It seems that you're using an outdated browser. Some things may not work as they should (or don't work at all).
We suggest you upgrade newer and better browser like: Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer or Opera

×
Community
General discussionPC games that were ahead of their time?(159 posts)(159 posts)
(159 posts)
Pages:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
This is my favourite topic
Posted December 22, 2016
low rated
avatar
Lord_Kane: only when needed LIKE NOW.
:)
avatar
tinyE: OH! So you were telling me off for my opinion of the game!

Oh thank god! cool. :D

That's fine because I realize I'm part of the .000000000001 % that didn't like the original Descent.
What did you think I was telling you off for?
Posted December 22, 2016
avatar
tinyE: OH! So you were telling me off for my opinion of the game!

Oh thank god! cool. :D

That's fine because I realize I'm part of the .000000000001 % that didn't like the original Descent.
avatar
Lord_Kane: What did you think I was telling you off for?
Not in here. :P
Posted December 22, 2016
Probably Magic Carpet, 60fps and anti-aliasing in 1994.
Posted December 22, 2016
Battlezone. Twice :)
First in 1980 with vector graphics, and second time in 1998 with fluid RTS/FPS/SIM mechanics...
Posted December 22, 2016
low rated
avatar
Lord_Kane: What did you think I was telling you off for?
avatar
tinyE: Not in here. :P
Yes, because thats so me right? I would so call out on something that does not even involve this thread. There is a time and place for things and this is not the time or place for that, other then what pc game was ahead of its time.

I say Wolf3D was ahead of times due to the fluidity of its first person movement, remember most first person games out at that time was I think Ultima Underworld and that was a RPG, not an action action game.
Posted December 22, 2016
Thief: The Dark Project. The first First Person Sneaker that I can recall. The use of 3D audio was spectacular.
Posted December 22, 2016
I remembered playing Descent for 10-15 minutes as a kid and felt extremely nauseous and wanted to throw up. There are certain old games with that graphic style and the 'gliding' motion through the graphics seems to cause it. Another one is Half Life, where there is no bobbing and you just glides around.
Posted December 22, 2016
M.U.L.E. - Fantastic economy model well before its time.
Posted December 22, 2016
avatar
eksasol: I remembered playing Descent for 10-15 minutes as a kid and felt extremely nauseous and wanted to throw up.
I didn't get sick. I didn't like it because after the first two mines I kept getting lost. :P

If you have no innate sense of direction this game is NOT FOR YOU! :P
Posted December 22, 2016
For me, I'd have to say [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth_(series)]Myth[/url]. The first three games (Wolf Age was "ok"), just blew my mind back then, and pretty much had me glued to my pc.
Posted December 22, 2016
avatar
onarliog: No Man's S... screw it, I can't even finish the joke.

I'd say Populous in 1989. A revolutionary game that nobody quite understood on release, only to spawn a hugely popular genre of its own in the following years.

EDIT: Dammit, forgot about the "PC" part.
It's in the list I linked to but if you have anything to add, that'd be cool.
avatar
dtgreene: From what I have read, Ultima 9. Apparently, its over-the-shoulder camera hadn't been done before, and even the system requirements were ahead of its time (which, of course, makes the game inaccessible to many players).

Of course, being ahead of its time doesn't actually make the game good, but then again, I haven't played it (the lack of a female Avatar option in Ultimas 8 and 9 is a dealbreaker for me).
For an RPG perhaps? But Tomb Raider was from 1996, soon followed by Mario 64 and there were a bunch of games like them in the following years. There's also I, Robot from 1983 (!), and Alpha Waves from 1990.

You might have use for this list then: http://www.mobygames.com/game-group/protagonist-female
Post edited December 22, 2016 by ResidentLeever
Posted December 22, 2016
Elite. It was an awesome game with a huge open universe.
Posted December 22, 2016
avatar
Lord_Kane: I say Wolf3D was ahead of times due to the fluidity of its first person movement, remember most first person games out at that time was I think Ultima Underworld and that was a RPG, not an action action game.
Come to think of it, Wolfenstein 3D was actually simplified version of Catacomb 3D.
So, yeah Catacomb 3D was FPS much ahead of it's time.
Posted December 22, 2016
This is a good video series to get some perspective on FPS history with:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aipGP5oAuWQ&list=PLE6D63CBBEEF1DFA1
Post edited December 22, 2016 by ResidentLeever
Posted December 22, 2016
Does anyone know what gets the crown for the actual first 3D FPS game? I'm so totally confused right now. :P

And I was going to mention Diablo, but there were other hack & slash crawlers before that, so why is everyone after Diablo called a "Diablo Clone"? Seems kind if like the way us 'Muricans give credit to Columbus for being the first to do something 400 years after someone else did it. :P
Pages:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
This is my favourite topic
Community
General discussionPC games that were ahead of their time?(159 posts)(159 posts)
(159 posts)