The Game That Makes You Go "Wow!"

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I too played the hell out of both Halo 3 and Reach !

Loved both but heres my problem I wasnt the best at them, I am known as the shield destroyer in Halo ! it gets annoying - just always seemed like i would die with few bullets but would take a full clip to rid someone of their shield and someone would always take the kill! Hence the reason I loved playing SWAT, I was always good on that !
 
I was never a huge fan of swat but my wife loved it. I think she even reached Brigadier in Halo 3 in swat. She really loved that mode in Halo 3 because of the battle rifle. She didnt like the DMR in reach so she didnt care much for Reach. Such a shame because she was such a dang good halo player. Especially as a warthog gunner. :(

I guess Reach recently added a playlist that makes the DMR just like the Battle rifle in Halo 3 with no ridicule bloom BUT only in a specific playlist. However I think at this point she just isnt going to get into Reach. She prefers Gears Of War 3. Which is fine because we have lots of fun in that too. Hopefully Halo 4 will bring her back to Halo. Because we had so much fun in Halo 2 and Halo 3 multiplayer together. Feels so weird not having her in Reach multiplayer.

I really hope the Halo 4 campaign has all the FUN from the halo 3 campaign and talking enemies. The Halo 3 campaign was so dang fun. I didnt care much for the campaign in Reach. Too depressing and just not that fun. Plus no Scarab battles!! That frustrated me that there wasnt a single scarab battle in Reach. :ouch:
 
Yip when I played through on legendary solo on reach I was thinking right whens the scarab coming then you had to drive through their legs but no battle !!! I was very disappointed !

I'm slightly jubious about the 'non' bungie Halo ! I think I will wait on some reviews before I purchase.
 
Just a heads up that 343 has taken over Reach a long time ago and in fact, thats when Reach started receiving all the great updates to the matchmaking playlist. So 343 is doing an EXCELLENT job with Reach. All those new maps, playlists, improvements, removed friendly fire from firefight, thats ALL 343 studios. 343 has given the community EVERYTHING they asked for in matchmaking. We now have maps from H1, H2, and H3 all in Reach. Also have a community matchmaking playlist using real life peoples maps, and sooooo much more. I was worried at first too about 343 but honestly I think they are doing better than Bungie at this point. And Bungie is my favorite developer. So thats saying a lot.
 
barryl85
Sounds good ! I sold Reach a while ago or I would have realised about the features !
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Oh dang Reach is a completely different game now. Easily the best Halo multiplayer ever created. I wouldnt even know where to begin with how many changes are in Reach. Anything you can ask for is all now in Reach.

-Friendly fire off in Firefight
-community playlist using real life peoples maps and its on a constant changing rotation
-many many new game modes
-griffball with option of jetpacks
-warthog rocket race
-warthog king of the hill
-an old school playlist that has H1, H2, H3 maps with no loadouts so it really feels like playing those older games again
-and so much more.

I bet the playlist is up to 25-30 different options now. When it shipped it had maybe 8-10 options in the playlist.
 
What I have always wanted in a Halo game is for the playlists to be seperate for example if i wanted to play oddball i would choose that in the playlist, but no still have to vote for game modes and you only get to choose from a few each time!
 
The game modes have been divided up so much that its easily possible to do that. Like you said you havent played in a while. There are even modes that divide it up so if you want to do BTB slayer you can do that or BTB with objectives. Those are now 2 different playlists.
 
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Yes BF2 MC was such a fun game. I used to love being the engineer to fix the tanks and throw out the mines. Played the heck out of it on the xbox and then played it quite a bit on the 360.
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One of my ALL TIME FAVORITE games online. WOW, I thought I was the only one. I have ENDLESS hours in that game.
 
The one game that comes to mind first would have to be MW2. NO, NOT THAT ONE. The one that actually deserves that acronym.

Mechwarrior 2 was incredibly immersive and atmospheric, especially considering it shoved polygons the apparent size of pizza boxes in your face. The depth of its controls earned it the right to be considered more of a simulator than a game, the missions are fun to replay, the mech customization options are endless, the weapon and mech stats follow the rules of the original tabletop game (making it the only Mechwarrior game to reliably let you recreate variants from Battletech), and the music was wonderfully arranged and had a unique style.

MW2 made me go "wow" when it introduced me to the world of PC gaming at the age of ten, and it still makes me go "wow" anytime I go back to play it. I can't believe how well it has stood the test of time, winning out hands-down against its two sequels, IMO.

Oni
Im soooo happy none of you have been lame, and said Mario. Thank you Forum!
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I thought Super Mario Galaxy and SMG2 were amazing. The parkour-esque flexibility of the levels in SMG2, particularly when played as Luigi, added a lot of replay value for veterans of the 3D-Mario-game moveset. I wouldn't say the 2D entries and other spinoffs are "wow"-inspiring, though, just great games (most of the time).
 
TB
Uncharted is incredible and I've recently per-ordered U3 but as I keep hearing how awesome U2 is, I'll have to pick it up sometime. 👍
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You should play all of them. Even the first one set a new standard of gaming and that was back in 2007.

Uncharted 2 is still an amazing game, but Uncharted 3 is going to take it to another level. I wouldn't be surprised if it gets Game of the Year.
 
Crazy-J
You should play all of them. Even the first one set a new standard of gaming and that was back in 2007.

Uncharted 2 is still an amazing game, but Uncharted 3 is going to take it to another level. I wouldn't be surprised if it gets Game of the Year.
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I have to agree on this too. Uncharded was my first PS3 game and it honestly shocked me on how good it looked and still looks good 4 years later.
 
Knights of the Old Republic. Probably one of the best RPGs to date and definitely the best Star Wars game to date.

I know it's not a terribly great game but Rebel Assault 2 made me go wow. It was the first filming live action Star Wars footage after the original trilogy. I was amazed and it looked awesome.... at the time. I still have the original game in it's big box.
 
Dark Souls. Why, you ask?

Here's the answer:
Luminis
I've bought Dark Souls two days ago. Man, what an awesome game. Awesome³, honestly. Probably the best game I've played in years. Hell, I actually think I haven't played anything in the last decade that left as much of an impression on me. You'd have to go back to the SNES days (and me being a kid, which helped to make games seem more impressive ) to find something that could come close.



Being challenged is, for me, a huge part of playing video games and it's something that, I think, games have been lacking for years now. Whether it's Forza, Metal Gear Solid, Elder Scrolls, you name it... Most games make it way too easy to beat them.



I've found Dark Souls to be the exact opposite, and I'm currently regretting that I missed Demon's Souls. I mean, you actualy have to grind a bit here and there to get forward, keep your guard up 95% of the time and actually think before you act. I love that.



It's also a looker, in my opinion. There are some slowdowns here and there, but usually nothing that really throws you of. Add the incredible soundtrack (reminds of older Final Fantasy OSTs, too) and the feeling of loneliness and you've got a brilliant atmosphere. Seems a bit like Vagrant Story, in that regard, which is a very, very good thing.



From Software delivered a master piece and a game that should be considered a modern classic, in my opinion. This is the direction Squaresoft (or SqaureEnix) should have taken there franchises in. For me, at least. A more grown-up design and gameplay to match it. Wouldn't have hurt the Final Fantasy franchise, if you're asking me, if it was a tad more challenging and wasn't riddled with some strange teenage emo-brats
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The whole of the Uncharted series. The Graphics and the amazing cut scenes are just fabulous.
 
I can't play any 3d / FPS / 3rd person games due to motion sickness, so a lot of the games mentioned in this thread don't mean a lot to me.

But my recent 'wow' game is Rayman Origins... so beautiful, such great humour and a fantastic soundtrack. An absolute gem of a game!


Edit: Oh and C.A.R.S. I'm seriously thinking of building a gaming PC for this.
 
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