Games of unrealized potential

Venom · July 31, 2001, 09:36

And I'm speaking of course, of Panty Raider. Man what a game that could have been.

Provost Harrison · July 31, 2001, 09:43

Or for those of an 'opposite inclination', Arse Raider would have gone down well, so to speak

Venom · July 31, 2001, 10:35

Opposite inclination! LOL!

SandMonkey · August 7, 2001, 00:28

Panty Raider isn't good? My friend always says he's gonna get it whenever we're in Software Etc.

MORON · August 13, 2001, 00:33

You should all get Japanese H-Games dumbass.

Dataing simulation wouldn't hurt either.....

Pythagoras · August 15, 2001, 14:16

I think EU falls under this category, 1 more month of debugging and rethinking could have made this game much better. Opposing Force was awesome, but could have been more. If Age of Wonders had a random map generator, I would never stop playing it. If Startopia would let me pause I could actually manage the action!!!

Darkknight · August 16, 2001, 20:57

umm Shadow President is 12 years old but still great, The reason there wasn't a sequal was because hardly anyone knows of this game

Buck Birdseed · August 17, 2001, 06:12

Um, IIRC there was a sequel to Shadow President a few years back.

Darkknight · August 17, 2001, 19:43

Aargh! Noone told me! And of course it's not released in Irelands

Google search here I come

What does IIRC mean??

Grumbold · August 17, 2001, 21:56

IIRC, IIRC stands for If I Recall Correctly.

Urban Ranger · August 18, 2001, 00:06

Shadow President isn't bad, but there are better games out there. Another game, Ashes of Empire has a great premise, but everything else was foobared.

Ribannah · August 18, 2001, 10:13

Hmmm, I kinda liked Lords of the Rear. And of course there is always that all-time classic, Magic: The Feathering. Excellent strategy game. Btw, has anybody ever played Sim Pity, where you start with a large city and see it die out piece by piece?

Urban Ranger · August 19, 2001, 12:29

Do you know that Anti-Monopoly is a real game?

Darkknight · August 19, 2001, 20:08

UR wasn't it called Go For Broke?

DarkCloud · August 21, 2001, 18:58

The ancient chinese game of:

Go ToGo

Shadow president sequel was "The Judas File" or something like that.

Moral Hazard · August 22, 2001, 03:36

Practically every game ever made

The Corporate Machine which is an excellent game, but I wished they had added a financing model, similar to railroad tycoons. Then it would have been superb. I just bought the game so maybe there is one which I've missed.

Sea Dogs -- the game took Pirates! in the right direction but I wish they had increased interaction, I want to bang the sheriff's wife consequences be hanged.

I just got this game as well so maybe it will improve. I'd also like to stay in 1st person mode instead of constantly being forced back into third (in town). I found myself holding down R (the turbo button) alot in sea battles as well.

monolith94 · August 22, 2001, 20:01

Escape Velocity

Dan Magaha FIRAXIS · August 23, 2001, 21:54

Quote:

Originally posted by DarkCloud
Shadow president sequel was "The Judas File" or something like that.

It was called "CyberJudas"...

Dan

The Rusty Gamer · September 1, 2001, 00:05

Fragile Allegiance. It had some rather annoying things that could've easily been fixed to turn it into a classic. For all those niggling faults, there is still a lot of fun to be had with it.

Ascendancy. Loved the game at first, as many do, but after a while you realise just how badly the AI lets the whole thing down, plus some of the tech and building design needed some adjusting for proper balance. I still enjoy playing it however.