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Sgt. Anime Pederast posted:Wing Commander 3 and 4. Well at least their whole gameplay didn't completely revolve around full motion video and still photographs. That's why I'm kinda counting them out.  edit: However, GK2 is still the best even if you count them. Then again I'm probably a fanboy of the worst kind. Zat fucked around with this message at 17:46 on Jun 15, 2010 |
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New releases are up: Fantasy Wars and Journey to the Centre of the Earth.
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Jun 15, 2010 11:09
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Pavol Paska posted:I find that.. not hard to believe. Well, all those Tex Murphy games are pretty well liked, though I've never played them.
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Jun 15, 2010 14:36
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Has anyone played Panzer Elite: SE? It looks interesting, but JoWood can be inconsistent with the quality of their releases, especially ones that aren't fantasy RPGs.
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Jun 15, 2010 17:42
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Serious Michael posted:Has anyone played Panzer Elite: SE? It looks interesting, but JoWood can be inconsistent with the quality of their releases, especially ones that aren't fantasy RPGs. You'll be replacing the exe with the fan made patch and graphics mods anyway.
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Jun 15, 2010 18:26
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Ansob. posted:New releases are up: Fantasy Wars and Journey to the Centre of the Earth. Fantasy Wars has to be one of the most generic titles I've seen for a game. I'm surprised they didn't call it "Fantasy Game". These any good?
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Jun 15, 2010 18:59
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AxeManiac posted:Fantasy Wars has to be one of the most generic titles I've seen for a game. I'm surprised they didn't call it "Fantasy Game". Fantasy Wars is supposed to be surprisingly good. v  v
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Jun 15, 2010 20:42
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I read the title as being tongue in cheek. Am I giving it too much credit?
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Jun 15, 2010 20:46
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So, I bought Divine Divinity because it's been on my c-list for many a year. I understand that it's friggin' huge, which is nice, but I only occasionally get a craving for isometric clicky RPGs, and usually for about a week or so. Is Divine Divinity a game that can be abandoned for a while, then picked up again without too much confusion? Or would I be better off scheduling a huge slab of time to complete it?
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Jun 15, 2010 20:52
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Alchenar posted:You'll be replacing the exe with the fan made patch and graphics mods anyway. I only play vanilla, anything, even Oblivion or Stalker. rt4 posted:You really, really, need to play Stalker Complete. What I said in the above post. Serious Michael fucked around with this message at 21:31 on Jun 15, 2010 |
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Jun 15, 2010 21:28
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Serious Michael posted:I only play vanilla, anything, even Oblivion or Stalker. You really, really, need to play Stalker Complete.
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Jun 15, 2010 21:30
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rt4 posted:You really, really, need to play Stalker Complete. Relax, Serious Michael is only joking.
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Jun 15, 2010 21:34
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doctorfrog posted:So, I bought Divine Divinity because it's been on my c-list for many a year. I finished it in around two weeks, while working full time. HTH
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Jun 15, 2010 22:57
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I just got HoMM3, because I like King's Bounty and had always been interested in the series. Question though: How often should I be deploying new Hero units?
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Jun 16, 2010 08:34
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Overwined posted:I read the title as being tongue in cheek. Am I giving it too much credit? Yes. But it's apparently still good, anyways. I heard it's just a straight up 3D Battle for Wesnoth ripoff, but executed pretty well. If you liked Wesnoth, you'll like Fantasy Wars.
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Serious Michael posted:Has anyone played Panzer Elite: SE? It looks interesting, but JoWood can be inconsistent with the quality of their releases, especially ones that aren't fantasy RPGs. How much do you like simulations? It's the type of game that probably has little appeal to non-simulation crowds, especially after 10 years since its original release. Personally, I tried a demo back then and wasn't satisfied. I don't know how much the mods have changed but then my impression was that the graphics engine was too primitive to really give you a feel of being there. Much of this had to do with hardware limitations - horizon was drawn really close, infantry was just flat sprites and all in all it looked bland. So did Operation Flashpoint which also came in 1999, but its main focus was on infantry which made draw distance etc. more bearable. Tanks in OFP still sucked. But as a WW2 tank simulation it's still without comparison. There's the newer Steel Fury: Kharkov 1942, but that's also buggy as hell and you have to rely on modders to make it fun. Nenonen fucked around with this message at 11:39 on Jun 16, 2010 |
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Jun 16, 2010 11:37
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I still haven't got a chance to play Crusader: No Remorse in the past 10 years - even with DOS Box or any type of trickery it refuses to work. I forgot about GOG and saw this thread and was disappointed to see they haven't released Crusader. Is there any idea if they will release it in the future? That is one of the best old games and there is no way to play it on XP+ after hours upon hours of trying.
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Meowbot posted:I still haven't got a chance to play Crusader: No Remorse in the past 10 years - even with DOS Box or any type of trickery it refuses to work. I forgot about GOG and saw this thread and was disappointed to see they haven't released Crusader. The Crusader series was published by Electronic Arts. So, unless hell freezes over you're never going to be able to purchase it and play it on a modern computer from a service like GoG.
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Jun 16, 2010 12:11
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doctorfrog posted:So, I bought Divine Divinity because it's been on my c-list for many a year. The only caveat to the game is that the intro dungeon in the town is unnecessarily long and somewhat dull. Once you make it past that, the game opens up and becomes something completely fantastic.
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Jun 16, 2010 12:28
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Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:Yes. It's actually a 3D Fantasy General ripoff. Wesnoth is just a Fantasy General ripoff with a far more generic setting. (altough Fantasy Wars also has the generic setting problem)
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Jun 16, 2010 13:33
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doctorfrog posted:So, I bought Divine Divinity because it's been on my c-list for many a year. It's pretty open and sandboxy (past the first HUGE dungeon in the first town - one of the longest dungeons in the game, actually), and there are a lot of side quests, many of which literally give you no direction for solving them, like the Harvest quest, for example. There is a journal and a map you can place your own notes on, but I think you'd be better served by scheduling off a huge slab of time. Ongoing LP of Divine Divinity
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Meowbot posted:I still haven't got a chance to play Crusader: No Remorse in the past 10 years - even with DOS Box or any type of trickery it refuses to work. I forgot about GOG and saw this thread and was disappointed to see they haven't released Crusader. I've got Crusader: No Remorse working perfectly in the most recent DOS Box. Still a very fun game. Let me know if you'd like the DOS Box config file.
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pixelbaron posted:The Crusader series was published by Electronic Arts. C'mon Hell! You can do it!
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With Divine Divinity do yourself a favor and start games with each of the archetypes and grind through the intro dungeon spending as little points as you can. Once you are finished, make a master save for each archetype. That way when you want to try out a different character build, you can start from these post-dungeon saves.
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Jun 16, 2010 16:40
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Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:Yes. It's a straight up Fantasy General ripoff, as a matter of fact. If you liked Fantasy General you'll like it. So no the title is not a joke it's AN HOMAGE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_General
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Since it's been mentioned - why the hell do they not have Fantasy General? Is the whole SSI catalogue in licensing-limbo? Fantasy General, Panzer General and War Wind really need to be availible to the people that missed them.
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DatonKallandor posted:Since it's been mentioned - why the hell do they not have Fantasy General? Is the whole SSI catalogue in licensing-limbo? Fantasy General, Panzer General and War Wind really need to be availible to the people that missed them.
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I remember buying a copy of Imperialism based entirely on the cover (and I was not sorry that I did, it was a splendid game). Inside was a full-color brochure of SSI's entire catalog of wargames, from the very first Panzer General to Fantasy General and Star General. It would be awesome to see these (as well as Imperialism I and II) hit GOG.
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doctorfrog posted:I remember buying a copy of Imperialism based entirely on the cover (and I was not sorry that I did, it was a splendid game). Inside was a full-color brochure of SSI's entire catalog of wargames, from the very first Panzer General to Fantasy General and Star General. It would be awesome to see these (as well as Imperialism I and II) hit GOG. I did that too, I looked at the game and said, I can't play this. It looks like homework. But I tried it and REALLY liked it. SSI made a bunch of cool games like that. I could never figure out the Panzer stuff however. My brain seems to melt over at complicated WW2 like stuff. Guess it has to be wizards or whatever for me to grasp it.
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e: nvm, was literally on the first page of the allies section. STABASS fucked around with this message at 21:09 on Jun 16, 2010 |
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Ravenger posted:I've got Crusader: No Remorse working perfectly in the most recent DOS Box. Yes, Crusader: No Remorse runs perfectly fine in DOSBox and is as glorious as ever. Grab a recent build of it and you should be rocking.
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GoG has really been breasting it up on their cover art, haven't they.
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doctorfrog posted:So, I bought Divine Divinity because it's been on my c-list for many a year. You won't forget how to play it (the controls are diablo-ish), and it has probably the best quest log ever made, so you shouldn't have any trouble forgetting what you're supposed to be doing either.
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Thanks for the responses on DD. I fired it up last night and it has exactly the old isometric action RPG feel to it that I was looking for: the slightly artificial ting to the soundtrack, the excessive fluidity of the character movements, the tiny little objects you can pick up and use, the huge overworld, even the fonts and the over-textured menus all look spot-on. This is exactly the game I want to play for a week, get tired of, put down, then pick up again when I'm in the mood again in another month.AxeManiac posted:I did that too, I looked at the game and said, I can't play this. It looks like homework. But I tried it and REALLY liked it. SSI made a bunch of cool games like that. I could never figure out the Panzer stuff however. My brain seems to melt over at complicated WW2 like stuff. Guess it has to be wizards or whatever for me to grasp it. If we're both talking about Imperialism, I agree, it was pretty good. Looking back, I think the fact it played like a board game was a major strength and kept it from being a Civ wannabe. I was listening to the Two Moves Ahead podcast, and they were talking about Imperialism, and another thing I never thought of: how your empire's production, commerce, etc. were all managed from central 1-stop-shop screens. The complexity of this management was never increased, regardless of how large your empire became. It was pretty elegant. doctorfrog fucked around with this message at 22:47 on Jun 16, 2010 |
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FearOfABlackKnob posted:GoG has really been breasting it up on their cover art, haven't they. Compared to the amount of chesty and aloof men? Doesn't seem to be, just a side effect being used to seeing the Jagged Alliance 2 art. Do all these illustrated breasts make you yearn for more?
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FearOfABlackKnob posted:GoG has really been breasting it up on their cover art, haven't they. That's just how we did things in the 80s.  drat, I'd love to see the AD&D Gold Box series on GoG.
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And there is SSI again - Goddamn they had nothing but awesome games.
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Andrigaar posted:Compared to the amount of chesty and aloof men? Doesn't seem to be, just a side effect being used to seeing the Jagged Alliance 2 art.
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Andrigaar posted:Compared to the amount of chesty and aloof men? Doesn't seem to be, just a side effect being used to seeing the Jagged Alliance 2 art. No.
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