• esc27@lemmy.world
    13·
    8 months ago

    Transport Tycoon Deluxe (which lives on as the much improved OpenTTD.)

    Master of Orion 2

    Star Wars Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast

    Home Alone (1991) - Special mention as my first computer game. Still have the box…

    Age of Empires II (revived, remastered, and still receiving expansions and development)

    • HopingForBetter@lemmy.today
      1·
      7 months ago

      JKII - Outcast!

      So many character skins.

      This had to be the precursor for all the fortnite additions.

      I remember downloading a Yoda skin and running up to people as a 9’ yoda and doing the “make-out” action just to mess with them.

    • MeanEYE@lemmy.world
      1·
      8 months ago

      Been looking into getting into DF but it all seems intimidating and lacking polish. Is it worth the effort? I know people love it, but learning curve is kind of annoying. If you had to compare it to a similar game, which one would it be?

        • MeanEYE@lemmy.world
          2·
          7 months ago

          Only causally reading about it. Didn’t purchase the game yet. Graphically it’s much better, which is why I was drawn to the idea of getting in the first place. Am not much of a fan of ascii art in games.

      • johsny@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        8 months ago

        The Steam version is great, but still fairly intricate. (not complicated, but there is a lot going on) also get DFHack, it automates a lot of the confusing stuff). Definitely worth the effort IMO, I am having a lot of fun with it. For example, I was besieged by goblins last night, and after a big fight one of my dwarves killed their leader, and we won the day. My champion was praised in song and engravings, and we made a platinum statue in his likeness, that was displayed in the entrance to the fort. A few weeks later the Duke of Paperprice (the name of my fort) threw a tantrum because his mandated goods was delivered late, and in his rage he killed our hero. One of the dwarven kids had to carry his mangled body down to the Atomsmasher. Ah well, that’s dorfs for you.

  • slingstone@lemmy.world
    9·
    8 months ago

    Star Control I and II

    Medieval II Total War (except that diplomacy was a joke)

    Civ III was great, but Alpha Centauri may have been the best 4x game ever.

    • elephantium@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      7 months ago

      What grinds my gears about Medieval II is how every general gets a ton of battle dread pretty much no matter what

  • saltesc@lemmy.world
    8·
    8 months ago

    Red Alert, Half-Life, Arcanum, EverQuest, Gex, GoldenEye 007, Sam ‘n’ Max, Donky Kong Country (all 3), Final Fantasy 7 and 8.

    Also liked a lot of HL mods like CS and DoD. Oh, and that cool SRC one where you play as aliens vs humans and evolve…

    Edit: Tribes. And C&C.Generals…and Nox.

  • leave_it_blank@lemmy.world
    7·
    8 months ago

    Monkey Island 1-3 and System Shock 2. And Might and Magic 4+5. I play these once every two years.

    And a modern classic-to-be: Shadow Warrior 2. I play this once per year (New game +) and will never stop. I have reached level 240 just today.

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      8 months ago

      Someone else that played America’s Army!

      I loved that game, even with all its faults. I still remember those maps fondly. I haven’t found another game that quite scratches that slow-paced strategic shooter itch. (But then, I hardly ever play multiplayer games these days anyway.)

  • paddirn@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    8 months ago

    Civilization (1/2/3 all sort of blend together for me), Sid Meier’s Pirates!, Master of Orion, Master of Magic, Magic Carpet, Half-Life, Hexen, Team Fortress/Quake, Duke Nukem3D, Warcraft/Starcraft, Diablo, C&C, and so many others that remind of being at home on my Dad’s then-cutting edge computer, before my Dad died, before I graduated school and had my own kids, before my parent’s divorced, before everything got worse than it was, life was good just hanging out and playing games. The games may be “better” now, but I’d give anything to go back to the 90s/00s all over again.

  • TalesOfTrees@sh.itjust.works
    4·
    8 months ago

    Dig Dug, Battlezone (the wireframe “3d” tank game), and C&C Red Alert 2. Those 3 will always live in my head rent-free, and they’re more than welcome to.

  • RageAgainstTheRich@lemmy.world
    3·
    7 months ago

    Counter-strike 1.6. That game meant the world to me. I remember all the fun mods like surfing, knife, kz (climbing), zombie survival, grenades only, knife with janky ass cars.

    I know certain modes can be found now too in games like roblox. My little sister plays roblox and plays a ton of the climbing ones (i think its called obby or something). But i miss the counter strike gameplay. I think my favorite was bunnyhop hide and seek. I hosted a server and it got pretty popular. We all build fun levels together and played all day. I miss these old dedicated server games with fun mods 😔.