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Does anyone have any suggestions for a good pool/snooker game? I just find the game so soothing to play, I feel like it would be nice to be able to sit back and try and work out some angles and stuff after a stressful day at work.

# ¿ Nov 5, 2013 13:29

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 16:32

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Have you tried out Peggle? There's no pressure to keep going past a given try but it had the same addictive nature as Plants vs Zombies had for me.

# ¿ Nov 21, 2013 13:24

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EightDeer posted:

Does anyone know of other strategy games like Panzer General? Games where you keep the same army for the entire single player campaign, and it gets continuously better through experience and upgrades. The branching campaign is a big plus too.

I know of a few (Crusaders: Thy Kingdome Come, Disciples, Elven Legacy, the rest of the Generals series) but is that all there are?

Battle for Wesnoth lets you transfer a few units between each mission iirc, and the units get better and can be promoted to new dudes. Hex based strategy game, and it's free.

# ¿ Feb 28, 2014 17:17

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I honestly couldn't tell you, I haven't played it in years haha, sorry!

# ¿ Mar 1, 2014 06:51

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Seconding The Witcher 2, it's also pretty as heck and has some neato monster design goin on.

# ¿ Apr 20, 2014 03:20

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Reus, maybe?

# ¿ May 5, 2014 02:58

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MooCowlian posted:

While I'm home for the summer, I'll have access to a 360. I've been living entirely off PC gaming, so I have no real idea what's been happening in the world of console exclusives. What 360 (or console) exclusive games should I be picking up that I won't have a chance to otherwise?

Dragons Dogma Dark Arisen is a game about running through a forest and OH HEY A CYCLOPS so you climb it and stab it in the eye until it dies and resume your stroll and OH HEY A DRAKE so you climb on its chest to stab the big glowing spot on it and then suddenly find yourself a fair distance above the ground wondering what on earth possessed you to attempt to scale a monster that can quite clearly fly. What I'm saying is Dragon's Dogma is a good game.

# ¿ Jun 11, 2014 10:52

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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.

# ¿ Aug 11, 2014 09:06

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Pyromancer posted:

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.

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.

# ¿ Aug 12, 2014 09:50

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Funkysauce posted:

Ok my turn again:

The Opera Mod for Half Life 1, is there ANYTHING LIKE IT? It was so good, it was action quake/half-life meets every Chow Yun Fat movie ever. I want another one.

I think the Specialists came out after.... Is there anything out there like The Opera? Action movie realism, not wonky anime style?

The 2006 game Call of Juarez is Old Western style pulp the whole way through, complete with showdowns, if that kind of thing sounds appealing.

# ¿ Aug 23, 2014 11:09

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TheAnomaly posted:

Except that one sucked. The latest one, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger, was actually really good.

Urgh my bad, that's the one I was thinking of. Maybe I should have done more than quickly google the name to check I was thinking of the right game :v:

# ¿ Aug 24, 2014 02:26

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SolidSnakesBandana posted:

I've heard Planetside 2 is cool but I've found the learning curve to be a bit steep. There's a lot of stuff you have to figure out. Sometimes your gameplay will consist mostly of running to the front lines for 5 minutes only to die immediately. I feel like I would like the game if I could figure it out. APB has an easier learning curve in my opinion, and that game's hard as gently caress.

Playing in a coordinated group with other people will make the game much more enjoyable and you can ask whats going on and get advice etc. Its very much a squad/platoon orientated game and theres something super satisfying about being able to call in the location of a sunderer and watch half a dozen rockets hit it from several different angles, or take part in a coordinated tank pull with air support.

# ¿ Sep 10, 2014 23:40

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if you don't mind playing something more similar to pokemon there is also the fan project pokemon omicron/zeta which is from all accounts quite good http://www.pokemonzetaomicron.com/

# ¿ Feb 16, 2015 10:05

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Dongattack posted:

I bought a Saitek Joystick + HOTAS setup to play Elite: Dangerous with and it's rad as gently caress, too bad the game is shallow and boring, albeit very pretty. Can someone recommend games where i could make full use of this setup?

Recent (cause i like pretty graphics)
Not ArmA (cause i've played it and i have no friends to play online with)
Not Star Citizen (lol)
Not Microsoft Flight Sim (see next sentence)
Not a "here's a plane, there's a vast open world, go make your own game" type of game, i need clear goals and meaningful things to do or i lose interest almost instantly.

Other than that it can be pretty much anything i think.

war thunder? fly around on teams shooting at the other team, drop bombs on enemy tanks on the ground, crash into your allies on accident, tell people that nazis were war criminals and watch them blow the gently caress up at your, its a real fun game

# ¿ Jul 5, 2015 04:11

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Dongattack posted:

RTS games or similar about destroying humanity as a non-human source? There's something really cathartic about decimating all we know and hold dear and laughing amidst the rubble.

Stuff like Grey Goo and the C&C3 Scrin campaign is what i'm talking about.

Must be a PC game
Not more than say 10ish years old
Not Universe Sandbox and stuff like that, a actual game
Not painfully obvious classics like say Dungeon Keeper or whatever

there's something called uhh, I want to say etherium? that is in the middle of a free week on steam. I haven't actually looked at it yet but it seems like a Sci Fi rts so it probably has humans you can destroy.

# ¿ Jul 15, 2015 23:14

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endless legend is probably the prettiest 4x game I have played in a long time, and also by virtue of having races with actual very different gameplay styles also has the most bugfuck terrible ai

# ¿ Aug 16, 2015 14:33

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Baldbeard posted:

What are some good games that have these distinct phases:
1. Adventuring or Gathering
2. Management or Crafting

Recettear and Rune Factory both are good examples of this. Basically, I like games that revolve around collecting loot and also processing it somehow in a meaningful way beyond just pushing the disenchant or sell button if its not an upgrade. Even stuff like PSO gets bonus points cause you can feed your mag loot.

My dream game would be like a fast paced RPG where every piece of loot can be used to craft stuff. So I could hoard loot for hours on end and then sit down, rub my hands maniacally, and play with it all.

the monster hunter games are third person over the shoulder action games that all revolve around a cycle of going out and hunting monsters, harvesting parts from them, using those parts to make new gear, and using that gear to go out hunting other monsters to make more gear

# ¿ Aug 17, 2015 02:04

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Shadow of Mordor

# ¿ Sep 30, 2015 23:52

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i just got a thrustmaster t flight hotas x on the cheap because i wanted one for when i pick up elite dangerous: horizons when it comes out, however i often end up struggling with learning new control input methods. other than war thunder and elite dangerous, what would be a good game to use to wrap my head around how using a flight stick feels?

# ¿ Oct 23, 2015 11:55

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The Witcher 3 maybe? That game has an absolutely huge and full world, and all of it is hand placed as opposed to randomly generated iirc

# ¿ Nov 11, 2015 01:16

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Danger Mahoney posted:

Have any couch coop (at least three player) games come out lately worth playing? I need something for me and the sisterwives to play, preferably on a long-term basis. We finally think we've hit the "end" of Diablo 3 as far as equipment grinding goes. Our tastes run toward the rpgish, but then again we put in hours and hours on Blops zombie mode. So pretty much any genre, any system, as long as three people can play it together on the same tv/monitor for more than a few hours.

I picked up Helldivers on pc a couple of days ago and the two friends I've been playing it with and I have been having an absolute blast, and I think being face to face could only make it more fun

# ¿ Dec 10, 2015 09:21

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spasticColon posted:

What's a good multiplayer FPS on PC that people are actually playing and isn't Call of Duty or Counterstrike?

rainbow six siege if you want slower tactical action or dirty bomb for a more cartoony style of game

# ¿ Jan 28, 2016 02:54

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C-Euro posted:

I have a hankering to play an RPG that has components of class/job switching, where you can level up you character(s) in different roles to get new abilities that you can then mix and match. Stuff like Final Fantasy V, FFTA, or even Fire Emblem Awakening I think has some of that (I never got far enough into it to experience it, I tried). It doesn't even have to be a traditional turn-based RPG, but that style of job ability customization is what I'm really looking for. Nintendo handheld (3DS/DS/GBA) would be my top choice of platform but I also have a Wii on-hand and will hopefully be getting a new laptop this spring.

dragons dogma? you can't bring all your skills with you when you change classes but there's a lot of vocation switching to pick up all the neat aguments from them and its a nice way to mix up the game play a bit.

# ¿ Feb 5, 2016 05:27

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the secret world was fun when i played it and diverges from the standard mmo model in some neat ways

# ¿ May 12, 2016 01:46

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IMJack posted:

I'm looking for a good junk-food game for Windows. Something I can pick up and play for half an hour at a time and get my fix. Lowish system requirements so I can run it in a window while half watching livestream on the other monitor. Right now I have Binding of Isaac Afterbirth for this, and I feel I need to diversify for my own sake. Prior to Isaac, it was Spelunky HD.

also throwing in a suggestion for both nuclear throne and luftrausers, i've played an insane amount of both of them

# ¿ May 21, 2016 02:45

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John Murdoch posted:

World in Conflict might be a good choice...just one problem: you can't buy it on Steam anymore, and I don't know if other sites still have it available in some form.

there's also act of aggression on steam which is a successor to an older game called act of war, but i havent played it so i cant vouch for it at all

# ¿ May 27, 2016 00:41

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if you have any friends and really want to play space ship captain you could consider looking at artemis(?) bridge simulator, I have no idea what the game itself is like though

# ¿ Jun 17, 2016 06:33

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monaco is very fun but i cant remember off the top of my head if we were playing with 3 or 4, or if you would be particularly disadvantaged by not having a 4th. that said 2 of us who were playing were sharing a keyboard and we still managed to have a lot of fun so i would definitely say that game has a lot of potential

# ¿ Aug 2, 2016 01:16

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Lunchmeat Larry posted:

my man u want Sleeping Dogs

# ¿ Sep 2, 2016 01:31

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red faction guerilla is a bit less open and not hand to hand combat-y but it's open world enough that i feel like i should at least recommend it, especially if you like the idea of using a giant space hammer to destroy buildings as you lead a socialist revolution against the oppressive earth government presence on mars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcUBI-YVRY8

# ¿ Sep 2, 2016 01:47

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Lunchmeat Larry posted:

Crackdown 3 looks like it's going to be just that, they're very focused on detailed and satisfying destruction

this is good to know

# ¿ Sep 15, 2016 08:09

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ChainsawCharlie posted:

Does anyone have any recomendations for co-op/Split screen games?i've played the lego games with MY WAIFU but everything else seems to be fpses..ses...and im looking for something less murderish.even recomendations for stuff like "keep talking and nobody dies" are welcome.

ultimate chicken horse is some solid multiplayer fun and it gets even better if you get even more people playing

# ¿ Sep 19, 2016 05:30

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Ramagamma posted:

A lot of people like Fire Emblem, i found it overly complex and the pointless anime cut scenes detracted from the experience but it's about as good a mix of strategy and rpg as you'll find.

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate is great, if you are unfamiliar with the games I'd recommend you look up a video to see if it's too your taste.

Ocarina of Time if you have never played it is a great shout but everyone knows it. Its outstanding how well a 18 year old game can stand up with a bit of polish.

it's worth mentioning monster hunter 4 ultimate also has a demo if you want to give the gameplay a shot

# ¿ Oct 21, 2016 01:56

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prometheusbound2 posted:

After decades of the genre lying fallow, we have a glut of space 4x games. Some of them are really good! Stellaris and Endless Space 2 are among my favorite games of all time.

But I still find myself sometimes turning to Master of Orion 2. Its for the ship combat. If a 4x game has tactical combat, I'd like to bet between relatively small groups of units with well differentiated abilities and unique traits. I love Stellaris and ES2, but their combat falls flat. Its more based on building up massive numbers of ships and smashing them into each other. Also, ship design is based on rock/paper/scissors weapons and defenses and there isn't much in the way of special equipment or weapons, like weapons that disabled systems but don't damage the ship's hull, or special modules that let you move twice in a turn and then suffer a cooldown period.

Are there any 4x games here or on the horizon that have: relatively small encounters, weapons, defenses, and special modules that don't just provide output bonuses, and that are turn based? I guess a slow paced real time game could also work. Thanks!

have you looked at sword of the stars 1 (NOT 2)? it was a game built around its combat engine, i loved the hell out of it and got a lot of mileage out of it. haven't played in a long time so i cant specifically remember if there's much special equipment, but there's more than the standard rock paper scissors of just 3 types of weaponry. if you like managing your colonies' planetary construction and stuff it won't be the game for you, mind, the empire management stuff is quite barebones.

# ¿ Jun 5, 2017 12:49

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if you want PvE action in arma you could check out Dynamic Recon Ops or Liberation but be aware that that's just firefights with ai controlled enemies, it doesnt have much in the way of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.'s thematic stuff

# ¿ Jul 3, 2017 11:37

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doctorfrog posted:

Thanks, DRO is already in rotation and I guess what I wanted is a zero-setup free roaming persistent version of that... which Liberation might be. There was so much Stalker-like stuff on the Steam Workshop that I thought there was a small chance that some complete co-op multiplayer package might have been formed at some point.

no problem

liberation is a bit more... i guess reactive? if you assault a location then reinforcements can move in from other nearby ones, or they can be spawned from the nearest military installation to try and come and counter attack. they will also move to reclaim captured points some times, and if you wait too long before doing FOB hunts (basically randomly spawned base assault/destructions) then the ai forces will try and attack one of your FOBs (your static spawn points basically)

# ¿ Jul 4, 2017 03:36

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bewilderment posted:

These are good suggestions so it is sad that I have already played them and they just slipped my mind in the original post. Definitely playing Shadow of War when it comes out.

We gave AssCreedSyndicate a shot since it was loaned to us by a friend but it can be a bit of collectible and sidemission overload without meaningful story progression.

assassins creed black flag? i had a really fun time playing that and if you ever want to break from the standard platforming murder-em-up gameplay you can go jump in your boat and have naval battles, or even just sail around singing sea shanties

# ¿ Aug 2, 2017 05:03

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 16:32

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deep dish peat moss posted:

Can anyone recommend good internet co-op games for PC that are free? I'm looking for new games to play with my friend but he's broke and every time I buy him a game he gets sick of it after like 2 hours so we want to try new things without spending money.

Not really looking for F2P MMOs that we can play together or competitive games where we play on the same team or whatever, I'm looking for games focused around 2-4 person co-op instead of massive playerbases. Genre doesn't matter too much.

warframe? it's f2p 2-4 person coop, apparently it gets grindy in the endgame but so far from what i've played its just a lot of running around as a techno-wizard space ninja shooting people with guns and chopping them up with a sword.

# ¿ Aug 24, 2017 08:21

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