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Games You Reinstall

Started by One Horse Town, January 21, 2010, 11:32:33 AM

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StormBringer

#15
January 23, 2010, 02:48:52 PM
Quote from: Danger;357270Last time I was mucking about with SWBF2 mods, the coolest one I found was called, "Order 66," or something.  You could either play the clones offing Jedi or vice versa.  Brutal, quick action but Jedi AI could never quite cope with the concept of rocket launchers or explosives used as land mines.

Stupid, linear-thinking Jedi.
I grabbed the mod kit for SWBF2 so I could play around.  I didn't realize that the pathing and much of the AI is wrapped up in the level design.  I would have assumed the bot AI handled the movement and had built in rules for priorities and environmental interaction.  The way it looks, the bot AI has rudimentary goal seeking, and is largely guided by the hints designed into the individual level.
If you read the above post, you owe me $20 for tutoring fees

\'Let them call me rebel, and welcome, I have no concern for it, but I should suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul.\'
- Thomas Paine
\'Everything doesn\'t need

noisms

#16
January 23, 2010, 09:18:12 PM
Steel Panthers: World at War
Championship Manager 2001/2002 with updates
Crusader Kings
Civ III
Angband, ToME, Zangband
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brettmb

#17
January 24, 2010, 08:08:41 PM
Duke Nukem 3D
Heroes of Might and Magic IV

Sigmund

#18
January 24, 2010, 08:53:25 PM
Playing through the original Maw Payne again right now, and one game I've kept reinstalling over the years is Grim Fandango, which I still consider my favorite.
- Chris Sigmund

Old Loser

"I\'d rather be a killer than a victim."

Quote from: John Morrow;418271I role-play for the ride, not the destination.

Peregrin

#19
January 24, 2010, 09:29:30 PM
Quote from: StormBringer;357253MW4 just botched the whole thing, though.  I mean, limiting where I can put weapons?  WTF?  Tricking out your 'mech was 70% of the fun.  Almost as much as stripping down a 50 ton chassis and loading up with a med or small laser and the biggest engine available.  Nothing like zipping past your enemies at 200kph+ on a strafing run.  :)

The problem with Mech3 is that they tried too hard to translate canon tabletop values which were designed for turn-based play into a real-time game.  Mech4, while it didn't really have as much flexibility or a "sim" feel, ended up having a more satisfying multiplayer component because you couldn't strip all the armor off a Daishi, load it up on guass rifles, and then alpha-strike even the most heavily armored mech for an insta-kill.  That sort of stuff didn't really make for exciting or dynamic multiplayer games, and you had to place a lot of restrictions on variants for leagues and whatnot.
"In a way, the Lands of Dream are far more brutal than the worlds of most mainstream games. All of the games set there have a bittersweetness that I find much harder to take than the ridiculous adolescent posturing of so-called \'grittily realistic\' games. So maybe one reason I like them as a setting is because they are far more like the real world: colourful, crazy, full of strange creatures and people, eternal and yet changing, deeply beautiful and sometimes profoundly bitter."

Casey777

#20
January 25, 2010, 10:19:31 PM
off the top of my head:

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri - transhuman Civilization on another planet, regular Civilization just doesn't do it for me after this game
Crimson Skies (I'm due for this one soon, winter's great for it)
King of a Dragon Pass (only thing lacking here is multi-player but the design is so sublime that's ok)
Steel Panthers & its free remakes
Wargame Construction Set III: Age of Rifles (have to break out DOSBox for this one)

StormBringer

#21
January 26, 2010, 12:46:58 AM
Quote from: Peregrin;357399The problem with Mech3 is that they tried too hard to translate canon tabletop values which were designed for turn-based play into a real-time game.  Mech4, while it didn't really have as much flexibility or a "sim" feel, ended up having a more satisfying multiplayer component because you couldn't strip all the armor off a Daishi, load it up on guass rifles, and then alpha-strike even the most heavily armored mech for an insta-kill.  That sort of stuff didn't really make for exciting or dynamic multiplayer games, and you had to place a lot of restrictions on variants for leagues and whatnot.
I can see that.  I didn't get into multi-player too much, so I just pimped the shit out of a 'mech and went against 2-4 larger tonnages for kicks.  Sometimes I just wanted to see how long I could last against two Atlas 'mechs, or something else in the 100 tonne range.  :)
If you read the above post, you owe me $20 for tutoring fees

\'Let them call me rebel, and welcome, I have no concern for it, but I should suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul.\'
- Thomas Paine
\'Everything doesn\'t need

Danger

#22
January 26, 2010, 08:07:49 AM
Quote from: Casey777;357525Crimson Skies (I'm due for this one soon, winter's great for it)

Wargame Construction Set III: Age of Rifles (have to break out DOSBox for this one)

Yes and yes on these; loved the Zulu based scenario(s) in Age of Rifles as they reminded me of a Space Hulk game or two I've had.
I start from his boots and work my way up. It takes a good half a roll to encompass his jolly round belly alone. Soon, Father Christmas is completely wrapped in clingfilm. It is not quite so good as wrapping Roy but it is enjoyable nonetheless and is certainly a feather in my cap.

Blackhand

#23
January 26, 2010, 05:21:00 PM
Rome: Total War and Barbarian Invasion

Medieval 2 Total War

Awesome games, that series.
Blackhand 2.0 - New and improved version!

JongWK

#24
January 28, 2010, 06:38:22 AM
Alpha Centauri
Civilization 4
"I give the gift of endless imagination."
~~Gary Gygax (1938 - 2008)

Simlasa

#25
January 28, 2010, 03:46:21 PM
Deus Ex

Also this Battlezone game I got for a dollar... I really like it but there's a ridiculous mission in it that I have never been able to beat... and I end up playing till I get that far, quit out of frustration after a hundred attempts... and uninstall for a year or so.

Halloween Jack

#26
March 08, 2010, 01:35:59 PM
Quote from: brettmb;357392Duke Nukem 3D
Heroes of Might and Magic IV
I've played HoMM 3 a lot; what's different about 4? I saw recently that I could pick them both up in a 2-pack pretty cheap.

Benoist

#27
March 08, 2010, 01:44:24 PM
Right now on my machine:
Halo: Combat Evolved
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Diablo II

brettmb

#28
March 08, 2010, 04:52:49 PM
Quote from: Halloween Jack;365493I've played HoMM 3 a lot; what's different about 4? I saw recently that I could pick them both up in a 2-pack pretty cheap.
I actually have HoMM 3, but never played it, because I found 4 for less money on ebay the next day. Just my luck. Now I did play the hell out of v2.

I think 4 adds more flexibility with character classes in that they can be mixed. I think there's also more creatures and better graphics.

Danger

#29
March 09, 2010, 05:35:08 AM
Now that I found my X Wing / Tie Fighter collection again, you goddam straight that they're hard-drive bound.

I just need to (probably) get another joystick.
I start from his boots and work my way up. It takes a good half a roll to encompass his jolly round belly alone. Soon, Father Christmas is completely wrapped in clingfilm. It is not quite so good as wrapping Roy but it is enjoyable nonetheless and is certainly a feather in my cap.
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