[Some people don't apreciate the old games]

It kinda ticks me off when people say " I don't play games with bad graphics" and don't even consider the actual game! Like morrowind or daggerfall, I keep seeing people bellyache and moan about how ugly the graphics are and claim that it is unplayable. I went from oblivion to daggerfall without any complaints about the graphics, in fact, I think they are not so bad, at least you can see a person standing there. I bet other games are being treated like this as well.

 

I played games when I was a kid but stopped for about 20 years.A little over a year ago I got into pc gaming and lately I've been looking into older games as the newer ones may look good but they seem easy.I bought Baldurs Gate 1 and it's good but hard.I'm so sick of spending $50.-$60. for a game and beating it in 10 hours.Once I get into a good game I'm not even paying attention to the graphics.Any suggestions on older games is appreciated.I want to get a Final Fantasy game for the pc thats not a online only one.Any suggestions.

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Oh god, am I getting old because I see the words "classic games" and think original NES and Atari? Since when is Final Fantasy 9 a classic?! I'm still playing the first FF and loving it. Never really got much past #7 or #8... they sort of lost the magic for me after the graphics went 3d and the little sprites were gone forever. Black Mage FTW!

 

Where can I get any Final Fantasy games for pc that isn't online only?

[Hello Nexus Members]

Hi! Welcome to the forums!

 

My personal favorite games of all time are the Neverwinter series (1 and 2 plus expansions of both / same realmspace as Baldur's Gate), and the Elder Scrolls (Morrowind and Oblivion). Both series are really awesome games, in my opinion. Check 'em out. You might like them, too. :biggrin:

 

I have Oblivion but I never put enough time in to learn the game or get sucked into it.I'm trying to learn Dragn Age Origins and Baldurs gate right now.I'm really liking games like those recently.All the customisation makes me feel like a General (LOL)

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[Fallout 3 is Lame]

When I first got Fallout 3, I played it for a couple of weeks, didn't like it much, got distracted, and never got back to it. Never even beat the main quest. Then my computer died and I did not immediately install Fallout on my new one.

 

Now about a year later, I get around to installing the game again. I am mystified why so many people like the game and why a popular sequel, which I never bought, has been released. So I start a new character and play hard, trying to beat the main quest. The game is still lame, even the second time around.

 

The subject matter of Fallout is very depressing and downcast. Cyrodiil is a pretty place full of magic and wonderment. I spend more time than I like to admit playing and modding Oblivion because I am in love with that fantasy world. Why would I want to spend all my free-time in a world where nuclear war has destroyed civilization and life is nasty, brutish, and short?

 

You can get shot like 14 times before dying. I thought guns were sort of fatal. In real life, if a person is wounded by one bullet, he or she is usually hors de combat. I know that Oblivion is pretty fake in this respect too, but it is a lot easier to swallow when there is magic and monsters and healing spells and the whole world is fantastic rather than realistic.

 

200 Years? The storyline and lore is all wacked. Looking at the game world, I would say that the war was like 20 or 25 years ago. Not 200. Everything is so fresh and new. Do you really expect paper and cloth to hold up for 200 years out in the weather? And what about all this food? Scavengers would pick everything clean in 20 or 25 years. There would be nothing left to scavenge. There certainly isn't going to be food in stores and cola in machines after 200 years of intense scavenging. And would the food be any good? NO! I don't care how many preservatives you put in it. I know some survivalists who horde food. Most foods in the store reach their expiration date within a year. Most foods you store go bad within 7 years. (And they don't taste good at this point. I have eaten enough old food to know.) A few things might be kept 10 or 15 years, but they are going to be so rancid and stale that you can hardly choke them down and might get sick. That makes that nice fresh rad roach meat look pretty attractive if the packaged food is 200 years old.

 

Massive ammunition factories. Fallout is not like any movie you have ever seen. (Think of Mad Max, The Road, The Book of Eli. Ammunition is scarce!) Civilization has fallen but there are still a lot of mines, chemical plants, and factories all focused on supplying the raiders with lots and lots of high quality ammunition that is fresh and has not expired. (Old food tastes bad or rots. Old ammunition has lots of rounds that become duds or jam the weapon. Certain things could become unstable and explode or spontaneously combust. And if your powder is not dry, it is not going to work.) So it is good to know that all those people still have good jobs in the ammunition industry and that civilization has not completely fallen.

 

VATS is regressive. Okay. It looks cool watching the movies from different angles. But turn-based games are old-fashioned. It was thought to be a great advancement to have live-action real-time video games where you have to stay focused, think fast, and have good reflexes. It seems like a step backward having the combat be like VATS is. The enemies are fast and tough, and ammunition is a little expensive, so that I want to conserve it. I am not skilled enough to cope if I don't use VATS. The computer shoots faster and more accurately than I do in real-time mode. But enter into VATS and I become the best markman the world has ever seen. I can hit moving targets. I can hit targets that are mostly concealed. I can choose to shoot one bodypart. It is ridiculous. It is like I am a master marksman, and am at a shooting range with a rifle with a scope, and I can use a bench rest and and decide to shoot a hole in any part of the paper target that strikes my fancy. VATS is just so unrealistic!

 

Gore gore gore. It is kind of ugly and nasty, but that is how war is. But what annoys me is unrealistic gore. So I shoot this raider in the head and chest several times. He falls dead and his severed leg fly off. What? I didn't shoot his leg! Why is it severed? I shoot this other raider in the chest several times and his whole body explodes in a splash of blood. Give me a break! I was not using dum dum bullets. I did not use a grenade. I did not use an RPG. This was not an artillery round. Bodies don't explode like that! That is just stupid. They should save the exploding bodies for when there is grenade or a mine or someone gets hit by a long burst from a heavy machine gun or something.

 

I think I will try to keep playing and beat the main quest, but I really don't think I am going to start a new character after I get done or rush out to buy New Vegas. I just don't understand what all the fuss is about when it comes to Fallout.

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I didn't like F3 when I bought the GOTY edition.When New Vegas came out I bought it and learned how to play the game so I decided to try F3.I like F3 even better.Oblivion I can't get into for some reason so I guess it's personal choice.I'm not saying Oblivion is a bad game or eventually I won't go back and play more but to each his own.

[Hello Nexus Members]

Hello.My name is William and I'm from the East Coast,Boston Mass. area.I'm a older gamer who played games as a kid but stopped for 20 years.Just over a year ago I bought a computer and I found computer gaming.I started out with shooter/action type games but lately I've been playing rpg games.I like the Fallout games and I'm currently playing DAO and Baldurs Gate(very hard).I really enjoy games where you can micromanage every last detail and any suggestion of games(old or new) is appreciated.