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  • #16
    Hey Albert, ever try Harpoon? Harpoon 2 is buggy, Harpoon 3 is just the same game with the bugs taken out (only available from the creator) and Harpoon 4 should be awesome if it gets out.

    Just wondered if you had run into the original... It's not great.. but am seriously looking forward to V4.
    Some cry `Allah O Akbar` in the street. And some carry Allah in their heart.
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    • #17
      I love Majesty!
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      • #18
        Originally posted by SlowwHand
        Going strictly by-the-book, wouldn't Gay-related threads belong in Other Games?
        And wouldn't you belong in the Dinosaurs forum?
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        • #19
          Originally posted by Osweld


          And wouldn't you belong in the Dinosaurs forum?
          I don't know about Sloww... maybe I should head over there!
          Some cry `Allah O Akbar` in the street. And some carry Allah in their heart.
          "The CIA does nothing, says nothing, allows nothing, unless its own interests are served. They are the biggest assembly of liars and theives this country ever put under one roof and they are an abomination" Deputy COS (Intel) US Army 1981-84

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          • #20
            Originally posted by Albert Speer
            I thought the idea for those two games was pretty good. I mean colonizing islands in 1602 and being a Hanseatic League merchant in Patrician and Patrician has some nice 'atmosphere' but they just became very tedious... i mean Patrician is ridiculous because you got to worry about at least a dozen ships going to a dozen different cities, buying and selling (and storing and taking out of storage) about thirty types of goods with very noticable price fluctuations, etc. and thats not even mentioning the threat of pirates, the building of your own industry (and buying and transporting goods for that), providing your home city with everything it needs, etc. really tedious game. felt more like work than a game.
            The problem is not with strategy games but with implementations of individual games. Some games have interesting premises, but totally screwed up on the details and the implementation. For example, Tropico.

            I have not played Patrician, but it seems that, from your description, that the game got details at the wrong places, just like Tropico.

            The best strategy games should be like Go.
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            • #21
              UR, we all know the chinese love "go" like none other. its a commie plot i tell you!
              "I hope I get to punch you in the face one day" - MRT144, Imran Siddiqui
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              • #22
                Have you played Europa Universalis II?
                "I'm moving to the Left" - Lancer

                "I imagine the neighbors on your right are estatic." - Slowwhand

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by MRT144
                  UR, we all know the chinese love "go" like none other. its a commie plot i tell you!
                  I always thought the Chinese big strat game was MahJong.
                  Some cry `Allah O Akbar` in the street. And some carry Allah in their heart.
                  "The CIA does nothing, says nothing, allows nothing, unless its own interests are served. They are the biggest assembly of liars and theives this country ever put under one roof and they are an abomination" Deputy COS (Intel) US Army 1981-84

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                  • #24
                    Apparently I haven't. I just spend all day playing EU2 instead of doing work.

                    Just bought it yesterday. What a game! It's gone some way to restoring my faith in SG. I must say I got bored of Civ III quite quickly compared to Civ I.
                    Only feebs vote.

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                    • #25
                      mahjong is a great game. i love playing with all my chinkee friends. i always go for peng when i play though.

                      back in the day mao banned "go" because it he thought it would teach the youngins to rise up or some **** like that.
                      "I hope I get to punch you in the face one day" - MRT144, Imran Siddiqui
                      'I'm fairly certain that a ban on me punching you in the face is not a "right" worth respecting." - loinburger

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by Cruddy
                        I always thought the big strat game was MahJong.
                        Nope, too much luck involved. If you are really, really, good, your skill could account for 30%.
                        (\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
                        (='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
                        (")_(") "Starting the fire from within."

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by MRT144
                          back in the day mao banned "go" because it he thought it would teach the youngins to rise up or some **** like that.
                          What are you talking about? How much have you drunk?
                          (\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
                          (='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
                          (")_(") "Starting the fire from within."

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                          • #28
                            ive had 2 shots of jack.
                            "I hope I get to punch you in the face one day" - MRT144, Imran Siddiqui
                            'I'm fairly certain that a ban on me punching you in the face is not a "right" worth respecting." - loinburger

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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by Urban Ranger


                              Nope, too much luck involved. If you are really, really, good, your skill could account for 30%.
                              yeah, and thats half the fun.
                              "I hope I get to punch you in the face one day" - MRT144, Imran Siddiqui
                              'I'm fairly certain that a ban on me punching you in the face is not a "right" worth respecting." - loinburger

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                              • #30
                                You might as well shoot craps
                                (\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
                                (='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
                                (")_(") "Starting the fire from within."

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