Top 5 Games You Play

[Atrocities]

1. SEIV
2. TRIBES
3. SOF
4. SimCity3000
5. BOTF

SEIV gets the top honors for many reasons. One, is the expandibility of the game. The mods and Aaron keep the good stuff coming. The challenge to be the ultimate lord over all that is known. (Yep, I am a power hungry ruthless dictator, hense the name Atrocities, is far more inticing than one would imagine)

Overall, this game has help my undivided attention since Nov 2000. I can not say enough about the hours I have spent playing it. Lets just say that if I got paid hourly to play it, I would be a very wealthy man.

I strongly suspect that even with the release of Tribes 2 later this week, SEIV will still be one of the games that I consistantly play. SEIV is a winner, and I am proud to be amoung those who play it.

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[Lemmy]

1. SE4 (duh)
2. Cultures
3. Virual Pool 3
4. F1 Manager 2000
5. don't have a number 5 yet, but soon i'll have Fallout : Tactics and that will probably be the new number 1

[Arralen]

It's hard for me to make it a top 5 ranking .. what I play depends too much on mood and other players .. some games are just not mp-able, other only playable that way http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif

SE4 (o.c.)
Stars! (MP/email only)
SteelPanthersWorldatWar (it's free)
MOO2
EF2000
TTDX (with J.Drexlers patch)
BOTF (with my own mod)
RedStormRising
Harpoon2AE

.. other I'll touch only once or twice a year http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif

A.

[AAshbery76]

1 Europa Universalis
2 SE4
3 SHOGAN
4 CIV2
5 WATERLOO (WHEN ITS OUT).

[Nitram Draw]

In past years I would have had plenty of games scrambling for a top 5 but since I bought SE4 in December I have not played another game! My all time Favorites besides SE4 are
X-Com Apocolyspe (sp.?)
Alpha-Centuri
Panzer General
Fallout 2
Wizardry 1 (for apple II)

[Jourin]

1. SEIV
2. CTP1 with my own mod
3. Baldur's Gate I and II
4. Icewind Dale
5. SEIII

I tried BOTF and although it had a lot of potential, it had tooooo many bugs and design flaws and Micropose refused to support the game. Except for the graphics, I think SEIII is a better game so BOTF is no longer on my hard drive. Which is why I love SEIV!

[Iron Giant]

Good Question!

My current list:

SE4
Mechwarrior 4

My top 5 classic list (no real order):

Mechwarrior 4
Master of Orion 2
Starsiege Alpha release 2 (yep, a pre-beta product in my top 5)
Xcom 1 + 2

[greghacke]

Hrumpf, someone else plays my favorite:

1. Europa Universalis
2. SEIV
3. Heavy Gear 2 (I'm a PodCorp'er)
4. Operational Art of War
5. Tachyon: The Fringe (Just for Bruce Cambell)

1 & 2 I play every day without fail. 3 is a few times a week. 4 & 5 are a few times a month (usualy at/with the National Guard.)

[Lucanos]

1.) SEIV
2.) XCOM Apocalypse
3.) XCOM Apocalypse
4.) XCOM Apocalypse
5.) Take a guess

[Krakenup]

1. SEIV
2. Angband
3. Zangband
4. MOO
5. Global Conquest

[Taqwus]

In no particular order --

SE4, Xconq, FO2.

SE4 we all know.

Xconq is a (primarily Unix, but also others now, methinks) VERY expandable open-source Strategic-Conquest-like game. Some of its expandability comes from what appears to be a Lisp-like (or perhaps it's full Lisp; I've not checked... but that would be overkill, methinks) interpreter built in.

FO2: damn fun RPG with a great sense of humor, and highly flexible character design.


Those are the only three I have which get a lot of playing time, aside from the occasional nostalgia game (_Neuromancer_, _Wasteland_, _Incunabula_ mostly).

Temptations (i.e. games not yet bought, but considered) that come to mind include CM:BO, TOAW:COW, and FO:T, but I really should be working on a thesis proposal instead... ;-)


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-- The thing that goes bump in the night

[mac5732]

My Favorites that I play, however, most of the time SEIV and Shogon since they came out
I rate them as the top 2 games.

SEIV
Shogon
War in the Pacific (PacWar)
Star General (beer & Pretzels) if i can
keep it from locking up...
Talon Soft Civil War Games (bull run, etc)
Panzer General Series
MOO & MOO2

[chewy027]

1. SEIV
2. Call to Power II
3. Diablo II
4. Final Fantasy VII
5. Reach for the Stars II

[gforce]

1. SEIV
2. Baldur's Gate 2
3. Front Page Sports Football Pro 96
4. Diablo II

[tictoc]

1: SE4
2: Alpha Centuri
3: Descent3
4: Deus Ex
5: Bc3000ad

[Daynarr]

Hey Lucanos, I like your taste. http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif

1) SE4 (like you didn't expect it) http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon12.gif
2) Xcom 1-3
3) Age of Wonders
4) Jagged Alliance 2 (not UB)
5) Alpha Centauri
6) NBA Live 2000

[Emperor Zodd]

1. SE4
2. PGA Championship Golf

[zen.]

1. Team Fortress Classic
2. Space Empires IV
3. Mechwarrior 4
4. No One Lives Forever
5. Imperium Galactica 2

These are just the ones still seeing the light of day...I still have The Sims and Fallout 2 shortcuts on my desktop. http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif

All-time:
1. X-Com: UFO Defense and Terror from the Deep
2. Space Empires series
3. Half-Life/TFC
4. Master of Orion 1/2
5. Wing Commander series

Shame on you Apocalypse lovers...that game was a travesty after the glorious first two...too bad they cancelled Dreamland Chronicles. At least MOO3 is en route! http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif

zen

[Possum]

1. Quake 3 Fortress
2. SE4
3. Civ2
4. Abomination
5. Homeworld

[Tampa_Gamer]

Hmmm... really depends on mood (but in terms of hours played/modded)

(1) SE4
(2) Armies of Arm.: Wargamers Dev. Kit 2k
(3) Combat Mission
(4) Earth 2150/Moon Project
(5) Jagged Alliance 2/UB

and when I have an itchy trigger finger. . .

(6) Half-Life et al.

[Windborne]

(1) Space Empires IV
(2)Civilization II
(3) Deadlock:Planetary conquest
(4) Abe's Oddyssy
(5) Tetris

[Lion of High Park]

Looking at my hard drive;
1) SEIV
2) Civ2
3) MOO2
4) AoK
5) BOTF

[Lucanos]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by zenbudo:
Shame on you Apocalypse lovers...that game was a travesty after the glorious first two...too bad they cancelled Dreamland Chronicles. At least MOO3 is en route! http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif

zen<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Shame on you for saying such a thing. Apocalypse is one of the best (and most bugless) games out there and it certaintly have the Xcom feeling. TFTD however was just another copycat - Mythosgames had nothing to do with it (it used the same engine as UFO).

And don't even mention Interceptor (I really HATE microprose/hasbro - really, really hate them - right Richard?)

Mythos didn't cancel Dreamland Chronicles - they are just a little late.

Check it out at www.mythosgames.com (http://www.mythosgames.com) (sorry shrapnel).

I would really like to see a coproduction between Malfador and Mythos. They are both underground and great gamecreators.

[Baal]

1. SE4
2. Carmageddon 3 (Fun because it's saddistic)
3. Freespace 2 (Best flight sim of all time)
4. Freespace (2nd best flight sim of all time)
5. Quake 3 Arena

#1 is fun to play
#2-5 are fun to play and watch

[Sabre21]

Pretty interesting to see what others like..as for myself..

SEIV..naturally
Europa Universalis..new game,pretty addictive
Baldur's Gate II
TOAW II..gotta have my wargames
Diablo II was fun until Baldurs Gate II came out

Sabre 21

[Puke]

se4
joust
imperialism 2
imperialism 1
grand theft auto 2

realize that part of that is because my monitor exploded and i am on a backup 14 incher that cant support many hi res games. I have been meaning to pickup thief2, system shock2, and deus-ex. I have B&W on preorder as well as a new monitor to play it on, so that one will soon top my list with hitman, which i have been waiting on a monitor to play. of course, after the initial fun of those games wears off, the list will probably be:


se4
joust
imperialism 2
imperialism 1
some other timekiller

[Husky65]

1. SE IV
2. Rainbow Six Urban Operations
3. Falcon 4
4. Deus Ex
5. Coming soon - Typhoon (EF2000 V3).

[Devin D.Bass]

MY TOP 5... no particular order

SEIV
Comabt Missions
Fallout Tactics
Total Annihilation
StarFleet Command 2
Runner ups...
MOO2
Alpha Centuari
Shogun
Imperial Galatica 2
East Front 2

[Will]

Heh... I don't really have too many games, but between my computer, my other computer, my friend's computers, the school's computers, and just about any other computer I manage to get within two feet of (not to mention any consoles), I can normally be found playing:

SEIV
SEIII
==Solitaire
==Freecell
==Minesweeper
==(gotta love the free windows games http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif
Conquer (think Risk, only not nearly as complex)
Tetris
Starcraft
Quake
Quake II
Quake III
Blood (quite bloody if you haven't played)
DukeNukem
Super Mario Brothers
Nibbles (AKA. "Snake", and many other things... depends who you ask)
Pong
Donkey Kong (the Atari one)
Q*Bert
Chessmaster
Utopia (Online)
Pinball (various Versions)

All the other games already mentioned in this thread and any games that will be mentioned after this post I would probably play if I had the opportunity. All of these are games that are even remotely electronic that I could think of in about two minute's time (which is why it's a bit unordered...). I didn't bother to try any other kind of game, because the list would just be too long http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif

I'll play just about anything. I'm easily amused...

[Atrocities]

Hey Windborne, could you fill us in on this game: (3) Deadlock:Planetary conquest

And yes Husky65, Deus Ex is an awsome game as well. MJ12 kicks arss. http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif

[Erhardt]

1- SEIV (duh...)
2- Hong Kong Mah Jong (9 dragons software)
3- Zangband
4- Alien Crossfire
5- ??? (too much time on SEIV)

Most of my truly perennial games are shareware: I have not a lot of luck with enjoying most 'pop' games. The other reason is I play my games mostly in hotel rooms while I travel, and I do not have a CD drive on my laptop...

[Suicide Junkie]

Hmm. I'd have to say:

-SE4
-ST: Armada (not really stable, but fun with my realistic Borg mod & miscellaneous small fixes)
-AOE
-Gladiator (Cross between Gauntlet & FinalFantasy)
-Nick's SpaceWar (My own Really fancy Asteroids game)

Neat thing with writing your own game is that you can add all kinds of features:
eg:
- White "space background" toggle, so it looks like notepad work at first.
- Pause + Total invisibility for "x" seconds after emergency button is pressed (no taskbar, no tray icon - totally invisible & can't be restored until the time is up http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif)
- Automatically scales shield rendering detail to computer speed http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif

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[AJC]

SE4/SE3
Star fleet Command- Empires at war
Moo2
Steel Panthers
HommIII
Janes F15


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[pathfinder]

SEIV
CM:BO

then Demos:
Operation Flashpoint
Serious Sam
Summoner

[capnq]

It varies a lot with my mood, but lately my top 5 have been:

1) SE4
2) Hoyle Casino
3) SpiritWars
4) Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire
5) Red Baron II

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Cap'n Q

[DirectorTsaarx]

1) SE4
2) Final Fantasy (on Playstation)
3) Solitaire (on PC, using Vegas scoring)
4) Bridge (IRL, with fiancee & her parents)
5) Spades (IRL, with fiancee & friends)

[Dracus]

I only play 2 games:
SEiv
Including working on files for this game.

and an Online turn based game called Earth2025
I lead a clan called TALON including maintaining the clan web site.

Between the two, and work I have no time for any other games.

[rdouglass]

SE4
SMAC
not much else (pretty boring ain't I...)

EDIT: Dracus - Been looking at Earth2025. Is it any good? (Must be if that's the only other game your playing). If this forum isn't appropriate, maybe you can E me at lindadouglass@cybertours.com

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[Marco]

1)SE IV
2)Smolensk to Moskow (Schwerpunkt)
3)Diablo II
4)Age of Wonders
5)WDK 2K
6)Baldur's Gate II

[CaptSpoogy]

I really enjoy SE IV, but I seldom have anytime to play it and when I do, I'm usually making my mod or shipset or website or something!

(See post "I never actually play")

Games I enjoy are SE IV, Sim City, NHL Hockey, Baseball Simulator 1.000...

[sogard]

My top three games at the moment:

1. SPACE EMPIRES IV (although the ONLY way I have been playing it, of late, is hot seat -- can not wait until tcp/ip is implemented).

2. TOTAL ANNIHILATION: A great real time game that has never been equaled for gaming fun.

3. EUROPA UNIVERSALIS: Taking history from 1492 - 1792. And, the game CAN be played tcp/ip.

[Jason2]

Fallout Tactics
Heart of Winter
SE IV (of course)

That's about it... although I track the AoW community since I enjoy making maps for it.

Jason2