Best/worst you've bought/best bargain/most disappointing/games youve bought

[Jaguar]

Assume for the time period. IE we all know SMAC was better than CivI, but CivI was best compared to other games from its time.


Best: Civilization II
Worst: Pharaoh
Best Bargain: Sid Meiers Gettysburg for 3 dollars
Most disappointing: Sim City 3000

Also, some additional categories:
Most overrated: Diablo II (haven't bought it, just played it)
Most overrated genre: 1st person shoot em up (haven't bought any, just seen them.)

Feel free to make up your own categories.

[Case]

Best: Civ 2
Worst: Pacific General
Best Bargin: either M1 Tank Platoon 2 for $10, or The Operational Art of War for $20
Most disapointing: Escape from Monkey Island or X-Com Apocalypse

Most underrated: Jedi Knight
Most overrated: Quake 1/2
Most overrated genre: Sports Games

[TechWins]

BEST: Civ2
WORST: not quite sure
BEST BARGAIN: Civ2 (less than $20)
MOST DISSAPOINTING: Civ3
BEST YEARLY SERIES: Madden Football
MOST OVERRATED GENRE: FPS
MOST UNDERRATED GENRE: Strategy

This is including both PC and video games, right?

[Zkribbler]

Re: Best/worst you've bought/best bargain/most disappointing/games youve bought

Best: "Michiavelli, The Prince"
Worst: Was the name "Klingon Academy"?
Best Bargain: "Emperor of the Fading Suns" $6
Most disappointing: "Wingcommander: Privateer II" and "Hard Nova"

Most overrated game: "Everquest"
Most underrated game: "Sentinel Worlds I" and "Stunts"

Most overrated genre: RTS & RPGs
Most over exploited genre: War games
Least exploited genre: Business

[Moral Hazard]

Best: DOOM
Worst: Kung Fu Louie.
Best Bargain: Age of Wonders $5.
Most Dissapointing: Ultima IX

Most Overated Game: The Sims.
Most Underrated Game: In sales Giants Citizen Kabuto.

Most Overated Genre: RTS
Most Under Rated Genre: Business Sims.
Most Exploited Genre: Sports games, a new game every year just for the new rosters.

Best Game Bought in The Last Year: Giants
Worst Game Bought in The Last Year: Soldier of Fortune ( I actually did really well with my purchases this last year)

[Dis]

Best: Civilization II
Second Best: Diablo 2 (yes I love this game)
Tie for Second best: baldur's gate 2
Worst: star wars rebellion
Best Bargain: X-com : it was free
Most disappointing: Civ3

Also, some additional categories:
Most overrated: The Sims, Black and White
Most overrated genre: FPS

and the most exploited genre is star trek games!!

[Vlad Antlerkov]

Best: Civ II.
Worst: Not sure.
Best bargain: Diablo I-- found it for only $10.
Most disappointing: SimCity 3000.

Least overrated game: No idea.
Most overrated game: CtP II
Least overrated genre: TBS
Most overrated genre: RTS

[asleepathewheel]

best: civ II, for now....
2nd best: Tie fighter ( wish I could find the cd )
worst: outpost: what was I thinking buying that one!
most disappointing: tiberian sun (sigh)

most overrated genre: rts
best sports: EAS Hockey (grr give me NCAA football! )

genre I will never purchase again: those kingsquest type games. play through once, then don't touch again (though that rosella was a hottie )

[General Ludd]

Re: Best/worst you've bought/best bargain/most disappointing/games youve bought

Best: Deus Ex
Worst: There is no way I could narrow it down to a single game.

Best Bargain: X-Com
Biggest rip-off: WW2 Online

Most disappointing: Black & White
Most surprising: Baldur's Gate series

Most overated game: Quake
Most underated or unnoticed game: Commandos 2, or Space Empires IV

Most overated genre: Hack'n'slash RPGs
Most underated or unnoticed genre: turn based strategy, or tactical combat.

[Urban Ranger]

All-time Best: M.U.L.E.
Best: UFO: Enemy Unknown
Worst: Majesty
Best Bargain: Birth of the Federation (free)
Most Dissapointing: Railroad Tycoon 2

Most Overated Game: The Sims

Most Overated Genre: RTS
Most Exploited Genre: Sports games

[Zkribbler]

Urb -- Tell me about M.U.L.E. I haven't heard of it.

[da_jaymz]

Best : Jagged Alliance 2 (3 years after its release I heavn't found one game that tops this piece of art)

Worst: Baldurs Gate (After playing Fallout 1 and 2 and Planescape: Torment I wondered how Black Isle could make this piece of crap..Why the hell am I forced to play as a good guy??)

Best bargain: Call to Power II ( I got this one for 99 SEK~10 US $)

Most dissapointing and overrated: Black and White (For some reason this game is no fun..no fun at all)

and @Osweld: Have you seen GI Combat , its from the makers of Close Combat....

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by da_jaymz
Worst: Baldurs Gate (After playing Fallout 1 and 2 and Planescape: Torment I wondered how Black Isle could make this piece of crap..Why the hell am I forced to play as a good guy??)

I really ought to get around to playing planescape one of these days... That was also my main beef with Baldur's gate, although comparitively speaking it is still quite non-linear compared to most CRPGs, especially the second in the series.

Osweld: Have you seen GI Combat , its from the makers of Close Combat....

No, thanks for the link.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
Urb -- Tell me about M.U.L.E. I haven't heard of it.

M.U.L.E. is one of the all time best games if not the best. Here is a website that is dedicated to the game.

M.U.L.E. stands for multple-use labour element, and the thing looks a bit like one of those big-arse walkers from The Empire Strikes Back. The game itself, however, is totally non-violent. Up to 4 human players can play the Atari version and 2 on the Commodore 64.

I will leave the exact description of the game out - I am sure you can find it on the website. The game itself is one of excellent design. All the elements are tightly woven. There is no surefire strategy to win. All apporaches work. Also, there is no clear winner most of the time, Flip flop can occur in one turn.

What is the most outstanding feature, however, is the players must cooperate to win. That's right, they have to compete yet cooporate at the time time. Cut-throat competition will cause everybody to lose.

This is the game I used to play almost every night during my undegrad years when school was in progress. The good thing is you can conclude the game in an hour.

[Zkribbler]

Thank's for the link, Urb.