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remiremi remedy [blu.knight] Join Date: 2003-11-18 Member: 23112Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS2 Developer, NS2 Playtester
Number 1. Totally deserved.

<a href="http://www.moddb.com/features/10-years-of-half-life" target="_blank">http://www.moddb.com/features/10-years-of-half-life</a>

So this is more of a discussion...
What do you think of the other games they named in the Top 5?
What would your Top 5 be?

Comments

  • locallyunscenelocallyunscene Feeder of Trolls Join Date: 2002-12-25 Member: 11528Members, Constellation
    edited November 2008
    w00t

    1. NS
    2. Sven
    3, 4, 5, and 6 in no particular order. TS/DoD/CS/TFC
  • QuaunautQuaunaut The longest seven days in history... Join Date: 2003-03-21 Member: 14759Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--quoteo(post=1693891:date=Nov 19 2008, 06:41 PM:name=Psyke)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Psyke @ Nov 19 2008, 06:41 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1693891"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Number 1. Totally deserved.

    <a href="http://www.moddb.com/features/10-years-of-half-life" target="_blank">http://www.moddb.com/features/10-years-of-half-life</a>

    So this is more of a discussion...
    What do you think of the other games they named in the Top 5?
    What would your Top 5 be?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    1. Natural Selection
    2. The Specialists
    3. Science & Industry
    4. Sven Co-op
    5. __________

    Didn't like much else, sadly. But NS is still my favorite game of all time. Too bad you can't get a competent game of it anymore.
  • eedioteediot Join Date: 2003-02-24 Member: 13903Members
    edited September 2015
  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1693898:date=Nov 19 2008, 10:06 PM:name=Quaunaut)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Quaunaut @ Nov 19 2008, 10:06 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1693898"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->1. Natural Selection
    2. The Specialists
    3. Science & Industry
    4. Sven Co-op
    5. __________

    Didn't like much else, sadly. But NS is still my favorite game of all time. Too bad you can't get a competent game of it anymore.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    That's pretty nuts that your top 3 are my top 3. Here's my list:

    1. NS
    2. TS
    3. S&I
    4. Day of Defeat
    5. Bumper Cars. No, The Pit. Actually no: Surprise! HL. Or maybe Holy Wars. Or Yoda HL. Or Rocket Crowbar 2. Or ArcHL. No, wait, it has to be Brainbread. Maybe Pirates Vikings Knights. Or... Hostile Intent. Or Move In! or Vampire Slayer or Counterstrike or... actually no that's all of them.

    So yeah after those first 4, the rest are tied. Half-Life had AMAZING mods. God, thinking back to all the fun I had... wow. To think that I got Half-Life for free from my friend who couldn't figure out how to install Counterstrike and ended up buying a copy of CS and giving me his HL key. That's like the deal of the century, or the millenium. The cost of two brand new copies of HL isn't even close to the value I got from my 4 favorite mods, and considering all the other mods combined I probably got more fun out of my copy of Half-Life than most other games combined.
  • pSyk0mAnpSyk0mAn Nerdish by Nature Germany Join Date: 2003-08-07 Member: 19166Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Silver, NS2 Community Developer
    edited November 2008
    Too bad they picked some really bad public scenes in that video.

    ..and too bad Project Timeless didn't make it <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" /> , which I was mapping for in my hl1 days.
  • remiremi remedy [blu.knight] Join Date: 2003-11-18 Member: 23112Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS2 Developer, NS2 Playtester
    edited November 2008
    <!--quoteo(post=1693903:date=Nov 20 2008, 12:04 AM:name=TychoCelchuuu)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TychoCelchuuu @ Nov 20 2008, 12:04 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1693903"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->To think that I got Half-Life for free from my friend<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Hey I got half-life free too! From my "friend"! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" />
    I actually went to buy it because it's a dollar this week and I wanted a legit version but apparently my illegit version is too legit for the shopping cart.


    1. Natural Selection
    2. Hostile Intent
    3. The Specialists
    4. Vampire Slayer
    5. Ricochet

    Hostile Intent was awesome. Totally awesome.
    Not nearly enough people played Ricochet.

    Vampire Slayer was good, and I'm only rating it higher than Ricochet because I think they accomplished a more varying game play than Ricochet so it had more replayability.

    <!--quoteo(post=1693904:date=Nov 20 2008, 12:09 AM:name=pSyk0mAn)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(pSyk0mAn @ Nov 20 2008, 12:09 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1693904"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Too bad they picked some really bad public scenes in that video.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    For NS? However bad you think those scenes were, I thought they really captured some of the fast-paced awesomeness of NS and made me really want to get back on and relive some of those experiences.

    Damn TF2 for killing my beloved.
  • ComproxComprox *chortle* Canada Join Date: 2002-01-23 Member: 7Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Silver, Subnautica Developer, Subnautica Playtester, Pistachionauts
    1. Natural Selection
    2. Science and Industry
    3. Sven ... god this is hard to decide, I am worse than Tycho.

    I think I will stop it there, those 2 stand out for sure, but there are so many others that I enjoyed for varying degrees and times. ArcHL, Hyperpuck, Box Wars, Buzzybots, Sven Coop, The specialists, Polyfighter (damn you r9!), Snark racing, bumper cars, they hunger, USS darkstar, poke 646, you get the idea <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />

    Been a good 10 years. Now get the hell out, you've overstayed your welcome!
  • AlignAlign Remain Calm Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5216Forum Moderators, Constellation
    Only ones I'm even remotely sure of is NS and Desert Crisis, and even then I'm not sure of DC. I remember having lots of fun playing it, but I also remember how ###### the community was to new players. I was lucky to arrive early on the scene.
  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    need some love for AHL! that would be my #2.
  • CrispyCrispy Jaded GD Join Date: 2004-08-22 Member: 30793Members, Constellation
    edited November 2008
    It's a pity MoveIn! came so late in the day, it should have been an HI-beater. I wish it had more people playing on release but when I tried it out there servers were always empty.
  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1694016:date=Nov 21 2008, 06:07 AM:name=Crispy)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Crispy @ Nov 21 2008, 06:07 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1694016"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->It's a pity MoveIn! came so late in the day, it should have been an HI-beater. I wish it had more people playing on release but when I tried it out there servers were always empty.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Move In! and HI had nothing to do with each other gameplay-wise, so I don't think it would have poached many HI players, but it was indeed a fantastic mod. Really pretty too.
  • remiremi remedy [blu.knight] Join Date: 2003-11-18 Member: 23112Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS2 Developer, NS2 Playtester
    <!--quoteo(post=1694027:date=Nov 21 2008, 09:37 AM:name=TychoCelchuuu)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TychoCelchuuu @ Nov 21 2008, 09:37 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1694027"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Move In! and HI had nothing to do with each other gameplay-wise, so I don't think it would have poached many HI players, but it was indeed a fantastic mod. Really pretty too.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I never heard of Move In, but just judging by its name I wouldn't have been interested in it. Hostile Intent was pretty awesome.
  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1694052:date=Nov 21 2008, 02:14 PM:name=Psyke)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Psyke @ Nov 21 2008, 02:14 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1694052"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I never heard of Move In, but just judging by its name I wouldn't have been interested in it. Hostile Intent was pretty awesome.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Judge it by the people who worked on it, then, including this forum's on CoolCookiesCooks. Or judge it by its awesome gameplay.
  • remiremi remedy [blu.knight] Join Date: 2003-11-18 Member: 23112Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS2 Developer, NS2 Playtester
    <!--quoteo(post=1694064:date=Nov 21 2008, 04:34 PM:name=TychoCelchuuu)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TychoCelchuuu @ Nov 21 2008, 04:34 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1694064"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Judge it by the people who worked on it, then, including this forum's on CoolCookiesCooks. Or judge it by its awesome gameplay.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Hmm. CCC's models for NS <i>were</i> pretty awesome. The mod's dead, right? So no chance I'd be able to actually judge it on gameplay?

    Maybe we should use this thread as like a game night inspiration thing... And then choose a night and a game for us all to hop onto.
  • spellman23spellman23 NS1 Theorycraft Expert Join Date: 2007-05-17 Member: 60920Members
    edited November 2008
    Yay NS!

    I was confused by They Hunger. I'd never heard of it before. =[

    Specialists, NS, and Sven are awesome. ESF is just OK, was kinda hard to get into for me, and the fighting system was pretty complex.

    I wish something like Zombie Panic or Sci & Tech won instead. So much better.

    EDIT: OK, not win, but make top 5
  • CrispyCrispy Jaded GD Join Date: 2004-08-22 Member: 30793Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1694066:date=Nov 21 2008, 10:09 PM:name=Psyke)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Psyke @ Nov 21 2008, 10:09 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1694066"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Hmm. CCC's models for NS <i>were</i> pretty awesome. The mod's dead, right? So no chance I'd be able to actually judge it on gameplay?

    Maybe we should use this thread as like a game night inspiration thing... And then choose a night and a game for us all to hop onto.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->If someone were to organise a MoveIn! night I would actually be up for it.
  • exoityexoity Join Date: 2003-03-17 Member: 14620Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    I totally forgot about The Specialist, the game was amazing.
  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    Yeah fantastic stuff. Not a ton of good servers left anymore but I still play it occasionally. Sadly I lost all my skill. I used to be #1 every time I played. I was seriously amazing. Like, fantastic. Nowadays I'm middling to poor. Oh well!

    I'm really thinking about organizing some mod nights to play this great old mods. I have a huge Steam friends list; seems like I ought to use it. Off the top of my head, good candidates:

    Natural Selection
    The Specialists
    Brainbread
    Move In!
    Hostile Intent
    Bumper Cars

    And maybe even some more obscure ones like Vampire Hunters or Buzzy Bots. Perhaps I'll go download all the mods, install them, gather up links to where they can be found, and prep some schedules...
  • remiremi remedy [blu.knight] Join Date: 2003-11-18 Member: 23112Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS2 Developer, NS2 Playtester
    <!--quoteo(post=1694140:date=Nov 22 2008, 11:18 PM:name=TychoCelchuuu)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TychoCelchuuu @ Nov 22 2008, 11:18 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1694140"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I'm really thinking about organizing some mod nights to play this great old mods. I have a huge Steam friends list; seems like I ought to use it.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    You could even use the NSoT group to schedule the events. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" />
  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    Yes indeed, although I'll have to see how many of my NS friends are actually in that group. If the percentage is low I'd also probably set up a "HL Mod Night" group or something and just invite all my Steam friends and urge everyone to invite theirs. Centralize things.
  • ZeroByteZeroByte Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3057Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1694159:date=Nov 23 2008, 11:01 PM:name=TychoCelchuuu)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TychoCelchuuu @ Nov 23 2008, 11:01 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1694159"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Yes indeed, although I'll have to see how many of my NS friends are actually in that group. If the percentage is low I'd also probably set up a "HL Mod Night" group or something and just invite all my Steam friends and urge everyone to invite theirs. Centralize things.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    I would quite like this actually. I was sitting around the other night wondering where all the great mods for HL2 were. Really baffling.
  • remiremi remedy [blu.knight] Join Date: 2003-11-18 Member: 23112Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS2 Developer, NS2 Playtester
    I would think you should generalize it to "Game Night".. Then we could play HL2 mods or other games too!
  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1694173:date=Nov 23 2008, 12:23 PM:name=Psyke)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Psyke @ Nov 23 2008, 12:23 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1694173"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I would think you should generalize it to "Game Night".. Then we could play HL2 mods or other games too!<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    The thing is I'm a lot less confident that I'll be able to track down a server to host any old HL2 mod that I want, whereas a Half-Life mod is perhaps easier to find a host for.
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