OT-New Computer needs new games

tesco samoa · #1 December 7th, 2001, 12:42 AM

As some of you might know I have gained a new system at home.

intel 2 gig with an asus v8200 64meg delux.

All the bells and wistles etc.../

Only problem is that I have nothing really to test it out with.

Last games I purchased was SEIV , homeworld and BG2.

So I was looking for some ideas on some games to purchase to test this system.

So far I have come up with Shogun Total war. Any other suggestions?

Dracus · #2 December 7th, 2001, 12:48 AM

Myth I, Myth II are really good games. I have not played myth III yet.

Puke · #3 December 7th, 2001, 10:03 AM

shogun is fun, but a bit out of date technology wise. if you are interested in good games instead of zippy 3d graphics, Trade Empires is one of the best. also, i hear good things about europa universalis. Project Eden looks sweet, and with sharp graphics as well. There is a new crop of tactical shooters out if thats your bag, basically you can take your pick from the latest in the rainbow-six / IGI / etc breed of things. i know that those are not all true 'tactical games' but most of them try pretty hard.

black and white is fun for about a month if you have not played it.. graphics are still competative with the new stuff thats rolling out. there is a new starwars game, which is a Age of Empires clone, which is a command and conquer clone, which is a warcraft clone, which is a Dune2 clone, so i dont really give a **** about that, but some people like those things. I think there is some new 3D space RTS game that came out after homeworld 2, but i forget what its called. I also think there is some sweet 3d Space based capital ship combat sim, but i forget what that one is called too.

ZeroAdunn · #4 December 7th, 2001, 11:03 AM

Puke could the battleship game you are thinking of be battlecruiser: Millenium. If so I would suggest not buying it. While the game looks good the company that makes it has a history of faulty software. I bought Battlecruiser 3000AD and it was so faulty it crashed while trying to run the intro movie. The company finally released a patch, I downloaded it and found the game then crashed when I attempted to start a new game. Many people have complained about the game series.

dumbluck · #5 December 7th, 2001, 12:23 PM

Puke probably is refering to Independance War 2. Which is supposed to be a KICK ___ game. However, it is also supposed to have a rather steep learning curve. Oh well. I wish I had a system that would play it.....

Saxon · #6 December 7th, 2001, 12:52 PM

If you really want to test out your machine, I hear Max Payne is the way to go. Sure, it is a first person shooter, but you don't buy a machine like you have to play strategy games.

If you are getting Shogun Total War (good game, but crashed on my machine unless I did the full instilation) you should get the Mongal Horde add on. I think they lifted the graphics up a step or two, as well as adding lots of units. However, it isn't going to push your machine, my old 450 handled it with ease.

I am jealous of your machine, but I made my choice. Instead of getting one great new machine, I bought two older ones for about the same price and now have a three machine network in the house. Living in Kenya places any form of network play besides LAN out of reach, so I chose to do it at home.

Have fun!

Lemmy · #7 December 7th, 2001, 01:15 PM

"return to castle woflenstein" is one of the newest 3d shooter, that's probably a good game to test your computer with.
or starfleet command 2, wasn't that 3d also?

mac5732 · #8 December 7th, 2001, 05:56 PM

Shogun Warlord Eddition, this is the upgraded Version, excellent game system, tactical is fun and it can be played on line, also Universalis I & II, also excellent. I have both, but II is my xmas present and wife won't let me touch it. If you get them be sure to download patches (as with all games out there) Civ III is supposed to be good to, don't have it yet but some on the forums stated Universalis is better, but that's up to each indiviual's tastes. I plan on getting it,

just some ideas mac

capnq · #9 December 7th, 2001, 06:01 PM

quote:
If you really want to test out your machine, I hear Max Payne is the way to go. Sure, it is a first person shooter, but you don't buy a machine like you have to play strategy games.

Nitpick: Max Payne is third person, not first person. There was an opinion column about it in the December 2001 issue of PC Gamer.

Puke · #10 December 7th, 2001, 07:04 PM

thanks dumbluck, independance war 2 is what i was thinking of. my that game looks nice.

guess i should go get it..

while battlecruiser milenium sounds good in principal, i too had the misfortune of playing Derek Smart's first game, and was somewhat underwhelmed. it does not look like he has learned any lessons for the second one, so i will stay clear of it. besides, Interplay's Anestus Rising looks to be the better carrier-command remake.

(anybody remember carrier command?)