Whatcha playin'?

Zkribbler · July 30, 2002, 13:03

Me?? I came across Age of Wonders [1] in the close-out bin for a mere $4.95. It's the best $4.95 I ever spent.

For those who haven't played AoW, it's obviously inspired by Masters of Magic, but it's even better! Your wizard/king can leave his tower and ride around the map. The dragons are called dragons (and not drakes) and look like dragons.

Every once and a while the AI does something stupid (like sending 25 units to attack one of my walled cities, but including no battering ram

). However, I understand that problem has been corrected (and maybe even overly corrected) in AoW2.

Main_Brain · July 30, 2002, 13:05

Personally i think its got too less CityManagment

Victor Galis · July 30, 2002, 13:05

Yeah, I heard the AoW2 AI is significantly better, maybe even too much so

I could take a walled city with no ram

I generally did not use rams, they are so slow.

Apocalypse · July 30, 2002, 13:41

I'm just playing Civ3 by means of the demogame. Probably won't get another game until I can afford IWD2.

Victor Galis · July 30, 2002, 14:12

In a week I will be able to play Dark Age of Camelot...

Andemagne · July 30, 2002, 14:27

SMAC

trickey · July 30, 2002, 14:34

im just playing civ 3, and starting to get into civ 2 again.

Victor Galis · July 30, 2002, 17:34

Bastards... it will be another 4 days, 12 hours, 22 minutes until I fly home and I can actually play something. But I get home late, so it won't be until next morning that I play

Space05us · July 30, 2002, 18:10

WWIIOL (World War Two Online)
Civ2
you guys have me playing SC3000 again
and Microsoft Combat Flight Sim

Kassiopeia · July 30, 2002, 18:23

Quote:

Originally posted by Andemagne
SMAC

_o/

Space05us · July 30, 2002, 18:33

huh? is that supposed to be a person raising thier hand?

Eroberer · July 30, 2002, 18:52

I'm playing Morrowind and Serious Sam 2 (when Morrowind crashes). I also have AoWII and Heroes of might and Magic IV that I might start playing later. =)

Zopperoni · July 30, 2002, 19:19

Tennis Master Series and SimGolf

ColdWizard · July 30, 2002, 19:25

Arcanum

Pythagoras · July 30, 2002, 21:05

Im playing a great game:
Graph Theory and Combinatorics

and one very crappy one
Public Speaking

Kassiopeia · July 30, 2002, 21:26

Quote:

Originally posted by Space05us
huh? is that supposed to be a person raising thier hand?

*fails to 'type' a person nodding*

Urban Ranger · July 30, 2002, 23:32

What? You don't need to have battering rams, catapults or giants to attack walled cities in AoW2?

Actually flying units and heroes with wall climbing work too.

In Aow the computer sometimes send in huge mob with just one battering ram to attack my cities. All I need to do is to concentrate on the ram to take it out before it breaches the wall. That's great fun watching a huge mob wandering around outside unable to attack your small garrison

ixnay · July 30, 2002, 23:42

Still playing Grand theft auto 3, mostly. Trying to complete it 100%.

War4ever · July 31, 2002, 00:11

golden tee

aaglo · July 31, 2002, 06:00

Recently I have played:

SMAC/SMAX
MOO2
One Must Fall 2097
Colonization
RailRoad Tycoon deluxe
Warlords 2
Tetris
Bards Tale 1 (from the 80's)
Wizard's Crown (from the 80's)
Tie Fighter

Victor Galis · July 31, 2002, 07:08

[quote[What? You don't need to have battering rams, catapults or giants to attack walled cities in AoW2?

Actually flying units and heroes with wall climbing work too.[/quote]

-All my heroes in AoW had wall climbing sooner or later, and i built forces with lots of ranged units and wall climbing and flying ones. The ranged units could fire over the wall to soften up the defenders, the hero and flying units would finish the job. Heroes could also just use high level magic to achieve the job.

In Aow the computer sometimes send in huge mob with just one battering ram to attack my cities. All I need to do is to concentrate on the ram to take it out before it breaches the wall. That's great fun watching a huge mob wandering around outside unable to attack your small garrison

aaglo · July 31, 2002, 07:15

Oh my, how could I forget my favourite, Master of Magic from my list...

Victor Galis · July 31, 2002, 07:30

My AoW strategy involved a lot of fast and/or flying units and guerrila tactics.

Grumbold · July 31, 2002, 11:23

I found AoW2 very hard to get into. It has "improved" in ways I don't like so its hit the back of the shelf while I concentrate on NWN.

CapitanGarlic · July 31, 2002, 12:35

Lessee here... Civ3, Morrowind, HoMMIV, My SNES emulator, and a few others off and on.

(in no particular order)

Zkribbler · July 31, 2002, 22:36

Quote:

Originally posted by Grumbold
I found AoW2 very hard to get into. It has "improved" in ways I don't like so its hit the back of the shelf while I concentrate on NWN.

'Zackly what didn't you like about it??

Grumbold · August 1, 2002, 06:44

- Only one campaign and it seems to be leading you through the magic skills in a set order. Not as flexible as AoW where you could not only be good or evil but take different skills/magic each time.

- Movement rates are now so high and hexes less easy to judge thanks to the 3d effects that you can't tell whether you are in range of an enemy force or where A will intersect B.

- I found the city management and combat less intuitive at first glance.

- The first scenario map was full of bizarre teleporters.

Like I say these were observations formed after only a couple of hours play. When I decide to go back to it and get past the first scenario I may revise my opinions.

Victor Galis · August 1, 2002, 09:39

Teleporters are bad... high movement can be either good or bad, depending on sight radius. It might complicate my guerilla warfare strategy or it might simplify it.

Alex · August 1, 2002, 11:08

Civ3

SMAC (always)

FIFA 2002 World Cup (nice graphics, that's all)

Grand Prix 3

Outcast

and I'm planning to reinstall SC3000...

FlameFlash · August 1, 2002, 11:38

SMAC/SMAX
CtP
then sometimes a RPG of some kind or another... started to replay Chrono Cross but then realized I was too tired to really appreciate the story so I'll be starting over probably... but who knows.

Would like to get some more games for my GBA too... *wishes had more money.*