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What just sticks with you?
Published on June 6, 2009 By Kitkun In PC Gaming

Over the years, some games just stick out from the crowd. Not because of a great story or innovative gameplay, but just because they have this certain style that nothing else does.  My question is this: Which games would you pick?

My choices:

The Legend of Zelda series: Dueling Skeletons, traveling underwater temples, or fighting from horseback, these games never cease to feel like an epic journey.

Okami: Unique art, gameplay, music and more, this game is one of the very few I was sad to finish simply because I wanted to keep going.

The first two Command and Conquer games: Oh, come on. These games have more style in their installation than most games in their entirety. From the FMV and CG cutscenes, to the in-game art, voices, and varied units, to the awesome soundtrack, everything just fits in these games. To a lesser extant, the next three also had great style.

 


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on Aug 22, 2009

Super Mario; the one that had the 10 Koopas (Bowser+9 brothers), and Yoshis all over the place.

Dune 2000- my 1st foray into the world of RTS, I love this game.

Battlefield 1942-Vietnam, 2142- I haven't played BF2; if it weren't for Battlefield Vietnam, I would never have become a gamer. Thank you DICE.

Sins/Entrenchment- personally, I think this one's a no-brainer. I LOVE this game, and it's much easier to mod than the BF-series.

Vega Strike- an awesome free-form open-source space sim.

Quake II- I found this game ludicrously easy, but AWESOMELY FUN. Spamming a Super Shotgun at cybernetic aliens was the bomb.

Tiberium Sun- I haven't actually played this game, but I did play the demo. Now I want the game.

Tiberium Wars- once again, only played the demo. I liked the Skirmish mode, the Campaign was a bit too easy (even on hard); just build a bunch of Mammoth tanks and role through an enemy base.

on Aug 22, 2009

Nobody mentioned Jet Grind/Set Radio?

Space Channel 5?

Nobody mentioned Toejam and Earl either.....

 

I think I must just have an unusual understanding about games that were good solely based on a stylistic feel...

on Aug 22, 2009

Is it me or has this thread become just a vulgar "name your favorite old game" thread. Here are two games with style.

 

XIII - not just cell shaded but you feel like you are in a cartoon

 

Shogo: Mobile Armor Division - Not the first mech game but moving through those narrow streets made you feel really huge

on Aug 22, 2009

Total Annihilation.  How can a RTS from the mid 90's have style?  With ridiculous explosions, unique units, and massive artillery pieces that shoot all the way across the map.  Way better than Supreme Commander.

on Aug 24, 2009

Devil May Cry, when it came out, nothing like it had ever been done before.

Killer7. Possibly the most stylish game. Ever.

on Aug 24, 2009

well, I have to post a second time here.

Warzone 2100- a ground based RTS, has pretty poor graphics, but has an IN-GAME UNIT DESIGNER. You can choose from different hull, propulsion, and weapon/support turret options. A MASSIVE amount of research, where you can think your done and then you get a whole load of stuff thrown at you. Best part- OPEN-SOURCE (FREE!!!!), and only ~50 MB ATM. It has a Skirmish and Campaign mode for SP, and has MP modes as well.

on Aug 24, 2009

Quote:

Deus Ex: Probably the best game I've ever played? I replay it once every couple of years. (Also TNM kicks ass!)

 

Agreed and one of my all time faves of all time,

I can't wait for DXIII, i keep reading that it isn't going to suck like the previous one they tried to pawn off as Deus Ex II.  

 

My list includes:

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (That would be the intellivision version which is an old school console for you noobs to life)

Wofenstein 3d, Spear of Destiny

Doom has to be mentioned.

Rise of the Triad

Shadow of the Beast (amiga)

Dungeon Master (amiga)

Eye of the Beholder (and others in the series)

Goldeneye

Tekken / SF II

Final Fantasy 7

Homeworld

XIII (definitely have to agree with that one)

No One Lives Forever

Bioshock

Elder Scrolls

Mass Effect

COD4

Edited to remove those without "style"

on Aug 24, 2009

I doubt many of those games have real style. They might be revolutionary in some way, but no where near half of those have any style at all.

on Aug 24, 2009

I think the most stylish game I have played (because I haven't played any Legend of Zelda games) was Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii.  The graphics and music were all just fantastic and original.  Most of the level design was very clever, and some of it was insanely creative.

So yeah, it definitely is a game with true style.

on Aug 24, 2009

Some great games said so far, so I'll add one that I like a lot:

- Dungeons and Dragons: Shadow over Mystara

Probably the best arcade beat-'em-up ever made.

on Aug 24, 2009

"Great" and "best weren't the point of this thread.

"Style" is, or at least, was.

on Aug 24, 2009

IQofSpam
"Great" and "best weren't the point of this thread.

"Style" is, or at least, was.

I would say that most of the great/best games have definitively style.

on Aug 24, 2009

StrongHold Crusader maybe not the greates game ever but the fort building on that was something......different

on Aug 24, 2009

Aiight, some of my games in the list didn't have style, I can understand that.  I'll revise it.

But here is one that does that hasn't been mentioned:

Tron 2.0

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on Aug 24, 2009

 

 

Space Harrier was good stuff...

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