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Old 11-11-2005, 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by sparkus
i agree that one vote isn't enough. for me it was between fallout and system shock. i remember playing the old gold box games and EoB, but both fallout and system shock really brought the genre to new levels--though in different ways.

in the end, system shock got the nod because i just remember so many different moments, playing late at night, scaring myself silly. but of all the system shock moments--from both 1 & 2--the most memorable has to be the end of the very first floor. it probably took me a few days to get through that whole first floor. 1) i usually start a game a few different times as i get used to the mechanics and play the first few bits differently just to see how i want to play overall, and 2) i had just started working then and no longer had the option to blow off class and play computer games.
I'm really surprised that the System Shock series hasn't received more attention in this poll. I also thought the Battletech series would at least garner some interest. I have very fond memories playing The Crescent Hawk's Inception and The Crescent Hawks' Revenge. The original MechWarrior is also one of my all-time favorites, though that wasn't part of the series and wasn't really an RPG - at least not by the late 80's standards.

The list makes for a tough choice, though, and I find myself being partial to Ultima due to the fact that so many titles in the series stand out as exceptional (Ultima III, V, VI, Black Gate, and Serpent Isle).
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