Favorite games

[lch]

B0rsuk said:
Could you elabore on the 'buggy' part ? I'm interested.

Oh, I don't want to pollute this thread more than I already done, but there have been a couple of bugs that already existed since the 1.2x version, which duplicated your units in the recall list whenever you saved+loaded the game when you played some of the scenarios. I reported it, first in the forum, then in the bug tracker. I was told more than once that the bug is fixed and I should replay the campaign, from the beginning, to this 9th or 10th mission. I did, at least three to four times, with each update, and the bug was still there. Then there's another bug which is probably tied to the save/loading mechanism and "outdated" WML code which corrupts the replays of your scenario. I don't think they ever managed to fix that. So, I waited half a year with active play testing, then still received notifications from the bug tracker for half a year even though I stopped caring, and it seems like either the whole WML thing has become too complicated that even the devs can't understand it anymore, or they are too lazy/busy to fix things - or maybe there are too many other bugs that they can't be assed to fix such a thing. For me, replaying the same campaign at least four times, just to find out that yep, it's still broken, wasn't any fun. I don't wanna be a beta-tester like that. If you want more info, then PM me about it...

[Kristoffer O]

Ah, Pool of Radiance!

Great old days. With a hand-outs booklet and a bizzare cardboard dial with runes and stuff for copy protection.

[Taqwus]

Hmmmmmmmm.

Waaaaaaay back:
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The Ancient Art of War
Incunabula (Avalon Hill oldie)
Archon


Slightly less way back:
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Much of the 'Gold Box' series from SSI
Netrek (bronco, and a little bit of chaos and hockey)
Neuromancer
Wasteland
Xconq
Bolo (The AppleTalk tank game, that is)
Strategic Conquest
Scorched Earth
Mechwarrior II


(subcategory: BBS door games )
Hack and Slash
Legend of the Red Dragon
Usurper
BRE/SRE
Mechwar



More recent
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Dominions III
Jagged Alliance II


Still evaluating
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Empires in Arms (Matrix adaptation; high potential, but currently very buggy)


Love-hate
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Combat Mission:BB
AOE II:AOK

[sector24]

I loved the Gold Box games. I still have Curse of the Azure Bonds -> Pools of Darkness, complete with crazy copy protection rune wheels, but I can't find Pool of Radiance.

[Taqwus]

Neglected to mention Space Empires IV.

Civ II and SMAC might go on my love-hate list.

Pool of Radiance is probably fairly rare. There still seem to be some Forgotten Realms software collections available used via AMZN.

[DonCorazon]

I just downloaded the old rulebook from Pool of Rad for nostalgia's sake. Pretty funny remembering flipping to the journal to read the clues and rumors or spending time switching the color of beard on my character's sprite.

Why did those games seem so much more fun than most of today's over produced materials?
- Grumpy 36 Year Old

[CUnknown]

Ahh, SMAC was the best of the Civ games, for real. The story, the characters, the voices and movies when you got certain techs.. it was all so well done. A masterpiece.

Pool of Radiance! God that takes me back..

Has anyone mentioned Bane of the Cosmic Forge? (Wizardry 6) That one had a great story, too. I just love the Wizardry games, especially 6 and 7. 8 was good too, but very unbalanced at high levels. Magic either killed you in about 5 seconds or was completely useless due to anti-magic screens.

How about also.. Starflight? Anyone play that one? That was the first computer game I ever played. I got to pretend I was Captain Kirk.

[Ironhawk]

Kristoffer O said:
Ah, Pool of Radiance!

Great old days. With a hand-outs booklet and a bizzare cardboard dial with runes and stuff for copy protection.

Ah, yes the decoder wheel

Has anyone mentioned that there is a Pool of Radiance remake for NWN2, yet? Its quite well done, if a bit linear. A lot of the missions will be just what you remember - others will be just different enough to keep you interested. Worth a look

Pool of Radiance, Remastered

[cupido2]

Thanks Ironhawk and llamabeast. So it's Star Control 2 and Starflight.

My Pool of Radiance disc should be still working, alas I lost the code wheel... only remember that one password was "wyvern".