Which 5 Video Games blew your mind when you first played them?

[Astral]

Final Fantasy III (SNES)

Quake (PC)

The Last of Us (PS4 at the time)

Half-Life (PC)

Half-Life: Alyx (PC)

So many more have made me drop my jaw over time... this list would be lengthy, to say the least. 😁

[+InsaneNutter MVC]

The Chaos Engine (Amiga) - I loved the concept, co-op gameplay and art style of this game. I'd never really played anything like it before.

Half-Life (PC) - Right from the introduction it was like wow, almost like I was playing an interactive movie to the younger me at the time.

Pokemon Gold / Silver (GameBoy) - This took everything that was great about the original Red / Blue and expanded upon it. I always loved the collecting / trading aspect, so it was great you could carry your Pokemon forward from the previous games you'd put 100's of hours in to.

Gears of War (Xbox 360) - The graphics looked insane for the time, the chainsaw / weapons like the hammer of dawn were so fun to use. I loved you could co-op the game too.

Pokemon Go (Mobile) - Who ever thought a game could get you out exploring the real world? this is one of the very few games I think truly offers a unique experience on a mobile device. Also great for meeting like minded people in your local area too.

[dipsylalapo Supervisor]

Just reading this list made me think "oh yeah! that was awesome" but in no particular order

• Max Payne - think this was the first ever game I played end to end and it was a great intro (bullet time, way the story was told and of course that classic Max face)
• Elder Scrolls - Oblivion - I remember the opening scene where you emerge from the dungeon and see all that green 😍
• Titanfall 1 and 2 - I absolutely loved the MP and am gutted that it never got a sequel. 
• Bioshock - Hooked on the story from the go.
• Factorio - I have to stay away from this game because I'm worried about the time that I sink into this when I do play it. 

[BlitzedBit]

1. Elite - BBC B and ZX Spectrum
2. Space Harrier - Arcade
3. Populous III The Beginning - PC
4. Half Life - PC
5. Half Life Alyx - PC VR

 

[TheReaperMan]

dragon's lair (Arcade) or Space ace - Graphics

Elite(BBC micro) - Best space sim

Unreal Tournement (PC) - First Multi-player I got into. playing on a 56k Flex modem with people from all over the world!!

black and white - one of the best god sims

Crysis - for all the... can this run this, etc 

[PluralGrey]

Ultima VI

Virtua Fighter

Thief Gold

Everquest

Mirror's Edge

Edited April 3, 2023 by PluralGrey

[romicolradish79]

On 10/09/2022 at 20:58, Steven P. said:

Ahh for me it was:

• Spear of Destiny (1992)
• Max Payne (2001) (bullet time)
• Kingpin: Life of Crime (1999) (for the story)
• Quake 3 & Unreal Tournament (1999) (for the multiplayer)
• Quake Champions (2017) (got me back into gaming)
• Forza series on Xbox (2018-) (pretty fun)

Not a huge gamer..

Great question! For me, the five that really blew my mind were:

GTA: San Andreas – the open world felt endless back then.

Counter Strike 1.6 – first real multiplayer obsession.

Skyrim – the freedom and exploration were insane.

Minecraft – nothing like building your own world from scratch.

What about you, which ones are on your list?

[Sulphy]

Wow, some blasts from the past in these posts above.... for me anyways...

1. X-COM - Enemy Unknown (original)
2. Diablo 2
3. Need for Speed : Porsche Unleashed
4. Unreal (with a 3DFX Voodoo gfx card... remember those???)
5. Half Life

[SnoopZ]

Quake 2 is the game that got me into online gaming back in 1998-1999 after buying a computer magazine with a floppy disk on the cover explaining how by using GameSpy I could play with real people. So after the first successful connection along with what seemed like smooth gameplay I was hooked for many years and the dialup phone line was permanently connected.

 

Now days I just play singleplayer games on the PS5 Pro and have no love for online gaming.

[johnelia123]

1. PUBG Mobile
2. Call of Duty
3. FreeFire
4. GTA 5
5. Gangster 4

[Circaflex]

Half-Life 2: The Source Engine was so ahead of its time.
Starfox 64: The rumble pack
Counter-Strike 1.3: Not necessarily the game, but the ability to play on LAN against each other and going to computer labs watching and playing in tournaments was incredible.
Portal: Everything about this game was amazing, it was unlike anything else I had played before
Max Payne: Bullet time was so much fun

[Michael Scrip]

I've never been a big gamer...

But I remember going from Wolfenstein in 1992 to Doom in 1993.

What a difference in a year!

[RaidenX]

Going to show my age

• Wing Commander III. This game made me a PC gamer over 30 years ago.
• Final Fantasy VII (PS1). Still gutted.
• Pharaoh. Loved the old Impressions games.
• Might & Magic IV & V: World of Xeen. Two games making a third, mind blown.
• Anno 1800. Nearly 600hrs, I might have a problem.

Honorable mention. Kings Quest III.

Edited February 18 by RaidenX

[+Jester124 Subscriber²]

Doom 1 & 2 (PC) - Not only a blast, but started my curiosity for modding
Forza series (XBOX)- Always loved racing games, but the Forza series were a game changer
Diablo (PC) - Still remember the lan parties with the first one and all of the time spent.
Final Fantasy VII (PS1)- While I played all the NES and GB releases prior, VII's story is still tops in the series.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (PC) - Before I switched to UT, The team play and strategy was great.
Final Fantasy XI (PC) - I may be weird for this one, but I could not get into the other MMOs. This game was able to pull me in for years worth of play.

[Gotenks98]

Subnautica, Factorio, Cyberpunk 2077. All of these are extremely addictive to play.

[Som]

Prince of Persa (Original)

Elite 2 

Quake 

Half Life 1

Deus Ex

 

 

[MarkHughes4096]

Pole position on Atari 2600, great fun 

Shadow of the beast 2  Amiga,  The intro, the graphics, the sound...

Turrican 2  Amiga, The gameplay

Frontier Amiga, Explore wherever and do your own thing

World of Warcraft PC, Still good fun.

 

I still own the games listed and the hardware to run them. I could certainly list many more Amiga games that impressed me back in the day. It was a transformative time for computers and games. Lots of new ideas.

[Xenon]

Final Fantasy 7 - PS1

Halo Combat Evolved - Xbox

Bards Tale - Commodore 64

Skyrim - PC 

Diablo - PC

 

[johnelia123]

On 17/02/2026 at 23:43, johnelia123 said:

1. PUBG Mobile
2. Call of Duty
3. FreeFire
4. GTA 5
5. Gangster 4

Are mod version of these multiplayer games available or not?

[johnelia123]

On 17/02/2026 at 23:43, johnelia123 said:

1. PUBG Mobile
2. Call of Duty
3. FreeFire
4. GTA 5
5. Gangster 4

On 19/02/2026 at 02:55, johnelia123 said:

@johnelia123 Are mod version of these multiplayer games available on happymod or not?

Maybe it got banned when using online games mod?