The Discussion Thread -Day #9- The 15th Annual Greatest Games Event

[Bofferbrauer2]

Well, since nobody tried all those days I will reveal the first one and add a bunch more games and hints to the list:

#40 - A Pinball game with 3 tables that would be pretty much impossible to make in reality 3D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night

1. It has a halloween/dark fantasy setting
2. "FEED ME!" says the castle
3. The names of the three tables are "Castle", "Dungeon", and "Laboratory".

#39 - Stealth, Sniping or big guns, whatever approach floats your boat in this game is possible.

1. When it came out, the game was absolutely lauded for it's story and storytelling, and it's only real gripe among reviewers was that the graphics were a bit outdated.
2. It's a bit of a meme that people hearing about this game again makes them immediately re-install it on their PC.
3. The game got released just 2 days before Diablo 2 and 3 weeks before entry #37 - at least in the US. In Europe #37 released the same day as Diablo 2

#38 - Thwart an Alien Invasion with a team of soldiers and some researchers trying to reverse-engineer the alien tech into something useable by humans.

1. You start in the late 1970's and with according tech and weaponry, just somewhat adapted for your specific needs. Later on, you'll research laser weaponry, plasma rifles and coilguns, but psionics won't do anything.
2. Your alien foes are made of Sebillians (a race of fasr-healing and very strong but short-sighted lizardmen), Caesan (basically the Greys, good sight but mediocre health), Reapers (turns your soldier into a zombie if he hits you in melee), Androns (robotic infantrymen with a total disregard for cover), Drones, and the Praetor who are leading the invasion. 
3. It got rereleased a year after it's release as the "Community Edition" with some community-suggested rebalancing and mod support.

#37 - "It is a world, of darkness"

1. The quest of this RPG plays over a timeframe of about thousand years, which is foreshadowed in a discussion early within the game.
2. As the thousand years alluded above suggest, you're playing a Vampire, but he's not yet one of them at the beginning of the game.

#36 - This series is one of the most-cited successors to the classic DOS game Master of Magic.

1. The first game of the series was totally broken and got 6 patches within the first two days, but the core mechanics were not really good, so it got a successor that entirely replaced the first game, which itself got an expansion that replaced the previous replacement. We're talking about the last one in the line.
2. You play as the sovereign of one of the 10 nations, split between the good Kingdom faction and the fallen Empire faction

#35 - You lead the development of new video games for a console manufacturer

1. The game only came out in Japan as it released just days before the console stopped being produced

#34 - Careful what you build here, because those living in your facilities might get violent, kill each other or even their hosts, riot, or leave the complex you're building for them entirely.

1. While the player character is represented by a unit in the game, it's name, gender an special skill are set. and you can't do research on your own, you need some Administrators with their office unlock these things. Prison Architect, as found out by @S.Peelman 

#33 - One of the most hailed tactical RPGs on PC - if not THE most one.

#32 - A medieval Fantasy city/city state builder.

#31 - Two drivers on the same vehicle Mario Kart: Double Dash, found out bby @Darashiva 

#30 - "Capitalism, Ho!" Recettar: An Item Shop's Tale, found out by @Darashiva 

#29 - "War never changes", again. Fallout 2, as found out by @UnderwaterFunktown 

#28 - "Game Over, Yeah!"

#27 - Heroes lead armies in turn-based combats over a large world map to dominate their opponents and conquer their cities.

#26 - The goal of this game is to colonize Mars and make it habitable to humans without protective gear or oxygen masks.

Last edited by Bofferbrauer2 - on 10 December 2024