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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Razgovory

#30
March 16, 2013, 08:06:40 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on March 16, 2013, 07:19:55 PM
Steel Panthers. It's what caused me to get my first computer.

That reminds of one.  Combat Mission.  Despite ugly log-people graphics I was blown away.  The WeGo system was great ( I don't know why everyone didn't adopt that), and the fact that 3D actually added to the game in a substantial way instead of being a graphic gimmick.
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FunkMonk

#31
March 16, 2013, 08:28:44 PM
I'll bite on something a little more recent:

Wargame: European Escalation. The game kinda blurs the lines between RTS and milsim. Really top notch gameplay. The multiplayer was a revelation.
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Razgovory

#32
March 16, 2013, 08:34:47 PM
I've been playing the single player on that.  Game is tough.  I'm on the second campaign.  I thought it did have a realistic scenario where the Polish army mutinies and starts attacking Soviet formations.
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

FunkMonk

#33
March 16, 2013, 08:40:57 PM
The singleplayer is okay but it really shines in multiplayer. Good news is that a sequel is coming out this year with a dynamic singleplayer campaign (:w00t:) and 10vs10 multiplayer matches  :cool:

I'm going to enjoy watching my squadron of Frogfoots strafe NATO convoys.
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Admiral Yi

#34
March 16, 2013, 08:45:47 PM
Panzer General II, Civ II, EUI, Close Combat.

Ed Anger

#35
March 16, 2013, 08:47:27 PM
Hmmmmm, close combat 2. Watching Polish paras get ripped appart by mg42's. my boner just grew more.
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fhdz

#36
March 16, 2013, 08:48:22 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 16, 2013, 08:47:27 PM
Hmmmmm, close combat 2. Watching Polish paras get ripped appart by mg42's. my boner just grew more.

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Ed Anger

#37
March 16, 2013, 08:48:48 PM
Red Storm Rising. The fate of the free world rests on me putting harpoons into the Kirov? Major sub boner.
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Ed Anger

#38
March 16, 2013, 08:49:38 PM
Quote from: fahdiz on March 16, 2013, 08:48:22 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 16, 2013, 08:47:27 PM
Hmmmmm, close combat 2. Watching Polish paras get ripped appart by mg42's. my boner just grew more.

Alert the men: I'm up to 3 inches!

That is very hurtful.
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FunkMonk

#39
March 16, 2013, 08:50:58 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 16, 2013, 08:47:27 PM
Hmmmmm, close combat 2. Watching Polish paras get ripped appart by mg42's. my boner just grew more.

Holy shit I forgot about that game. That goes right up there with TIE Fighter for me.
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Ed Anger

#40
March 16, 2013, 08:51:31 PM
Little red splotches everywhere.
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Admiral Yi

#41
March 16, 2013, 09:10:08 PM
Oh yeah, and Imperialism II.

I've got a thing for II games.

11B4V

#42
March 16, 2013, 10:04:44 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on March 16, 2013, 08:06:40 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on March 16, 2013, 07:19:55 PM
Steel Panthers. It's what caused me to get my first computer.

That reminds of one.  Combat Mission.  Despite ugly log-people graphics I was blown away.  The WeGo system was great ( I don't know why everyone didn't adopt that), and the fact that 3D actually added to the game in a substantial way instead of being a graphic gimmick.

Super pick :thumbsup:
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CountDeMoney

#43
March 16, 2013, 10:07:02 PM
Quote from: fahdiz on March 16, 2013, 08:05:56 PM
Quote from: Barrister on March 16, 2013, 07:59:49 PM
It was IV for me.

Same here. IV was soooooo good.

Yeah, that game totally rocked.  Back when they packaged games like they should.  Manuals, a cloth map, an ankh.  It was like a cereal box prize orgasm.

Tonitrus

#44
March 16, 2013, 10:14:13 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 16, 2013, 10:07:02 PM
Quote from: fahdiz on March 16, 2013, 08:05:56 PM
Quote from: Barrister on March 16, 2013, 07:59:49 PM
It was IV for me.

Same here. IV was soooooo good.

Yeah, that game totally rocked.  Back when they packaged games like they should.  Manuals, a cloth map, an ankh.  It was like a cereal box prize orgasm.

And nowadays you get a .pdf manual and a license agreement that says you don't even own the bytes on your computer. :(
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