What other games complement your Dominions 3? - Page 20

lch · #**191** January 9th, 2009, 10:16 AM

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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..

AFAIK that's still the case. It's quite extraordinary what they came up with so far, but it still doesn't make it a game.

Atreidi · #**192** January 10th, 2009, 04:56 PM

I've been playing some POXNORA lately.
And revived Oblivion for the xbox 360.

Gandalf Parker · #**193** January 10th, 2009, 06:21 PM

I like to keep an eye on places like SourceForge. It seems as if you can go there and type in just about any game you have ever liked in order to see someone trying to recreate it or do a sequel. I particularly like to keep an eye on some of my favorites (Master of Magic, Magic Realms, Stars!) to talk to them about coming over to Shrapnel when they get a beta version going.

If I was more of a programmer, or an artist, or sound tech, or writer then Id be signing on with many of htem to help their project along.

vladikus · #**194** January 12th, 2009, 08:19 PM

I ran into a list of wargames that might be of interest (some broken links), and kudos to everyone who enjoys playing games that make you think.

Jarkko · #**195** January 14th, 2009, 03:28 AM

AGEOD: American Civil War
Paradox: Crusader Kings and Europa Universalis III

Also subscribing various MMO's on and off depending on my mood (during the past half a year has included WAR, EVE, WoW, LOTRO, AoC, AO).

Empires in Arms the table-top game as PBeM

Gandalf Parker · #**196** January 14th, 2009, 12:47 PM

Have we all checked the Shrapnel roster lately. Some very interesting games are getting attention. Space, historical war games, and some just plain weird ones. But (no offense intended) they all tend to fall into the "not really latest greatest graphics and sound". If an independent game that puts effort into areas other than eye and ear candy (we are here arent we?) then we should all do them the favor of at least checking out the demos for hosting this wonderful forum.

Ironhawk · #**197** January 14th, 2009, 02:08 PM

I won't buy any more games from Shrapnel after the whole advertising debacle.

In other news - has anyone played UFO:Afterlight? Its the third in the UFO series which is basically an XCOM clone. I was trying out the demo last night and it seems pretty fun. I do worry that the AI may not be aggressive or dangerous enough. Has anyone else played it more thoroughly?

onomastikon · #**198** January 20th, 2009, 06:09 AM

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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?

Anyone?

Sombre · #**199** January 21st, 2009, 05:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Ironhawk

I won't buy any more games from Shrapnel after the whole advertising debacle.

In other news - has anyone played UFO:Afterlight? Its the third in the UFO series which is basically an XCOM clone. I was trying out the demo last night and it seems pretty fun. I do worry that the AI may not be aggressive or dangerous enough. Has anyone else played it more thoroughly?

The entire UFO: After_____ series is basically bad. If you love xcom, JA2 etc then you can wring a few moments of false happiness out of the titles before you realise the combat isn't tactical /at all/ and the strategy side of things is a joke. Oh and the AI, balancing and pacing are all buggy and of generally low quality.

Endoperez · #**200** January 21st, 2009, 06:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Sombre

The entire UFO: After_____ series is basically bad. If you love xcom, JA2 etc then you can wring a few moments of false happiness out of the titles before you realise the combat isn't tactical /at all/ and the strategy side of things is a joke. Oh and the AI, balancing and pacing are all buggy and of generally low quality.

There's another recent X-Com clone that I've heard is much closer to the originals: UFO Extraterrestrials. Wikipedia article contains a summary of an article a Finnish game magazing ran about it:

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The August 2008 edition of Pelit featured a retrospective of UFO: Extraterrestrials that focused on the effects mods have had on the game. Long-time reviewer Niko Nirvi, a strong admirer of the original UFO: Enemy Unknown, described the original UFO: Extraterrestrials as a pleasant but visibly rushed substitute. He focused on "Bman's Ease of Use Mod 4.07 (fixed by Coasty)" as the prevailing merger of minor modifications, and pronounced it "the true successor of UFO: Enemy Unknown" that "genuinely achieves some of its predecessor's magic."

According to the magazine, the more visible features of Bman's mod are added weaponry, incorporation of the original Enemy Unknown enemies (although graphically by copying and enlarging the older game's sprites), improving AI and rebalancing the game mechanics by changing them towards those of Enemy Unknown.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO:_Extraterrestrials