No.62294
>>62292which one are your favorites? i would love to see you rank the ones you played from least favorite to most favorite.
No.62295
>>62294>from least favorite to most favorite from ones I played>Europa UniversalisI just hate the mana as a concept, I find the events to be absurd and I only play it when I play a megacampaign
>Imperator:Romeit has fine mechanics with the exeption of families and family holdings, but it is pretty much impossible to play tall. Also, the AI Rome always does the worst bordergore- I've never seen them conquer mainland Carthage (Or any medium-large southern state) but they often conquer beyond Rhine and Danube
>Hearts or Iron IVlove the production and division autism. Fighting is ok. I could even stomach national focuses, but the problem is boredom during peacetime. I know this is a war game, but there is almost literally nothing to do before war starts but wait. Also, the fact that 1/4 of the mechanics is tied to DLCs is scummy
>Darkest Houriirc correctly it is modified version of Hoi2. It is the definition of simple but fun. It as more tech (up to 1960s) than Hoi4. Same probelm with peacetime. Fewer provinces means that that it feels too much like a boardgame than a simulation.
>Crusader Kings 2I think I'm the most familiar with this one, as I have over 600 hours in and still haven't played 10% of all content. The main problems are too much time (almost 700 years long campaign with earliest start) and all-or-nothing type of gameplay. Both of those things mean thta when you accomplish your goals you just wait till the end date, as playing suboptimal means losing all progress to some AI character, and they run player kingdoms to the ground. I also think that mechanics fail to represnt the period faithfully, especially earlier dates.
>Victoria IIWhen it comes to the gameplay, I like the idea that a lot of things are controlled indirectly, in contrast to previous games. It is closest to a "simulation" a paradox game have come to. Time period is both good and bad- industrialization is fun, but the political landscape means Europe looks the same every game unless something crazy happens like Bavaria becoming a Great Power. I would also change some aspects of RGOs and goods, as the way it is handled in the game cause some problems that would never happen irl.
No.62305
Can anyone tell me why Ocarina of Time is so popular? I've never played it in the 90s, I have only tried it couple of years ago and I thought it's pretty boring and extremely ugly (everything is puke green and brown, faces are ugly). I am genuinely curious. Is it because I haven't played it back in the time it was popular so it's charm is lost on me as my standards toward games are much higher?
No.62308
>>62305did u play on some lousy emulator with your keyboard?
ur supposed to play on RMG with paraLLEl RDP plugin with a proper controller with vibrate support like 8bitdo 64 (tho any other gamepad would be passable too, just map yellow C buttons to right analog), and try to beat at least the first boss, and it has to be ROM version 1.1, NOT 1.2 (or the GCN or VC/Switch ports), they ruined the music and censored the game in those
No.62335
Starcraft 1 is underrated, yes the game is legendary, but for me is like art, is a fantastic sci-fi world, amazing cinematic and lore.
It have books, comics, etc. Better history and universe than Star Wars
No.62337
>>62335How do you feel about Warhammer 40k?
No.62349
>>62305Playing it as a child when it was released was really special. I'd never seen anything like that before and it left a deep impression. Just going around and exploring a big 3D world like that was awesome.
No.62352
>>62337Never played that game, but looks good to
No.62353
I do have a few games I keep going back to, and a number of them are not even particularly good but I played them so often over many years they became like home in many ways.
Fallout 3 would probably be my favorite of all time, then, in no particular order, Medieval II Total War, Comix Zone, X-Men 2 Clone Wars, Quake, Baldur's Gate and recently I've played Marvel's Spider-Man and Robocop Rogue City quite often, to the point I think they'll be coming into the roster. Probably only Fallout, Total War, Quake and Baldur's Gate are the ones people would contentiously call 'objectively' good.
The very, very best game I've ever played though is Ultima Online, but that title is very dependent on a community, and I find the gaming culture I enjoyed for so long during those days disappeared over time. You can still play UO today, but it's not the same thing. The wild west days of the internet and online gaming are over. I tried to go back but it's just a little depressing, now.
No.62382
>>62291if you're into RTS wiz you gotta take a look at Warzone 2100
Old gem with fancy mechanics
No.62479
>>62478I already play TES games, but how is Warband? Is it like TES games? I know it has TES oriented mods.
No.62483
>>62481So it's more a RTS? Damn, I don't like those personally. The real-time combat part sounds fun at least.
No.62495
I used to think X-Com: UFO Defense was playable forever. I started playing mods when OpenXcom came out and seeing every mod just being a copy/paste of each other really deflated me. I've played a minimum of 1 full campaign per year since '94 up until maybe 3 years ago.
>>62483Not quite an RTS, more like a mixture of RTT and action combat. You can give basic commands mid-combat (charge, halt, line up, etc). Depending on your faction, your playstyle will vary, so a Rhodok player would be more meticulous with placement of soldiers and defensive lines, while certain other factions are more conductive to just issuing a charge order and running around fighting.
No.62502
>>62479The cool thing about warband is the freedom you have to do whatever you want. Bannerlord is their newest game, but isn't as deep as Warband.
No.62910
Modded New Vegas & Skyrim.
No.62956
>Nethack, Evilhack, and Slash'Em Extended
>Angband and Poschengband, Dwarf Fortress, and CDDA
>Battle Garegga, Dodonpachi games, and Darius games
>Mount and Blade 2 + shitloads of mods
>Rimworld + shitloads of mods
>Elona Plus, Elin and Noita
>Medieval 2, and Attila, and Rome 2 Total War + shitloads of mods
>Monster Hunter World + shitloads of mods
>Diablo 2 and Grim Dawn
>Elden Ring
>Hitman World of Assassination
No.62959
Mario kart double dash ,Tony hawk 4, Warcraft 3 starcraft, faeria, Star wars pod racer, smash Bros, heroes of the Storm, windjammers
No.62960
Zephon and Gladius(40k as a civ3 type game)
F-zero X
Super Smash EX
classic JRPGs with trippy plots ( Earthbound, Legend of Mana, Final Fantasy 8)
Superhot
No.62961
my picks are: combat mission. ive got shock force 2, red thunder and the old ones. the fallout games.
No.62970
>>62968it has nice music. do you play it on ps2?
No.62971
>>62970I don't have my PS2 anymore, so I only emulate it now. The OST is really something else, I agree 100% there.
No.63036
>>62968It's a very charming game in it's own way and I agree with the fact that the unique rules implemented make it feel more interesting than a generic yugioh sim but I can't see myself playing it for more than a week, certainly not a game to play forever. Both of the branching paths can be completed in a day each and the rest of the content isn't that interesting.
No.63039
tetris
No.63138
>>62291Skyrim (even the vanilla game but especially modded), Terraria, the Rune Factory games
I used to play lots of Stardew Valley but have recently switched Fields of Mistria
I'm in my 30s and mostly prefer more casual games these days, I don't have the mental energy to play CRPGs like Baldur's Gate anymore
No.63191
Modded Minecraft, especially with Custom NPCs and building mods.