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Originally Posted by HoneyBadger
There was a fantasy version of XCOM out too-if it hadn't been so buggy on my computer, it would have been pretty interesting. I forget the name but it's in the Home of the Underdogs.
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Any chance you can remember what this game is called? Sounds quite intriguing. Didn't get far on X-com but it was a seriously well crafted game. Also, is it just me or has Home of the Underdogs been essentially 'down' (all the downloads I look at seem to be out of order) for several months now? Tis a shame if so.
As far as games I'm playing now go:
Full Throttle - Randomly found this gem in a store near me. Awesome old school adventure game, and bonus points for being extremely METAL
The new Sam and Max series from Telltale - Sadly I'm too young to have experienced Hit the Road but damn if these aren't the best adventure games I've ever played. I'd also recommend the Strongbad series if you like that style of humour.
Pox Nora - Seriously. You need to pump some money into this game (maybe as much as you'd pay for a regular commercial game) but it is insanely addictive and has incredible depth. The strategic range of a collectible card game combined with the tactical skills required in a turn based strategy.
City of Heroes/Villains - The most fun MMO ever. I can't berate my WoW playing friends for their capitalistic, pig dog ways anymore since the game got an economy but the combat is still the most 3 dimensional and entertaining your likely to find in an MMO just now. Aerial combat in an MMO? Yes we can!
Fallout 2 - Fallout 3 was awesome, but it left me hungry for something with more depth and a more interesting and well realized world. Can't get much better than this for PC rpgs except for Baldurs Gate(s). Kilgore's Restoration Project is required ;p
Battle for Wesnoth - It's been mentioned a fair few times but I have to say it's the greatest (and biggest) purely free game I've ever played. Try it. It won't cost you anything except a few weeks of your life..
Spellforce 2 (and expansion) - Not the greatest of games, but 3 player with friends in the co-op campaign you can overlook it's more obvious faults and enjoy the diablo-esque hero building and the incredibly simplified RTS combo.
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance - For multiplayer RTS's the spiritual successor to Total Annihilation is the greatest I've found, infinitely better than WC3, Sins of a Solar Empire, etc.
Ogre Battle 64 - Whee! From one of the oldest of schools of semi-turn-based strategy games comes a surprisingly engaging, deep and lengthy romp from the nintendy 64. Large scale, tactical, squad based combat using units that can level up into a huge variety of different and unique classes.