OT: Game Recomendations?

[AgentZero]

Baron Munchausen said:
Try the Privateer 'remake':

http://priv.solsector.net/

I've wanted to but it's a rather large download and I'm still on dialup. Broadband users should be able to get it without much trouble, though.

Thank you Baron. Thank you so very much. I've been yearing to play Privateer again for a very long time, but haven't been able to on account of it running at an inhumanely fast speed on my PC. Now, not only can I play Privateer again, I can play it with purty graphics as well.

Played Freelancer a bit, but it felt like a console version of Privateer. Dumbed down controls & really rather restricted 'open-endedness'. Now, if someone's gone through the trouble to make a mod that addresses the open-endedness ie: lots more ships/equipment/random missions etc. I might consider popping it back on the HD. If not, I'll stick with my Privateer remake.

[Baron Munchausen]

Heh...

Once you've gotten the feel of the remake, please post a review so I can decide if it's worth the trouble to download 180 megabytes on a 56k dialup link...

[deccan]

Hey, can someone tell me what the difference is between Vegastrike and the Privateer remake is? I tried Vegastrike a while back, but the graphics were pretty bad and things generally lacked polish. The screenshots for this Privateer remake looks pretty good, so I wonder what they changed.

[DarkAnt]

X-Com UFO Defence and X-Com Apoc - excellent turn based strategy games.

For rpg you could try Gothic I or II. Both are great games, but I prefer Gothic II.

For the best rpg I've ever played try Fallout. If you haven't played fallout, this is what I'd recomend above all others.

[David E. Gervais]

I must say Thank You Barron also. I'm downloading the Privateer Remake now. (Oh, and FYI, braodband/DSL/Cable means nothing if the file is hosted on a server with a simple 56k modem. The file is downloading at about 30kbps it should be done in about an hour and a half.

But I'll just head on over to irc #spaceempires and pass the time.

Cheers!

[Alneyan]

I feel the main difference between Vegastrike and the Privateer remake is the clearer interface in Privateer; otherwise, they seem pretty much the same to me (except the screens when in a base, much better in Vegastrike IMO). Of course, I have been known to have strange tastes in graphics, so.

AZ: Have you tried running Privateer on Dosbox (a Dos emulator)? It may work out quite nicely, though Privateer will likely require a lot of resources to work properly. I will give it a try in a while. Among other recommendations: Darklands if you like open-ended RPGs, Planescape Torment if you prefer something more story/dialogue driven, or perhaps Arx Fatalis (or the Ultima Underworlds) for a different feel. And there are always the rogue-likes: Angband (and variants), Nethack (*Waves at Dogscoff*) or ADOM.

[deccan]

Another game suggestion I would have is Hardwar . It's in the same vein, except that instead of piloting a spaceship, you pilot a solar-powered moth through a colony world covered with craters. The most amazing thing about this game is that the detail of the economic simulation is amazing. Raw resources get produced at mines and such and are actually transported by AI pilots to factories to be transformed into manufactured products (engines, components etc.), which are then transported by other pilots to shops to be sold. Human players can bounty hunt, trade, pirate etc, and even buy their own hangar, which they can then open to AI pilots to use to repair or buy things at for a fee.

The main problem with this game is that it's quite short and there aren't very many upgrades and new moths that you can buy.

[AgentZero]

Deccan, you should be careful, that Underdogs site is dangerous! Last time I was there I found me Alien Crossfire and said goodbye to an entire potentially productive weekend. I saw it mentioned in another post that we should be putting links to Underdogs here since the site distributes abandonware which is actually illegal.

Am I the only one who doesn't get that? I have looked, and distributing abandonware for free is still considered illegal, but the argument behind it seems to ammount to:
1) It is illegal for you to use this software without paying those who made it.
2) Those who made it will no longer accept money for it.
3) You can, however, get it for free.
4) But this is illegal, as it violates 1.

As you can see, 2 renders 1 impossible, making 3 the only option, but 4 technically makes this impossible (if one wants to be fine, law-abbiding citizen).
Madness, utter madness. You see what happens when you let lawyers run the world?

[Baron Munchausen]

Yes, I've got some very good stuff from the Underdogs site. There are many 'old' games out there, compatible with relatively simple machines, which are every bit as good as any of the latest hyped 'hardware busters' that need a 3 Ghz CPU, a Gig or more of RAM, and the very latest 3D accelerators.

[AngleWyrm]

My current favorite time waster is Massive Assault. Demo's free, and it's hard to win!