#95260 - 07/27/05 03:51 AM
Re: 2005 Dark Side recommendations
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Hi ho, 48 hours to go. I will send you a list Nickie so you can categorise.
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#95261 - 07/27/05 07:09 PM
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Nickie, just e-mailed a list. And my selections are
Outcast Twinsuns Odyssey Knights of the Old Republic Ico Realms of the Haunting Deus Ex
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#95262 - 07/28/05 12:45 AM
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It is almost too hard to just pick 10!  Since lately I'm playing more shooters than adventure games, just love the freedom of running around in 3D environments, plus all of them have excellent stories too.... So here goes, I played all of them on a PC: Thief Gold Outcast Chronicles of Riddick Unreal 2: The Awakening Alice No One Lives Forever Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Wheel of Time Silent Hill 2 Splinter Cell And here is a shameless plug for some of my faves that I had to leave off that you shouldn't miss playing. Max Payne 1&2, Thief 3:Deadly Shadows, Drakan, Return to Castle Wolfenstien, Nocturne, Blair Witch 1, Undying, Unreal & expansion Return to Na Pali, Silent Hill 3&4, Splinter Cell2: Pandora Tomorrow, NOLF 2. Here's looking forward to playing Doom3,Splinter Cell:Chaos Theory, and Far Cry, whenever I finally pick them up. Sassy
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#95264 - 07/28/05 05:11 PM
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OK a little early but real life is going to intervene tonight so better to be early than late. Divine Divinity and Morrowind switch places this time, with Divine Divinity taking the honours. Knights of the Old Republic did well and came third, and Outcast showed its staying power. Proving that flattery does work Quest For Glory snuck in a series vote, and proving that the dark side is in the eye of the beholder both Syberias got a mention. A numerical list and an alphabetical list follow, and many thanks to Nickie for the categories. Thanks again everyone 
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#95265 - 07/28/05 05:12 PM
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18 Divine Divinity (RPG) 14 Morrowind (RPG) 9 Star Wars – Knights of the Old Republic (RPG) 9 Outcast (Action/adventure) 8 Gothic (RPG) 8 Neverwinter Nights (RPG) 7 Anachronox (RPG) 7 Baldur’s Gate 1(RPG) 6 Baldur’s Gate 2(RPG) 6 Might and Magic 6 (RPG) 5 Might and Magic 7 (RPG) 5 Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine (action) 5 Planescape Torment (RPG) 5 Quest for Glory 4 (RPG/adventure) 5 Vampire Masquerade: Bloodlines (RPG) 5 Zanzarah (action/adventure/RPG) 5 Splinter Cell (Action) 4 Deus Ex (action/adventure) 4 Dungeon Siege (RPG) 4 Gothic 2 (RPG) 4 Thief: The Dark Project/Thief Gold (action) 3 Beyond Divinity (RPG) 3 Beyond Good and Evil (action/adventure) 3 Heretic (RPG) 3 Morrowind: Blood Moon (RPG) 3 Morrowind: Tribunal (RPG) 3 Psychonauts (action) 3 Thief: The Metal Age (action) 3 Silent Hill 2 (action)
2 007 Nightfire, Arcanum, Arx Fatalis, 2 Baldurs Gate 2 – Throne of Bhaal, Diablo 2, Dragon Riders: Chronicles of Pern, Drakan, Fallout 2, Ghost Master, Icewind Dale, Kings Quest 8, Max Payne 1, Max Payne 2, Might and Magic 8, Painkiller, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time,Realms of the Haunting, Sacred, Sacred Plus, Vampire Masquerade: Redemption
1 Age of Empires, Age of Mythology, Alice, America, Baldurs Gate 2: Shadows of Amn, Betrayal at Antara, Chronicles of Riddick, City of Heroes, Clive Barker’s Undying, Darkened Skye, Fallout, Far Cry, Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly, Fifth Disciple, Freedom Fighters, Galapagos, God of War, Grand Prix Legends, Half Life, Halo, Harry Potter 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Heretic 2, Ico, Imperial Cities: Children of the Nile, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Jade Empire, Lands of Lore, Lands of Lore 2, Lego Star Wars, Mafia, Manhunt, Medal of Honour: Allied Assault, Medal of Honour: European Assault, Might and Magic 9, MS Flight Simulator 2004, Need for Speed: Underground, No One Lives Forever, Nosferatu: Wrath of Malachi, Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide, Oddworld: Strangers Wrath, Populous: Promised Land, Prince of Persia 3D, PSI Ops: Mindgate Conspiracy, Quest for Glory 1, Quest for Glory 5, Quest for Glory Collection, Railroad Tycoon 3, Richard Burns Rally, Sacred Underworld, School Tycoon, Silent Hill 3, The Sims, Sims 2, Sims University, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow, Syberia, Syberia 2, Tomb Raider 1, Tomb Raider 4, Traitors Gate, True Crimes: Streets of LA, Twinsuns Odyssey, Undying, Ultima Ascension, Unreal 2: The Awakening, X-Files: Resist or Serve, Wik and the Fable of Souls, Wizardry 7, Wheel of Time, Wizards and Warriors, Zookeeper
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#95266 - 07/28/05 05:15 PM
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2 007 Nightfire 1 Age of Empires 1 Age of Mythology 1 Alice 1 America 7 Anachronox 2 Arcanum 2 Arx Fatalis 7 Baldur’s Gate 1 6 Baldur’s Gate 2 1 Baldurs Gate 2: Shadows of Amn 2 Baldurs Gate 2: Throne of Bhaal 1 Betrayal at Antara 3 Beyond Divinity 3 Beyond Good and Evil 1 City of Heroes 1 Clive Barker’s Undying 18 Divine Divinity 4 Deus Ex 1 Darkened Skye 2 Diablo 2 2 Dragon Riders: Chronicles of Pern 2 Drakan 4 Dungeon Siege 1 Fallout 2 Fallout 2 1 Far Cry 1 Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly 1 Fifth Disciple 1 Freedom Fighters 1 Galapagos 2 Ghost Master 1 God of War 8 Gothic 4 Gothic 2 1 Grand Prix Legends 1 Half Life 1 Halo 1 Harry Potter 2 1 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 3 Heretic 1 Heretic 2 2 Icewind Dale 1 Ico 1 Imperial Cities: Children of the Nile 5 Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine 1 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1 Jade Empire 1 Lands of Lore 1 Lands of Lore 2 1 Lego Star Wars 2 Kings Quest 8 1 Mafia 1 Manhunt 2 Max Payne 1 2 Max Payne 2 1 Medal of Honour: Allied Assault 1 Medal of Honour: European Assault 6 Might and Magic 6 5 Might and Magic 7 2 Might and Magic 8 1 Might and Magic 9 14 Morrowind 3 Morrowind: Blood Moon 3 Morrowind: Tribunal 1 MS Flight Simulator 2004 1 Need for Speed: Underground 1 No One Lives Forever 1 Nosferatu: Wrath of Malachi 8 Neverwinter Nights 1 Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide 1 Oddworld: Strangers Wrath 9 Outcast 2 Painkiller 5 Planescape Torment 1 Populous: Promised Land 1 Prince of Persia 3D 2 Prince of Persia: Sands of Time 1 PSI Ops: Mindgate Conspiracy 3 Psychonauts 5 Quest for Glory 4 1 Quest for Glory 1 1 Quest for Glory 5 1 Quest for Glory Collection 1 Railroad Tycoon 3 2 Realms of the Haunting 1 Richard Burns Rally 2 Sacred 2 Sacred Plus 1 Sacred Underworld 1 School Tycoon 3 Silent Hill 2 1 Silent Hill 3 1 Sims, The 3 Sims 2 1 Sims University 5 Splinter Cell 1 Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow 1 Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory 9 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 1 Syberia 1 Syberia 2 4 Thief: The Dark Project/Thief Gold 3 Thief: The Metal Age 1 Tomb Raider 1 1 Tomb Raider 4 1 Traitors Gate 1 True Crimes: Streets of LA 1 Twinsuns Odyssey 1 Undying 1 Unreal @: The Awakening 1 Ultima Ascension 2 Vampire Masquerade: Redemption 5 Vampire Masquerade: Bloodlines 1 X-Files: Resist or Serve 1 Wheel of Time 1 Wik and the Fable of Souls 1 Wizardry 7 1 Wizards and Warriors 5 Zanzarah 1 Zookeeper
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#95267 - 07/28/05 07:01 PM
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And another Dark Side Twisty comes to an exciting close! Thanks to Flotsam and Nickie for their hard work! I wonder if Larian knows how popular their game (Divinity) is here...they should think about giving us all free copies of DD2 when it's released It's also interesting how popular Outcast still is, sad there is no sequel on the horizon 
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#95269 - 07/29/05 12:54 AM
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My work was nothing at all, while you did a great job that required lots of time, Flotsam, and I sure thank you for it! These are ever so helpful lists for newbies to these genres. It's wonderful to see that there are several greats that remain on the list after all this time.  Schwab, they do know, but flattery doesn't seem to work as far as prices go...
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