#738084 - 07/08/11 06:04 PM
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Hi all, So it begins. :zombie: Like its paler sibling, this thread is about compiling a list that answers the question "what darker games should I play". - Its a list for everyone - newbies, dabblers and darkside veterans - and you have 13 days to list 13 Dark Side games that other people should play. There are rules, and they are the same as last year:
1. You can recommend a maximum of 13 games, but are allowed to recommend less. 2. You can't list a series, unless you use single votes for each game. 3. Expansion packs, DLC, GOTY releases etc are all considered the same game - just vote for eg Fallout 3 and ignore all its available added on bits. 4. Consistent with 3, enhanced editions, directors cuts etc are also considered the same game. 5. Any "dark" game (ie not pure adventure or casual) can be listed, irrespective of genre. 6. You don't have to indicate the type or genre, and you are not limited to any specific number of games in any genre. Go ahead and list 13 fps' if you want to. 7. It is essentially a pc list (the system not the games), but given that many players have other systems, if you want to list some games for those go ahead.
If you can list alphabetically it helps me count, and please use full names, as I am not as familiar with titles over here. If I get confused, I will shriek for help. As I am still in the middle of a venerable sequel, I will wait a while to see if it makes my list, so someone else gets the pleasure of going first. :devilchili:
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#738127 - 07/08/11 10:19 PM
Re: This years dark list
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OK. Here's mine  [Some of the more recent releases are still on my "not yet played" stack, I'm afraid.] Baldur’s Gate Betrayal in Antara Divine Divinity Drakensang Kings Bounty Knights of the Old Republic Knights of the Old republic II Might & Magic VI Morrowind Neverwinter Nights Planescape Torment Return to Krondor The Witcher
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#738173 - 07/09/11 06:43 AM
Re: This years dark list
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Dark Messiah of Might & Magic Gothic Gothic II Lands of Lore Might & Magic 7 Oblivion Silent Hill 2 Undying Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines Vampire the Masquerade: Redemption Wizardry 7 – Crusaders of the Dark Savant
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#738228 - 07/09/11 10:38 AM
Re: This years dark list
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Here is mine, I put mainly "newer" games, including some not as new but not ancient either, games I would recommend to be played today.
Amnesia the Dark Descent Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Call of Duty – Black Operation Crysis 2 Dead Space 2 F.E.A.R. Killzone 2 Killzone 3 Metal Gear Solid 4 – Guns of the Patriots Resistance – Fall of Man Singularity The Witcher The Witcher 2
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#738667 - 07/11/11 12:06 PM
Re: This years dark list
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Thanks Flotsam  Here's my 'reco' list: Castlevania - Lords of Shadow Darksiders Enslaved - Odyssey to the West God Of War 3 God Of War - Ghost of Sparta Heavy Rain Infamous Plants vs. Zombies Prince of Persia - The Forgotten Sands Sims 3, the Trine Uncharted 2 X-men Origins - Wolverine (I tried my best to do it alphabetically but I wasn't sure whether God of War 3 should come first or God of war - Ghost of Sparta) ---- (I still don't agree with that expansion packs decision but anyway.  )
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#738724 - 07/11/11 04:06 PM
Re: This years dark list
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Arcanum Baldur's Gate Diablo 2 Dragon Age: Origins Fallout Might and Magic Morrowind Neverwinter Nights Oblivion Realms of the Haunting Rift The Witcher Wizardry A lot of these are oldies, but if you've never played the genre and have a machine that can do it these are so good. I hope it's OK to put Rift I removed "the series" part.
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#738735 - 07/11/11 04:36 PM
Re: This years dark list
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Hmm, going to be really short for me this time.  The only one I really enjoyed was: 1: Fallout 3 And if allowed I'd like to add: 2: World of Warcraft (up to Cataclysm)
Edited by misslilo (07/11/11 04:37 PM)
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#738740 - 07/11/11 05:26 PM
Re: This years dark list
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Here's mine:
Alan Wake American McGee's Alice Amnesia:The Dark Descent Clive Barker's Undying Deus Ex F.E.A.R. Penumbra Overture Silent Hill 2 Silent Hill 3
Thanks again flotsam!
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#738776 - 07/11/11 09:41 PM
Re: This years dark list
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Ahh to list Witcher 2 or not?????? Ok, I pulled one off the list to put W2 on. After thlinking about it I did prefer Witcher 2 to the one I pulled off. So here's mine.
Betrayal in Antara Bloodrayne 2 Divine Divinity Dragon Age 2 KOTOR 1 KOTOR 2 Morrowind Oblivion Sacred Gold Tomb Raider Underworld Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines Witcher Witcher 2
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#738786 - 07/12/11 02:25 AM
Re: This years dark list
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Nice start! Keep them coming.
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#738794 - 07/12/11 03:19 AM
Re: This years dark list
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Dragon Age Origins Dragon Age 2 Drakensang The River Of Time Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Gothic 3 Gothic 4 Arcania Mass Effects Mass Effects 2 Risen The Witcher The Witcher 2 Two Worlds Two Worlds 2 Thanks for doing the lists flotsam. 
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#738871 - 07/12/11 10:20 AM
Re: This years dark list
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Guild Wars: Prophecies Guild Wars: Factions Guild Wars: Nightfall Guild Wars: Eye of the North First three are stand alone campaigns but can be linked on one account so you can play all three on same characters. The fourth is an expansion pack which requires one on of the other three. Originally sold separately now you can buy the entire series for less than it used to cost for one.
Can't say Guild Wars 2 its not out yet. Though its supposed to go into closed beta testing this year.
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#738925 - 07/12/11 01:49 PM
Re: This years dark list
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American McGees Alice Bioshock Clive Barkers Undying Clive Barkers Jericho Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay Drakan: Order of the Flame Enclave Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine Indiana Jones and the Emperors Tomb Painkiller Tomb Raider Legend Tomb Raider Underworld
Edited by JohnBoy (07/12/11 02:02 PM)
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#739068 - 07/12/11 11:52 PM
Re: This years dark list
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1. Amnesia: The Dark Descent 2. Bioshock 2 3. Bloodrayne 4. Clive Barker's Jericho 5. Condemend:Criminal Origins 6. Drakensang 7. Fallout 3 8. Halo 9. Hellgate London 10.Return to Castle Wolenstein 11.The Witcher 12.The Witcher 2 13.Unreal 2: The Awakening
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#739686 - 07/15/11 03:05 PM
Re: This years dark list
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Here's my list for the dark games this year:
Assasin's Creed Baldur's Gate Bioshock Dragon Age: Origins Drakensang Fallout Fear PlaneScape Torment Stalker TES3 Morrowind TES4 Oblivion The Witcher
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#739694 - 07/15/11 03:40 PM
Re: This years dark list
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One week down and a nice eclectic mix. Some old winners still going strong, and some new entries to the list. Still getting my head around some of the games and may ask for some help. Debra you will have to redo the series votes - if you want to list a series its one vote for each game.
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#739989 - 07/17/11 04:18 AM
Re: This years dark list
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My favorites are all the Tomb Raider Games from Tomb Raider 1 thru Tomb Raider Underworld!
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#741187 - 07/22/11 04:08 AM
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There is only about 24 hours to go, give or take a time zone  If you haven't voted, have at it.
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#741218 - 07/22/11 08:04 AM
Re: This years dark list
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Arcania 4 Divine Divinity 2: the Dragon knight Saga Dragon Age Origins Dragon Age 2 Gothic 1 Gothic 2 Gothic 3 Morrowind Neverwinter Nights 2 Nehrim Oblivion Risen
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#741267 - 07/22/11 10:47 AM
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American McGees Alice Beyond Divinity Bioshock Bioshock 2 Clive Barkers Undying Divine Divinity Drakan: Order of the Flame Fable F.E.A.R Heretic Kingdoms: The Inquisition Prey Sacred Plus Zanzarah Ana 
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#741319 - 07/22/11 01:32 PM
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Wow these lists are beautiful. Too bad I can't play many of them. They look really graphic driven
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#741505 - 07/23/11 01:58 AM
Re: This years dark list
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Here is my list before I do the final count
American Magees Alice Bioshock Dead Space 2 Deus Ex Divine Divinity Fallout 3 FEAR ES Oblivion Half Life 2 Ico Outcast Portal 2 Witcher
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#741517 - 07/23/11 03:15 AM
Re: This years dark list
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Hi all Like the light side, votes were down this year, but the top 3 remain the same as last year. As always, two lists follow, one numerical, one alphabetical. I didn't count series games or add ons, as per the rules, and I left out Syberia as it isn't Darkside - if it was the old DOS game Cyberia I apologise. Portal 2 is darkish hued so it was included. The vote for all the Tomb Raider games I applied to the pc versions as there are less than 13 as far as I can tell - if I missed one then again I apologise. Without further ado, here they are
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#741518 - 07/23/11 03:15 AM
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10 The Witcher 8 Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion 6 Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind 6 F.E.A.R. 5 Dragon Age: Origins 5 The Witcher 2 4 American Magee’s Alice 4 Baldur’s Gate 4 Bioshock 4 Clive Barker’s Undying 4 Divine Divinity 4 Drakensang 3 Amnesia: Dark Descent 3 Clive Barker’s Jericho 3 Dragon Age 2 3 Fallout 3 3 Might and Magic 6: The Mandate of Heaven 3 Tomb Raider: Underworld 3 Vampire Masquerade: Bloodlines
2 Baldur’s Gate 2: Shadows of Amn, Betrayal at Antara, Bioshock 2, Dead Space 2, Deus Ex, Drakan: Order of the Flame, Gothic, Gothic 2, Gothic 3, Gothic 4, Half Life 2, Heavy Rain, Killzone 2, Might and Magic 7: For Blood and Honour, Neverwinter Nights, Planescape Torment, Portal 2, Risen, Sacred, Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 – Sith Lords, Tomb Raider , Tomb Raider 2, Tomb Raider 3, Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness, Tomb Raider: Legend, Trine, World of Warcraft
1 Alan Wake, Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura, Assassins Creed, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Beyond Divinity, Bloodrayne, Bloodrayne 2, Borderlands, Call of Duty: Black Operation, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay, Condemned, Crysis 2, Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, Darksiders, Divinity 2: The Dragon Knight Saga, Diablo 2, Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom, Enclave, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, Fable: The Lost Chapters, Fallout, Fahrenheit, God of War: Ghost of Sparta, God of War 3, Guild Wars 1: Prophecies, Guild Wars 2: Factions, Guild Wars 3: Nightfall, Halo: Combat Evolved, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Hellgate London, Heretic Kingdoms: The Inquisition/Kult: Heretic Kingdoms, Heroes of Might and Magic 7, Heroes of Might and Magic 8, Ico, Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine, Indiana Jones and the Emperors Tomb, Infamous, Just Cause 2, Killzone 3, Kings Bounty: The Legend, Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos, Lands of Lore 2: Guardians of Destiny, Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Nehrim, Neverwinter Nights 2, Outcast, Painkiller, Penumbra: Overture, Plants v Zombies, Prey, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, Realms of the Haunting, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Return to Krondor, Resistance, Rift, Silent Hill 3, Singularity, S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl, Sims 3, Team Fortress 2, Thief: The Dark Project, Thief 2: The Metal Age, Tomb Raider: Anniversary, Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, Tomb Raider: Chronicles, Two Worlds, Two Worlds 2, Unchartered 2: Among Thieves, Unreal 2, Vampire Masquerade: Redemption, Witchaven, Wizardry 7, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Zanzarah
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#741519 - 07/23/11 03:15 AM
Re: This years dark list
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1 Alan Wake 4 American Magee’s Alice 3 Amnesia: Dark Descent 1 Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura 1 Assassins Creed 4 Baldur’s Gate 2 Baldur’s Gate 2: Shadows of Amn 1 Battlefiled: Bad Company 2 2 Betrayal at Antara 1 Beyond Divinity 4 Bioshock 2 Bioshock 2 1 Bloodrayne 1 Bloodrayne 2 1 Borderlands 1 Call of Duty: Black Operation 1 Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 1 Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay 4 Clive Barker’s Undying 3 Clive Barker’s Jericho 1 Condemned 1 Crysis 2 1 Dark Messiah of Might and Magic 1 Darksiders 2 Dead Space 2 4 Divine Divinity 1 Divinity 2: The Dragon Knight Saga 2 Deus Ex 1 Diablo 2 2 Drakan: Order of the Flame 5 Dragon Age: Origins 3 Dragon Age 2 4 Drakensang 6 Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind 8 Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion 1 Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom 1 Enclave 1 Enslaved: Odyssey to the West 1 Fable: The Lost Chapters 1 Fallout 3 Fallout 3 1 Fahrenheit 6 F.E.A.R. 1 God of War: Ghost of Sparta 1 God of War 3 2 Gothic 2 Gothic 2 2 Gothic 3 2 Gothic 4 1 Guild Wars 1: Prophecies 1 Guild Wars 2: Factions 1 Guild Wars 3: Nightfall 2 Half Life 2 1 Halo: Combat Evolved 1 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2 Heavy Rain 1 Hellgate London 1 Heretic Kingdoms: The Inquisition/Kult: Heretic Kingdoms 1 Heroes of Might and Magic 7 1 Heroes of Might and Magic 8 1 Ico 1 Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine 1 Indiana Jones and the Emperors Tomb 1 Infamous 1 Just Cause 2 2 Killzone 2 1 Killzone 3 1 Kings Bounty: The Legend 1 Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos 1 Lands of Lore 2: Guardians of Destiny 1 Mass Effect 1 Mass Effect 2 1 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots 3 Might and Magic 6: The Mandate of Heaven 2 Might and Magic 7: For Blood and Honour 1 Nehrim 2 Neverwinter Nights 1 Neverwinter Nights 2 1 Outcast 1 Painkiller 1 Penumbra: Overture 2 Planescape Torment 1 Plants v Zombies 2 Portal 2 1 Prey 1 Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands 1 Realms of the Haunting 1 Return to Castle Wolfenstein 1 Return to Krondor 1 Resistance 1 Rift 2 Risen 2 Sacred 2 Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams 1 Silent Hill 3 1 Singularity 1 S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl 1 Sims 3 2 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 – Sith Lords 1 Team Fortress 2 1 Thief: The Dark Project 1 Thief 2: The Metal Age 2 Tomb Raider 1 2 Tomb Raider 2 2 Tomb Raider 3 2 Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness 1 Tomb Raider: Anniversary 1 Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation 1 Tomb Raider: Chronicles 2 Tomb Raider: Legend 3 Tomb Raider: Underworld 2 Trine 1 Two Worlds 1 Two Worlds 2 1 Unchartered 2: Among Thieves 1 Unreal 2 1 Vampire Masquerade: Redemption 3 Vampire Masquerade: Bloodlines 1 Witchaven 10 Witcher, The 5 Witcher 2, The 1 Wizardry 7 2 World of Warcraft 1 X-Men Origins: Wolverine 1 Zanzarah
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#741553 - 07/23/11 06:38 AM
Re: This years dark list
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Right, here goes
Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn Planescape: Torment Realms of the Haunting Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura Fallout Fallout 2 The Witcher Thief 2 System Shock 2 Jagged Alliance 2
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#741714 - 07/23/11 07:45 PM
Re: This years dark list
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Thank you Flotsam Your effort is greatly appreciated 
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#741755 - 07/23/11 11:43 PM
Re: This years dark list
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Thanks all, but I always get good things to play from this list, so I have a very definite vested interest!
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#741833 - 07/24/11 11:56 AM
Re: This years dark list
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Thanks Flotsam  Good job as always 
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