Most popular game?

[Solver]

Fun NIM related trivia: What game has the highest return rate of all time?

Call to Power 2 ?

[Apocalypse]

Originally posted by JohnIII
Drastically shorter? Well, that depends on what you want in a game, doesn't it? Console games tend to have higher replayability for unlocking stuff, which is almost unheard of in PC games.

I wouldn't say console games have higher replayability either. It'd be silly to argue console games have higher replayability for strategy games. RPGs for PCs are usually longer, and combined with their typically nonlinear storyline, are also more replayable.

Originally posted by Solver
Call to Power 2 ?

Close, the original Call to Power.

[Solver]

Original CtP is much better...

[Apocalypse]

Well, yes in a way. More people thought they were buying a Sid Meier game with the original though.

[JohnIII]

Originally posted by Apocalypse
I wouldn't say console games have higher replayability either. It'd be silly to argue console games have higher replayability for strategy games. RPGs for PCs are usually longer, and combined with their typically nonlinear storyline, are also more replayable.

And what about sports games, or fighting games?

[Apocalypse]

Well there aren't that many sports games for the PC. The ones that are made are usually for the console also. The ones that aren't are usually things like Baseball Management Sims. These have very high replay value. Fighting games are rarely made for the PC. They usually don't have enough replay value to last as long as the average PC game though.

[Urban Ranger]

Haven't seen any real fighting games (Street Fighter, King of Fighters, etc) ported to the PC. I think PC gamers are a different crowd than console games.

FWIW, I like SMAC/X better than Civ series, of which Civ 3 is the best of the lot. Maybe CtP can be very good with all the mods and patches but I can't be arsed now.

[JohnIII]

Originally posted by Apocalypse
Well there aren't that many sports games for the PC. The ones that are made are usually for the console also. The ones that aren't are usually things like Baseball Management Sims. These have very high replay value. Fighting games are rarely made for the PC. They usually don't have enough replay value to last as long as the average PC game though.

So what you're saying is:
1) Console games have less replay value, because their strategy games are worse.
2) Fighting and sports games don't count, because the PC doesn't have very good ones.

How much sense does that make?

[Apocalypse]

No. I'm saying the PC doesn't have many fighting and sports games. Most of the sports games they do have, the console also has. This kinda negates the comparision. The sports games they do have are filled with replay value though. The PC doesn't have fighting games, but I'm not saying they don't count. I'm saying take the average total playing time of a fighting game and you won't reach the average playing time of your average PC game.

[Solver]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
Maybe CtP can be very good with all the mods and patches but I can't be arsed now.

The big problem with many. They hear the guffaws about CtP, and hesitate to try it, though it makes an excellent game, with the best of the mods there are.

[Maquiladora]

Originally posted by JohnIII
I think we must be really weird over here. Every Christmas, when a new Championship Manager update comes out, people flock to buy this game which, frankly, looks crap and isn't very accessible.

But I LOOOOOOVE IT!

Aye
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I think generally (good) PC games tend to be more anal and less accessible for the uncommitted schooly with a swift £20 to spend, thats why console games sell in bucket loads. Mum/Dad gives them the money and off they go. Also consoles cost less compared to a PC. Adults consider others opinions on games before blinding spending £35 on a game. Civ 3 being the exception. Although post 1.29f, if i didnbt have a copy now (christmas present) id buy it for £15, no more.

[Scouse Gits]

Civ 2 of course, now what's the second best game? A much harder question .... (today my vote is Morrowind)

SG[1]

[Juggler]

And today my vote is BG2.

[Solver]

BG2?

[Maquiladora]

Baldurs Gate 2?