Recommend Louis a Good Strategy/Business/Simulation Game!

**Azathoth** · 06-21-2010, 20:37

Norm Koger's The Operational Art of War III? Advanced Tactics: World War II? Victoria? Over the Reich? Achtung Spitfire? War in the Pacific: Admiral Edition? Imperialism? Imperialism II? Third Reich? The Airborne Assault games? Carriers at War? BCT Commander? Balance of Power? Fragile Allegiance? Kharkov? Korsun Pocket? WW2: Road to Victory? WW2: Time of Wrath? The Falklands War: 1982? Space Empires: IV? Into the Void? Gary Grigsby's World at War? Gary Grigsby's War in the East? Across the Dnepr? AGEOD's American Civil War? Starships Unlimited: Divided Galaxies? Storm over the Pacific? Democracy? Master of Orion? Sid Meier's Colonization? Rise of Prussia? Rising Sun? People's General? The Strategic Command games? Supreme Ruler 2010? Supreme Ruler 2020? World War One? War Plan Orange? Wall Street Trader 2000? Football Manager 2010?

The Operative: No One Lives Forever?

You're a really boring guy!

**Krusader** · 06-21-2010, 21:05

Only game that springs to mind is OpenTTD (Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe).

**caravel** · 06-22-2010, 10:53

Originally Posted by Krusader

Only game that springs to mind is OpenTTD (Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe).

This has the advantage of being free as well. Give it a try. My only criticism is that the micromanagement eventually gets tedious once your transport empire grows to a large size.

**Caesar the IIIV** · 06-22-2010, 11:40

Aha, the only game in these catagories is Roller Coaster Tycoon.

**Krusader** · 06-22-2010, 13:23

Another suggestion is Tropico 3 (or 1 which is on gog.com). You're El Presidente and in charge of your own banana republic.

And I heartily recommend Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri too. That deserves a gog.com treatment in addition to a sequel after Civ5.

**edyzmedieval** · 06-22-2010, 15:22

Industry Player! Industry Player! Industry Player!

www.industryplayer.com

**Vladimir** · 06-22-2010, 15:41

Well there's always Master of Orion 3; one of the best 4X games ever.

Now, back to reading the thread...

Originally Posted by Azathoth

Apparently fan mods and unofficial patches have greatly improved the quality of Master of Orion 3.

Truth!

**Cultured Drizzt fan** · 06-22-2010, 17:31

Like Azathoth said, try Dwarf fortress

. Graphics are VERY old, but it is surprisingly complex and in depth. Plus its completely free. You will have tons of Fun.

**Monk** · 06-22-2010, 21:36

Originally Posted by Krusader

Another suggestion is Tropico 3 (or 1 which is on gog.com). You're El Presidente and in charge of your own banana republic.

And I heartily recommend Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri too. That deserves a gog.com treatment in addition to a sequel after Civ5.

Tropico 3 is quite fun, a little difficult to get the hang of at first though. Everything is really cryptic, thankfully the Absolute Power expansion really helped in that regard.

For other city builders, check out Anno 1404 (Dawn of Discovery), heard really good things about it but never played. Pretty sure it's on Impulse as well.

**Louis VI the Fat** · 06-22-2010, 00:29

I'm going to check reviews of Egosoft and Transport Tycoon. X3-Terran Conflict sounds good.

Originally Posted by Azathoth

The Operative: No One Lives Forever?

You're a really boring guy!

No One Lives Forever is the greatest game of all time! I love both I + II with a religious devotion.

And yes, I'm boring. So I need boring games. Stats and graphs.
I'll copy-past all those games into gamespot, check them out.

**miotas** · 06-22-2010, 02:23

Transport Tycoon is really a brilliant game, I think I've still got the disc floating around somewhere, I'm gonna have to go and try to find it now. If you thought Europa Universalis was too long, then I don't know that you will like X3. I don't know if the new version is still the same, but I played X2 and was put off by how loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong it was. I quite enjoyed the depth of the trade system in the game, but most of the game is seriously just sitting and waiting while your ship travels from one space station to the next.

**Azathoth** · 06-22-2010, 05:07

If you want to play a buggy and prohibitively difficult game, get anything with Battlecruiser in the title, especially Battlecruiser Millenium (which has been released as freeware).

More economic strategy games: Starship Tycoon, Industry Giant II, uhhh...

Have you tried Dwarf Fortress? It's one of the ugliest and most complicated games ever.

More:

Republic: The Revolution
Political Tycoon
Superpower
Superpower 2
President Forever
Kudos
Capitalism
Capitalism Plus
Capitalism II
Geniu$: The Tech Tycoon Game
Railroad Pioneer
Rails Across America
The Corporate Machine
Railroad Tycoon 2
Railroad Tycoon 3