Most epic game?

What's the most epic game you've ever played? (In terms of scale/ambition/story /no.of enemies on screen/size of enemies/ size of world/ free roaming ability etc).

Ps: Consider all genres. Rts, for example, doesn't contain "Size of world etc", but can still be accounted for.

A combination of all of the things i listed (story/ world size etc). I forgot to add also the game thats made you feel the most immersed and involved in the story,like you're part of a movie or something.

And don't just scream WOW or Crysis, try to think a bit deeper before posting. Consider all aspects. Can't really descide for myself, but Rise of Legends is on the top-list, But it has some serious lacking in storyline. The massive battles is a huge +, though. Medieval 2 total war should be a top, if it wern't for it's complete lacking in storyline.

i'm thinkin assassin's creed. the world is emense, and it has litteraly hundreds of npc doing their own things the entire time. you can go almost anywhere in the end of the game, and the guards are pretty smart and will follow you to the ends of hte earth. the only thing i didnt like was the battles, they seemed too unrealistic. if one guy is surrounded by 20 guards, he should lose. no matter how good of swordsman he is, he should lose.

Any GTA game, especially IV as an overall, SA for a huge world with lots of diversity, a world that actually makes sense, every part of it, not like some games, like Oblivion.

Nice looking screenshots- haven't played that before, but it looks cool.

Hard to say about most epic game that combines all of those features. Baldur's Gate was one of the most immersive for me - good story, great characters, and beautiful graphics. For scale of wars, maybe Battle for Middle Earth. The original Unreal was one of the longest FPS games I've played (asa single game, not including expansions, new versions etc.), though it kinda lacked in other respects (story, epic battles, etc.), except for immersion - it did a good job with that at the time, being one of the first full 3D FPS games and also one of the first to have music that would adjust to what was going on in-game. Starcraft did a decent job with storyline and large battles, but I'm not sure I'd call it epic.

I'm really looking forward to Dragon Age - that could end up taking the cake for epic - great story, immersiveness, large world, epic battles - it looks like it may have it all! I'm also waiting for Batman Arkham Asylum - it won't be huge I'm sure, but if they did it right, the storyline could be awesome and really suck me in.

Cool question though - I'd be interested in seeing what other people come up with.

i'm thinkin assassin's creed. the world is emense, and it has litteraly hundreds of npc doing their own things the entire time. you can go almost anywhere in the end of the game, and the guards are pretty smart and will follow you to the ends of hte earth. the only thing i didnt like was the battles, they seemed too unrealistic. if one guy is surrounded by 20 guards, he should lose. no matter how good of swordsman he is, he should lose.

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I agree that AC had some incredible "living" environments and was quite large. But the repetitiveness and the disjointed storyline (going back and forth between the sci-fi env. and the middle-age env.) kinda ruined the immersiveness for me. I still haven't finished the game - it's been collecting dust for like a year now. Maybe one of these days I'll go back and finish it...

Morrowind's world was pretty overwhelming at the time. That youtube video of a big Arma 2 battle makes that seem like the most epic game I've ever seen.

Everything is epic about this game.

Freespace 2. and its ending..

Definetly Dungeon Siege or anything made by Gas Powered Games

Freespace 2. and its ending..

umutthejedi

Morrowind, hands down

Medieval 2 Total War. Yes, it has no storyline, but you make the story - that's why the battles are so meaningful.

Many good mentiones here.Medieval 2 Total War is one of my favs

But! I remember when i got Wing Commander 3 - Heart of the tiger. Man that blew me away, the story, Biff (!) and the sweet graphics.

Maybe not the most epic game, but it always comes to mind.

Storywise, I'd say Fahrenheit... man how i love that game.

The Elder Scrolls IV is also a truly epic game...

KotOR 1

Morrowind

GTA 4

The characters are likeable and deep, the worlds are huge or universe made them seem so, the themes/story/lore were top notch and immersive.

Definitely the original KOTOR and Warcraft 3/Frozen Throne.

Definitely Supreme Commander and it's sequel.Gooeykat

Blade: The Edge Of Darkness. Was called Severance in the UU.SS. version. Warcraft III and Starcraft campaigns were also awesome.

Rome, Medieval 2 and Empire Total War.

Mass Effect. everything about the game just screams epic. it even says epic on the back of the box: "interplanetary exploration of an epic proportion."

Crysis and half life 2, episode 1, and 2.

God of War (1&2) are the most epic games i've ever played. on pc, i would say Dawn of War. hmm.... they rhyme....

Morrowind hands down

Well, honestly, it is without a doubt Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots for me. Play this immediately if you have not, (But then again, I could say every MGS was epic).

On PC? Probably Half-Life 2, those urban battles with the striders was so amazing the first time you play it, so that for PC. And of course, Allied Assault, first D-Day invasion in a game, it was so amazing the first time. Really, that whole game though.

Oblivion had a lot of epic moments in it as well. Kvatch, the end, the atmosphere.

Metal Gear Solid, Shadow of the Colossus, and the Warcraft series (RoC, TFT, and WoW).

If I had to pick one, it would be WoW, by far.

homeworld 2

sins of solar empires

supreme commander

Metal Gear Solid 4 is a game?

homeworld 2

sins of solar empires

supreme commander

adamosmaki

:shock: so thatsrise of legend the graphics are so 3 dimensional !

Im surprised only oneperson has named Homeworld yet. Here's a simplevideo to prove my point :P

Apart from HW, id say Mass effect, Supreme Commander and Crysis.

MGS series

Specially MGS 4, it was an epic experience, best game since the last 10 years so far..

but i feel like something will go wrong with MGS: Rising

Medieval 2 Total War best game ;)

Final Fantasy 7 comes to mind... that game was amazing for its time with its graphics, cutscenes and amazing story.. Also, world of warcraft just the sheer mass of the game and how many other people play. 40 man raids, Alliance vs Horde raiding each others cities, different races and classes you can play. The replay value of world of warcraft is just insane. It kept me very occupied for a good 3 years!!

Morrowind and the GTA games

Total War or GTA. Can't think of anything else at the moment...

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