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Recommend a new (to me) game in General
philnotfil
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Member # 8122
 written Wednesday, February 28 2007 17:30 Profile #29
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Originally written by Zeviz:

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Originally written by philnotfil:


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Anyway, my all-time favorite games have been X-Com, Civ II, and the Exile games.
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Any suggestions?

If you liked Civ II, I'd highly recommend Civ IV, if your computer can handle it. The game is as fun as previous installments in that series and includes more strategic depth and better AI. You can turn off most of the extra graphics and turn on additional information displays to get a more utilitarian look you seem to prefer.
That is good to know. I wandered around Civ IV a little on a friend's computer, but it had too much pretty stuff in the way of the important stuff. I may have to take another look at it.
Posts: 3 | Registered: Saturday, February 17 2007 08:00
Recommend a new (to me) game in General
philnotfil
Apprentice
Member # 8122
 written Saturday, February 17 2007 16:49 Profile #4
Wow, that was faster than I expected :)

I should add that I have played all of Jeff's games, up to the last Geneforge and Avernum releases. I really enjoy the way his brain works, but the graphics and controls get in the way (for me) on his newer games. I should have never played the Exile games, so that I could enjoy the Avernum (and Nethergate, and Geneforge) games more.

We don't have a TV, so console games don't get any consideration, although, way back in the day I absolutely loved Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain. I have an Intel iMac, with XP running under Parallels. Newer Mac stuff runs fine, newer PC stuff will probably give me some graphics problems.
Posts: 3 | Registered: Saturday, February 17 2007 08:00
Recommend a new (to me) game in General
philnotfil
Apprentice
Member # 8122
 written Saturday, February 17 2007 16:22 Profile #0
Good Morning,
I am in search of a new game. Unfortunately, I haven't liked most of the new games that have been published recently. I looked in all of the normal places and when I told them what games I did like they looked at me funny and asked what they were. I figured that my chances of finding people who liked the Exile games were higher here, so here I am.

Anyway, my all-time favorite games have been X-Com, Civ II, and the Exile games. For some reason the Avernum games didn't grab me the way that Exile did, but that is a different topic. I have also enjoyed playing the Escape Velocity games and Diablo II in single player mode.

So, what games did I not like? I didn't like Baldur's Gate I or II. I didn't like Halo or Unreal Tournament. I almost liked Command & Conquer, but not quite. I didn't like Starcraft. Or Warcraft. Mostly if it was a FPS or RTS I didn't like it.

Any suggestions?

P.S. I'm on an Intel Mac, so I can play older windows games and newer mac games.
Posts: 3 | Registered: Saturday, February 17 2007 08:00