoming
Rainbow 6 Raven Shield + Athena Sword
Unreal 2
UT2k4
Worms United

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Re: Games of a certain era
Reply #13 on: January 07, 2011, 06:55:38 am
Carmageddon FTW!  :cool:
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Re: Games of a certain era
Reply #14 on: January 07, 2011, 07:23:21 am
Carmageddon II!
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Re: Games of a certain era
Reply #15 on: January 07, 2011, 09:21:55 am
@bloodeagle

shadowrun you mean this:


I thought it was awful

@mars if you liked half life you should track down half life opposing force
 

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Re: Games of a certain era
Reply #16 on: January 07, 2011, 10:01:29 am
Outcast
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Re: Games of a certain era
Reply #17 on: January 07, 2011, 10:22:30 am
Quote from: TrashMan on January 07, 2011, 10:01:29 am
Outcast

Awesome game has awesome soundtrack.

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Reply #18 on: January 07, 2011, 11:55:47 am
Outcast also had a new graphics engine (what's it called? The one that uses dots instead of polygons...)
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Re: Games of a certain era
Reply #19 on: January 07, 2011, 12:01:20 pm
Quote from: T-LoW on January 07, 2011, 11:55:47 am
Outcast also had a new graphics engine (what's it called? The one that uses dots instead of polygons...)

No, it used voxels, which have since mostly been discarded.
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