OT: Recommendations?

[Arryn]

Planescape Torment - Black Isle Studios (Interplay)
Fallout - Black Isle Studios (Interplay)
Arcanum - Troika Games (Sierra)
NWN - Bioware (Atari)

Bioware is famous for Baldur's Gate (etc.), which they developed in conjunction with Black Isle (yes, two major design studios on one project). Bioware's most recent product is Knights of the Old Republic, distributed by LucasArts.

Troika's most recent effort is the POS game Temple of Elemental Evil. OTOH, they are working on Vampire: Bloodlines, which may give me cause to forgive them for prostituting themselves with Temple.

[fahdiz]

Originally posted by tinkthank:
I know none of these are the same genre as DomII, but I think you asked for that in your original post.

Yes, Dom II is pretty much the only turn-based fantasy game I'm playing these days. Every once in a while I fire up Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic to look at the pretty graphics...and then I shut it down again and play Dom.

Thanks for all your suggestions, by the way - I've played every game on that list and loved them all (except for Torment and Arcanum, which I just "liked", my enthusiasm having been tempered somewhat by combat-related issues). Great minds think alike, eh?

So far I've come out of this discussion with some great finds - chief among them being King of Dragon Pass, Space Empires IV, Laser Squad Nemesis (what a kick that little game is!), and Europa Universalis II. I'll be buying all four of those, for sure.

If anyone has further suggestions of current "indie" games which are labors of love rather than labors of cash, I'd still love to hear them. But these, plus Dom, should keep me going for a while.

EDIT: By the way, I don't know how many of you were fans of the old Eon boardgame Cosmic Encounter (I used to play it like crazy, until my set got water damage ), but I found out recently that the Eon folks have gotten back together to make a fully Online Version of their classic game, with new stuff being added all the time. It's at Cosmic Encounter Online if you want to check it out. Just trying to return the favor in some small way.

[ March 10, 2004, 18:32: Message edited by: fahdiz ]

[Arryn]

Originally posted by fahdiz:
Great minds think alike, eh?

Scary ...

[fahdiz]

Originally posted by Arryn:

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Originally posted by fahdiz:
Great minds think alike, eh?

Scary ...

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Now, now...

[ March 10, 2004, 18:32: Message edited by: fahdiz ]

[Arryn]

Originally posted by fahdiz:
If anyone has further suggestions of current "indie" games which are labors of love rather than labors of cash, I'd still love to hear them.

If you liked X-COM/TFTD/X-COM:Apoc you might want to check out UFO:Aftermath. The primary fan site can link you to demos and the publisher's site. GoGamer.com carries the game, BTW, as does EBgames in their stores.

[Arryn]

Originally posted by fahdiz:
Now, now...

I only tease people I like. I think you've seen what I do to those I don't ...

[Bossemanden]

Originally posted by Arryn:
If you liked X-COM/TFTD/X-COM:Apoc you might want to check out UFO:Aftermath. The primary fan site can link you to demos and the publisher's site. GoGamer.com carries the game, BTW, as does EBgames in their stores.

Hmm I bougth UFO:Aftermath and it was a nice enough game, but somehow the athmosphere of the XCOM games wasnt there. Played it through once and havent touched it after.
Not really sure why I wasnt impressed. It should be a much better game than the earlier XCOM´s, but it isnt. Apoc is still my favourite XCOM game.