My limited english vocabulary blocked me from playing Morrowind. At the time i had no idea what a RPG is, i just thought i was going to play a beautifull game. Never came far. Too much text.
Here's my list of all games i own. Tested them all,
not played them all. Usually in level 1 i see whether i like a game (and play through) or not.
Favourites in
red.
A2 Racer - Europa Tour. Same as Vacantie Racer.
Aliens versus Predator. Great! I discovered this game too late. Still have to play it through, maybe will if i find the time.
Alone in the Dark - The New Nightmare. Crap.
American McGee's Alice. Fine, but not my type of game. Very good game if you like the type. Personally i don't like the attitude/atmosphere/characters/story/gameplay.
Apocalyptica. Evangelistic first person shooter! Abandoned by the developers.
Area-51. Grrreat FPS!!!
Assassin's Creed. Jesus Christ! What a beautifull well made interesting and exciting game. Except that the flags collections are useless... it doesn't reward you with more replay value.
Beowulf.
Just started, don't know what to think of it yet Rated 18+ but it's childish! You have to kill giant crabs, see red pixeldots splattering off, then the bodies exploding into disappearing pixelcrumbs, and a hard-edged shadow of the crab's body sinking into the ground. Imagine with a bunch of 12 giant crabs you are killing, exactly the same happens 12 times. Limited controls, third person view. Hard to control your little puppet while trying to kill(!) a huge (10000 times Beowulfie's size) sea-monster with his sword.
Have to play it through yet. Not tempting much.
Bet On Soldier. Looking good, and potentially a great game, but unfortunately very buggy. In second level i decided it was so unplayable it wasn't a fair challenge anymore. Abandoned by the developers.
Beyond Good and Evil. Very good game for the youngsters: FPS gameplay (3dperson view) but the 'weapon' is a camera. Brilliant!
Bioshock. I didn't want this game, from the demo i didn't like it plus it was too heavily drm infested. I just waited till it got cheap. €18,- isn't too cheap, but well ok. So i bought and installed it. Haven't played it yet.
Black & White + Creature Isle. I do not like RTS games and RPGs.
Blade of Darkness - Severance. Good old classic.
BloodRayne. Very easy and smooth game. Butcher hordes of nazis. Well made.
Boilingpoint - Road to Hell. Never really got into it, too much text. Nevertheless, good game (i think).
Brothers in Arms. This is only for those who like to play according to military strategy; you need to lead your team. I'm more the 'soldier of fortune' type of gamer.
Call Of Duty + United Offensive. Very linear and very good! Yes i love this.
Call of Duty 2. Very good. I haven't finished it yet.
Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare. I waited and waited till it got cheap, but it never became. I decided to just buy it, €52,-. Installed, but not played yet.
Call of Juarez. Mixed feelings. Very good landscape, atmosphere, AI, story. Once used to the gameplay, big fun. But also with horrible graphics elements (in DX9.0c): rocks like some sort of synthetic glass, and the stupidest river-water i have ever seen in a game. I will post sceenshots of that someday. In DX10 a little better but still it's obvious the designers never saw water water flow through a river. As a game very good parts (mainly), opposed to very bad. And suffering of bugs (falling through walls, broken grphics, disappearing objects etc.).
Carmageddon.
Carmageddon 2.
Carmageddon TDR2000. The first dinkey-toy car racing game i saw was Vacantie Racer. A bit boring though. Carmageddon TDR2000 is the first game besides Tomb Raider i got addicted to very quickly. Amazingly funny. The car physics, the over the top rudeness in an innocent, cheerful way (like kids do). Uncomparable to any other game.
Chaser. Great FPS.
Chronicles Of Riddick. One of my favourites.
Clive Barker's Undying. Good game.
Cold Fear. One of my absolute favourites. Great atmosphere, thrilling.
Colin McRae Rally 2005. Meh.
Command and Conquer: Renegade. Very good classic FPS.
Conflict Desert Storm. Buggy. Cripple.
Constantine. Well made game, but this is a wannabe Max Payne and i don't like MP.
Contract J.A.C.K.. Exactly No One Lives Forever (the same makers), and i like that. Great game!
Counter Strike: Source.
Counter Strike: Condition Zero + Deleteted Scenes. KING of team games. Absolutely superb in every respect. I only play against the bots (and they are very good). Online gaming is a world i don't like.
Crazy Taxi. Meh.
Crysis. Amazingly beautifull. As a game: superb classic FPS.
Daikatana. Classic, very good, i think. But i stopped where level 2 starts for some reason i forgot, something in the gameplay turned me off. Should try it again maybe.
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. The most amazing and spot on designed game i have ever played. My biggest favourite!
Delta Force 2.
Delta Force - Black Hawk Down.
Deus Ex: Invisible War. An old classic.
Desperados -Wanted dead or Alive. I detest it.
Devastation. Great game.
Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza. Very good, one of my favourites.
DiRT. For free with a videocard.
Doom3 + Resurrection of Evil. Superb.
Dronez.
Druuna - Morbus Gravis. The most horrible POS of a game i have ever seen/tried to play.
Duke Nukem Manhattan Project. Actually a 2D game. but KING in this genre. Great fun. But i can't stand the '2D' system.
Dukes of Hazzard. I must have tried it (at least for installation and testing) but i don't remember.
Dungeon Siege. Not my kind of game. I don't like RPG nor
any 'bird's eye view' games.
Evil Twins -Cyprien's Chronicles. I didn't enjoy it. Gameplay (controls) not very intuitive, not fluid, but it's amatter of getting usded to. The game story: it's a kid's world, 'nuff said.
4x4 Evo 2. Well made 'four wheel drive' rally. But not enough to care.
F1 World Grand Prix. I don't care for serious F1 racing. I'm a Need For Speed boy.
Far Cry. Excellent.
F.E.A.R.. Very good AI. Excellent gameplay. Vey nice graphics and gore. But B.O.R.I.N.G. game. Lame attempt to suggest horror effect with the Grudge girl, and an enemy with vampire-like habits. That doesn't work on me, i want a good game. Which this isn't to me.
Idiotic physics: very limited with the objects you can or cannot move. For instance you fall into a deeper floor. You cannot build a pile from the 2 cases a table and a few planks lying on the ground to be able to climb out of the pit. So you're stuck like a sad idiot, instead of the tough soldier you're supposed to be. Lazy graphics: decall by the bullets in the concrete walls is always the same absurd large holes.
Fighter Duel Special Edition. Old. The only game in history i didn't manage to even get installed on XP at all.
Fighting Force. Funny and surprisingly dynamic game. Good humor. Core Design (makers of Tomb Raider).
Freedom Fighters. Good game, but i lost interest very quickly. Ported from PS? I don't find the controls and the autosaving methods (checkpoints you can't add or change) very comfortable. Third person view plays weird.
Gabriel Knight 3. THE proof that a good game does not need nice graphics. With a strong voice and good story with uncomparable humor like this one has, you start to love the simple comic-like graphics.
Grand Theft Auto 3. Simply excellent gameplay, revolutionary at that time. But i got VERY annoyed trying to identify with this guy with no other goal than working for the mob. Not my character. Exit.
Ghost Recon (+ expansion packs Island Thunder and Desert Siege). Only tried, haven't really played them through.
Giants: Citizen Kabuto. Irritating.
Gore - Ultimate Soldier. Great satisfying shoot em up game, i had lots of fun.
Gothic 3. Not played through yet, and don't think i ever will.
Gun. Ugliest graphics and interface. Awful gameplay. Seems made with 8 yo's together with their grannies in mind. I'll never touch this again.
Gunlock.
Half-Life + Blue Shift. EXCELLENT absolute favourite.
Half-Life2, Episode 1, Episode 2. EXCELLENT absolute favourite.
Halo Combat Evolved. I really really tried, but gave up. Not my kind of game.
Heavy Metal FAKK2. Curious thing.
Helicops. Not bad for a Windows 95 game.
Hidden and Dangerous 2. Annoying, cripple gameplay.
Hitman: Codename 47. Same vision as Max Payne and FEAR makers expose. Totally detestable character (come om guys, you want me to identify with this?!), gameplay isn't intuitive ... I don't like it, period.
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin. Got it for free with my Audigy card. Graphics have improved. Character tries to get my sympathy. Sorry.
Hitman 3: Contracts (demo). Playing the demo. Only the graphics have been improved, but same gameplay. Still don't like it.
Hitman 3: Blood Money (demo). I've seen more than enough Hitman.
IGI (Project: IGI). Too primitive.
IGI 2: Covert Strike. Classic FPS. Good game.
Impossible Creatures. Crap.
Jane´s Attack Squadron. Crap. Bought it to have a sense of flying and enjoy landscapes. A total mis-interpretation of the box, shouldn't have bought it.
Just Cause. It's so darn easy and stupid, superficial and funny. Childish. Dynamic. You can really go everywhere you want. On your motorcycle uphill like no way in real life. There is really nothing in this game that obeys to real law of physics. Looks like the creators were drunk when they made it. Hasty port from PS2 probably, and not tested. And no patch released. I don't get why Eidos released it in this state. Of course it wouldn't be a bestseller. Are they nuts throwing away their investment and our money?! (€5,99 i paid, but still).
Anyway: good music, great looks, good atmosphere. Despite the many bugs of all sorts (motorcycle / car engine has no sound but you hear the grass when you drive over it lol), i like it and i know i'll play this to the end!
Kingpin -Life of Crime. Offensive rotten low-life trash. Not even funny.
Kreed. Excellent classic FPS.
Legacy Of Kain: Defiance. Miserable gameplay.
Lord Of The Rings - The Return Of The King. Not my kind of game.
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition. Hmm. Dunno what to think about it yet (level 2).
Mace Griffin Bounty Hunter. Very good classic FPS.
Mafia. I don't like movies and games romanticising mobsters, period. Got sick in the stomach beating people to death with a baseball bat. Also got very sick driving around in very unresponsive unspeedy cars, the worst was with that antique racecar. After this, launch Need For Speed... what a relief!
Manhunt. Good game(play), but sick.
Mass Effect. Excellent excellent. Wow i love it! Adventure, FPS, RTS, squad, and awesome graphics and sound it's all in. So rich of excitement and entertainment a game can possibly be. In a form i never saw before (could be me though). Because you buy/earn skills and decide your own way through the missions, a lot of investigating etc the replay value is high.
Max Payne. Qua gameplay excellent. But that's the only positive. What's wrong with this game is the lame cliché. "Film Noir", my ass. The complete MP series is cheap crap pulp IMO. The fake guy talking tough in his leather jack is a laugh. The kinda guy i'd like to see run over by a bus or fall off a building and stay dead.
Max Payne 2. See above.
Mech Warrior 2 - Mercenaries. Win 95. Bought it (for €2,50) only to see what it was. -.-
Mech Warrior 4 - Vengeance. Win 98. Bought it (for €2,50) only to see what it was. -.-
Medal of Honour Allied Assault (+ expansion packs). Top notch.
Medal Of Honour: Pacific Assault. Top notch.
Men of Valor. Top notch.
Mega Race 3.
Messiah. Funny, good humour. I couldn't really get into it though. Not so pleasant controls.
Microsoft Flight Simulator (2000). Rubbish.
Morrowind The Elder Scrolls lll -GOTY. Impressive. Role Playing Game with much too much text and not so much humour. Except when you choose to carry no clothes at all.
"My time is precious, so make it quick! ...Aaahhh!!!"
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Moto GP 2.
Myst lV - Revelation.
Need For Speed Hot Persuit 2. Absolute top!
Need For Speed Most Wanted. Absolute top!
Need For Speed Porsche 2000. Great!
Need For Speed Underground. Disappointing.
Need For Speed Underground 2 . Even more disappointing.
No One Lives Forever . Great!
No One Lives Forever 2. Great!
Obscure. Blech. Not even scary.
Oni.
Operation Flashpoint - Cold War Crysis.
Painkiller + BOOH Gigantic! One of my absolute favourites.
Penumbra Overture Episode One. Original. I stopped early in the caves, should pick it up again soon.
Peter Jackson's King Kong. Good!
Pirates of the Caribbean. Absolute crap.
Plane Crazy. Funny.
Portal. With the Orange Box. Not played yet.
Peggle Extreme. Free 10-level trial in Steam.
Postal 2. Funny.
Prey. Beautifull and surprising. One of my favourites!
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time. Nice.
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within. First level, then stopped.
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones. Haven't played it.
Project Eden - Max Load: 4.
Project Snowblind. Mwoah.
Quake.
Quake 2.
Quake 3 Arena. So addictive.
Quake 4. Fine.
Rally Championship 2002. Good, for the genre. Not my genre though.
Real MYST -realtime 3D version.
Riven - The Sequel to Myst.
Rage Rally.
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. Complete crap
Return to Castle Wolfenstein. Excellent, beautifull and great great fun.
Roller Coaster World.
Sacrifice.
Schizm.
Severance - Blade of Darkness.
Shade - Wrath of Angels.
Shadow Man.
Shadow Ops - Red Mercury.
Shellshock Nam '67. Rediculous.
Silent Hill 4: The Room. Into the dustbin with it.
Sin 1. Very good!
Sin Episodes - Emergence. Very very good!
Sniper. Antique.
Soldier of Fortune 2: Double Helix.
Splinter Cell. Yes. Good, thrilling. However, i'm not so fond of stealth, i'm more an action guy.
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory. Same.
Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow. Same.
Splinter Cell: Double Agent. The bugs are rediculous, controls unprecise/unresponsive. It seems i found the previous SC's better.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.. Very very very good.
State of Emergency. Fun for the kids i suppose.
Supreme Snowboarding. Simple. Fun.
Swat3 - Close Quarters Battle. Not a 'swat' fan. "command your team" and then getv judged according to 'official professional police squad standards. I don't want study, i want counterstrike!
Syberia. I detest it.
The Ship. Original and gets my full respect for that, but i don't like the gameplay, sorry.
The Suffering. Nope.
Tactical Ops. Talking about a buggy, extremely unbalanced game...
The Great Escape. Mwuah.
The House of The Dead.
The Thing. Great. Should play further than level 1 one day.
Thief: Deadly Shadows. Nope.
Thief: The Dark Project.
Tomb Raider 1. Absolute.
Tomb Raider 1b - Temple of the Cat. Absolute.
Tomb Raider 2 . Absolute.
Tomb Raider 2b - Golden Mask. Absolute.
Tomb Raider 3 . Absolute.
Tomb Raider 3b - The Lost Artifact. Absolute.
Tomb Raider 4 - The Last Revelation. Absolute.
Tomb Raider 5 Chronicles . Absolute.
Tomb Raider Level Editor. Custom levels. 100s. Absolute.
TRLE Gold 04 - Lara at the Movies. Absolute.
Tomb Raider: Angel Of Darkness. Semi-disappointing.
Tomb Raider: Legend. Very very beautifull. Qua game(play) a sort of rehearsal (i thought) for the next generation of TR games.
Tomb Raider: Anniversary. Yes and no. Beautifull, and has very good moments. But also very disappointing overall. The game is ruined by the obliged attack methods to beat certain enemies, wrongly placed checkpoints, and the interactive cutscenes.
Total Overdose. I quit somewhere at 1/3d.
Trackmania Original.
Tron 2.0. Blinkey-blinkey. Probably good game, but too techno.
Tropico. Sorry. Where's the dustbin.
True Crime - Streets of LA. What a crap.
Ubersoldier. Odd game. I had fun. Killing nazis is always fun.
Unreal ll - The Awakening. Good. Nothing wrong with it.
Unreal Tournament 2003.
Unreal Tournament 2004. One absolute favourite.
URU - Ages Beyond Myst. Beautiful alright. Didn't finish it though, and won't.
Vacantie Racer. I just had lots of fun with it (back in 2001), the first dinkey-toy driving game i ever saw, i fell of my chair from laughter. But it totally vaporized when i started Carmageddon TDR2000.
Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines. If my english weren't so weak i probably would have loved this game. But i can't play if it needs a dictionary with it.
Vampire: the Masquerade - Redemption.
Vietcong.
Vietcong 2. Very good classic FPS!
X2 - The Threat. Uninteresting.
Xlll. Comicbook style, very original. This is a fun game and well made. The style with the comicbook intervals (like MP) bores me quickly though. But where MaxPayne's weakness is the pedantic "comic noir (in "film noir" style)" style, in Xlll the actually joyful comicbook style is pleasant.
XPAND Rally. Beautifull environments. RR (realistic rally) but i don't care about RR.
[EDIT 25 september 2008] I'll stop updating this post every time i buy a new game; i'll make a new post for that.
Can you imagine Morrowind with the oblivion combatsystem and gfx
