I loved Chrono Trigger and FF VII, two of the only games that I have actually finished. They just sucked me right in.

I have never played Chrono Cross, I may just have to now that I remember how much I enjoyed Chrono Trigger. Same with the latest FF series, I haven''t played any after VII.

Sshado

Hard to say. All the bug things these days are open-ended games with no or little story. But Unreal was pretty cool.

Scott Simontis
Engineer in Training
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Planescape Torment is my favorite...it will always be..(sigh)

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quote: Original post by LuckyNewbie
Um... Deus Ex? Whats wrong with you people!

No real replayability...

Two endings, that''s it...

Cyberpawz

Heh. There is THREE endings, and the replayability is the best I have experienced (spelling?) in any game.

Final Fantasy 7, hands down.

--He who laughs last, thinks slowest.

Mafia. And most of Blizzard''s games. But I haven''t played PST or FF7.

Since being a nostalgic old-game lover i''d say:

Out Of This World(or Another World)
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I''m stunned nobody mentions this game!
This is probably the best game i''ve ever played.
Amazing intro,excellent gameplay,unique story,stunning graphics.
In this game you are a young physicist that is sucked by his computer screen after a lightning strikes and wakes up in a strange alien world in some other dimension.
Bizzare camera angles,the smoothest animated characters you''ve ever seen,the best alien atmosphere ever created for a game and the year is just 1991.
And we''re talking about a platform game(side scroller).It''s the definition of originality.Trust me,there''s nothing like it in it''s genre!
A masterpiece.
The only recent games that remind me this game style is the Oddworld game series.
Anyway,for amiga or DOS,get this game every way you can!

Monkey Island I
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My all-time favorite adventure game with the most entertaining storyline.
I''ve learned some english words from this game when i was 12 years old that i still remember like ''gopher repellent'',''melting mug'' or ''staple remover''.

Loom
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One of the most unique games i''ve ever played.
The story is linear(typical lucas arts),i agree,but the gameplay gives a whole new dimesnion to the game.
In this game you don''t give any verbal commands.
You just play notes on a bizzare musical instrument!!

Dark Seed
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Now there''s an example of an adventure game with a brilliant story,amazing graphics and BAD gameplay.
You''re a wannabe writer who purchases a solitary mansion at very low cost.By reaching the house you fall asleep but when you wake up, nothing''s as you know it.You wake up in a world that''s like a dark-surrealistic mirror of the real world.
The plot reveals itself step by step and you find out that an alien embryo has been implanted in your head.
The graphics are very gothic and doommy,giving a really atmospheric touch of horror.
HOWEVER, the gameplay is awful!!
Bad and stupid puzzles that only intent to make your life difficult.Some puzzles are so irritating that will definately make you want to kill the game designer!
My advice:Find the game AND the walkthrough and play it.
The atmosphere and story surely worth it.

I also liked Day of the Tentacle and Full Throtle and
basically most lucas arts and sierra games.


We are what we do to change what we are

Riven?

Well I don''t know about the plots, there are so many I have not played, and it is a matter of taste.

But a story well told... there''s a rarity. Here are the games whcih made me think "If this was a book it would be a classic".

1) FF7
2) System Shock 2
3) Little Big Adventures 2

They do have their failings in plot, 1 being half ripped off FF6, 2 being so short and 3 being random French stuff, but these games kept the pace, fed you the story achingly slow. I could not stop playing them.

***SPOILERS FOR GAMES MENTIONED ABOVE***
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FF7: You think it was ripped off FF6 or worse. Did you ever doubt Kefka was bad, really. But Sephiroth was unknown for half the first disk. And Cloud''s amnesia was better done than most games. Not to mention Aeris, her death is masterful narration. Reasonably new characters, the audacity to have an RPG in a techno future... need I go on about how amazing this game was.

System Shock 2: How such a long game kept you going on so little plot I don''t know, but I do know how the game scared me witless, even on easy. And then discovering the big alien (I forget her name) was manipulating you!

Little Big Adventures 2: Just shows how start a plot off small and make it explode into alien planets etc. Plus a good game.

Has anyone got any of these three games lying around gathering dust and wont mind lending it to a fellow gamer

1. grim fandango
2. planescape torment
3. system shock 2

theres been alot of praise to these games, I want to experience it and see whats so cool bout them

drop me a mail if you are willing


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such a shame my defences have become my own resistrictions!!