Tom's Hardware's Greatest Gaming Ideas Of All Time

Aggressor Prime · Post by **Aggressor Prime** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:46 am

This article just sickens me. I thought I would at least see the Descent name in this article, but no. People from Tom's review site just don't appreciate the freedom that Descent provided. Go ahead and tell me how good Doom was. But we all know that Descent will always reign supreme as the best game ever.

TIGERassault · Post by **TIGERassault** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 11:02 am

Actually this article is the gratest gaming ideas of all time.
And not much evolved from Descent.

Sergeant Thorne · Post by **Sergeant Thorne** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:32 pm

Audio Taunts!

kurupt · Post by **kurupt** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 4:52 pm

sure it did, getting motion sickness

Vertigo 99 · Post by **Vertigo 99** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 6:12 pm

OMG PEOPLE DONT THINK DESCENT IS THE BEST GAME EVER, HANG THEM

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 7:37 pm

Aggressor Prime wrote:But we all know that Descent will always reign supreme as the best game ever.

You are deluded. Conventional Wisdom says Descent is most definitely *NOT* the best game ever. No matter WHAT we think, the gaming world has spoken, and Descent-type games, will *ALWAYS* be a tiny niche market, exclusively for those few people who crave the 6DOF gameplay.

Hell, if we had 1% of the CS market, it would make Descent HUGE!

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:43 pm

The author dislikes Myst. That's enough reason for me to hate him.

(Seriously, "increasingly crappy sequels"? WTF? Has this guy even seen Myst IV?)

Lobber · Post by **Lobber** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:34 am

Greatest game ever was Pong.

After all, it started the whole gaming industry.

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 1:46 pm

Myst rulez.

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 2:28 pm

I can't argue too much with the choices he gave after reading them, though. Before I saw the whys I would have disputed the wisdom of adding Quake and Half-Life to the list; however internet multiplayer and mods are big influences.

(...except Kali started internet multiplayer in a big way, actually. The problem is, no-one much knew about it. I would still credit either Warcraft 2 or Descent with starting that revolution though.

They were reasonably popular.)

Admiral LSD · Post by **Admiral LSD** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 1:00 pm

Reading the 'whys', Descent should really have taken Quakes place on the list. IIRC, Descent had "seamless" LAN multiplayer (e.g., people being able to leave/join a game at will without any of that 'get everyone together and have them sync with the SETUP.EXE program' crap that typified multiplayer for everything before it) 12 months or so before Quake.

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 1:09 pm

I was always partial to "Space Cabbage" but thats just me.

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