Quote from: Peregrin;558590If you like sims, IL-2 Sturmovik has a ton of content at this point and the 10-dollar pack gets you all of the accumulated content for the original series (do not buy the spin-off title Birds of Prey or whatever it is).  Not to mention it has a quick-mission builder.  You could spend ages playing this game, but you really have to commit to learning how to fly if you want to get the most out of it -- the physics are extremely well done and demand competency.

I've really been getting into Railworks (Which is currently aka Train Simulator 2012, but will doubtless change next year). I wasn't an "I want to drive a train!" kid, but... it's fun! You have to think in a very particular way to drive a train. It's completely different to a car, you have to plan much further ahead.

The Trains vs Zombies Halloween missions were also brilliant. A stealth mission? In a train? Why not.

Other than that, I find I prefer short-form arena games these days, although I've played through the Arkham Wherever games a few times, and I still go back to Doom and Halo - Halo 1 has aged really well on PC.

Playing Alpha Centauri and King of Dragon Pass till today (both more than 10 years old) and discovering new things with each play.

If this isnt replay value, i dont know what is.

My friend just reminded me of Vampire: Bloodlines. I'm now re-installing it. I still have fun with that one and Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries.

Most arcade games are perfect for replay, which is why they were so huge.

I LOVE Skyrim. It's easily replayable, as every build plays very differently. Also, with PC Mods, there are a ton of options not available to the console gamers.

Successful MMO's are very replayable, which is why they do so well. WoW, Lotro, the new Star Wars, City of Heroes, etc., will suck you in for days.

The Bard's Tale 1-3
Ultima IV
Baldur's Gate 1 and 2
Might and Magic 3-6

And I still play Heroes of Might and Magic 3.  Been playing it a few times a week for about 13 years now.

Quote from: JRR;564453The Bard's Tale 1-3
Ultima IV
Baldur's Gate 1 and 2
Might and Magic 3-6

And I still play Heroes of Might and Magic 3.  Been playing it a few times a week for about 13 years now.

Boy, Ultima IV takes me back to the days of Commodore 64.

If Jumpman could be emulated decently, and there was a way to plug in a joystick, I'd still be playing it.

Past that, I'm hard pressed to think of a C64 game I'd still play, though I'll appreciate some memory jogging.

Edit: Silent Service II, maybe? Haven't played a decent sub sim in ages, much less a fun one.

Quote from: Kaz;558407X-Com: UFO Defense

I play though that game about once a year.

There is a remake in the works.

Civ 3 was my favourite iteration of the Civ games.

Europa Universalis II is always fun to replay, especially when you go counter factual and take over Europe with your Omani empire, or whatever.

Same goes for Crusader Kings.

I get a lot out of the Football Manager games, but you have to be into football (soccer) to get anything out of them, I would suggest.

Hearts of Iron III is an insanely complex WWII grand strategy game that I still don't fully understand - the replay value comes from figuring out how it all works. Victoria is good for that too. Actually, any Paradox Interactive game has good replay value, I would say.

Sim City (3 or 4) is effectively endless.

I play (and replay):

Knights of Honor
Star Trek Birth of the Federation
Heroes of Might and Magic III

amongst others, with the occasional foray into X-Com terror from the deep.

Current favourite is Knights of Honor. I dare say my Desktop can run the latest games at reasonable frame rates but there's nothing really out there to grab my fancy. The Total War Series lost my interest after the first Shogun Total War (which I loved, but won't play on my W7 Ultimate box, last time I tried). After that the series grew more bloated and system hungry. I recall playing Rome Total War on my previous computer. It was like a slideshow.

Knights of Honor runs fine on just about anything, including my laptop. be warned - it gobbles hours without you noticing...

Quote from: APN;566713I play (and replay):

Knights of Honor
Star Trek Birth of the Federation
Heroes of Might and Magic III

amongst others, with the occasional foray into X-Com terror from the deep.

Current favourite is Knights of Honor. I dare say my Desktop can run the latest games at reasonable frame rates but there's nothing really out there to grab my fancy. The Total War Series lost my interest after the first Shogun Total War (which I loved, but won't play on my W7 Ultimate box, last time I tried). After that the series grew more bloated and system hungry. I recall playing Rome Total War on my previous computer. It was like a slideshow.

Knights of Honor runs fine on just about anything, including my laptop. be warned - it gobbles hours without you noticing...

How's the AI on Knights of Honour? I love games like that, but usually don't like the AI - it's usually either too easy to win, or else made artificially difficult by allowing the AI to cheat and fiddle the system.

QuoteCiv 3 was my favourite iteration of the Civ games.

I found Civ 3 shitty as hell. Very narrow strategically, forcing you to keep creating more cities all the time to survive. Compare that to Alpha Centauri or Civ 4, where you can actually choose to play the way you want ( do I build a lot of cities? Or do I build just a handful but with strong infra-sctructure ? ). IMHO of course.

Quote from: silva;566724I found Civ 3 shitty as hell. Very narrow strategically, forcing you to keep creating more cities all the time to survive. Compare that to Alpha Centauri or Civ 4, where you can actually choose to play the way you want ( do I build a lot of cities? Or do I build just a handful but with strong infra-sctructure ? ). IMHO of course.

The biggest shock of dealing with the transition from Civ 3 to Civ 4 was that there were no more wars over saltpeter, since it was removed from the game.

Quote from: silva;566724I found Civ 3 shitty as hell. Very narrow strategically, forcing you to keep creating more cities all the time to survive. Compare that to Alpha Centauri or Civ 4, where you can actually choose to play the way you want ( do I build a lot of cities? Or do I build just a handful but with strong infra-sctructure ? ). IMHO of course.

I just didn't like the feel of Civ 4 in play. Something about it just didn't sit right with me.

Quote from: noisms;566715How's the AI on Knights of Honour? I love games like that, but usually don't like the AI - it's usually either too easy to win, or else made artificially difficult by allowing the AI to cheat and fiddle the system.

It's ok - there seems to be a lot going on in the background, usually with countries being bribed to go to war with you. You can usually get a reasonable idea of what's happening or about to happen by looking at the countries allies, and who they are at war with.

The other countries also spy on you quite a bit, and scoot off with big chunks of money if you're not careful. That mostly stops when you install a royal family member as a spymaster (your own family won't betray you, but everyone else is more or less a potential enemy) and get them trained up to 5 skill stars.

I like it. It's got a cuddly look thanks to 1024 resolution and graphics are functional enough. Feels like an early 2000s game, which it is. It does have that 'grab' factor though, which I never got from the civilisation games (aside from the first one, on Amiga back in the dark ages)