What Game Do You Think Everyone Must Play?

[Deathman101]

The original Doom games.

 

[ElTigreSantiago]

At first I disagreed with your CoD:MW2 statement, but then I thought, why not? After all, that'd all only take about 2 hours.

The hell do you mean? The single player is short, but no one buys it for single-player! That's the point!

And that is precisely what is destroying gaming.

Actually, great games like this are what make it an industry. To say you should only play the classics is to say war should be fought with sticks and stones because they were the first weapons. Industry evolves, in every medium. Just learn to accept the new and improved games of today. Not Zelda, cuz Link's gay.

May I ask why you are spamming the living hell out of this thread? You've made like 20 posts and all of them have been rude, ignorant and closed-minded. People say games they like and you immaturely shoot them down.

I didn't say a single word about old games, all of the ones I listed were from this generation, and something makes me doubt you would have the attention span or mental capacity to play through them. You're coming off as a twelve year old.

And no, Call of Duty is not what makes gaming "an industry". Call of Duty is just a massive money making scheme. Are you aware they tried to rise the price of games from $60 to $90? So many people bought such an average game simply due to hype, it set record sales just from preorders. A shorter single player means lazy developers. And by saying "Nobody buys it for the single player!", you're simply allowing them to become even lazier, until games are reduced to 15 minute long entertainment that we have to pay $200 for. But something tells me you'll be perfectly satisfied with that.

 

[Mostly Harmless]

Grim Fandango.
Best point and click adventure ever made plus the best storyline I have experienced in a video game.

 

[Jekken6]

inb4 Cleril says 'Haven'

OT: The Orange Box, FEAR, Morrowind/Oblivion, Crysis and The Witcher.

 

[ucciolord1]

UT3, so that people will play with me!
In all seriousness... probably a Pokemon game. If you haven't played one of those, well....

 

[Stoic raptor]

I have never played zelda.

I think everyone should try God of War.

God of War is not that great a game. My brother is obsessed with it but I don't like it. The puzzles are so god damn hard to figure out without a walkthrough, and it's not worth the time.

You thought the puzzles were hard?

Well, I am obsessed with the game too. Was the puzzles the only part you didnt like?

 

[feebstalicious93]

uncharted 2, the most fun i ever had in a game

 

[The Atomic Irishman]

Super Mario SNES version, and pacman. And Half life.

 

[Kiju]

Hmm...

My vote would have to be for Clover's Okami. It's a fresh, new graphics-style that has quite literally never been done before. Viewtiful Joe comes pretty close of course; hell, it's by the same company. But, it's got a storyline that's just unbelievably epic, and really gets you attached to the characters. In my opinion? It's storyline grinds Twilight Princess and Ocarina of Time into the dirt. My only qualm with the game is that it's too easy...but, it's a complaint that's also easy to ignore.

 

[azncutthroat]

At some point in every gamer's life, they must play GTA3 and learn how to commit (shoplifting/robbery/rape?) by killing a prostitute with a baseball bat after a quickie.

 

[Steviespartan]

At first I disagreed with your CoD:MW2 statement, but then I thought, why not? After all, that'd all only take about 2 hours.

The hell do you mean? The single player is short, but no one buys it for single-player! That's the point!

And that is precisely what is destroying gaming.

Actually, great games like this are what make it an industry. To say you should only play the classics is to say war should be fought with sticks and stones because they were the first weapons. Industry evolves, in every medium. Just learn to accept the new and improved games of today. Not Zelda, cuz Link's gay.

May I ask why you are spamming the living hell out of this thread? You've made like 20 posts and all of them have been rude, ignorant and closed-minded. People say games they like and you immaturely shoot them down.

I didn't say a single word about old games, all of the ones I listed were from this generation, and something makes me doubt you would have the attention span or mental capacity to play through them. You're coming off as a twelve year old.

And no, Call of Duty is not what makes gaming "an industry". Call of Duty is just a massive money making scheme. Are you aware they tried to rise the price of games from $60 to $90? So many people bought such an average game simply due to hype, it set record sales just from preorders. A shorter single player means lazy developers. And by saying "Nobody buys it for the single player!", you're simply allowing them to become even lazier, until games are reduced to 15 minute long entertainment that we have to pay $200 for. But something tells me you'll be perfectly satisfied with that.

I did not know that they tried to raise the price to 90$. That would suck. And if you don't have XBox Live or PSN, you're right, it's worthless. If you do, it is one of the richest and most consistently entertaining multiplayer games I've ever played. I do not know why you do not recognize that. And the only reason I'm so crazy and spammy o n the forum is that 1. I hate Zelda 2. That is what I've seen on every other forum I've visited (not Escapist) and so I'm used to that and 3. I'm easily provoked. I never once said I hated old games, just that I find is bizarre that no one talks about any modern ones with the exception of zelda. But I hate Zelda.

 

[Steviespartan]

I have never played zelda.

I think everyone should try God of War.

God of War is not that great a game. My brother is obsessed with it but I don't like it. The puzzles are so god damn hard to figure out without a walkthrough, and it's not worth the time.

You thought the puzzles were hard?

Well, I am obsessed with the game too. Was the puzzles the only part you didnt like?

Pretty much. The fighting works but most players find like ONE combo and use it again forever. The puzzles weren't hard once you understood them, but it shouldn't take as many as fifteen deaths, in my opinion.

 

[Steviespartan]

At some point in every gamer's life, they must play GTA3 and learn how to commit (shoplifting/robbery/rape?) by killing a prostitute with a baseball bat after a quickie.

That's not very nice

 

[(whitty name here)]

Metroid Prime; Maybe the Trilogy of it catches you(which it most likely will)

 

[Kasawd]

Snip

Start Tropics is actually one of my favourite games for the NES if not my number one favourite.

How about that getting a sex-change, eh?

Yeah I played through it again a few months back I never really thought about it when I was a kid. It made me laugh so hard and really surprised me now that I actually understand what it was saying

You always get much more out of those games. You didn't realize how tough it actually was as a kid, either, eh?

Have you played Banjo Tooie over? There are so many innuendos in that game, I'm surprised a group of parents didn't rise up in righteous anger. Now I know why my dad was laughing so much as I played.

Banjo I actually remember being very toungue in cheek that is one that I played with some of the kids I babysat. It was funny watching them play not really understanding what was actually being said while I was laughing so hard.

I do have to say going back and playing some of the older games I can't help but scratch my head and wonder how in the world I beat it when I was younger.

Yeah, it was good stuff. Tongue in cheek, indeed. The sexuality in the first game was there but it wasn't as prevalent as the second game. I don't think I'll ever really get tired with collecting those jiggies(A la Super Mario 64)

Children persevere well, I suppose. Either that or kids are just freakishly intuitive, which I refuse to believe.

 

[NIHILHATE]

Thief: Deadly Shadows, Oblivion, Silent Hill 2, and Doom.

 

[userwhoquitthesite]

Ocarina of Time.
Then play Majora's Mask.

amazing

 

[Steviespartan]

Snip

Start Tropics is actually one of my favourite games for the NES if not my number one favourite.

How about that getting a sex-change, eh?

Yeah I played through it again a few months back I never really thought about it when I was a kid. It made me laugh so hard and really surprised me now that I actually understand what it was saying

You always get much more out of those games. You didn't realize how tough it actually was as a kid, either, eh?

Have you played Banjo Tooie over? There are so many innuendos in that game, I'm surprised a group of parents didn't rise up in righteous anger. Now I know why my dad was laughing so much as I played.

Banjo I actually remember being very toungue in cheek that is one that I played with some of the kids I babysat. It was funny watching them play not really understanding what was actually being said while I was laughing so hard.

I do have to say going back and playing some of the older games I can't help but scratch my head and wonder how in the world I beat it when I was younger.

Yeah, it was good stuff. Tongue in cheek, indeed. The sexuality in the first game was there but it wasn't as prevalent as the second game. I don't think I'll ever really get tired with collecting those jiggies(A la Super Mario 64)

Children persevere well, I suppose. Either that or kids are just freakishly intuitive, which I refuse to believe.

Shame Banjo Kazooie nuts and bolts isn't as funny.

 

[.Ricks.]

Too many to mention but, Super Castlevania IV ( my first gaming experience), Zelda, Mario, Okami, Shadow of Colossus, MGS, Final Fantasies and the list goes on.

 

[MR T3D]

Everyone must buy and play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 from start to finish in all three modes, especially multiplayer. It's cliched, I know, but its a great game.

This is what is destroying gaming.

Actually, great games like this are what make it an industry. To say you should only play the classics is to say war should be fought with sticks and stones because they were the first weapons. Industry evolves, in every medium. Just learn to accept the new and improved games of today. Not Zelda, cuz Link's gay.

what. the. fuck.
if you knew the series like I do from 01 on the PC, having cleared all the single-player components of the whole series and spent many hours in MP aswell, then you'd know that MW2 is a PoS, a symbol of all that is WRONG with the industry. popular =/= good.
besides, i've seen plenty of vids of MP on the tube (so?) and many of them know and state that the MP is still broken, and i can see it conceptually, as it appears to be better subtitled "laptop warfare" or "dual antique shotguns"

back to the topic, and positive words:
I'd recommend a lot of people play TIE fighter, myself, a great game of a genre that was once vibrant, but nowadays is really not well-played/no AAA titles in it in the foreseeable future..
also, BF2, also known as the real man's CoD4, which is the man-child's MW2, which as is the Antichrist of gaming.

Know what I think? You're retarded or scared or gay or something, because you cannot judge a game from youtube footage. PLAY THE FUCKING GAME then judge it, and even if you don't like it, and the game is "horrible", how come it's sold more than any other game in recent years? How come almost everyone likes it? Dumb-asses like you should be put in their own country where they won't bother the rest of us.

...but from commentary, aswell as firsthand experience in the previous instalments of the series, aswell as having a friend whom owns it.
and wow, you sound far more scared than i do, instantly dropping to the level of calling me mentally handicapped or homosexual, i love how everything you said here is much better applied to yourelf.
yeah, it sold a lot, mostly because of massive hype machine, not actual quality, and no, just because the popular game sites 'liked' it, does not mean its a great game everyone should play.
i seriously hope these are not your actual beliefs, and that this instead a dupe account to encourage some fire. its possible looking at the nature of your posts..

its just that's the one game that's a really sore spot for me and many other older gamers...