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Jul 28, 2006 16:06

From Gamespot... "Pick five games--the only five you can take with you. If you got stuck on a desert island (or some other location that would be difficult to leave), these are perhaps the last five games you'd ever need to play. Feel free to add a comment with five games that you'd take with you ( Read more... )

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Hmmm....about to show my age ladycelia July 28 2006, 23:22:22 UTC

SCRABBLE
A deck of cards
Backgammon
Chess
Monopoly

Re: Hmmm....about to show my age darksonic July 28 2006, 23:39:03 UTC

lol! No worries. But you know how us computer junkies are.

Now, if instead of 5 computer games it was 5 board games... I'll agree with you on cards, chess, and Monopoly. For the other two - Axis & Allies, and Shogun.

Re: Hmmm....about to show my age ladycelia July 29 2006, 00:43:23 UTC

I've played Axis and Allies a couple of times, but I never really go into it--may have been just lack of exposure. Not familiar with Shogun--tell me more.

Re: Hmmm....about to show my age angry_american July 29 2006, 20:05:48 UTC

Shogun was 1 of 3 out of the original strategy game series that produced Axis and Allies. Axis and Allies was the most successful of the three. The least successful, fortres america, I don't think anyone plays anymore.

I wanted Shogun bad ... I mean really bad when I was a kid. But alas, due to the success of Axis and Allies, it was not reproduced and was a good enough game (I assume) that all the boxes of it were sold up by the time I really started asking for it.

-FW

Thread 9

liquidflorian July 29 2006, 01:00:35 UTC

Though one....
Max Payne 1 (with all the good mods)
Warhammer 40k
Guild Wars
Ghost Recon AWF
Starcraft, fo reals yo!

I see you have Warcrack on your list...

darksonic July 29 2006, 20:58:40 UTC

Gotta have Starcraft. I still think that game will always be the pinnacle of RTS games. Maybe even the penultimate, Brood Wars being the ultimate.

Still need to play 40k and AWF.

WoW - well, why not? Money isn't an option, and time isn't a concern, so might as well. The backstory and depth of content are amazing, I have to say. My biggest problem with the game is still the pay-to-play aspect.

liquidflorian July 30 2006, 06:01:46 UTC

I dont' know man... I've read that what you need to be good at it is time. Basically just putting in the hours will get you the levels. Sounds too much like a second job to me. Sounds kinda like me and my prediliction towards Top Gear....

AWF is some heavey lifting. It looks good; even on my equipment, but needs more.

..... and how long have you been waiting to put penultimate to use?

ex_brokensou724 July 29 2006, 17:57:53 UTC

1. EQ
2. WoW
3. SimCity
4. Soduku
5. Grandtheft Auto

darksonic July 29 2006, 20:52:23 UTC

Which GTA though? 3, Vice City, San Andreas...

SimCity, also a good call. It made a few of the lists on the GameSpot articles.

liquidflorian July 30 2006, 06:04:24 UTC

Dude... 3.

angry_american July 29 2006, 20:03:00 UTC

These are some good games ... what does the FF Anthology include exactly?

And I would take tactics over guild wars, would occupy at least 3x as much time :D

And RPG maker XP? I have heard this name buzzing about my head for some time. What is it?

-FW

darksonic July 29 2006, 20:57:09 UTC

In Japan, FF:A was 4, 5, and 6. Basically, all of the SNES games, with new FMVs on par with FF8. This would have been badass for a US release, as FF5 never came out in the States. Alas, the US FF:A only had FF4 and FF6 - aka 2 and 3 for the SNES.

RPG Maker is an amazing tool for making 8/16 bit style console RPGs. The latest incarnation, RPGM XP, supports the Ruby scripting language, allowing much badass-ness to be coded. Check it here.

A couple other Honorable honorable mentions... Suikoden, Vandal Hearts, and Neverwinter Nights.

I've just seen Garry's mod for HL2 liquidflorian August 9 2006, 02:11:24 UTC

I think I'm going to buy it... It looks fucking cool!!!