Jan 10, 2003 03:38 AM
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(Updated Jan 11, 2003 03:34 AM)
Welcome to the Reeper's World of games.walk in with machine guns, redeemers, scythe of the celt, sawed-off handguns and wreak havoc on the goons, aliens, the undead and the evil.
Hmm, the review begins here. The following are my ten favourite PC games. I have a distinct bias towards FPS games, but then they will have to be really good for me to mention them here. Using the same logic a non-FPS game listed here will be really good.The games are ranked in no particular order.
1)BLOOD 2 - This is the first FPS I ever played.everyone else probably started out with WOLF or DOOM, but I started out with Blood 2. The game has a very good background track and the enemies are as good as any. The weapons are good, not great. It has 4 chapters with the first three having around 15 to 20 subchapters. And u meet a boss enemy after every major level.and the best part is that the boss enemy becomes one of the normal enemies in the next level.
2)THIEF - This is also a FPs, but the emphasis is on stealth like nobody's business. Whats really cool about this game is the wisecracks that the protagonist keeps saying.makes u have a good laugh. The weapons are okay, I mean u need to basically sneak up to the enemy and whack him on the head.dont see thieves moving around with loaded machine guns.do you? The missions are really good and the concept is quite original.
3)QUAKE 3 - This game is THE game for graphics. No theme, only destruction. The single player ladder needs you to fight a certain number of enemies in an arena.beat them and go to the next arena till u win in all the arenas. The enemies are too good.particularly the ORB which is this huge EYE(!) with hands and legs.however the weapons are kind of too staid and very uncomfortable.some one got too creative I think.and the last level is too messed up in my opinion. The games starting movie is too good, particularly the scene where the cigarette falls to the ground and mayhem reigns.a smasher from ID software.
4)UNREAL TOURNAMENT - There will never be a game like this again.Epic Games unearthed a beauty with this one.initially touted as a challenger for Q3 Arena, it went on to become an equal to Quake 3, even better if you ask me.simply because of the amazing game play modes in addition to Death Match, something which is lacking in Quake 3. The graphics is good, the speed is excellent and this game saw an amazing weapon - The Redeemer.its pretty simple actually, its a nuke and u can ride it.Play the game to know what I mean.
5)CLIVE BARKER's UNDYING - This is a FPS from EA, I bet lots of ppl didnt know that. This was a game that many ppl never knew about. I guess it got sidetracked by all the other big games from EA. This one has good graphics too, courtesy the Unreal engine. This game has an amazing weapon - The Scythe of the Celt. The storyline is good and it is actually quite scary.I would advise you to play it with lights off and high speaker volume which amplifies every screech, groan and cry. Sound effects are marvellous as are the various spells available to the player.Excellent story by Clive Barker is the icing on the cake.
6)HALF LIFE - This game is the stuff that dreams are made of.and I am talking about gamer's dreams here. A very simple concept, flawlessly executed. Another FPS with good graphics and good weapons. The idea of an experiment going wrong is so common in the movies.first time I saw this in a game I played, and in this game the hero is not some macho man, just an ordinary scientist!
7)NEED FOR SPEED - An out and out racing game.I am talking about NFS3 onwards.before some of you out there remember NFS2 and start laughing. The racing tracks are good, the cars are good and the damage is very realistic.remember how the headlights conk out when u hit a pole and the dents when u ram into the boulder on the side of the road
8)FIFA - FIFA 99, Euro 2000, Fifa 2002.all Fifa series from EA were some of the best football games for the PC. The players look like they do in real life, well almost. The game is fast paced, particularly Fifa 99. The emphasis on games following Fifa99 has been mainly on making the game more realistic leading to a drastic reduction in speed seen in Euro2000.luckily things have improved with Fifa2002.
9)RETURN TO CASTLE WOLFENSTEIN - WOLF returns.The game sees the Germans trying to dominate using MAGIC, oh yeah.and the undead are around in full force too:) The Germans are able to revive an ancient warrior and your aim is to prevent them from doing that one way or the other. The game employs the Quake 3 engine, so the graphics are obviously good. The weapons are just about okay.The game speed is good.
10)NO ONE LIVES FOREVER - Well, how many of us have played an FPS with the protagonist being a female.Not many? This is an amazing game where you play Kate Archer, a thief turned secret agent working against HARM, an organization bent on creating chaos. The graphics are good.but the highlight of the game for me are the gizmos.straight out of a Bond movie, and in this case the Bond is a she! The background score is pretty okay too.
Thats it folks.I had to leave out quite a few because I can list only 10.but these 10 are as good as it gets.and one last thing - NO CHEATS - never play with cheats - why would you wanna lose the satisfaction of killing a tough opponent or clearing a tough level or winning a close race because you had to cheat!
