Gonna have to take a look at Deus Ex. You and povuholo make it sound very intriguing. I've been Bethesda hard core only, and this does look like my kind of game.
I've searched eBay and it can be had for little $$.

Definitely do it, easily one of my favorite games. As povuholo mentioned, even though the world is much smaller than that of Oblivion or Morrowind, I feel the freedom to do whatever you want is nearly on the same level.

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Because its my favorite game ever, and this one is the best of the best.

Pretty much exactly this. Love 'em both immensely

Except I don't really play them these days (or any other games)

Favorite RPG: Mass Effect series

No other game involved me so much in its story that would actually make me care about its characters. Great Story, Great Characters, Great Music, Great scenery. This game evoked emotions in me to the point of not being able to replay it just so i keep that one story in my mind. (spoiler) Even despite losing some characters that i had great interest in i kept strong and didn't reload back because i accepted that it was how my story rolled.

Favorite FPS: Arma 2 CO

Great fun when your playing tactical missions with your friends online.

Favorite Strategy: Total War series/Civ series

Both these games are my favorite sort of strategy game.

My favorite game of all time is Golden Sun. It's got a great soundtrack, great art style, great story, and a great battle system. My only gripe is the frequency of the random encounters. Also, the game is a bit wordy on the dialog.

Heh, I played Skies of Arcadia which is notorious for frequent random battles (it's absolutely ridiculous sometimes), so I never noticed if the encounters were too frequent in Golden Sun.

Skies of Arcadia is an awesome game, but there are just some areas where you can't go 5 seconds without getting into another fight. (I'm looking at you South Ocean) :stare:

After giving this some thought, and reading through everyone's comments; I have come to the well rounded conclusion that I, too, have no one favourite game. Whilst Oblivion is probably the most memorable game I have played, playing it now doesn't yield the same excitement, since I pretty much know where everything worthwhile is, and haven't stumbled across anything cool or interesting in the last two years. Another game that sits firmly in my memory, mainly for being the game that led me playing more Action-Adventure type RPGs in the now present, is Fable The Lost Chapters. Shocking, I know - anyone who is worth their weight in Rocket Propelled Grenades, will know that this game is a smear on the Genre, along with Fable 2 and 3; but for some reason I found it an oddly comforting game. I was only 11, so perhaps that is why. I have never really played many true RPGs, unless you count runescape? But that was dog poo poo, so it is lucky it even got a mention. So my favourite true RPG can only be Morrowind, since there is a stigma against calling Oblivion a true RPG. My Favourite Sandbox game of all time (someone mentioned before) is Saints Row 2; the mayhem you could create was awesome - only made better with the Co-op. It wasn't a game where you followed the story (the story was [censored]), it was a game where you strapped 10 Kilos of C4 to your Helicopter, then plow it into the Ultor building whilst diving out with no parachute, to then detonate the thing as you face plant into the cement, to then finally just stand up and brush yourself off, walk away cooly and smoke a blunt (coz i'm 'ard). My favourite Action game of all time was most definitely Assassins Creed 2. Graphics: Sublime. Story: Sublime. Gameplay: A little rough in areas, but still Sublime. My favourite multiplayer game of all time has to be Halo 3. I probably spent a dangerous number of biscuit eating hours on that game, almost the same as Oblivion. Finally, before I shut up, the best series of games EVER (and let no one say they aren't) is the Mass Effect Series; Games, Books, Comics and all. The story and game universe is just amazing; one of the reasons I love being a nerd. :disguise:

Ps. If anyone mentions Morrowind, again, after this: I will drive 9 inch nails into my eyes - courtesy of Marshall Mathers.

Fallout 3: the graphics and presentation are top notch, the sound and music are superb, and the fact that the player can do whatever the heck he wants.
However what makes it a gem is the retro-futuristic style, the feeling that you′re actually there "immershonz" and that you′re a special fellow which makes you care for your life in game. And most important of all, it′s replay value.

It should be no surprise that I'm also very fond of Golden Sun and Golden Sun: TLA.

It's such a hard choice. I find it hard narrowing it down to even 5...

But my top two are probably a toss up between Oblivion and The Sims. My preference has always been for games where you're not pigeonholed and you definitely couldn't say that about either of those games. Others that are high on the list are System Shock 2, Dragon Age, Fallout 3, Alpha Centauri, Animal Crossing and Left 4 Dead.

Haha, the minute I saw your avatar I knew I would like you. Nice to see a fellow GS'ian on the forums. Which one did you like more? I thought the first was better. I never played Dark Dawn.

Story wise all time it's Final Fantasy X. The reason is because it's emotional and it connects with me.

Fun wise it's Morrowind. I've never had as much fun at any game (although many games have been close) as I did with the years I played Morrowind. Sadly I probably wouldn't even be able to play it for more than a couple hours now without stopping and not playing it for a long time. The exploration factor is what made it fun, as well as being able to take items and just set them out in the game world wherever you wanted to, as to display them.

Right now my favorite game is LOTRO. It's the one I've been playing most, almost 4 years now. But I take 3-8 month breaks (2 times so far) and I just recently got back into it again these past 3 weeks so I'm having fun with it at the moment.

This, pretty much.

Also, Fallout 2 is the only game that has lasted with me for 13 years. It's not perfect, but there is no such thing as a perfect game.

I've liked a large number of games since then, but Final Fantasy VII is still my favourite almost 15 years later.

Ocarina of Time probably, Nintendo got if right in so many ways.

I think the first one too, but they're pretty close.

I also haven't played Dark Dawn. Looks very cartoony though, not sure I like it.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, but for me my favourite game ever has to be Okami on the Wii. The graphics were superb and added to the game in a way they rarely do in other games. The gameplay was absorbing and took the perfected Zelda formula and reimagined to create a sublime game that was a joy to play throughout. I have never played any other game that gives me the same feeling of perfection while playing.

Deus Ex (The first) and Fallout 1 and 2.

Deus Ex because the deep thoughts it puts into your mind and is fairly accurate when it comes to someone trying to control the world and put absoloute power in their control, and all the writing and details that were put into the game. I remember playing through Deus Ex and not knowing about half the secrets which I thought I knew but it turned out that I missed alot of quests and never found the secret compartment in Alex's room. It is truly the best example of a near-perfect RPG.

Fallout 1-2 are also wonderful because of the balance and writing put into it, I could literally play them both hundreds of times over and still enjoy it because you can literally be the nicest man in the world or the worlds [censored]iest [censored] who kills kids, or a kleptomaniac murdering thief. Even with all the cut-content in Fallout 2, there is an overwhelming amount of content that you can miss, and with Killap's Restoration patch for Fallout 2 it adds hundreds of hours.

They are all amazing games, and I love the living hell out of them.

As always, it's a tie between Morrowind and Deus Ex. I can't choose one over the other. Deus Ex is not only one of my fondest nostalgic memories, it's one that I can relive again and again, having just as much fun and getting just as immersed into the game as I did the very first time I played it. It's the absolute greatest FPS/RPG hybrid I've ever played, period. The only game to come remotely close to its excellence in the genre was Fallout 3.

Morrowind is just magical. I get this feeling of euphoria whenever I come off the boat to Seyda Neen, entering a world full of mystery and adventure, covered in vast and diverse terrain, hundreds of dungeons and ruins to dive into, and a mindblowing amount of character customization. Not to mention literally thousands of awesome mods to make it even better. Of all the open world RPGs I've played, Morrowind is still yet unmatched.

I... really don't know. Even by genre. But Planescape: Torment would come close to the one I have the most positive feelings about, though that's not only limited to the actual game part.

Baldur's Gate 2 because its the ultimate iconic rpg!

Classic Doom, especially TNT Evilution. Perfection in simplicity, it is still the best the best shooter i have seen.

For me, Morrowind feels like more than just a video game. An entity that is just manifested through my Xbox.

It's so hard to choose!
When I was younger I loved Zelda: The Windwaker. My favourite boss was the Wind Temple dude, where you had to shine sun beams on to him and he exploded in to miniature dudes with bell hats on. I think it was the wind temple, it was the one with the bird wifie- Medley? I don't know if that's the right spelling.
Also, I've always liked The Sims. I can play it for what I think is half and hour, then it turns out to be three hours.
Oblivion is definitely one of my top 5, when I played it the first time I was like "Oh my god, this is so amazing!!" I hadn't really played a really open sandbox type game before, and I thought it was the best thing since sliced bread. I played Morrowing GOTY after Oblivion and I was really disappointed after hearing so much about it on the forums. I just really couldn't get into it at all.
In terms of time spent playing with it, I dread typing /played when on WoW. It scares me. I bought a game-card yesterday, I still love it.
Then there's also Animal Crossing. I know it's a kids game, but I love it anyway. I mean come on, talking animals! And bells for currency!

Anyway, my favourite game ever is either Oblivion or WoW.