What other games do you play?

[Sir Toma of Spain]

I was just wondering what other games people play who are on this forum.
Personally i mainly just play RTW but i also play Diablo II and some other games i can't remember at the moment. ~:confused:

So what games do you play?
~:) ~:) ~:)

I just remembered, Imperial Glory and Dynasty warriors 5

[pezhetairoi]

Dedicated and faithful only to the world of RTW, and EB when it comes out.

[Mahrabals apprentice]

dumb question

what is EB?

[Muska Burnt]

i once played diablo lost my whole account through a hacker sicne he hacked me back after i got him whatever well i just play this and socom 2 and mount and blade

[pezhetairoi]

dumb question

what is EB?

*gasp* ~:eek:

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=70

This should answer your questions.

[Samurai Waki]

RTW only represents a small portion of my gaming. lets see... I play Hearts of Iron 2, Victoria, HL2, BF2, GTA:SA...and many many more. I actually think MTW still represents the largest bracket of my gaming time for the last 2 years ~:handball:

[IliaDN]

1. Now I am playing Vampires the Masquerade: Bloodlines;
2. This topic is more suited to the Arena forum.

[Taurus]

2. This topic is more suited to the Arena forum.


Very true. ~:)


Anyway, at the moment aside from playing Rome most of the time I play a lot of FPS's. My favourite among these being Far Cry, Battlefield 2 (which I am unable to play online), Doom 3 etc.
I also recently completed Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory.

All brilliant games ~:cheers:

[Mr Frost]

WWII On Line , which is easily the hardest digital PVP there is {they release more patches than the ACME patch company ~:eek: } , and is ubercool . A hell of a lot of TW fans in WWIIOL .

Neverwinter nights even though I'm not a geek . ~;)

Il2 {and spawn thereof : Pacific Fighters} which is a great WWII air combat sim .

[player1]

Mostly TBS games, like Civ3.

Sometimes RTS games, but just for campaign play, no MP (like WC3). Can't stand clickfest.

FPS games to relax my brain (FarCry, HL2, Doom3, Painkiller).

Played tactical games awile ago (like Jagged Aliiance 2 or Fallout tactics).

I like non-action orineted RPGs alot too (like BG, NWN, Fallout, ToEE).

P.S.
PC forever!
Can't stand consoles...

[mfberg]

I am currently addicted to Mount & Blade (http://www.taleworlds.com), but still play MTW-VI, when BI gets on the shelf I will buy it and play RTW again, for RP I play DragonRealms.

mfberg

[Seamus Fermanagh]

dumb question

what is EB?


Smart aleck answer:

Late.





Just kidding, I recognize that quality takes time. How are the efforts at breaking into the AI code going? :smash:

CA lurkers please note, I am not on the EB team. Those fine individuals would never under any circumstances try something like that. Again, just kidding.


No really, I just made it up. I have heard nothing of the kind.




Why won't you believe me?!!!



~:eek: ~:eek: ~:eek:

[King Henry V]

Other games? There are other games? I thought there was only Total War.........

[[DnC]]

FPS's for a quick and easy gaming-session that doesn't require much thinking and is thus quite relaxing on the mind. Return to Castle Wolfenstein and Counterstrike: Condition Zero are the FPS's I frequently play. Battlefield 2 runs to heavy on my machine causing long loading times, CTD's and hard to hit targets due to poor framerate. Perhaps when I buy myself a new PC I might be able to enjoy it. Or if the new ATI drivers make it playable enough to be enjoyable. Waiting 2-5min for joining a game is just annoying if you want to get in to the action fast.

Occasionally Homeworld 2, Neverwinter Nights: HotU, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory and some other need-to-finish games.

[Doug-Thompson]

IL-2 Sturmovik and Silent Hunter III, lately. There's a story involved.

I went away for months on a job assignment and darn near played nothing for all those months.

Before I got back, my computer suffered a catastrophic hard drive failure.

Got the old PC and gave it to one of my kids. Bought a new computer -- and found that I could play IL-2 and related games very smoothly. It's a lot more fun to shoot down airplanes when they don't skip around right when you're about to pull the trigger.

Started to reinstall my other games, and replayed a bunch of my old favorites on the new machine. I'd forgotten how much fun "Jedi Outcast" was. It's especially fun when you have a new gaming mouse where you can vary the speed: Very fast for lightsaber battles, medium for most things, super slow fine tuning for sniper shots, etc. Add a couple of more keys on the mouse for more functions at your fingertips. It was great. I'd highly recommend such a mouse. Mine was the latest one by Logitech, the MX 510, I think.

Well, then I played "Star Wars: Knight of the Old Republic" again, several times in a row. It takes 40 hours to complete that game with all it's side quests, even if you know where you're going. I even played a little M:TW. Somehow, it just seems wrong not to have a completed campaign of Medieval on my hard drive.

Then I tried "Silent Hunter III," the U-Boat sim. Now that's a demanding game. It requires great patience. Most of your time is spent cruising around, trying to find a target. Once you finally find something, hitting it is still a challenge. All your effort can go for nothing if you don't line things up right.

A lot of you younger players would be really well served to get some older games. I found that Windows XP is being updated all the time. An old flight sim I have, "Mig Alley," hadn't worked in years. It works now.

For less money than you'd spend going to a movie and buying popcorn, you can get some truly great games, either used or in the bargain bins.

[Puzz3D]

Then I tried "Silent Hunter III," the U-Boat sim. Now that's a demanding game. It requires great patience. Most of your time is spent cruising around, trying to find a target. Once you finally find something, hitting it is still a challenge. All your effort can go for nothing if you don't line things up right.
Try the Real U-Boat (http://www.beerymod.com/sh3.htm) mod for SH3. I really like playing the campaign using this mod, and if you also get the mod switcher at that site, you can easily enable or disable the mod. Here is a post discussing the latest version, v1.43 (http://forums.ubi.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/857101043/m/6621069443/p/1) , of the mod.

[Zenicetus]

The other two I'm playing at the moment are Silent Hunter III, and World of Warcraft (because my girlfriend is addicted... it's the one game we can play together).

I had a similar experience to Doug-Thompson's; I upgraded a few months back to a hot new machine that could suddenly run things sooooo much better than the 4-year old computer that had been limping along with just video card upgrades. With the new box I was able to try a few recent games like Far Cry, that I hadn't been able to run on the old computer. I also got Pacific Fighters, and it was fun flying with butter-smooth frame rates, for once. But that didn't last long. I've settled into a groove now where I'm alternating between SHIII and RTW as my "intellectually challenging/solo" games, and WoW for my "run around killing stuff" social gaming with other people.

[pezhetairoi]

Smart aleck answer:

Late.





Just kidding, I recognize that quality takes time. How are the efforts at breaking into the AI code going? :smash:

CA lurkers please note, I am not on the EB team. Those fine individuals would never under any circumstances try something like that. Again, just kidding.


No really, I just made it up. I have heard nothing of the kind.




Why won't you believe me?!!!



~:eek: ~:eek: ~:eek:


One thing I never knew about Seamus, and that I still wish I didn't: He's schizophrenic :-P

I would like to announce that at last, I am on the EB team! YAY! Though currently still trying to figure out what it is I'm supposed to do...

[sapi]

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That's it atm, i'd have more installed ( i ovbiously can't play all at once) but i only have a 75gb hard drive...

[Mount Suribachi]

Currently playing MTW and NTW on my PC. Panzer General 2 (now available online as freeware) on my wifes laptop :charge:

Gameplay over graphics every time baby ~:)

[screwtype]

A lot of you younger players would be really well served to get some older games. I found that Windows XP is being updated all the time. An old flight sim I have, "Mig Alley," hadn't worked in years. It works now.

Thanks, interesting to hear, I've held off buying XP for the very reason that I have a bunch of old games I still like to play.


For less money than you'd spend going to a movie and buying popcorn, you can get some truly great games, either used or in the bargain bins.

Yeah, most of my games come from the bargain bin. You'd be nuts to pay for a full price game, unless it's something really special that you must have right NOW.

I thought RTW was going to be such a game. Being in a hurry to get a game almost always turns out to be a mistake :embarassed:

[screwtype]

Currently playing MTW and NTW on my PC. Panzer General 2 (now available online as freeware) on my wifes laptop :charge:

Gameplay over graphics every time baby ~:)

I have two games in the Panzer General series, Panzer General 3D and the sequel to that, Scorched Earth.

I've just been playing Scorched Earth again in the last few days. I was having great fun in the Guderian scenario with the difficulty cranked up to 167, but then last night I was fiddling with the multiplayer options out of curiosity and somehow it corrupted my SP campaign. Now it quits with a "DDHelp has performed an illegal operation" message :embarassed:

Scorched Earth BTW is quite a bit harder than PZ3D. The Russian units are quite overrated compared to the German which is a bit disappointing. And the fighting seems to be weighted strongly in favour of the AI player. A typical example - I had a captured T34 entrenched which was attacked by another, unentrenched T34. I should have come off best but instead I took only TWO points off the enemy T34 with two shots while he took at least SIX off mine. Ridiculous. PZ3D was better balanced.

I don't know if you've played either of these two games, but as I understand it the main difference between them and the earlier games is that in the later ones, the commanders are separate from the equipment, which has all sorts of advantages.

If you haven't played these titles and you try one, it's worth knowing that winning a major victory gives you an extra unit slot for your next battle.

[Mount Suribachi]

I've got Peoples General which uses the PG3D engine, but not really got into it yet (was given it).

I played the original PG and Allied General on my PS back in the day :charge:

Simon Appleton is a bit of buff on the PG series IIRC

[Bonusmalus]

In addition to RTW I play battlefield 2, which I just bought. But that aint helping me at all!!! I play few times but then I must get back to RTW. I'ts just so damn good :charge:

[Doug-Thompson]

Puzz3D:

Thanks for the mod suggestion on SHIII. I'll check it out.



Thanks, interesting to hear, I've held off buying XP for the very reason that I have a bunch of old games I still like to play.

I have games as old as "Total Annihilation" that work on Windows XP now.

Some games have very dedicated fan bases that have developed workarounds for their games. "Red Baron 3D," for instance, has a problem with the sound that was solved by some very devoted fans. If I can't get the "compatibility wizard" in XP to fix the problem, I google for "[game title] xp". I'll quickly get work-arounds from fans. That saved "Clive Barker's Undying" for me. Also, some games have been patched since XP came out.

I've only sold to the used game store once, and now I regret doing that. I sold "Close Combat: The Russian Front" after I absolutely could not get it to run on XP. Now I wonder if it would work.



Yeah, most of my games come from the bargain bin. You'd be nuts to pay for a full price game, unless it's something really special that you must have right NOW.

That's very true. Any game, no matter how good it is, is headed for the bargain bin. Unless it's a million-seller or something from Matrix Games, its headed for the bargain bin within a matter of months, sometimes weeks.

I paid full price for Silent Hunter III, RTW and others. However, if there's a game I'm interested in and can't pay full price for, I'll wait and cruise the bargain bins and used game stores. "The Operative: No One Lives Forever" was great, and that was a bargain. Ditto for "Mafia."

[Doug-Thompson]

Gameplay over graphics every time baby ~:)

Somebody build a shrine and carve those words upon it.

[Mongoose]

Really? It would probably just get graiifted(sp?!?!) by some punks :sad:


Back to the topic: ATM, just RTW. Though i am helping my brother work his way through jedi outcast...........

[Orda Khan]

I would argue that this is the wrong forum to be discussing 'other games'

.....Orda

[Viking]

Somebody build a shrine and carve those words upon it.

Well, graphics is a part of gameplay. I don`t like games that have bad graphics for their time.
--

Right now, am I not playing any game at all, really, but I`m eager to get my hands on GTA: SA.

[screwtype]

I've got Peoples General which uses the PG3D engine, but not really got into it yet (was given it).

Haven't heard of that one. Might look out for it.


Simon Appleton is a bit of buff on the PG series IIRC

Yeah, Simon has good taste in games. He likes all the same ones I do ~;)

I'd recommend both PG3D and Scorched Earth as budget titles. You definitely get your money's worth. It's quite fun promoting your leaders into uber-killers over the course of a campaign ~:)

[screwtype]

@Doug Thomson - thanks for the advice on XP. I've been thinking about upgrading my PC and asking myself whether I should purchase XP at the same time. I will probably do so now after your little bit of encouragement.

Oh, thanks too for the recommendations on "Mafia". I saw that in the bargain bin only yesterday for $9.95 and almost bought it, but I thought I'd read up on it on the net first. Yep, these days I've become so stingy I even have to read reviews of budget titles before I buy ~;)

[Mount Suribachi]

Peoples General is based around a WW3 scenario - UK, US, Ruskies against China.

And you're right, getting your core units through a campaign is fantastic, when by the end you have these uber-veterans, with full overstrength. I'm already growing fond of my Ju-87B with All Weather Attack and 12 strength and I still haven't taken France! :charge:

And Simon Appleton is one of the most mature, knowledgable people on this forum. He's been playing strategy games since the year dot :bow:

Arena thread on PG series (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=33796)

[King Ragnar]

Battlefield 2 Battlefield 2 Battlefield 2 Battlefield 2!!!!

[Craterus]

I play Americas Army and that's about it for PC.

Console - N4SU2, GTA3, GTA:VC, GTA:SA and even a bit of SmackDown!

[KSEG]

Pacific Fighters
Mount&Blade
GTA:SA
HL2
Morrowind

[xemitg]

I just bought Sid Meier's Pirates! and its a blast to play. Arrrr!

[Doug-Thompson]

@screwtype. You're welcome.

Also, I forgot about Pirates. That was a lot of fun.

[Mongoose]

Oh, thanks too for the recommendations on "Mafia". I saw that in the bargain bin only yesterday for $9.95 and almost bought it, but I thought I'd read up on it on the net first. Yep, these days I've become so stingy I even have to read reviews of budget titles before I buy ~;)

Yeah, have that problem too.

Yesterday i spent a full 10 minutes wondering if i should by SMAC for 4 dollars :help:

[Claudius the God]

Rome Total War
Medieval Total War - Viking invasions
Warcraft 3 - Frozen Throne
Diablo 2 - Lord of Destruction
Starcraft - Brood Wars
Dungeon Siege - Legends of Aranna
Arcanum
X-wing Alliance
Jedi Academy
Jedi Outcast
the Sims 2
Enter the Matrix
Serious Sam (First encounter)
Giants: Citizen Kabuto
Halo (PC version)
Age of Mythology: The Titans
Call of Duty

[Seasoned Alcoholic]

Thanks, interesting to hear, I've held off buying XP for the very reason that I have a bunch of old games I still like to play.

No need to fear XP and old PC game compatabilities when you install XP_Fix.exe, here's the link (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=57453).

Apart from TW games, I prefer other strategy and FPS titles. Half-Life 2 IMO is superb, the ragdoll physics engine is truly unique, and has revolutionized the way future FPS will be developed. It was well worth the wait, the only flaw Half-Life 2 has is its poor storyline. Compare it back to the original Half-Life's storyline and you'll see what I mean.

Used to play Counter Strike: Source which shipped with HL2, but my poor frames-per-second rate put me off. Also Counter Strike before that.

Played the first 2 games in the AoE series, Age of Empires and AoE II: The Age of Kings (with the Conquerors Expansion). AoE 2 was well supported online through MSN Gaming Zone, and the random maps always made it a fresh challenge. Also, the number of different gaming types kept it interesting.

Anyone still play DOOM? The game set the benchmark for the FPS genre, and the playability is highly addictive. How many FPS these days let you run a chainsaw through endless streams of twisted monsters and freaks, or let you go beserk and literally punch your enemies to shreds? ~D

Also played several games form the Unreal series, including Unreal, Unreal Tournament (aka Classic UT, UT 99) and Unreal Tournament 2004. By introducing vehichles to FPS gameplay, UT2004 has completely re-invented itself, and has now opened up all sorts of mods and new gameplay types. Looking forward to the release of UT2007 and its new physics engine tbh ~D

[Kraxis]

Tried People's General but it got not only very complicated compared to Scorched Earth, but I found the music to be highly annoying and the combat to be all too destructive. Scorched Earth was perhaps unbalanced, but People's General is a dead certain way for you to lose all your experienced troops which become more and more important.

I managed to get to Stalingrad as China then I got fed up with just feeding the Mongolians and North Koreans to the grinder as the only way to save my experts.

I basically use my time playing:

Silent Hunter III... Custom modded.
Mount & Blade
Homeworld 2: Warlords: Star Wars (for the fun of building Star Destroyers)
And of course Battlefield II

[dgfred]

I play Panzerblitz/PanzerLeader by mail and e-mail ~:cool: and love to play
Close Combat on the computer (both A Bridge Too Far and Battle of the
Bulge) ~D I still play MTW and occaisionally get in some Civilization Conquest.

[Syxx_Killer]

Right now I am playing Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 with Yuri's Revenge expansion. I've had the game since the beginning and it never gets old.

I play Silent Hunter III off and on. Had that since patch 1.2. I'm starting to get tired of it again. It is a great game, though.

When the new patch is released, I will probably start playing Dangerous Waters again. That game is awesome. Very technical.

And Super Mario Bros. 3 for Game Boy Adavnce. Still have it for the original NES. Those were the days.~D

[TheSilverKnight]

as of late I'm playing a lot of Paradox games, and that's about it. Having great fun in Eu2, I've played most nations by now ~:cheers:

[SwordsMaster]

Play? Do I remember what that means? ~:)

I only get a bit of free time on weekends, and I just beat HOI2 as Republican Spain. (It was lots of fun BTW, first won the civil war, then Annexed Portugal, Italy Vichy and Germany, then Colombia, Peru and Ecuador and all the central american states and then USSR, which was a bit of an effort but at that point they couldn't really stop me...)

I'm looking at a good Vicky campaign over Christmas and maybe finally giving COD2 a go, as it has been sitting on my shelf for 2 weeks...

I play Max Payne 2, RTWBI, Chessmaster10, Legion Arena (getting tired of it though) and Kotor II on and off(trying out some stuff I haven't tried before, like switching alignment in the middle of the game or getting a "Dirty Harry" style jedy with a gun, etc...).

[Viking]

Right now am I playing UEFA manager 2000. Ah, the nostalgic value. ~:cool:


Right now I am playing Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 with Yuri's Revenge expansion. I've had the game since the beginning and it never gets old.

The RA series are(was) great. I haven`t tried the Yuri expansion though.

[Nelson]

World of Warcraft

I never thought I'd get hooked on a pay as you go game, but I did.

[Syxx_Killer]

The RA series are(was) great. I haven`t tried the Yuri expansion though.

I would HIGHLY recommend it. I love the way it changes the game. Having a third faction available to play in skirmish mode (and online) is pretty cool. Yuri's army has some pretty zany units.~:cool:

[Geoffrey S]

Morrowind and M:TW, but neither as often as I'd like. Currently trying out some demos off the latest PCGamer disc, such as Call of Duty 2 and Legion Arena. Oh, and the occasional round of TimeSplitters Future Perfect against friends when I've got some hours free during lessons.

[AntiochusIII]

Giants: Citizen KabutoOMG Someone still play that game! :san_shocked:

That was one of my all-time favourites. You can't help but have fun blasting reapers to pieces with your Millenium Mortar or tricking your own mecc partners to go swimming to death. :san_laugh:

For me? My gaming life is currently horrible--in fact, on hiatus--because my computer sucks big time. Not the speed and such (I have enough older games to play, hey--besides, gameplay before graphics anytime) but the stability. One of these days I might be kicking at it from dust til dawn just to get it to work properly without formatting my HD everyday or two. :san_embarassed:

Of course, as a high school student I cannot just go out and buy a new computer on my own, so I'm stuck with this one. :san_undecided:

But I have Morrowind, RTW, GTA3, and a few others as my new titles which I love all of them. For Morrowind I bought the GoTY edition which is magnificent. When Oblivion comes out I swear I'll get a new PC and set this one on fire out of spite. GAH! (Though I won't buy Oblivion immediately, ha! Bethesda's games often need months of patching before full enjoyment--and months of modding, too. Rather, I'll get the magnificent (the demo is a testament) UT2004 at first notice.)

My ancient stack include something as far as Commandos 2, Zeus and Zeus&Poseidon, Heroes IV, Stronghold, and Disciples II.

Edit: Love the Christmas smilies.

[Slyspy]

Strange thing is that I don't actually play RTW any more because I find it too easy and thus very, very dull. I play Battlefield 1942 Forgotten Hope, Europa Universalis 2, Hearts of Iron 2, Combat Mission, Morrowind, Neverwinter Nights, Dawn of War and City of Heroes fairly regularly, they all have great replay value. I am also currently playing Farenheit.

[Just A Girl]

stw,
mtw,
delta force 2,
swat 4,
Empire earth,
Age of empires,
Monkey island (all of them),
Star wars thingy 3 jedai knights,
Morrowind,
Gothic,
Gta (All of them Apart from the one on psp)
The Sims,
Sim golf.
Theme hospital,
Bomber man 3 (2-4 player on the Snes "cant be beaten")
need for speed underground,
USM 98
carom 3d (pool)
aces high.
Mount & blade (but i need to buy it)
and beleve it or not

Cluedo
monopoly } All on pc.
and chess

I could go on...
but that would mean looking through my cd's

oh yeah and i play rome 1ce month or so,