Suggest a new game

**SpencerH** · March 28, 2011, 18:20

I need a new game. I wont play a game with Steam so CIV 5 is out and so is STW2. I tried the GALCIV demo and it wasnt my cup of tea. RoN had too much "clicking". Any suggestions?

**Braindead** · March 28, 2011, 20:23

Caesar 4 is a nice city building game.
Victoria is an interesting empire building game (and should be in the bargain bin for a few dollars).
If you like Civ you could go back to a very old game, Master of Orion 2.
Imperialism 2 is another old game that is excellent (and cheap)
Patrician 3 is an interesting trading game with a touch city and nation building. (and cheap)

**Felch** · March 28, 2011, 20:39

How about you dip your toe into the waters of the 21st century and get Steam? What's not to like about it?

**SpencerH** · March 29, 2011, 07:47

Installing Steam means installing a rootkit. Since I pay for anti-malware protection, it seems inane to self-install a program that allows others unrestricted access to my PC just to play a game. If I had a gaming-only rig I'd probably install it, but I dont, so I wont

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**SpencerH** · March 29, 2011, 08:01

Originally Posted by Braindead

Caesar 4 is a nice city building game.
Victoria is an interesting empire building game (and should be in the bargain bin for a few dollars).
If you like Civ you could go back to a very old game, Master of Orion 2.
Imperialism 2 is another old game that is excellent (and cheap)
Patrician 3 is an interesting trading game with a touch city and nation building. (and cheap)

I'm not looking for "old games" per ce just games that dont use Steam (or SecuRom) but MOO2 is a possibility. The biggest problem with old games is that they can be a pain in the ass to make work on a new (ish) PC and I dont want to have the hassle. I tried playing M2TW the other day but it still sucks. Maybe I'll try RTW again but I wasnt a fan of that either. I've looked for decent wargames but havent spotted anything that jumps out at me and I have a feeling that I'm ****ed unless I use a Steam hack.

**Proteus_MST** · March 29, 2011, 08:52

Europa Universalis 3 if you are into WW2...
it is routinely offered with a discount on Impulse
same goes btw. for GalCiv 2 + Expansions

**SpencerH** · March 29, 2011, 10:00

I was looking at some matrix games and came across links to fourthage Total war so I'm gonna down load those RTW mods :yippee:

There are some interesting games from Matrix

"Gary Grigsby's War in the East: The German-Soviet War 1941-1945" This looks like a puter version of the old SPI game that I played as a kid (which I still have).

"Gary Grigsby's War Between The States"

"Forge of Freedom: The American Civil War 1861-1865"

I'm not that thrilled with the American Civil War but I did like SM's Gettysburg (back in the day)

"Crown of Glory: Emperors Edition"

This seems to be a Napoleonic version of the "War between the states"

Any experiences with those?

**SpencerH** · March 29, 2011, 10:01

Originally Posted by Proteus_MST

Europa Universalis 3 if you are into WW2...
it is routinely offered with a discount on Impulse
same goes btw. for GalCiv 2 + Expansions

I played EU2 and it was OK. Maybe I need to look at EU3. Like I said above I wasnt thrilled with GALCIV demo. It didnt seem as good as CIV IV.

**Guynemer** · March 29, 2011, 16:23

Not sure that you'll find anything as good as Civ4, at least when it comes to strategy games. Any other genres that you'd consider?

**SpencerH** · March 29, 2011, 18:08

Not really. I'm old and stuck in my ways

**Braindead** · March 30, 2011, 06:20

Originally Posted by SpencerH

I played EU2 and it was OK. Maybe I need to look at EU3. Like I said above I wasnt thrilled with GALCIV demo. It didnt seem as good as CIV IV.

GalCiv takes a while to get the hang of, and a while to really get into it. My first impression was Umh not sure but I finished up having something of an extended GalCiv jag. I still play Gal;Civ@.

**Garth Vader** · March 30, 2011, 16:29

Originally Posted by SpencerH

I was looking at some matrix games and came across links to fourthage Total war so I'm gonna down load those RTW mods :yippee:

There are some interesting games from Matrix

"Gary Grigsby's War in the East: The German-Soviet War 1941-1945" This looks like a puter version of the old SPI game that I played as a kid (which I still have).

"Gary Grigsby's War Between The States"

"Forge of Freedom: The American Civil War 1861-1865"

I'm not that thrilled with the American Civil War but I did like SM's Gettysburg (back in the day)

"Crown of Glory: Emperors Edition"

This seems to be a Napoleonic version of the "War between the states"

Any experiences with those?

I am playing War in the East.
It's more of a serious wargame that I have been used to playing, but although the learning curve is long there are some very good scenarios for learning, and a lot of info available on the forums.

If at all interested in wargames/East front I highly recommend War in the East.

**b etor** · March 31, 2011, 02:23

Cake Mania

**SpencerH** · March 31, 2011, 08:02

Originally Posted by Garth Vader

If at all interested in wargames/East front I highly recommend War in the East.

I'm not sure if I am. As I said before I played SPI's "War in the east" in the 70's (I still have it too) so I have a nostalgic connection with the game and would like to see how it plays on a PC. OTOH, I despise the NAZI's and have no interest in re-creating their conquests.

**SpencerH** · March 31, 2011, 08:03

Originally Posted by b etor

Cake Mania

I eat em. I dont play with em

**N35t0r** · March 31, 2011, 08:52

Originally Posted by SpencerH

I'm not sure if I am. As I said before I played SPI's "War in the east" in the 70's (I still have it too) so I have a nostalgic connection with the game and would like to see how it plays on a PC. OTOH, I despise the NAZI's and have no interest in re-creating their conquests.

Play the soviets then

**Garth Vader** · March 31, 2011, 13:48

Exactly. Or if you want a really in depth crazy detailed wargame get War in the Pacific Admirals Edition, also from Matrix.

**SpencerH** · March 31, 2011, 16:41

I could do that. I always take pleasure in beating the crap outa the Germans. OTOH, its fairly pricey for 1/2 a game. I noticed the War in the Pacific Admirals edition and its a good suggestion. Why havent you played the Napoleanic or ACW games ?

**Garth Vader** · April 1, 2011, 12:38

I am not really interested in wargames of that era.

Also I have only a limited amount of time! I was leary about getting WitE because of the time involved. The other game I have played recently is Starcraft 2, which is excellent, and obviously quite a different kind of game, and not as time engrossing.

**Al B. Sure!** · April 7, 2011, 16:56

Spencer, I'm liking the Europa Barbarorum mod for Rome: Total War. They have one coming out soon for Medieval 2, as well.

At the very least, you'll learn a crapload. There is so much information in that mod.

**Micha** · May 22, 2011, 05:25

If you are really serious about wanting a totally new "game", check out Aurora.

http://aurora2.pentarch.org/index.php#3 (subforum "Installation")

Check out this AAR to see what it's about:

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/...un-by-blue-emu

It's free, but it'll cost your life. *demonic grin*

**Proteus_MST** · May 23, 2011, 20:16

Another thing you could try would be Mount & Blade... I think it is best described as some kind of Sandbox RPG...
either in form of M&B Warbands (which plays in a fantasy world named Calradia and features medieval fights)
or in Form of "With Fire and Sword", which plays in 17th century eastern europe (and therefore also features firearms) and plays along the novel of a polish author about the foundation of poland (as it came out in the beginning of the month, it still has a couple of bugs that need to be fixed however)

You can find them both here:

http://www.taleworlds.com/

(game is free to play until your char reaches a certain experience level...afterwards you need to enter a key (which you can buy from taleworlds) to continue playing with this char)

**MrFun** · May 29, 2011, 21:43

How about Sins of the Solar Empire?

**Carreidas** · June 11, 2011, 18:38

In my opinion Sins of a Solar Empire is somewhat overrated. Never quite got the hang of it. It is kind of hard to find a good alternative to the Civ's series...

**johnwall** · December 21, 2011, 19:26

I think you really need to know how to play Cooking Dash and Feeding frenzy. lol.

**Michel Ponting** · February 22, 2012, 05:16

Hey dude, you can play 'Caesar 4' game. It is fantastic game.................

**Jon Miller** · February 22, 2012, 07:14

vgaplanets.nu

?hehe

JM

**aadamjohnsons** · May 21, 2012, 03:02

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