So much pressure.
Lets see if I do ok.
Myst: Masterpiece Edition - This title is simply wonderful. It took Myst from 8 to 24bit colour, and retained all the focus on ambience, the mystery of being alone, and the desire to explore, to discover what happened on this small island. So much has occurred, it expanded off into 4 more games, and 3 novels, just to cover it all. Myst set it all in motion, with a monologue, and then, solitude. The sound of moving between worlds shall never be forgotten. Myst is my favourite game ever, no contest.
One Must Fall: 2097 - Found it as a shareware, and couldn't play enough of it. An awesome fighter game, you play a mech pilot, either a premade story in arcade, or tournament mode as yourself, where you start out as a newbie, and slowly work your way to the top of the fighting world, or end up bumming for work as a mechanic to pay the bill on your damaged/destroyed mech. Its freeware now, so if you're a fan of mechas, fighters, or electronic music, grab DosBox, cause this is a game you must play.
Tyrian 2000 - An arcade style space-shooter, yet has story, progression, the ability to upgrade your ship, change your equipment, has numerous hidden levels, easter eggs, secrets, and even secrets within secrets. I never got a chance to buy the full version Tyrian back in the day, instead playing the life out of the shareware version, which itself still has loads of content. Like OMF:2097, Tyrian 2000 is now freeware easily playable via DosBox, and due to its source code being licensed out and rewritten in C, OpenTyrian has been ported to multiple platforms.
SimCity 2000 Special Edition + SimCopter - SimCity2k gave me a serious, yet paradoxically humorous, look at founding, designing, and keeping a city alive. I've played many games in this series and others like it, yet SimCity 2000 still holds its place, for its skilled balance of humour, fun, and responsibility. SimCopter took you from building your city from above, to exploring it up close as a freelance helicopter pilot, keeping that surreal humour, laced with serious responsibility. (I count these two together because of how much they compliment each other, and their inter-compatible savegames.)
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind GOTY Edtion - This game had so much immersion and detail to it, I spent countless hours walking around this world, exploring, and simply taking it in. The battles may not be the strongest point in the game, but the amount of dialogue, and books to read, makes this world very deep, and something that has to be experienced.
m0skit0 wrote:Xian Nox wrote:Vampire: the Masquerade: Bloodlines
This game could be an excellent RPG if it hasn't that much dang bugs. One of the buggiest games I've ever played. I just end up uninstalling it every time. Too bad, the idea was excellent, the execution is a shame.
Troika was facing bankruptcy at the time, and despite the hard work of its devs, they were unable to polish it enough before it was pushed to market, even working unpaid to release as many patches as they could before their doors finally closed. Since that time, there is now Wesp5's unofficial patch, which solves the bugs, and lets it be played as it was intended (or toggle the unofficial patch into plus edition flavour, which expands upon it, without detracting from the lore.) Even now, nearly 10 years after VtM:B was released, this patch is still being updated.
I would highly recommend giving this game another chance.