OT) Best Turn Based Game: Fantasy or Space or War

bostonrpgmania · #1 March 18th, 2003, 10:42 PM

I would like to have your opinion about the best turn based game you played. Whether it be space, fantasy, war or civ. Please let me know

oleg · #2 March 18th, 2003, 11:05 PM

Hmmm... This a very cryptic message if I ever saw one. Please post more

Fyron · #3 March 18th, 2003, 11:28 PM

Well SE4, of course.

After that, I'd have to say Civ2, then MOO2 (only later cause it is not moddable; only remotely hackable), then MoM, then BOTF, then... umm... others.

Baron Munchausen · #4 March 18th, 2003, 11:55 PM

Hmm, if you mean 'best game of ALL' that's nearly impossible to determine. No single game can be best at everything.

In Fantasy I think Master of Magic was (and IS) the best to date. I hope they update it some day. The DOS Version from 1995 is buggy as hell and can leave you with an unfinishable game (crashing when you try to go on to the next turn...) The game design is fantastic, it's just rather poorly coded.

Of 'Space' games I'd say SE IV comes pretty close to being the best in Category. The MOO series were great in their time but are quite limited in scope. Even MOO 2 with access to 'protected mode' DOS and so able to have megabytes of memory only had a max or 80 stars or so? And the development possibilities of planets is very rigidly limited.
SE IV exceeds all of these limits and more. The one area where it falls down, other than AI where all games fall down, is where MOO shines. Tactical combat. The tactical combat system in MOO 2 is fantastic. If it were only on a somewhat larger scale (so you didn't START in range of enemy weapons) it would be just about perfect for a turn based combat system. Hopefully SE V will have turn-based combat with 'impulse/initiative' to break down turns into sub-turns and reduce or eliminate the one disadvantage of this system.

Now war games in general is a really big question. There are so many of them and so many variations in theme that I really cant't make a decent guess. Ancient, Medieval, or modern warfare? Strategic or tactical? Air? Sea? Land? Etc... it's just hopeless to sift through all the air, sea, and land combat games and try to pick one. And even then I've only played a small selection of them. TILT...

[ March 18, 2003, 21:57: Message edited by: Baron Munchausen ]

bostonrpgmania · #5 March 19th, 2003, 08:03 AM

Thank you for your opinion
Hmm
Master of magic.. I tried to learn it but with my limited computer knowledge, I failed to run the game under windows system..

Every body talks about master of magic...Is it that good? How it compares to, say, age of wonders two?

How about heroes of might and magic? or operational art of war?

I am just curious what kind of turn based game my friend here in this forum likes to play (other than SE IV)

Are you playing any other game at the moment? any genre?

Fyron · #6 March 19th, 2003, 08:21 AM

Once you get it working, MoM is a most excellent game.