What everyone should have in their library of games.

[Zap]

Everyone thank you. I have down loaded the demos that are available. What site has the good prices for the games that are availble? The Ur Quan Masters site was mentioned above anywhere else?

[Zap]

V22 Osprey

Thanks, I do have SPWAW been playing it regularly for the last 3 years. Also Have SPMBT.

I wanted to derviersify. I knew that this was the right place to get information on the best of the catagories I mentioned.
And now I can focus on those games mentioned. Looking forward to some good gaming

[Balthazar Gerards]

ORIGINAL: V22 Osprey

I gave him some good Titles so shut up. . . (To make this butthead called ravinhood happy)

Wow! Could you please express yourself in a more moderate, polite way? The fact that you're just coming around the corner age-wise and on this forum makes it a tad more annoying. You might have a quarrel with Ravinhood, but he's not calling you names, is he? Besides, Ravinhood is almost allways right, when it comes to games, though I agree he sometimes becomes a bit too repetitive when he wants to make his point.[:)]

On topic.
Pre WWII: Look! It's right under your nose! Frank Hunter's Guns of August! A superb game with some excellent graphic mods for those who also want a looker.

I also strongly would advise you to have a try with the Western Civilisation games: CoG & FoF (also matrix gems).

Best of luck.

[V22 Osprey]

Ravinhood is almost allways right,

 
Yea,right.I dont give worth a dam wether he knows everything or not.And Star wars battlefront 2 was made as 3rd Person shooter so actually I wasnt off topic.It is not a FPS.Now you have made me pissed off.
 

but he's not calling you names, is he?

 
You dont have to call someone a name to be an a*shole.

[Grell]

ORIGINAL: Zap

Been playing strictly WWII. I want to diversify. I would like to have a list BESTgames that everyone should have in his/her library.
No first person shooters. Games I can play against the computer.

Under Sci Fi- what should I own

Master of Orion 2

Role Playing Games

Oblivion, The Witcher

Pre WWII
I own Forge of Freedom.

Matrix Games John Tiller's Battleground Civil War

Other Catgagories What else should be considered.

Dominions III

Regards,

Grell

[ravinhood]

ORIGINAL: V22 Osprey

Ravinhood is almost allways right,

Yea,right.I dont give worth a dam wether he knows everything or not.And Star wars battlefront 2 was made as 3rd Person shooter so actually I wasnt off topic.It is not a FPS.Now you have made me pissed off.

but he's not calling you names, is he?

You dont have to call someone a name to be an a*shole.

But, in your case..........

Folks meet "Son of Judge Dredd" (or perhaps JD himself in disquise) lmao.

Now you have made me pissed off.

Lol Balthazar you have made him pissed off. lmao

[cdbeck]

Oh yes, Dominions 3 is very good and everyone should own it.

For decent prices, try Gogamer.com, or Chris's NWS Shop. Both have great prices, good shipping, and pleasant customer service.

Sword of the Stars is available on Gamersgate, as is the Witcher (but you should just order it from Gogamer.com to get the uncensored version). Note, I prefer Neverwinter Nights 2 to The Witcher, and I did not much care for The Witcher's combat (click... wait... click...).

Guns of August is tons of fun, but a tad hardcore. If you like TOAW, then you will like GoA. For pre-WWII, I have heard good things about HPS Ancient Warfare series, For Liberty!, Napoleon in Italy, and Birth of America. I have AGEOD's American Civil War, it is a good game but I get just a bit bogged down in it. That being said, it rivals FoF in playability, simplicity, and scope.

What type of RPG do you like? Here are some of my picks, in different genres:

Action RPG
Titan's Quest Gold (although I have compatiblity issues with it)
Guild Wars (MMORPG with NO monthly fee, plays like Diablo)
Depths of Peril (Indie Diablo clone with some great play mechanics)
Sacred Gold
Space Rangers 2 (terrible translation, but a great game)
Dungeon Runner (Completely free Diablo-clone from ncSoft)
Mythos (Completely free Diablo-clone, but may require Beta invite as of now)

"Traditional" RPG
Oblivion (or Morrowind, which I actually find to be superior)
Neverwinter Nights 2
Knights of the Old Republic
Planescape Torment (there is a mod out there that allows you to play this in higher resolution)
World of Warcraft OR Lord of the Rings Online (MMORPG's with monthly cost, so YMMV - despite all the "haters" both are great games and provide HOURS of fun)
The Avernum Series (old school RPG)

I also think that everyone should give some lesser known games a try:
1701 AD (City builder and trade sim)
Armageddon Empires (this is in bold because it is so freaking awesome, mix of Magic the Gathering and Warhammer table-top)
Darwinia and/or Defcon (Introversions sleeper indie hits)
Mount & Blade (soon to get a Paradox full release, a medieval RPG/war sim)
Puzzle Quest (and awesome Bejeweled based RPG puzzle game, also in bold for coolness)

I didn't even LIST Matrix games, as it is self-evident that many of these are worth buying.

SoM

[ravinhood]

ORIGINAL: Mac67

ORIGINAL: Zap
Other Catgagories What else should be considered.

Grand Theft Auto:San Andreas. The most fun I have had on a pc that didn't involve naked girls [;)]

How the hell do you win that car jumping contest with the mexicans? I can't get past that part damnit! lol I wish they would just keep it to shooting and chasing I can do ok in those, but, these damn car hoppings and dancing steps and stupid stuff like that are rediculous. I had the same problem in Vice City when I got to the model helicopter mission. I never got past that one. lol I just want to shoot and scoot not play dancing king or remote control helicopters.

Guild Wars (MMORPG with NO monthly fee, plays like Diablo)

But, you sure don't get DROPS in it like Diablo. If you play in normal mode you might as well not play at all. The drops are horrible now in normal mode. I liked it better before they divided normal and made it into normal and hard mode. Worst drop rate and drops I've ever seen in any rpg both online and off since they changed it.

[cdbeck]

Woah, I did not hear that about GW (and I haven't played in a while). You don't have to pay for Hard mode, do you?

SoM

[Balthazar Gerards]

ORIGINAL: V22 Osprey

Ravinhood is almost allways right,

And Star wars battlefront 2 was made as 3rd Person shooter so actually I wasnt off topic.It is not a FPS.

Well, that may be but that was not my point. My point was the way you express yourself.
Maybe I shouldn't make that remark about Ravinhood being almost allways right (in mine opinion), I just wanted to let you know that he's quite a character (I think) and that you should take that into consideration before you lose yourself in to ranting.

Now you have made me pissed off.

I'm sorry to hear that. I could offer you my apologies, but instead I think I'm gonna use it as an example bout what I meant about the way you express your emotions.

You dont have to call someone a name to be an a*shole.

You are right about that. On the other hand: I prefer an a*shole who doesn't call names anytime over an a*shole who does.

EDIT: Apologies to the other thread readers and writers for going off topic. I realize I shouldn't have done so.

ZAP: I should have read your posts more carefully; you allready own FoF, I'm wondering whether you like it. To me the mix of strategy and tactical battles is very engrossing.

[ravinhood]

ORIGINAL: Son_of_Montfort

Woah, I did not hear that about GW (and I haven't played in a while). You don't have to pay for Hard mode, do you?

SoM

Lol nope you still don't have to pay financially, but, you will pay mentally as ALL the mobs in ANY zone are 20+ levels and some are over 30+. It takes longer to get a drop in hard mode because it takes much longer to kill the mobs in hard mode IF you can kill them at all. I hope you have "Nightfall" I want to hear about your experiences vs the RAIN OF TERRORS in the REALM OF TORMENT playing HARD MODE hahaha. And you must play it with heroes and henchies.

You are aware of the HEROES we now get right? (came with the Nightfall chapter) You get 3 henchies of class types of your choice mostly more or less you can deck out with skills and equipment and you can even control them to a degree. I can stomp most of the entire game (3 chapters and expansion GWEN) with just myself and my 3 heroes in normal mode. Too bad the drops suck so pathetically cause it's no fun stomping things if you don't get anything for it. I run a pack of necros with one monk. Man it is stomping goodness. Sometimes I toss one of the necros and bring an elementalist just for a change.

Also, they have added a TON of GRIND to the game, you know the CASUAL FRIENDLY game that they said would be SKILL > TIME hahah welp that didn't last long. Basically since Factions grind has been added to the game and now it's almost pure grind to get to the good stuffs. Can't wait for GW2

[V22 Osprey]

ORIGINAL: Balthazar Gerards

ORIGINAL: V22 Osprey

Ravinhood is almost allways right,

And Star wars battlefront 2 was made as 3rd Person shooter so actually I wasnt off topic.It is not a FPS.

Well, that may be but that was not my point. My point was the way you express yourself.
Maybe I shouldn't make that remark about Ravinhood being almost allways right (in mine opinion), I just wanted to let you know that he's quite a character (I think) and that you should take that into consideration before you lose yourself in to ranting.

Now you have made me pissed off.

I'm sorry to hear that. I could offer you my apologies, but instead I think I'm gonna use it as an example bout what I meant about the way you express your emotions.

You dont have to call someone a name to be an a*shole.

You are right about that. On the other hand: I prefer an a*shole who doesn't call names anytime over an a*shole who does.

EDIT: Apologies to the other thread readers and writers for going off topic. I realize I shouldn't have done so.

ZAP: I should have read your posts more carefully; you allready own FoF, I'm wondering whether you like it. To me the mix of strategy and tactical battles is very engrossing.

Look.I dont want to fight with ravinhood.But he shouldn't just crack'in jokes all over the place.They aren't funny.I like to be friends wth ravin but he odviously doesn't want to so.....

[Zakhal]

Here is som:

RPG

Betrayal at krondor
Betrayal at Antara
Return to krondor
Ultima underworld 1 & 2
Arx fatalis
Gold box series
Dark sun series
Baldurs gate series
Neverwinter night series
Ultima series
Elder scrolls series
Wasteland
Fallout series
Spellforce series
Gothic series
Might & magic series
Heroes of might magic series
Divine divinity
Wizardry 8
Arachronox
Two worlds

Horror

Silent hill series

Sims

Falcon 4 original (just for the 400+ page printed falcon bibles)
Falcon 4 allied force
Janes Longbow 2 (janes manuals and extra guides)
Janes F15
Janes F18
Janes USNF'97
Dangerous waters + 700 page printed manual
Silent hunter 3 + mod
Silent hunter 4 + addon

Scifi

Wing commander series (+mods)
Starlancer
Freelancer (+mods)
Privateer series (+mods)
X-series
Universal combat CE
Star wolves
I-war series
Xwing series (enhanced versions)
Freespace series
Mechwarrior series
Eerthsiege series
MissionForce: Cyberstorm (mech spwaw)

Pre-ww1

Distant guns

Theres more but Ill stop here.

[ravinhood]

Now he doesn't like my JOKES?! Well I nevah! Oh and if you want to be my friend then put a lil [&o] in front of my name after your name in your next post.

IE: V22Osprey [&o] to Ravinhoods superiority.

[V22 Osprey]

I said I wanted to be your friend not your slave.

[marcusm]

The word childish comes to my mind.

[ravinhood]

ORIGINAL: marcusm

The word childish comes to my mind.

Oh and playing games all the time isn't childish Marcusm? Let's see what does that book say? "Put thy childish ways behind you" and "cleave unto thy spouse" and "honor thy father and thy mother"? Sorry, but, there's a bit of a "child" in all of us and so acting childish like SOMEONE'S I know is just "normal" though maybe autistic behavior.

[V22 Osprey]

Oh and playing games all the time isn't childish Marcusm?

 
For ONCE I agree with you.

[Gem35]

People's court, I gotta watch people's court.....
judge wapner...judge wapner... people's court...

[PunkReaper]

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