Honorable Mention for Best Older Games Thread

So this thread is devoted to games that you played years ago that you really enjoyed. The caveat is that they are games that maybe didn't really have any critical success. Or perhaps you really enjoyed them but there was a critical flaw that just stopped it from being a classic game. We've all read those "Top 100 Games of all Times" posts from ign or whomever and we've agreed and disagreed with what's been put there and in what order. This is for the games that will never make it onto ANYONE'S top 100 list, but they still have a special place in your heart.

for me, it's Starship Troopers. it was a squad based RTS that came out in the late 90's. it wasn't perfect by ANY means. the enemy AI was wonky at times and the story was about as unoriginal as you could get. what i really enjoyed though was the idea of your squad's experience. not just in leveling up and getting access to new gear, but it would actually affect how they acted in combat.

For example, rookies would break formation when a bug charged them. and formations would grant attack and defense bonuses as long as they were tight. putting a grizzled vet in the front of a pincer formation meant that the rookies behind him felt confident enough to stand their ground. but you put a bunch of rookies in front of the snipers and it's game over as soon as any bugs started to get too close.

joeboo_sl said:

Might as well have named this the "let's reminisce about Baldurs Gate and Planescape thread". It's coming. It always does.

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Right, that's why I named it honorable mentions. Non classic games. We all love baldurs gate, chrono trigger, ff7, half life, etc. That's why I said the game that no one puts on their top 100 list but you still love them

DMK_sl said:

Silver was AWESOME. One of my fondest gaming memories beside UO



And Revenant was awesome also. It shows that after all these years gameplay hasn't really changed that much at all. Revenants combat is just as fun as modern rpgs.

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Oh man.... Revenant... Totally forgot about that game. Good call

Mist_sl said:

The final boss in Revenant would CTD the game, never finished it.

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Heck... I don't even remember getting more than a handful of hours into the game before it would crash. I remember that when you got to bane it would just ctd repeatedly.