canshow Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 I'm bored. Literally. I can not find 1 single game that will keep me entertained longer than a few days. They are all either repetitive or poorly made. The only games i even play occasionally are Sword of the Stars, and Starcraft 2, and that's only because of the custom scenarios made by different people. Apart from that, i'm extremely limited when it comes to purchasing games. I've stopped pirating games long ago because that too is getting boring and tedious. So, here is a list of games i have played that have lost my interest (including MMORPGs) Combat Arms Black Prophecy Space Empires 5 Star Fury Civilization 4 Star Wars: EAW & FOC Universal Combat (up until a few months ago) X3 Terran Conflict Age of Empires 3 (Quite crappy) COD: MW2 (PC) and Black Ops (360) Distant Worlds: Return of the Shaktri Darkspace Jumpgate Allegiance Eve Online (waste of money) Nexus: The Jupiter Incident Freespace 2 Free Lancer Navyfield Starpoint Gemini - Campaign not finished Sins of a solar empire (all expansions) ANY Star Trek games i might have played, including Star Trek online (Yawn) Parkan 2 Lost Empire: Immortals - Recently Bought Darkstar One - Recently Bought & Campaign not finished Evochron Mercenary - Recently Bought Homeworld 2 Graituosuifosuiofsujfoi Space Battles Empire Earth 2 Star Shatter Half Life 2 Company of Arms or whatever its called Star Lancer Star Ruler Democracy 2 Majesty Spaceforce Rogue Universe Area 51 Air Rivals Light of Altair Spore Armada 2526 Halo 1 Halo 2 Age of Empires 1 & 2 Civilization 2 Age of Mythology GTA: Vice City CNC: Generals Space Rangers 2 ...and about 30 more i can't recall Games that I haven't played but want to: Tarr Chronicles The Tomorrow War Star Wolves 3 Smugglers 4: Doomsday Armada 2526 SuperNova X-COM UFO Defense Europa Universalis 3 Haegemonia Legions of Iron ---- I'm looking for some recommendations of games to play/buy. Unfortunately, i have little variety and only a taste in good games, here is what i'm looking for; Space Simulation Space MMORPG - Nothing fighter restricted (also FREE) Space 4x/strategy games Futuristic 1st shooters I can probably only afford to buy 1 game as well since i hardly have any money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RT Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 It seem to me you suffer from a very short attention span, which may be the problem, rather than games being boring or bad. However, concerning your list of wants: -The Tomorrow War: Don't. I bought it very cheap on Impulse, and it's bad. Really, it's boring, buggy as hell, and the russian => english translation, as usual, is subpar. 3Ç was still too much for that game, as I could have spent that money on some great game on gog.com instead. -Europa Universalis 3: if you buy it, be sure to buy the Chronicles version, which is EU3 + all expansions. As with all grand strategy games from Paradox Interactive, it only really shines with several years of bug fixes and gameplay improvements. It's a really awesome grand strategy game, but it's really a sandbox. You'll have to set your own goals, and depending on the country you start with, it be anything from surviving to world conquest. If you get bored of sandbox games quickly, you may want to try a demo (if any such thing exists for EU3) or that little illegal thing I resort to when there's no demo available before buying it. It's only 7Ç on gamersgate.com for a few days though. -Smugglers 4: I don't know about 4, but I played smugglers 3, and it's an interesting little game with quite some replayability. -Xcon Ufo defense: Well, if you can get past the DOS graphics, I can't recommend it enough. It's a very good game, very hard too, and has a very good replayability. It's probably very cheap on Steam, go for it. The rest I don't know much about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canshow Posted June 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 It seem to me you suffer from a very short attention span, which may be the problem, rather than games being boring or bad. Eh. Games get boring after a while, especially if its dumbed down on replayability. I played X3TC for several weeks, but it just got boring. Not to mention the combat module started to get tiresome. I wanted something different. Even the mods could not offer me that. I may have a short attention span, but that's probably because i quickly zero in on the faults of the game. I'm really sensitive about my combat, and if the game cannot offer me decent combat, then yes, my attention span becomes very short. -The Tomorrow War: Don't. I bought it very cheap on Impulse, and it's bad. Really, it's boring, buggy as hell, and the russian => english translation, as usual, is subpar. 3Ç was still too much for that game, as I could have spent that money on some great game on gog.com instead. Oh well. I wouldn't mind the translation since i can speak russian. -Europa Universalis 3: if you buy it, be sure to buy the Chronicles version, which is EU3 + all expansions. As with all grand strategy games from Paradox Interactive, it only really shines with several years of bug fixes and gameplay improvements. It's a really awesome grand strategy game, but it's really a sandbox. You'll have to set your own goals, and depending on the country you start with, it be anything from surviving to world conquest. If you get bored of sandbox games quickly, you may want to try a demo (if any such thing exists for EU3) or that little illegal thing I resort to when there's no demo available before buying it. It's only 7Ç on gamersgate.com for a few days though. If it's a sandbox, i'm good to go. And yeah, i am going for Chronicles. Just need $2 more dollars on my GG account. God, they take forever accepting documents and people forget to solve their issues on game tutor /wrist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RT Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Still, even though you speak russian, I can't recommend that you buy the Tomorrow war. I'm a big space sim/game fan obviously, but this one just doesn't do justice to the whole genre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shingen Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 If you are looking for spacesims; an excellent freeware game is Pioneer. It's built as a Frontier clone, but it really isn't. It has a lot of support and is pretty freakin' impressive. I've had a lot of fun with The Precursors. It's a russian game and it's buggy, but what game isn't. Typical Privateer clone, but it has enough orginality to make it fun. Just make sure to patch it first. There is always Fallout 3, and Fallout: New Vegas. Best freeform FPS games out. Also, there is Oblivion, but I'm more of a Daggerfall and Morrowind freak. I just didn't get into Oblivion. I've had a blast playing FFE-3D. Great directX port of Frontier: First Encounters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RT Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 Problem with Frontier is it's a great exploration game, but as a space combat game it's below standards. I've been playing it for years mainly to find interesting star system configurations, but that's about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShoHashi Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 Hmmm, I never heard of Pioneer. I checked out their page and it does look interesting. -Sho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canshow Posted June 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 Hmm, i might try Pioneer out some time in the future. Right now i'm trying out Empire Universalis. Jesus. So much detail. The combat is a little "eh". I hate when the enemy retreats and it takes like 10 battles to wipe out a few units. Also the penalty on the attacker is kind of wrying my nerves. As for those other games, Precursors will have to be at the bottom of my list until it's price drops down considerably. I'm also not into those middle-earth fantasy games. I've played too many to know that they are certainly not in my interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nwah Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 You can try out Tribes 2 which is (now) free. Its a futuristic FPS. It has a steep learning curve and most of the people who have played for 10 years or something, so eh. There is always Galactic Civilizations 2 which is a space 4x game, I forget but its something like $30 for all the expansions+the original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canshow Posted June 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 You can try out Tribes 2 which is (now) free. Its a futuristic FPS. It has a steep learning curve and most of the people who have played for 10 years or something, so eh. There is always Galactic Civilizations 2 which is a space 4x game, I forget but its something like $30 for all the expansions+the original. Yeah, i have the original game. I stopped playing it after a while. I don't feel like buying the expansions unless they are worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RT Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 Well galciv II ultimate is currently 7Ç on Impulse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canshow Posted June 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 Well galciv II ultimate is currently 7Ç on Impulse. Gah I put my money in gamersgate. Can't convert back to paypal. D'oh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennyMala Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 Oblivion was not a great game in combat but the story and whole game itself was great IMHO. The sequel now in development, Skyrim, will have a more realistic ombat enviroment and the sotry seems to be even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shingen Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 Oblivion was not a great game in combat but the story and whole game itself was great IMHO. The sequel now in development, Skyrim, will have a more realistic ombat enviroment and the sotry seems to be even better. I guess Oblivion just didn't have the great dungeon crawls of Daggerfall and Morrowind. In Oblivion, all the caves, forts, and dungeons were pretty much all the same. Combat was pretty lame too, well at least the bladed combat. Spells were pretty effective, but the alchemy was basically nerfed from what it was in Morrowind. Skyrim sounds like another Gothic 2 clone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merker Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 Hmm, if you're looking into great storylines and such, I recommend Witcher Enhanced Edition and its' sequel, Witcher 2, they are awesome RPGs, especially with the alchemy part and LONG story. There is a demo for witcher 1 if you want to check it out, it has full gameplay features and I suspect all the potions can be made, several quests and a part of the main quest. Apart from that, I'm at a loss as well regarding games and which I should invest in.... here it is: http://www.gamefront.com/files/9255264/The-Witcher-Demo/ Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapilot Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 I saw naumachia space warfare on http://naumachia.aureasection.com/news/, which is a work in progress and ad astra on spacesim central, which looks like a good fast action shooter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennyMala Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 Hmm, if you're looking into great storylines and such, I recommend Witcher Enhanced Edition and its' sequel, Witcher 2, they are awesome RPGs, especially with the alchemy part and LONG story. There is a demo for witcher 1 if you want to check it out, it has full gameplay features and I suspect all the potions can be made, several quests and a part of the main quest. Apart from that, I'm at a loss as well regarding games and which I should invest in.... here it is: http://www.gamefront...e-Witcher-Demo/ Cheers I totaly concur. Enjoyed the Witcher a couple of times and it's really a well done game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShoHashi Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 Enjoyed the Witcher a couple of times and it's really a well done game. How's the replayability in it? Is it an open world like Oblivion? -Sho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennyMala Posted June 28, 2011 Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 Not an open world like Obliqion or Morrowind, you can go around quite a bit but the routes are pretty much those and the storyline is making you go about the same steps. What changes are decision you make and effect they have in the long term in the game. I did it twice just to check alternate build of my character and endings/partial choices results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shingen Posted June 29, 2011 Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 I bought the first one, but I never made it past the first chapter. The game seemed to be on rails, and I never did much like the "point and click" combat model. I'm kind of weary about purchasing the 2nd one for the same reasons. I might get around to playing the game one of these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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