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What other games are you playing or have played recently besides SC2/UQM?  I'm not much of a serial gamer anymore (used to play about everything out for the original Nintendo and still have that stuff).  But when the PC came along I started just cherry picking stuff that turned out to be "good" when I'm in a "down period" and not have other projects.  

I play SC2 a lot (good for melee because it's not hours long), I played Half-Life and a bunch of mods before my current project, Deus Ex.  Want to find a good (meaning cheap) copy of the Sims probably next to see what that is about...got a copy of Giants: Citizen Kabuto with my video card, but it won't load...

So what kind of background does everybody have?  What kind of other games are people playing?  And has there been anything out since Half-Life that'd be thoroughly worth my time, in your opinions?

Let me see....
(It is really almost all that I have played/play!)

Correctly:
Tactical Ops - Assualt on Terror
Unreal Tournament - Game Of The Year
Worms World Party
Aftermath(  ;D )
Intifada(Reallly nice dos game ;D But it is in Hebrew so you can't play it )
Carom3d

Played:
<Give respect>
Baldur's Gate II (200 Hours of gameplay... Sweet :D )
</Give respect>
Half - Life
Opposing Force
Unreal
Unreal Tournament
Mk4
Mk3
Mk2
Mk1
Digger
Civilization
Heros
Heros 2
Heros 3
OpenIce 95
NHL 2000
Duke3d
Doom
Doom 2
UQM (For how many times I can play this?  :-/)
SC2
Worms
Worms 2
Keen
Keen 2
Keen 3
Keen 4
Keen 5
Keen 6
Keen 7
Simcity
Simcity 2000
Warcraft
Warcraft 2
Age of empires 2
Gta2
The Neverhood
Tiberian Sun
Omf 2097
sc3

Well that is about all that I remember... Wow 48 games... This old pc worked fine :)

edit:

ops... Recently :\

Well try Baldur's gate II, It is a very good game.

Recently, hm...
Halflife and the mods Natural Selection and the Specialist
Aftermath, ofcourse :)
Fallout-tactics (no match for fallout2 I know but I needed to have some fallout :|)
Master of Orion 3 (it passes the time)
Farcry
Impossible creatures
Sudden Strike 2 (no one wants to play with me :( )
Oh yea forgot battlefield 1942, thanks bio :)

well ill list the games i can remember:

i own all these legaly, if they are not a mod or free:
Aftermath (somewhat) *
Aliens vs Preditor
Aliens vs Preditor 2 (Best FPS ever) *
-Primal hunt *
Age of Empires
Age of Empires 2
-Conquerors expansion
Arcanum
BattleField 1942 *
-Desert Combat *
Battlezone 2
Civilization
Civilization II
Civilization 3
Close Combat
Close Combat II
Close Combat III
Comand & Conquer (OH SUCH A CLASSIC)
Comand & Conquer: Red Alert
-The Aftermath
Comand & Conquer Tiberian Sun
Cutthouts
Crimson Skies (best flight game)  *
CyberStorm
Dark Reign (riveled Total Annihilation )
Dark Reign 2
Descent 1
Descent 2
Descent 3
Duke nukum 3D
Dune 2
Dune 2000
Dungeon Seige (played but dont own)
Empire Earth
Fallout
Fallout 2
Fallout Tactics
FarCry *
Freedom Force
Ground Control *
Gunbound (free online wormslike game) *
Half-life *
-Opposing forces
-Blue Shift
-Counter Strike *
-Day of Defeat
Heavy Gear
Heavy Gear II
Homeworld
Homeworld: Cataclysm
Homeworld 2 *
Interstate '76
-NitroPack
Interstate '82
Lords of the realm II
-Seige pack
Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed
Neverwinter Nights (best RPG)
Nox
Master of Orion
Master of Orion 2 (very good game)
Master of Orion 3 (waste of money)
M.A.X.
Mechcommander
Mechcommander 2
Mechwarrior
Mechwarrior 2: Titanium trilogy
Mechwarrior 3
Mechwarrior 4
Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries *
MDK 2
Outpost
Outpost 2 (sucked)
Pirates gold
Planetside
Privateer
Quake
Quake II
-all the expansions
Quake III arena
Railroad Tycoon II
Revenant
Return to caslte Wolfenstein
Rise of Nations *
-Thrones and Patriots *
Shadow Warrior
SimCity
SimCity 2000
Spliner cell
Spliner cell: Pandora Tomarrow (very fun multiplayer) *
Starcraft
-Broodwars
Star Control 1 ( ;D )
Star Control 2 ( ;D )
Star Control 3
Star Trek: armada
Star Trek: voyager: elite force
Star Trek: Starfleet Command
Star Trek: Starfleet Command 3
Star Trek: Klingon academy ( it sucks )
Star Wars: Dark Forces
Star Wars: Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight
-Mysteries of the Sith
Star Wars:Tie Fighter
Star Wars: X-wing vs. Tie Fighter
Star Wars: X-wing Alliance
SubSpace (50+ player super melee)
System Shock 2
Total Annihilation (best RTS ever)
-Core Contingency
Total Annihilation: Kingdoms (sucked)
Tribes 2
Ultima online
Unreal Tournament
Unreal Tournament 2003 *
The Ur-Quan Masters ( ;D ) *
Warcraft
Warcraft 2
Warcraft 3 *
Wing Commander
Wing Commander II
Wing Commander III
Wing Commander Prophecy
Wolfenstein 3D
X-Com UFO Defence
X-Com Apocalypse


I know there are more so ill add them later right now is bed time

Can i get a refund?  ::)

EDIT:     * = Recently

Uhm... -cough- recently -cough-  ::)

I don't play much anymore, but I've been keeping myself busy on and off with Age of Wonders II: The Wizards Throne.

Baldur's Gate II : Shadows of Amn or Baldur's Gate II : The Throne of Bhall (the second part) are MUCH MUCH MUCH better than Neverwinters Nights!
gggrrrrr

Neverwinter isnt really made to be a single player RPG. The adventure is quite small. It was mainly made for multiplayer and for modding.

Exactly.  I could roll off a list a mile long of games I've played at one time or another....could always point out the interesting ones, though, that most might not know.

I play a couple of Japanese written arcade scrollers...yeah people still do them.  One is called Raiden II, the other Darius Gaiden.  It can be much fun, but man they are psycho on the skill level sometimes (basically through the number of things out on screen at a time to dodge, and the strength of what you face compared to what your ship has).

Are people here against halo? I like that game and would like to see Halo 2 as well which is coming out in november.

sounds alot like half-life  8)

halo is primarly a X-box title, i thought it was good for x-box but have not tried the PC version
and yes Halo 2 looks sweet

I played Halo on a PC and found it very enjoyable. I don't play much multiplayer though, so I can't speak for that.

I can't even begin to start listing all the games I've played, but let's list a few notables:

X-Com: The first one is a good old classic on the same level as SC2. I suspect more people have played it than SC2 back in the day. However, the sequels are complete shit.

TIE Fighter: Another classic. This is like X-Wing, only it was done a little better and has a lot more missions to fool around on.

Master of Magic: Like Civilization, only fantasy themed. It's one of those games that has a lot of remakes that are never done right. Heroes of Might and Magic as well as Age of Wonders are like this, only not anywhere near as good.

Dungeon Keeper: Fun game. The setting is hilariously over the top. Peter Molyneux's best work. He's screwed most of his visions up pretty badly. The sequel to this was done without him and felt kind of cheap.

Grand Theft Auto 3 as well as Vice City: I hate car games. Car people are annoying as hell. These games are a clear exception to my opinion, everyone should give them a try.

Metal Gear Solid: The first real stealth game ever made. The story is pretty hefty, although sometimes ridiculous. Fun, but was disappointed with the sequel. 3 might be fun.

Ninja Gaiden: The reason I got an Xbox. Fun, pretty to look at and challenging. The plot's a joke, but this is a definite style over substance game. I got my avatar from this, but the resizing has smudged it a bit.

StarCraft: Blizzard's best work. Warcraft III--while still enjoyable--is kind of a mess.

Final Fantasy series: Overrated like hell but some of these are fun.

Oh, and about Halo. The solo is repetative, but this game gets SO much better when you go multiplayer with it.

AVP2 is the most fun you will ever have in first person shooters 8)

if you like worms or scorched earth try out Gunbound, it is free and fun.

I liked halo for both its single and multi player. When I get tired of one, I just switch to the other. However, the multiplayer does get annoying when for a month or so before the moderators of the game play attention, you have everyone betraying each other.  :'(

Current list of games recently played/in collection:

Age of Mythology
Civilization III
Grand Theft Auto III
Halo
Impossible Creatures
Medieval: Total War
SimCity 4
Unreal Tournament 2004
WarCraft III

Most of these are great. Currently I've had alot of fun playing SC4 and UT2004. If you're fimiliar with the series, I recommend trying them out sometime.

I have UT2K4. Onslaught mode is teh win.

Really? I found AoW a vast improvement over HOMM, I suppose I'll have to pick that up next then.

You're right in that Heroes doesn't even deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence as Age of Wonders, but they are the same style of game.

If we're talking about the same Age of Wonders (might as well count the second one as well in this comparison) that I remember I'd say it was very much inferior to Master of Magic. The troops, heroes, and cities you get function more or less the same way but the spells they have in the game are all screwy. Most are useless or too expensive for what they do. MoM's spells on the other hand were well thought out and critical to gameplay. Also, Age of Wonders has that stupid thing where you have to sit around and wait every time you finish a turn.

The problem: you aren't likely to find a copy of it and if you do it'll be a pain in the ass to install. It's from the same time period as SC2 only even more obscure.

If you like X-com try Fallout Tactics.

Recently? err...

Sc2 (/UQM)
Noctis (http://anywherebb.com/noctis.html)
Starcraft
Subspace: Continuum
Uniball


That's about it, I think. Played LOADS of games. Those above I just played RECENTLY..

How come nobody mentions Counter-Strike? I got Condition Zero when it was released and haven't played old CS since. CZ kicks ass.

Some of the games I have played recently:

Fallout 2
UFO: Enemy Unknown
One Must Fall 2097
Monkey Island Series
Runaway
Daggerfall
and of course UQM

Solar Winds
Solar Winds 2
Warcraft 1
Warcraft 2
Warcraft 3
System Shock 2
System Shock 1 (!!!)
Hexxagon 1
Hexxagon 2
Syndicate
Syndicate: American Revolt
Galactix
Sid Meirs Alpha Centauri
Sid Meirs Alpha Centauri: Alien Crossfire
Sid Meirs Civilization
Civilization 2
Civilization 3
Sid Meirs Colonization
Star Control 1
Star Control 2
Star Control 3
Earth 2150
Moon Project (Expansion to Earth 2150)
Doom 1
Doom 2
Scorched Earth (BEST GAME EVAR!)
Fire Power
Overkill: All 6 Planets
Xargon 1: Beyond Reality
Keen 2
Keen 3
Dave 2
Chuck Yeager (Flight Simulator)
GPU
Test Drive 3
Stunt Car
Space Invaders
Prince Of Persia
Titus
Indianapolis 500
Lotus
Red Alert
Red Alert 2
Tiberian Dawn
Tiberian Sun
Zone 66
Corridor 7
Sim Earth
Sim Ant
Sim City (Original)
Sim City 2000
Sim City 3000
Thexder (Mad game, had moonlight sonata playing for the menu. Could never get past the third level)
Total Annihilation
Total Annihilation: The Core Contingency
Total Annihilation: Battle Tactics
Battlezone
Battlezone 2
Major Stryker
Street Rod 1
Street Rod 2
Arkanoid 1
Arkanoid 2
Castles 2
Captain Comic
Duke Nukem 1
Dune 2
Golden Axe
Home Alone
Jetpack
Keen 1, 4, 5, 6, and 7 (on the disk I'm viewing now)
Lesuire Suit Larry 6
Police Quest 1
Police Quest 2
Ski Or Die (sadly dosent work though =\)
Wolf 3D
Warzone 2100
Unreal
Unreal Tournament
Enemy Nations
War Games (WE GOT WOPR!)
Quake 1
Quake 2
Quake 3
Dawn Raider
Raptor
Dark Reign 1
Dark Reign 2
Homeworld
Homeworld Cataclysm
Homeworld 2
Half Life (and it's better mods)
Opposing Force
Blue Shift
Empire Earth
Soldier Of Fortune
Soldier Of Fortune 2: Double Helix
Starcraft
Starcraft: Broodwar
Serious Sam
Star Trek Armada 2
C & C: Yuris Revenge
C & C: Generals
Haegemonia
Dark Reign 1
Dark Reign 2

And of course all of the obligatory Atari games (Pac Man, Space Invaders, SeaQuest etc).

I also may have missed a few here and there due to:

A: Intervening time or
B: Having played the game but not known the name of it

Ah well back to some TA:CC...

I noticed that you played C and C generals  - is that any good?

Well yes, its quite a well made and enjoyable RTS. And some of the units, especially the GLA are pretty funny  :)
Overall good graphics and ok gameplay. Nothing really revolutionary gameplaywise though...

I remember Solar winds, weird.  Halo is the best multiplayer, hook up 16 x-box in one house with 4 tvs.  Incredible fun, and no anonimous betrayals.  

Still play all the Ultimas.
ur-quan masters
civ 2 (thought civ 3 sucked)
and the spiderman game for the x-box is awesome!

I pretty much agree with Chaniac on C & C Generals, it's more of a graphical smorgasboard then anything (and it bogged down my system like hell).

Nothing truly unique gameplay wise though, if you've got RA2 or the original RA I'd say it'd be best to stick with them =\

Recently, eh? my 8 GB HD requires me to delete and install software from time to time but I will try. These are in no peticular order. Many of the older games I've loved since I was a "wee lad"

Civilization:2(PC version mind you had the video council)
Civilzation: A Call To Power (Deeper tech trees than Civ2)
Doom trilogy(recently brought, made this year made to run in Win95)
Starcraft/BW(PC)
The Guardian Legend(NES) Doesn't get much better than this
Phantasy Star 1+4(SMS+Genesis) PS1 still has all my saves no emulation necessary which is the reason FF1 is not here.
Astro Warrior and Hang-On(SMS)
Castlevania: Aria Of Sorrow and Harmony of Dissonance(GBA)
Kingdom Hearts (PS2) good game excluding the story don't ask
Front Mission 4(PS2)
Final Fantasy Tactics(PS1)
Twisted Metal Black(PS2)celebrates it's 10 year anniversarry next year.
SimCity 2000(classic)
Roller Coaster Tycoon
Wolfenstein 3D(I've checked id's site can't sell to Germans)
Vigilate 8: Second Offense(PS1)
Red Faction 2 (PS2)
Ricochet(PC) Arkanoid clone, It's Arkanoid to me to you it's ballbreaker.
Rock and Roll Racing(GBA) brings back some memories
Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny(PS2)

You may notice the lack of systemsI don't have a cube(lack of variety),  I hate Microsoft(won't buy an X-Box) and Mac's are for the computer illiterate.

So does that mean you need to be an experienced compootor player to use a PlayStation? ;)

There is a difference between allowing a computer illiterate person to use it without smashing things, and limiting a power user to the capabilities of the computer illiterate person.

btw, pluralization in English is accomplished without an apostrophe. Log, eye, mote... ;)

Anybody who thinks Macs are easy has obviously never programmed for one.  And with MacOS X's Unix underpinnings, anyone who would say they're for the computer-illiterate has obviously not used one in the last three years.

And besides, UQM runs swimmingly on OSX.  :P

OpenTTD : http://www.openttd.com 8)

I was referring to Mac's vs. Personal Computer, however you should know that a PS2 eventually becomes racist (it stops reading certain disks may it be CDA, DVD, PS2 Silver, PS2 Blue or PS1 black)



I was refering to Mac Users.  Anyone who upgraded from DOS and Win3X to Win 95/8/XP etc. will notice that with each new version it has become more user-friendly and with increasingly more problems(compatibilty specifically). For lack of a better term it has become a Mac with customizational capabilites. Granted I haven't used one for almost 10 years "At Ease" school computer back then it mirrored Win3X.

Back to the topic . What's your favorite game? Outside of Uqm/SC2 that is.

Baldur's Gate II - Shadows of Amn.
Great story, great gameplay, awesome sound and music. What else could you ask for? Nothing. Just perfect.

Anyone has "Baldur's Gate II - The Throne of Bhaal"? Pm me if you have it ( or a link  ::) ).

I believe that technically, the PS" is actually a computer. Granted, a very simple computer, but there sure is computing power in it. Also, as you buy it yourself, that would make it your personal machine. Personal computer, if you will. ;)



If you haven't used one for 10 years, then you're definetly not fit to talk about it. Remember PC's 10 years ago?

On-topic, played through half of AOW:2, I'm really enjoying it. Nothing else at the moment.

AtEase?

LOL. Of course, your opinion is perfectly correct in that context. AtEase was a program that masked the normal file manager ('finder'). It was designed exclusively to prevent incompetent/malicious users from destroying anything. Basically, it was designed so the owner could release the computer as a kiosk and yet remain 'at ease' that it wouldn't be put to other purposes besides those intended.

So, yeah, it was dumbed down.

Oh, right, games. FF4, Starcraft, Civ2. That's all I've played in the past week, at any rate. Trying to get FF5 to work, but it refuses.

I though you didnt have a computer at home, D999.
Or do you play games at work?  ::)

After hours. I live like 3 blocks away, so...

So you dont really need a computer of your own that much, I see, that's a good setup :)