With so few good new titles being released these days, especially by major studios, I figured I'd make a thread for everyone to share your favourite classic or older games, especially if they're lesser-known titles that others might have missed at the time.
I'll open with The Saboteur (2009), Mercenaries (2005) and Saints Row 2 ( The 2008 original)
Recently I replayed Lords of the Realm II (got the steam version).
I was awesome to replay the game (having played it nearly 30 years ago), and it was pretty cool because the Steam version had an expansion and updates that I never even knew existed back in the 90s.
I actually discovered Lords II because it came in a CD bundled with a PC gaming magazine back in 97 or 98.
Since there were no auto updates back then, I played the original version and got pretty good at exploiting the AI.
Cut to current year, and I was blown away how they had updated the AI. It was much harder to play against and more difficult to the exploit.
Still a solid medieval RTS / management game.
The music in Lords of the Realm II is still absolutely top notch. Loved the soundtrack to that game.