skavenhorde
Little BRO Rat
I figure since there was a renewed interest in top tens. I would start one that is near and dear to my heart. I bring you ladies and gentlemen, ghouls and ghoulies, vampires and vampiresses, skavens and skanenies. Drum roll please (closest thing to a drumroll we got.) and now without much further ado I bring you
The CRPG Top Ten Oldies But Goodies List
*Brought to you by the Great Skavenlord himself, you all know him, you all love him, you murder in his name everyday and if you didn't he'll murder you, let's give it up for The Horned Rat
The great horned rat would like to thank all the little skav's out there that every night go out in his name to sow the seeds of chaos within the disgusting human cities. Warpstone for all you my little scurrying and scratching underlings.
Now that the ado part is over lets get down to the meat and potatoes of this list. You can name any top 10 game that were made a loooonnnngggg time ago. I'm talking old here folks. Dos/NO WINDOWS/C64/Amiga/even old consoles since they shouldn't be left out either/ Intellivision/Atari/Nintendo/Super Nintendo (NONE PAST NIN64. Basically if it was out before Windows then go crazy.
Also, this is for nostagia's sake only. Don't be comparing these poor old guys to what the new and improved guys can do, or if you want go ahead and tell the The Horned One why your old game is far superior to the junk they make now. That's ok. But No telling about how this new game is sooo superior to the old ones (remember I'm skaven, so I can cheat and bend the rules a bit )
Here is my list to start things rolling,
1)Ultima 4 -Was the first one that added a lot of depth to the game and the fact that I could finally run away in combat. Ultima 3 you had to stick it out and fight.
2)Bards Tale - Played this on the C64. I had a blast try to figure out some of those puzzles and I think it was the first real RPG to that had so much stuff to uncover and figure out. The classes were really cool too.
3)Pool of Radiance - By far the best D&D that will ever be made just for the fact that it was the first D&D game I played. It brought everything I had been reading in the Players Handbook, Dungeon Masters and Monster Manual to life for me. All the while I was playing it I kept saying to my mom it's the Pool of RAD iance. Like in totally rad, tubular, awsome, bodacious (I grew up in California and was a bit of a Jet Skier)
4)Quest for glory or Heroes Quest- (It was heroes quest when I bought it but they had to change the name later on) This is one of the best games ever written. Funny, adventure, and you get to really steal from places. My dad was driven nuts when I thought I could up my lock picking skill by picking our locks at home lol (I was 8 or 9)
5) Realms of Arkania 3 - Shadow over Riva - No words can tell you how awsome this game is. Do you like depth in a game then step right up it's got depth. You like tons of stats got that too. Great monster Check. Different system than other fantasy games check. Awsome plot check check and you could go to bordellos for to help you relax after a hard night of killing baddies. What more could you want.
6) Ultima 5 - I had to include this one because it is one of my favorites. Actually a little more than Ultima 4 but I gave nostalgia points for 4. Once again great story, great characters and in the beginning no big foozle to kill. You can count Blackthorne as the big foozle but I thought of it more as a detective story. Hunt down the clues as to why British is missing and go save him. Great game. Great upgrade from the previos Ultima.
7) Wasteland - Everyone knows Wasteland and most of you love it so I will leave it at that, still one of the greatest games ever made.
8) Starflight - Hybrid RPG/space adventure I'm adding this one in because this could be considered the granddaddy of all sandbox games. Words describing how good Starflight is just don't compare to actually playing it. Go out there and kick some Uhlek butt.
9) Sword of Aragon - Another Hybrid RPG/Strategy one of the best if still not the best game. I actually was dissapointed with this game (Only wanted RPG)when I first got it for Christmas and tried to return it. I'm glad my mom couldn't, so I popped it in and right from the start I was in love with this game. I'm a mage commanding armies, how cool is that. This game is still worth it to play even by today's standars. If you don't mind the graphics or the beeping noises.
10)Battletech: The Crescent Hawks Inception - One of the first Battletech games. They made it a RPG/Strategy game that I just loved. Also the plot wasn't too bad. Lot's of interesting characters and items to upgrade to. Plus I liked the mechs and the way that combat was handled. They never made another one like this unfortunately. The sequel is one of the first RTS games and the speaker actually spoke to you but I never liked it more than the first.
Sorry about all the fuss but The Horned Rat insisted that there was a big opening to the list.
The CRPG Top Ten Oldies But Goodies List
*Brought to you by the Great Skavenlord himself, you all know him, you all love him, you murder in his name everyday and if you didn't he'll murder you, let's give it up for The Horned Rat
The great horned rat would like to thank all the little skav's out there that every night go out in his name to sow the seeds of chaos within the disgusting human cities. Warpstone for all you my little scurrying and scratching underlings.
Now that the ado part is over lets get down to the meat and potatoes of this list. You can name any top 10 game that were made a loooonnnngggg time ago. I'm talking old here folks. Dos/NO WINDOWS/C64/Amiga/even old consoles since they shouldn't be left out either/ Intellivision/Atari/Nintendo/Super Nintendo (NONE PAST NIN64. Basically if it was out before Windows then go crazy.
Also, this is for nostagia's sake only. Don't be comparing these poor old guys to what the new and improved guys can do, or if you want go ahead and tell the The Horned One why your old game is far superior to the junk they make now. That's ok. But No telling about how this new game is sooo superior to the old ones (remember I'm skaven, so I can cheat and bend the rules a bit )
Here is my list to start things rolling,
1)Ultima 4 -Was the first one that added a lot of depth to the game and the fact that I could finally run away in combat. Ultima 3 you had to stick it out and fight.
2)Bards Tale - Played this on the C64. I had a blast try to figure out some of those puzzles and I think it was the first real RPG to that had so much stuff to uncover and figure out. The classes were really cool too.
3)Pool of Radiance - By far the best D&D that will ever be made just for the fact that it was the first D&D game I played. It brought everything I had been reading in the Players Handbook, Dungeon Masters and Monster Manual to life for me. All the while I was playing it I kept saying to my mom it's the Pool of RAD iance. Like in totally rad, tubular, awsome, bodacious (I grew up in California and was a bit of a Jet Skier)
4)Quest for glory or Heroes Quest- (It was heroes quest when I bought it but they had to change the name later on) This is one of the best games ever written. Funny, adventure, and you get to really steal from places. My dad was driven nuts when I thought I could up my lock picking skill by picking our locks at home lol (I was 8 or 9)
5) Realms of Arkania 3 - Shadow over Riva - No words can tell you how awsome this game is. Do you like depth in a game then step right up it's got depth. You like tons of stats got that too. Great monster Check. Different system than other fantasy games check. Awsome plot check check and you could go to bordellos for to help you relax after a hard night of killing baddies. What more could you want.
6) Ultima 5 - I had to include this one because it is one of my favorites. Actually a little more than Ultima 4 but I gave nostalgia points for 4. Once again great story, great characters and in the beginning no big foozle to kill. You can count Blackthorne as the big foozle but I thought of it more as a detective story. Hunt down the clues as to why British is missing and go save him. Great game. Great upgrade from the previos Ultima.
7) Wasteland - Everyone knows Wasteland and most of you love it so I will leave it at that, still one of the greatest games ever made.
8) Starflight - Hybrid RPG/space adventure I'm adding this one in because this could be considered the granddaddy of all sandbox games. Words describing how good Starflight is just don't compare to actually playing it. Go out there and kick some Uhlek butt.
9) Sword of Aragon - Another Hybrid RPG/Strategy one of the best if still not the best game. I actually was dissapointed with this game (Only wanted RPG)when I first got it for Christmas and tried to return it. I'm glad my mom couldn't, so I popped it in and right from the start I was in love with this game. I'm a mage commanding armies, how cool is that. This game is still worth it to play even by today's standars. If you don't mind the graphics or the beeping noises.
10)Battletech: The Crescent Hawks Inception - One of the first Battletech games. They made it a RPG/Strategy game that I just loved. Also the plot wasn't too bad. Lot's of interesting characters and items to upgrade to. Plus I liked the mechs and the way that combat was handled. They never made another one like this unfortunately. The sequel is one of the first RTS games and the speaker actually spoke to you but I never liked it more than the first.
Sorry about all the fuss but The Horned Rat insisted that there was a big opening to the list.