So what are your favorite "old-ish" games, as in, ones that were published before 2010 (so before last 15 years)?
Mine are as follows:
Mine are as follows:
- Civilization 2 (1996). First game I ever played, and still one of my favorites. As much as I love Civilization IV, there is simply something about the minimalist graphical design and interface that tugs at the heartstrings.
- Warcraft 2 (1995). Still the best Warcraft, in my opinion.
- Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2 (2002). First racing game I had ever played, and still my favorite. While I had played other games in the series since - Underground (2003) and Hot Pursuit (2010) - Hot Pursuit 2 is my favorite, and honestly also the best looking one (sue me, I love old graphics).
- Homeworld 2 (2003). Another one of the firsts, it was the first 3D RTS game I had played, and in fact one of few such games I regularly played. It is also my favorite RTS game, which is funny since I generally prefer medieval or fantasy RTS such as Battle for Middle Earth or Total War series.
- Battle for Middle Earth (2004) and Battle for Middle Earth 2 (2006). My first Lord of the Rings games, and the best I had played so far. Unfortunately don't seem to work on new Windows.
- Halo: Combat Evolved (2001). First HALO I had played, and also one of few multiplayer shooters I genuinely enjoyed.
- Rome: Total War. My introduction to the Total War series, in fact - but replaced on the favorite spot by the Medieval 2. Originally I liked fighting battles the most while I left everything else to the AI, but over time I came to appreciate the empire management part of the game as well.
- Medieval 2 Total War. I don't know why, but Medieval 2 simply feels better than the Rome. Perhaps it is the more diverse scenarios - I really love the Crusades campaign, playing as Byzantine Empire.
- Devil May Cry 4 (2008). It is the first DMC game I had played and, in my opinion, is still by far the best-looking Devil May Cry game. Devil May Cry 5 has "more realistic" graphics which simply don't fit the insanity that DMC should be. And just as importantly, I really prefer the medieval / Gothic and natural landscapes of DMC4 over the "modern city" ugliness that is Devil May Cry 5. Games should be escapism from ugly reality, so why bring ugly reality into the game itself? Level design itself seems far more varied in DMC4 than in DMC5, which appears to be a single level repeated ad nauseum (though I only played latter at friend's so I didn't pass the entire game).
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