Recommend a Game Thread

[G.K.]

I reccomend RA2.

[powerrave]

Champions Online for PC.

Champions Online is an MMORPG with amazing character customization and fun gameplay. Imagine a MMORPG where you build your own class! your able to take powers from any powerset you want, want to build a gun slinging sorcerer? you can! and you can even pick the colors of your powers, don't like the default red fire on your fire skills? well you can change it with the color silder to whatever you like.

The game Features both PvE and PvP, battle Super Villians inside and outside lairs, help people in need and more in PvE or battle other champions in an array of hero games each of which has its own style of gameplay and arena.

Free expansions! that's right Champions Online is the first MMO to release free expansions that are known as adventure packs to it's players. These packs feature brand new content such as new lairs/super villians, new missions/story arcs, new costume pieces and more!

very awesome game indeed.

i say Killing Floor for PC.

it's a Co-op survival horror running on the old UT2004 engine (not a big surprise if you know this first was just a mod for UT2004). works well and is quite challenging.

[NFX]

I'll chip in here. =D

Micro Maniacs (PsOne, Codemasters)

In essence, Micro Maniacs is a racing game, with various different tracks, but instead of cars, you have people. Some of whom who are extremely bizarre, such as Twister, a demented clown with an obsession for yo-yos, and Mesme, an eight-year old, balding, telekinetic mute girl. Each of the characters has two special attacks which you can use to slow down or take out your opponents, which vary in their applications. To use these attacks, you have to collect some strange floating orbs along the tracks, some of which are in the middle of the road, some slight off the beaten path. You can also earn upgrades for the characters' attacks by taking them through a "Challenge" mode. Or you could race in a "VS Mode", where you have to outrun the other racers to earn points. 36 tracks, 12 characters, endless laughs. And four hidden cheat modes for even more lunacy.

[GroudonRobotWars]

The Movies

Platform PC

It allows you to make your own movies, studio and stars.


I might make a thread for this.

[Sparkey98]

Technibots
www.Technibots.webs.com.

[J24]

I reccomend RA2.

^^ win ^^

Anyway

Lock's quest
Platform: nintendo ds
Lock's quest is a little known gem on the ds
A brilliant real time sstrategy game that has you building walls to defend a well
With a very deep plot and just general all round awsomeness i would strongly reccomend this game

[Clickbeetle]

EPIC ON-TOPIC BUMP


Radiant Historia.


If I've seemed less active in RA2 lately, that's the game to blame. :P  I thought about making a new thread for it but figured there wouldn't be a whole lot to discuss about it, so instead I'll just post here and extol its virtues recommend it.


It's a pretty traditional RPG with a few big twists... the biggest one being that you can time travel to almost any point in the game's timeline and replay events.  Ever been faced with a choice in an RPG, so you saved beforehand, picked one option, then reset and picked the other option to see what would happen?  (Don't lie, you all have.)  It's exactly like that, except you can do it legitimately in-game and you carry over all your items and experience.  And this game has a lot of choices in it so you'll be doing a lot of time traveling (backwards and forwards or side to side between parallel timelines).


The battle system is really fun and innovative too... it forces you to actually use your special techniques even against regular enemies (spamming Attack won't work except against very weak enemies) but at the same time it isn't too difficult or annoying.  The battles are a bit on the easy side so far with the right tactics (I haven't yet had anyone KO'd) but I'm hoping they get harder later in the game.


And I'm not even halfway through according to the game's event counter so I can't truly judge the story, but so far it's the best I've seen in a game.


Graphics and music are excellent too... , everything about this game is top notch.


So yeah... just updating you on my latest distraction.  Anyone who likes RPG's should buy this game.  Unless you have stuff you want to finish in RA2; then you might want to hold off for a bit.

[Resetti's Replicas]

9 Doors 9 Hours 9 Persons for the Nintendo DS.  I know I ranted about not getting to have sex with the dancer, but I'm being serious now, it is an incredible game.

If you're a fan of stories, puzzles, and point and click adventures meets survival horror, this game is for you.  One reviewer summed it up perfectly, "Professor Layton meets Saw."

You're Junpei, and you get abducted into the Nonary Game.  Now you and your eight companions have just 9 hours to escape (not real time mind you, the time goes by as events get triggered).  The aim is not hard to figure out - search the room for clues and solve the puzzle.

I'm a sucker for a good storyline, and that's where the game really shines.  The 9 characters appear to be little more that mold-fitting archetypes, but as you progress you realize that they are all a lot deeper than that (the dancer is a good example).  It's a gripping storyline, very professionally written, and even the most minor of details gets addressed by the end.  There are multiple endings BTW, you'll be forced to branch off at points and steer the plot as you see fit.  Three of the endings are easy to get by just bumbling around, but the   others you will have to really work for to figure out the right path. (there are hints to those right paths, subtle but undeniable)

For anyone who doesn't like a lot of reading, stay away.  The cutscenes are long and will account for most of the time you clock.  You have to play through the game 5 times minimum to get all the endings, and that means replaying the same parts a lot.  You can fast forward but not skip through cutscenes you've already seen, and you can't skip puzzles at all.  Also you only get one save file, so if you find you've strayed onto the wrong path (like an ending you've already gotten), your only choices are to suck it up and finish, or go back to the beginning.
 

Still, the endings are a rewarding bounty to playing through, so if you play videogames for the storyline like I do, then this your game.

[madman3]

Age Of Empires 2

Was officially the best RTS before Starcraft 2; smooth play, actually educational, and a whole host of cheats. Naturally the buildings are completely disproportionate to the people, and generally it has a smooth and relevant style and some very good campaigns.

[FOTEPX]

Lock's Quest (Underated tower defense game with an ace plot. The graphics are done in a nice retro style, and it really works well. The top screen is rarely even used.)
Tony Hawk's Underground 2 (Great soundtrack and really keeps you busy, as well as having a neat storyline and quite an in-depth editor(Loved the Custom Park Maker))
Super Castlevania IV (Only got to play it about an hour ago, but oh my god. For the SNES, the graphics are truly beautiful, and it just shows off what the SNES is capable of)
Gran Turismo 2 (By god is this game awesome. Great soundtrack, a plethora of cars to choose from, some really smooth controls and one of the most rewarding games ever)
Final Fantasy III (Last good final fantasy before it turned all emo. Beautiful graphics and one of the few RPG's I actually like (Other than Chrono Trigger))
Age Of Mythology (Took AoE2's ideas and ran with it. Great online community, some awesome custom maps (PickADestinyV4 was freakin' awesome) and some truly epic wars, as well as an awesome storyline)

[Natef]

Try to make it non-mainstream games (not popular and well known).

[NFX]

Age Of Empires 2

Was officially the best RTS before Starcraft 2; smooth play, actually educational, and a whole host of cheats. Naturally the buildings are completely disproportionate to the people, and generally it has a smooth and relevant style and some very good campaigns.

I HAVE THIS. We used to play this a LOT back in Higher Computing. When the teacher took sick leave, that was basically one month straight of Age Of Empires 2. Naturally I sucked.

[madman3]

Age Of Empires 2

Was officially the best RTS before Starcraft 2; smooth play, actually educational, and a whole host of cheats. Naturally the buildings are completely disproportionate to the people, and generally it has a smooth and relevant style and some very good campaigns.

I HAVE THIS. We used to play this a LOT back in Higher Computing. When the teacher took sick leave, that was basically one month straight of Age Of Empires 2. Naturally I sucked.

Blue machine gun armed Shelby Cobras are your friend.

[Enigm@]

Doom 2
It's a game where you kill demons 'n' sh**.
Plus it's dirt cheap on Steam.

[Hard Bot]

Need for Speed Shift 2: Unleashed

Rating: E10+ 

Genre: simulation racing

It came out in my country about 2 months ago.  It is awesome. There are more than 100 cars in this game. It is pretty realistic, complete with damage that is realistic. You can modify a car's appearance by changing the body shape and giving it awesome paint jobs.  I'd rate it 4/5 stars. That's because the game is a little difficult.

[Jack Daniels]

Transport Tycoon just got a complete open-source release last month.  It is still rather fun. Good little sandbox game similar to SimCity.  I just downloaded it and started playing again. I used to love the original game back in '96. 

Download is totally free. The author accepts donations.

http://www.openttd.org/

[J]

Gotcha Force
Its an older Gamecube Game, of course, but you build your team of toy robots that do battle agenst the evil "Death Force"(which also consists of toy robots) in various scenarios where you fight to save the day. This game is fun as , and is loaded with all kinds of awesome characters who have there own unique abilitys. Your character selection consists of, but is not limited to: Dragons, ninjas, samurais, robots(even some transforming ones), giant spaceships, super heros, and all kinds of awesome. Your team combinations are limitless.
Seriously, go play it. Its a fun game.

[NFX]

Micro Maniacs (PsOne) Racing genre game that replaces cars with a large dollop of slapstick lunacy.

[GoldenFox93]

I'll chip in here. =D

Micro Maniacs (PsOne, Codemasters)

In essence, Micro Maniacs is a racing game, with various different tracks, but instead of cars, you have people. Some of whom who are extremely bizarre, such as Twister, a demented clown with an obsession for yo-yos, and Mesme, an eight-year old, balding, telekinetic mute girl. Each of the characters has two special attacks which you can use to slow down or take out your opponents, which vary in their applications. To use these attacks, you have to collect some strange floating orbs along the tracks, some of which are in the middle of the road, some slight off the beaten path. You can also earn upgrades for the characters' attacks by taking them through a "Challenge" mode. Or you could race in a "VS Mode", where you have to outrun the other racers to earn points. 36 tracks, 12 characters, endless laughs. And four hidden cheat modes for even more lunacy.

[Squirrel_Monkey]

Transport Tycoon just got a complete open-source release last month.  It is still rather fun. Good little sandbox game similar to SimCity.  I just downloaded it and started playing again. I used to love the original game back in '96. 

Download is totally free. The author accepts donations.

http://www.openttd.org/

Ain't bad.