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Old March 9th, 2004, 08:47 PM
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Well, I happened upon Dominions II by sheer chance...and now, several weeks later, I've been hooked and playing it every day.

So I'm wondering if others on this forum can give me some recommendations of other relatively little-known, independently-produced/published, deep-as-heck, totally addictive games which I could try. Preferably, they'd be in a different genre than Dom II, as that's pretty much all I need on the fantasy-themed strategy/wargame front.

Any suggestions?
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The Ur-Quan Masters. A freeware remake of Star Control 2.

http://sc2.sourceforge.net/

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King Of Dragon Pass

Don't recall a URL but it is probably the most *unique* style of game I have ever seen and addictive at the same time.

Not MP but an amazingly fun and unique SP game.

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Thank you both! I'll be trying these out tonight, as well as several of the other demos for games published by Shrapnel (especially Space Empires IV and Coliseum).

Keep those suggestions coming, folks!

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Laser Squad Nemesis... multiplayer only, turn-based squad tactics. By the Xcom designers. I should mention that Xcom is better, but LSN is "independant" whereas Xcom was published by Microprose.

Not independant or PC-based (it's for Playstation) but I certainly recommend Xenogears, over any other game, for any system or genre. Don't confuse it with Xenosaga, which is not good.

And, of course, Stars! ...if you've never played it.

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Laser Squad Nemesis... multiplayer only, turn-based squad tactics. By the Xcom designers. I should mention that Xcom is better, but LSN is "independant" whereas Xcom was published by Microprose.

Not independant or PC-based (it's for Playstation) but I certainly recommend Xenogears, over any other game, for any system or genre. Don't confuse it with Xenosaga, which is not good.

And, of course, Stars! ...if you've never played it.
1) I loved the XCom games (well, the first two, at least), and so I'll definitely give LSN a go.

2) I don't have a Playstation.

3) I haven't played Stars! What's it like, and where would I go to try it out?
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Stars! is a space conquest game. Turns are host based like Dominions 2 and although the two games are totally different they do somehow feel akin. Although Stars! is easier to get into but very difficult to master IMHO

Its pretty old hat now and no longer actively developed any further. The Devs started work on a sequel but somewhere along the way just as we were getting teasers they lost the plot and the project appears to have been shelved My interest in Stars! pretty much closed at that point.

Best reference for it is the multitude of web sites albeit dying that exist on the web (use Google) or in the NewsGroups

http://Groups.google.co.uk/Groups?hl...computer.stars

If memory serves me right the AI really wasn't to hot so it was much more a pbem game.

Still quite a loyal following, though nothing like a couple of years back.

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Default Re: OT: Recommendations?

Well I would recomend the games in my sig. All (except Dominions II) are made by Paradox Entertainment. Another Swedish software company.

Europa Universalis 2. Play any country from 1419-1819. Rather deep diplomacy and lots of wars.

Hearts of Iron. WWII grand strategy game. More focus on war and technology, but engine is recognicable from EU2.

Victoria - An Empire under the sun. Play any country from 1836-1920. Unite Germany or Italy. Fight the Crimean war etc. Engine is developed from the former two games.

Of the three my favourite is EU2. Both the others are good as well.

Edit: Be prepared for rather steep learning curves and dont trust the manual, but seek answers from the Online FAQ or the forums. People behave much like on this forum (Thats supposed to be a positive endorsement ).

Edit2: Oh and by the way, the Pause/break button is your friend

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