What computer games are you guys into? [Archive]

dandylion

06-10-2008, 11:09 AM

I really like the Ages of Empires series. I haven't really played any other computer strategy games besides those.

The only games I ever been interested in for the computer have been Sim city and the Sims.

I love The Sims. When I was younger I would play it with my friend all the time. I don't know why I find it so entertaining, but is is. I have The Sims 2 now and it's much more fun, but I haven't played it in a while.

I don't know if this counts, but it is a game and it's played on the computer, so... I LOVE the Magic Pen game. It's a physics-based game where you have to draw shapes in order to get a red circle to touch flags. My INTJ brother and I enjoy this way too much. Draw Play is fun as well; you have to move to get to a flag, but you have to draw ledges and whatnot for the character to walk or jump onto, and there are some obstacles like spikes and whatnot you have to get around. Both games can be played for free on those free game sites.

Melchizedek

06-10-2008, 11:18 AM

I've always been a big fan of Starcraft, and other strategy games, ranging from Rome: Total War to the Civilization series. I really play all types of game, everything from indy-games like Avernum to Halo 3... And I enjoy Rockband/Guitar Hero immensely.

Grizzly

06-12-2008, 09:22 PM

I've always been a big fan of Starcraft, and other strategy games, ranging from Rome: Total War to the Civilization series.

I have a unhealthy fetish for Rome Total War, theres so many mods now I've fully replayed the game at least 7 times. But Starcraft and the other resource management/production based strategy games annoy me. I want to command a force, not manage a base.

Ground Control was fantastic for that very reason, no bases, and you could order in air drops.

The Hitman series
Splinter cell series
Neither of which I should be allowed to play, for various reasons

And most recently GTA 4..........I love running people over, especially school children.

ElstonGunn

06-13-2008, 07:48 PM

I still play Civilization 2 from time to time. Colonization was fun, too. I also liked the medieval-themed Age of Empires, Sim City, the Sims, and Roller Coaster Tycoon.

I mostly just play Solitaire and Minesweeper now, though.

tehinternetsgam

06-15-2008, 01:09 AM

Eve Online

The MMO to beat all MMO's. It's also full of a lot of malicious retards due to it's freedom to do pretty much whatever you want (scamming and cheating others within the confines of the game system are perfectly acceptable). Still, putting those lesser types in their place is all part of the fun. ;) Warning: online game addiction is real.

Oblivion

Nice, laid back, semi-free form RPG game play. The problem is it gets boring pretty quickly and the actual story lines are pretty short. Plenty of mods available, though.

Civilization IV

I rarely if ever play warlike societies. Half the time if another nation declares war on me I just quit and start again - I like building systems, not tearing them down.

SimCity 4

They really need to bring out a new version. Failing that, Cities XL looks like it may have promise. As long as it's not like the travesty that is SimCity Societies. That one wasn't even worth pirating.

Battlefield 2

Nothing like a bit of online FPS rampaging. This has a lot more strategy and tactics to it than more simpler fare such as the Unreal Tournament and Quake lines, which I used to play a fair bit of. Battlefield 2142 never took my fancy and the new Battlefield that's coming out which expects you to make micro-payments for weapons can kiss my goat cheese.

Rome - Total War / Medieval II - Total War

These games were built with the intention of grand-scale warfare. To be honest, I like playing the empire building part of the game, and most of the time if I can successfully resolve battles using the auto-battle option, I do. Sadly the AI is pretty useless so I often end up having to command battles myself anyway.

Port Royale 2

This isn't quite as mainstream as the other games, but it's a great game nonetheless. Sail around the New World Caribbean trading, producing, pirating, working for warring factions, etc all the while amassing a larger fleet of ships and more holdings in the various cities. Also worth mentioning is Patrician 3 which is what Port Royale is based on, although Patrician takes place in Hanseatic Europe.

Some classics... Master of Orion II, Master of Magic, Colonization

I have a definite thing for city/empire building games. Eve Online also meets that addiction in online play since it's such a free-form game (as opposed to EverQuest, WoW, LotR, AoC, TRasa which are all unbelievably formulaic and linear).

GrimWizard

06-15-2008, 09:27 AM

I'm only playing a couple games right now. Pretty much just Guild Wars & Battlefield 2142.

Although some recent favorites of mine should be noted, like:

Command and Conquer 3
Half Life 2 / Counterstrike
Civ 4
Bioshock

Motor Jax

06-15-2008, 09:29 AM

just WoW

tried Marine Sniper, but it was just to solo for me

Caesar

06-15-2008, 09:52 AM

- WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne.
- Heroes Of Might & Magic V
- NFS Most Wanted
- Call Of Duty IV
- StarCraft
- Rome: Total War
- Assassin's Creed
- Unreal Tournament

That said, last time I've played WarCraft was about 5 days ago (only played it with my roommate occasionally), HOMM over 2 weeks ago (and then 2-3 weeks before that), and everything else probably a month or more. I content myself with Yahoo Pool every so often for the most part, though Minesweeper and Spider are okay too.

rahdam

06-15-2008, 10:04 PM

Was playing Hellgate: London, but god damn that was a bad game.
Playing Age of Conan now, its pretty fun.

Lvl 75 Tempest of Set, I get to run around killing masses of mobs while shooting lighting bolts outta my ass.

Malotis

06-15-2008, 10:28 PM

Right now I play
Dota (wc3 custom game) or Mohaa online
I have played WoW, KotoR, HL2, SC, diablo's, hellgate, fear, doom 3, dungeon seige, baldurs gate, guild wars, and Unreal tournament.

I know you said PC but I also love guitar hero and soul caliber.

kubrickfan

06-15-2008, 10:35 PM

-Freelancer (oldie but a goodie.)
-Dawn of war
-Tomb Raider: Legend
-Doom 3 and the expansion
-Silent hill 4

Erika Redmark

06-16-2008, 12:40 AM

Some of my favourite games are from Spiderweb Software (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.)…they're old-school RPG's (like Ultima), with fairly minimal but evocative graphics. There are the standard epics (the Exile and Avernum series–incidentally, a character from those series is where my username on this board comes from), a pretty cool quasi-historical game called Nethergate (still fantasy, but set in Roman Britain), and a more sci-fi-esque series called Geneforge (which I never played much of–I downloaded the shareware demo and didn't particularly like it, but those who are into sci-fi might).

szaxazs

06-16-2008, 11:02 AM

I used to play mainly RPGs,RTSs and FPSs.

If I had to chose one from each category:

RPGs:
Fable

RTSs:
AoE II

FPSs:
UT2003

Best game ever played:
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Clive Barker's Undying
(yes, it's a tie)
Both games make my spine shiver even when I think about them.
I saw them as an extension of reality, things that I couldnt't do here,
not simply as games.
When I played them, even my dreams were affected by the immense landscapes, the vast scenarios.
I have had visions of R'lyeh and Oneiros, sometimes I even snapped out of reality when playing and while I was playing it was like I was really there, on the location the game actually took place.
I was so immersed with the game that all my senses were multiplied multiple times, even if in reality I was only viewing my screen and wearing my headset, there were a lot of times when I was like having all five (six - Gel'Ziabar stone was funky) senses, experiencing them as I would do in real life only if I had been to theese places.
Theese games are really something different.

punkyplatypus

06-17-2008, 09:12 AM

FreeCell & Spider Solitaire :p
Chess
Comand & Conquer series
The Sims
Baldur's Gate
Fallout 1 & 2
Half Life series
Black&White
StarCraft
Age of Empires

Sorry, nothing new or too exciting.

the human iPod

06-17-2008, 12:01 PM

I just picked up CiV IV: Gold Edition. Haven't gotten too deep in it yet, but I love the turn-based system instead of real-time. Allows extra planning and all that.

Oh, and punkyplatypus that list are all great games - nothing to be ashamed about though they are old. Fallout 2 was probably the most free-form RPG (and I would argue one of the best) ever made.

Ool

06-17-2008, 12:19 PM

The Settlers.
SimCity.
Peggle.
Return to Castle Wolfenstein.
Tron 2.0.

Those are the last ones I've played through (or extensively, in the case of the ones that are open-ended)...

Pirate1650

06-17-2008, 08:31 PM

Screen name in all games is the same: Pirate1650

Call of Duty 4
Battlefield 2142 (screen name is Stig1650 instead of Pirate1650, I must have been in an off mood that day)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
World in Conflict
Medieval II: Total War w/ expansion
Grid
Hitman: Blood Money
The Witcher
Sins of a Solar Empire
Residen Evil 4 (has tons of sweet high-def mod packs, better than console versions)

I also have a Xbox 360 USB controller for my PC, helps with games like RE4 and Grid.

Cygnus

06-19-2008, 12:01 AM

I have an embarassingly long list of computer games dating back to the early 90's...think my first computer game was on the TSR-80 (back in the 70's)...we spent all night trying to get it to load properly from a cassette tape drive....anyway...I'll stick to what I have currently installed...

Mass Effect for the PC
Knights of the Old Republic I and II
Dawn of War Soulstorm
Warcraft III
Neverwinter Nights 2
The Witcher
Hellgate London
Titan Quest
Jade Empire
Overlord
BioShock
Portal
Tabula Rasa
Guild Wars
World of Warcraft

and like the Billy Joel song....the list goes on and on and on...

I personally recommend if you do not mind using a credit card online to get a Steam account and check out what they have :)

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pkginc

06-27-2008, 04:31 PM

I personally recommend if you do not mind using a credit card online to get a Steam account and check out what they have :)

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Ditto that

I play
Team Fortress 2
Gran Turismo
Audiosurf (again, if you're trying out steam, check this one out)
Bust-a-move (on cell phone)
and I still have Red Alert 2 on my pc :P

oh, and sometimes the occational solitaire

Marcus

06-28-2008, 05:49 PM

I grew up on this one: :)

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Seppuku Savant

06-28-2008, 10:34 PM

Old school ones, like American Mcgee's Alice and Vampire: The Masquerade. It's because my pc is old and can't handle anything new.

AgentofGaming

06-30-2008, 11:08 AM

Civilization IV

I rarely if ever play warlike societies. Half the time if another nation declares war on me I just quit and start again - I like building systems, not tearing them down.

LOL that's exactly what I used to do. I'd get frustrated when some annoying warmonger like Montezuma uses 20 swordsmen and 5 catapults to overtake two riflemen divisions.
I suppose you have to see that war is expanding your system; If they choose aggression, then you take their cities and resources and build them up for yourself.
I like to knock out their iron and oil and preserve their country as I take it.

Your game list is pretty similar to mine, minus the online games...

Eth

07-02-2008, 09:15 PM

Old school ones, like American Mcgee's Alice and Vampire: The Masquerade. It's because my pc is old and can't handle anything new.

OMG! Alice was so amazing! I loved that one! VtM was awesome as well! Two of my favorite games of all time.

I'm big into RPG's and Strategy/Simulation games. I like being in charge what can I say? I've played WoW for years but gave up on it do to frustration. I could always hit the end but the raiding groups aggravated me to no end so I never got any good stuff aside from my PvP gear. Which basically killed it for me since there was nothing new to do.

But other great games I've played: Suikoden, Black and White, Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy(yes, I'm a fan), Bioshock, and the Command and Conquer series.

Right now I have: Avencast, Viva Pinata, and Requiem on my computer. But Requiem won't be on much longer, I was just on it for Beta Testing.

blckprljinju

07-05-2008, 10:27 PM

Well, I've not played many games, but here are some of my favorites:

Age of Empires I, II, III
Final Fantasy VII
Sims

cha071c0rd3r

07-06-2008, 10:44 PM

I used to play a lot of games, mostly a mixed collection of strategy and MMORPGs, but now it's down to an occasional game of Sims/Sims 2 or Age of Mythology.
Otherwise the only thing I play is Kingdom of Loathing (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.), which I find extremely entertaining, and which, being turn-based and in that sense self-limiting, does not threaten to take over my life. I do encourage you to try it. It really is a lot of fun. :)

Kris3

07-07-2008, 06:27 PM

HackerX

07-07-2008, 07:07 PM

Old microsoft published game? I think?

It was one of the first "made for windows 95" games from what I can remember.

Cygnus

07-07-2008, 07:27 PM

Lately, I've been playing lots of Grid and UT2004. Before that, HL2. For some reason, this topic made me think of a game that was packaged with my first CD-ROM drive. It was called Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. Really one of the best video games I've ever played, and it's probably 15 years old now. Anyone ever heard of it?

I heard of it, never played it though. I play alot of computer games, starting back on my dad's TRS-80..loading them form a cassette player. :square: My first CD-ROM game was the original Warcraft..box looked cool and need something to test it out with :)

I rarely play adventure games (you can blame my dislike of the original text Zork for that) I did play one Lucas Arts one...Full Throttle. As for other adventures..only others that come to mind The Longest Journey and Dreamfall.

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I grew up on this one: :)

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Awesome Marcus..now THAT is old school...what a flashback!

Speaking of old school. Dune 2 the game that created the Real Time Stradegy genre we have today.

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HackerX

07-07-2008, 09:08 PM

Speaking of old school. Dune 2 the game that created the Real Time Stradegy genre we have today.

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And is something I played alot as a kid. Used to play it on the sega megadrive.

Grizzly

07-08-2008, 01:49 AM

Not sure if anyone was into the old tabletop wargames by Games Workshop.

but for the oldies and goldies one guy made a barebones turn based video games exactly like the original tabletop version, plus its playable over email!
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Its not Diablo 3......but Its titillating

Seppuku Savant

07-08-2008, 07:48 AM

But other great games I've played: Suikoden, Black and White, Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy(yes, I'm a fan), Bioshock, and the Command and Conquer series.

Black and White was my very first computer game ever. ^_^ I like Final Fantasy as well, but that's just for psp not pc.

1OFMANY

07-10-2008, 10:49 AM

The best game ever..DAOC :)

terencec

07-10-2008, 04:50 PM

Metal Gear 4, 3, 2, 1
The story is quite confusing though. I am sure mainly due to the language problem. English is not my native language. It is dark story and I love dark story!

Final Fantasy is my favor, especial FF7 (Waiting for FF13!). Don't play PC games or FPS. I feel so dizzy when I play FPS!

drc

07-15-2008, 05:02 PM

Cygnus

07-15-2008, 05:50 PM

How can you have that avatar and not mention System Shock 2? :(

Because not currently playing it! I do not think I could list all the games I have played :) Both Systems Shocks rate very high on my list of all time favorites and SHODAN still it my all time favorite game antagonist...GlaDOS is nice too :)

Capt57

07-15-2008, 10:36 PM

The first game I fell in love with was "Dungeons of Daggorath" on the TRS-80 computer. Anyone else kill that wizard?

Amar

07-15-2008, 10:47 PM

"F" computer games. I'm completely into console. XBOX 360 FTW!

Unreal III
Halo 3
Forza 2
BioShock

Necrosis

07-16-2008, 09:05 AM

Call of duty 4 for ps3 ... srod511 if any1 is interested in playing with me.

It lets me take out my anger on people after having a long boring day at work.

And I still occasionally play WC3 - DoTA.

misterwight

07-16-2008, 12:15 PM

You people have me totally addicted to Civ4, and all my free time is gone, once again. How am I ever supposed to get anything done around the house?

SirJac

07-16-2008, 01:26 PM

Undead Bonzi

07-16-2008, 03:15 PM

Supreme Commander
WoW
GTA4
Civilization
Guitar Hero 3
Super Smash Bros Brawl
Diablo 2 (waiting on 3!)
Oblivion
Fanial Fantasy series
Brain Age 1+2
Professor Layton
Metal Gear Solid series
Battlefield 2 + 1942
Warcraft 3/Dota
Gran Turismo series
Fallout series
X-com series
Heroes of Might and Magic series

And the list can go on forever~

Fallout 3 is coming out for PC and consoles 4th quarter of 2008. Fallout has to be one of the best series ever made and their intro gets me every time I hear it: 'War. War never changes...'

As to a favorites:

Old school

#1. Silent Hunter II (I don't know how a game can be fun where you spend 80% of your time looking at fuzzy radar and ship plots, 15% of your time looking at the battery level gauge, 4% of your time looking through a periscope and 1% of your time actually shooting but I was addicted. It was obscene how many hours I could spend working out the prefect attack run on a heavily defended Japanese carrier group and then escaping all pursuit after the attack)

#2 Bones (does anyone remember this computer game? It was completly text based. You played an explorer going through a haunted mansion and all your intereations and such were text, there was no picture/graphics. Spent many hours of my life on that game.)

#3. Wolfenstine (the very first FPS that I ever played)

New School (mix of PC and console)

-Sim City 4000
-Civilization 4
-KoTR I and II
-Call of Duty 4
-Bioshock
-Battlefield: Bad Company
-Ninja Gidan II

eaachutssn

07-16-2008, 04:44 PM

When I was in high school I played video games all day. Now I play at most 90 minutes at a time.
-Final Fantasy 12
-Devil May Cry 3
-Starcraft
-Warcraft 3
-Dungeon Keeper 2
-Sim City 3k
I used to play WoW but I haven't since May 2007.
Since there's so many Blizzard game players, we should play on Battle.net. Though, I can't play online for another week or so.

Amar

07-16-2008, 11:41 PM

COD 4 is totally easy. 1 shot in the foot and they die. *pfsh

Unreal has honestly made Halo 3 easier as well. I just wish they would fix the host advantage in Unreal. Until then, I'll just download torrents while I host games. ^_^

Eth

07-17-2008, 12:51 AM

COD 4 is totally easy. 1 shot in the foot and they die. *pfsh

Sounds like the AWP from old CS, lol. Ahhh... *reminisces*

elsdfr

07-18-2008, 09:51 AM

Age of Conan. Its kinda like WOW but better. Off the top of my head the combo moves are cool and all the female characters are scantily clad. Its kinda new and it has some bug which levels out but they are fixing them.

Currently I'm playing a level 20 Assassin and 22 Herald of Xotli. The Assassin is good early but takes times after that to learn decent attack skills. the HoX is a tanker/mage which gets boring.

Apparently you can build towns and farm things after level 40 so its something to look forward to.

I also play BZflag. Its a Tron graphic tank game which is different and frustrating at the same time.

redbaren

07-18-2008, 06:05 PM

I play Flight Simulator 2004 (not I am to cheap to buy Flight Simulator X) any ways..... I was playing the sis till I lost the disk.

Antisocialite

07-18-2008, 06:57 PM

SIMS, SimCity Societies (I like this one much more.)

elsdfr

07-19-2008, 11:00 AM

This is the Age of Conan Herald of Xotli HOX lvl 80 with music that some don't like :p

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Same deal but kinda shows how good it looks with a comp/screen with all the schznits.

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This is the Assassin played by someone with finger dextierity that I might never match :(

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kizuki

07-19-2008, 11:32 PM

Age of Conan
WoW
Ragnarok Online(even after four years...still playing)
Audition Dance Battle

...obviously, I'm more into MMOs.

azelismia

07-20-2008, 01:27 AM

I've said a few times that I didn't get mass effect... I think that was because I tried playing it directly after halo 1 2 and 3 and ratchet and clank.. out of a severe need for outlet in the last couple weeks because of heightened stress loads of change I decided to give a few games another chance.. Mass effect now has me hooked. the whole first three chapters of the game were dull and too wordy but once you get into the exploration stages that game rocks.

hauteur

07-20-2008, 10:56 AM

I just broke down and finally bought the whole Rockband setup. I love it - especially the drums. It is way cooler than Guitar Hero and it doesn't have all the 80s satanic references (pentagrams, songs like The Number of the Beast, etc.)

Also:

Medieval II: Total War (love it but my video card can't handle it)
Sim City 4
Mass Effect
Knights of the Old Republic (awesome games)
Blazing Angels
Oblivion
The Matrix Online
Star Wars Galaxies
Madden NFL franchise (pre XBox 360)
Splinter Cell
Call of Duty 2 (didn't like 3 all that much and I don't do FPS as a general rule)
Project Gotham Racing 3 (liked it better than 4)
Hitman

I used to like the Metal Gear series, but I hate stupid hard unrealistic boss levels.

Monte314

07-20-2008, 09:28 PM

Hey< I remember when PONG first came out... you know, that little square bouncing back and forth on your TV screen between two little paddles that moved vertically? we thought it was amazing....

Erika Redmark

07-20-2008, 09:34 PM

I just broke down and finally bought the whole Rockband setup. I love it - especially the drums. It is way cooler than Guitar Hero and it doesn't have all the 80s satanic references (pentagrams, songs like The Number of the Beast, etc.)

I might just be totally clueless about popular music, but my impression of Rock Band (I just got it recently too) is that all the music sounds sort of the same, and a lot of the songs are really slow (I don't know how they managed to make them harder on Expert–there are only so many notes). Guitar Hero 2 had a lot of songs that were really fun to "play" (Misirlou anyone? =D); I've only done Easy so far on Rock Band (started there just for completion), but I didn't find as many songs particularly exciting.

Caesar

07-20-2008, 10:12 PM

Ahh, and I forgot to mention the ones I played the most, albeit years ago: Diablo I ( heh, and II as well) and Need For Speed II: SE.
And as a side note - Imperia Online. :thumbsdown:

Cygnus

07-21-2008, 03:39 PM

Vastfnup

07-21-2008, 06:13 PM

Hey< I remember when PONG first came out... you know, that little square bouncing back and forth on your TV screen between two little paddles that moved vertically? we thought it was amazing....

We had a PONG "gaming system" when I was growing up. Did you know there was an extra ... game mode... when yo positioned the selector switch in the right position? I think one side had 3 paddles and the other had two or something like that.

------- Skipping ahead a quarter of a century or so ----------

I am currently playing EVE and CoD4. CoD4 is not really to my liking. I have been playing it because the gaming crowd I roll with has been playing it. Shooters have been getting stale for some time now. MMOs are becoming very stale too. That's why I have been playing EVE. It is very different than the majority of MMOs on the market.

I also play DoW in single player. I can't get away from using the pause key. I like tactical thinking, but hate the idea of having to memorize keybindings in order to control my army and manage an economy effectively.

I got into WAR beta over a year ago. I have not been active in that for about 8 months now. Feel free to flame me over this if you didn't get in.:knife:

Nyuszi

07-21-2008, 10:29 PM

I really like the Ages of Empires series. I haven't really played any other computer strategy games besides those.

I love The Sims. When I was younger I would play it with my friend all the time. I don't know why I find it so entertaining, but is is. I have The Sims 2 now and it's much more fun, but I haven't played it in a while.

Aren't those games great?! I loved playing Age of Empires when I was younger, I would cheat and have over 10,000 things of gold and food!

The Incredible Machine was my favorite in the past, I'm sad that it cannot work on my computer anymore. It was such a great Rube Goldberg game.

The Sims is, in a word, addicting. I loved the genie and having those robots doing all the household chores. Also the potion maker was fun, especially the one potion (orange one?) that switched your Sim's personality. However the Sims 2 beats the Sims in everything I think.

Besides other Sim games (copter, hotel) that's all the computer games I really played. I don't know if anyone else has/had a sega genesis, but playing Sonic the Hedgehog was so fun even though losing 200 rings to an enemy robot made you peeved. Sonic was a family tradition to play and pass down to the younger generations, and when it got boring, my brother would look up cheats to make Sonic turn hot pink or something. Aladdin and Boogerman were great games too.

moon

08-22-2008, 04:04 AM

I play Warcraft III:The Frozen Throne about a year.
Orc is my main race, and sometimes i play Undead for fun.
If someone want to play 1vs1 or 2vs2, to practice VS orc matchup or play just for fun i will be glad to.

Dave C C

08-23-2008, 09:38 PM

TalonSoft's West Front
TalonSoft's East Front II
The Operational Art of War-Century of Warfare
Close Combat the Russian Front

Old games for a middle age guy.

NephilimAzrael

08-24-2008, 06:49 AM

-Grand Theft Auto Series
-Dawn of war
-Metal Gear Solid series
-The Witcher
-The Elder Scrolls series (Oblivion at present)
-Age of Empires series
-Half-life
-Portal (The Cake is a lie!)
-Anarchy Online
-Rappellz 4

ssrprotege

08-24-2008, 09:35 AM

Despite being an INTJ, I am not a big fan of strategic games. RPG games, I have dumped that after I got out of elementary school. I am into rhythm-matching games (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.), namely this (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.).

Besides, I like Tetris, Sudoku, Minesweeper and Solitaire.

L30

08-24-2008, 12:48 PM

Falcon (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.)

VeridisQuo

08-25-2008, 12:36 AM

*** well this post is more about console games ***

I have not played a lot of video games except Oblivion on the PS3

I have been a die hard final fantasy player since the number II came out on the snes. My best of the serie is FFVII and FFVI. Beside that I have NES and SNES classic like zelda and Chrono Trigger and most of the Square Enix (formerly squaresoft) game that came out so far.

Recently, I have played a bit of WOW, Age of Empire but I'm not into video games like before.

SevenOfSpades

08-25-2008, 12:50 AM

Half-Life 2, Episode 1, currently playing Episode 2
Portal (I'm such a nerd that I've even baked and eaten a Portal cake, in a bet with my friend)
The Sims (Played only this during 2003)
Roller Coaster Tycoon. Great to mess around in.
A bunch of SNES and N64 games on emulators.
Team Fortress 2 (don't practice, haven't played since February, and I'm pretty crap)

I'm more of a console gamer, I especially enjoy playing Super Smash Bros. Brawl and RE4 on the Wii.

zibber

08-25-2008, 01:58 AM

Grand Theft Auto
Tony Hawk's
Point & click adventures
Interactive fiction

weirdel

08-27-2008, 01:28 AM

The Sims 2.
Oblivion.
Mass Effect.
Civilization Revolution II.

L.P.E.

0330

08-27-2008, 05:04 AM

Some of my recent favourites:

- Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
- Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer
- Alien vs Predator 2
- Psychonauts
- The Witcher
- Portal

Looking forward to Spore, Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir, Battlestations: Pacific, Dawn of War 2, Red Alert 3, Empire: Total War, Aliens: Colonial Maries, Aliens RPG and Alpha Protocol.

Thrifty

08-27-2008, 02:50 PM

I have not seen these following games recommended, so I feel it is my duty to do so (no, I'm not ISTJ :P):

Deus Ex. (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) (One of the best games I've ever played. A must if you're into Dystopian futures, nanotechnology, conspiracy theories...)

The Dig. (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) (The best graphical adventure I've played. A must for Sci-Fi-adventure fans.)

Wufnu

08-27-2008, 10:21 PM

Right now I really only have enough time for WoW. Sometimes I get bored and play some Mount and Blade. It's a pretty fun game. The mounted combat is awesome, particularly mounted archery. It's fun to just load it up, pick a fight with anyone, and get into some real mounted combat. Alot of the tactics reminds me of WWI dogfighting.

When I used to have alot of free time, I also played quite a bit of America's Army. That was a fun game where you didn't instantly respawn when you died so people actually tried tactics, teamwork, and staying alive.

If there was a game that could reproduce T2A Ultima Online, I'd be playing that. It's probably the funnest game I've ever played, in its prime.

Mass Effect was probably the best single player game I've played in, I dunno, ever.

I really miss the old humorous adventure games, like The Secret of Monkey Island.

When I was around 11, on a whim, I picked up a game called Red Baron and it literally changed my life. It got me interested in aviation and to this day I'm not only obsessed with aviation of all kinds but I lust over WWI aircraft. I picked up Red Baron II as soon as it came out and had EPIC dogfights online with my online squad, JG1. 16 years later, I picked my major because it's the most useful for someone wanting to design their own aircraft, and I'm minoring in aerospace engineering for the same reason. How's that for the effects games have on children?

0330

08-30-2008, 01:36 PM

Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee and Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus was just released on Steam. Awesome. I played the Abe's Oddysee demo to bits on my PlayStation, but for some reason I never bought it. I did get Munch's Oddysee for the Xbox, though, and it had some decent moments.

Nostalgia

09-04-2008, 08:16 PM

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DrEast

09-04-2008, 08:29 PM

Fallout 3 is coming.

Fallout 3 is coming.

Fallout 3 is coming.

I played 1 and 2 in college, and have recently ordered them online in preparation of the coming of Fallout 3.

(And by Bethesda, no less! I loved Morrowind, although Oblivion was a bit of a let-down with the way they implemented some things. Looked like they learned their lessons, though.)

enWTFp

09-04-2008, 10:29 PM

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All time favourite. I was playing 16 hours a day on a very bad black-green screen, and then when I went to bed my dreams were all in red (compensatory) and full of shooting tanks and bunkers.

Later I couldn't import the game, so I wrote analogous one for myself. A lot of fun, hehe.

Quake2 was nice, but Bolo has still much better gameplay. The MMORG (or whatever) stuff will never get my money. In general, I'm better with FPSs than with RTS, but I worship Starcraft and I tried many times to become really good, without much success. RPG are kind of strange to me, I don't like them much, I prefer quests. The last one I liked was Blade of Darkness. Oh, and I played AVP and AVP2 just because I am die-hard fan of Alien, although the concept of putting my precious perfect Giger killers against the other ugly stupid thing I find redundant.

Aerynna

09-05-2008, 05:54 AM

Zelda , fable - cant wait for fable 2 , world of warcraft , animal crossing , harvestmoon . :)

punkyplatypus

09-05-2008, 02:11 PM

Fallout 3 is coming.

Fallout 3 is coming.

Fallout 3 is coming.

From the looks of it, I'm going to lose so many hours of my life to that game. :drunk:

brutal

09-21-2008, 10:08 AM

Warcraft 3 TFT and allot! of Team Fortress 2

Thrifty

09-21-2008, 10:53 AM

I am personally anxiously awaiting for Diablo 3 (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) ... :lovestruck:

dragonsscout

09-21-2008, 12:10 PM

Before I got a Mac, I played:

Age of Empires II: Conquerors
Age of Mythology: Titans
Empire Earth
Total Annihilation

I still play:
Warcraft III: Frozen Throne
Starcraft: Brood War

Since getting my Mac:
America's Army
Lux and Weird Worlds demos

What I play usually depends on my mood. I mostly go for RTS, but America's Army is a great FPS.

groundzero

09-21-2008, 01:30 PM

Empire Earth, Duke Nukem, Naruto Ultimate Ninja Heroes

ThaiGreenTea

10-13-2008, 12:19 PM

Need more suggestions!

0330

10-13-2008, 03:32 PM

Far Cry 2 is coming out soon. Looks awesome, as in hot dog-awesome.

Get Professor Layton for the DS, though chances are you already got it.

SShack

10-14-2008, 04:01 PM

I just got "World of Goo" last night via Steam and it's a whole lot of fun.

Lucid

12-04-2008, 08:39 PM

Right now I'm playing Portal and STALKER - Clear Sky ... both of which I love. Next I'll probably get Fallout 3 since I liked some of the other games Bethesda's done a lot and hear awesome things about it.

MrDoom

12-04-2008, 09:53 PM

Sid Meier's games.

Played a lot of Half-Life and its mods (TFC, Natural Selection) for a while.

Star Wars: Jedi Knight II and Jedi Knight III.

Roguelikes.

Nomic.

ElAhrairah

12-04-2008, 10:03 PM

Next I'll probably get Fallout 3 since I liked some of the other games Bethesda's done a lot and hear awesome things about it.

I will ardently tell you now, that game? It is beautiful, ver' spiffy in my vicarious opinion. Why vicarious, do you ask? Because I haven't much played it, but surreptitiosl- alright, blatantly stared at the screen while a gamerbuddy played it through, amidst the Ooh's and Aah's the game incurred. I'm particularly certain my cat is now stunned by post-event noise deficiency, thanks to him...

I'm an Age of Empires, Oblivion, Fable 2, Metal Gear Solid 4, and Neverwinter Nights fan, personally, though there's a soft spot in my little superiority complex-ridden heart for The Sims; the world really does need a support group or dozen for that sort of enabling.

Arcani

12-04-2008, 10:09 PM

Well, my laptop is 4 years old now and barely alive (it also wasn't designed for gaming) so the options for me are limited as far as new games go.

Most recently I've been playing Portal, Perfect World (a free MMO that Moondyn brought up a few weeks ago), Zork and Cave Story.
Oh, and a bunch of short indy games by Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, namely "Trilby: The Art of Theft" and his "Chzo Mythos" series.

redbaren

12-04-2008, 10:15 PM

I used to play allot of Runescape yes Runescape......

auriga vega

12-04-2008, 10:27 PM

The Sims
Age of Empires
GTA

Madsiur

12-06-2008, 05:36 PM

Since I'm 10 years old I always had a crush for RPGs. I played all the Final fantasy titles and a lot of game that were made by square-enix such as Chrono Trigger.

Beside that, I played recently Oblivion and the sequel Shivering isles. I also like civilization IV and Age of Empires but I'm not into video games like before.

blckprljinju

12-06-2008, 06:18 PM

Currently playing...

Age of Empires III
Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core
... and...
7 wonders for days when i don't want to think... ^^

Tahte

12-08-2008, 09:08 PM

Sims! Sims! Siiiiiiiiiiiims!
and a little DDR too.

Fanowene

12-08-2008, 09:21 PM

Used to be into Age of Empires and Empire Earth. I played Sim City 4 until I beat the game. I tried WoW (trial only) and might play it again if I ever get enough time and am willing to pay for it. At the moment I'm not playing any computer games. I even left them at home.

I love Nintendo 64. Mario Kart and Smash Bros. are my favorite. I really got into Zelda (Octarina) at one point (started at 9pm one night and played 12 hours straight, didn't even move), but the game didn't belong to me, so I couldn't finish it... Now I own Zelda myself, but it won't fit into my European N64 (and the N64 doesn't like the American TV either). I'll have to buy another N64...

A friend was showing me AudioSurf on YouTube. Apparently the game generates the race tracks based on your own songs, speeds up when the song speeds up, etc.
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I would like to try it sometime. Oh, there's a demo... I might download that one when I'm back on my laptop...

kira

12-09-2008, 02:32 AM

I used to play allot of Runescape yes Runescape......

Lol. I played Runecape too! Though I kept the account, I haven't played since the price of nature runes dropped. :( I was just in it for the gold pieces. 96/99 runecrafting. Woot! Ok, better stop here before I make a complete fool of myself. :p

Now I just watch my S.O. play Xbox360 games, which is fun too.

ClydeB

12-09-2008, 10:28 PM

Civ3, never could get into v4 of the game.
Starcraft Broodwar on occasion.
GTA 3 San Andreas when I feel like it. Still debating about v4. Hate DRM, hate it, hate it, hate it!
Spider Solitaire and Mahjong round it out for me.

Synapse

12-10-2008, 12:30 PM

WoW, Civ games, I rotate between a lot of stuff.

Oblivion is definitely my favorite. You get to pretend like you are in a real world that isn't a MMORPG, so you get to influence the world around you, which is cool, in my opinion.

Harmony

12-10-2008, 10:34 PM

I feel so alone! Nobody mentioned Warhammer Online:Age of Reckoning.

I'm currently only playing Warhammer Online... But have played the following..

All of the Warcrafts (including WoW)
Just about any Sims game that came out (including Sims Online =P)
Dark Age of Camelot (Would go back in a heart beat if the population was there)

And for those that like Pong... Here is pong with a twist. It sent my brain into a seizure I think. To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

strategisweet

12-11-2008, 10:15 PM

sim city
utopia >;)

Muumeh

12-11-2008, 10:39 PM

Fallout 3

AnotherNormal

12-20-2008, 12:12 PM

I watch some Starcraft on youtube.

Terian

12-20-2008, 12:30 PM

RTSs, mostly. I've been playing RA3 on the Xbox lately. It's quite entertaining.

Freedom Geek

12-20-2008, 06:14 PM

Well right now I'm playing:
Gears of war 2
Left 4 Dead
Red Alert 3
Fallout 3

I plan to soon be playing Call of Duty: world at war and endwar plus other games probably.

Synapse

12-22-2008, 12:37 PM

*Civilization III (I might get 4 sometime)
*World of Warcraft
*Oblivion (fourth Elder Scrolls game, if you didn't know)
*Age of Empires III

That's all for computer games right now, but as you can see, it seems we INTJ love the Civ games and anything that makes you feel like a "World Controller" (Brave New World reference FTW), basically the mastermind behind something. That's why I love Oblivion the most, you can be whatever you want, including an evil, infamous oppressor or a benevolent ruler. :)

NovemberRain

01-03-2009, 06:51 PM

Preferably MMORPGs, they are more interactive.

01. Counter Strike: Source

02. Maple Story (a fun and easy game but official servers are SLOW and waste a lot of time, so I would recommend private servers with rates that are not too high and not too low, FluffyMS would be great, and Winter Story is great for... noobs who want to be newbs)

03. Mabinogi (I am unable to play this game because I'm not from North America... but I strongly recommend it because I've seen how great the game is...)

04. Atlantica Online

braeden

01-04-2009, 04:53 AM

Now I have been playing Fallen Sword (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.), which is very nice browser RPG. So basically: explore, kill big bad monsters, collect nice stuff and gain levels. And of course you can fight/interact with other players. The basic game is also free so it won't cost anything. :thumbsup:

Sesshoumaru

01-04-2009, 03:55 PM

Mostly any unrealistic FPS (I prefer my weapons to be futuristic and not just projectile weapons)

I used to play Guild Wars (MMORPG) but I only played PvE and after I beat the campaigns I got quite bored and left...

RoseRock

01-04-2009, 04:53 PM

hmm the only computer game I was into was Second Life. Not sure if that qualifies as a game but I was never really into PC games. :)

graciela224

01-04-2009, 08:23 PM

Okay, I'm a girl and I know this game has been around since 96-ish, but I still play Chex Quest. It's a much less violent version of Doom.

Anderson

01-04-2009, 08:46 PM

Any and all of the Command and Conquer series, Sim City, and computer chess/free cell/sudoku if those count.

elsdfr

03-28-2009, 09:03 AM

Anyone playing Empire: Total War ?? Looks good, I'm downloading it right now.

mnmeq

03-28-2009, 09:09 AM

waiting to hear more about it before I bite. currently playing bioshock.

CatalystAK

03-28-2009, 12:34 PM

I like any RPG, FPS or RTS. Right now I have been playing Red Alert 3 and Red Alert 3 Uprising. Not too long ago I was playing Battlefield 2 pretty regularly. I also enjoy a good Sim City game now and then.

Hasway

03-28-2009, 12:54 PM

rpg's.
Elder Scrolls
Fable (origional and 2)
Test Drive unlimited
Sims (all of the origional, about 3/4 of the newer ones)
and Crime games I can finish in a couple days

tp6626

03-28-2009, 01:01 PM

Its been a long time since I played computer games not in passing.

I used to really enjoy Final Fantasy (7,8 and 9), as well as Command & Conquer (starting on the original up to Generals: Zero Hour).

Nowadays I have a Wii, but rarely play it. I have Guitar Hero, Mario Kart and Mario Galaxy. The last game I really enjoyed was Galaxy. It drew me in, but I couldn't find the time.

Now all I do is take the Wii along to parties when the ice needs to be broken.

Ted

03-28-2009, 01:05 PM

Last summer, I was invited to someone's house and was introduced to rock band. I bought the kit for myself the day after. I thought that I can not only have fun, but it's a great game to get people to enjoy together. What I didn't consider is my own introvertedness so in the end, I haven't really even invited anyone to play.

tp6626

03-28-2009, 01:07 PM

Whats the latest good Command & Conquer release? Anyone up for some INTJforum multiplayer skirmishes at some point in the future?

:)

Ted

03-28-2009, 01:16 PM

The latest Command and Conquer is Red Alert 3. I think it came out late last year but my computer isn't good enough to run it on high quality so I didn't play it. I'm playing Command and Conquer 3 now because my computer can run it at relatively high quality. However, I only bought the first 4 Command and Conquers and I don't know if I can find them anymore.

CatalystAK

03-28-2009, 01:26 PM

Actually the latest CnC release is Red Alert 3 Uprising, an expansion of Red Alert 3. I would be up for a skirmish sometime, send me a pm with more info.

@Ted- You can buy Command and Conquer the First Decade, it has all the games made up to Tiberium Wars 3. It has like 10 or 11 games on it.

Ted

03-28-2009, 01:28 PM

This isn't very INTJ of me, but I don't enjoy RTS games that much and I hate all turn based strategy games. The thing is, once you reach "high-level" in any given RTS game, it becomes a combination of gambling, and precisely following a (self-created) algorithm to victory.

Gambling - You choose what types of units you build first and in a "highly-leveled" game, these initial units can determine the outcome of the entire battle.

Algorithm - If enemy builds tank, I build units strong against tanks. If enemy builds infantries, I build units strong against infantry. Eventually and after enough play, the patterns get too repetitive for me to enjoy.

However, I'm slowly trying to enjoy them though I don't think it'll be a very successful attempt.

I recently started playing counter strike again. We should start some cs INTJ games. XD

Ted added to this post, 1 minutes and 24 seconds later...

@Ted- You can buy Command and Conquer the First Decade, it has all the games made up to Tiberium Wars 3. It has like 10 or 11 games on it.

I got the first package that has the first three c&c games. Given that I don't love them to death, I probably won't buy them. I might borrow red alert 3 from a friend though.

LaoTzu

03-28-2009, 03:47 PM

Dammit ....

Does nobody play RuneScape Here?!?!?! Am I the only 35 year old playing it!!! lol!! (You don't need to remind me the definition of the word 'Pathetic' :) )

Seriously... I started playing it along with my son, just to help him get the best gear. I've fallen out of it in the past couple months, but he's still going strong.

Look me up! Peebsdaddio is my nick. PeebsYo is my boy's account.

I'm looking to sell my account if anyone's interested :)

Besides that: Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory was addictive and I'm always on Kongregate.com when I'm not here... don't ask me why...

Ted

03-28-2009, 04:03 PM

Lol runescape... XD, I played that game in its earliest stage.

elsdfr

03-28-2009, 09:05 PM

waiting to hear more about it before I bite. currently playing bioshock.

I decided to get it last night so I was downloading it off Steam. It started at a decent speed but now its down to about 15KB/s!! If I had of known this I would have just waited until today. *sigh*

towith

03-28-2009, 09:14 PM

The games I tend to rotate through:

STALKER: Shadows of Chernobyl
Command and Conquer Generals: Zero Hour
Command and Conquer 3
Battlefield 2
Linley's Dungeon Crawl
Fallout 2
Last but not least Deus Ex. Easily the greatest triumph in gaming.

elsdfr

03-28-2009, 10:55 PM

Hmm, Steam has gone back to its original speed. Apparently they prioritise game traffic.

Rho1334

03-28-2009, 11:33 PM

My main video games are:

Command and Conquer(all of them)
Star Trek Legacy
Battlefield 2142
Battlefield 2
Masters Of Orion(all of them)

I have many more but that is what I am playing right now.

Daimai

03-29-2009, 03:14 AM

Age of Empires 2
World of Warcraft
Crysis

And loads of other games on my 360 (I flashed it) :D

DanteFalling

03-29-2009, 03:22 AM

Echochrome!

I also liked the Bioshock, as well as MetalGearSolid and Condemned 2: Bloodshot.

Although I generally suck at games and only play about once a year.

elsdfr

03-29-2009, 04:07 AM

Empire: Total War is pretty good if you like strategy games. In the Campaign mode you have a game board / map where you choose who you start as and you go from there. Similar to an old game I've forgotten the name of. Needless to say the graphics and game play are much better. You move pieces around and protect trade routes and build up your army and navy.

Only gripe so far is that I haven't seen any kind of tutorial for how you go about upgrading and the general idea of what and where you should be going (it is turn based and keeping track of what and even how to get things done it a tad annoying). Also when you move around and decide to go in a battle (the only tutes I've seen are on the basic of combat, about to check the Web out now). That is you don't choose to auto decide the battle or retreat, it takes you to a Navy or Army battle scene.

It reminds me of Risk actually, with a bit more detail.

eternaltriangle

03-29-2009, 05:07 AM

Plane Stress

03-29-2009, 11:11 AM

I never was much of a gamer, but I used to be into AoE quite a bit. I also got into Diablo II for a while, but then I finally realized I was worthless at it and quit. Most of the times games just bore me so I don't play them.

towith

03-29-2009, 05:17 PM

*sigh* I wish Microprose and Interplay/Black Isle hadn't died. I also wish software piracy hadn't killed a proud industry. Sadly, free things are usually worth no more than what we pay for them.

Two possible problems. First, the internet-lead I.T. bubble was from '95-'01, which is largely what you are seeing in this graph. Second, I remember gaming in the mid to late nineties, only 1 in 100 titles were worth the price of purchase and the majority of those were on the PC and PlayStation which have always suffered under piracy.

Samoan Corleone

03-30-2009, 01:30 AM

Empire: Total War is pretty good if you like strategy games. In the Campaign mode you have a game board / map where you choose who you start as and you go from there. Similar to an old game I've forgotten the name of. Needless to say the graphics and game play are much better. You move pieces around and protect trade routes and build up your army and navy.

Ah, man, I've been dying to play Empire. I absolutely loved the previous two games.

I'm waiting for:

The Sims 3
Tekken 6
The Godfather II: The Game
Fight Night: Round 4

Oh, and it's out, so I'm trying to get WWE Legends of Wrestlemania. I can't wait to kill Ultimite Warrior with Iron Sheik.

OnionKnight

03-30-2009, 01:44 AM

To name my favorites,

Thief series
System Shock 1 & 2
Quake series
Descent Freespace 2
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
Heroes of Might and Magic 3: Wake of Gods
Psychonauts
Deus Ex
Outcast

eternaltriangle

03-30-2009, 01:49 AM

Two possible problems. First, the internet-lead I.T. bubble was from '95-'01, which is largely what you are seeing in this graph. Second, I remember gaming in the mid to late nineties, only 1 in 100 titles were worth the price of purchase and the majority of those were on the PC and PlayStation which have always suffered under piracy.

I could see how the IT bubble might drive over-production, but the graph is a graph of sales. I agree that there probably were more sketchy titles put out in the mid-to-late 90's. However, sketchy titles would generally not sell very well - a few people might accidentally buy a bad game, but eventually bad reviews will stop people from buying them. I still see decrepit copties of those [insert name] tycoon games, "100 shareware titles!" and Deer Hunter XVIII on the bottom of shelves in stores.

Of course the decline in the industry - regardless of cause - has other bad effects. MMORPG's and console games now comprise the vast majority of profit in the market. Major PC titles are often launched with a mind to also selling them to console users. The problem is that console users are well... less refined... and are limited by controllers (which are better suited towards action games). Fallout 3, for instance, had its moments, but was often not very Fallout-y.

Yes, I am one of those annoying fanboy whiners who has waited for Fallout 3 since 1998. It probably doesn't help that I am no longer 15 either. That said, the beauty of the golden age of PC gaming was that, given the comparatively lower cost of programming a PC game, there was much more ability to target games to a niche, instead of mass audiences. Guys like me could get our Fallouts with isometric views, the way god intended. Heck I would gladly sacrifice the advances in graphics of the past 10 years (and all the bugs they seem to induce - I never remember having to troubleshoot this much, and I ran everything on a 33mhz 386 till 1997) if we could get the kind of quality gameplay of the mid-to-late 90's. I mean, imagine a world where all games ran smoothly on every computer, without bugs?

Bioshock is no System Shock 2 (although admittedly it runs like a beached whale on my relatively new computer). Fallout 3 is no Fallout 1. Civilization IV is no Civilization I. Whither the Space Quests and Beneath a Steel Skies - paragons of a once-proud world of adventure games. Planescape: Torment simply cannot be compared, in its depth, to anything that has come out recently.

I will remember...

Kisai

03-30-2009, 11:35 AM

*sigh* I wish Microprose and Interplay/Black Isle hadn't died. I also wish software piracy hadn't killed a proud industry. Sadly, free things are usually worth no more than what we pay for them.

That huge dip in the chart corresponds to the release of the Playstation 2. Prior to the PS2, you were nuts, as a gamer, to prefer to play on a PS1/Nintendo 64 than say Diablo II (really big in 2000).

I believe that now that the technologies of consoles have caught up with PCs, consumers would rather purchase a boxed set. I personally find it a pain in the ass to discover that my PC can't run games without a graphics card upgrade or a motherboard.

Orion79

04-02-2009, 09:15 AM

Strategy games like Civ 4 and Command & Conquer
Or RPGs such as Oblivion, Star Wars KOTOR 1&2
Grand Theft Auto 4 and San Andreas for it's open world exploration.

Lee Strong

04-02-2009, 09:27 AM

Currently on one of my breaks from WoW ( Take breaks every few months )
But, I play:

WoW
Unreal Tournament 3
Battlefield 2
Battlefield 2142
Battlefield Heroes (BETA Tester)
GTA: IV (Recently got it working OK on the PC, so it's quite fun to play for the first time round as usual)

Just read a post about a RuneScape player, I played that back when Classic was 'hot', also played RuneScape 2 BETA. Played it on and off until HD was released, which was when I stopped playing, it's not the same game it was before and I've gone off it big time.

DewFuel

04-02-2009, 12:20 PM

games played weekly:

Guild Wars
CS:S
Starcraft
Team Fortress 2
Chess Master Grandmaster Edition

I'll play SP games as they come out (The Witcher, Penny Arcade, Fallout 3, Tomb Raider series, Sacred 2, etc..), and revisit them occasionally throughout the years.

waiting for:

Episode 3 (or halflife 3 who the hell knows)
Starcraft 2
Diablo 3
Anything from id software.

deinotes

04-02-2009, 01:09 PM

Synchronicity

04-02-2009, 05:13 PM

Isn't this a little bit distorted ?
Are online games included ?
wow alone has a revenue off 1.5 billion.

I suspect that since it is tracking game sales, revenue from monthly subscriptions to MMOs like WoW is excluded. Seems rather beside the point to me; consoles simply get a bigger slice of the pie. They're (generally) less expensive than computers, more games are made for them, and improvements in technology have eliminated some of their historic drawbacks such as lack of internet connectivity and non-volatile memory.

I'll never give up PC games, though. Mouse and keyboard will always be superior to a hunk of plastic with awkward knobs on it, and let's not forget the potential for modders :D

Jackula

04-02-2009, 05:51 PM

SRVcardsfan27

04-02-2009, 06:22 PM

I still play Madden '02.

Samoan Corleone

04-02-2009, 07:14 PM

I still play Madden '02.

LOL, I loved Madden '02. The Buccs lineup is legendary. Also, I used to be able to pull off the craziest passing plays. The ball would travel to, like, 60 yards for a touchdown. You can't do that in the more recent games, because they made interceptions more realistic. Damn EA Sports realism! :irked:

DewFuel

04-02-2009, 09:16 PM

Having beaten Fallout 3 (which was somewhat disappointing but still much better than most PC games) I am combing abandonware sites for something that doesn't suck. I went on an X-com kick recently, and also played through Superhero League of Hoboken. I like non-linear rpg's and turn-based strategies, generally.

*sigh* I wish Microprose and Interplay/Black Isle hadn't died. I also wish software piracy hadn't killed a proud industry. Sadly, free things are usually worth no more than what we pay for them.

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uh... that graph doesn't mean anything at all, really.

it only tracks retail sales. it in no way tracks digital distribution. digital distribution (GoG, steam, blizzard) do not release their figures.

digital distribution has become a mainstream venue for the PC gaming crowd now. its no wonder retail sales have declined. PC gaming is as strong as it ever was.

Valve recently said they sold more copies of Halflife2 on steam than in the retail, and the retail sales were on the order of 6 million. so double that for halflife2 alone.

piracy is a cop out for game developers when their game sells poorly. you're never going to get the pirates to buy the game, so stop putting draconian DRM on your games and punishing your real customers.

eternaltriangle

04-02-2009, 09:19 PM

I suspect that since it is tracking game sales, revenue from monthly subscriptions to MMOs like WoW is excluded. Seems rather beside the point to me; consoles simply get a bigger slice of the pie. They're (generally) less expensive than computers, more games are made for them, and improvements in technology have eliminated some of their historic drawbacks such as lack of internet connectivity and non-volatile memory.

I'll never give up PC games, though. Mouse and keyboard will always be superior to a hunk of plastic with awkward knobs on it, and let's not forget the potential for modders :D

You are correct, it excludes MMORPG's. They are pretty profitable because you can't pirate them. That does me little good because I hate the damn things - I have played Neverwinter Nights, Lineage, this mechwarrior one and Faldon (all when they were free), but never enjoyed them. I find that online games are too time-consuming, and require that one become part of a social world in order to survive and enjoy the game. I guess I enjoyed some low-tech strategy MMO's before though - Earth 2025 and Utopia back in the late 90's.

DewFuel

04-02-2009, 09:46 PM

Synchronicity

04-02-2009, 09:56 PM

You are correct, it excludes MMORPG's. They are pretty profitable because you can't pirate them. That does me little good because I hate the damn things - I have played Neverwinter Nights, Lineage, this mechwarrior one and Faldon (all when they were free), but never enjoyed them. I find that online games are too time-consuming, and require that one become part of a social world in order to survive and enjoy the game. I guess I enjoyed some low-tech strategy MMO's before though - Earth 2025 and Utopia back in the late 90's.

I've had a long history with MMORPGs. The first one I ever played I loved to pieces, the second one was deficient but still a lot of fun. After that each new one I played was less enjoyable than the one before it. I wrote them off a long time ago, but broke my promise to myself and tried WoW a couple years ago in the hopes that such a popular game might have breathed new life into the genre. It didn't. WoW was as boring and time-wasting as the ones I had played before. More, in fact. The game disc is sitting in a landfill somewhere and I couldn't care less.

It bothers me a great deal that people play these games so much. There's no originality, no excitement, just a churn of low-grade entertainment as you watch your experience bar gain another notch every hour or so. The real fun of MMORPGs was always the social aspect. The early games (and players) really focused on that. Not mindless leveling and hunting for rare items, but really throwing yourself into the fantasy and making it come alive.

I feel like such an old man, going on about how things were better in my day. But they were, dammit!

OnionKnight

04-03-2009, 06:27 AM

You are correct, it excludes MMORPG's. They are pretty profitable because you can't pirate them.
But you can pirate them, and play on private servers.

charolastra

04-03-2009, 05:00 PM

I just got a Macbook so now all I have is Civ 4 and.. dun dun dun... Runescape. It's a time killer that I can't rid myself of!

My favorite games in the past have been Pharoah/Cleopatra, Rollercoaster Tycoon, Spore, and the Sims 2. The Sims 3 comes out in June and I'm PRAYING my Macbook can handle it. Had I known that the game was coming out, I probably would have sprung for a better model.

DewFuel

04-03-2009, 07:23 PM

But you can pirate them, and play on private servers.

yah, thats pretty fucked up. i saw some 64 player WoW servers. while not even close to the extensiveness of WoW servers, it lets you play teh full game.

Coderider

04-05-2009, 02:06 AM

WOW
Farcry 2
Oblivion
Civ IV

elsdfr

04-05-2009, 05:21 AM

I to use to MUDD. I spent many days in the school computer room with my friends MUDDing. Ahh, those where the days. Its like a texted based WoW, for all the kids out there :p

I am still hooked on Empire: Total war. I am slowly but surely taking over the world and it it wasn't for work or a life I probably would have by now, hehe. I'm not sure if it's the game or the fact that I've spent most of it working out how the hell it all works! (seriously lack of documentation). Hopefully the next edition with fix a lot of it :angry:

Valielen

04-22-2009, 07:30 AM

I find myself going back to Civlization IV, Warcraft III, Starcraft, Diablo II, Broken Sword I & II, Theme Hospital, Age of Empires III, Final Fantasy VII and VIII.

I did enjoy some of these games for a while:
Star Wars Galaxies, World of Warcraft, Warhammer Online, Mass Effect and currently GTA IV (Niko's accent is ace).
I do not see myself going back to them and I liked Mass Effect and GTA IV for the storyline mainly.

Eagerly awaiting for:
Stargate Online, Starcraft II, Diablo III and maybe the new Star Wars MMO (although I'm not totally convinced).

I am finding that all of the console conversions are really disapointing. Especially because I was really looking forward to getting to know the storyline: Assassin's Creed and Prince of Persia come to mind.

Am curious to try out the Fable games...

Samoan Corleone

04-22-2009, 07:37 AM

Valielen

04-22-2009, 08:05 AM

^ Don't really know the game Shogo, but I have just searched for it and I am aware of the anime series that influenced it.
I liked Sims but I did not like Sims 2 very much. I loved building houses, decorating them and devising strategies to get better jobs.... I could not get into Sims 2 at all. Seemed to have more emphasis on complex social interactions.

Latro

04-22-2009, 08:23 AM

At this point I rarely play anything but Starcraft. For a long time I was looking forward to an MMO called Darkfall but it didn't live up to my expectations or even a shadow of my expectations.

Looking forward to SC2, the FFXIII trilogy, and perhaps Sims 3 at the moment, though; I may also be giving SWGEmu (which is legal if you own the game; SOE officially allowed SWGEmu to run) a shot with some friends when it launches.

LoquaciousNinja

04-22-2009, 05:25 PM

Yeah, The Sims 2 is my favorite, for sure. I don't actually play the game much though; for me, it's more collecting all the various junk and taking pictures and whatnot. The game itself bores me silly within minutes. My other favorites are Phsyconauts, Shadow of the Colossus, and Okami. I have a Wii and I enjoy a few of the games, but I think I like the idea of it more than the real thing. I'm not a serious gamer, though. Anything without a gripping or amusing story loses me very quickly.

CaseBlue

04-24-2009, 02:16 AM

Right now I am alternating between Left 4 Dead and a heavily modded Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (which has very dubious stability). I enjoy Left 4 Dead a little too much, I think.

OnionKnight

04-24-2009, 04:56 AM

Samoan Corleone

04-24-2009, 05:01 AM

Shogo is an awesome game, but I never got to play it much. Attempts at getting it to run on XP or later has also proven to be a pain, only way to get it to run properly seems to be by running it under a virtual machine.

You might have to dig up your old Windows 98 discs, that's the only system I remember playing it on. There were a lot of bugs and glitches that I can remember, so perhaps that has something to do with it.

tntblaster

04-24-2009, 05:14 AM

The only PC game I've played in the past year or two... has been online. Sony Station: Infantry. A little run around and shoot people game. Pretty fun, free too.

All my other games are on the 360. Currently playing, Fallout 3, Halo 3, Civilization, Tom Clancy: HAWX... quite a few more yet.

echo

04-24-2009, 01:13 PM

Sims and Sims 2. They feed my god complex :)

I also like classic games that I play using an emulator like ducktales and TMNT.

If I am procrastinating i will play the 60 min trial of some time management games (I am really good at them). I have never bought one because I am normally bored by the time the trial is over.

Samoan Corleone

04-24-2009, 07:03 PM

^ Don't really know the game Shogo, but I have just searched for it and I am aware of the anime series that influenced it.

I'm looking for it too. I don't know if it's still in stores, but if you manage to find it hold on to it tight and keep it safe.

I can't wait for the WWE game that THQ is releasing on PC either. It's about time. I hope the PC adaption is as good its console counterparts.

Cygnus

04-24-2009, 07:21 PM

You might have to dig up your old Windows 98 discs, that's the only system I remember playing it on. There were a lot of bugs and glitches that I can remember, so perhaps that has something to do with it.

Don't need too. Good Old Games is a service run by CDProjekt and oh look!

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Ted

04-24-2009, 07:22 PM

I'm looking for it too. I don't know if it's still in stores, but if you manage to find it hold on to it tight and keep it safe.

I can't wait for the WWE game that THQ is releasing on PC either. It's about time. I hope the PC adaption is as good its console counterparts.

After following WWE for 4 iterations, I grew very tired of it. I guess this is kinda true for all games; once you follow it for too many iterations, it grows tiring.

Shadowstar

04-27-2009, 04:46 PM

Has anyone played Shogo? It was an anime style FPS that I just loved. The story, the gameplay, and the controls were really good for their time. It is very underrated. It would've been more popular had it not been released around the same time as the first Half-Life. That was unfortunate.

I also can't stop counting down the days to The Sims 3. I watch the trailers and teasers on youtube all the time.

I played shogo, it was a very fun game. The same company made Fear 1 and Fear 2. You will notice they have "mecha" type robot guys every now and then, that is a nod to Shogo.

** I want to add that I believe it did poorly for a few reasons. The first is that it came out towards the end of the "mech" genre craze. Towards the end, the quality of that genre became hit or miss, so people just stopped being as interested. (The same happened with space flight games. I miss you Freespace)

WratSpa

04-27-2009, 05:48 PM

The only games I ever been interested in for the computer have been Sim city and the Sims. Basically any game I get to be god. It kinda boosts my ego in a sick, twisted way. Other than that I don't play computer games. Oh and roller coaster tycoon.

I was addicted to SimCity and SimAnt when I was little. Now I am addicted to Sims2. I haven't been able to get interested in any other new games, since my Commodore 64 days...I like old school stuff...with the exception of The Sims.

AgentofGaming

04-27-2009, 10:44 PM

I think the Sims series could benefit from a bit more macromanagement and less micromanagement. It drives me crazy trying to babysit my sim so he/she can make friends... why do you need 16 family friends anyways...

Empire Total War was nice at first but then got repetitive having to do the same formula province by province. It also seems to be pretty buggy.

Hmm I guess what I find gets the most addictive is DOTA at the moment, multiplayer games seem to be the way to go now. I mean storyline games are still good but co-op and more human factor and team work goes farther in terms of achievement feeling for in game goals.

Carinthian

04-28-2009, 02:37 AM

Europa Universalis III is nice.. And Victoria: An Empire Under The Sun. I would suggest the last to anyone who feels that total war doesnt satisfy him intellectually :p.

gedreosan

04-28-2009, 02:52 AM

Currently, I'm playing Fallout 3 and Empire: Total War. But I suffer from video game ADD and will likely be bored with both soon.

Saturnine

04-28-2009, 04:20 AM

I'm not big on computer games but I'm addicted to WoW only because my friend forced me to get into it :P

Synapse

04-28-2009, 12:24 PM

I play many RTS games, favorite being Starcraft.

Also, I'm into MMORPGs, but only certain ones, like Guild Wars or EVE, not WoW.

Finally, I love open-ended RPGs like Bioshock, Fallout, or Oblivion, those kind of games are amazing.

AgentofGaming

04-28-2009, 01:49 PM

Europa Universalis III is nice.. And Victoria: An Empire Under The Sun. I would suggest the last to anyone who feels that total war doesnt satisfy him intellectually :p.

Second that... just that when I play Vic I find dozens of hours just pass by so it sort of ruins a summer holiday.

Actually I'm pretty much playing Vic style on Empire, I got bored of microing my army so I just auto-resolve now.

Taffer

04-30-2009, 12:39 PM

The "Thief" series is my all time favorite, particularly the first two. The third was fun, but it lacked some mysterious ingredient that made The Dark Project and The Metal Age so endearing.

Oblivion and Morrowind are two games I find myself drawn back to every now and again.

Deus Ex was truly a wonderful experience, I'd still play it if my system would run it.

I absolutely adore the older RPG's as well. Sword of Vermilion, Suikoden 1 and 2, and Landstalker: Treasure of King Nole (Oh such fond memories!). Here is a gem of a site if anyone is interested - To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

I also have a soft spot for a few RTS's. Heroes of Might and Magic 2 immediately comes to mind, as does Ground Control although I haven't played it in ages. Most of the Total War games I find horribly addicting, especially Rome.

The first Warcraft game will always have a special place in my heart. I still have the original box and manual on my bookshelf. :cheesy:

*Edit*
And Shadow of the Colossus! I had tears in my eyes at one point in that game!

Henry

04-30-2009, 03:57 PM

Second that... just that when I play Vic I find dozens of hours just pass by so it sort of ruins a summer holiday.

Actually I'm pretty much playing Vic style on Empire, I got bored of microing my army so I just auto-resolve now.

I was sorely disappointed in EUIII, but V:R and HOI2 have kept me busy. Paradox makes wonderful games, but I really enjoyed the event system found in late EUII. They were real, historically plausible choices and I learned more than 9/10 Americans know about European history in the process

On the meta-topic, I sold my WoW account recently for $500 and am happy I did. I'd been trying to quit since December, but I'd always seemed to find myself just wanting to log on for 30-45 minutes and getting sucked into another joyous Naxx raid with marginal friends. Wrath is just not that great of a game, and there's very little in the way of interesting content. I'm waiting for Bioware's MMOs (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) before I consider going back to any online content, and won't unless the games are exceptional.

I've been dabbling in Fallout 3, but since I've sold my WoW account my overall time playing games has dropped from 30+ per week to 10-20, which I consider a healthy level (30+ was not).

Finally, I love open-ended RPGs like Bioshock, Fallout, or Oblivion, those kind of games are amazing.

Have you tried Mass Effect? The gameplay is somewhat similar to Fallout and Oblivion, but it has a much more engaging main storyline and characters. Its also shorter and slightly less open-ended.

I thought Bioshock was a FPS with a bit of storyline?

Cincinnatus

04-30-2009, 05:45 PM

Oblivion and Morrowind are two games I find myself drawn back to every now and again.

I was just playing Morrowind last night. All sorts of quests to do in that game.

burke

04-30-2009, 10:56 PM

Cincinnatus

04-30-2009, 11:17 PM

fps, team fortress 2. rts, company of heroes. rpg, TeS, morrowind and oblivion. thank god i don't have an mmo anymore. -coughWoWcough.- i want my three and a half months of my life back from my WoW playtime..

Agreed. The guild I was in started to become a soap opera. I was at the point where guilds come in real handy for my character. That's when I said "---- it, I quit." I wasn't about to pay one more red cent for that.

Come to think of it, I did play EvE and Earth and Beyond, however I ditched those games too.
I didn't care for EvE's PvP rules and got bored with Earth and Beyond.

Taffer

05-01-2009, 12:53 AM

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Henry

05-01-2009, 11:55 AM

Agreed. The guild I was in started to become a soap opera.

They all do. And at some point, you're likely to get a screamer as a raid leader because of all the retards who go AFK for no reason when 24 fucking people are waiting on them. And once you get histrionics from players and a GM that's bitching, I would gquit.

The only time when I really "enjoyed" the game was when I was in a very cool, friendly 10 man guild that was just having fun in Kara.

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Its Q2 2010 I thought? Long time to wait for probably the greatest sci-fi storyline since Star Wars, but I'd rather wait and have a first rate experience. Plus the developer is working on the only games I really am excited about.

Rudy

05-01-2009, 09:35 PM

Europa Universalis III is nice.. And Victoria: An Empire Under The Sun. I would suggest the last to anyone who feels that total war doesnt satisfy him intellectually :p.

Yes! EUIII! Anything by Paradox is fantastic, as long as you like strategy (as opposed to tactics,) as the focus in war.

Taffer

05-02-2009, 04:35 PM

Its Q2 2010 I thought?

You're talking to a fellow who cultivates bonsai from seed. Q2 of 2010 may as well be a month from now. ;)

Deliberator

05-02-2009, 07:22 PM

I've never been huge into computer games. Wait, that's a lie. I used to play all of the Sims and Oregon and Amazon Trail as a teenager.

Recently I played Portal and found it the most enjoyable gaming experience I've ever had. I can sing the song from the end almost perfectly, and the other day when I was singing it while folding laundry my husband tackled me with kisses of love and adoration. He is also a big fan; I love to watch him play Half Life, Doom and Dead Space, but I'm too chicken shit to play them myself. I freak out and spaz like a little girl when the aliens jump at me.

I've played some Team Fortress, that is an entertaining game.

Taffer

05-05-2009, 02:04 AM

I also have a soft spot for a few RTS's. Heroes of Might and Magic 2 immediately comes to mind, as does Ground Control although I haven't played it in ages. Most of the Total War games I find horribly addicting, especially Rome.

*Facepalm*

I must have been in lala land. Heroes isn't an RTS.

comamind

05-18-2009, 09:34 AM

I play:
World of Warcraft
Demigod (only on weekends due to my shift work)
City of Villains (only at work during my breaks)
Guitar Hero (It's available for the PC ;))
Soul Calibur (I wish I could play it on my computer even though I own a PS3)

I loved but don't play any longer:
Fallout 3 / Oblivion
Thief series
Master of Orion (1/2, not 3)
Hitman series
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
and so many others I can't remember at all

Lately almost every computer game is starts to bore me after a few hours of game play. I would really like to know why that happens.

NovemberRain

05-18-2009, 08:26 PM

I used to play MMORPGs... but most of the time they are identical clones repackaged with a different story, characters, mobs, skills, etc. The 'grind' is always the same... well most of the time anyway. So I never last long in MMORPGs. Normally I last for a month in MMORPGs.

Since then I've discovered MMO-FPS! Those are the greatest games ever and I wouldn't want to go back to MMORPGs anymore... Ugh, I still remember those time I wasted on MMORPGs! MMO-FPS are great as in, a newbie can pawn a professional regardless of level and anyone can use the same gun (provided you have the points and ... cash)...
MMO-FPS are better for me because they are fast paced, you can get off work and play for a few hours before you go to sleep or w/e.

I'm currently playing Sudden Attack SEA. It's a FPS with graphics similar (but better IMO) to Counter Strike Source. It's a real hit in Asia, but it all started in Korea... where the original server is based... as Korea Sudden Attack.

What awed me was the top player from South Korea (who is a sniper) with a reaction time of 0.300 seconds...

Anyone here with a similar reaction time in First Person Shooters?
:D

DurrRuhRurr

05-18-2009, 08:42 PM

Currently playing Forza Motorsport II for Xbox.

gjesus

05-21-2009, 05:44 AM

Thanks for all these nice threads they are really very nice.

paleoeco

05-21-2009, 07:48 AM

I play World of Warcraft very regularly (I'm a guild leader); I also play Age of Conan.

curiousgeorge01

05-21-2009, 09:51 AM

Halo 3, SF IV. That's about it.

Cygnus

05-31-2009, 06:24 PM

Overlord II (in development) certainly appealing for INTJ as you command your minions. I call these games the spiritual successors to Dungeon Keeper

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Overlord...the original game

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some Dungeon Keep 2 goodness :)

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pip

06-01-2009, 05:59 AM

Quite a varied bunch.

Master of Orion (1, 2 & 3)
Empire Earth
Total Annihilation
X-COM (UFO, TFTD, Apocalypse)
Freespace (1 & 2)
Sim City (2000 & 3000)
Homeworld (& Catacylsm)
X2 - The Threat
Starships Unlimited
Pharoah
C&C (& Red Alert 1/2, Tiberian Sun)
Ur-Quan Masters (aka Star Control II)
Frontier: First Encounters

I also have something of a soft spot for some old SNES titles, most notably:
Shadowrun
Seiken Densetsu 3
Rock & Roll Racing

I also feel no remorse whatsoever about completely loathing Starcraft, against overwhelming opposition.
I don't like being limited by a sub-standard interface :-P

dinratil

06-01-2009, 06:55 AM

i used to play many games but now only:
battlefield 2
battlefield: heroes
trackmania
openttd

Henry

06-01-2009, 11:04 AM

I play World of Warcraft very regularly (I'm a guild leader); I also play Age of Conan.

Raiding guild or casual guild?

LaoTzu

06-01-2009, 04:39 PM

Flash Games FTW!

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Cygnus

06-01-2009, 04:45 PM

Raiding guild or casual guild?

I'll chime in, for me, a casual guild. I do raids, but hardly making a job out of it.

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porousshield

06-01-2009, 08:06 PM

WoW has never been appealing to me, nor Final Fantasy or Zelda. With WoW I could never really get into it and it felt like a job. After the first couple weeks I no longer had the urge to log on because it felt like I had seen all that it had to offer and I was underwhlelmed.

I've always liked RTS games but they take me ages to beat. I got StarCraft in 2000 (I think) and I finally beat it last month. Likewise it took me over ten years to beat WarCraft I and II. I love them but don't play them much. On the other hand I beat WarCraft III in only a year and it's expansion in two years.

I've also recently beat Ace Attorney:Trials and Tribulations. I never played the first two games but I found this one enjoyable and it harkened back to playing Goldrush and Space Quest on my old 386.

I'm currently playing The Witcher and I think I is one of the best games to grace the PC in years. I've only reached the second chapter so far so maybe something will change my opinion of it. I like how the Witcher makes you make decisions that aren't just black and white and it gives you this big world to run around in. Fallout 3 has this also but I prefer the medieval time frame to the post apocalyptic one.

I'm part way through Cryostasis (damn stuttering) and I'm almost finish Bioshock. Bioshock is geat and I love the world they created but why couldn't they add another half dozen enemies? I'm also 1/3 of the way through San Andreas.

I can't keep up with the hardware for new PC games, and I don't have a console, so I like to scrounge through old games and bargain bins. Except in a few cases my newest games are usually a couple of years old; unless I get hand me downs from my nephew or younger brother.

Phoenix rising

06-01-2009, 08:08 PM

I'm currently playing farcry2 and nazi zombies on COD-WAW.

Shifter

06-01-2009, 09:12 PM

I played Oblivion for a couple of months, but I kept having a recurring nightmare about fighting goblins while raiding some underground ruins and madly flicking though the inventory pages looking for a healing potion. It wasn't even a dream about the game it was a dream about playing the game. After a week of that I sold the game and vowed never to play a RPG ever again.

Mostly I stick to RTS/RTT games, Supreme Commander and Total War seem to hit the spot.

ssrprotege

06-01-2009, 10:34 PM

I am into a Korean music video game called O2JAM, which is somewhat like Guitar Hero, except that you have seven keys and use a computer keyboard. ;)

Henry

06-01-2009, 10:50 PM

I played Oblivion for a couple of months, but I kept having a recurring nightmare about fighting goblins while raiding some underground ruins and madly flicking though the inventory pages looking for a healing potion. It wasn't even a dream about the game it was a dream about playing the game. After a week of that I sold the game and vowed never to play a RPG ever again.

I've had that with WoW, Fallout 2, and Left 4 Dead. Its not a great game if its not getting to your psyche.

Rho1334

06-01-2009, 10:56 PM

Just got Crusader- No regret to work on xp(its a dos only game and the emulator is a bitch)...been playing none stop..

Mozzes

06-01-2009, 11:18 PM

They all do. And at some point, you're likely to get a screamer as a raid leader because of all the retards who go AFK for no reason when 24 fucking people are waiting on them. And once you get histrionics from players and a GM that's bitching, I would gquit

The more I've talked to people about the game the more I'm thinking I was incredibly lucky with the guild I joined(SPG on Kael'thas). Maybe it was because most of the guild, particularly the guild and raid leaders, were adults with jobs and families and as a result had some sense that a video game really wasn't that important. We only had 3 optional raids per week but still cleared up to Four Horsemen (Naxx pre-BC) and all BC raid content and I haven't played in over a year but last I've heard they've cleared all content released so far for WotLK. They're also only one of two raiding guilds that were around before Burning Crusade that haven't fallen apart. I even still e-mail several people I met playing the game.

I have no interest in playing WoW or any other MMO in the foreseeable future but I don't regret the time I spent in the game and in that regard I seem to be alone in a sea of ex-players who lament all the time they "wasted" raiding or whatever.

Homini Lupus

06-01-2009, 11:37 PM

Just got Crusader- No regret to work on xp(its a dos only game and the emulator is a bitch)...been playing none stop..

Did you use dosbox? generally, it is the best for making dos games work (sometimes the problem of sound stuttering is still there tough).

Rho1334

06-01-2009, 11:42 PM

Did you use dosbox? generally, it is the best for making dos games work (sometimes the problem of sound stuttering is still there tough).

i finally did yes, but still have problem between program and mouse, luckily most dos games wear keyboard only anyway.

Cygnus

06-02-2009, 04:54 AM

Just got Crusader- No regret to work on xp(its a dos only game and the emulator is a bitch)...been playing none stop..

Love that game! One of the game series I would love to see continued, ah well.

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Synapse

06-02-2009, 07:55 AM

I love RTS games and RPGs. Here are some of my favorites:

-Starcraft (best RTS I've ever played)
-Civ III/IV (hard to get used to, but incredibly entertaining)
-TES:IV, Oblivion (best RPG I've ever played, and that's saying a lot)
-Bioshock (amazing story, you must play this game)
-Many old NES games, such as the Final Fantasy's
-Half-Life 1 and 2 (epic storytelling FTW)
-Team Fortress 2 (surprisingly entertaining FPS multiplayer, usually I hate those)

I used to play MMORPGS, like WoW, but I started not having enough time to commit to them, and thus I was wasting money... Also, WoW felt like a second job: so much grinding with stupid shit, players that were little kids, guild problems, annoying GMs, and the number one reason I quit (besides the second job thing) was that all your influence was centered on how many hours you played, so some people occasionally didn't eat (in real life) or go to their jobs or whatnot to level up or get some "kewl new l00t", which I thought was ridiculous and it was stupid how I could never catch up to such "hardcore" losers who played forever and had no life. I didn't want to be part of this subculture of people on virtual drug fixes, so that's why I stopped.

Also, my games have to be intelligent, and that's the criteria for some of my favorite games above, as I hate dumb games that a brain-dead person could play.

paleoeco

06-02-2009, 08:27 AM

Raiding guild or casual guild?

10-man raiding. We just this past week cleared Naxx-10 as a guild.

The guild that I lead is Victory not Vengeance on Sentinels. As a guild, we're casual players; but we do have our "raiders". We have about 10 guildies and 3-4 non-guildies who sign up for our 3 weekly raid nights.

Who Is Victory not Vengeance?
Victory not Vengeance was formed pre-Burning Crusade by a small group of mostly family members. Victory not Vengeance was kept small on purpose, as its members slowly created a niche for themselves in the game - a small, safe niche free from the dramas and expectations of larger social and/or raiding guilds. Its members slowly leveled themselves up, gaining skills, professions and buying their guild bank, tab by tab. Shortly before the expansion Wrath of the Lich King was scheduled to be released, its members realized that they wanted to see more end game content, and so they responded to an ad on the Sentinels forum seeking additional players to do dungeon runs with. This ad was posted by a group of people from another small guild, The Dalaran Academy. After running just a few instances together, the groups became close and spent the next 6 months raiding and playing together.

After the expansion was released, The Dalaran Academy decided for obvious reasons that they could not keep that guild name, and so they voted to reincarnate the guild as Nocturn Infinitus, and the members of Victory not Vengeance joined up with this new guild to explore Wrath. Everyone in the guild enjoyed exploring the new continent together and doing various instances, and soon everyone was level 80. However, schedules began to interfere, and priorities began to change, and soon many members of Nocturn Infinitus had either stopped playing or moved on to guilds which were more in keeping with their schedules/gaming goals. This left a large core of Nocturn Inifinitus without direction or guidance, but with a great love for each other and for the game. For purposes of stability and convenience, they decided to reappropriate Victory Not Vengeance, with its lovely 6 tab guild bank and its stable history.

As before, Victory not Vengeance is now small, purposefully so. Our goal is to provide a fun, stable gaming environment for adults who have limited time to play and want the time they spend online to be enjoyable. Everyone in Victory not Vengeance contributes to the best of their time and ability. Most members, because we have been together for so long, are level 80 and are experiencing 10-man raid content. We hope to expand enough to run regular 25-man raids. That does not mean, however, that we do not welcome lower level characters or those new to the game. We try to be polite and respectful of each other, and to treat each member of the guild (or player we encounter) with courtesy. We like to have a good time, and we are rarely politically correct, but there is a solid foundation of maturity and cooperation.

Can I group or raid with Victory not Vengeance?

ABSOLUTELY! The more the merrier is our motto. We enjoy experimenting with new groups structures and new classes that we might not have been able to run with before. Each person, each class, changes a party and brings something different to the table.

How do I apply to be Victory not Vengeance member?

Send a whisper in game to any Victory not Vengeance member. You will be directed to our guild website forums, if you have not already been there, to read our raid guidelines and our history. We will invite you to run a few instances with us, to chat with us on vent, to take us for a test run. We will be taking you for a test run as well. After a probationary period, if the experiences go well, you will be invited to join our ranks.

I am like some GL/raid leaders in that I run a raid with an iron fist. But, for us, we run our raid like a military operation, and it works for us. We even have our "raid rules" that I enforce pretty strictly to ensure continuity. As much as a hardass as it seems, when other non-guildies run with us, they almost invariably say how organized and efficient we are when it comes to raiding. A couple of our non-guildies don't even raid with their guild, but raid with us instead.

Henry

06-02-2009, 12:39 PM

I have no interest in playing WoW or any other MMO in the foreseeable future but I don't regret the time I spent in the game and in that regard I seem to be alone in a sea of ex-players who lament all the time they "wasted" raiding or whatever.

Oh I wouldn't say my time was totally wasted. There was a 4 month stretch where it was an absolute blast, but that's because of the people I raided with not because we cleared much content (Kara and a coupe in ZA). It sadly fell apart.

10-man raiding. We just this past week cleared Naxx-10 as a guild.

The guild that I lead is Victory not Vengeance on Sentinels. As a guild, we're casual players; but we do have our "raiders". We have about 10 guildies and 3-4 non-guildies who sign up for our 3 weekly raid nights.

Who Is Victory not Vengeance?

That's cool. That's really the way to do it. Progression-oriented people are generally pretty douchey anyways.

Also, WoW felt like a second job: so much grinding with stupid shit, players that were little kids, guild problems, annoying GMs, and the number one reason I quit (besides the second job thing) was that all your influence was centered on how many hours you played, so some people occasionally didn't eat (in real life) or go to their jobs or whatnot to level up or get some "kewl new l00t", which I thought was ridiculous and it was stupid how I could never catch up to such "hardcore" losers who played forever and had no life. I didn't want to be part of this subculture of people on virtual drug fixes, so that's why I stopped.

I agree with progression oriented people this is too true, and as an over-geared tank/top tier DPS I came to loathe the expectation that I show up for every raid. If family stopped by and I couldn't make it, they'd bitch for a week about me not making it.

Add in too much drama, not enough fun, and increasing life obligations and I decided to sell my account. I miss my in game friends though.

paleoeco

06-02-2009, 01:29 PM

I agree with progression oriented people this is too true, and as an over-geared tank/top tier DPS I came to loathe the expectation that I show up for every raid. If family stopped by and I couldn't make it, they'd bitch for a week about me not making it.

Add in too much drama, not enough fun, and increasing life obligations and I decided to sell my account. I miss my in game friends though.

WoW can feel like a second job, either because of the goals you set for yourself, or the expectations you allow on yourself.

Remember when you just had to get your epic mount...5,000g...but you wanted it, so every day, you'd log-in, head out to the Isle of Quel'danas and grind dailies. It was like going to a second job.

Or, if you're a tank (as I am), or a healer - in a dungeon or raiding environment - you are key. In a small guild like mine, the roles are very set (though with the recent dual-spec in patch 3.1 this is not as bad as it used to be). Prior to the dualspec, our healer was getting burned out - was tired of logging in, doing the same content, the same click, pain suppress, bubble, heal, repeat. Now, we have some of our other DPS guys dual-spec to healing, so our healers can DPS can swap out based on mood, night, boss, etc. It's made the raiding a lot more flexibile.

Still, though. I'm glad my guild is very self-sufficient. There are many weeks, where the only time I log in is to do the weekly raids; other times, I can't wait to get on and do something.

Henry

06-02-2009, 04:51 PM

WoW can feel like a second job, either because of the goals you set for yourself, or the expectations you allow on yourself.

Remember when you just had to get your epic mount...5,000g...but you wanted it, so every day, you'd log-in, head out to the Isle of Quel'danas and grind dailies. It was like going to a second job.

I got mine before IQD. That's how hardcore I was, lol. I was a mage-miner, so I put my hearth in Slith and farmed 8-10 stacks of thorium per day at whatever market was (20-50).

I was obsessed when we had a tight group last spring, it was like 4:00 pm to midnight (I would duck out of work early most days, almost got me fired lol) on weekdays, 10:00-2:00 then 6:00-2am on weekends.

Or, if you're a tank (as I am), or a healer - in a dungeon or raiding environment - you are key. In a small guild like mine, the roles are very set (though with the recent dual-spec in patch 3.1 this is not as bad as it used to be). Prior to the dualspec, our healer was getting burned out - was tired of logging in, doing the same content, the same click, pain suppress, bubble, heal, repeat. Now, we have some of our other DPS guys dual-spec to healing, so our healers can DPS can swap out based on mood, night, boss, etc. It's made the raiding a lot more flexibile.

Still, though. I'm glad my guild is very self-sufficient. There are many weeks, where the only time I log in is to do the weekly raids; other times, I can't wait to get on and do something.

Yeah therein lied the problem. After we all kinda went our separate ways, we only had two tanks - myself and another guy who was tired of playing, so only about half our scheduled raids would actually get going. This led to diminishing attendance over time.

Latro

06-02-2009, 05:31 PM

I don't like being limited by a sub-standard interface :-P
What's wrong with Starcraft's interface...?

Myself, just downloaded Sims 3 today (legally; I got it from Best Buy's website). I'll start playing it tonight probably.

Henry

06-02-2009, 11:06 PM

What's wrong with Starcraft's interface...?

Myself, just downloaded Sims 3 today (legally; I got it from Best Buy's website). I'll start playing it tonight probably.

It plays just like the previous Sims, except I couldn't get my two female roommates to make out. I wasn't impressed.

pip

06-03-2009, 02:06 PM

What's wrong with Starcraft's interface...?

Can't give orders to more than 12 units at once.
Not massive, but it creates so much unnescessary micro-management that it just ceases to be in any way fun.
For me at least :p

And then theres the complete lack of any useful waypoint system (point-to-point patrol is inadequate, and actions cannot be queued) which creates yet more micro-management.

Multiple 'casting' unit when selected in the same group will all try to use thier 'spells' on a given target. Silly.
Guess what? MORE micro-management.

Imho, Total Annihilation is superior to Starcraft in every concievable way. ;)
Physics. Interface. Resource Model. General Funness.
Don't get me wrong, SC is a decent enough game, it was just built lazily by re-using the same horrid Warcraft interface without even bothering to even look at any new ways of doing things - probably due to Blizzard beliving itself too 'big' to have to overly exert itself in the creativity department.
(I don't much care for Blizzard or excessive micro-management btw... :p)

skycloud86

06-22-2009, 08:22 AM

Xbox 360 - GTA series, Saints Row 1 & 2, Hitman
PC - Civilisation IV and similar games

Tristan

06-22-2009, 12:36 PM

Yeah I agree Fallout 3 was a disappointment, too short and quite shallow. I like games which presents a lot of options on the style of play and games that are massive and full of things to do. Games these days are too focused on graphics. My favourite games are:

- Civilisation 1, 2 and 4 (2 is my favourite by far)
- Fallout 1 and 2
- Elder Scrolls 2 and 3 (2 is my favourite by far)
- Quake 3 (I only enjoy the 1v1 aspect of the game)
- Warcraft 2
- Deus Ex
- Dungeon Keeper 1 & 2
- Final Fantasy 3 (6 in Japan)
- World of Warcraft (not really my favourite, but something I play when I don't have anything else better to do).
- Most RPG's, favourites are Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights 2, Daggerfall and looking forward to Dragon Age a lot.

Props to fellow Civ players! I used to play tons of Quake 3 as well, though only capture the flag. I'm exceedingly bad at 1v1 and exceedingly good at CTF, for some reason.

Nowadays (i.e., the last four years) I pretty much only play Guild Wars. It combines everything I like about games into one game. I get bored of it and play other things from time to time, but all other games suffer from the crucial weakness of not being Guild Wars, so I go back :laugh:

Doppelbock

06-22-2009, 02:29 PM

Lately I've been playing "Left 4 Dead". Zombies + 1st person shooter = TEH FUN.

MrDoom

06-22-2009, 03:43 PM

My most recent flirtation has been so-called RT4X 'Sins of a Solar Empire'. I love it!

Kris

06-23-2009, 08:03 AM

At the moment mainly playing Team Fortress 2 and Guitar Hero: World Tour & Metallica (PS3).

Favorites in the past were Fallout 2, Warcraft 2, Deus Ex, Final Fantasy VII, Vandal Hearts, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri.

Never thought it would happen, but I've really gotten over playing games a lot in the past year or so. I still have a PSP, PS2, PS3, XBOX 360, Wii and a half-decent gaming PC but I barely use any of them!

I also used to do the WoW thing, raided 5 hours a night at least 4 nights a week, usually more. Stopped playing about 18 months ago, couldn't believe a game that was more like a second job had consumed my life so intensely!

Valielen

06-23-2009, 08:51 AM

Never thought it would happen, but I've really gotten over playing games a lot in the past year or so. I still have a PSP, PS2, PS3, XBOX 360, Wii and a half-decent gaming PC but I barely use any of them!

I also used to do the WoW thing, raided 5 hours a night at least 4 nights a week, usually more. Stopped playing about 18 months ago, couldn't believe a game that was more like a second job had consumed my life so intensely!

It is a strange feeling... It's been a few months game-less now. I played Prince of Persia and something else I can't even remember... GTA4, that was it.

Raiding and managing a guild is a second job. Just at some point in my life, I was dumb enough to pay to do it. I desperately needed a job change in my life back then.

OneHertz

06-23-2009, 09:37 AM

L4D and TF2 for the time being.

Mickehh

06-23-2009, 09:41 AM

I just got back into playing Fallout 3, it's the first RPG I've really gotten into, maybe I should get some other ones, any suggestions? (for x360)

I've recently been into Max Payne's, John Woo's Stranglehold, GTAIV, Mirror's Edge, Gears of War 2.

Any fans of Fahrenheit? One of my all-time favorites. Been thinking of playing it through once again when I find my PS2.

rahdam

06-25-2009, 11:29 PM

I'm thinking about doing a run through of Doom3 (own it, never finished it). Anyone got any pointers?

Ted

06-25-2009, 11:36 PM

I am into a Korean music video game called O2JAM, which is somewhat like Guitar Hero, except that you have seven keys and use a computer keyboard. ;)

do you have a link for that?

I wanted to play it but never found a way to; it banned NA ips or something like that.

I like dj max for psp a lot though which is similar.

papkan

09-01-2009, 07:50 AM

devil may cry 4. Not usually into anything besides strategy games. However I absolutely love this game though

DewFuel

09-01-2009, 01:20 PM

I'm thinking about doing a run through of Doom3 (own it, never finished it). Anyone got any pointers?

yeah, do that immediately... that's a must finish game.

DewFuel added to this post, 11 minutes and 56 seconds later...

Can't give orders to more than 12 units at once.
Not massive, but it creates so much unnescessary micro-management that it just ceases to be in any way fun.
For me at least :p

And then theres the complete lack of any useful waypoint system (point-to-point patrol is inadequate, and actions cannot be queued) which creates yet more micro-management.

Multiple 'casting' unit when selected in the same group will all try to use thier 'spells' on a given target. Silly.
Guess what? MORE micro-management.

Imho, Total Annihilation is superior to Starcraft in every concievable way. ;)
Physics. Interface. Resource Model. General Funness.
Don't get me wrong, SC is a decent enough game, it was just built lazily by re-using the same horrid Warcraft interface without even bothering to even look at any new ways of doing things - probably due to Blizzard beliving itself too 'big' to have to overly exert itself in the creativity department.
(I don't much care for Blizzard or excessive micro-management btw... :p)

i just gotta chime in on this. the attention to the actual game is what makes starcraft what it is, and revered so much. unlike games like TA, supreme commander, or any large scale RTS, you can set a bunch of units to do what you want them to do over the course of an hour, cue up a bunch of units to be built, and not have to pay attention to resource gathering. essentially, you can walk away from the computer after 5 minutes of on screen manipulation, come back, and you could be winning the game.

how is that even remotely fun??? to have the game to all the work for you? the point of starcraft is that it is fast paced, attention must be given to each instruction, action. there isn't physically enough time to do everything that you want to do in the game, so you have to pick and choose what your plan is, how you will execute it.

couple this with the fact that the strategy is so in depth and complicated (most inexperienced players won't realize this) that it literally takes years to understand, probably makes it the greatest RTS ever.

now i know the interface could use some work (and god said let there be SC2), and the game is not without its flaws, but they play so well into how the game is structured and what the game expects from you, that once you understand the game, there is not much to complain about.

on a side note: TA was a blast to play, but it was one of the most mindless RTS games ever. there was absolutely no strategy involved. 95% of all online matches devolved into jeffries rushes and teching to tier 3 cannons. almost all the units were worthless, except for a few.

tokjd79

09-02-2009, 02:38 AM

Currently Playing:

Fallout 3 Expansions (PC)
Batman: Arkham Asylum (Xbox)
Final Fantasy Legend 2 (PC Eumlator/Game Boy)

Next to Play:

StarCraft 2 (PC)
Aion (PC)

Necrosis

09-02-2009, 05:54 AM

I see alot of WC3 FT.... anyone here play DoTA... someone here has too...

gestalt

09-02-2009, 06:26 AM

I put thousands of hours into a MUD called Shattered Kingdoms.
XP: Start-Run-telnet mud.shatteredkingdoms.org 1996-Enter

Right now I'm enjoying Mafia Wars on Facebook.

Muadib

09-02-2009, 07:23 AM

Empire Total war
Red alert 3
Spore
Sins of A Solar empire
Command and Conquer Generals
Starcraft
Alpha centrauri

pip

09-02-2009, 08:03 AM

...cue up a bunch of units to be built, and not have to pay attention to resource gathering. essentially, you can walk away from the computer after 5 minutes of on screen manipulation, come back, and you could be winning the game.

Don't know what game you've been playing, but if you tried doing that you wouldn't last very long - even against the AI.

TA has lots of ways to semi-automate certain tasks such as harvesting wrecks, repairing damaged units and building set queues of other units.
I say semi-automate rather that just automate as these functions still require you to set up and monitor the units along the way periodically.
Yes, many things can be built as part of a queue with the builder left to do its thing while you attend to the far more fun activity of making pretty expolsions - this is a plus.

how is that even remotely fun??? to have the game to all the work for you? the point of starcraft is that it is fast paced, attention must be given to each instruction, action. there isn't physically enough time to do everything that you want to do in the game, so you have to pick and choose what your plan is, how you will execute it.

The 'fun' as you say, is in setting up a perfectly self-sufficient system which can not only feed it's own material needs, but protect itself from threats.
Having played both TA and SC for years, I can honestly say that both are decent games in thier own right, but TA will always feel superior as it allows me to play according to my own preference which in this case is a slow and measured approach.
SC forces you to play a certain way all the time because of the constraints you mention - this is not a plus, I have quite enough pressure and not having enough time to do everything at work so I really don't want to be doing more of that at home thanks. :P

on a side note: TA was a blast to play, but it was one of the most mindless RTS games ever. there was absolutely no strategy involved. 95% of all online matches devolved into jeffries rushes and teching to tier 3 cannons. almost all the units were worthless, except for a few.

Heh.
Mindless? If you say so....
And I think you'll find that 95% of all online matches were entirely different depending upon which players were present and which maps they were on.
And 99.9999999% of those were over long, long before tech 3 was reached by anyone ;)
Hay! That sounds familiar.... Zergling/Zealot/M&M rush - game over in 4 minutes or less.

There are good and bad points to both sides.
Some people find different things with each to be good or bad depending upon thier preference, there is no inherantly right answer here

Oh... all other units are worthless?
I can think of 2 covering BOTH sides (1 each) which are not too useful, everything else has a purpose. Think about it for a while before dissmissing it, I'm sure you can come up with some creative applications for them ;)

DewFuel

09-02-2009, 08:52 AM

Don't know what game you've been playing, but if you tried doing that you wouldn't last very long - even against the AI.

you must have been doing it wrong. its quite easy to set up the entire game in less than 10 minutes and let it play itself out.

The 'fun' as you say, is in setting up a perfectly self-sufficient system which can not only feed it's own material needs, but protect itself from threats.
Having played both TA and SC for years, I can honestly say that both are decent games in thier own right, but TA will always feel superior as it allows me to play according to my own preference which in this case is a slow and measured approach.

SC forces you to play a certain way all the time because of the constraints you mention - this is not a plus, I have quite enough pressure and not having enough time to do everything at work so I really don't want to be doing more of that at home thanks. :P

TA suffers from identity crisis, SC does not.

Hay! That sounds familiar.... Zergling/Zealot/M&M rush - game over in 4 minutes or less.

not really... rarely do any starcraft matches actually end in the first 5 minutes. massing of tier 1 units doesn't get you anywhere, nor should it. in fact, i don't remember watching any replay that resulted in mass zealots vs zerglings vs marines. you shouldn't even build a zealot until mid-game in some matches (PvT).

on the other hand, if you DIDN'T do a tier 1 fast vehicle rush in TA (on the internet), the game was over because the opponent would kite your commander and wreck any towers / k-bots you had produced. The weasel did this job for the core. I must have played more than 500 or so online matches, and i would say half of these (on suitably sized maps) would devolve into mindless tier 1 unit massing.

My gripe with the game is the level of symmetry between both sides. This lends the game to very boring stand offs (its akin to someone copying your moves in chess). its not bad to have a lot of symmetry (CoH did it very nicely), but when everything is basically the same on each side, it boils down to a "who can get more faster" matchup. this happened in warcraft2 as well. Another thing is there was no room for micro-management: units didn't have abilities, you couldn't even maneuver them very well since they were so bulky / took forever to turn, there weren't even upgrades! oh and why is every freaking unit ranged? who's brilliant idea was to do that?

Oh... all other units are worthless?
I can think of 2 covering BOTH sides (1 each) which are not too useful, everything else has a purpose. Think about it for a while before dissmissing it, I'm sure you can come up with some creative applications for them ;)

that was an exaggeration, but from online play, people avoided tons of units because there were always better alternatives. such as a tier 2 unit outclassing a tier 1 unit. there was no reason to pump out of your vehicle factory after you got the advanced vehicle plant. as soon as you're in tier 2, you have just cut down the usefulness of half your units (8 in kbot factory, 8 in vehicle plant, 8 in airfield). this is the biggest problem with games like TA. the higher tiered units are just better versions of the lower tiered ones. they don't have personality and uniqueness. starcraft (among other games) does not suffer from this problem, and thus a zealot in the beginning and end of the game is just as effective in late game.

i mean i enjoyed the game immensely and i loved every minute of it. but to even compare it to juggernauts like CoH, starcraft, War3, is simply being delusional. it did a lot of things right, and it did some things horribly horribly wrong.

paleoeco

09-02-2009, 08:59 AM

I still play WoW.

Have now started playing Champions Online.

tokjd79

09-02-2009, 03:16 PM

I still play WoW.

Have now started playing Champions Online.

Is it any good? At first glance it just seems too much like City of Heroes.

Latro

09-02-2009, 05:30 PM

My gripe with the game is the level of symmetry between both sides. This lends the game to very boring stand offs (its akin to someone copying your moves in chess). its not bad to have a lot of symmetry (CoH did it very nicely), but when everything is basically the same on each side, it boils down to a "who can get more faster" matchup. this happened in warcraft2 as well. Another thing is there was no room for micro-management: units didn't have abilities, you couldn't even maneuver them very well since they were so bulky / took forever to turn, there weren't even upgrades! oh and why is every freaking unit ranged? who's brilliant idea was to do that?
This is one of my only gripes with Rise of Nations. For the most part, all the races were the same; the special abilities were fairly interesting (Greeks can tech rush, for example, while the Inca can steamroll you if you let them get a lot of metal), but considerably less interesting than, say, the racial differences in Starcraft. Abilities did exist, but weren't especially common; off the top of my head the only abilities I can think of were General abilities (e.g. Forced March), Spy abilities (I think Bribe, a mind control skill, was one), Scout skills (there was some Sniper skill for the upgraded Scouts I think), and converting citizens to militia, minutemen, etc. (There were probably others, but if there were, I used them so infrequently that I can't think of them).

Keep in mind here, RON fans, that I never played the expansion(s?) so I can't comment there, except to say that what I read about some of the races (the Lakota in particular) seem to help with the lack of variation.

DewFuel

09-02-2009, 09:21 PM

This is one of my only gripes with Rise of Nations. For the most part, all the races were the same; the special abilities were fairly interesting (Greeks can tech rush, for example, while the Inca can steamroll you if you let them get a lot of metal), but considerably less interesting than, say, the racial differences in Starcraft. Abilities did exist, but weren't especially common; off the top of my head the only abilities I can think of were General abilities (e.g. Forced March), Spy abilities (I think Bribe, a mind control skill, was one), Scout skills (there was some Sniper skill for the upgraded Scouts I think), and converting citizens to militia, minutemen, etc. (There were probably others, but if there were, I used them so infrequently that I can't think of them).

Keep in mind here, RON fans, that I never played the expansion(s?) so I can't comment there, except to say that what I read about some of the races (the Lakota in particular) seem to help with the lack of variation.

Yes, I remember this with RON. I never played the expansions either, wasn't that into the game. While it was fun to play, and play it I did, after a certain threshold of experience, there's only a handful of strategies you can do because the symmetry dictates the pace of the game. IE: which symmetry mechanic is the most useful to exploit and catch your opponent off guard (tier 1 rush vs tier 1 rush OR tech vs tech).

games which don't have this "faction mirror" don't suffer from this syndrome, but are nearly impossible to actually get the formula right. i think CoH and DoW2 took steps in the right direction, but both are still massively imbalanced at higher levels of play.

i haven't played CoH much, but my brother was always top 5 on the ladder, and he would curse endlessly about how imbalanced the game was, especially with the integration of opposing fronts