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Scambl posted:I'm looking for a really immersive game where night is pitch black like in Miasmata. Moonlight lighting up everything just isn't doing it for me anymore, I want a game where I really feel like It's live or die. Also any Bethsoft game since Morrowind can be modded to feature pitch black nights.
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Scambl posted:I'm looking for a really immersive game where night is pitch black like in Miasmata. Moonlight lighting up everything just isn't doing it for me anymore, I want a game where I really feel like It's live or die.
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Dec 8, 2012 20:38
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Ashenai posted:I think you're looking for Noctis IV. This, and also Space Engine for pretty graphics.
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Dec 8, 2012 20:52
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Scambl posted:I'm looking for a really immersive game where night is pitch black like in Miasmata. Moonlight lighting up everything just isn't doing it for me anymore, I want a game where I really feel like It's live or die. STALKER (Shadow of Chernobyl or Call of Pripyat, at least) is like this with the right mods. For the best experience, I recommend finding megamod recommendations without finding out exactly what they do - which is a task you'd struggle with anyway, STALKER mods are the undisputed champions of feature creep - and plunging right in. Not only will the nights be dark and scary as hell, with safety a long way away, but even if you've played before, you can be guaranteed a few unexpected surprises lurking just out of view...
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Dec 8, 2012 21:01
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-I'm looking for a 4X game similar to Civ 5, but faster. I love Civ but there are a couple of things that bother me-- the diplomacy (and particularly selling luxury resources for 240 gold every single time) really takes me out of the action, I don't really like the combat (slow units that tend to bunch up), and I feel like the happiness penalty for conquering cities makes war unappealing to the point that I just sit in my castle and win with science every time. More than anything else, I find myself taking 10 minutes for a single turn and that's not really what I want out of a game. Warlock: Master of the Arcane solved most of these problems for me, but after 20 hours I feel like every game is playing out identically. A game with Warlock's combat and fast pace with more diversity of units/resources/a tech tree would be perfect. I don't need it to be super balanced and I don't care a lot about graphics, but I really want it to be fast-paced. Setting-wise I'd prefer fantasy over space over medieval over WW2, but anything that lets you do cool things is fine by me. -I used to play Dungeon Keeper 2 a lot as a kid. Are there any modern games that are at all like it? In particular the mining/gathering paired with tile-based room allotment, and also the diversity of creatures, are what I remember most fondly. Those requests sound drat specific, but I'd really appreciate any suggestions at all. Thanks!
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Dec 9, 2012 02:28
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God I fucking love Diablo 3 gold, it even paid for this shitty title
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TheGame posted:-I used to play Dungeon Keeper 2 a lot as a kid. Are there any modern games that are at all like it? In particular the mining/gathering paired with tile-based room allotment, and also the diversity of creatures, are what I remember most fondly.
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Dec 9, 2012 02:48
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TheGame posted:-I used to play Dungeon Keeper 2 a lot as a kid. Are there any modern games that are at all like it? In particular the mining/gathering paired with tile-based room allotment, and also the diversity of creatures, are what I remember most fondly. Dungeons and its standalone addon, Dungeons - The Dark Lord. It's not exactly Dungeon Keeper, but it is very similar in many ways. It's not released yet, but Impire should be pretty similar to Dungeon Keeper as well. The recently released A Game of Dwarves also fits the description, minus the creatures part. But I haven't played it and it has gotten some pretty bad reviews. I also second the Evil Genius suggestion above. It's an amazing game, and I must have played through it at least 20 times.
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TheGame posted:-I'm looking for a 4X game similar to Civ 5, but faster. I love Civ but there are a couple of things that bother me-- the diplomacy (and particularly selling luxury resources for 240 gold every single time) really takes me out of the action, I don't really like the combat (slow units that tend to bunch up), and I feel like the happiness penalty for conquering cities makes war unappealing to the point that I just sit in my castle and win with science every time. More than anything else, I find myself taking 10 minutes for a single turn and that's not really what I want out of a game. Warlock: Master of the Arcane solved most of these problems for me, but after 20 hours I feel like every game is playing out identically. A game with Warlock's combat and fast pace with more diversity of units/resources/a tech tree would be perfect. Conquest of Elysium 3. It's  on steam. It is focused strictly on combat, and the dozen or so different factions are all very different, so learning strategies for each one is a lot of fun.
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Dec 9, 2012 08:39
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Looking for games that are similar to: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers X-Men Legends 1 and 2 Marvel Ultimate Alliance 1 and 2 Star Wars Jedi Power Battles Dynasty Warrior Series Castle Crashers (loved it!) Lego Games A-RPGs that toss a bunch of no-name minions at you. I'm a fan of 16-bit/Arcade beat-em ups as well. Any game where I can zone out and beat some stuff up for a while. Indie games are cool and a big plus if it's on Steam with controller support. J3ng4 fucked around with this message at 10:19 on Dec 9, 2012 |
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Dec 9, 2012 10:17
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Recommend me a game, goons! What I'm looking for: a city simulator or something similar where I attract citizens by doing things for them, similar to Minecraft's Millenaire mod. I've played the hell out of SimCity 4 and I didn't like Cities XL much because it sucked. Also, I love all kinds of simulator games except flight sims, so hit me with what you've got! Also, any kind of political/business simulator would be welcome too. I played Capitalism 2 but it was very uncomfortable to play because the UI was really clumsy and it just wasn't that fun of a game. I've also played Democracy 2 and it was very spreadsheety and fun, but also very buggy and crashed to the desktop all the time. I have played, or own: SimCity 4 Cities XL Democracy 2 Capitalism 2 Farming Simulator (this sucks) Most of the Paradox library - these are amazing I tried to get into Dwarf Fortress but the learning curve was like scaling Mount Everest with a weasel in your pants. Space Station 13 was the same. I did like FTL, but I didn't play it very much because it lacked depth to me. Edit: I tried Towns, and the concept there is what I like. The game itself was a horrible, buggy mess that I felt ripped off on because I bought it not knowing it was for all intents and purposes an alpha version that the devs pushed out as a quick cash grab.
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HonorableTB posted:Recommend me a game, goons! Anno? 1404/Dawn of Discovery for quaint villages, or 2070 for more futuristic stuff. 2070 is newer but they play fairly similar aside from the settings.
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Tagra posted:Anno? I've played 1404, but I never could get 2070 to work properly. I am a total dumbass and couldn't figure out how to actually do anything in the first level because there was nothing explained to me about how to actually play.
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HonorableTB posted:Recommend me a game, goons! Have you tried going a bit more old school? Sim City 2000 is a bit harder to get into than 4 because of the UI, but I found a lot more forgiving and much more fun in the city building aspect. Alpha Centauri is a 4x where you build cities, armies, and perform diplomacy (or warmacy  ) with the AI, who all have unique personalities and traits. It's the most political and diplomatic 4x I've ever played.And finally the Dungeon Keeper series is all about performing certain goals to attract certain monsters for you to build and heroes for you to kill. All three of those can be found on GOG for somewhat cheap, and go on sale rather often. Leper Residue fucked around with this message at 06:38 on Dec 10, 2012 |
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Dec 10, 2012 06:35
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HonorableTB posted:What I'm looking for: a city simulator or something similar where I attract citizens by doing things for them Majesty, definitely.
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I'm looking for single-player PC games that have immersive stories and settings. I bought Alan Wake during a Steam Sale months ago, and started playing it a few weeks ago when I was bored, thinking it would be a fun time killer. It turned out to have been one of the best games I've played, and I was surprised I hadn't heard of it before. I'm looking for more games that will give me that feeling. Games I like that fit this include Alan Wake, Alpha Protocol, System/Bioshock, Deus Ex and The Longest Journey/Dreamfall. edit: Looks like this was brought up at the top of last page. I've played (and loved) To The Moon, and am at episode 3 in The Walking Dead. More suggestions couldn't hurt. Dominoes fucked around with this message at 15:08 on Dec 10, 2012 |
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Dec 10, 2012 15:04
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Dominoes posted:I'm looking for single-player PC games that have immersive stories and settings. I bought Alan Wake during a Steam Sale months ago, and started playing it a few weeks ago when I was bored, thinking it would be a fun time killer. It turned out to have been one of the best games I've played, and I was surprised I hadn't heard of it before. I'm looking for more games that will give me that feeling. Go to GoG.com and have a look at the WadJet Eye games (Blackwell Bundle, which is four episodic games, Resonance, Gemini Rue and Primordia). They're all point-and-click adventure games with really good plots, and puzzles that are generally logical.
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HonorableTB posted:Recommend me a game, goons! Try Gnomoria. It's a graphical DF-like that's still in alpha, but it's way less buggy than Towns. There's a free demo to give you an idea of how it plays.
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Have there been any recent, decent, single player FPS games for PC? I'm right in the mood for one. Nothing with recharging health though, which seems to rule out most of the recent releases. Something like the Stalker games would be just the ticket. Not ARMA2 though. I tried that and ... well, it's just a bit poo poo. Couldn't get into Metro 2033 either. Any great suggestions? Have been replaying OFP to pass the time, but I could do with something a bit more modern.
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Dec 11, 2012 00:00
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I know it's a limited question, but: if I were going to play a Fallout game, which would you recommend I play first?
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Rashomon posted:I know it's a limited question, but: if I were going to play a Fallout game, which would you recommend I play first? I feel like the gulf between 1 and 2 is the same as between 3 and NV. 1 and 3 both do great jobs, but the follow-ups in both cases just seem to hit the sweet spot juuust a little bit better. So in my order, I'd start with Fallout 2-> FO: New Vegas-> FO: Tactics-> The rest.
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Dec 11, 2012 00:15
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Play Fallout 3 first because if you play the others first you might not like Fallout 3.
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Rashomon posted:I know it's a limited question, but: if I were going to play a Fallout game, which would you recommend I play first? I'd go with the original. 2 may be bigger but 1 does a much better job sticking to its tone and atmosphere. It would also be kinda hard playing them in reverse order due to all the little convenience features added in 2.
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HonorableTB posted:Recommend me a game, goons! Tropico 3/4 is great for citizen interaction. It's quite unique in that regard.
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Pipski posted:Have there been any recent, decent, single player FPS games for PC? I'm right in the mood for one. Nothing with recharging health though, which seems to rule out most of the recent releases. Something like the Stalker games would be just the ticket. Not ARMA2 though. I tried that and ... well, it's just a bit poo poo. Couldn't get into Metro 2033 either. Any great suggestions? Have been replaying OFP to pass the time, but I could do with something a bit more modern. Have you tried Far Cry 3 yet? It's got some quirks (mainly with the UI) but is a really fun fps, no recharging health, but you can heal yourself easily enough. The island it takes place on is beautiful too.
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Fergus Mac Roich posted:Play Fallout 3 first because if you play the others first you might not like Fallout 3. Seconding this. If I played New Vegas before 3 I would've given up at the first big "moral dilemma" (Do you want to do nothing to this town, or BLOW IT UP? LEGITIMATE DECISIONMAKING TIME, PLAYER) because of how hamfisted is, but it really is a good game in a lot of ways, and you'd be missing out on a lot of neat things in it otherwise. Just start with it so everything else seems like an improvement.
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You just have to stomach the part where the sheriff walks with you to the bar to "show you some wasteland justice" and that sleazy guy who wants you to blow up the town shoots him in the back and no one reacts or cares. Fallout 3 has some really cool stuff in it but I still can't believe that outcome with that reaction made it into the final game.
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Leper Residue posted:Have you tried Far Cry 3 yet? It's got some quirks (mainly with the UI) but is a really fun fps, no recharging health, but you can heal yourself easily enough. The island it takes place on is beautiful too. Actually, there is recharging health. It just based on the current pip of health you're at, instead of the entire health bar. However, the game features an extremely simple healing mechanic, where you can, at any point, heal one or more pips by pressing the heal button even if you do not have any healing syringes with you. It's not recharging health, but it's not much better either. It's a pretty drat good game, in any case.
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Hey, if you guys haven't played Metro 2033 yet, get on that ASAP. That game is fan-loving-tastic and I can't believe it took me this long to get around to playing it.
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Liberatore posted:Actually, there is recharging health. It just based on the current pip of health you're at, instead of the entire health bar. However, the game features an extremely simple healing mechanic, where you can, at any point, heal one or more pips by pressing the heal button even if you do not have any healing syringes with you. It's not recharging health, but it's not much better either. This is entirely true, but it was the only recent game I could think of that didn't have explicit recharging health. Even Borderlands 2 has recharging shields and health on kills. Dishonored doesn't have it, but it's not really a traditional fps. If you're willing to do third person, both Dead Space and Max Payne 3 don't have recharging health and require painkillers/first aid kits. Edit: Serious Sam 3.
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quote:Fallout talk I dunno, I don't think anyone'd be worse off with just starting with New Vegas. I mean, if I have two pizzas, one decent but kinda bland and one really awesome and delicious, and both are easily big enough individually to tide me over for now, I'm not gonna start with the worse one to try and make the better one taste even better, because there's a good chance that I'll be sick of pizza by the time I finish the first one. But that's just me, I can understand giving Fallout 3 a shot first just to see if the overall style holds any appeal. But I really would recommend you don't play Fallout 3 totally inside and out, because New Vegas is pretty much superior in every aspect and has TONS of poo poo to do what with all the DLC that's come out for it. Oh and as for Fallout 3, the best DLC for that is Point Lookout.
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Nordick posted:I dunno, I don't think anyone'd be worse off with just starting with New Vegas. The trouble is that playing the other Fallouts(not just New Vegas) creates certain standards for what a narrative should be like within that world/series which Fallout 3 does not fulfill. If you never know what you're missing, you'll be totally satisfied, most likely. Personally I prefer Fallout 1 to 2 and think 1 should ideally be played first(New Vegas can be played at any time before, after or between them) but I originally played them in reverse order and it was totally fine.
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I'm looking for a chill PC game that I can play with a controller. Something not too challenging, hopefully turned based, and ideally compatible with Steam big picture mode.
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Internet Meme posted:I'm looking for a chill PC game that I can play with a controller. Something not too challenging, hopefully turned based, and ideally compatible with Steam big picture mode. It's not turn based, but Bastion is worth playing. Works very well on a controller, and should work with big picture mode.
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I'm looking for a RPG (I prefer PC but would take any good advice at this point, name a PC game if you know one though) that is sort of JRPG'ish in that it is focused. I have trouble with games like Skyrim because there is too much available at one time. I can hardly get past the part where I am downloading mods just to play the drat game. Finally when I get in I just feel lost and quit. I really, really value a well written and unique story that I cannot predict. Anything?
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You just described Anachronox pretty much exactly. The description of the game literally describes it as unique and unpredictable.
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teknologik posted:I'm looking for a RPG (I prefer PC but would take any good advice at this point, name a PC game if you know one though) that is sort of JRPG'ish in that it is focused. I have trouble with games like Skyrim because there is too much available at one time. I can hardly get past the part where I am downloading mods just to play the drat game. Finally when I get in I just feel lost and quit. Assuming you've played the actual JRPGs that are out there right now(Xenoblade), you could check out The Witcher 2. It's hub-based and focused around its branching storyline. The first game throws a bit more at you in terms of side content but The Witcher 2 keeps it fairly restrained in terms of the number of side quests available at one time. Side quests themselves tend to be somewhat involved. The areas are smallish compared to Skyrim as well.
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V for Vegas posted:Conquest of Elysium 3. It's Liberatore posted:Dungeons and its standalone addon, Dungeons - The Dark Lord. It's not exactly Dungeon Keeper, but it is very similar in many ways. Forgedbow posted:It might not fit your definition of modern, but Evil Genius is a straight up Dungeon Keeper clone with a 60's spy movie super-villain motif. It's about 10 bucks on Steam and GOG. Thanks everyone! I forgot about Evil Genius, I haven't played that in a while. I'll keep my eye out for the others over the winter sales. Another longshot: Any other PC games out there similar to Bulletstorm? I really liked the combos, environmental kills, score system (to give incentive to replay levels), the incentives to use different guns in the same level, and the really fast pace. I've played a lot of arcade-style FPS games but the closest I can think of is... Painkiller or something, and that's not even that similar.
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HonorableTB posted:I've played 1404, but I never could get 2070 to work properly. I am a total dumbass and couldn't figure out how to actually do anything in the first level because there was nothing explained to me about how to actually play. First level as in the campaign or a random map? I found the campaign did a pretty decent job of working as an extended tutorial (pretty sure that's what it was intended to be.)
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TheGame posted:Thanks everyone! I forgot about Evil Genius, I haven't played that in a while. I'll keep my eye out for the others over the winter sales. Serious Sam 3:BFE is pretty goddamn fun. The first 3 levels aren't that great, but after that you start getting the fun guns and a plenty of ammo for them. Plus it has the best double-barreled shotgun since Doom 2.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Serious Sam 3:BFE is pretty goddamn fun. The first 3 levels aren't that great, but after that you start getting the fun guns and a plenty of ammo for them. Plus it has the best double-barreled shotgun since Doom 2. Agreeing with this, but I warn you that even as someone who loved SS3 and Bulletstorm, the last few level and final boss are a horrible shitshow of a slog.
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