ACTION: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2003)
ADVENTURE: Grim Fandango Remastered (1998, remastered in 2015)
RPG: The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind GOTY Edition (2002)
PLATFORMER: Treasure Adventure Game (2011)

Hmm, I think the best that NWN had to offer were the online worlds and communities that are probably either gone from the world or empty now and can no longer be experienced as they were. The single player campaigns aren't very special, I think.

for me they were. in nwn1 i fought everything from badgers to dragons yet i never encountered a monster so annoying as this tinye from real life.. :-/

The only problem with NWN is Act 1. it is way too long and way too monotonous. If you get through Act 1, you're aces.

Similar story here - turned 18 and discovered raves and partying... Thanks, it's encouraging to know it was not only me who struggled with this. I rage uninstalled it one night, which I've never done with any other game - I think it might be saved in the cloud thought as I played through my Origin Access subscription..
Thanks for those, I'll check them out - completed GTA V recently - my first GTA experience and it was awesome!

are you out of your mind? :O why you talk to tinye! you want to end up like breja? i didn't have a real good opinion about him but he was rather normal - that's until he became friends with tinye and now he's like a zombie following each command from him! i don't understand this phenomenon - it's like the troll army of pewdiepie! it's CRAZY!

SOLD! Just bought Deadly Premonition - sounds like my kind of game. Thanks!!

Recently bought a great Star Wars Humble Bundle pack with all the old Star Wars games. Completed Jedi Academy earlier this year, it was fantastic - I loved how delightfully wicked it made me feel when I close the path of the dark side! Currently playing through K.O.T.O.R just now. Thanks for the other suggestions too...

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TRINE is FANTASTIC!

Good call Luned.

I recently purcahsed the first Syberia game after picking up Syberia 2 for free from Ubisoft - haven't tried them yet though. I'll look out for Divinty too thanks.

Don't worry about ciomalau, he's a well known troll. And not even a good one. He'll get banned tomorrow, or maybe on thursday, when the mod gets back to work.

Also, I'd like to join the choir praising Trine. A great game indeed, and I like the sequel even more. The third game in the series was a huge letdown, but the first two are great, and entirely self contained.

I got Prince of Persia: Sands of Time for free from Ubisoft - completely forgot about it - must make a start is it in the near future. Also picked up the remastered Grim Fandango last month. Again - trying to finish the other 6 games I'm currently juggling at the minute before I can start anything else. Thanks for your input.

hm? so why should i get banned jerk? i didn't say a single offensive word. punks like you called fable moderator when i had that title with the f-word but when tinye uses both words like "fucking" and "bullshit" in his title that's perfectly ok? moderation came to this forum only because of problems started by tinye and his butt buddies like you - tinye trolls me, i react, then he stays silent and gets mad EACH AND EVERY TIME... and even now when moderation exists, you twist moderation to your own likes. you just a patethic scum you use fable moderator like your own mother "mamaaaa! ciomalau annoys meeee! let's ban him already! let's kill him! KILL HIM NOW! NOOW! NOOOOW!" :D stupid jerk

There's quite a bit of overlap between our favourites, these in particular I love: With that in mind, here are some suggestions:

The Thief series
Easily some of the most tense, atmospheric, frightening games you'll ever have the pleasure of experiencing. The graphics are somewhat dated, yet they still manage to OOZE that "Name Of The Rose"-like dark, murky, medieval feeling. The sound design, to this day, is pretty much second to none. The first two games use the same engine as System Shock 2 and some of the gameplay elements are surprisingly similar. One might even argue that Shock 2 is more or less a cyberpunk reskin of Thief, with some RPG elements added on top, but Thief's gameplay is much more focused on being stealthy. In fact, the stealth mechanics in the first two Thief titles are pretty much unmached by any other game to this day. Nothing can beat the adrenaline rush of hiding in some shadowy corner while hammer-wielding crusaders are out for your blood. You want scary? Play Thief.

The Hitman series
While not as tense as Thief, these are still some grade-A action games. Lots of different ways to go about your objectives. Excellent level design. Be aware that the first game feels more like a very rough proof-of-concept demo in comparison to the two excellent sequels (it does have some nice touches of dark humour in the form of cheesy one-liners that the rest of the series mostly lacked). Part 2 is where the series really came into its own, refining all of the first game's gameplay elements. Contracts is a nightmare-fueled retelling of the first game, I consider it one of the most atmospheric games I've ever played.

Kingpin - Life Of Crime
Severely underrated FPS gem with graphics that still look surprisingly nice today, great sound design and a quite remarkable AI (while Half-Life's highly praised AI mostly succeeded in ways to get stuck in the level architecture, Kingpin's NPCs can jump, duck, crawl through vents, climb up ladders,...) Don't play this like your average shooter, keep your weapon holstered unless you're attacked first and be friendly towards the NPCs, chances are you'll live longer.


There's lots of more great games to suggest (the years from 1997-2000 were pretty much the golden age of PC gaming), but the Thief series alone should last you for a while. :D