Your Favorite Games of All Time - (AKA the Throughly Fanboying Thread)

**Prelauncher** · 09-14-2013, 08:40 PM

What a wonderful thread ^^ hmm it's a hard topic though. But I guess these are my favourite games (at the moment):

Spoiler below!

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Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven
Back when I was a kid my grandad used to play this game and my cousin and I would watch almost mesmerized by this wonderful game. I recently purchased it from GOG and have set out on my own nostalgia-filled journey across Enroth.
This old jewel comes from a time when there was none of the modern day hand holding. The game drops you right by the gates of a small town and says "Go there and you'll get your first quest, got it? Now fuck off."
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The game doesn't have any tutorials or tips so most of it is trial and error: am I strong enough for this dungeon? No...*insta-killed* But I don't feel that this is a problem for the game, it leads to a much more cautious and methodic playstyle where you really take your time to learn about the world and all the enemies that you encounter - their strenghts and weaknesses.
The game puts you in charge of a party of four individuals which allows you to combine and explore many of the games different classes, you're therefore allowed to tailor your own playstyle based on the strenghts and weaknesses of each individual in your party.
The gameplay is very fun and diversive as the game allows for both turn based and real time combat; pressing enter will put you in turn based mode where everyone will freeze, allowing you to carefully choose spells and attacks and then wait for the enemy to respond. This mechanic is one of my favourites in the game, the ability to carefully plan your attacks and think about what you're doing instead of just madly running around buttonmashing spells and meleeattacks.
The game also has a great amount of spells for you to use (if anyone in your party can use them). There are many categories of spells: earth, air, fire, body, mind, sprit etc. all with different spells that all have their different effects. You also have to make sure that your characters have learned the skill required for each category of spells.
As for the non-magic ranged attacks there are bows and crossbows, and for melee there are a huge variety of spears, swords, maces etc. This combined with all the armour, rings, amulets, boots, cloaks etc. makes lootig very interesting and it's very rewarding as you fight your way to the chests in that big dungeon you are too weak for but choose to explore anyway.
As for leveling: the whole concept is based on skills. to use a certain weapon or spell class or wear a certain armour you first have to teach that partymember the required skill. When you level up you get points to put into those skills and when you reach a certain skill-level you can become an expert in that skill, after that you can become master of that skill but master usually requires more than just skillpoints and gold. I love this way of leveling as it gives your character so many options to grow and you get to tailor every character with their skills to suit your way of playing. And when you've come a bit further in the game and your characters have become stronger it's always fun to go back to those monsters that usually took ages to kill but that you now can kill in a matter of seconds.
The graphics are on the other hand very bad, nigh on ugly. But if you can overcome the oldey-timey graphics then there's actually some beauty in the game; mainly in the dungeons. The game features a huge variety of dungeons for you to explore. Every dungeon feels like a new experience and they all feel and look different. There are your standard caves and castles but there's also different temples and huge mazes and even one dungeon which haves you make your way into a great cave in which there's a HUGE pyramid, it truly is one of the best dungeons I've seen in any game. The outdoor environments are also very good and diverse but not amazing: deserts, islands, winterlands etc.
The game also has a great soundtrack which I've mentioned many times, a few of the songs are some of the best I've heard in a game, might be for the nostalgia but still: a great soundtrack!
I could go on and on about how great this game is but I guess I'll stop here. In short: if you like challenging RGPs and don't mind old graphics then buy this game! It's supercheap on GOG and don't require much space so don't hesitate to buy it. I promise you it's worth it!

Spoiler below!

Doublepost because fuck imagelimits! Tongue