OT-New Computer needs new games

ZeroAdunn · #1 December 7th, 2001, 11:03 AM

Puke could the battleship game you are thinking of be battlecruiser: Millenium. If so I would suggest not buying it. While the game looks good the company that makes it has a history of faulty software. I bought Battlecruiser 3000AD and it was so faulty it crashed while trying to run the intro movie. The company finally released a patch, I downloaded it and found the game then crashed when I attempted to start a new game. Many people have complained about the game series.

dumbluck · #2 December 7th, 2001, 12:23 PM

Puke probably is refering to Independance War 2. Which is supposed to be a KICK ___ game. However, it is also supposed to have a rather steep learning curve. Oh well. I wish I had a system that would play it.....

Saxon · #3 December 7th, 2001, 12:52 PM

If you really want to test out your machine, I hear Max Payne is the way to go. Sure, it is a first person shooter, but you don't buy a machine like you have to play strategy games.

If you are getting Shogun Total War (good game, but crashed on my machine unless I did the full instilation) you should get the Mongal Horde add on. I think they lifted the graphics up a step or two, as well as adding lots of units. However, it isn't going to push your machine, my old 450 handled it with ease.

I am jealous of your machine, but I made my choice. Instead of getting one great new machine, I bought two older ones for about the same price and now have a three machine network in the house. Living in Kenya places any form of network play besides LAN out of reach, so I chose to do it at home.

Have fun!

Lemmy · #4 December 7th, 2001, 01:15 PM

"return to castle woflenstein" is one of the newest 3d shooter, that's probably a good game to test your computer with.
or starfleet command 2, wasn't that 3d also?

mac5732 · #5 December 7th, 2001, 05:56 PM

Shogun Warlord Eddition, this is the upgraded Version, excellent game system, tactical is fun and it can be played on line, also Universalis I & II, also excellent. I have both, but II is my xmas present and wife won't let me touch it. If you get them be sure to download patches (as with all games out there) Civ III is supposed to be good to, don't have it yet but some on the forums stated Universalis is better, but that's up to each indiviual's tastes. I plan on getting it,

just some ideas mac

capnq · #6 December 7th, 2001, 06:01 PM

quote:
If you really want to test out your machine, I hear Max Payne is the way to go. Sure, it is a first person shooter, but you don't buy a machine like you have to play strategy games.

Nitpick: Max Payne is third person, not first person. There was an opinion column about it in the December 2001 issue of PC Gamer.

Puke · #7 December 7th, 2001, 07:04 PM

thanks dumbluck, independance war 2 is what i was thinking of. my that game looks nice.

guess i should go get it..

while battlecruiser milenium sounds good in principal, i too had the misfortune of playing Derek Smart's first game, and was somewhat underwhelmed. it does not look like he has learned any lessons for the second one, so i will stay clear of it. besides, Interplay's Anestus Rising looks to be the better carrier-command remake.

(anybody remember carrier command?)