Essential Gaming Collection [REVISED]
90 games
So, this used to be a top-100 list I first created on GiantBomb in -I wanna say- 2014. At the time compiled from memory and including games I most fondly remembered.
At some point after 2015 I decided to keep it only for the games released before or in 2015, as from that year onwards I was no longer able to be an active gamer that followed and played new titles as they came out. Though I turned 21 that year, it really feels to me like the year that separated my childhood gaming from my adulthood gaming. I thought I couldn't really perceive newer games as innocently as I did the older ones.
However, after revisiting some of the old titles and catching up with some of the new ones, I think I realized that I can't really see the old titles in that innocent way anymore either. A lot of games that I have a strong nostalgia for, I just don't enjoy anymore, no matter how much I would want to. And some games I've never played before, actually have the same kind of nostalgic grip on me as those old titles.
So I decided to remove the year restriction on it. And also, since the list has thinned since, I've decided not to enforce an arbitrary "top-X" label on it. Instead this'll be a single continuously fluctuating list. Games will appear and disappear as I evaluate/re-evaluate them.
The title of the list was ripped off from inspired by TwinPerfect's "Essential Viewing Collection" which just sounds much classier and more accurate to what it actually represents than any kind of "top."
DISCLAIMERS:
This list includes only the games I rated 5/5. Which means there might be games out there that I have strong feelings towards but can't get over some of the flaws of. Then again lately I've been doing a lot of thinking in regards to whether I need to start reevaluating games by a less objective metric and maybe increase some ratings on the basis of whether I think they should be on this list.
Since this is an old list, some of these games I need to replay and their position and/or status might change.
Some of these games I've only played for a short period of time and thought they were incredible, but still haven't found the time to revisit and try to beat. So, again, their position and/or status might change.
Some of the entries include more than one game. This usually means that the sequel or the expansion is not different enough from the original game to give it a separate entry. Usually expansion packs are bundled with the original game.
Some entries here are kinda placeholders. Their additions are based on the knowledge I posses about them and the reputation of their respective series'. Currently there are two of them there, but this might change.
The overall ranking is very fluid. I'm still really not sure which titles to put above which. Generally, the further away from the top it goes, the less sure I am.
Max Payne [Game] Douban
在当红的Max Payne发行后,游戏商又随即制作续集,于2003年发行,名为马克思·佩恩2:堕落的麦斯潘恩(Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne)。
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne [Game] Eggplant.place Douban
而这次公布的《英雄本色2》更是彻底超越当时一代所带来的震撼,让游戏画面直接提升到CG动画等级,并展现了Rockstar公司在这两年来3D技术的大幅进步。
Max Payne 3 [Game] Douban
The Darkness II [Game] Douban
前作《黑暗》是由Top Cow出版的同名漫画“The Darkness”所改编的暴力风格动作射击游戏,玩家扮演Franchetti家族的杀手Jackie Estacado,他在迈入第21岁生日时,体内潜藏的黑暗力量突然复苏,这股黑暗的力量有多种形式,玩家可借着吞噬、刺穿等方式来残杀敌人,但这个力量必须要在黑暗下才能展现。
《黑暗2》的时空背景将设定在前作结局发生的两年之后,玩家将再次扮演第一作的主角Jackie Estacado。本次游戏剧本依然由英国漫画家Paul Jenkins负责,而开发工作则由开发过《杀戮地带》、《生化奇兵》等知名游戏的研发商Digital Extremes负责。《黑暗2》将继续Jackie Estacado的故事,他现在是弗兰凯蒂家族的老大。在抑制了黑暗之力(The Darkness)之后,黑暗之力想要自由。在一场黑帮之战之后,黑暗之力和Jackie再次聚合,Jackie将找寻幕后黑手和帮助他的黑暗之力的动力。
游戏继续支持使用火器的同时,用你的恶魔之手释放挥鞭攻击,攫取物体,投掷物体和敌人。
“《黑暗2》是一款充满黑暗和想象力的暴力游戏,有着风格化的美丽梦魇”,2K总裁Christoph Hartmann说道:“《黑暗2》将继续发扬2K Games一贯创作充满质量,创新和深邃叙事的游戏的优良传统。游戏将建立一套独特的黑暗对战光明的战斗姿态。融合Jackie的火器和充满超自然力量的恶魔之手和黑暗力量,我们很自豪地宣布这款新作。”
项目主管Sheldon Carter在本周GDC期间接受Destructoid采访时暗示了剧情主线的一点信息。
不过他也没有谈论多少详细内容,Carter重点说了说《黑暗II》中主角Jackie的超能力以及他利用黑暗力量的另外一些方式。
其中一个新方式是:两个恶魔手臂可以协同合作。左臂可以抓住一名敌人,右臂处决他。左臂主要负责“抓取”,你可以利用它来抓住物体并扔向敌人——甚至刺穿他们。
《黑暗》是一款第一人称的射击游戏,由Starbreeze Studios开发、2K Games发行。于2007年6月份在北美和欧洲发售。该游戏是基于同名漫画改编。发售平台是X360和PS3。
Devil May Cry [Game] Douban
Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition [Game] Douban
Diablo II: Lord of Destruction [Game] Douban
Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy [Game] Douban
在这款FPS游戏中,玩家必须逐步训练自己的绝地武士,同时透过种族、性别、服装等内容的选择,让玩家可以自己打造出自己独创专属的绝地武士。另外除了人物之外,就连玩家的武器光剑也可以自己来设计,玩家可以在游戏中取得某些特定道具,并藉由这些道具来强化改造自己的武器。在3D游戏引擎方面,绝地武士III的游戏引擎将揉和改进的QuakeIII引擎、绝地武士II引擎和 Soldier of Fortune II(命运战士II)的引擎。 另外游戏中也准备许多其他的武器让玩家使用,如光线来福枪、电磁枪等等。而游戏中也备有单人与多人等模式,让玩家不管是自己玩还是跟朋友一起玩都能享受到游戏独特的乐趣。
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic [Game] Douban
各式角色任意挑选
在《星际大战:旧共和武士》中,玩家可操纵的角色将不再局限于单一主角,而可操纵各式各样的人物,体验不同个性的人对于每件事情所带来的不同结果,尽情沉浸在星际大战的虚拟情境中。而游戏里也有许多不同的种族可以挑选,包括人类、机器人、提列克族、乌奇族与各式各样的外星种族。玩家的队伍中最多可由三人组成,而配合不同种族所具有的战斗特性来选择成员,将可让每场战斗事半功倍,更加顺利前往旅途的终点。
增加乐趣的迷你游戏
除了一般所进行的故事模式外,本游戏还设计了不少可添增乐趣的小游戏,如速度竞赛,看看谁的操纵技术最好、或是操控炮塔歼灭敌军等,而这些迷你游戏可让玩家在进行游戏之余小小休息一番,还能迅速熟悉系统操纵,有利于往后的故事进行。
广大浩瀚的宇宙场景
《星际大战:旧共和武士》里,玩家的旅程将横跨许多不同的场景,无论是熟悉的地点,或是前所未见的环境等,包括塔图因行星、西斯组织强大的基地、丹图音绝地领地、乌奇族原居地等等,都将成为玩家探险的绝佳场所。
游戏简介说明:
*您将领导一群自由斗士,踏上史诗般惊涛骇浪的银河冒险之旅!旅途涵盖遥远的塔图因(Tatooine)行星与黑暗西斯大君的故乡,您将利用各式各样的武器对抗未知的敌人!当心黑暗魔力的诱惑!无论您最终选择了黑暗或光明的一方,都将左右整个银河系的命运!
*自定角色,您将可扮演更多人物,让您沉浸在星际大战的虚拟情境中,体验内容多样丰富的角色扮演游戏!
*您的队伍最多可由三人组成,涵盖人类、机器人、提列克族(Twi’ leks)与乌奇族(Wookie)和其它外星种族。
*快节奏的迷你游戏─像是和飙机速度竞赛,或是操控炮塔比赛。
*旅程横跨多种景色迥异的不同世界,范围包括您所熟悉的故事场景与前所未见的新环境。
*行经地点包括塔图因(Tatooine)行星、西斯组织强大的基地Korriban行星、丹图音(Dantooine)行星的绝地学院(Jedi Academy),以及乌奇族(Wookie)的原居地(Kashyyyk)卡须克行星。
*选择您的命运!决定运用光明或是黑暗的原力。
Sid Meier's Civilization V: Collection [Game]
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition [Game] Melon Log Steam
About the Game Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition is the definitive Dawn of War experience, featuring the original Dawn of War game, and all of the game's expansions including Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm, and Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Winter Assault Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
Prepare yourself for the grim, dark future of the 41st millennium, where alien races battle mankind for galactic domination in a universe of unending war.
Personalize your armies with a revolutionary unit customization tool that gives you the ability to choose your armies insignias, banners, squad colors and names.
Engaging story driven single player campaign.
Command the elite chapter of the Blood Ravens in an original epic tale of treason and conspiracy as you serve the Emperor and protect humanity from the scourges of Warhammer 40,000 universe.
Master four unique races
Command your Space Marines, Orks, Chaos and Eldar in epic battles and master their distinct abilities, weapons, and tech trees to eradicate the enemy and rule the known universe.
Unprecedented realism
Appropriately scaled terrain, vehicle physics and dynamic lightning contribute to a level of realism never before displayed in a real-time strategy game.
Visceral cinematic melee and ranged combat.
Visceral cinematic melee and ranged combat
Realistic unit animations immerse you in intense brutal combat .
Pioneering tactical gameplay.
Innovations such as cover, squad-based combat, and morale add new strategic depth to real-time warfare.
Dynamic multiplayer
Test your true combat abilities in two-to-eight player battles providing endless re-playability
This expansion adds all-new units and strategies to the exciting gameplay offered by Dawn of War. The Imperial Guard brings new weaponry, including heavy armor, new troop units as well as defensive and ranged tactics overwhelming numbers. Coupled with new abilities, this fighting force is as lethal as they come. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Winter Assault
Single-Player Campaign
Winter Assault offers two choices: the Order Campaign and the Disorder Campaign. The Order Campaign puts you in control of the Eldar and the Imperial Guard in their epic struggle to protect the Imperium of Man. In the Disorder Campaign, play as the Orks and Chaos Space Marines in their efforts to crush any resistance to their chaotic way.
Revel in new and improved gameplay features
A new tech tree, 100’s of new animations and endless new strategies will greatly intensify your Dawn of War experience.
Direct your troops in all out war
Command them across harsh new winter battlegrounds with enhanced urban terrain and additional interactive object and structures.
Improved multiplayer
20 new maps and advanced online features including observer mode, arranged team play and improved auto match push Dawn of War multiplayer to the next level.
Hone your multiplayer skills
The new skirmish option allows you to practice combat techniques against computer-controlled opponents on a multiplayer map.
Imperial Guard
Since the beginning of the Imperium of Man, the Imperial Guard has stood as its pillars of protection. With billions of men from more than a million different worlds, they are the largest and most diverse fighting force in the galaxy. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade
Deep under the central desert of Kronus, a vast honeycomb of skull-lined tunnels and funeral chambers house the awakening Necron menace. Eons ago, these were the boulevards and squares of a great necropolis built to house the bones of the races who had fallen to the Necrons, and ultimately were where the Necrons themselves retire to spend eternity. Over millions of years, sand and rock had covered it all until ill-fated excavations awoke the deathless.
New Races
Take command of two new playable races: Tau and Necron to unleash massive carnage across the frontlines of battle.
Expanded multiplayer
Dominate opponents online across 12 new multiplayer maps - with up to 8 players battling it out for supremacy.
Deep single player campaign
Conquer the planet of Kronus any way you choose - leading any one of seven races on an epic crusade through an all-new, non-linear single player campaign where you can experience unique storylines from each race's perspective.
Customization
Customize your hero's weapons, items and abilities as he grows in power and influence. Personalize your army with a variety of insignias, squad colors, banners and names. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm
The third and final expansion to the genre-defining and critically-acclaimed RTS, Dawn of War. In Soulstorm, two new armies are introduced – Sisters of Battle and Dark Eldar - raising the total number of playable armies to nine. The revolutionary meta-game that was first introduced in Dark Crusade is further expanded to an interplanetary scale, allowing players to battle across the star system.
Transistor [Game] Douban Steam WikiData IGDB Eggplant.place
Wolfenstein: The New Order and The Old Blood Double Pack [Game] IGDB
The Punisher [Game] Bangumi
Left 4 Dead [Game] Douban
Spec Ops: The Line [Game] Douban
《特殊行动:一线生机(Spec Ops: The Line)》是2K旗下德国游戏开发商Yager Development开发制作的游戏,游戏的背景设定于阿联酋迪拜。在游戏中,迪拜被严重的沙尘暴所掩埋。你会看到可怜的孩子们被迫呆在那些曾经无比辉煌的建筑的残骸中避难的场景。游戏采用虚幻3引擎制作,将给玩家带来很强的视觉质感。
在《特别行动 一线生机》中,将会以因为环境恶化而严重遭到沙尘风暴侵袭的阿拉伯珍珠「迪拜」作为舞台,描述为了救出失踪的陆军上校,因此身为三角洲特种部队之一的玩家将与伙伴们组成搜索队前往调查,并因此而展开整个故事发展。在游戏中,玩家将化身为部队领导「Martin Walker」,并与两名队友一起前往迪拜展开搜索行动。而在这个已经因为沙尘风暴与暴动而变成一片废墟的城市里,虽然之前就已经为了搜索失踪的陆军上校而派出陆军部队前往调查,但都因为不明的原因而发生叛乱并失去联络。
由于《特别行动 一线生机》是一款第三人称视点的动作射击游戏,因此游戏中玩家们可以在城市废墟等遮蔽物后方来进行射击战斗,或是潜入设施或是遭到破坏的车子等等的方式绕到对方身后来进行战斗,在战术上可说是非常丰富!另外本作将会对应网路连线的协力跟对战模式,以及网路排行榜等等的功能,还将会加入让玩家们可以在网路模式自订自己的纸娃娃分身的设定要素,也让整个协力对战乐趣更加倍增许多。
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow [Game] Douban Bangumi
“J”原来就是1999年消灭德古拉的英雄尤里乌斯·贝尔蒙特,有角幻也则是阿鲁卡多的化身。在他们的协助下,苍真打败了策划这一阴谋的邪恶教团头目格拉翰姆·琼斯。但德古拉的灵魂仍然在他的身体里面。苍真答应尤里乌斯,如果他在将来变成魔王,就由他来把自己消灭。苍真进入混沌把它消灭,回到原来的地方。在游戏中如果失败,就会变成魔王。
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night [Game] Douban Bangumi Eggplant.place
正邪势力均衡受到了破坏,产生的巨大能量使一个人从长久的睡眠中苏醒过来,他就是在数百年前和拉尔夫·C·贝尔蒙特一起打败德古拉的吸血鬼贵公子阿鲁卡多。他意识到自己的父亲即将给世界带来巨大的灾难,必须有人来阻止这一切。在贝尔蒙特家族没有人能够胜任的时候,他就要承担起这个义务。就这样,吸血鬼之王的儿子成为了这个故事的主角,作为一个德古拉家族的叛逆者,也是拯救这个世界的英雄。
说到德古拉成为暴虐的吸血鬼的原因,是因为德古拉和一个名叫莉莎的民间女子结合,并生下了阿鲁卡多(阿鲁卡多的英文“alucard”出自1943年的电影《德古拉之子》,此名也是德古拉”Dracula“名字的反写)。
世俗的政权和民众认为莉莎是一个巫女,所以残酷的执行火刑的方式把她杀害。德古拉因此对人类产生了强烈的憎恨,从而发誓要毁灭所有愚昧无知的人类,以自己的理念建立一个新的世界。然而这个计划的代价是现在世界上所有人类的毁灭,这对于立志保护人类的贝尔蒙特家族来说是绝对不允许的。不仅是贝尔蒙特家族,任何一个热爱生活的人都不能眼看着德古拉一意孤行,以自己的好恶来决定世界的命运。就这样,阿鲁卡多带者一颗人类的心灵,和玛丽亚一起在恶魔城中救出了里希特,消灭了沙夫特,将复活的德古拉重新封印,并净化了他的灵魂。
可阿鲁卡多毕竟是吸血鬼的后裔,他明白自己在大义灭亲之后仍不能见容于这个世俗的社会,所以他唯一的选择就是继续逃避。但玛丽亚在和他接触的过程中对他产生了好感,决定和他在一起。这样一来,阿鲁卡多原本平淡沉闷的生活里多了一丝生机。而里希特考虑到自己的能力有限,于是决定隐居,将封印吸血鬼的圣鞭交给了自己的亲戚莫里斯家族。在此后近200年的时间里,贝尔蒙特家族的人没有在对抗吸血鬼的历史中出现,恶魔城的传说仍然会延续下去。