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Lilura

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Not a fan of pure survival horror, eh?

I like System Shock 2 and Barker's Undying. Not sure if they're pure or not, as I'm not into the genre.

Not a fan of wide open spaces/prefer more emphasis on Labs, eh?

I like Pripyrat as well. It's just that OGSE puts Chernobyl at no.1 for me.
 

Ventidius

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Wizardry (classic) - 1
Wizardry (6-8) - 6
Baldur's Gate - 2
Icewind Dale - 1
The Elder Scrolls - Morrowind
Fallout - New Vegas
Paradox games - EU4
Total War - Rome 1
Age of Wonders - 3
Elminage - Original
Wizardry Empire - 1
The Legend of Zelda (2D) - Oracle of Ages
The Legend of Zelda (3D) - Ocarina of Time
Resident Evil (classic) - REmake
Resident Evil (modern) - 4
Final Fantasy - 4
Fire Emblem - Conquest
Metroid (2D) - Super Metroid
Metroid (3D) - Prime 2
Dark Souls - 2
Ys - Origin
Castlevania - Order of Ecclesia
X-COM - 1
XCOM - 2
Gold Box games - Champions of Krynn
Jagged Alliance - 2
Divinity: Original Sin - 2
System Shock - 1
Deus Ex - 1
Monster Hunter - World
Metal Gear Solid - 5
Civilization - 4
 
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Roguey

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I like System Shock 2 and Barker's Undying. Not sure if they're pure or not, as I'm not into the genre.

They wouldn't. Survival horror means noticeably limited resources (even saving is a limited resource in RE 1-3), and a character who isn't (and ideally can't become) a combat god. Survival horror purists got upset that 4 provides the illusion of limited resources by adding random drops (you have a greater chance of getting more bullets and health items from dead enemies and smashed boxes if your inventory is low on those items) and that Leon is pretty good at killing things.
 

luj1

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Quake 2, Heroes IV and Fallout Tactics are some of my favorite 'inferior' entries. I'm aware that Quake, Heroes III and Fallout are objectively better.
 

BLOBERT

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BROS ULTIMA 5 ANY OTHER ANSWER IS WRONG

MIGHT AND MAGIC 3 OR 6

DARK SOULS IS HARD I THINK 2 BOUT 1 AND DEMONL WERE AWESOME
 

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X-Com - 1
RE - 1 Remake
Castlevania - RoB
Igavania - PoR
Civ - SMAC
Super Mario - 3
Ultima - 5
M&M - WoX
Wizardry - HotM (SFC/SNES)
FF - Tactics
Contra - 1 (NES)
STALKER - 1
Zelda -L'sA
TES - 3
NWN - HotU
Metal Slug - X
King of Fighters - 98
SamSho - 2
Ghost Recon - 1
Battlefield - 2
Metroid - 3
Metal Gear - 2 (MSX)
Doom - 64
 
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Lilura

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castlevania - SOTN over Rondo?

SotN is way more replayable. Depends on criteria.

I agree Rondo wins in being classic Castlevania, though I also liked Super Castlevania IV for its aesthetics and mechanics. For example, those mode 7 rotating backdrops. And the music.
 

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HoMM - 2
M&M - 8
AoW - Shadow Magic
Civilization - Test of Time (or 4 if mods count)
Xcom - Apocalypse
Birthright - Gorgon's Alliance
 

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ManaJunkie

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Wizardry - 7
Might & Magic - 6
Ultima - 5
Ultima Underworld - 1
Baldurs Gate - thats a tough one - 2
Bards Tale - Dragon Wars....
Elder Scrolls - 3
Gold Box - POR - COK
ROA - Star Trail
Civ - 3
Zelda - 1
Metroid - Prime 1
Diablo - 2
Lands of Lore - 1
Fallout - 1
Deus Ex - 1
Divinity - OS 2 (fuck me, right?)
Drakensang - 2
 

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Devil May Cry 5
I've only played the original, but probably wrong.

Didnt play DMC but pretty sure DMC 3 supposed to be the best.

DMC 5 is pretty much every thing that made 3 good, but massively improved.


Wrong.
Best mechanics and levels in all 3 games, plus the one with the most original game world.


Wrong.
Much better batch of levels and improves (even if sightly) the mechanics and AI.


Wrong.
More enemies, weapons, level variety, mods and wads.


Wrong.
Best systems and enemy design in the entire franchise, and while the campaign is not as ambitious and expansive Wiz 7 it's more tight, focused and still has a great level of replayability (plus a very good ending to the whole Cosmic Forge trilogy).


Wrong.
New Vegas has an equally good campaign as Fallout 1, a more fun game world to explore, the systems aren't nearly as broken as Fallout 1/2 and finally 1 PC only is best suited for real time games while turn-based games should have multiple PC's (an error that unfortonately even recent Fallout inspired games like ATOM, Underrail and AoD seem to proudly commit).

Pokemon: Soul Silver
Digimon is superior.

Completely different series.
Plus I doubt it.

Resident Evil 4
Didn't you already list Resident Evil? You also listed Mario, Zelda, and Metroid multiple times.

There's a big difference between classical RE and modern RE. So big you can say they are different game genres.
Also with the Zelda, Mario and Metroid series I was making a difference between the 2D titles and the 3D ones.

Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
Academy and Outcast are shit compared to Dark Forces II.

Wrong.
 
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Lilura

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Agree with Wizardry 8. Way better than any other Wizardry game.

Don't agree with Metal Age because I prefer atmosphere of Dark Project.

Interplay's Fallout is unassailable. Anyone who puts NV (built on Oblivion With Guns popamole engine) above it gets written off by me in an instant, never to have their existence acknowledged again.
 

overly excitable young man

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Gothic 1
Fallout 1
Doom 2
Might and Magic 6
System Shock 2
Thief 2
StarCraft 1
Diablo 1
Warcraft 3
Witcher 1
Baldurs Gate 2
Duke Nukem 1
Super Mario Bros 3
Monkey Island 1
Portal 2
Deus Ex 1
C &C Red Alert 2
 

Dodo1610

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Gothic 2
Metal Age
Dragon Age Origins
C&C Generals
Max Payne 2
Tomb Raider 2
Battlefield 2
Spellforce 3 Soul Harvest
Kotor 2
The longest Journey
Deadspace 2
Far Cry 2
Medal of Honor Pacific Assault
The Legend of Heroes SC
Baldurs Gate series Pathfinder Kingmaker:obviously:
 
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Sigourn

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Blood Omen
Fallout

I haven't played that many series, not to mention ALL the games in a series. But these two I pretty much have (minus BO2 and the obviously bad Fallouts). As much as I have played New Vegas, it was always with mods, and have never finished it vanilla. So Fallout gets the vote (over the overrated Fallout 2).
 

BrotherFrank

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Dragon Age Origins
Jungle Strike (was tough deciding between this and Soviet strike but ultimately it's more fun to blow up buildings in the 2d games then the 3d ones)
Company of heroes 1
Dawn of war 1
Starcraft 1
Mortal Kombat 9
Soul blade (never understood why name became soul calibur after)
Age of Fear 2
Blackguards 1
Pillars of eternity 2
Battlefleet gothic armada 1
Tropico 4
SPAZ 1
Dead Space 2
Resident evil 3 nemesis
Saints Row 3
Onimusha 2
X com apocalypse (if we are going without mods, if we include mods then original xcom wins)
X com 2 WoTC (I consider firaxis xcom to be its own separate thing)
UFO: Afterlight
Left 4 dead 1
Dragon Ball Z Budokai 3
Jagged Alliance 2
 

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