PC Gamer - March 2012

reinstall

CLASSICS OF PC GAMING REVISITED

other 1998 games we starsiege: tribes Evan: This gem shaped my devotion to twitch-reflex shooters with its blazing speed and emphasis on mobility. With a bevy of wide-open maps, you’re given a choice: vie for the flag using the then-unintended jetpack skiing technique, or hole up in your base and engineer the perfect defense.

actually being a giant death machine. Most of this is more apparent in retrospect than it was at the time, and none of it stopped Shogo from developing a cult following that would still love to see a sequel. No argument there. It’s amazing how few mech games we’ve seen in the last few years, now that technology is finally powerful enough to render awesomely

Wait, are you sure you’re in the right game?

A whole generation
would kill to go
stomp around
Tokyo.

destructible cities instead of a few
boxes and empty planes. The industry
decided that nobody cared any more,
even when one look at a Wanzer, an
Aestivalis, or any other cool giant robot
should be enough to explain why a
whole generation would kill to go
stomp around Tokyo. At least we’re
getting a new Mech Warrior.

tom ClanCy’s
rainbow six
Greg: This was my first
exposure to the won-
derful world of tactical
shooters. With pre-
planned waypoints and
specific instructions for
my team of operatives,
I knew that every failed
mission was no one’s
fault but my o wn.

Argh! Mutant! Oh. No, wait. It’s just the bartender.

starCraft: brood war Lucas: This legendary expansion delivered the goods in both single-player and multiplayer, showing Kerrigan in a whole new light and adding fan-favorite units like the Protoss Dark Templar and Terran Medic. It also included my most-beloved Star Craft unit: the Zerg’s noob-friendly, grief-tastic Lurker.