Best real, impressive, game ever?

Xeratul · 07-05-2014, 02:06 PM

Hello,

I would like to ask you what is in your opinion the best real, impressive, game ever?

I believe that it is this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX0kfYTYwec
Halflife 2 - Cinematic

The whole thing is amazing. Big monsters are also great. Whole game rocks and does not demand a super Linux machine.

Tux For All

273 · 07-05-2014, 02:15 PM

I vote Goat Simulator though I admit my only experiemce of goats is on farm and zoo trips from school and I had my sandwiches and hair eaten.

schneidz · 07-05-2014, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by schneidz

maybe not technically a game, but gone home is excellent.

schneidz

frieza · 07-05-2014, 04:26 PM

one of the most impressive games i ever encountered was 'Titanic - Adventure out of Time', which, for it's time had a rather impressive 3D environment.

273 · 07-05-2014, 04:36 PM

To be more serious I was impressed by a game called, I think, "Hunter" for the Amiga -- it allowed driving many vehicles and using various weapons.

dugan · 07-05-2014, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Xeratul

Halflife 2 - Cinematic

Whole game rocks and does not demand a super Linux machine.

Oh cool. No trouble installing the mod for the Linux version of HL2 and then playing it on Linux?

dugan · 07-09-2014, 11:32 AM

Honestly, I'm going to give this to the interactive fiction games. The Zork Anthology is available on gog.com, but I'm going to recommend going to the Interactive Fiction Competition and playing the last few years' winners and finalists. Gargoyle (think ScummVM for interactive fiction formats) is as good an interpreter as any, and should play all the competition formats.

You don't need graphics to be real and impressive.

273 · 07-09-2014, 11:35 AM

Thanks, dugan, I keep meaning to play some of these now you've given me a place to find a collection.

dugan · 07-09-2014, 11:41 AM

The IF Competition is a particularly good place to start, because they've always had a rule that the entries need to be completable in two hours. Everyone judging is asked to play each game for a maximum of two hours, and then rate it.

There are probably great archives of reviews of these games. I don't know of any off the top of my head, but SPAG is one resource.

273 · 07-09-2014, 11:47 AM

I used to like "choose your own adventure" books as a kid but I haven't looked into this kind of thing yet. I like the idea of being able to play on any platform or through SSH also. Heck, online through the Kindle could be almost (well, use your imagination) like a real book.

dugan · 07-09-2014, 12:00 PM

Frotz is a great terminal based interpreter. It only plays ZCode games, but that's a lot of them.

273 · 07-09-2014, 12:07 PM

In some ways I hate to admit that I have used, and do use, Second Life -- which may not be hugely great graphics-wise but the realism of the interactions can be, well, real.

dugan · 07-09-2014, 12:11 PM

I've never played Second Life, but you're making me want to ask if you've played Facade (wikipedia).

273 · 07-09-2014, 12:23 PM

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I've never played Second Life, but you're making me want to ask if you've played Facade (wikipedia).

Sadly not. I'm afraid I may go outside of the thread title but I look now and again to play the "Hitch-hiker's" based game which, apparently, was sold on CD ROM.
Found a[n expensive] way to use online interactive fiction through the Kindle so I'm happy for now. Next step just serving it and using lighter clients

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Captain Pinkeye · 07-09-2014, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by dugan

Honestly, I'm going to give this to the interactive fiction games. The Zork Anthology is available on gog.com, but I'm going to recommend going to the Interactive Fiction Competition and playing the last few years' winners and finalists. Gargoyle (think ScummVM for interactive fiction formats) is as good an interpreter as any, and should play all the competition formats.

You don't need graphics to be real and impressive.

Haha, yes! Playing Lost Pig right now, real fun.

I believe the Interactive Fiction Database is the best site if you want jump right into all that jazz.