Finished game - now what?

[GeneralGonzo]

Space Rangers 2 !


...coming soon: Fallout 3 (end of month)

[Newton]

Dungeon Siege II is also a must if you have not played it yet.

[psycoticlunatic]

If you feel like a strategy game that doesn't follow the norm, try the following games:

Space Rangers 2 - http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/forumdisplay.php?f=100
Spore
Fantasy Wars [if you're into tactical based strategy games] - http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/forumdisplay.php?f=88

Other games:

Civilization Series

[psycoticlunatic]

Just finished spending a good 30 minutes reading the rest of the posts after I made my suggestions and:

Jeeze, you guys are truly bringing back the old-school games.
Holy crap, I've played [almost] all of those, yet I'm only 23. [missed a few games such as might and magic 5-6]

I've played all those games, I sat like a ghost by my dad's side when i was 3 years old watching him play empire for hours...

I remember playing a few games called "renegade", and "buck rodgers", and "magic candle 3"...
...yeah that old...those were awesome games....

Anyways, as time goes on, standards of games increase. People like to see games with newer, better graphics while still having gameplay, that's how the market will always be.

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I've been playing a ton of Warcraft 3 over the past few years, it's captivated me as I really haven't been able to get into other games as much due to them being pretty boring more often then not [strategy games aren't as prevelant as they used to be].

For me, I like to play one of three styles of games:
-Competative games
-Story Focused Games [RPG format usually]
-Strategy Focused Games

Unfortunately, I think the PC hasn't been doing so well lately on their ability to take over these markets. You guys have listed a bunch of great PC games, but as far as competition games go:

-Warcraft 3, Counterstrike, Halo 3, Call of Duty 5, Street Fighter 2 - These 4 are my favorite, I don't do shooters [or street fighter] too much so I stick to wc3, since I'm not too fond of the newer C&C series

As far as RPG style games, PC has backed down a bit on it, they do have a lot of great games, but the quantity is quite low. I do recommend to people to pick up a playstation 2 and buy a few games noteworthy of trying out.

PC: Neverwinter Nights, Baldur's Gate series, icewind dale, planescape, fallout, [buck rodgers lol] etc
PS2 - SMT: Persona 3/4 - Yes, I'd seriously suggest borrowing a ps2 just to play these games. The reason is that they're actually a blend of both strategy and rpg style gameplay, but it's a bit different than normal and actually a lot of fun.

Gameplay focused games are often times the best. Sometimes they neglect to have a story, but that doesn't always matter. Sometimes the story is really short. But it's mostly focused on the gameplay. These games often go beyond the concept of "aging"

-Masters of Magic, Xcom, king's bounty, fantasy wars, space rangers 2, jagged alliance, quite a few others.

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Jeeze, as I keep writing, my ability to think lessons.

[Gatts]

Originally Posted by psycoticlunatic

If you feel like a strategy game that doesn't follow the norm, try the following games:

Space Rangers 2 - http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/forumdisplay.php?f=100
Spore
Fantasy Wars [if you're into tactical based strategy games] - http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/forumdisplay.php?f=88

Other games:

Civilization Series

Space rangers 2, I heard a log good about this one, I will try it...
Spore? Right after Fallout 3, my personal "greatest disappointment of 2008"... but as said, its only my personal opinion, very very subjective

Fantasy Wars I do play... I like... ^_^
Civilization series I do play, I like... now I found old civ clone: Call to Power II... I like...

[Levesque]

You should also try The Witcher. I just finished the Enhance Edition and it was a really GREAT RPG!

Drakensang was also really nice. Surprisingly good old-style RPG. I really enjoyed that one.

Spellforce (and the expansion pack) is also a great and fun game.

[ACEofHeart]

A couple of questions,, how do you know when you are finished a game ? Do you run out of quests or does the game retire you when you reach a certain level.. (31) ???

[spamm]

http://www.kingsbounty.ru/princess/

[jake21]

But when will it be available in English ?

Originally Posted by spamm

http://www.kingsbounty.ru/princess/

[marc]

If you liked Baldur's Gate and you aren't afraid of reading, you definitely have to play Planescape: Torment and Fallout 1/2.

Planescape has to be the CRPG game with the deepest story ever realized. If you play a high wisdom / high intelligence character, you can solve 80% of the quests without fighting. There are tons of dialog stat checks (Is your dexterity high enough to grab someone and actually break his neck before he can resist? Are you wise enough to spot when someone is lying to you?). The downside is that you have to like reading, because there's about 3 novels worth of text in that game. Built with the same engine as the Baldur's Gate/Icewind dale series. It's my favorite RPG game of all times, I've played it through 3 times (and still found new stuff!). Besides, how many games can you name where the goal of the game is to actually die?

Fallout 1/2 are also extremely well realized, allowing you to truly role-play a character. The Fallout 2 interface is a bit more polished though, so if you're going to only play one of the two start with it. The dialog choices are also very involved with lots of ways to solve quests. Here's one of my favorite dialog moment (you don't have to choose those dialog choices but I can't help myself whenever I do this quest):

Lloyd: "All right, I've hidden the cash under that grave here."
Me: "Ok Lloyd, dig it up."
Lloyd: "What? No way, I told you where the money is, I'm outta here!"
Me: "There are two kind of people in this world Lloyd. There are those with loaded guns and there are those who dig. I don't see a gun in your hands."
Lloyd: "All right! All right! I'll do it."
You watch as Lloyd carefully digs in the grave, pausing often to disarm several land mines and setting them aside. After a while Lloyd reveals a trap door with a ladder going down.
Lloyd: "I'm done, can I go now?"
Me: "Go down."
Lloyd starts to protest but thinks better of it. He climbs down the ladder.
Me: "Hey Lloyd, CATCH!"
You pick one of his land mine up and drop it down the hole. There is a loud explosion then you don't hear anything.

This is just one example, but generally the dialog choices are top notch.

Erm ok anyway, those are my two cents. If you like RPGs but you haven't played those games, you really owe it to yourself to do so, you're going to have a great time.