What other games complement your Dominions 3?

baruk · #1 June 26th, 2008, 08:15 AM

At the moment I'm playing UT 2003, Railroad tycoon 3, Stars!, MOO3 and chess (on gameknot and FICS, handle: tonylemesmer).

Its good to see a lot of appreciation for DF, Wesnoth and KoDP. Games I happen to be taking a break from, but will probably go back to in the future.
Poxnora is surprisingly good also, but not a game I'm planning to spend money on, I've been down the CCG/MMO route before.

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Slay, by Sean O'Connor.

This is great, isn't it? Very simple and satisying turn-based strategy.

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And Ceasar III. I can't explain it, but I keep playing that game, although I have yet to find anyone else who enjoys it.

I just reinstalled this, haven't played it in a few years. Never quite got around to finishing that last map.. (have a lot of games in this state)

Mount and Blade is a great concept - first person hack and slash 'em up rpg.

I recommend Monster's Den on the kongregate site. A rather good turn-based tactical rpg, though I would suggest playing on one of the harder difficulty levels, as I found on the easy level I would get swamped with loot, and spend most of my time sorting through it.

Does anyone else play Pax Galactica? Imagine Stars! or MOO but pared-down to the bare bones and tick-based rather than turn based - you just move the ships, ship production happens automatically, and there is no research. Surprisingly enjoyable.

Calahan · #2 June 26th, 2008, 08:43 AM

Anyone here ever played, or even heard of a game called 'PSI 5 Trading Company' on the CBM 64?

I played little else in the late 80's. I still play it often now after finding it on an abandonware site. It's a very simply space combat/management game in which your only control is in giving your crew orders, and hoping they'll decide to listen to you.

Maybe it's the James T. Kirk wannabe in me, but there's something immensely addictive about shouting "shoot him down for f%$� sake" at your gunner, and watching a square block image explode on the screen.

Vintage gaming years :-)

ArkkiMeisseli · #3 June 26th, 2008, 01:38 PM

Armageddon Empires, Oblivion, Baldur's Gate II and... World of Warcraft. Occasionally a UT2004 mod called Killing Floor.

Mostly just WoW, though. It is a horrible disease.

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Ironhawk · #4 June 26th, 2008, 02:05 PM

I've seen a couple of people here list MOO3 as one of the games that they are currently playing or played and enjoyed. This is really surprising to me. I played that game and was quite turned off by it. After a while, I was able to get a grip on how to manage an empire - but there were still some crippling problems. First and foremost that comes to mind is that there was no way to accurately tell the composition of enemy fleets.

How did you guys get around all the problems of MOO3? I would very much like to know cause I desperately wanted to like that game, but couldnt...

MaxWilson · #5 June 26th, 2008, 02:44 PM

I haven't played Moo3 but I followed it during the early design stages. I heard it was way too "macro." Sometimes during late game Dominions I decide that "macro" is not such a bad idea...

-Max

JimMorrison · #6 June 26th, 2008, 05:04 PM

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Anyone here ever played, or even heard of a game called 'PSI 5 Trading Company' on the CBM 64?

Haha! I LOVED PSI 5! What's a Cravenlator?

I still randomly say that, people just disregard it now as part of my general oddness. >.> It makes me sad though, I could never win on the later missions. I tried them over and over and over, and a couple of times got within 2-3 minutes of completion, and still no dice.

For MoO3, I worried less about what the other guy had, and rather did the same thing I did in "Stars!", that is to make fleets that had their own built in rock-paper-scissors progression that could kill anything out there (carriers + missiles + beams + point defense). In later game, I'd take some losses like that, but the computer always had a strat, so after I saw if they were going all missiles, or all carriers or whatever, I would retune my fleets to compensate. I have to say though, enemy carrier fleets were the most frustrating, you were guaranteed a lot of losses. Damn, now you're making me want to play it again..... not because it's "such a great game", but because it was ALMOST such a great game, and my imagination was generally able to fill in the gaps.

Calahan · #7 June 26th, 2008, 05:34 PM

JimM

Glad to hear I'm not alone on PSI-5 :-) I find so few people have ever heard of it that it sometimes seems like I own the only copy in the world!

Think I have about a 5-10% success rate on the toughest mission. Best chance is to set-up engineering so that you can go full pelt and still fire. And despite playing it 100's of times, I've still no idea what half the things available to repair actually do! "What's a Cravenlatorr" :-) LoL

Although I am sure that the fuzzy furry pink bloke is the best kick arse gunner around!

JimMorrison · #8 June 26th, 2008, 05:40 PM

The teddy bear guy? The one that keeps gumming up his controls with chocolate?

Are you running on an EMU? I had one for the 64 once, but it had some severe issues with core clocking and such. Half the things that I tried to run on it just didn't do anything right at all.

I still want a modern remake of MoM..... And of Archon and Archon II. Hell, if someone could make an Oblivion-esque version of the Ultima games, I would be a happy happy camper. I tried to play them again, but just moving around and looking at things took SO LONG I couldn't handle the pain.

Also, what about Worms? The C64 Worms, not the stupid Artillery knockoff that everyone thinks of when I say the name.....

Gandalf Parker · #9 June 26th, 2008, 07:17 PM

There are a number of projects trying to recreate MoM as a MoM2. But at the moment there are very few trying to do it authenticly. They cant seem to help trying to upgrade it (such as adding multiplayer mode) which tends to kill it.

Epaminondas · #10 September 6th, 2008, 09:48 PM

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There are a number of projects trying to recreate MoM as a MoM2. But at the moment there are very few trying to do it authenticly. They cant seem to help trying to upgrade it (such as adding multiplayer mode) which tends to kill it.

Isn't Stardock doing one? Also, there are rumors that the makers of Fantasy Wars have acquired the trademark from Atari.