Best PC game 1985-1995, DOOM 1/2 EXCLUDED

[realwtf]

Yep XCOM.

[Reef]

disclaimer: I've played <10 PC games in my life

Marathon was a pretty awesome FPS that seems like the grandfather of Halo 1 PC.

[AngryCola]

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disclaimer: I've played <10 PC games in my life

Marathon was a pretty awesome FPS that seems like the grandfather of Halo 1 PC.

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I still don't think Marathon counts, as it was a Mac game.

But aside from that one minor gripe, I really loved Marathon.
I believe it was, in some ways, ahead of its time.

[deacsoft]

I say Quake III.

The popular answer would have to be The Sims. I wasn't a fan of the game but to my knowledge it still holds the all-time sales record.

[AngryCola]

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I say Quake III.

The popular answer would have to be The Sims. I wasn't a fan of the game but to my knowledge it still holds the all-time sales record.

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Neither of these games came out before 1995.

And if you are going with an all-time list, these games are not the best choices.

Half-Life over Quake 3 in that category by several miles.

The Sims?

Meh.
It was a very quality game, but overrated.

Sales don't equal greatness.

[deacsoft]

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I say Quake III.

The popular answer would have to be The Sims. I wasn't a fan of the game but to my knowledge it still holds the all-time sales record.

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Neither of these games came out before 1995.

And if you are going with an all-time list, these games are not the best choices.

Half-Life over Quake 3 in that category by several miles.

The Sims?

Meh.
It was a very quality game, but overrated.

Sales don't equal greatness.

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BUH! I incorrectly read the question. My bad.

I do agree that "Sales don't equal greatness". I think Half-life is WAY too slow compared to Quake.

[TimM]

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I think Half-life is WAY too slow compared to Quake.

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A lot depends on the type of map you are playing, but for fast paced game play I think UT2003 was even better. The dodge moves added a lot to the game. Kind of like the HL jump pack, but in any direction.

[AngryCola]

I don't really think speed is what makes the game.

HL wins (for me) because of all the other aspects it brought to FPS games.

Hell, even Doom 3 tried to emulate Half-Life in certain spots..
Id recognized the value in many of Valve's ideas.

Regardless, this is a debate that I'm sure has been done somewhere before. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[peachy]

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I think Half-life is WAY too slow compared to Quake.

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A lot depends on the type of map you are playing, but for fast paced game play I think UT2003 was even better. The dodge moves added a lot to the game. Kind of like the HL jump pack, but in any direction.

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i played that game like 6 times...god i was no good!

My lil brothers played Age of Empires...and they brought it to me while i was in the hospital and i played in then...i liked it...but ive had lil to no exposure to most video games hehe

[Lawrence Ng]

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Edit: Commander Keen was awsome too.


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Dude, that game sucked me in hours. I wish Carmack would do a Com. Keen game again.

Lawrence