Games that you regret not getting

[St Leo]

I regret not getting TA: Core Contingency. It was only being sold bundled with the game by the time I got TA and I hesitated. Doofus, doofus, doofus!

http://www.the-underdogs.org/ - for the Fantasy General, Master of Magic, and Imperialism II people

[SnowFire]

Yeah, I'd say that Imp2 was abandonware right out the gates. I was surprised at how poorly it was supported even after buying it pretty much right away.

It is worth an initial playthrough when you're still learning the good ideas of the game, even if it ends up being a noble failure all in all.

[St Leo]

Really? I thought it had excellent patches and the developers hung out on my SidGames fora.

[Standup]

I'd agree - i think it had pretty good support - 2 or three patches. I've also recently had some help over a sound issue from the developers and they seem to be frequent visitors to some boards so i'd rate them as one of the better developers for listening to the players.
The game itself is still one of my favourites but i'd agree there are a few holes in it - the tactical combat isn't great and its far easier to win following an aggresive, militaristic path than a diplomatic and economic.

[SnowFire]

The patches probably came out after I had stopped playing the game and stopped checking. I remember finding nothing at the website except some screenshots and "Coming Soon!" when it had already come out.

[Andemagne]

Civ 2: Test Of Time

I know, I know its no great game (civ2 MGE is) but
I would have still wanted it. when it was out I thought
it was too expensive and I'll wait until its half price,
but that never came.

[dunk]

Originally posted by Father Beast
I regret not keeping my 486/33 running dos 6.1 and windows 3.11.

I wonder if I could put mine back together, it's in pieces in my parents' basement. Good idea. I now have a project.

Originally posted by Father Beast
I also regret not getting into Ultima while it was coming out. I have the Ultima collection, but I keep getting distracted by the oldness of it.

Don't worry too much about I through III. IV is a good starting point and it's not so bad to play on a modern PC with MoSlo.

[SnowFire]

You can also play Ultima IV on a NES emulator if you don't want to slow down your computer. The NES version wasn't too bad actually from what I've heard.

I re-installed Imperialism II since I realized I hadn't played it in awhile (Hard mode with some minor customizaitons- food tech at normal, diplomatic penalties on impossible, Indian strength strong, not that it'll help them much). It was fun, and then the first war came which was fun for a bit... and then I remembered why I stopped playing. Imp2 games always undergo this critical bifurcation around the time of the 1st war: either you won't be ready yet and will lose all your New World colonies (so you're doomed, the rest of the game doesn't even need to be played); or you will be ready, and will pretty much be forced to sweep through almost all of your opponent(s) NW colonies to get their bullheaded minds to offer peace. And since it's generally the strongest power that declared war on you (was in my case), and you've just doubled the size of your New World holdings, you might as well call teh rest of the game then, too. No point.

I suppose Imp2 might be fun multiplayer, but it's impossible to ever play a competitive endgame, or even middle game single player. You'll be dead or ruling. And there is no hotseat option for multiplay. A shame, because the economic buildup aspects are still a lot of fun, it's just disheartening to know how short the game will be.

[aaglo]

Oh, I almost forgot the one game I really missed.
CIV2!

[Footie Mad]

Warcraft 2, though I got it a few years later it still was great even though it was old. It lead me into the addictive world of starcraft on bnet .

[Sarxis]

Originally posted by Wille
world of starcraft on bnet .

Its a phenomenon, isn't it?

[Vlad Antlerkov]

-- Master of Orion. (Granted, I hadn't heard of it until I played the Civ II scenario.)

-- Not a PC game, but: Phantasy Star IV. (Best Genesis RPG there was.)

[Juggler]

Civ2 FW & MGE
HOMM (all 3 games)
Starcraft (at first I thought it was just another crappy game but later on I changed my mind)

[Rex Little]

Civ 2: Test Of Time

I know, I know its no great game (civ2 MGE is) but
I would have still wanted it. when it was out I thought
it was too expensive and I'll wait until its half price,
but that never came.

Keep trying. I found it for $10 in a bargain bin some time back, though I grant you I haven't seen it lately.

Don't worry too much about I through III. IV is a good starting point

I thought III was just as much fun as IV.

[trickey]

well, i regret not buying civ 2 the most.

another thing i regret is selling my copy of shining force 2. oh man that game is inpossible to find, i paid 45 bucks for it, and its a gennesis game! then i sold it for 1.50 a few years later. :sad: i downloaded it, but it just isnt the same as having friends over and playing the game all night long