What games were a masterpiece

Post by **TheCatt** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 5:08 pm

Reddit thread

I read like 20 answers, and they were all wrong.

Civilization 2
Elite

are the only acceptable answers.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 6:40 pm

Pong
Civ2 is up there

Post by **GORDON** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 7:22 pm

Someone on there already said Homeworld, which is correct, but they are also talking about how great the remaster is, which makes them idiot savants.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 8:03 pm

I'd say Pirates! Gold, but I could win almost any game with fencing alone.

Post by **TPRJones** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 8:54 pm

I can narrow it down to four that were the absolute best they could be and that I personally found to be masterpieces of their time:

M.U.L.E. (1983)
Elite (1984)
Blood Bowl (1995)
Advanced Civilization (1996)

Post by **TheCatt** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 9:14 pm

Oh man, I did love MULE and Blood Bowl.

Post by **TheCatt** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 9:15 pm

Malcolm wrote:I'd say Pirates! Gold, but I could win almost any game with fencing alone.

I forgot about Pirates! I loved that game.

And Bard's Tale.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 10:16 pm

M.U.L.E. was way ahead of its time. Blood Bowl, ugh, that game gives me vision of miniatures hell.

Alhazad · Post by **Alhazad** » Tue Sep 08, 2015 4:14 am

Post by **Leisher** » Tue Sep 08, 2015 10:56 am

M.U.L.E. was awesome. If I had a copy I'd play it right now.

Half-Life was the perfect game at the right time. No other FPS engaged me the way it did. When you were sitting in the tram in the opening and credits were rolling, you could actually feel gaming changing.

The first three Bard's Tale games were great.

Team Fortress 2 was the best multi-game when it hit. (Then the dumb hats came along.)

I thought the No One Lives Forever series were ridiculously well done.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Tue Sep 08, 2015 11:04 am

You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here.

Post by **TheCatt** » Tue Sep 08, 2015 11:05 am

Malcolm wrote:
You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here.

I liked Zork, but I didn't find it perfect.

Post by **Leisher** » Tue Sep 08, 2015 11:09 am

HL2 was pretty bad ass.

Portal 2 was amazing. I dare you to hate on Cave Johnson.

Post by **TPRJones** » Tue Sep 08, 2015 12:05 pm

Leisher wrote:M.U.L.E. was awesome. If I had a copy I'd play it right now.

http://www.planetmule.com/
or
http://mulereturns.com/

Post by **Leisher** » Tue Sep 08, 2015 12:44 pm

TPRJones wrote:
Leisher wrote:M.U.L.E. was awesome. If I had a copy I'd play it right now.
http://www.planetmule.com/
or
http://mulereturns.com/

There goes my day.

Post by **TPRJones** » Tue Sep 08, 2015 12:47 pm

I haven't actually had the chance to try either. If you do I'd be curious to hear what you think.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Tue Sep 08, 2015 1:08 pm

Shit, how am I forgetting? Doom.

Stranger · Post by **Stranger** » Thu Sep 10, 2015 1:20 pm

TPRJones wrote:I can narrow it down to four that were the absolute best they could be and that I personally found to be masterpieces of their time:

M.U.L.E. (1983)
Elite (1984)
Blood Bowl (1995)
Advanced Civilization (1996)

Did you guys know that Blood Bowl 2 is coming out in less than 2 weeks?

I remember the first, very fun!

Post by **TPRJones** » Thu Sep 10, 2015 1:43 pm

Technically Blood Bowl 3. The "first" that was really second was okay. I still prefer the original, though.

But yeah, I'll eventually be getting 2 (3).