Hi all,
Here tis. 13 days to list 13 Dark Side games that other people should play. Your paler siblings have just identified the adventure games - over here, its all about those games that you think newbies should play if they were minded to take a stroll in the dark.
You all know the drill but here are the rules:

1. You can recommend a maximum of 13 games, but you can recommend less.
2. You can't list a series, unless you use single votes for each game.
3. Expansion packs will be considered seperate games, on the basis that the original might be ordinary but an expansion pack superb.
4. Consistent with (3), packaging a game with seperate expansion packs (eg Morrowind Game of the Year edition) does not count as a single game - the original and its two expansion packs will still need to be listed seperately.
5. Witcher and Witcher Enhanced will be considered one game (the extra bits were not seperate expansion packs).
6. Any "dark" game (ie not pure adventure or casual) can be listed, irrespective of genre.
7. You don't have to indicate the type or genre, and you are not limited to any specific number of games in any genre. Go ahead and list 13 rpg's if you choose.
8. It is essentially a pc list, but given that many players have consoles as well, if you want to list games for the console go right ahead.

If you can list alphabetically it helps me count, and please use full names, as I am not as familiar with titles over here. If I get confused, I will holler.
Lets go

Thanks, flotsam.

Have fun everyone!

I will start things:

Bioshock
Crysis
Divine Divinity
Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
Fallout 3
FEAR
Half Life 2
Ico
Indigo Prophecy
Outcast
Realms of the Haunting
Vampire Masquerade: Bloodlines
Witcher

Thanks Flotsam!!!!

Here we go. Thought I'd mix it up a bit this year.

Advent Rising
Baldur's Gate 2
Gears of War 2
Halo
Lost Odyssey (Xbox360)
Mass Effect
Medal of Honor: Airborne
Morrowind: Tribunal
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer
Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark
Pool of Radiance (DOS)
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Star Wars: Republic Commando

Thanks Flotsam! I look forward to this list, it helps me figure out just what I need next! And I need help because I'm stuck on just these:

Fable - The Lost Chapters
Oblivion
The Witcher
Titan Quest
Titan Quest -The Immortal Throne
Zanzarah

I'd like to make my list 'The Witcher' for the rest of the 7 slots but Is that allowed?

Hi Flotsam- Here is my list, hope I am doing this right.

Beyond Atlantis 2 (Also known as Atlantis 3: The New World)
Dungeon Siege
Dungeon Siege 2
Loki
Sacred 2
Space Quest
The Chosen: Well of Souls
The Witcher Enhanced
Titan Quest
Titan Quest - The Immortal Throne

I would also like to add The Witcher for my last three, but I think that would be wrong.

maggie

Hi flotsam - And

If oldies are no longer allowed, please delete them ....

Baldur’s Gate
Betrayal in Antara
Divine Divinity
Knights of the Old Republic
Knights of the Old republic II
Might & Magic VI
Morrowind
Neverwinter Nights
Planescape Torment
Quest for Glory V
Return to Krondor
Witcher


Cheers.

Mad

Oldies are fine Mad.
And the only game you are allowed to vote for multiple times is Fallout 3

Return of

Well, since I've only just recently started playing RPG's or other Dark Side games, my list will be very short.
So here goes

Fable - The Lost Chapters
Fallout 3
Sniper Elite
Morrowind
Oblivion

13 slots are not enough for me...

But, ok.. let's just put the first 13 that come to mind...

Age of Mythology
Gothic
Gothic 2: NOTR
Heroes of Might and Magic 3
Heroes of Might and Magic 5
Jade Empire
Morrowind
Morrowind : Bloodmoon
Morrowind : Tribunal
Oblivion
Planescape Torment
Rise of Nations 2: Rise of Legends
Witcher EE

I hope I won't regret not taking a bit longer to ponder over my list... Oh, well, as long as Morrowind and the Witcher are in... oh, and Gothic and ROL, and HoMM..

EDIT: Edited to seperate Bloodmoon and Tribunal, which are both included in the Morrowind GOTY edition.

And the only game you are allowed to vote for multiple times is Fallout 3

Hehehe !! You wish !!

This is not my usual area of gaming but i have played a few. Here is my list and i will tell you why i chose these games. Bad hands(arthritis)..so i was able to find cheat codes or 'trainer' for them in order that i Could play! Some of us need more help than a Hint!

Alone in the Dark 4: A New Nightmare
American McGee's Alice
Clive Barker's Undying
Draken
The Curse of Isis
The Wheel of Time
Vampire Masquerade-(the first one)

My list would constitute the following:

Betrayal at Krondor
Civilization IV
Halo
Heroes of Might & Magic II
MechWarrior 3
Morrowind
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition
Wing Commander: Privateer
X-Wing (also for Windows)
Consoles:
Grandia (Saturn, PlayStation)
Metroid Prime (GameCube)
Perfect Dark (Nintendo 64)
Suikoden II (PlayStation)

This is the first year that I've really had more than the allotted games to list and had to narrow mine down. None the less, my top 5 for the Dark Side remain pretty much the same as last year with Witcher easing out Morrowind for 1st followed closely by KOTOR 1 & 2 and then the TR series. Unfortunately Betrayal at Antara (my first RPG) got squeezed out of my list this year because it is difficult to play on the newer machines.

Blood Rayne
Deus Ex
Divine Divinity
Knights of the Old Republic
Knights of the Old Republic 2
Morrowind GOTY
No One Lives Forever
Sacred Gold
Tomb Raider 2
Tomb Raider Underworld
Two Worlds
Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines
Witcher enhanced


I still believe that Witcher will rule the roost

Hi ya J and to GameBoomers

Is there an absolute favorite?

Morrowind is far and away the greatest game I have ever played/continue to play

I have included NWN not for the main game (which is average), but for some great downloadable user made campaigns.

Arx Fatalis
Baldur's Gate 2
Deus Ex
Divine Divinity
Drakensang
Gothic 1
Gothic 2
Morrowind
Neverwinter Nights
Planescape Torment
S.T.A.L.K.E.R Shadow of Chernobyl
Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines
Witcher

Gun
Half Life 2
Knights of the Old Republic
Left4Dead
Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Mass Effect
Neverwinter Nights
Oblivion
Ratatouille
Resident Evil 4
Team Fortress 2
The Witcher Enhanced
Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines

Bioshock
Gothic II
Knights of the Old Republic
Mass Effect
No One Lives Forever
Okami [Wii]
Planescape: Torment
Psychonauts
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
Oblivion
Witcher
Thief: Deadly Shadows (Thief III)
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines


I limited myself to choose only one from each the series above, with Thief III likely being the most controversial -- I just feel that the Shalebridge Cradle area tips it over Thief I.

EDIT -- I'd probably have switched one of these for Fallout 3, but I'm waiting for the GotY edition to come out as it includes all the add-on content.

Thank you, flotsam

Here is my list:


Baldur's Gate
Baldur's Gate 2
Bioshock
Morrowind
Oblivion
F.E.A.R.
Fallout 1
Fallout 3
Halo
Portal
Planescape Torment
STALKER
The Witcher

Greeting from

Karsten

It's more than 13 but here goes

Assassin's Creed
God of War 2
God of War: Chains of Olympus
Jade Empire
Plants vs Zombies
Silent Hill: Origins
Splinter Cell: Essentials
Swat 4
The Godfather 2
Tomb Raider: Underworld
Uncharted : Drake's fortune
Velvet Assassin
X-men Origins Wolverine

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unfortunately I couldn't add sims 2 pets, seasons and indigo prophecy but I just wanted to add the new ones that I had played.

Nice start people

Aiken's Artifact
Alone in the Dark - The New Nightmare
American Mcgee's Alice
Blood Rayne
Cold Fear
Da Vinci Code
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Max Payne
Morrowind
No one lives forever 2
Oblivion
Vampire the masquerade - Bloodlines

Caroline.

Here's mine:
Baldur's Gate SOA
Diablo 2
Dungeon Seige
Dungeon Siege 2
Fallout 2 (haven't got 3 yet faux pas I know)
Icewind Dale
Might and Magic 6
Morrowind
Neverwinter Nights
Oblivion
Planescape Torment
Realms of the Haunting
The Witcher
World of Warcraft (alternative Divine Divinity if no MMORPG's)