OT: What other games are people playing??

[Aku]

Lex isn't freelancer a space flight game made by microsoft some years ago?

Oh and in planetside im on the east coast(emerald) server.

I was disappointed in Doom 3. I just didn't find it scary.

[The Panther]

Dominions 2
Syberia 1 & 2

I guess I am so hooked on Dominions that I have not played much of anything else for months now. Just occasionally working through Syberia.

Now, if I could find a way to get paid without having to go to work, then I could play some other games...

[Lex]

Aku said:
Lex isn't freelancer a space flight game made by microsoft some years ago?

Oh and in planetside im on the east coast(emerald) server.

I was disappointed in Doom 3. I just didn't find it scary.

yeah, that's Freelancer. They had big ambitions for it during development, but ended up toning things down alot. But its still a great game. The immersiveness is insane, and the universe is just HUGE (when you finish the SP, you've actually only traveled through less then a third of the game universe.) I don't normally play space sims, but this one was the exception. It also had an excellent trading system (so you can really play the entire game as a trader, or you can play the entire game as a mercenary or as a pirate (which is alot of fun).. or, if you've got the time, you can change your ways at anytime (but it'll take time for the factions to believe you're not gonna raid their cargo or whatever) The Online community added quite a bit, and expanded the universe tremendously. If it wasn't for Dom2, I'd probably be flying through space right now on my way to deliver a large shipment of cargo.

[Lex]

The Panther said:
Dominions 2
Syberia 1 & 2

Syberia 2 is out?? Cool.. I played the first one.. although I can't remember the ending.. I can never remember the ending of things unless they're really memorable. In fact, the only game ending that I think about on a regular basis is that of Planescape! And its been almost 5 years since I've played it.

[KroolDeath]

OK, here's a strange question. I see some games I've never heard of, I guess being mainly a mainstream gamer (and luckily finding dom2 because cGw magazine gave it a great write up).

Is there any turn based games out there that are open ended, that go on and on? I ask this question as a former PBM'r who used to play Monster Island (open ended), Legends (open ended) amongst others. The only open ended games that I am aware of is like EverQuest, which I have no interest in.

Krool

[Ed Kolis]

The Sim City games aren't exactly turn-based, but you can control the flow of time and they are VERY open-ended!

[The Panther]

Lex said:

Syberia 2 is out?? Cool.. I played the first one.. although I can't remember the ending.. I can never remember the ending of things unless they're really memorable. In fact, the only game ending that I think about on a regular basis is that of Planescape! And its been almost 5 years since I've played it.

Well, Syberia 1 ended in the middle of the game, which is probably why you don't remember. It was a pure marketing tool to split the game up into two parts and get twice as much money. Though I suppose it might have cost some sales from the reviews bLasting them for doing exactly that.

I picked them both up Last month in the bargain bin and wound up paying a normal game price for the set. I don't really feel cheated because of that!

[nakomus]

I’ve been playing Orbiter a free (closed source) realistic physics space flight simulator lately.

It is kind of relaxing to not be playing against anything, even the A.I.

[magnate]

My list is distressingly similar to Cainehill's - Dom2, Diablo2, (S)Angband. I even have Anacreon (is there a newer Version?? Mine is ancient).

I've just got SEIV and think it's great. Spending most of my time on that at the moment.

I have Far Cry installed for a very occasional FPS fix.

I have Warlords Battlecry III installed in case I fancy some RTS. I've also just installed Kohan (Ahriman's Gift) but haven't played it yet. Ditto Patrician III, which someone gave me to see if I like.

So many games, so little time.

CC

[Boron]

KroolDeath said:
OK, here's a strange question. I see some games I've never heard of, I guess being mainly a mainstream gamer (and luckily finding dom2 because cGw magazine gave it a great write up).

Is there any turn based games out there that are open ended, that go on and on? I ask this question as a former PBM'r who used to play Monster Island (open ended), Legends (open ended) amongst others. The only open ended games that I am aware of is like EverQuest, which I have no interest in.

Krool

i am not sure what you exactly mean with open ended but the civilization series is kinda open ended .
Paradox games are very open ended too they all have "no-timelimit" patches so the game really only ends after you conquered the whole world .