Other Games => ... and all the other things floating around out there => Topic started by: Artyem on January 31, 2014, 12:15:41 pm
Title: Older Games
Post by: Artyem on January 31, 2014, 12:15:41 pm
Lately I've been going back and playing all the old games I used to enjoy years ago, can't believe it's already been 10+ years since some of these came out.
Came out in 2003. Excellent strategy game, the game play is fantastic and there's a surprising amount of variation each time you play. Despite having come out 11 years ago, the graphics actually aren't that awful.
Rise of Nations (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rise_of_Nations)
Also came out in 2003. Basically a sped up real time version of Civilization, you work your way up through technology, build cities, have naval battles, nuclear wars, and of course manage a shit ton of workers. Graphics aren't too fantastic, but still an excellent game even by today's standards.
And then the ones that I'm not going to write a lot about:
Ricochet (surprisingly fun, if you bought HL1 before steam came out you should already have it) The Specialists (old school HL1 mod, used to play on the roleplay servers but even the base game is awesome) Empire Earth (another old school RTS, similar to AoE and RoN, but not quite as good in my opinion.) Age of Empires (well, duh) Sven Co-op (HL1 coop mod, so fucking nostalgic)
These are really just the ones I've revisited so far, I know for a fact I'm missing hundreds of excellent old games that are still playable today. With that said, you should check these out if you haven't already played them.
Has anyone else been going back to older games?
P.S. HL2 will be a decade old this year.
Title: Re: Older Games
Post by: Leesin on January 31, 2014, 12:21:48 pm
Played the ass out of The Specialists years back, amazing mod, used to love playing Kung Fu build, kicking guns out of peoples hands and beating the shit out of them.
Title: Re: Older Games
Post by: Christo on January 31, 2014, 03:54:06 pm
Ah Rise of Nations.
That one and Stronghold Crusader we played the crap out of with friends in small LAN parties. (3 rarely 4 people)
Also, am I the only one that has the feels, because we call these 'older' games now? :/
Title: Re: Older Games
Post by: Miwiw on January 31, 2014, 03:57:07 pm
I bought 40% of all games on gog.com (http://gog.com) and played half but only finished 3-4 until now because they consume so much time but it's really worth it!
Title: Re: Older Games
Post by: Tibe on January 31, 2014, 04:02:45 pm
All good games. Exept I havent heard of Warrior Kings before. Gonna definately try it. Also for some reason I never liked Empire Earth. Dunno why, but it just never grew on me.
Title: Re: Older Games
Post by: Fredom on January 31, 2014, 09:33:08 pm
Stronghold Crusader ftw, was such a great time when I have been playing it.
Title: Re: Older Games
Post by: Artyem on January 31, 2014, 09:39:24 pm
I never played Stronghold Crusader, but I've heard a lot about it.
And yeah, Warrior Kings is actually pretty great. The only real problem is the lack of maps for multiplayer, but the campaign is great and there's a lot of diversity in the units and tactics you use. Definitely worth trying if you're into the old school RTS platform.
I included Empire Earth for the nostalgia, it's really not that great of a game, but it still deserves an honorable mention.
Title: Re: Older Games
Post by: Tor! on January 31, 2014, 09:56:35 pm
Played the ass out of The Specialists years back, amazing mod, used to love playing Kung Fu build, kicking guns out of peoples hands and beating the shit out of them.
Best LAN game ever in the old days (just up there with Flatout) :D
Title: Re: Older Games
Post by: Taser on February 01, 2014, 11:46:04 pm
Man I actually liked empire earth.
I still play it every so often. Haters gonna hate.
Title: Re: Older Games
Post by: [ptx] on February 01, 2014, 11:51:28 pm
EE has so many flaws to it, it's still a fun game to play with some friends now and then.
Title: Re: Older Games
Post by: Artyem on February 02, 2014, 12:13:16 am
I always though Empire Earth was hilarious, fun for that reason, but not the greatest in terms of gameplay.
Title: Re: Older Games
Post by: Taser on February 02, 2014, 12:23:45 am
I always though Empire Earth was hilarious, fun for that reason, but not the greatest in terms of gameplay.
*shrug*
I always played to medieval period and ended it there. Once you brought in bombers, giant mechs (whatever they were called) and so forth, it kind of made me lose interest. Although its funny as hell to cheat and get to that stage and bomb the hell out of the other civilizations while they were still in the stone age. Brings a whole new meaning to "bomb them back to the stone age".
It was fun for me to try and build up and try to hold off vs the computers as I tried to expand out then never expand outwards afterwards. Ofc that eventually gets boring since they never get past my first line of defense or if they do, they do such minimal damage that its inconsequential. Then I conquer the map anyway or stop playing. I got the game late so no one seemed to be interested in playing just to the dark ages/medieval era. Everyone wanted to go to the end and throw mechs at each other. Meh.
Title: Re: Older Games
Post by: Nightmare798 on February 02, 2014, 01:25:06 am
My main problem with RTS like EE is that you either control one unit at time, or you box single units into a big group. Making 40+ units to do exactly what you want requires ungodly ammount of micromanagement.
Thank god for squad based units, that allow RTS games not to degenerate into "Drag a box around a fuckhueg group of units and send them all into enemy base".
Title: Re: Older Games
Post by: Miwiw on February 02, 2014, 01:53:13 pm
My main problem with RTS like EE is that you either control one unit at time, or you box single units into a big group. Making 40+ units to do exactly what you want requires ungodly ammount of micromanagement.
How can it be your problem if that's what such a game is about. :P
Title: Re: Older Games
Post by: larlek on February 02, 2014, 02:05:05 pm
My oldest gaming memory would have to be playing Golden Axe. I used to sit on an old wooden chair whilst I played and it was incredibly uncomfortable to sit on for longer than 10 minutes. I can remember always getting frustrated when the enemies would knock me off of my giant lizard or when those little goblin-like-things would come on to the screen and you would have to try and hit them but despite knowing that they were going to appear, I would always end up being surprised by them.
I generally avoid playing old, old games these days. I find that when you remove the nostalgia goggles, they really aren't as great as we remember them to be.
Title: Re: Older Games
Post by: bagge on February 02, 2014, 02:05:33 pm
Rise of Nations were so epic! I miss that game
Q2 is old but still really funny 8-)
Title: Re: Older Games
Post by: zagibu on February 02, 2014, 03:08:43 pm
My oldest gaming memory would have to be playing Golden Axe. I used to sit on an old wooden chair whilst I played and it was incredibly uncomfortable to sit on for longer than 10 minutes. I can remember always getting frustrated when the enemies would knock me off of my giant lizard or when those little goblin-like-things would come on to the screen and you would have to try and hit them but despite knowing that they were going to appear, I would always end up being surprised by them.
I generally avoid playing old, old games these days. I find that when you remove the nostalgia goggles, they really aren't as great as we remember them to be.
Golden Axe was a blast. Coop was a lot of fun. I think I was a bit in love with the Amazon/Barbarian chick.
What you say about Nostalgia is generally true, but not for all games. Some games still work great today (e.g. original X-Com).
Title: Re: Older Games
Post by: larlek on February 02, 2014, 03:24:30 pm
Golden Axe was a blast. Coop was a lot of fun. I think I was a bit in love with the Amazon/Barbarian chick.
I used to play the game with my siblings and parents. It was always fun regardless of how bad we did. I played the dwarf everytime but I understand what you mean about the chick.
Title: Re: Older Games
Post by: Artyem on February 03, 2014, 06:46:35 am
I started playing Rise of Nations with a couple clan mates, and it's just as great as I remember it. Very intense and fast paced, even with research set to most expensive and very slow.
Also, does anybody still play the first Starcraft game? May consider re-installing that if there's still anybody on the multiplayer.
Title: Re: Older Games
Post by: bagge on February 03, 2014, 03:08:20 pm
Worst thing about RoN was the nuclear wars. I used to play with a capped timeline, cause that shit was just too boring
Title: Re: Older Games
Post by: Spurdospera on February 03, 2014, 03:38:47 pm
Oldest PC games that I still play occasionally are "Dungeon Keeper"and "Simcity4". What I used to play most when young was "Tiberian Sun", I still think NOD is one of the coolest factions ever. :D
Title: Re: Older Games
Post by: bagge on February 03, 2014, 04:03:42 pm
Oldest PC games that I still play occasionally are "Dungeon Keeper"and "Simcity4". What I used to play most when young was "Tiberian Sun", I still think NOD is one of the coolest factions ever. :D
Sim City lol. Used to play Sim City 2000 back in school 8-)
Title: Re: Older Games
Post by: Christo on February 03, 2014, 04:15:30 pm
Worst thing about RoN was the nuclear wars. I used to play with a capped timeline, cause that shit was just too boring
same
Title: Re: Older Games
Post by: Artyem on February 05, 2014, 09:54:38 pm
Played a game of RoN last night with Larry the Magical Cheetah. Started with the Chinese / Russian conquest of England and ended with a global thermonuclear apocalypse.
Title: Re: Older Games
Post by: Nightmare798 on February 08, 2014, 11:43:33 am
Played a game of RoN last night with Larry the Magical Cheetah. Started with the Chinese / Russian conquest of England and ended with a global thermonuclear apocalypse.
Pretty common scenario eh?
Title: Re: Older Games
Post by: Artyem on February 08, 2014, 08:53:43 pm
Only if you leave nukes on, we played another game with 3 of us and 5 AI on the map with the Industrial age cap and it ended up in bloody, attrition filled trench warfare that lasted for an entire hour by itself. Still very fun, makes me wish they still made games with that kind of variation.
Title: Re: Older Games
Post by: Ostulor on February 08, 2014, 10:01:02 pm
Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Wonders:_Shadow_Magic) is an absolute blast to play with friends despite coming out in '03.
Title: Re: Older Games
Post by: Lennu on February 08, 2014, 10:57:56 pm
Dungeon Keeper 2 was epic, installed it earlier this week. :lol:
Title: Re: Older Games
Post by: Armpit_Sweat on February 13, 2014, 02:14:07 pm
Visiting my mother this week ( GF 210 in her PC ) - satisfying my game-hunger with Diablo 2 :) Still fun! Rolling a Necro with skeletons, Duriel ( act 2 boss ) raped me so bad, i wanted to un-install :D Otherwise, much better game, compared to D3. Blizzard turned into a greedy shameless scam... Some say you can't polish a turd, but Blizzard and MythBusters proved everyone wrong.
Title: Re: Older Games
Post by: korppis on February 13, 2014, 02:40:50 pm
Warhammer: Dark Omen (http://www.gamespot.com/warhammer-dark-omen/) anyone? It was one my favorites for a looong time.