OT: Recommendations?

[Teraswaerto]

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

http://sc2.sourceforge.net/

[ March 09, 2004, 18:51: Message edited by: Teraswaerto ]

[Kel]

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.

- Kel

[fahdiz]

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!

[ March 09, 2004, 20:23: Message edited by: fahdiz ]

[Saber Cherry]

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.

[ March 09, 2004, 20:41: Message edited by: Saber Cherry ]

[fahdiz]

Originally posted by Saber Cherry:
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?

[Tals]

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.

Tals

[alexti]

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