Need advice on computer games from OTers

[Shi Huangdi]

Hi, I have been thinking of getting a new computer game. I mostly like Strategy and RPG games. Here are some games I have been thinking:

Elder Scrolls III Morrowind: From what I have heard from some people this is the best RPG ever and the closest anything has come to pen and paper D&D. Still though I normally likes games where you control a party rather than just one character. I do like though how this game is non-linear. How have you people who bought this game liked it?

Neverwinter Nights: I considered getting this game instead of WC3 awhile back. How has this game worked out? How easy is it to get online- does whatever online service they have compare well to battle.net? How hard would it be if I started the game now as a newbie? Are there still alot of pepole playing it online?

Hearts of Iron: I loved EUII and I think that was probably the best game ever. But I have heard some really bad things about its realism from Boshko- I have hear of Thailand splitting up China with Japan and then taking Stalingrad to split up the USSR with Germany. I have heard of someone playing Brazil and conquering the United States. I have heard of Taft beating FDR for the Presidency and then making the US an Axis. From what I hear this game has serious realism problems. Also, one major problem I had with EUII was that it was too easy to play as one of the great powers. The leaders of France for instance faced many challenges, but in EUII France was rediculously easy. In HOI how much of a challenge is there being one of the great powers (US, UK, USSR, Germany, Japan)?

ALso any other games people would reccomend?

Thanks.

[Pekka]

I still love my Baldurs Gate.. As for Neverwinter Nights II.. I'm buying it soon. Sorry, if I wasn't of any help .

[BustaMike]

Morrowind is great, but you need a good system to run it properly. I would recommend at least a Gforce4 Ti 4200 and a 1.5 gig or higher processor.

I haven't played the other two.

[Ramo]

Hearts of Iron!

I've been playing it constantly these past couple days (in between finals). There were some problems with earlier patches. For instance, there were problems with the AI not building enough units, but have been fixed for the most part (hence, the Axis states being unusally powerful, and humans being able to beat any country fairly easily). And yes, there are still some problems; for instance if you're a neutral there doesn't seem to be any reaction if the player goes on a conquering spree against other neutrals, but it really isn't a problem as long as you role-play within historical parameters.

But the tactical AI is absolutely brilliant compared to EU II. As an example, I started a UK '36 campaign yesterday. A few months or so after the war started (in '40), I launched an invasion against Germany originally trying to secure a beach-head in the German coastal forts between Denmark and Holland. When I encountered less resistance than I expected, I pushed further inland, seeing if I could encircle some of the German forces on the other side of the Maginot line (most of their troops were in Poland at the time). But before I could make it to the Rhine, I got a little greedy and tried to destroy a couple panzer divisions travelling to the Western front. I was winning the battles, but Germany brought divisions West from the Polish front. Instead of simply reinforcing their losing armour, which I could've defeated as well, they cut off my armies' supplies and any hope of retreat. Then they reinforced their armies, and it was only a matter of time till my armies were destroyed.

How easy is it? Well, on version 1.02 on very hard, it's definitely a challenge to play as one of the majors except perhaps the US, which is like France and Spain in EU combined, and to a much lesser extent the Soviet Union. England and Japan are very fun, IMO.

[Boris Godunov]

Ramo, how do you have version 1.02?! Only 1.01 is on the Web site.

[Jon Miller]

Morrowind runs fine on a weaker processor and slower video card

good game

Jon Miller

[Jon Miller]

I am playing Civ3, Arcanum, and Zangband ringht now

[Shi Huangdi]

Ramo, from what I see it doesn't look like paradox has their act together quite yet......... The problems seem rather troubling to the extent that it wouldn't give an at all accurate representation of WWII

http://www.europa-universalis.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=61302

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
Ramo, from what I see it doesn't look like paradox has their act together quite yet......... The problems seem rather troubling to the extent that it wouldn't give an at all accurate representation of WWII

It's not supposed to be too accurate, it's about creating alternate history.

[Shi Huangdi]

Right of course, I don't expect a recreation of history, but I do expect a pretty realalistic portryal of the events and capabilites of the nations during this time period. The French retaking France on their own without allied help after France was lost does not make it seem like it does a very good job of that.

[Ramo]

It's a minor balancing issue, nothing fundamentally wrong with the game. In 1.01, the Axis AI's were too strong and the Allied AI's too weak, now in 1.02 the situation is reversed albeit to a much lesser degree. It'll be fixed soon by either other HoI players or Paradox itself. In any case, it's just as fun even if the game isn't a perfectly accurate reflection of reality at the moment.

Boris, try this: http://www.europa-universalis.com/fo...threadid=61180

[Boris Godunov]

I got it Ramo, thanks.

To be realistic, the Axis should be at a real disadvantage. They were historically. If one thinks about it, the change of a few events early on could lead to dramatically different events in the war.

[Ramo]

That's true. I think a problem some players might be having is that they're playing the game at too low of an agressiveness level, and so Germany never takes the risks that historically paid off very well (i.e. invading France through the Ardennes).

[Dis]

I am running Morrowind on a P3700 with 256 megs of ram. I have a geoforce 2 MX400 video card.

it runs decent. A little bit of a load between transitions. I do like Morrowind, but I'm so spoiled with D&D rules. It's harder to get into a sword and spell rpg that isn't D&D . But it is a fun game. The graphics are excellent.

Neverwinter nights. If you love D&D this game is a must have. Especially multiplayer. It really does come the closest to recreating the module campaigns people had with pen and paper. But if you never played PnP D&D and you like top notch graphics this game might not be for you. Don't get me wrong though, the graphics are excellent- just not top notch.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Very easy decision:

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

It is the greatest game ever made. Incredible in scope and story. Civ2 even cannot compare.