Everyone has a favorites list. I can't really remember everything I like since I sorta have to be in the right frame of mind to even remember stuff I liked or still like. Played many games...
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The GROW games are an adventure in creating new worlds. The best ones are the ones where each attempt by the player to do something still creates something new and different. The ones where you get booed if you don't do things right are a bit off-putting when you're just trying to have a good time :) Check them out at: www.eyezmaze.com
I think adventure games never really learned the cool lessons that this game's structure had, allowing for multiple puzzle solutions and optimal choices that allowed for replay value and getting 100% completion for each scenario. Multiple episodes, too, had that fun Star Trek feel, and allowed for different moods between missions. The copy protection was clever, but perplexed me when I was trying to play this game in the store. You had to find the coordinates on a star map, otherwise you would be attacked by Klingons or Romulans in the random sector of space you wound up in. Not exactly free roaming, but at least it stuck with the theme of the game.
I spent way too long on this. I think I was having Star Raiders withdrawal. They had to alter the Klingons to something like Space Mongols (not a stretch given the old series' Klingon designs) after Paramount started getting on their case.
Although I think some were better than others, I-IV are on the whole a great series.
Frigging meta, frigging great.
One of the best RPGs ever, in my opinion, just because of what it tried that most, if not all, game makers have failed to develop further. I mean, damn. Historical RPG, with saints and alchemy, medieval Germany, weapons with real differences, skill based instead of level based... man. Just great. Even most pen and paper RPGs now don't try things this fresh. Was plagued by a bunch of bugs at release, which must have dented whatever chance they had of reaching a lot of people. But just try it now, even for a little bit. Really cool.
Just great
Great use of the Gold Box engine. My only wish is for more flexibility in the town and planet exploration. I'm an explorer kinda person, I guess.
I wanted this game before I even knew anything about it. Star? Flight? I'm there!! And it turned out to be one of the coolest games ever. Meet alien species, explore procedurally generated planetary surfaces, upgrade your ship, hire a crew, buy and sell minerals, and get into some rough space combat. Independents are making a third installation to the series; there are even some of the original designers on the crew!
Never got very far in this but I loved their design decisions. It seems like innovative products like this are often not built upon in later RPGs, making us go through the same tired formulae when really, RPGs should be varied and dynamic.