Pyrian on 27/12/2016 at 21:10
I don't know, picking just one isn't very interesting. Oh, look, I pick Deus Ex, too. Do I need to actually say anything about that? Not really. Not here.
I think my second selection is more interesting: Ultima V. Nobody talks about U5, it's all U7 and U4, but U5 was my favorite. Dynamic nighttime, playing a wanted criminal in the "friendly" towns, those amazing lighthouses that actually saved you from running your ship aground on the rocks at night. (Sometimes. And only at major ports, of course.) In many little ways I think Ultima V was the pinnacle of the form; much of what was added in later games IMO detracted from the gameplay by being too damn fiddly.
Starker on 27/12/2016 at 22:35
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. I still remember the opening sequence. It's the game that sold me on gaming and that it could be more than just Pong.
Gryzemuis on 27/12/2016 at 22:57
Unfortunately I'll have to say World of Warcraft. Can't get more memorable when you played 10k+ hours in a single game.
Pyrian on 27/12/2016 at 23:50
Well, you've probably forgotten well over 9,000 of those hours, so it could also be the most forgettable, too. XD
Gryzemuis on 28/12/2016 at 00:00
Quote Posted by Pyrian
Well, you've probably forgotten well over 9,000 of those hours, so it could also be the most forgettable, too. XD
That's not true.
I actually remember an awful lot about the game. During the first 5 years it was really a great game. Maybe the best game I've ever played. I have a lot of good memories of those first 5 years. I did take breaks of a few months some times. But I thought that as long as Blizzard would make new content, I would keep playing. Into my eighties. :) Unfortunately the game completely changed. And it is not a shell of what it once was. I sometimes wonder if Blizzard actually understood what the attraction of the game exactly was. I believe WoW was more a lucky fluke than that they knew what they were doing. Although the biggest impact was probably when Activision bought Blizzard. End of 2009 is the turning point where the game started to change. It used to be "a world where you could have adventures". And it changed into "just a game". It's those last years that gives me a foul taste in my mouth when I think about WoW.
I am proud to say that I have not played WoW for exactly 2 years and 16 days today. :)
TannisRoot on 28/12/2016 at 00:14
WoW is a good choice. I only played vanilla for the first two years, but some of my best and most impactful gaming memories came from that game.
I burned out hard no-lifeing a priest to 60 the summer before burning crusade's release and once I quit I resisted the urge to go back, afraid of what it would do to my grades / dating life.
Renault on 28/12/2016 at 02:29
Doom. It was just so revolutionary at the time. The game itself was great, innovative and cutting edge. But there was also the "scene" - all the guys as id, Carmack & Romero and their .plan files, the whole community, multiplayer, the mods/WADS, the zillion deathmatch levels going around the web, the editors, the official DooM Faq, etc. It really was a movement, and it was the first big time game I played on PC after mostly playing on consoles my whole life.
Brad Schoonmaker on 28/12/2016 at 02:41
Ultima Underworld for me. That first time I saw the rolling demo... Virtual reality or as close as it was possible was my thought.
The game was so much more than any game I played before. While other games of the time were next gen arcade quality at best, this one showed that a game could be refined and fully committed to by the player. A trait all the games of LGS lineage have.
twisty on 28/12/2016 at 02:52
Ultimately Underworld for me too. While I had already been a gamer for many years, it blew my mind in more ways than any game that came before it. From that point onwards it became the benchmark that I have referenced ever since.
Renzatic on 28/12/2016 at 03:40
The closest I ever got to playing Ultima Underworld in its heyday was seeing write ups and advertisements for it in magazines. It looked awesome. I was envious and covetous. But alas, I had no computer then.
Had to settle with my Super Nintendo.
