Tom's Favorite Games
Here are my favorite computer games (and a few console games). I've
organized them by category and sorted them in chronological order of when I
first really played them. Games in bold are what I consider extra-special
all-time favorites, some of the best games ever made.
First-person perspective / 3rd-person perspective / Action
- Wolfenstein 3D
- DOOM / DOOM 2
- Dark Forces
- Quake / Quakeworld / Threewave CTF
- Quake 2 mods: Jailbreak 1.x, Action Quake 2, Gloom
- Unreal
- TRIBES
- Half-Life / Counterstrike
- System Shock 2
- Unreal Tournament
- Deus Ex
- Giants: Citizen Kabuto
- Max Payne
- Operation: Flashpoint
- Return to Castle Wolfenstein
- Jedi Knight II
- America's Army: Operations
- Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
- Battlefield 1942
- Star Trek: Elite Force 2
- Max Payne 2
- Call of Duty
- Unreal Tournament 2004
- Far Cry
- Half-Life 2
- Battlefield 2
- Team Fortress 2
- Portal
- Bioshock
- STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl
- 戦場のヴァルキュリア (Valkyria Chronicles)
RTS (real-time strategy)
- Herzog Zwei
- Dune II
- Warcraft
- Command & Conquer
- Starcraft
- Dune
- Warcraft III (only because of all the crazy maps/mods, namely tower
defense/wars)
RPG (role-playing)
- Ultima VI: The False Prophet
- Ultima VII: The Black Gate
- Ultima VII Part 2: The Serpent Isle
- Final Fantasy VII
- EverQuest (good for awhile, but turned out to be evil.. still
worthy of mention)
- Chrono Trigger
- Diablo II
- Arcanum
- Chrono Cross
- Grandia
- Grandia II
- Final Fantasy IX
- Skies of Arcadia
- Shenmue
- Suikoden
- Ragnarok Online (beta 1)
- Dungeon Siege
- Morrowind
- Neverwinter Nights
- Shenmue 2
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
- World of Warcraft
- Oblivion
- Mass Effect
- 竜がごとく ３ (Yakuza 3)
- 竜がごとく Kenzan!
Driving
- Need for Speed 2 SE
- Need for Speed 3: Hot Pursuit
- Need for Speed 4: High Stakes
- Need for Speed 5: Porsche Unleashed
- Driver
- Midtown Madness 2
- Grand Theft Auto 3
- Mafia
- Need for Speed: Underground
Racing Sim
- NASCAR Racing 4
- Grand Prix Legends
- Swedish Touring Car Championship 2
- F1 2001 - FIA GT mod V2, V3
- F1 2002 - GTR2002 mod, M3 Challenge mod
- NASCAR Racing 2003 Season
- Live For Speed S1, S2
- Richard Burns Rally
- iRacing
Flight Sim / Space Sim / Mech Sim
- Falcon 3.0
- Wing Commander II / Special Ops 1 and 2
- Tie Fighter
- MechWarrior II
- Wing Commander: Prophecy / Secret Ops
- Allegiance
- Descent: Freespace 2
- IL2 Sturmovik
- Freelancer
- Star Trek: Bridge Commander
- Lock On: Modern Air Combat
Fighting
- Soul Calibur
- Soul Calibur 2
Simulation
- SimCity (the original)
- Theme Park
- The Sims
Music
Adventure (old!)
- Advent (Colossal Cave)
- Zork I
- King's Quest 2, 4, 5
- Space Quest 2, 3, 4, 5
- Hero's Quest (Quest for Glory)
- Rise of the Dragon
- The Adventures of Willy Beamish
- Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
- Sam n' Max Hit the Road
- Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
Other (old!)
- Larn
- Alley Cat
- Aldo
- Spacewars
- Karateka
- Thexder
- Silpheed
- Night Shift
- Continuum
- Captain Comic
- Commander Keen
- The 7th Guest
- Magic Carpet
- I know I'm forgetting lots of other good games...