Top 5 Games i love

We all loved Video games at some point or other. While some still love playing them like i do, others deny that they do with a stereotype that it is for kids (if it was for kids, do you think game ratings is actually needed at all?).

Normally i am a huge fan of Real Time Strategy and RPG genre. So here is the list of top 5 games i loved.[note: These are the games i liked the most. Apologies if anyone feels that the game is stupid or something similar]

5. Diablo 2:

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Publisher:Blizzard Inc

Released in:2000

Genre:Dark Fantasy RPG

I loved this game. Especially playing as a Necromancer. I'd enjoy myself summoning creatures and let them do the dirty jobs while i sit and watch doing nothing. The graphics was amazing and storyline was awesome, comprising of four acts, or chapters.Each spanning from several hours to several weeks. It took me around six months to complete this game( yeah i am pretty bad at gaming). There are five interesting classes to choose from, the Barbarian, Amazon, sorceress, Paladin and Necromancer. After you finish the entire game in one difficulty, You get the title "sir" in front of your character name, and you can play the game again from the scratch with increased difficulty, in which the creatures are tougher to kill than normal and drop rare items which cannot be found in previous difficulty. Overall Diablo 2 is one game you must try out.

4. Command and Conquer:Red alert 3:

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Developed by: Electronic arts.

Year:2008

Genre:RTS.

Similar to previous C&C red alert series, the game continues where Red Alert 2 ended. In this game, the Soviet union still exists and is about to collapse. But the tables turn when Soviet scientist Dr.Zelinsky invents a time machine ( just like Einstein did for the allies) which is used by Gn.Secretary of CPSU Anatoly Cherdenko to travel back in time to erase Einstein from the timeline, who was responsible for the allies technological superiority. When they come back to the present, they found out that in this new timeline, the allies are on the run and pretty much all of Europe is under Soviet Union. But due to this change in timeline, Cherdenko becomes the new premiere of SU and rise of another superpower apart from the Allies and Communists, the Empire of the rising sun, a technologically advanced country from Japan, led by Emperor Yoshiro and the shogunates, set its goal on world domination. Unlike RA2, there is no Nuclear weapon, chronolegionnaire (As a result of removing Einstein from timeline). The Graphics is amazing but for players who played RA2 first for them it may look like bath toys. The Gameplay is pretty much like any other RTS game. There are three campaigns, The Allies, The Soviets and the Imperials, each campaign on the view of the respective faction. Another feature is the AI. You can control your co-commander of the mission through four different commands. The enemy AI is not bad too. But Skirmish gameplay is a big letdown. There is not much of options in it. For example in RA2(Miss you WestWood :( ) you can disable the superweapons if you like a long gameplay. Here, If you choose easy, You can barely find the game enjoyable, Play on hard, and you find yourself swarmed by enemy troops non stop till you crumble and if you manage to stand up, the AI will use superweapons and remove you from battle for good, which is a big let down if you like battles which last for hours. Another interesting fact is the starcast. Some of the cast of RA3 includes Tim curry, Andrew Divoff (portrayed Mikhail Bakunin in LOST), Ivana Milicevic( I remeber her seein in Casino Royale), Vanessa branch("Fabulous"! :P), Gina Carano, Jonathan pryce( Antagonist in Tomorrow never dies), Gemma Atkinson and others make up the star cast. But i really wished EA paid more attention to the game options, gameplay and the storyline rather than the star cast. It would have made the game experience better. If it isn't enough, how about making it BEST by combining nice game options + better gameplay+no repeated storyline with the existing cast?. Well, amidst the flaws, RA3 is one of the few games i still love playing.

3.Left 4 Dead:



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Developed by:Valve

Year:2008.

Genre: Cooperative FPS.

I was always a fan a zombie movies, so i tried this game out for the first time offline with AI bots, though AI teammates suck a bit, i enjoyed it very much, the lighting, the eerie sense of zombies lurking around the corner, tough special infected, nice guns, and the most important, the gore, you literally see blood and grey matter spatter around when you shoot zombies. It includes four chapters( excluding DLC). In each chapter, the team has to make their way to Rescue vehicle at the end of each chapter. Considering the online game elements you have a vast choice. You can choose campaign where you+3 of your friends make way through the entire chapter. Another mode called versus, where you have 8 human players, 4 human and 4 special infected. Humans try to complete the level, and other team tries to stop them ASAP. After a few rounds, the team swaps the side and take revenge on the latter :) .A nice blend of horror FPS and co-op gameplay with nice storyline, smooth graphics and has both PC and XBOX 360 version.

2.The Sims 3

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Publisher:EA

Year:2009

Genre:Life simulation

The first time played The Sims 3, i went absolutely crazy about it. Totally cool game. You create a character and lead a life. you get a job, get married, have kids, see them age up well, retire, see your kids settle, and much more. It is like leading a life you always dreamed of but it is not possible in reality. Each sim has traits( can be set by user) which decides how the sim will behave and how will the sim fare in skills.for example having artistic traits allows your sim to paint better paintings than other sims. Based on traits, Each sim will have a lifetime wish which upon completion will give you huge amounts of lifetime reward points, which you can exchange for some pretty cool things and abilities for your sim. and there are lots of things you can do in the game. The game can get bit monotonous if you create sims with same traits for like 5-6 generations. Try mixing sims with different set of traits and have a huge family. I am sure you will be having chronic hair pulling session after few hours of tirelessly fulfilling your sims wishes to keep them in better moods. You have to try it out yourself :).

1. Age of empires:The conquerors

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Publisher:Ensemble Studios and Microsoft Games

Year:1999

Genre:RTS

I know it is a pretty old game, but it still is very enjoyable as it was first time it was released. An expansion to Age of Kings, This Pack has five new civilizations. The huns, Koreans, Aztecs, Mayans and Spanish. Also includes four new campaigns and changed random map gameplay. I still remember when i played it for the first time back in 2000, i was completely addicted to it. Apart from four new civilizations many other feature has been added like unique technology which is unique to each civilization, new maps like arena, ghost lake etc. The random map is best to play with your friends online, where you can show off your "military and diplomatic skill". The graphics amazing, The storyline is like reading a history book which can give you a sense that you are a hero fighting for a cause, for welfare of your people and all the epic stuffs. I came to know of many historic figures through this game. For all the gamers who love RTS genre, Age Of Empires series is a must have in their collection.

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