Big Bad Bug wrote:Juice Box wrote:Kowaghuz wrote:Imagination makes turn-based as fun as real time, minus the chances of f***ing up because you were busy.
One of the focal points of a game is to turn your imagination into reality. If I still have to use it while playing a game, then all the more reason I shouldn't even bother with it.
Kowaghuz wrote:Card hunter? Bad graphics?(I mean, it's cartoony but NOT. BAD.)
I checked all the skins and watched gameplay a bit, actually, and... yeah, the graphics are pretty bad. Compared to other games, atleast.
Still on the graphics thing? For someone who likes books so much, you seem to really be against using imagination for these sort of things. I'm only bringing this up because you could enjoy so many more games if you were more open about it.
That's 'cause I read books for the feels, and I play games for the
"ooohs" and the
"aaahs." I mean, that's why I don't read books that involve fighty-fighty stuff, because why would I bother
reading about them, when I can just play a game with actual fighting?
It's just, books, I read them to feel. Sadness, happiness, etc. Games, I play them because good graphics are fun to look at, and great programming can keep my mind immersed in a world.
The_TaTs wrote:RTS games:
Anything from Warhammer should be fine.
Anything from Blizzard: Warcraft 3 and the expansion are highly recommendable and they've aged super well.
Also... Starcraft II is not bad at all.
I would recomend Starcraft 1 because I'm old and that game changed my life, but it's probably a bit outdated for you kids.
Anno 2070... peculiar game from Ubisoft. Has an interesting merge of RTS and city building.
Age of Mithology is fun and even slightly educational. I loved the balance in that game. The art is also kinda nice. AND... the campaign is story driven!
Shogun Total War. Best Total War game so far. Beautifully executed. Awesome graphics, hard to play and hard to master.
I'll also suggest some of my favourite RPG/fantasy games. You might find somethign you like.
Bastion.
From the same guys that made Transistor. Beautiful game. Awesome soundtrack. The gameplay gets a bit repetitive for a moment but it's definitely a great gaming experience.
Pillars of Eternity.
Great RPG that uses the old school interface Baldur's Gate style but with a more modern narrattive and mechanics. Great atmosphere.
Banner Saga.
It's a turn based story driven game with beautiful art and a very cool story. This is literally a game you can fall in love with, and they are actually very friendly towards Ironhide. We have exchanged several emails. This is the first game for their studio (Stoic) and there's only 3 of them making the game... so they are rather similar to us.
The Cave.
Ron Gilbert made this game. That alone should tell you everything you need to know about it. It's a beautifully executed adventure/puzzle game loosely based on Plato's allegory of the cave... but with less greek philosophy and more fun. The characters are simply amazing.
Saints Row IV
The silliest, most stupid, and most self aware sand box out there. It's GTA on drugs. It's not "great". But it made me laugh quite a bit.
The Mass Effect saga.
The best Sci-fy RPG out there. Period. Good writing. Action packed. Only a few "real" decisions but it's one hell of a ride.
Dang. I've played almost all the RTS games you suggested.
I'm a fan of Warhammer myself, but I find the first games--Dark Crusade, Soulstorm--way more fun. The sequels are prettier, sure, but they don't feel like RTS games at all.
There's also how the Space Marines in the first few Warhammer games are super-powerful, exactly how they should be. In the sequels, they die to Imperial Guardsmen. Which is just... horrendous, 'cause the Imperial Guardsmen are, like, low-morale, minimal-training civilians with guns, and the Space Marines are super-elite, heavily-armored fighters who do nothing but fight for the duration of their thousands-of-years lives.
I also used to love WarCraft 3, but... well, yeah, it got old.
I never liked StarCraft 2. It was flashy, but it lacked strategic value. In multiplayer, the only thing you'd need to win is Protoss Immortals. The rest are just add-ons.
I've played most of the "Age of" games, and yeah, they're fun, but like WarCraft, it's sort of old.
Haven't tried Anno or Shogun, but I'll probably look into it.
I've tried Bastion, but I honestly love Transistor more. Transistor had that nice blend of flashiness and fun gameplay. Bastion was fun, too, but it got boring after a while, and I never liked the world's design. Felt... Iduno, crammed, somehow.
Also tried Mass Effect. Finished it, loved it, didn't think the ending was all that bad (CONTROL FTW). But I loved Halo more.
Mass Effect... the alien guys were just too weird. I mean, they
look weird. It's hard to take some of the moments seriously because the characters look... yeah... I mean, look at the Krogan. Don't tell me you don't find those guys funny-looking.
There are exceptions at times, of course, like the Turians and the Geth, who are my two favorite races (LEGION AND GARRUS FTW), but the rest, like the Quarians and the Asari are just... ugh.
But yeah. Halo. Vast universe. Great gameplay. Funfunfunfun.