25 best fantasy games ever
Gauntlet (1985)
"Wizard needs food badly." The sampled voice of Gauntlet's narrator rang out across video game arcades in the 1980s, but it wasn't this gimmick that kept players welded to this hack-and-slash action adventurer. It was the blisteringly fast four-player action, the different character classes, each with their own unique skills, and the mounting tension as your hero's health gradually drained away. And your idiot mate shot the food.
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soulsonic34
1 year ago
Great List ... Bought many of the games listed. Looking forward to Diablo III in 2012
Stranded87
1 year ago
Generally a good list, I'd argue that Baldurs Gate is a far lesser game than Baldurs Gate 2 and similarly Diablo is nothing on Diablo 2, so in both cases I think the sequels should have made the list instead.
Planescape Torment also should have featured as it's largely considered to have the best storyline in videogame history.
And personally I think Oblivion was a step down from Morrowind, but I'm well aware that many people disagree so I can understand its inclusion.
Otherwise though good job, you managed to feature games both old and new and from numerous formats.
foomandoo
1 year ago
Oh what a blast from the past - Ultima Underworld was soooo ahead of its time, apart from the great 3d graphics it had a brilliant rune based spell system which I think has yet to be equalled.
I actually bought a PC just so I could play it (DX2 66mhz with a whopping 80mb HD and 16mb of ram, lol). The follow-up was v good as well
Dungeon Master blew me away when I first saw it - I spent many an hour in the managers office playing this game when I should have been on the shop floor :)
oh and Zork (all the infocom games really) was by far the best text adventure ever written followed closely by the Scott Adam adventures :)
Argh showing my age now
Simon Osborne-Walker
1 year ago
No Times of Lore? No Silver? Only one Zelda game? Also, Dungeon Master was groundbreaking, but Eye of the Beholder and EotB 2 were far better.
annekingsy
1 year ago
What about Jewel Quest Solitaire? Can you please tell in which category does this game fit in? I would really appreciate your feedback. Thank you.