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Games with Style

What just sticks with you?

from Elemental Forums

Over the years, some games just stick out from the crowd. Not because of a great story or innovative gameplay, but just because they have this certain style that nothing else does.  My question is this: Which games would you pick?

My choices:

The Legend of Zelda series: Dueling Skeletons, traveling underwater temples, or fighting from horseback, these games never cease to feel like an epic journey.

Okami: Unique art, gameplay, music and more, this game is one of the very few I was sad to finish simply because I wanted to keep going.

The first two Command and Conquer games: Oh, come on. These games have more style in their installation than most games in their entirety. From the FMV and CG cutscenes, to the in-game art, voices, and varied units, to the awesome soundtrack, everything just fits in these games. To a lesser extant, the next three also had great style.

 

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Reply #26 from Sins Forums Top

Myth: The Fallen Lords
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Oh hell yeah, but i liked the sequel and prequel as well. Just loved that style of RTS.

Final Fantasy 7

Warcraft 1-2-3 (screw WoW)

Civilization 2

Battle Toads and Double Dragon

to name a few.

Reply #27 from Elemental Forums Top

Although some great game popped up, I'm surprised only one of the following popped:

Master of Magic aka MoM

Master of Orion 2

Betrayal at Krondor (note- it's a lot better than Return to Krondor, its followup)

Star Control  aka Starcon

Star Control 2 aka Starcon2 (note- If you wish to touch starcon 3, do it BEFORE you touch the other two, else you will cry blood)

Goblins 3 aka Gob3

Monkey island series

Although there are a lot more games, I found these games to be great, spaciel and better than most of their imitations.

I have yet to encounter a game from the last 5 years that I have liked more than WoW, and we already heard people's opinion about it.

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Reply #28 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting StAcK3D_ActR, reply 22
you think im that immature :(

1989 ftw ;)
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It's not really immaturity, at least not in the normal sense of the word. It's just that different people grew up with different things and thus have different standards for comparison. You list CoD4, Super Smash Bros., Final Fantasy 10 and mention Pokemon as "everyone was into it at one stage".

To me that's just madness. And even then, there should only be about a 3 year difference between us ('86 here).

Reply #29 from Demigod Forums Top

I'll second MechWarrior 2. 2 really stands out the most for me. 1 was amazing from the gameplay perspective (no game since had you actually managing a dropship with fuel, weight limits, and pretty much a sandbox merc game where you could also negotiate contracts) but it wasn't very "stylish".

Reply #30 from Elemental Forums Top

Portal

Star Control 2

Master of Orion 2

Master of Magic

Majesty

Dominion 3

Space Ops

Gysh

Civ2

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

 

Etc. etc.

Reply #31 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Annatar11, reply 4
I'll second MechWarrior 2. 2 really stands out the most for me. 1 was amazing from the gameplay perspective (no game since had you actually managing a dropship with fuel, weight limits, and pretty much a sandbox merc game where you could also negotiate contracts) but it wasn't very "stylish".
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I was never a big fan of the simulator genre with the joysticks and the whatnots, but I remember Mechwarrior 2, as young as I was.

I'll also second Gazing's nominations regarding Civilization 2 and Alpha Centauri, as well as that of Portal specifically. Portal is one of the very few games in recent memory, of this "new age" of gaming, that I can honestly say I think have soul and style. I absolutely adore it.

Reply #32 from Demigod Forums Top

Portal is one of the very few games in recent memory, of this "new age" of gaming, that I can honestly say I think have soul and style.
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Mirror's Edge had soul and style for the first half of the game. Nobody's ever made a parkour-like game before that was fun to play and it was breathtaking hopping on roofs.

But as soon as they started making you run around inside buildings and reloading the same spot 50 times because some guy with an M60 kills you in a second it quickly lost its appeal. I still have fond memories of the first few chapters, though I never finished the game because I just lost interest.

Reply #33 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Annatar11, reply 7
Mirror's Edge had soul and style for the first half of the game. Nobody's ever made a parkour-like game before that was fun to play and it was breathtaking hopping on roofs.

But as soon as they started making you run around inside buildings and reloading the same spot 50 times because some guy with an M60 kills you in a second it quickly lost its appeal. I still have fond memories of the first few chapters, though I never finished the game because I just lost interest.
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Pfah. A lot of games are like that. That's not soul or style. That's just momentary infatuation with the lens flare. :D

Reply #34 from Sins Forums Top

Was nothing to do with lens flare :P It was style!

Reply #35 from Sins Forums Top

Halo: Combat Evolved

not the rest of the series

Reply #36 from Sins Forums Top

I agree about Portal and Zelda, thay are amazing games.

Super Mario 64

I'm going to agree about Pokemon. This sounds kind of sad, but I have never spent more time playing any other game. There was one in the series that I logged over 500 hours on.

Reply #37 from Sins Forums Top

Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. It was and old PC game from the 90s. It was extremely dificult and I found myself stuck too many times on puzzles and finding where to go next. It is just what you would expect from Indy, adventure, action, and that little bit of humor. The only thing I dont like about this game is that it wont work on any computer in my house except the old one packed away in a box :')

Reply #38 from Elemental Forums Top

Ohhh ya the Mechwarrior games... man those were fun... really need to bring em back...

Reply #39 from Sins Forums Top

I thought of a couple others that I think should be on the list.

Goldeneye 007 for the N64

Starfox 64

Pikmin

Those were some awesome games.

Reply #40 from Sins Forums Top

No one has said World in Conflict?  Mine are:

World in Conflict (best...explosions...EVER... :') )

Zelda: Ocarina of Time

CoD4

Sins

Myst

Halo 1 (but most definitely not 2&3)

Metroid Prime

Reply #41 from Sins Forums Top

Also, I think Annatar may have out-karma'd god by now :P

Reply #42 from Sins Forums Top

World in Conflict may have perfected it, but Ground Control was the first and brought about the style. And back then, those explosions were just as beautiful. I still remember my jaw dropping when artillery fired and you traced the shells, waching them lose their casings before crashing down in a big boom.

Ah, Ground Control was an awesome game. Onto the list it goes!

Reply #44 from Elemental Forums Top

Don't know about anyone else, but I loved Dawn of War (not Soul Storm or Dawn of War II) because it had incredibly awesome battles.

I also enjoy a more recent game, Mount and Blade a lot.

And last but not the least, I liked the harvest moon game for the N64.

Reply #45 from Elemental Forums Top

Shogun Total War.  Now *that's* what I call a slick game.  :D

Reply #46 from Demigod Forums Top

Pokemon as "everyone was into it at one stage". To me that's just madness.
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sorry, the comment about pokemon was ment to be take lightly

also i would remind you that the original post said:

My question is this: Which games would you pick?
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so you dont have to agree with what i like :)

Reply #47 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting soasertsus, reply 12
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. It was and old PC game from the 90s. It was extremely dificult and I found myself stuck too many times on puzzles and finding where to go next. It is just what you would expect from Indy, adventure, action, and that little bit of humor. The only thing I dont like about this game is that it wont work on any computer in my house except the old one packed away in a box :')
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Oh, my god, yes!

In no particular order:

Beneath a Steel Sky.
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis.
Monkey Island 1-2.
Full Throttle.
Sam & Max Hit the Road.
Day of the Tentacle.
And as a honorable mention, The Dig.

You should be able to play all of them on DOSBox.

Reply #48 from Elemental Forums Top

Homeworld: amazing graphics, 3D movement, great musical score, great story, great artwork,...

Relic did a masterpiece there :)

Reply #49 from Sins Forums Top

And as a honorable mention, The Dig.
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I forgot about that game