Most Epic Games you Played

[Durandro]

World of Warcraft - it doesn't feel as big anymore, but it still impresses me. Back when I first started the world seemed so big, and the first time stepping into Outland was shocking and I just stared up at the skies of Hellfire.

Planescape: Torment - Still in love with this game. The graphics are dated, but it somehow adds to its grimey charm. The sound effects aren't as crisp as we're used to now, but they are atmospheric as can be. The characters are very complex and well written, not to mention outright alien to human understanding at times. The story is tragic, touching, horrifying and funny. The combat outright sucks. But its still extremely epic.

Legend of Zelda: Link To The Past - As much as I now prefer Ocarina of Time, Link To The Past was my introduction to the series. That themetune alone is epic. The rest of the game is just huge and is a challenge even now. And good luck completing the game first time without a guide - that's something missing in modern games, they are just too well laid out and rarely get to a point where I'm too confused to continue!

Paper Mario - Yes, you heard me. For what is essentially a self parody of a game, the Paper Mario series is possibly better then the 'true' Mario games in nearly every respect. The stories alone are compelling and fairytale-like, and there is so much to do it boggles the mind how they fit so much into the cartridge. They somehow also feel a lot more series then other Mario games - like there's real danger to overcome and real villians to bring to justice. And Peach isn't a complete wimp in this series.

Chaos Gate - How can you not call a game with gothic chanting choirs and bombastic orcastras for a soundtrack epic? Its also probably the most faithful Warhammer 40,000 game ever made, really capturing the grim gritty feel of the universe and the depraved madness of the legions of Chaos. When you finally get your hands on Terminator Armour and begin mowing down dozens of Chaos Space Marines, it feels so damn good. If it wasn't so corny with the dialogue I'd hate rated it higher - though weirdly its also part of its charm for me.

Oh, and (not any lower then the others I just can't be bothered to write much more!):

Chrono Trigger
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Vampire: The Masquarade: Bloodlines
Warcraft: Orcs Vs Humans
Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm
Diablo 2
Rome: Total War
Mount and Blade: Warband
Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect 3 (at times!)
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

[Adam Jensen]

When I first started WoW, I rolled a gnome. I thought that Anvilmar was the capital city of the game.

Realizing that Coldridge Valley was just a subzone of Dun Morogh(sp) which was just a subzone of the Eastern Kingdoms which was just a subzone of Azeroth? That was why WoW was so epic for me.

My first toon was a dwarf, so I can relate to this. I didn't realize how big the world really was until I stepped out of Coldridge . . .

[Redmage]

Metal Gear Solid

I've played them all dozens of times and I still get chills during certain scenes.

[Tojara]

Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy 6 for me. WC3 and Super Metroid are pretty epic too.

Chrono Trigger is such a great answer and it means something different for almost everybody the plays it, depends on which character is your favorite and which you relate to the most. A lot like Crono because of his heroic sacrifice or that he's just a plain good guy and others like Magus because he's a misunderstood anti-hero that really isn't an anti-hero when you finally understand what makes him tick.

For me it's Frog/Glenn. One of the best moments in the game was getting the Masamune the first time, destroying a mountain pass and confronting Magus for the wrongs he had done to Glenn (his best friend Cyrus) and more importantly the people of 600 A.D. It's also incredibly powerful getting the Masamune 2 and watching more flash backs of Glenn and Cyrus in the past. Unlike a lot of people when I get the option to fight Magus down later in the game, I cut that mother fucker down.

Final Fantasy 6 because I really don't have a favorite character and most of the main cast is amazingly developed. It's also one of the few series with female main characters that are actually done incredibly well.

WC3 and ultimately WoW in the beginning. WC3 made me fall in love with the Horde and Orcs in particular. One of the most epic scenes to this day will always be Grom killing Mannaorth. WoW just felt so big and it was my first MMO. One of the best feelings in a game like this is feeling so small, but everything you do feels significant, at least in the beginning. In the grand scheme of things nothing you do actually mattered but considering almost everybody was in the same boat, it was just new and exciting.

Super Metroid because of the boss fights. Watching Mother Brain kill the Metroid that just saved you really pumps me up, even to this day. Unleashing the rainbow hyper beam is just fucking amazing.

[Savoir Faire]

When I think of an epic game, it was usually the first time a game of a certain genre either came out or actually got things right, when the predecessors just couldn't seem to pull it off. A few that come to mind:

-Gauntlet (arcade). Plowing through waves of enemies and devouring quarters. Inventors of this were geniuses.
-Dune 2, Command and Conquer, Red Alert. RTS, and then RTS with friends? Great games. Shame where that series ended up.
-Crusader No Remorse/Regret. Such a shame Origin got borged by EA. When it came out that was really a one of a kind game, and it had such a massive keymap!
-Syndicate (original). Gauss guns. bwahaha.
-X-Com (original) and Jagged Alliance. I still want to pick up the new X-com, even though I have only heard fair praise for it. It had big shoes to fill.
-Ultima IV, V, VI, VII, VII.5 (screw 8 and 9 they don't even deserve roman numerals). Just a great series, and the crap I put up with playing Ultima Online... (not from players, from the buggy ass game)
-Of course world of warcraft. I think many new players don't realize how much of a paradigm shift WoW caused. It took wow to take the D&D mindset of "realism" (xp loss, encumberance, having to eat, etc) and throw it out the window. Some may say it was detrimental to the genre, but I would argue it allowed the genre to be open up to many more. Unfortunately maybe they swung things too far, but we all know that debate.

[Height]

Everquest (WoW)
Mass Effect Series
Dragon Age: Origins
Skyrim
Kotor 1
Bioshock & BSInfinite
Batman Arkham City
FF7,8,9,10,12,13... Some more than others. I'm sure I'd like 6 too, but I don't think that goes on PC and I'm not buying some other system to play it.
The Sims when it first came out was really neat to me.
Roller Coaster Tycoon

[BukkaKid]

Runner Ups:

Everquest - My first MMO, truly was astonished at the size of the world and sheer number of players.
WoW - Still a great game, still captivates me when I immerse myself in the world.
God of War series - Almost a flawless franchise; great platforming, epic boss battles, engaging storyline, blah and etc.

Winner:
Mass Effect series: Any words I'd use to try and explain myself would not do the games justice and, in fact, would make me look like jackass. Play them.

[ParanoiD84]

Total War serie, epic battles all the time.

[WarpedAcorn]

Dark Souls. The bosses were so epic, and there was that feeling of danger present at all times. And the storytelling, how you got the little parts from here and there, and had to fill in the blanks yourself. And the lack of handholding. If I've ever fallen in love to a game, it's that one.

This can't be reiterated enough. Dark Souls defines epic. My jaw dropped at nearly every boss fight as each one was something I had not seen before and certainly not something I was expecting. When Lord Sif appeared I literally just froze and had no idea how to react. Lord Sif is very simplistic in his design, but the intro and plainness of it just completely threw me off my game.

Mass Effect series had plenty of mega epic moments, none more-so than the Suicide Mission in ME2. This is probably my favorite part of the entire series. As soon as you hit the Omega-4 Relay all of your choices start weighing in. The best part is that this Shepard's crew working as a team the entire time. Its not just Shepard and his 2 flunkies...you have squad leaders and specialists to assign and lives hinge on whether you built and selected your crew right. Even Joker and EDI have their moments. Add in the very best remix of the Shepard theme and I get goosebumps every time I play it.

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow was another epic game. It did an excellent job of making Gabriel feel very small with HUGE world and vast scenary. It helped that they did not pull any punches with their boss fights (Werewolf boss hardest IMO). For a hack & slash, it was truly epic.


However, there is one game that will always hold the epic crown in my heart...Baldur's Gate. While it might lack in a lot by today's standards, when I played it (and when I play it), the adventure is just pure epic from the starting Gibberlings to the very last Deva.

[Valort]

Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VI, Morrowind, Planescape: Torment, Blood Omen, Quake 2... And Yoshi's Island.

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Dark Souls. The bosses were so epic, and there was that feeling of danger present at all times. And the storytelling, how you got the little parts from here and there, and had to fill in the blanks yourself. And the lack of handholding. If I've ever fallen in love to a game, it's that one.

Too bad the awful controls and the horribly conceived story made me put it down after a couple of hours.

[Deleted]

For me that would be

1) Dungeon Keeper
2) Final Fantasy 9
3) Legend of the Dragoon
4) Bioshock
5) The legend of zelda Oracle of Ages

[Naoto]

None to that extent but the first two that got me involved in PC gaming and two of the best games I've ever played even to this day are Red Faction 1 and Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, outside of PC gaming it can only be Shenmue on the DC, that was epicly epic.

[Unlimited Power]

Half-Life series and Mass Effect series hold a special place in my heart. I was also very fascinated by WoW when I first started playing, but the initial excitement has since faded but will live on in the form of nostalgia.

[Rupenbritz]

I gotta be somewhat nostalgic...

My top list (Higher = better):
Gunstar Heroes (SEGA) <- Played through it on a emulator on my xPeria play recently ^^
Heroes 3 - Complete (PC) <- Still play it with my m8s online
WoW (PC)
Sonic 2 (SEGA) <- Played through it on a emulator on my xPeria play recently ^^
Aladin (SEGA)<- Played through it on a emulator on my xPeria play recently ^^
Crash Bandicoot (PS1) <- Played through it on a emulator on my xPeria play recently ^^

[Drakiru]

- Mass effect series
- WoW
- Kotor 1 & 2
- SWTOR

[Duronos]

1. Pokemon Emerald- I love Hoenn, I love the Pokemon (Blaziken forever in my heart) and I just can't grasp that the only Pokemon game that comes close to it is Black 2 just because the story was so much better in that one.

2. World of Warcraft (Vanilla and BC)- You could probably say my best gaming moments were from this game. Reaching 60 back in Vanilla was the happiest day for me, I remember exactly where in the game, Scholomance outside of Rattlegore's room.

3. Banjo Kazooie/Tooie- Now I chose both of these games from the same IP because they are both great. Banjo Kazooie has a laid back feel to it but you have this feeling throughout the entire game that is persistent, Gruntilda the Witch. She really is a great antagonist that Rareware made, I cannot get enough of her from the Banjo games.

4. Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time- This game is officially the only game I can recall beating 100% (can't forget if I did challenge mode or not) and my god was it good, I like how they had an overworld in it where you could fly your ship around. Also the story for a platformer was A+++, I nearly shed a tear when I saw Ratchet "die".

5. Super Smash Brothers Melee- Yeah you might think this is weird but this game did everything right in my mind and therefore is epic.

[papajohn4]

Dragon age: Origins
Mainly the search for the sacred ashes

second this I cried at the end...is the only game that the story made me cry..although I am not 100% sure if it was the story only or because I reach the end...

and...yes, wow Vanilla wow. It was my first MMO and I lost my sleep back then..8hours wow, then out with friends for a beer, we talked about wow for 3-4 hours and then back home for...more wow

[Mithfir]

Warcraft 2
WoW (Vanilla and BC)
Chrono Trigger
Odin Sphere
Ogre Battle/Tactics Ogre serie
Final Fantasy Tactics
Valkyrie Profile serie
Final Fantasy 4 and 6
Super Castlevania IV
Xenogears

[ohshift]

Three pages, only two mentions to Half Life and 0 for Grim Fandango.
This cod-generation disgusts me

[Spoonman]

Definitly Half Life games, man im excited for a follow up on episode 2