Alright, so it's almost midnight, I want to play some games but stupid people keep talking to me so I'm just going to write about the games I've got and maybe inspire some of you to get new games or try some out or something.
So anyway, alphabetically:
Age of Empires 2Great classic game. Absolutely fantastic. Easiest RTS I know to set up over a LAN and just go without any hassle. Doesn't check cd keys, it runs on slow computers, and the gameplay is awesome. I love this game. Campaign mode's rather pointless, though a good history lesson I suppose. I can't say I've played through it as I keep getting bored after the first level. I tend to play random maps a bunch with a lot of enemies and practice my skills. Favorite map type is probably Black Forest: you basically get unlimited resources.
Civilization 3This is also a really fun game. It can get rather boring after a little while, but it's a good game to play every couple of months. I really like just playing random maps on islands and building up huge technologically-advanced nations before I really even do anything at all. The thing I love about this game is the relatively quick learning curve. It's an easy game to pick up and figure out, and there's tons of different ways to play it too.
C&C GeneralsI hate this game.
Dawn of WarThis is a recent addition to my collection. It's ok, but playing through campaign gets really repetitive, really fast. There's a very small selection of units and such for the marines, so once you get to about the 7th or 8th level, it's just the same thing over and over again and there's not much strategy involved. Basically as long as you just sit and defend for a while, build up resources, and then build as big a force as you can, you're unstoppable because you can just keep replenishing your guys. I haven't tried out the skirmish mode on this yet, so I can't give a complete review. Overall though I can't say that I'm *terribly* impressed with the game, though it is pretty fun.
Doom 3Ah, Doom 3, what an amazing game. I haven't beaten it yet (about halfway through). But damn, I seriously can't play this game for more than about 2-3 hours as I just get scared shitless. Too much nonstop suspense for my liking, and with my powerhouse computer, the graphics are insane making it that much freakier. Overall though, this game is awesome. The multiplayer is fun too, it's really fun to hide in shadows and jump out at people blazing your guns before they even know what hit 'em.
Empire Earth 2This is another recent addition to my collection. It seems to be a mix of Rise of Nations, Age of Empires, and Civilization all in one game. It's RTS, but you can go through all the different ages, and the gameplay is similar to AoE, but with much more advanced features (waypointing and things like that). I've only done the tutorial modes on this game so far, as the learning curve on this game is rather big (there's a TON of features). From what I've seen though, the game's really good. Kind of high on the system requirements for its genre, but not as bad as C&C Generals.
FreelancerI love this game, I played it almost obsessively for a good month or two, and then I beat it. Now it sits on my computer as a hunk of space being used because this game has NO replay value whatsoever. Once you've beaten single player mode, there's really NO desire to continue, unless you want to spend hours freightering stuff around the universe to get money....I think that's annoying though and seeing as I had an awesome ship by the end of the game, I didn't see the point in trading it in for a freighter just to......buy my awesome ship again? whaaa?
GTA Vice CityThis game doesn't need a rating.
HalflifeDitto.
HaloDitto again.
MorrowindVery fun game, though I haven't beaten it yet I still try every now and then. I keep losing my save files though and having to restart so it has kindof lost the novelty after the 8th time of starting off.....going to the tree trunk and looting Fargoth's stuff, going northwest and getting those scrolls of icarian flight, and then just wandering around for hours.....
Myst III ExileFun but challenging. I haven't beaten it yet but hope to....someday.
RA2The beginning of C&C's downward spiral. Overall the game is good but just too easy compared to the others. It runs well on most systems which is a plus, but it's horrible for network play unless you have CDs which is REALLY annoying when you have 6+ people trying to play.
RenegadeThis was an ok C&C FPS.....I think I almost beat it, but then I got obsessed with the online play for a while. Online's REALLY fun, I haven't played it in years though so I have no idea what it's like anymore.
Rise of NationsThis is a fantastic game for the world domination mode, the battles get progressively harder and never gets too horrendously repetitive.
Rome: Total WarI love this game. The massive armies are insane and really give you a great sense of power as you're commanding 1500+ soldiers on the field at once. I've been playing the campaign mode on it, but have recently gotten rather bored of it as I've just gotten in to a state of general neutrality in the world and nobody's really attacking me anymore...so I just sit there ending my turns and micromanaging my economies for a while until I get bored and go do more interesting things.....like....umm.....sleep.
Rose onlineIt's an ok online game...can't say I'm a fan of it though. It's still in beta and the translations are horrible though, so who knows, it could be good.
SimCity 3000 UnlimitedThis is a great game, though I can't say I've ever gotten *really* in to the sim city series (or any sims for that matter). It's a bit of a challenge to build up your cities from scratch, but also fun to destroy them if you're pissed off at them for not working out.
Starwars Jedi AcademyMeh, this game's alright, though it's also yet another very repetitive game in my opinion....
StarcraftI absolutely love this game. Not only just for the gameplay, but for the *ease* that you can play this game at on almost *any* computer. I've yet to really find a computer that's above 200mhz that can't run this game. It's also really fun with the still thriving Battle.net and making custom maps with their fantastic map editor.
SwatI haven't been able to figure this game out yet.
The SimsI just have this game on my computer because I found the installation cd lying around and figured I'd add another to my collection
C&C: Tiberian SunThis was alright....though the gameplay was a bit stretched from the normal C&C style. It seemed like a much "darker" game in a sense and overall I wasn't terribly impressed.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow SixThis is the original one, mind you, and I think it's really fun. Takes a bit to get used to the waypoint thing and setting up your plans, but once you get the hang of it it's a fun game.
Warcraft IIIWhat I don't understand is why WC3 can run *so* smooth on computers but C&C Generals, with practically the same engine runs so choppy. Bah! But anyway, this game's fun, I love it and have almost beaten the campaign mode on both the original and the expansion. It's also a great deal of fun in multiplayer and is rather easy to play with multiple people and the setup time is almost moot.
WolfensteinHaven't played this enough to give it decent feedback...
So yah, that's my current (installed) game collection on my puter....I've still got a ton of other games lying around all over the place, maybe I'll add more quick rants about them later if I'm ever really bored again.