Dune II, yeah! Too underrated and forgotten. I loved it. Played it before my PC days, in 1994 on the Amiga. I never liked the Command & Conquers nearly as much. Dune II almost deserves a remake.

But I know Age of Empires II sure does! Is at least in my top 5 of games that left the biggest impression on me. No, make that top 3. Vikes, Toots, Chinks, Japs, Byz. My first big game online ( 1000 hours). Oh man how I miss those days when AoE II was big online. Every night logging on to the Zone to browse those lobbies.

FF7,10 and kingdom hearts

Yes, Dune II is a milestone in videogaming. I don't think it's underrated or even forgotten as It made C&C, WarCraft, AoE, StarCraft and all other RTS games possible.I bought it shortly after European release for MS DOS in early 1993 and was blown away. I also loved it much more than C&C though both games came from the same studio. Dune II was already remade in 1998 by its own creators Westwood as Dune 2000 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3Ejr6GSk2g and fan remakes/expansions of the original gane are available as well, as far as I know (I never played them).

Age of Empires II is one of the best RTS games ever created (but Dune II left the bigger impression on me that's why I listed it here). I know you're not a Civ fan, but did you know that the AoE co-designer Bruce Shelley also co-designed my no. 1 game, Civilization? As I love games which give you the chance to re-play human history, Civ and AoE will always be among my most favourite franchises.

I'm not really interested in a remake of AoE II though as I doubt I'd play it again. Dune 2000 left me unimpressed 12 years ago and I bet the same would happen with a 1:1 AoE II remake with improved graphics. The only RTS games I want remakes of are Dungeon Keeper 1 and 2. Those games are still unique today imo and I'd love to see them remade.

Ahh, now that u say it, Dune 2000. I heard bad things about it so I never tried it.

Yeah I vaguely remember that about Bruce Shelley.

Speaking of Civ I am truly going to try to get into Civ 5. I aboslutely love playing human history too.

I'm looking forward to Dungeon Siege 3 as well.

Either Mega Man III; the first game I played, or Super Metroid; the best game I've played.

In terms of gaming, I would say that that games I grew up with left the biggest impression on me. In particular, the Sega games I adored, specifically Sonic 1/2/3/Knuckles.

After that, I would say that Majora's Mask and Paper Mario really were the two games that got me into marathon gaming without stopping.

In terms of emotional impression, Baten Kaitos did it for me. I was so emotionally while playing that game and I loved all the plot twists it had. Probably my number one game as far as plot goes because I was attached to the characters while playing it.

FFX

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Tales of Symphonia, Super Mario Galaxy and ÅŒkami are the most impressive games to me so far.

Bioshock and Oblivion.

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