Glazunov1

[quote who="OMG_blackmage" reply="54" id="3330485"] Can I say Final fantasy tactics? It was strategic, and turn based.[/quote] Pushing it, really. :) The battles in nearly every RPG, past and present, are strategic. I really loved the battles in The Magic Candle, and the AI was great, but it was a diehard old style RPG. The only RPGs where battles weren't strategic, such as Arcanum, had really terrible combat systems, in my opinion. [quo

[quote who="RalphT" reply="52" id="3330414"] MOM - Master of Magic - It's the rose colored glasses, I expect. SMAC - Alpha Centauri - I love the idea of a having a story in my Civ game, I don't know why nobody else has pulled it off, I'm hoping FH will. SP - Steel Panthers - Tactical tank battles, what's not to like, I think they peaked at II though. FF - Freedom Force - Superheros, what's not to like? It's aged pretty well.<br /

[quote who="TheBirthdayParty" reply="43" id="3330264"] Christ, David Bowie has a new album out, first in 10 years, and I was remembering the times then. I started feeling old. Now you post THIS. Are you trying to give me a heart attack?! [/quote] Please. Those of us who played Temple of Apshai on a TRS-80 know better. [e digicons]:-"[/e]

[quote who="ChungasRevenge" reply="36" id="3330133"] Sword of Aragon, CIV 2, HOMM2, Alpha Centauri in no particular order. There are probably other better games but these are the ones that I remeber playing an aweful lot when life was still simple. i.e., No wife, kids and business [/quote] Only one. Choose. ;)

[quote who="joasoze" reply="30" id="3330171"] I bought it and played a couple of hours yesterday(beta), I have also watched Das lets play series on youtube. This game is HEAVILY inspired by MOO II. You can see and feel it everywhere. That is a great thing. I have not found a space game to suit me in years, but this one could be it.[/quote] The planet screen actually reminded me of Ascendancy. Which I always thought got that part just right. [quote]I can

[quote who="Vamphaery" reply="91" id="3329955"] Interesting piece from Kotaku about playing the game offline. Apparently they were able to play the game offline for nineteen minutes with no discernible loss of gameplay or performance. Some of the user comments under the piece suggest that claims that a great many essential calculations are handled server-side may not be entirely truthful, but I'm not knowledgeable enough to support that assertion personally. [/quote] &

[quote who="Vamphaery" reply="22" id="3329982"] Quoting klaxton499, reply 21 I'm preparing for flames but... Jagged Alliance 2 If you're gonna get flamed for it, so will I. Jagged Alliance 2 was an awesome game for its time imo.[/quote] It was good. I missed the weirder merc quirks that were in the original title (like one merc who was a sharpshooter and wouldn't stop trying on the same target, if he

[quote who="Lantros" reply="9" id="3329871"] Yes, you made that clear previously. And by writing my own reaction above I was not out to contradict you, or state that you're wrong. You're not. I'm only stating that my conclusions are otherwise, and that I"m not wrong, either. Believe it or not, two people holding opposite opinions on something doesn't mean that either is necessarily wrong, nor that the world will collapse into a dwarf star at once. You ar

[quote who="Major Stress" reply="7" id="3329818"] Does the Total War series count in this? If they do i would say Rome: Total War ranks up at the top for me.[/quote] Well, the strategic part on the overmap is turn-based, if I recall correctly. So it does.

[quote quoting="post"] Time after time, they beg me to bring my armies home, but never give me the... respect i'm entitled to. Please make it where the enemy AI offers me tech, gildar, an artifact, even a hero or two or outposts to convince me to let them remain an independent state. [/quote] Makes a good deal of sense to me.

[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="5" id="3329802"] Alpha Centauri easily. Honorable mentions to: Romance of the Three Kingdoms [/quote] You are a man of taste. :D I'd add Bandit Kings of Ancient China and King of Dragon Pass to the honorable mentions category. And Master of Mana, the successor to Fall From Heaven II, with far improved AI.

[quote who="stein220" reply="3" id="3329780"] what if instead of being ejected, you had x turns to leave, or the faction immediately declares war on you?[/quote] Not a bad idea. I also wouldn't mind seeing any trespass on another player's land being sellable:so-many-turns' access for so-much gold, or a unit, or a spell, or some combination. With a barrier otherwise, unless yo untended to declare war.

On my reading list for our next trip, in a few days: Fletcher Pratt's The Well of the Unicorn. (Third time through.) Graham Greene's Monsignor Quixote. Been wanting to read it for some time.

Computerized--not table-top. It can take place in something that simulates the realworld, or in any other world, for that matter. Only one, and it must be turn-based. Over to you.

[quote who="Lantros" reply="7" id="3329762"] Quoting Glazunov1, reply 6...And tying the Kickstarter video to Brian Fargo? The guy who took the PS:T team off PS:T II, when the first game only did moderately well? Ironic, if nothing else. You can turn this around. Brain Fargo, without this guy PS: T would not exist.[/quote] My point wasn't that his company's money should have been thrown aside. ;) It was just as I wrote: that his central app

[quote who="Hellions" reply="5" id="3329754"] Done! http://fallenenchantress.nexusmods.com/mods/48/ [/quote] Good deal. :) Just as a suggestion, you might want to attach a description to your modsite, there. This will tell people what the mod is about, and anything else you care to add: installation, deinstaillation, compatibilities, etc.

[quote who="Lantros" reply="2" id="3328570"] Can´t believe the low interest here in the spiritual successor of one of the greatest crpgs ever made....tsss. [/quote] PS:T is the best RPG I've ever played. That said, given that the team developing this game is very different, it's worth waiting to see what they do. ...And tying the Kickstarter video to Brian Fargo? The guy who took the PS:T team off PS:T II, when the first game only did m

Does look like it might be fun when it's finished. Have they got an ETA for that?

http://fallenenchantress.nexusmods.com/

It's a long-standing issue. I've had stacks get ejected into one-tile areas where they were surrounded by an opponent's territory. Best advice? Only do that kind of thing while having a mage present who can cast Cloud Walk. :\

[quote who="Savyg" reply="86" id="3329465"] Quoting Glazunov1, reply 84 Hence, the recent server implementation issues, I referred to above. I wasn't just talking to you. I just didn't feel like quoting everyone in the thread I find all these people yelling 'vote with your wallet!' at the top of their lungs pretty funny...cause that's exactly what people are doing when they buy it [/quote] Wel

[quote who="Savyg" reply="82" id="3329377"] Quoting Glazunov1, reply 80 I'm glad you enjoy Simcity V--seriously. If you like the new direction the brand is taking, and can make allowances for the recent server implementation issues, then that's great. The server issues are practically over. There's still some minor glitching but the new servers perform amazingly and the old ones were being taken offline to update them, I assume that already

[quote who="Savyg" reply="78" id="3329252"] Hey $60 for several years of fun (assuming they're correct) or I could go to the movies and spend $10+ for two hours.... Yeah, I'll take the $60 too. I've already played far more than twelve hours, so...[/quote] I'm glad you enjoy Simcity V--seriously. If you like the new direction the brand is taking, and can make allowances for the recent server implementation issues, then that's gr

[quote who="Fistalis" reply="52" id="3328476"] The funny thing to me is all the media sites asking why they didn't learn from the launch of Diablo III. I say they did, D3 still made a huge profit regardless of launch issues.. so why would EA waste time and resources on a non issue for them? People keep buying these titles knowing they have always on DRM then are surprised when someone else releases the next always on DRM game, meanwhile the publishers are raking in the profits and s

[quote who="Rovert10" reply="44" id="3328410"] I do miss the giant cities though. There is "modding" (could get back original size) in this game supposibly but I don't see how this works with this Always Online Server Side Calculation nonsense they are spewwing out.[/quote] My impression, based on everything I've read, was that modding was completely out. If by modding we're using the term as it's generally used: extensive chan