My recent addiction to shrapnel games.

fahdiz · #1 July 23rd, 2004, 04:28 PM

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Originally posted by Arryn:
Korsun Pocket is good. Be warned that Pacific War is by the same developer as Uncommon Valor, and appears to use the same engine. (The engine's okay; the developer isn't. IMO.)

WitP is the best PTO sim I've played, actually.

Arryn · #2 July 23rd, 2004, 04:44 PM

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Originally posted by fahdiz:
WitP is the best PTO sim I've played, actually.

Considering how few PTO sims there are, that isn't saying anything of significance. If MOO3 were the only space 4X game in existence it would still suck, even if one could say (biting one's tongue) that it was (by default only) the "best" space 4X. Ugh.

fahdiz · #3 July 23rd, 2004, 04:54 PM

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Originally posted by Arryn:

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Originally posted by fahdiz:
WitP is the best PTO sim I've played, actually.

Considering how few PTO sims there are, that isn't saying anything of significance. If MOO3 were the only space 4X game in existence it would still suck, even if one could say (biting one's tongue) that it was (by default only) the "best" space 4X. Ugh.

Heh. What I mean to say is that not only is it the best PTO sim I've played, it is also a deeply enjoyable game.

PvK · #4 July 23rd, 2004, 07:58 PM

I'd definitely recommend trying demos of Spiderweb's games to see if you like them. I haven't tried BG2 yet, but I have seen Diablo and Morrowind and would say they are all different genres and have different strengths, but Avernum III had some very good stuff that I liked a lot better than Diablo and Morrowind. The comparison was a bit like Dominions vs. AOW in that the combat system seemed much more sensible and tactics-oriented, and I liked the details and freedom of action and potential to do different things. The character dialogs are not like many CRPGs where you are just reading a bunch of dialog and have no real choices to make. In Avernum, your choices of what to say and ask often had effects on what happened, who your allies were, events and so on.

PvK

Boron · #5 July 25th, 2004, 03:53 PM

i would try steel panthers waw from matrix games it is freeware and the nicest ww 2 turn based game i know .
i would further try steel panthers mbt and steel panthers ww2 both freeware too and they can now be found here on the shrapnelsite .

Reanimator · #6 July 25th, 2004, 05:54 PM

I would recommend galactic civilizations as well. (www.galciv.com) Its a lot simpler than se4 (you can only play as the humans, though how you want to make those humans, pacifists, techies, or war gods is all up to you) but the ai for the other races and the game world are very very well done.

Thilock_Dominus · #7 July 25th, 2004, 06:13 PM

I would recommend you to try: Ishar I + II + III. They are old dos games so you have to run dosbots or alike if you are on XP. I's used many hours on them when they came out

I think the company behind it is called 'Silirias' or something, dunno if they exist anymore.

best regards
Thilock