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My choice is Morrowind, though it MAY change when I get R:TW and Myst IV.

I was astounded when I first played Morrowind. The time in the ship wasn't so great, but as soon as I went outside, I actually Wowed at the graphics.

The graphics engine was already dated when I got it, but the way Morrowind presented it was simply astounding. I looked at the surrounding, the water ... coming together in an awesome view. The voice actings were superb too, at the beginning at least.

Other games which game me great first impressions include AOK, Civ 3, and AOW2, though AOW2 was for sounds rather than graphics.

Which game gave YOU the best first impression?

Me, it would have to be...

- The Final Fantasy games. Over the years, they have offered some pretty solid gameplay, and a rather enriching environment. This especially goes for Final Fantasy IV, VI, and VII.

- Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn. Greatest character depth of all. Also, this game is what eventually got me into Dungeons & Dragons.

- The Temple of Elemental Evil. The Party Alignment concept is pretty original in itself for a Dungeons & Dragons game. Great graphics, too!

Unreal Tournament - No story makes it really fast to get into, plus the best graphics at the time and a fast easy to adapt to game.

Tribes - Jetpacks and Spinfusors!

I think I would have to say Wing Commander 1 or 4 by far.
There are many other games proberly, but these two games stands out as giving me the best first impression

Well the GTA series has really got me hooked i mean not much to give reasons why i liek it plus GTA: SA is out so even more fun!!


the other game would be atv off road fury series those games simply kick ass plus atv 3 is coming out very soon and it has an overall better gameplay graphics and online has been improved!

I was totally overwelmed by rome: total war last week.
I downloaded the demo and bought the game 45minutes later, cause i was afraid the demo would soon come to and end, and i hate it when i have to start over again when i get the real game.

I'm showing my bias here, but Alien vs. Predator 2. For some reason, that game delivered everything I was looking for in a FPS, especially one based off my favorites science fiction universe. It has atmosphere, good graphics, and alien/predator kung-fu. All's good!

Except for Baldur's gate you mean?

I'd have to say, Tomb Raider. I was actually bummed when I finished the game. When I first played it, the graficks were good, but played sooo nice. It was so free and different from games before it. The huge climbing levels just blew me away.

First Impression

Not second, not third, not 53423th impression

NFL Street, but then it started to suck.

Darklands, from 1992. First, they created a mythos based, not on imitating cheesy D&D stuff, but out of the genuine late medieval legends and belief patterns of the German States. Second, their research was incredible: the names of alchemy potion creators, for example, are the supposed authors of surviving alchemical treatises of the period, or the heroes of magical tales from same. Third, they created a character design system that has yet to be matched, IMO. Fourth, they included features in which they were either the first to do so (such as pausing time in a dungeon, entering commands for each party member, then resuming), or the only (such as watching the way many interactive incidents on the road changed in character as your reputation rose).

Darklands...Well, you've piqued my interest. I'm looking it up right now.

For me, there are a few, but one sticks out more than the rest.

Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness

From the opening theme I knew I was about to play something incredible.
The excitement, the giddiness, the uncontrollable smiling, the constant "Woah"-ing started with the moody theme song.
Those feelings turned out to be most true. It was a very heartfelt game.
A great story which, you must understand, carried over from three previous, excellent games. Great characters and the best graphics style ever -- VGA!! -- made for a nearly perfect game.

Well Mario Bros... 5 minutes into the game and you can't stop. Also Warcraft 3, mainly because of the incredible cinematics you watch at the beginning of the game is the reason behind that. Maybe some other games...

[QUOTE=Wayfarer]Darklands...Well, you've piqued my interest. I'm looking it up right now.

For me, there are a few, but one sticks out more than the rest.

Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness

From the opening theme I knew I was about to play something incredible.
The excitement, the giddiness, the uncontrollable smiling, the constant "Woah"-ing started with the moody theme song.
Those feelings turned out to be most true. It was a very heartfelt game.
A great story which, you must understand, carried over from three previous, excellent games. Great characters and the best graphics style ever -- VGA!! -- made for a nearly perfect game.[/QUOTE]Quest For Glory 3 did that for me... Shame I can't find a copy of that game these days... Was one of my favorites, and was never able to finish it...

Well, its so hard to choose...

Id probably go with the very original Mortal Kombat game... for the consule that is.

Or dune 2....

Or homeworld (for its controls)....

Or unreal tournament (still the best shooter, much better then its successors UT2003 and 2004 and all the quakes)

Or Spellforce or Age of Wonders or kohan or Freelancer (for its controls)... etcetcetc.

See I am just a sucker for a revolutionary game... All those were the first or the best amoung the first few of their kind (except for UT, which was best of the kind when the janre finally matured, most of the original shooters just werent as fun as newer ones today). Or they had something really new and awesome going for them. In each of those games I immidiatly noticed what those things are, I immidialty began to enjoy them, and I immidiatly knew that I am gonna be a fan for many many years to come. When I get a hobby, I go about it with a passion, I played and owned thosands of games, I read tens of thousands of books (I counted over various periods of time and estimated, downwards, the amounts I have gone through), I watched countless movies... and in my stint with japanimation I managed to completely cover 30 years of culture in my first year (i only took 14 hours a day, give or take... 18 on summer vacations and holidays). I also have good memory, that resulted in me almost NEVER, EVER, going back to redo/replay/rewatch/etc something I finished... Yet I did for all of these games, its the mark of excellence, there are some books I read several times, there are some games I played through several times. Those are the ones that are truely awesome.