Games that absolutely blew you away when you first played them?

Started by Syt, March 16, 2013, 02:46:00 AM

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garbon

#120
March 23, 2013, 01:15:51 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on March 23, 2013, 01:02:17 PM
Why would someone name a fantasy kingdom after a real kingdom?

Why not? It sounds exotic and most who played the game probably hadn't heard of the real one.
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Razgovory

#121
March 23, 2013, 05:41:12 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on March 23, 2013, 01:02:17 PM
Why would someone name a fantasy kingdom after a real kingdom?

Cause coming up with a large number of fantasy place names is hard.  It's not uncommon for authors or game designers to steal names.
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Eddie Teach

#122
March 23, 2013, 05:52:27 PM
Fantasy names should be evocative, just randomly splicing syllables together doesn't make for good names even if they are generally original.
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Syt

#123
March 24, 2013, 12:13:45 AM
Ideally, they should also follow a certain logic. Does your made up fantasy land have a common word for "City", "Fort(ress)", "Settlement", "Village", "Crossing" etc. that should appear in location names (Minas Tirtih, Minas Morgul)? Or do you create fictional names in your own language based on your setting (think the Shire: Frogmorton, Bywater, Depphollow, Tuckborough . . .).
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Warspite

#124
March 24, 2013, 12:03:31 PM
It's annoying when fantasy authors, whether in books or games, seem to think that throwing in Qs, gutteral stops and consonant strings suffice to indicate an exotic language.
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Alcibiades

#125
March 24, 2013, 12:39:06 PM
Grand Theft Auto 3,  completely blew me away with its sandbox nature.


World War 2 online, also.   Such great times, really miss playing it but don't think it will be the same if I try again..
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Drakken

#126
March 25, 2013, 07:25:30 PM
Quote from: Alcibiades on March 24, 2013, 12:39:06 PM
World War 2 online, also.   Such great times, really miss playing it but don't think it will be the same if I try again..

Agreed. Me as a French tank commander in a Kursk-like heavily exchanged tank battle with the Nazis is among the best recollections of my gaming life.

Sadly, though, still no Artillery. <_<

Razgovory

#127
March 26, 2013, 12:33:16 AM
Quote from: Syt on March 24, 2013, 12:13:45 AM
Ideally, they should also follow a certain logic. Does your made up fantasy land have a common word for "City", "Fort(ress)", "Settlement", "Village", "Crossing" etc. that should appear in location names (Minas Tirtih, Minas Morgul)? Or do you create fictional names in your own language based on your setting (think the Shire: Frogmorton, Bywater, Depphollow, Tuckborough . . .).

Tolkien had the benefit of being a linguist.  Still he stole names like almost all of the Dwarf names, and the names of Frodo and his father Drogo.  I do agree that names should have a ryme or reason.  I remember the old AD&D campaign Birthright, where they needed to create hundreds of names for provinces.  For most of the names they looked at real world place names and changed a syllable or letter. It worked fairly well.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

fhdz

#128
March 26, 2013, 02:22:12 AM
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Razgovory

#129
March 26, 2013, 09:22:58 PM
Quote from: fahdiz on March 26, 2013, 02:22:12 AM
TONIGHT WE JOURNEY FROM STAIN TO FLANCE

Hey, the Prussians got away with it.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Ed Anger

#130
March 26, 2013, 09:41:43 PM
Quote from: fahdiz on March 26, 2013, 02:22:12 AM
TONIGHT WE JOURNEY FROM STAIN TO FLANCE

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Scipio

#131
March 26, 2013, 09:50:05 PM
Quote from: fahdiz on March 26, 2013, 02:22:12 AM
TONIGHT WE JOURNEY FROM STAIN TO FLANCE
I think you mean Stain to Prance.
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Solmyr

#132
March 30, 2013, 09:01:51 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on March 26, 2013, 12:33:16 AM
I remember the old AD&D campaign Birthright, where they needed to create hundreds of names for provinces.  For most of the names they looked at real world place names and changed a syllable or letter. It worked fairly well.

Unless you knew the original languages those names were taken from. :D

Syt

#133
April 04, 2013, 11:39:00 AM
I'll have to add Bioshock Infinite to the list. The game on highest details in 1920x1200 looks gorgeous, not least thanks to the beautiful and meticulously designed game world. I think it's not been since Morrowind that I stopped so often just to gaze/drool over the scenery of a game.

Not to mention the story/finale that'll keep me thinking for a fair while.
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KRonn

#134
April 05, 2013, 03:00:36 PM
Civilization most versions especially I & II since it was such a new concept. X-Com: UFO Defense, Sim City, Darklands, Patrician 2 & 3. Empire and Stars! Also probably Hearts of Iron, Europa Universalis. I'm sure a couple of others as well that I can't think of.
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