(OT) Games That Have Dissapointed You - Page 4

primitive · #31 March 1st, 2003, 08:04 PM

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Originally posted by Chronon:

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Originally posted by sachmo:
Chronon,

Have you tried working with Paradox tech support about this? I had lockup issues, and tech support told me that the game can have this problem if installed on a fragmented HD. I did a defrag, ran the install again and never had another problem. The game is worth the effort, let me tell you. Very much so.

Sachmo, I have to admit that I did not contact Paradox tech support about the problem with EU II. It does look like a good game, so you have convinced me to give it another try. Thanks.

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Bu sure to reload the latest patch from http://www.paradoxplaza.com/downloads.asp
That also fixes some problems + increases the playability of the game.

Personally I rank EUII as the best single-player game ever.

primitive

Ed Kolis · #32 March 1st, 2003, 11:39 PM

To be honest, I don't think I liked SE4 "right out of the box" ... it's been a couple years, but IIRC my first reaction was "OMFG this makes NO SENSE WHATSOEVER and the interface is so awkward!!!" Well, that's my initial reaction to MOO3 (and I haven't even played it since a marathon 5-hour session when I got it on Wednesday) - so I can only hope I warm up to MOO3 like I did to SE4...

QuarianRex · #33 March 2nd, 2003, 12:31 AM

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Originally posted by Ed Kolis:
Everybody says Starcraft is so great... it looks like just another RTS to me... but gameplaywise, there's nothing particularly novel...

What I thought was innovative about Starcraft was the beautifully orchestrated balance between the races. Each had very different strengths and each followed a different path of development, yet none had any real advantages over the others.

When I played each race it felt like another race, instead of the same one with different pictures.

This is what I loved (and still love) about Starcraft.

tesco samoa · #34 March 2nd, 2003, 01:22 AM

wow those moo3 forums are a minefield... Ouch...

Chronon · #35 March 2nd, 2003, 01:24 AM

Thanks, Primitive, for the link to the EU II patch. I'll give it a try and see if I can get it to work.

Hugh Manatee · #36 March 2nd, 2003, 02:04 AM

Disapointing games:
Total Anihilation Kingdoms, Interesting but I like the original more. I don't really like "Medival" stuff much, robots kick @$$.

Star Fleet Academy: I had the SNES Version and loved it, it was like Star fox but with star trek stuff, and bought the PC Version and I was like WHaaaaaaat?!?!?!?! I couls never get my joystick to work and, I don't know it just wasn't that muck fun to me. I still have the little pewter Andorian that came with it.

X-Com Intercepter: I kinda liked it for about 5 minutes, then the Specters started showing up, also the play controll felt loose, I had to chase a low end alien for 5-10 minute just to line up a good shot whil they scored every hit, It Could've been much better than it was. I've never played any other X-com Game, but if I had I bet I'd be even more pissed of.

Streets of Sim City: OMFG THIS BLEW AND SUCKED IN A WHIRLWIND OF CRAP. I was expecting SimCopter on the ground, the Idea of using Scurk(sim city urban renewal kit)to make my own race courses and ralies seemed cool but the cars wouldn't turn, Even when I slowed down. Simcopter was alright, it was fun to fly around my city in an apatche and blow stuff up and save people from burning skyscrapers and such(it got a little repetative and hard but only at the later difficulty levels when riots broke out), but SOSC was repetative from the start, all you did was try to drive to checkpoints in time but you couldn't because the times were to short. the only good thing was the music, it had a realistic car radio you could listen to with 5 different types of music with a good variety in between them.

There's more but I got to rest my hand

oleg · #37 March 2nd, 2003, 03:25 AM

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Originally posted by tesco samoa:
wow those moo3 forums are a minefield... Ouch...

And I noticed Atrocities just stepped in... Wonna bet how soon he will be branded as Troll ?

Pax · #38 March 2nd, 2003, 05:06 AM

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Originally posted by QuarianRex:
What I thought was innovative about Starcraft was the beautifully orchestrated balance between the races. Each had very different strengths and each followed a different path of development, yet none had any real advantages over the others.

When I played each race it felt like another race, instead of the same one with different pictures.

This is what I loved (and still love) about Starcraft.

Well, as a dedicated despiser of RTS games, I -do- have to give you that much; SC is a well-made RTS, with fairly balanced sides and a pretty decent storyline.

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But when all's said and done ... it's still an RTS, and RTS's all suck. So, there! 8P

Baron Munchausen · #39 March 2nd, 2003, 06:01 AM

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Originally posted by oleg:

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Originally posted by tesco samoa:
wow those moo3 forums are a minefield... Ouch...

And I noticed Atrocities just stepped in... Wonna bet how soon he will be branded as Troll ?

Charging in to the Official MOO 3 forums and starting a thread telling people to check out SE IV takes some hutzpah. I would not be surprise if he gets into trouble either... But it's still funny.

ZeroAdunn · #40 March 2nd, 2003, 08:24 PM

Dissapointed:
Battlecruiser 3000AD (didn't have half the features is said it would, was lucky to be able to play it for five minutes, an insanely complicated user interface.)

SEIV: First time I jumped into it I thought it was horrendous, but I grew to love it....

SEIII: The first time I played it I couldn't figure out how it worked, thank god for persistence.

BOTF: Well duh

X-com Terror From the deep and beyond: All of them crap, at least Terror from the deep was playable.

ST: Armada: Decent, but boring campaign, week borg, and buggy as hell.

Everquest: Boring as hell, stupid gameplay, and annoying people.

Others, but I care not to list.

Games I liked:

Master Of Orion: Incredible game
Master Of Orion II: Even better then the first
Machine hunter: Sensless robotic violence, explosions to induce epeleptic seizures, and little to know story, how could you not like it??

HOMM I-III: Heroes of might and magic, great game, very different from anything I had played at the time.

X-Com: UFO Defense: Another reason why I love the bargain bin.

All Diablos: Evil slashing fun. Of course, the excessive clicking is kinda annoying.

Sim City II & III: Great games, unfortunately by III I had lost interest in city building

So many more, but not enuogh time to list them...