What's your favorite video-game?

I noticed there is no active thread about video-games. Any gamers on LCB?

Some of my personal favorites are:

• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne
• Football Manager
• God of War (2018)
• Resident Evil Village
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
• Elden Ring  

These are just to name a few, I'm sure we all have a ton of favorites. The games I listed are far from being perfect, but each of them has something that just made me want to invest time in them. Warcraft 3 probably left the biggest mark on my video-game life because it was one of the first games I've played. And even tho the game is 20 years old at this point, the gameplay still holds up as one of the best strategy games ever made.

As far as new releases go, I've been in love with Elden Ring from the day it came out. The game is a perfect mix of challenging gameplay, a gigantic open world, interesting story and lore and beautiful graphics. The gameplay is probably it's best attribute, very challenging but at the same time very fair because the difficulty is completely up to the player. The more skilled you are the easier the game is and that probably goes for most games, but Elden Ring doesn't only reward you for being good at the game, it also rewards you for being innovative and creative. There are a lot of mechanics in the game for the player to use and it rewards you for using those mechanics creatively to get stronger. On top of the amazing gameplay, the scale of the open world is incredible and just when you think there's nothing left to explore you end up stumbling upon a new gigantic area you haven't seen before. With so many positives and fairly little negatives, Elden Ring quite possibly might be the best game ever made.

What is your favorite video-game? 

For sure, the favorite one many of us played:

Definitely an all-time classic!

My favourite games.... I getting all nostalgic writing this. Because the Amiga 500 was sold out on the I decided to buy my first computer I got the next best thing a Atari 1040ste. It turned out to be brilliant for making music but not good for gaming. However there been a few I remember.

Civilization, NARC, Mega Lo Mania, Command & Conquer, Dungeon Master, Comanche., SimCity, Winemaker and North vs. South.

Then I had a Sega Saturn. 

Tomb Raider, Sega Really, C&C Red Alert, Dune 2, NBA Jam, Sonic,  Street Fighter series and a lot of strange Games that weren't on sale on the European market, but I had a connection to Japan. 

During the same time I played on MS Dos and Windows,  Diablo 1,2 All the C&C, the Settlers and Civilization series. And Black or White.

I stopped playing around 2002 when I moved to th UK. I wanted to get back into it some 6 years later but by than everything had changed with most games being played online and so on. But I couldn't get into it. They do look fantastic these days. Tomb Raider looks a lot different today from the very first one in the series I used to play. It always brings back good memories when a new game gets launched in a series  I played the very 1all those years ago

What a great response, so interesting to hear what the start of the gaming industry looked like. I encourage you to give it another shot, there are many games you can still play offline!

My favorite game of all time is "Hogs of War". My whole family used to gather to play this game. We'd play "versus" mode in two teams of four members and the battle would last for hours. The game is very good, but when you add the joy of playing with family and friends, it becomes a masterpiece! This was almost 15 years ago and the game itself is more than 20 years old. At the time you could only play it on PS1, but now it's available on more platforms. It's very cool that after 20 years, they're still keeping the game alive. I'll have to try it again in the near future. 

That sounds like a lot of fun! My family was never very much into video games, we mostly played card games and Risk together. Must be great to have family members that also love video games as much as you.

I played Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory with almost religious fervor when I was teenage, and despite it being a 20 year old game, I still occasionally enjoy the fast paced World War 2 game. That wins the category for online games with flying colors.

The best single player game was Elder Scrolls 3 - Morrowind, the same series as Skyrim but Morrowind in my opinion nails the fantasy part better, because the world of that game is so foreign and wonderful, with mad wizards who live in giant mushrooms, hand crafted dungeons with monsters and fat loot :)

I grew up playing Serious Sam, Warcraft 3 ,Hitman: Codename 47, Splinter Cell,  Stronghold Crusader, Freedom Fighters and Ghost Recon. I remain a huge fan of these franchises. The new entries do come with advanced gameplay mechanics and flashy graphics but nothing compares to the originals it just might be the nostalgia and the memories that I have playing these games. 

Looking forward to see a new Splinter Cell game hopefully next year, new entry in the Ghost Recon franchise and fingers crossed Freedom Fighters 2 or a remake of the original.

The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina of Time I could play it every day. Best story I ever saw in a video game!

Definitely up there with the greatest games of all time!

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Oblivion are my ultimate favorite ones! And after reading your post on Elden Ring I'm definitely going to be looking to find that one as well!

What system do you play on? I'm partial to the Xbox 360.

I played WOW for 12 years starting from 2 months from launch... (they call this Vanilla wow)

My main (& only toon at the time)was a tank.... lol

Took me 9 months to reach 60 ... no mount just the griffin and my feet. 

After that it's a blurr .. best moment : guild opened the 40 man raid Gates of AQ... bug mount ftw

And Leeroy was someone you would not want in your raid.... but funny nonetheless 

LEEEEROYYYYY JENKINSSSSS

Good times!!!!!!

stronghold 

Half Life 2 is definitely up there, true classic.