And lo On Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:41:51 -0000, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> did  
spake thusly:

>   With the recent gaming-related threads, I thought about creating one
> myself: Do you have any game gems which you would recommend people to  
> try?
> Maybe an older game which most people have forgotten, which is still  
> today as great as back then? Or a game which didn't get too much media  
> attention but is actually incredibly cool?

Darren's mentioned the biggies, but I'll add System Shock 1 and 2 the  
spirtual successors of Bioshock. The first hasn't aged well graphically  
and the control system wouldn't be allowed in this day and age, but the  
underlying system is still sound and the sequel solved a lot of that.

Soul Reaver - 1999 game for the PS1 that I still play, despite the ageing  
graphics technically it can still knock the socks of most modern games.

Silent Hill 1 & 2 - Set the benchmark for horror without the sudden death  
scenarios of the original Alone in the Dark's.

Portal - All the hype, but the best way to think of it is as a confined  
sand-box; this is what has to happen or where you have to go now do it  
anyway you like.

Beyond Oasis (The Story of Thor) - a Megadrive/Genesis RPGish type game;  
didn't get the attention it deserved.

Just throwing a couple of others out there - Flashback, Snatcher,  
Syndicate, and Keio Flying Squadron

Oh and I'm still playing Fallout3 for the second time and I'll be playing  
it a third time to explore the Bad Side, and then maybe a fourth time for  
the Balanced Side, and then maybe a speed run, and then... ;-)

-- 
Phil Cook

--
I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
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