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mac5732
March 12th, 2005, 12:37 AM
ok everyone, I"m curious as what game each of us is currrently playing. Therefore, Please list what your playing and if you enjoy it or not. Do not list all your favorites, This is just for what you are playing NOW... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
Mine is - War in the Pacific, as well as PBW SE4
NullAshton
March 12th, 2005, 12:38 AM
Star Wars:Republic Commando is very fun.
deccan
March 12th, 2005, 12:41 AM
Rome: Total War
Captain Kwok
March 12th, 2005, 12:41 AM
I'm still only playing SE:IV Gold. Ok, sometimes a little NHL or Star Fury mixed in, or once in a while Tecmo Super Bowl for the NES.
RudyHuxtable
March 12th, 2005, 12:59 AM
Medieval: Total War
Civilization III
Halo 2
Randallw
March 12th, 2005, 01:03 AM
I WAS just playing City of Heroes. bit miffed actually. You make it to lvl 43 and they don't even give you a new power http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/mad.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif. I have been seriously considering Republic Commando, but I'm waiting for a magazine to give me the demo first.
RudyHuxtable
March 12th, 2005, 01:08 AM
See, I can't play MMORPGs. I'll never get married if I do that. I lost a year of my life on Ultima Online, and will never repeat that. But if I WERE to play an MMORPG again I'd want it to be City of Heroes. I've always wanted to create a superhero called the Tour Guide, whose secret ability it was to know exactly where every restroom in town was.
narf poit chez BOOM
March 12th, 2005, 01:35 AM
Two games of SEIV, singleplayer (One serious, the other just me, no AI), one game of SEIV, multiplayer (Apparently, although I thought I died last turn).
A game of Metal Knights with my dad. www.knightsoft.ca (http://www.knightsoft.ca)
City of Heroes, I don't know how many characters.
RudyHuxtable
March 12th, 2005, 02:06 AM
OH btw Mac.
I play War in the Pacific and am looking for a PBEM opponent. Are you interested?
Combat Wombat
March 12th, 2005, 02:21 AM
Counter-Strike: Source
Space Empires IV Gold
Neverwinter Nights
Starfury
spoon
March 12th, 2005, 03:25 AM
4 games of SE4 (two vanilla, Devnull, and Risk)
World of Warcraft
spoon
March 12th, 2005, 03:26 AM
narf poit chez BOOM said:
one game of SEIV, multiplayer (Apparently, although I thought I died last turn).
I thought so too, since it was me that blew up all your planets... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/shock.gif
mac5732
March 12th, 2005, 03:28 AM
Rufy H, sure send me email and we'll see if we can get it up, I've never played PBEM before, but always lst time
Renegade 13
March 12th, 2005, 03:37 AM
11 PBW SEIV games
1 TDM single player game
Bit of Dom 2 mixed in for variation.
Saving up for university, no money for games http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif
Kamog
March 12th, 2005, 03:41 AM
Well, I haven't played any games in the past couple of weeks, too busy with RL stuff, but before that I was playing Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura.
RudyHuxtable
March 12th, 2005, 04:44 AM
Ahhhh, Arcanum. Me likey.
Raging Deadstar
March 12th, 2005, 10:14 AM
Just SEIV Gold to be honest. The Play By Committee Game still has kept my interest even after playing for almost two years http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif
Intimidator
March 12th, 2005, 11:50 AM
-SEIV (Offcourse, always one single game running , and my PBW games)
-Rome : Total war (great game, 'm playing one combat just for fun and the great graphics each day)
Inti,
narf poit chez BOOM
March 12th, 2005, 03:10 PM
spoon said:
narf poit chez BOOM said:
one game of SEIV, multiplayer (Apparently, although I thought I died last turn).
I thought so too, since it was me that blew up all your planets... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/shock.gif
Well, apparently you missed some drones or something, cause I'm still getting turns.
Gandalph
March 12th, 2005, 03:14 PM
SEIV PBW (7 games)
Knights of the Old Republic 2 (just finished light side character, now on to the EVIL me)
Need for Speed Underground 2
Battle for Middle Earth
I also occasionally LAN with my son with Star Wars Battlefront or Star Trek Elite Force 2.
Alneyan
March 12th, 2005, 03:38 PM
You will always get turns Narf, even if you have been thoroughly killed. PBW only stops sending you turns once your Empire has been marked as dead (or you withdraw from the game). You will be unable to log in as your Empire if you have lost everything, however.
Escaflowne
March 12th, 2005, 03:53 PM
I played Ultima Online for about 2 years and quit in 2000. Was on the Catskills shard, was part of the Dragon's Claw (VvV) guild.
Anyway, currently I'm playing EverQuest 2, some Rome: Total War, Medieval: Total War, Dawn of War, (get the gist?) and Team Fortress Classic on the same server I've been at for 5 years now. Drippy's 2 Fort rules!
Ragnarok-X
March 12th, 2005, 04:40 PM
Right now ? SE4, 5 pbw games. Then i got back to Diablo 2 and its mods. Yeah, thats about it. Finished KoToR 2 just recently and was dissapointed, wont play it again. A bit of Republic Commando is nice as well. And of course Underground 2. I love it http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
PvK
March 12th, 2005, 11:19 PM
Dominions II (enjoy)
SE4G (enjoy)
Evil Genius (enjoy)
PvK
Randallw
March 13th, 2005, 12:13 AM
There is a bit of a debate at the moment that KOTOR2 ends badly because the higher ups pressured them to finish it on time instead of implementing all the plot. People have accessed the files and found the complete ending that was never used.
RudyHuxtable
March 13th, 2005, 04:27 AM
The ending could have been so much more. I was thoroughly disappointed. So much of the plot just farted there at the end. The whole GOTO showing up, Mira being there...
Where did my ending go? Lucasarts should have just minded their business. The game was fantastic until that point. The battle music on Dxun is incredible http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
What does the complete ending look like Randall? Have you read it?
Randallw
March 13th, 2005, 05:05 AM
here's a site with links to various information. can't say for certain that it's the stuff i read but I think it makes available the assorted information
http://www.theforce.net/jedicouncil/editorials/030405.asp
RudyHuxtable
March 13th, 2005, 11:51 AM
I read that stuff Randall, and I'm appalled. Aaron makes a masterpiece in his spare time after work. Lucasarts shoves that turd out the door because the bosses need their Porsches polished. Go figure. Now KOTOR 3 for me will be a rental.
Smolf
March 13th, 2005, 12:04 PM
Civilization Conquest - the best version ever of the great game. IMHO it even beats Civilization I.
SEIV - (PBEM with a friend).
Hearts of Iron II - great RT ww2 game.
And if I just need some lame action, then Battlefield Vietnam http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
RudyHuxtable
March 13th, 2005, 12:08 PM
Yea, Smolf, Conquests rocks. I've been playing the brains out of the Sengoku Jidai scenario. Have you tried the Warhammer Mod? Get it. Great fun.
Smolf
March 13th, 2005, 12:41 PM
Do you got a link for the warhammer mod? Sounds fun
TurinTurambar
March 13th, 2005, 04:20 PM
SEIV PBW: 3 games (How the HELL does someone have time for 11?)
Starcraft
GameCube Burnout2
GameCube Metal Arms
GameCube SC Pandora Tomorrow
N64 Forsaken64 Multiplayer at the highest difficulty setting a coupla times a week when I'm bored. Man, there's just never been a multiplayer combat in any game other than this one that gives me such a rush. I will hang on to my N64 into infinity just to keep playing it.
RudyHuxtable
March 13th, 2005, 05:30 PM
You can find the Warhammer mod through the civfanatics.com website. Their forums have a thread that houses a huge number of mods. You can find lots of good stuff on there.
Renegade 13
March 13th, 2005, 09:03 PM
TurinTurambar said:
...
SEIV PBW: 3 games (How the HELL does someone have time for 11?)
...
Quite easy actually http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif. I live in the middle of nowhere so there's not that much to do most of the day. Most days I'm in at school for 8 hours or so, come home, have nothing to do so I play PBW games.
To sum it up, I have no life http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
pathfinder
March 13th, 2005, 09:07 PM
Madden 2005 *shrug*
RudyHuxtable
March 14th, 2005, 02:09 AM
This is slightly off topic, but...
How does everyone feel about EA owning the NFL license? To me, it's nauseating. ESPN NFL 2k5 is great, and I play it regularly. I've always found the look and feal of Madden to be clumsy, and erratic. Now I won't have a choice for the next 7 years or however long it is. What's next? Exclusive MLB?
Zaamon
March 14th, 2005, 09:14 AM
SEIV Gold
Rome: Total War
KoTOR 2
Halo 2
Ghost Recon 2
Freespace 2
Total Annihilation (mod: TAWD)
Strategia_In_Ultima
March 14th, 2005, 09:26 AM
Homeworld2
Heaven & Hell: Live and let Die
Modding SEIV
Emperor: Battle for Dune
And btw, how can you create a map in CivIII where the names of stuff (anything) is changed? Every time I alter the name of something the game won't load the map. It will go to the Empire Select screen - sorry, People Select, been in the SEIV world too much lately - but then, when I clikc Start, the game gives me an error message and crashes, so I need to restart it. How can you make maps with different names work?
edit: Homeworld2 arrived the day before yesterday, and already I'm addicted - I think in Homeworld2 terms lately. I even said "Acknowledged" to somebody who called me while I was playing. I've even started a Homeworld2 Mod, but gave up on it less than five minutes after starting.
Caduceus
March 14th, 2005, 03:59 PM
SE IV, one solo, two PBW games
XBOX - Gladius
EaX
March 15th, 2005, 02:33 AM
Se4G, X-COM terror from the deep, freespace2, Conquest Frontier wars, hostile waters, red alert 2 yury's revenge
Zaamon
March 15th, 2005, 05:23 AM
Little forgot.
Homeworld 2
RudyHuxtable
March 15th, 2005, 06:46 PM
Oh and I got myself sucked into GTA3 again. I never finished all the rampages, so I'm trying to get those done.
zen.
March 15th, 2005, 06:51 PM
I've only come up for air from City of Heroes to play CS:Source. KOTOR II is on deck as soon as I disconnect myself from the other addictions. >_<
Just thought I'd poke my head in here to see what's been going on; been away from SEIV for much long!
zen
LordAxel
March 16th, 2005, 12:55 AM
se4(10 PBW games)
then just xbox live
crimson skies and some halo 2
RudyHuxtable
March 16th, 2005, 01:06 AM
For Heaven's Sake, Home of the Underdogs is POISON.
I just downloaded Machiavelli: The Prince, and now I will never get to sleep. Ever. Just... one... more... turn!!!...
Atrocities
March 16th, 2005, 01:37 AM
Space Empires IV, Tribes Vengeance, Sim City 4 Rush Hour, Far Cry, and Star Wars Jedi Outcast.
I enjoy all of the games, say for the multiplayer aspect of T:V as it is rampant with cheating and VUG has suspended all support for the game. We told them in the beta to address the cheating issue or they would loose sales. They did not, and they have. The unreal game engine is ripe for cheating, as America's Army has discovered. Oh well.
I enjoy playing Sim City 4 Rush Hour because it is kinda releaxing to lay down some roads and plant some zones and watch things grow. However I wish that the game had the same appeal as SC3 had. For some reason the new region map system, albeit a novel idea, limits the size of a lot of the cities, and the region terraforming system sucks horribly when compared to that of SC3.
Space Empires IV is by far the most addictive of all the games I have ever played. However addition comes at a heavy price as I find myself burned out and depressed with the game as of late. To many limits and un-addressed bugs in the last version are road blocks to expanded playablity.
We need a new patch.
JN Jedi Outcast, well what can I say, it is just simple evil fun to kill stormtroopers with a light saber.
I play Dominion II off and on and enjoy it. It really is a fun game despite the micromanagment.
I need more games..... Shrapnel hint hint, release more games!
FarCry is simply one of the funist FPS I have ever played and the graphics are by far the best I have ever seen. I have finished the game on its hardest setting and am now just playing it for the simple pleasure of sniping people from afar. I use the cheat code to hover (Noclip) and then hunt for victims from the air. Loads of fun. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif
Suicide Junkie
March 16th, 2005, 03:11 AM
I'm playing SE4 PBC, working on Carrier Battles mod plus 2 PBW games of it.
Plus I'm dabbling in a little bit of old school games: Quarantine and Freespace2.
Atrocities
March 16th, 2005, 04:46 AM
Freespace 2 was a good game but not as good as Freespace. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
Smolf
March 16th, 2005, 12:46 PM
Then what about the old tie-fighter game? One of the first games I ever tried on PC (an at the time supreme 384-33mHz).
NullAshton
March 16th, 2005, 01:48 PM
X2 rules!
Alneyan
March 16th, 2005, 02:15 PM
Atrocities said:
Freespace 2 was a good game but not as good as Freespace. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
The difference is, you can play Freespace 1 with Freespace 2, and get the nicer graphics (1024X768 beats 640X480 all the time, sundays included), while the other way around is going to be difficult. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif (Freespace 2 has also received the blessing of not being translated, unlike Freespace 1, which consequently cannot support any mod and... *Digression alert goes off*)
DarkAnt
March 16th, 2005, 11:39 PM
Fallout 1 & 2, Gothic 2 and Rome total war.
Games I wish I was playing: War in the Pacific($70!) and SE5.
luke_slovakian
March 16th, 2005, 11:49 PM
The game that i play now? Well that is to get girls.:-p hehe
EaX
March 17th, 2005, 01:16 AM
The difference is, you can play Freespace 1 with Freespace 2, and get the nicer graphics (1024X768 beats 640X480 all the time, sundays included), while the other way around is going to be difficult. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif (Freespace 2 has also received the blessing of not being translated, unlike Freespace 1, which consequently cannot support any mod and... *Digression alert goes off*)
i'll still have to try that http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif, now.... where're the freespace cds....????
deccan
March 17th, 2005, 08:47 AM
Atrocities said:
JN Jedi Outcast, well what can I say, it is just simple evil fun to kill stormtroopers with a light saber.
Should get Jedi Academy then. The only thing better than killing stormtroopers with a light saber is killing them with a lightsaber in each hand.
Alneyan
March 17th, 2005, 01:12 PM
The Freespace 1 port to FS2 is available on Hard Light Productions (http://dynamic4.gamespy.com/~freespace/hlp/) (a jewel site for Freespace). The direct link to the port itself is here (http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/fsport/).
You do not need to have FS1 to play the port by the way: you merely need FS2 and a speedy connection if you want to download all the music/animations/voices (otherwise, it weights a fairly reasonable 15 mb or so).
kenster9119
March 17th, 2005, 01:28 PM
my turn
seiv of course.
sometimes freelancer with the TNG mod,on the homeworld server.
thats about it at the mo and im getting a bit bored,i need some new games as i have a very low attension span.lol.
i prefer turn based war games.
civ 3 is a must of course.
oh and sims 2 just cos its fun to build a new house.lol.
Raapys
March 27th, 2005, 10:45 PM
Daggerfall, X2, Planescape Torment, HoMM3, Lords of magic, Medieval:VI, Anarchy Online, SEIV, Babylon project(Freespace2), KotoR2 and Dominions2.
What's "real life"?
Games I'm looking forward to: Tes4:Oblivion, X3, Gothic3, Dominions3, SEV, Daggerfall remake, HoMM5(if ever)and probably many other good games.
And as one guy here said; The underdogs site really is poison.
Oh, and if someone here have tried and like some/all of the games I've mentioned, and have a good tip for other games I should try, please do tell. I've found out there's always some games I've barely heard of, that turns out to be true gems. Latest one being Dominions 2, which contained lots of things I've missed in other games, though it has it's shortcomings too.
Tampa_Gamer
March 28th, 2005, 12:39 AM
Hmmm..
Last four games:
(1) Rome:TW (vanilla; 1.25);
(2) Master of Orion III (even with multiple mods, gave up again due to crashes, bugs and extreme tedium with no reward);
(3) IG2; and
(4) Ascendancy.
Favorites by genre:
(1) Space Strategy 4x (SE4)
(2) FPS (Half-Life 2)
(3) WW2 Strategy (HOI)
(4) Tactical (tie b/n X-Com and JA2)
(5) RTS (Warzone 2100)
(6) Turn-Based (M.A.X.)
Alneyan
March 28th, 2005, 06:33 AM
Homm5 is expected to be released in Q1 2006, along with another game using the Might and Magic brand. Who will actually make the game remains dark at this moment: Nivel was mentioned some time ago, and Ubisoft appeared to be doing some designing a year ago or so.
Daggerfall, Torment and Freespace: you do have good taste. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif I would have mentioned Gothic, but you already know that one. Maybe the games from Spiderweb Software could interest you? Their site is available here (http://www.spiderwebsoftware.com/); Blades of Avernum, the Avernum trilogy and the Geneforge games (especially those ones for a stranger universe) to be more specific.
And you said something about "Daggerfall remake": is it wishful thinking, or is there actually a game that tries to remake Daggerfall?
Oh, and I almost forgot: there is another Babylon flight-sim available if you like Babylon. The address is here (http://ifh.firstones.com/), and the downloads are available on the right of the page. Be warned though, as this one is rather different (and harder) than Freespace (who forgot to put armour on my Starfury?).
Randallw
March 28th, 2005, 07:34 AM
Apart from SE4 and CoH I am also playing Dawn of War. It's not funny the way 4 Land Raiders cut through enemy marines, not to mention cultists.
Raapys
March 28th, 2005, 09:45 AM
I will check out the Spiderweb Software games.
There is a Daggerfall remake in the making, though progress is slow. But still, at least there is progress.
http://forums.dfworkshop.net/viewforum.php?f=3
I've played both the Gothic games, and ejoyed both too. For some reason, I liked the first one best. Even though I had the german copy and barely understood every second word of what was spoken :p
I think the first one just had a better atmosphere than the second. Loved the first time I walked into the swamp city, the old castle, etc. The only place I really liked in the second one, was the Monastary.
I've tried the "I found her" B5 demo, but since it's far from complete, it didn't really catch my interest. Also since, from what I gathered, they haven't planned to include the Shadows&Vorlons yet, which is the most interesting to me.
narf poit chez BOOM
March 28th, 2005, 11:48 AM
Morrowind?
Gandalf Parker
March 28th, 2005, 12:10 PM
Daggerfall: I would love to see a remake. I was disappointed with the releases that followed it.
Lets see, desktop icons at the moment are:
DiabloII, SEIV, Dominions 2, Master of Magic, Ultima Online (playing the free shards), Celtic Kings, Tranquility, and some generic versions of Balderdash and Missile Command.
In the recently moved to the "other games" folder (still played but downgraded from being right on the desktop) there is:
NeverWinter Nights, Freelancer, StarFury, Stars!, Battle for Wesnoth, Interstellar Trader 2.
Recently bought and already deleted:
Etherlords II, Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic, GeneForge 2, Star Wars Galaxies, GalCiv, Master of Orion 3, Freedom Force, Divine Divinity, prelude to darkness, age of mythology. Hmmmm I know there are many more but my wife cleaned up the "dead games" shelf so I cant glance up to remind me of the more recent and worse examples.
Raapys
March 28th, 2005, 02:26 PM
"Morrowind?"
I did play it for a while. But Daggerfall just had so much more to it. And I liked the Medieval theme in Daggerfall better than Morrowind's questionable theme. And Daggerfall felt epic, and not centered just on you. It's probably the most ambitious game ever created, and hadn't it been for the missing features and bugs, it would have been beyond doubt the best RPG game ever. I still think it is the best, in it's class, but there's so much lacking too.
I hope that, eventually, the remake will fix that.
It would seem that we share many of the same tastes Gandalf. The only ones of the games you mentioned that I don't play, are the ones I haven't tried. Will check them out now(Celtic Kings, Tranquility). I tried the latest Age of Wonders just recently, but found out it's just really a downgraded and dumbdowned version of Lords of Magic. Was going to try GalCiv now(no ship designing?).
I loved MoO2, and actually did like the sequel; when it was patched and modded. It was far from the same game as the previous one, but it did have some appealing aspects.
What I would like, is a combination of all the features and small details in SEIV, and MoO3's playstyle(except the combat)/interface. I thought it was better to work with than SEIV's.
Alneyan
March 28th, 2005, 03:25 PM
If Morrowind had had a generator allowing for more random things... Now that would have been wonderful. I found the bugs to be not so annoying in Daggerfall (once fully patched of course, and with the cheatcodes enabled for those clipping glitches), but the game did eventually lose variety. If you could just add more quests on a random pattern, more dungeons, more enemies and the like...
The wonders of wishful thinking. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif
narf poit chez BOOM
March 28th, 2005, 11:20 PM
You can't edit Daggerfall? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/eek.gif There are no mods for it? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/eek.gif *Oh, me, oh my! What a lot of funny things go by on this forum. ** http://www.uesp.net/dagger/files/dagfiles.shtml#misc http://www.uesp.net/dagger/files/dagfiles.shtml#addons
* Dr. Suess is fun.
** /me mourns for m0use.net. The daggerfall &fasion gallery had some funny screenshots and stories.
On Morrowind: Yes, compared to Daggerfall it's linear, small and kinda boring. ***But once I got over the fact that they went for stability, I realised that it's about 300% greater than any other RPG on the market.
***Then I got annoyed over the moral uncertanty that seemed to be stuffed into every quest, but I seem to be over that now.
& Don't seem to be able to recall how to spell that.
narf poit chez BOOM
March 28th, 2005, 11:47 PM
Oh, and I keep forgetting: What's this Lords of Magic? I tried to find it on the internet, but couldn't find the main website, just some cheats, hints and faq sites.
EaX
March 29th, 2005, 01:49 AM
Raapys said:
Daggerfall, X2, Planescape Torment, HoMM3, Lords of magic, Medieval:VI, Anarchy Online, SEIV, Babylon project(Freespace2), KotoR2 and Dominions2.
Where can i download the Babylon project????
Alneyan
March 29th, 2005, 06:53 AM
Many of those mods only alter Daggerfall's graphics; if memory serves, there were three or four packs that added quests, and nothing more than that. I do not recall if those quests were made by users or by someone at Bethesda though. Either way, it certainly doesn't compare with Morrowind's mod support and editor (just to name that one). That, and Daggerfall's mods could not (or did not, as you will) alter the basics of the game, like creating more "dungeon parts" for those random dungeons, adding equipment, or radically altering monsters (though Andyfall did have a specific human monster).
Lords of Magic was a fantasy TBS game published in 1997 or so by Sierra, so the official site may have been shut down since then. The Underdogs have some information available on the game, including the Expansion Set that was released a while later.
The Babylon Freespace conversion is available here (http://www.3dactionplanet.com/hlp/hosted/babylon/index.shtml) ; it does not actually require you to have Freespace 2, but the download is rather heavy.
narf poit chez BOOM
March 29th, 2005, 07:45 AM
DFto3DS v1.1
16 October 2002 244 kb Export Daggerfall 3D objects in ARCH3D.BSA to DXF and 3DS files. 3DS files support textures.
Don't know if it imports, but if it can export, someone can figure out how to import.
And picky, picky, picky. For a game with no mod support, it's moddability is amazing for the time. I added a quest or two myself and didn't find it too hard.
Gandalf Parker
March 29th, 2005, 10:57 AM
Daggerfall: yes I felt Morrowind went the wrong direction. The "open play" was just wander off the road, over the hill, find another road, find a dungeon. Everything you "found" you would have ended up at anyway eventualy in the story. And their "random dungeons" even I could have improved on which is something I rarely say.
Tranquility: definetly worth looking at but its NOT like any other game you have seen. Its actually an effort to live up to its name. It makes you WANT to play it hard and fast but if you do you will lose. What it reminds me most of is the star trek where Ryker brings a game back from Ryssa IV which almost takes over the ship. "you know the secret dont you? Dont force it, it almost plays itself". (and just as addictive)
SEIV and Moo3? Hmmm yes I guess Moo3 did have one thing going for it as far as being fairly ultimate in good player interface for a complicated game. Id rather see SEIV and Dominions2. I love SEIV but if it could have the oh so difficult rock-paper-scissors balance done at national level then I almost feel as if I would never need another game.
Magic Realm: just to throw something else into the mix.
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/imagegallery/22
This is a game on my "every developer should get this game and look at it" list. You can still sometimes find it on Ebay. An old game by Avalon Hill which I feel came out at the wrong time. Just as PCs were getting popular they created a FANTASIC board game whose only drawback was that it took hours to setup and an hour to put away. But that was done to achieve the maximum amount of random and even the person setting it up could play. It simply SCREAMED as a board game which should have been a computer program.
Raapys
March 29th, 2005, 12:06 PM
"But once I got over the fact that they went for stability, I realised that it's about 300% greater than any other RPG on the market."
But that's just the problem, isn't it? Where did all the rpgs go? In the old days, one rpg after another was released. Morrowind had no real competition. Some people sets it up against Gothic, but I think that's an unfair comparison; Gothic is more of a adventure game, and doesn't focus very much on skills/stats at all, whereas Morrowind does. I like both; Gothic because of it's incredibly immersive world, it really makes you want to explore it, and Morrowind because of it's depth, which unfortunately is far less than Daggerfall's.
"What's this Lords of Magic?"
I would give you a link, but I think the underdogs site is considered illegal, because it's an abandonware site. Sufficient to say, google the site, and find a review of the game there. The Special Edition of the game is the best version of it, and the one they have a review of. It's basically the game how it "should have been", but it was rushed, so they made the expansion.
As for Morrowind; Imagine instead if they had improved upon every aspect of Daggerfall, instead of creating a completely different game. We could have had much improved random dungeons, better npc interaction, the missing features from Daggerfall(nations going to war, guilds being cut, etc.), better random quests, generally alot more features, less bugs, and better graphics for those who care.
It would have been fantastic.
narf poit chez BOOM
March 29th, 2005, 08:29 PM
Daggerfall: From what I remember from Bethesda comments as the last patches came out, the code was so bad that even the people who had worked on it had trouble figuring out what some parts of it did.
PTF
March 30th, 2005, 06:53 AM
Most time I spend on Morrowind (with more than 250 plugins installed), I really like this masterpiece of a huge singleplayer RPG. If someone needs more than that, there are a lot of MMORPG around the net.
Waiting for TESIV - Oblivion, can not think about anything else anymore.
EvilGenius4ABetterTomorro
March 30th, 2005, 06:01 PM
On computer: SE4, Devnullmod, playing a custom race "Psilons" based on a race from MOO2.
Also been playing "Divine Right" but haven't touched it in a week and a half. Still love those board games.
PreatorRod
March 30th, 2005, 06:10 PM
Some SEIV and World of Warcraft
vanbeke
March 30th, 2005, 06:14 PM
SMAC
Civ III
MOO II
SEIV
And I am getting ready for a War in the East after I get moved in to my new place.
mac5732
April 2nd, 2005, 02:10 AM
bump http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
Atrocities
April 2nd, 2005, 05:05 AM
Chronicals Of Riddick - Escape from butcher bay.. Great game and excellent value for $30.00 US. Also has great new feature for DVD roms - Developer commentary... very cool feature and very inovative.
I love the voice acting, original cast from Pitch Black, Johns, and Riddick. (Vin is especially good)
I downloaded and played the demo and was impressed so I went ahead and spent my pill money on the game. So far the game has been a lot of fun to play. It looks very good and has kept my interest for a while.
If Shrapnel Games could get developers to make games like this for them, ohhhh boy.
Rollo
April 2nd, 2005, 07:26 AM
I play City of Heroes mostly.
I have most of my heroes on the Virtue server. But also some alts on Liberty and Guardian. Always looking to meet old or new friends =).
Hope to play Space Empires again soon http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif.
Perrin
April 4th, 2005, 11:33 AM
World of Warcraft
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