Favorite games

DonCorazon · #1 March 21st, 2008, 04:44 AM

The FoodStamp / Sector24 combo worked perfect for me.

theenemy · #2 March 23rd, 2008, 12:02 PM

thanks for the help guys. I'll try it out.

Agrajag · #3 March 23rd, 2008, 02:20 PM

Installing Dosbox should be no more dangerous than installing Microsoft Word. (Perhaps even less, because Word would mess with windows to associate its files with itself

)

And I recently discovered another game that definitely goes in my favorite pile: "UFO:Alien Invasion". It's heavily inspired by the original XCOM games (which were awesome, as everyone should already know

).
It's Open Source (which is good), and not entirely complete (which is bad), but it is complete enough to play and enjoy without noticing anything "missing".

#4 March 25th, 2008, 11:16 AM

To put some of the original purpose back into this thread

Roughly in order:

UFO: Aftershock
Master of Orion 3
Broken Sword 3
Dominions 3 (duh)
Rome: Total War
Freespace 2
Independence War 2
Wizardry 8 (Played it so many times, haven't finished it even once)
Baldur's Gate 2
Knights of the old Republic 2

cupido2 · #5 March 25th, 2008, 11:35 AM

Haha, yes, Wizardry 8. I began it 3 times and like you never finished it. I don't know why, I really like it.

Fal · #6 March 25th, 2008, 08:15 PM

Not many people like Heroes of Might and Magic series I see...for me HoMM3 is the best game I've ever played, I'm a die hard Heroes fan, still addicted to it and making new maps/campaign for it.

mathusalem · #7 March 27th, 2008, 07:06 AM

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cupido2 said:
Haha, yes, Wizardry 8. I began it 3 times and like you never finished it. I don't know why, I really like it.

the same, never finish it and I began it a lot of times.
Maybe because I wanted to try another team each time

hnchrist3 · #8 March 28th, 2008, 11:46 PM

I don't like the HoMM series, per se, but I do love HoMM3.

In my bag of favories:
Heroes of Might and Magic 3
Heretic 2
Dominions 3
Thief
Thief II
(Syd Meyer's) Alpha Centauri
Quake 3 Arena

Q3A is hyper-threaded for Linux, so bonus!
Despite the fact that the Thief games have an ending, I always find something new each game. Did you know that you can complete the Cathedral in about 5 minutes?
Drop a skull in the entrance door to wedge it open, grab the Eye, and leave through the front doors. Tah-dah!
Ever been to the basketball court in Thief?
In HoMM3 I always play Necropolis as they are considered among the weakest nations. Not in my hands.

I don't think Alpha Centauri appears anywhere else in this thread. Too bad. Great game. Similar to Dom3 as you have to choose your research paths wisely.

lch · #9 March 28th, 2008, 11:51 PM

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hnchrist3 said:
I don't think Alpha Centauri appears anywhere else in this thread. Too bad. Great game. Similar to Dom3 as you have to choose your research paths wisely.

Dude, Alpha Centauri was listed five times in the first two pages of this thread alone.

Fal · #10 March 29th, 2008, 12:15 AM

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In HoMM3 I always play Necropolis as they are considered among the weakest nations. Not in my hands.

Off topic but...Necro is among the weakest nations???? that is so so not true...In L/XL maps Necro is considered one of the best towns (of course conflux gets the top rank again). In S/M maps necro's strength weakens significantly but still considered a mediocre race to play.

If you go to any HoMM forums most people would vote fortress as the weakest town, interesting enough some of the top HoMM3 tournaments players were fortress players. I personally believe H3 is balanced enough it's hard to vote who's the weakest and who's the strongest.