My Top #5
#1: Dungeon Master (old Atari ST version)
Genre: RPG
Why: One of the best RPG's I have every played NOT in terms of the story, which was mediocre, but the mathematics behind how the characters gained experience, levels, calculated attack and damage, etc. You got experience for every action you took, so for example if you threw ninja stars everywhere you walked, you would get experience in a "throwing" attribute and some experience in a Ninja class. Spells were not predetermined, clickable weapons, but forms of art where you had to first click a degree of power, then an element, then a form such as, and finally an action. You literally created your own spells, and it was a blast figuring out what different combination of runes did! Mapping your own dungeon on graph paper was a blast too. I wish they make more games like this one!
#2 Heros Quest (Quest for Glory)
Genre: RPG
Why: One of the first games with not only different events scripted for different actions you took (per class), but one of the first cross-class platformers where you could choose Wizard as your class, but get good in fighting and lock picking also. The second and third game in the series were really great also! And like DM above, you got experience based on how often you used your skill in question. One of the best aspects of this game was the open ended "world" you could explore. There were things to do that led to a mild story of sorts - especially for different classes, but it was mostly just for exploring.
#3 Diablo 1 & 2
Genre: Action/RPG
Why: If I have to state why here, then you all fail. I enjoyed D1 particularly for its dark, gothic atmosphere, above and beyond the fantastic controls and leveling system. D2 was addicting as hell. It didn't have the atmosphere, but the slot-machine style game-play kept me an addict for years.
#4 Street Fighter (series)
Genre: Fighter
Why: IMO, one of the best fighting games around, where you actually need skill to win. My kids hate it because I pwn them when we play. They prefer Tekken because they can button mash and win, but not so with Street Fighter. I used to play this game in the arcades and was first to own SF2 Turbo on the SNES. And now SF4, am having tons of fun!
#5 Doom (series)
Genre: FPS
Why: One of the first and best. What can I say, the third one was my fav, but I'm a sucker for scary FPS games. The action was thick, the tension was scripted well, if not better than F.E.A.R., and the story was completed engrossing. One of the best.
And that's my top 5. Hope you enjoyed it.
#1: Dungeon Master (old Atari ST version)
Genre: RPG
Why: One of the best RPG's I have every played NOT in terms of the story, which was mediocre, but the mathematics behind how the characters gained experience, levels, calculated attack and damage, etc. You got experience for every action you took, so for example if you threw ninja stars everywhere you walked, you would get experience in a "throwing" attribute and some experience in a Ninja class. Spells were not predetermined, clickable weapons, but forms of art where you had to first click a degree of power, then an element, then a form such as, and finally an action. You literally created your own spells, and it was a blast figuring out what different combination of runes did! Mapping your own dungeon on graph paper was a blast too. I wish they make more games like this one!
#2 Heros Quest (Quest for Glory)
Genre: RPG
Why: One of the first games with not only different events scripted for different actions you took (per class), but one of the first cross-class platformers where you could choose Wizard as your class, but get good in fighting and lock picking also. The second and third game in the series were really great also! And like DM above, you got experience based on how often you used your skill in question. One of the best aspects of this game was the open ended "world" you could explore. There were things to do that led to a mild story of sorts - especially for different classes, but it was mostly just for exploring.
#3 Diablo 1 & 2
Genre: Action/RPG
Why: If I have to state why here, then you all fail. I enjoyed D1 particularly for its dark, gothic atmosphere, above and beyond the fantastic controls and leveling system. D2 was addicting as hell. It didn't have the atmosphere, but the slot-machine style game-play kept me an addict for years.
#4 Street Fighter (series)
Genre: Fighter
Why: IMO, one of the best fighting games around, where you actually need skill to win. My kids hate it because I pwn them when we play. They prefer Tekken because they can button mash and win, but not so with Street Fighter. I used to play this game in the arcades and was first to own SF2 Turbo on the SNES. And now SF4, am having tons of fun!
#5 Doom (series)
Genre: FPS
Why: One of the first and best. What can I say, the third one was my fav, but I'm a sucker for scary FPS games. The action was thick, the tension was scripted well, if not better than F.E.A.R., and the story was completed engrossing. One of the best.
And that's my top 5. Hope you enjoyed it.
"The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self." -Albert Einsetin