What other games complement your Dominions 3? - Page 19

Darkwind · #**181** January 7th, 2009, 06:33 PM

While we're on the subject of RTSs, I may as well mention Warcraft III. I've lost half a decade, maybe even closer to a full one, of my life to this game. I played it and only it (before discovering Dominions, obviously). I've never been good at real-time strategy (or any games really), but what kept me was the incredible editor. This one game can let you play a first-person shooter, an adventure game, a puzzler, or even turn-based maps. The editor is fairly simple--even I, in all of my under-10-years-old glory, dabbled at creating maps.

Gandalf Parker · #**182** January 7th, 2009, 06:53 PM

I thought that was one of the games where the map editor could be used for us? I really have to dig thru my old game discs one day and look for map editors with cool icons.

onomastikon · #**183** January 8th, 2009, 05:59 AM

Can anyone give me the rundown on their experience with The Witcher Enhanced bought digitally? The producer seems to have made an odd deal with distributors, making it impossible for me to purchase it digitally from Stardock in Germany. That leaves direct-to-disc, and I have heard that there are big problems with that version. Anyone have good results, and enjoy that RPG?

Otherwise (to abuse a poorly-made allusion to the much-confused distinction of Aristotle's), I'm still enjoying StarChamber as fun "dramatic" compliment to the "epic" giganticness of Dominions.

Grottnikk · #**184** January 8th, 2009, 02:00 PM

Right now, I've got icons for the following on my desktop:

Hinterland (action/rpg/sim city hybrid)
King's Bounty: The Legend (funny RPG with some strategy elements)
Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space (just try it

)
Left4Dead (in this game, you can actually be rewarded for licking people you don't know)

oh, and for those who were looking for a good MMO, ever try City of Heroes? Really well done game with tonnes of free updates. The gameplay actually makes you feel like a superhero in the comics, too - 1 guy can beat the living crap out of a dozen minions

Ruminant · #**185** January 8th, 2009, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by HoneyBadger

There was a fantasy version of XCOM out too-if it hadn't been so buggy on my computer, it would have been pretty interesting. I forget the name but it's in the Home of the Underdogs.

Any chance you can remember what this game is called? Sounds quite intriguing. Didn't get far on X-com but it was a seriously well crafted game. Also, is it just me or has Home of the Underdogs been essentially 'down' (all the downloads I look at seem to be out of order) for several months now? Tis a shame if so.

As far as games I'm playing now go:
Full Throttle - Randomly found this gem in a store near me. Awesome old school adventure game, and bonus points for being extremely METAL

The new Sam and Max series from Telltale - Sadly I'm too young to have experienced Hit the Road but damn if these aren't the best adventure games I've ever played. I'd also recommend the Strongbad series if you like that style of humour.

Pox Nora - Seriously. You need to pump some money into this game (maybe as much as you'd pay for a regular commercial game) but it is insanely addictive and has incredible depth. The strategic range of a collectible card game combined with the tactical skills required in a turn based strategy.

City of Heroes/Villains - The most fun MMO ever. I can't berate my WoW playing friends for their capitalistic, pig dog ways anymore since the game got an economy but the combat is still the most 3 dimensional and entertaining your likely to find in an MMO just now. Aerial combat in an MMO? Yes we can!

Fallout 2 - Fallout 3 was awesome, but it left me hungry for something with more depth and a more interesting and well realized world. Can't get much better than this for PC rpgs except for Baldurs Gate(s). Kilgore's Restoration Project is required ;p

Battle for Wesnoth - It's been mentioned a fair few times but I have to say it's the greatest (and biggest) purely free game I've ever played. Try it. It won't cost you anything except a few weeks of your life..

Spellforce 2 (and expansion) - Not the greatest of games, but 3 player with friends in the co-op campaign you can overlook it's more obvious faults and enjoy the diablo-esque hero building and the incredibly simplified RTS combo.

Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance - For multiplayer RTS's the spiritual successor to Total Annihilation is the greatest I've found, infinitely better than WC3, Sins of a Solar Empire, etc.

Ogre Battle 64 - Whee! From one of the oldest of schools of semi-turn-based strategy games comes a surprisingly engaging, deep and lengthy romp from the nintendy 64. Large scale, tactical, squad based combat using units that can level up into a huge variety of different and unique classes.

JimMorrison · #**186** January 8th, 2009, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Ruminant

Spellforce 2 (and expansion) - Not the greatest of games, but 3 player with friends in the co-op campaign you can overlook it's more obvious faults and enjoy the diablo-esque hero building and the incredibly simplified RTS combo.

I REALLY enjoyed the first one, these are by JoWood studios, who did the Gothic series, and their dialogue translations and voice acting just -kill- me. In a good way. They murder me with giggles, and it keeps me more interested in the game.

However, Spellforce2 used StarForce "protection", and I refuse to cooperate with such fascist and invasive DRM. I can overlook a lot, but that just goes wayyyyyy over the line, in my book. A shame, I had been looking forward to SF2.

Grottnikk · #**187** January 8th, 2009, 09:04 PM

Ruminant: You can get a totally free (open source) version of X-COM, it's called UFO: Alien Invasion. Pretty cool.

http://ufoai.sourceforge.net/

vladikus · #**188** January 8th, 2009, 09:28 PM

Oh, how did I forget this game: Nox.

Ruminant · #**189** January 9th, 2009, 05:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Grottnikk

Ruminant: You can get a totally free (open source) version of X-COM, it's called UFO: Alien Invasion. Pretty cool.

http://ufoai.sourceforge.net/

Ooooh, I remember stumbling onto that a few months ago. It looked like an awesome concept but incredibly buggy and unfinished so I didn't bother with it but if your giving it a good review I might check it out..

Jim, I've got the Gold version of Spellforce 2 and I don't think it has Starforce.. Could be different for different regions or perhaps they got rid of it for the gold version.

JimMorrison · #**190** January 9th, 2009, 06:38 AM

Oh really? I'll look into that. It's entirely possible, I know of a few games that released with StarForce (or other horrid DRM), and then rereleased a different edition without it.

(Odd, just looked it up, and apparently only the Euro and Russian releases supposedly had StarForce, US version uses TAGES, which is simply not as invasive.)