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Thoughts and Answers
In this section, we like to comment on today’s game topics, or just concepts of gaming. OK, it’s just a chance to voice our opinion for gaming, but feel free to send us an email with your thoughts. We may post them.
The other thing that we do is answer your questions. Since I teach gaming for Hagerstown Community College, I can answer a variety of technical questions. I may not want to go into 5 pages of Variational Calculus, but I can take time to try to answer anything that you are having a hard time with, even software issues.
Most Recent Topic - Top 10 Fun Old School PC Games
In this article, I want to lay out the top old school PC games. What’s old school? Let’s say starting before 2004. There’s always an argument about what is the best now, but after the dust has settled, let’s face it, there’s not a lot of games that you’d like to replay all over again. This is what I am getting at in this piece.
As you will note, not a lot of shooters will be found in this list. Based on the aforementioned replay-ability, how many of those 1999 shooters are you still playing? Do you even have anything before 2003 actually loaded on your computer? My point exactly. Yes, I’m unfair, but great graphics lose their luster after the new wave of games come in, and you’re left with the game itself. Not too pretty of a picture, eh?
On the list you will find some non-surprises. Yes, many things live up to their names. However, you will also see some sleepers. This is exactly why I made the list. It’s so easy for critics and gamers to fall for what others deem as good. There are many great games that get left behind just because the fanfare isn’t there. Too bad. It certainly doesn’t mean they are any less good.
I also decided to mix series with individual games. I know this will bring down some of the better games out there, but it also alleviates the question of which game was better in a similar series. My favorite Baldur’s Gate was Throne of Bhaal. However, Shadows of Amn was nearly as great, with much more hours of gameplay. Does that make the former or the latter a better game over all? An engine was already in place and a successful method created before making both of these games. Do we put a curve on the original Baldur’s Gate, then? And what of games that are new…
Well, enough talking, here’s this week’s number on the list:
1. Fallout Series (FO) – I may be giving into modern popularity here picking a relatively safe game series. Although, this is an old school list, and therefore the Bethesda version was not heavily considered when deciding FO’s place on the list. I’m sure this would be up here on the list even if Bethesda had never given it the green light. It’s may be easy to pick this one because of its popularity and resurgence. It is also easy to pick FO because it rocks. The first two put you in a totally different environment then what was out at the time. It managed to play with humor, fear, caring and nearly every emotion. Moreover, FO really made you to feel these emotions as you became invested in the outcome. At the end, when you read what happens to each town. I actually felt bad when one of the towns receives a less than happy ending. And bonus to this, you could actually shoot someone in the crotch! Let’s face it; this puts it over the top. But, that is what this game does. It inherits/takes great parts from other games, adds its own flare and components to create a new type of experience.