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JollyGreen posted:Looking for a multiplayer PC game with an active community. Strategy games in particular, or an FPS. Not Counterstrike, Battlefield, or CoD. Not Starcraft 2. No MMOs. Since you're familiar with MOBAs, have you tried Smite? It scratches that FPS itch and has all the trimmings of a MOBA (though it is much closer to LoL than Dota 2 in execution) and has a surprisingly okay community. edit: also it's free to play Ben Nerevarine fucked around with this message at 15:47 on Aug 9, 2014 |
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I've been playing a bit of Civ IV lately, but I'm just not feeling the magic that I used to. Any recommendations for strategy games on OSX?
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Aug 9, 2014 17:43
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So, which MP game has good goon presence and a sense of progression, but at the same time allows people of different levels (or however you define that progression) to work together? Think MWO when it was a good game. Doesn't have to be F2P, but shouldn't be Pay to Win. Payday is fun, I've enjoyed Warthunder, find Warframe boring. I'd rather not play a MOBA, they scare me.
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Aug 9, 2014 17:58
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I'm not sure if this fits the criteria exactly, but Nosgoth has a free weekend right now. My first impressions of it are very good. There's a bit of goon presence in APB I think, that game is gated only by your own personal skill level. Unfortunately the skill ceiling is very very high so you can go against some real good peoples.
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Aug 9, 2014 17:59
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Fat Samurai posted:So, which MP game has good goon presence and a sense of progression, but at the same time allows people of different levels (or however you define that progression) to work together? Think MWO when it was a good game. Doesn't have to be F2P, but shouldn't be Pay to Win. I have really been enjoying Unturned. Dunno if it has a goon presence.
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Aug 9, 2014 18:27
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TopherCStone posted:I've been playing a bit of Civ IV lately, but I'm just not feeling the magic that I used to. Any recommendations for strategy games on OSX? JollyGreen posted:Looking for a multiplayer PC game with an active community. Strategy games in particular, or an FPS. Not Counterstrike, Battlefield, or CoD. Not Starcraft 2. No MMOs. Both Crusader Kings 2 and Europa Universalis 4 are great strategy games with multiplayer and OSX versions.
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Aug 9, 2014 20:53
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froward posted:I have really been enjoying Unturned. Dunno if it has a goon presence. Unturned has become a better DayZlike then DayZ is.
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Aug 9, 2014 21:00
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Cantorsdust posted:Both Crusader Kings 2 and Europa Universalis 4 are great strategy games with multiplayer and OSX versions. I have Crusader Kings 2, but it's a bit  for my tastes. I might give EU a try, but I fear it might also be above my attention span.
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Aug 9, 2014 21:15
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Cantorsdust posted:The Saints Row series is very good about co-op, with the entire game playable as co-op and each player seeing their own character in the cutscenes. I think we hit all the other suggestions mentioned (thanks guys), but, drat, I didn't know Divinity was designed for co-op... my husband bought it and already put 20 hours into it. I could have picked it up if I had realized :/ Although $40 a pop is a bit steep when you're doubling up... What prompted my request was Resident Evil 6 last night. It's such a bad game, and yet still fun because we can mock it together  (you think insta-fail QTEs are lovely? Try it when both of you are drunk!). We're kind of scraping the bottom of the barrel though. The new Diablo 3 patch needs to hurry up so it can continue to consume our lives.[edit]Actually, we once played a lovely game called Dungeon Lords which was actually kind of neat because it was fully co-op world/dungeon exploration, sort of Risen/Dark Souls style, or perhaps even better described as a two-player "MMO". Is there anything else out there, lovely or not, that we could dig up? I wish Dark Souls had a more direct method of co-op as an alternative to the summoning stuff... Tagra fucked around with this message at 23:55 on Aug 9, 2014 |
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Aug 9, 2014 23:44
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Spaced God posted:I'm in a racing game mood, specifically on Steam (if possible). It's old but Colin McRae Rally is the precursor to the Dirt series and IMO has the best physics. It's fantastic with a wheel. I'm partial because I own one of the McRae era GC8 rally spec STI's. Tagra posted:I think we hit all the other suggestions mentioned (thanks guys), but, drat, I didn't know Divinity was designed for co-op... my husband bought it and already put 20 hours into it. I could have picked it up if I had realized :/ A lot of couples like playing the Rayman games together. I play Trine (2 is better) with my GF, it's a puzzly side scroller with interesting design choices and 3 interchangeable on-the-fly characters. VelociBacon fucked around with this message at 00:37 on Aug 10, 2014 |
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Aug 10, 2014 00:26
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What are fun games with tons of unlockable poo poo that you get by actually playing the game? Ideally, I'm thinking of something like the Sakurai-style challenge boards in Smash Bros. Brawl or Kid Icarus: Uprising, but I suppose it could also be coin-based like the art gallery in Soul Calibur or the Krypt in MK9. Come to think of it, I guess Rogue Legacy could also be seen as a coin-based unlock system. Basically, unlocking stuff that's interesting enough to motivate you to get more, in a game that's good enough to enjoy the process. And it's through missions or challenges or some other sort of gameplay, not just hunting down a hundred collectibles that unlock nothing but concept art or something.
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Aug 10, 2014 05:09
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Erebus posted:What are fun games with tons of unlockable poo poo that you get by actually playing the game? Ideally, I'm thinking of something like the Sakurai-style challenge boards in Smash Bros. Brawl or Kid Icarus: Uprising, but I suppose it could also be coin-based like the art gallery in Soul Calibur or the Krypt in MK9. Come to think of it, I guess Rogue Legacy could also be seen as a coin-based unlock system. Not sure if this fits your bill but CS:GO has skins you randomly unlock as you play and can trade them etc etc. It's like hats but for skins. Hatskins.
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Aug 10, 2014 05:19
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So I'm getting a nostalgic pokemon itch, but the problem is I don't own, or really want to own, a handheld. Obviously there are no PC pokemon games, but surely someone must have made a PC game in that style at some point? Would prefer not to muck around with emulators and what not, which is probably :files: and shouldn't be talked about anyway.
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Aug 10, 2014 15:04
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Rudi Starnberg posted:So I'm getting a nostalgic pokemon itch, but the problem is I don't own, or really want to own, a handheld. Obviously there are no PC pokemon games, but surely someone must have made a PC game in that style at some point? Would prefer not to muck around with emulators and what not, which is probably :files: and shouldn't be talked about anyway. A fully 3D Pokemon game released on Steam would make a zillion billion dollars. This has always been true. Unfortunately, as far as I know, nobody has made a PC game in that style.
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Aug 10, 2014 15:14
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SolidSnakesBandana posted:A fully 3D Pokemon game released on Steam would make a zillion billion dollars. This has always been true. Unfortunately, as far as I know, nobody has made a PC game in that style. Probably afraid of Nintendo's rather famous litigation teams.
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Aug 10, 2014 15:25
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Mokinokaro posted:Probably afraid of Nintendo's rather famous litigation teams. There some extremely blatant iOS clones, however none of them are even 10% as fun as the real thing. I guess there have been a few attempts at a Pokemon type game but they are all F2P MMOs that are pretty terrible. Shin Megami Tensei Online, as well as any Shin Megami Tensei game really, can be interpreted as a Pokemon-like. My friend tried to get me to play a Digimon MMO once but I wasn't having it.
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Aug 10, 2014 15:29
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Rudi Starnberg posted:Obviously there are no PC pokemon games, but surely someone must have made a PC game in that style at some point? At some point fourteen years ago, yes.
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Aug 10, 2014 15:42
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Erebus posted:What are fun games with tons of unlockable poo poo that you get by actually playing the game? Ideally, I'm thinking of something like the Sakurai-style challenge boards in Smash Bros. Brawl or Kid Icarus: Uprising, but I suppose it could also be coin-based like the art gallery in Soul Calibur or the Krypt in MK9. Come to think of it, I guess Rogue Legacy could also be seen as a coin-based unlock system. Risk of Rain is pretty good.
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Aug 10, 2014 16:33
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Can anyone name me a game like Myst, i.e., wandering around austere environments, essentially alone, with puzzle solving? Because man I've got the itch bad.
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Aug 11, 2014 03:49
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Arrhythmia posted:Can anyone name me a game like Myst, i.e., wandering around austere environments, essentially alone, with puzzle solving? Because man I've got the itch bad. Some people like these. A lot like Myst from the little I played: http://www.rhem-game.com/
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Aug 11, 2014 03:51
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Rudi Starnberg posted:So I'm getting a nostalgic pokemon itch, but the problem is I don't own, or really want to own, a handheld. Obviously there are no PC pokemon games, but surely someone must have made a PC game in that style at some point? Would prefer not to muck around with emulators and what not, which is probably :files: and shouldn't be talked about anyway. Honestly, just get a 2DS. It's about $100 and you've got 13 Pokemon games to choose from and pretty much guaranteed 2 new ones every year. I don't know why you're against handhelds but you could literally use it as a Pokemon only device and get 1000+ hours out of it.
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Are there any old school 2nd ed D&D PC games that have the same level of adherence to the tabletop rules as Temple of Elemental Evil does for 3rd ed? I've been in the mood for a sort of classic D&D game but a lot of them tend to cut a lot of bits out.
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The Cheshire Cat posted:Are there any old school 2nd ed D&D PC games that have the same level of adherence to the tabletop rules as Temple of Elemental Evil does for 3rd ed? I've been in the mood for a sort of classic D&D game but a lot of them tend to cut a lot of bits out. Knights of the Chalice Here's some combat footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6OLpqEZMAE
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Aug 11, 2014 06:26
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Bouchacha posted:Knights of the Chalice That's based on 3rd edition, he wants to relive the 80s.
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Aug 11, 2014 07:02
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I'm looking for something simple yet easy to get lost in. Maybe a game similar to Torchlight/TL2 or a big ol' RPG kinda like the earlier Golden Suns. The more control/customization options I have, the better.
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Aug 11, 2014 07:39
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The Cheshire Cat posted:Are there any old school 2nd ed D&D PC games that have the same level of adherence to the tabletop rules as Temple of Elemental Evil does for 3rd ed? I've been in the mood for a sort of classic D&D game but a lot of them tend to cut a lot of bits out. All of the gold box games, there's a ton of them, with the exception of Hillsfar I think. Pools of Radiance and Curse of the Azure Bonds is generally considered good, but they were all 2nd ed D&D. If that gets boring, you can also play the Buck Rogers one as well, Countdown to Doomsday I think is the subtitle.
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Aug 11, 2014 07:42
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So my friend and I are looking to get into a new game to play during the week. We are looking for the following characteristics: -PC -Cooperative -Primarily Tactical/Strategy gameplay, but some action also wanted -Real time (rather than turn based) -Either persistent world or leveling/skilling involved in some way, so that our time is something of an investment -Survival theme also acceptable, but not roguelike -Semi-realistic graphics, as opposed to retro or low quality indie graphics I threw out the idea of Orcs Must Die 2, since I have it and I think it's great, but he wants something less action packed and a little more tactical. He mentioned 7 Days to Die, but I want something not in alpha and without the risk of random assholes ruining our fun. I think if there was some sort of multiplayer version of The Forest or a realtime coop version of XCOM, we would be happy. I'm looking at Red Solstice right now and something about it seems uninteresting to me. Can someone suggest something along those lines?
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Rudi Starnberg posted:So I'm getting a nostalgic pokemon itch, but the problem is I don't own, or really want to own, a handheld. Obviously there are no PC pokemon games, but surely someone must have made a PC game in that style at some point? Would prefer not to muck around with emulators and what not, which is probably :files: and shouldn't be talked about anyway. Pokemon Omicron/Zeta. I havent played very much of it but i probably would have believed it was a nintendo pokemon game if presented with it blind.
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Being close to finishing Vampire: Bloodlines a second time I started wondering if there are any good RPG's/any genre with a story of being forced to go to the "evil" side at some point? (Obvious spoilers unless it's very early on, I suppose, so you might want to spoiler tag some recommendations). Alternatively any game where empathizing with the character is as easy? I didn't know I wanted to be an absolutely insane, sociopathic Malkavian vampire, but alas it was fun - I don't think I will ever be as gleeful about protagonist dialogue choices as I've been on my second playthrough. General dickery of being evil in a well executed manner might interest me as well. (I'm a very moral and upright person in life almost to a fault, I swear). For the record I've played both KOTORs which are kind of obvious candidates. I own NWN2 (and all of its expansions, I think), but I've barely played the latter, it barely scratches the same itch - Though I don't think I've attempted to go full-on evil on the latter one. Dessel fucked around with this message at 18:44 on Aug 11, 2014 |
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Aug 11, 2014 18:38
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Alpha Protocol AKA Obsidian's douchebag simulator. It's the only game I know that lets you end conversations with villains prematurely by shooting them in the face.
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Aug 11, 2014 18:46
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Planescape: Torment. You have amazing potential for evil there. Like, holy poo poo.
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Galick posted:Planescape: Torment. You have amazing potential for evil there. Like, holy poo poo. Planescape: Torment is the only game I've ever played where I couldn't bring myself to go the evil route because it was too harsh and realistic rather than too ridiculous and puppy-kicking. Like, I tried to be evil but felt bad and had to stop. That's a hard thing for a video game to pull off.
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Zurreco posted:So my friend and I are looking to get into a new game to play during the week. We are looking for the following characteristics: Men of War: Assult Squad 2? Not sure how the coop is in it, but in previous games it was ok, and MOWAS2 has an unlocks system now which most people considered a bad change but which I suppose you might like. Its more tactical than strategic, with a heavy emphasis on micro and single unit/direct control which will provide you with some actiony feel, and the graphics are certainly great. Good micro skills are required for high level PVP, but you don't need that for COOP and could probably find some other idiots online to play with if you want some PVP, since it hasn't been out that long and all the bads probably haven't been chased away yet. al-azad posted:Honestly, just get a 2DS. It's about $100 and you've got 13 Pokemon games to choose from and pretty much guaranteed 2 new ones every year. I don't know why you're against handhelds but you could literally use it as a Pokemon only device and get 1000+ hours out of it. No specific reason, just the conviciton that buying an entire platform for a few hours of nostalgia in one game is ridiculous.
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Rudi Starnberg posted:Men of War: Assult Squad 2? I'll run it by my friend, but I don't think this is quite what we want. Thanks, though.
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Dessel posted:Being close to finishing Vampire: Bloodlines a second time I started wondering if there are any good RPG's/any genre with a story of being forced to go to the "evil" side at some point? (Obvious spoilers unless it's very early on, I suppose, so you might want to spoiler tag some recommendations). Planescape:Torment for some really evil roleplay options. Prototype for general sandbox dickery. For more funny and lighthearted take on evil check out Overlord 2(or 1, but 2 is better), it's basically Pikmin but you play as Sauron. Pyromancer fucked around with this message at 07:48 on Aug 12, 2014 |
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Pyromancer posted:Planescape:Torment for some really evil roleplay options. Prototype for general sandbox dickery. My impression from playing only a little bit of it a while ago was that you're accidentally benevolent-ish sauron. Like the halflings have something of yours so you go and beat them up to get your poo poo back and in the process accidentally save a human town iirc.
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willus posted:My impression from playing only a little bit of it a while ago was that you're accidentally benevolent-ish sauron. Like the halflings have something of yours so you go and beat them up to get your poo poo back and in the process accidentally save a human town iirc. Fat Samurai fucked around with this message at 10:13 on Aug 12, 2014 |
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Fat Samurai posted:No. Really. No. Sauron is a kid plucking wings from flies compared to what you can do in this game. Sauron wanted to enslave everyone because he was Evil with a capital E, while the Nameless One will gently caress someone up, personally and thoroughly, because it furthers his agenda. He was talking about Overlord, not Planescape.
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The concept to P:T is that your very existence causes torment. Literally everyone you've ever come into contact with suffers because of you. Your life is a Buddhist's hell: a cycle of never ending reincarnation that no amount of good karma could ever balance.
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willus posted:My impression from playing only a little bit of it a while ago was that you're accidentally benevolent-ish sauron. Like the halflings have something of yours so you go and beat them up to get your poo poo back and in the process accidentally save a human town iirc. In Overlord 1 yes, you don't have much gameplay incentive to be more evil; but not in Overlord 2, there your benevolence only extends to enslaving some people to work for you as opposed to killing and looting them outright(and slaves will take hours to break even). Pyromancer fucked around with this message at 12:38 on Aug 12, 2014 |
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