Tempest Posted October 23, 2001 Posted October 23, 2001 The most addictive games I've played in no particular order: Scorched earth: simple but addictive artillary game. Blow the other tank up using angles and power variables. Buy new weapons to blow them up even better! Cannon Fodder: very addictive and fun game. Difficult and frustrating once you've killed about 400 of your men trying to beat a level.... that's what made me quit, lol, but I still like it and will start up again soon now that I remember about it. Worms: Sorta like scorched earth but funnier. Have never been able to get it to work on my computer though, only on my uncles Jagged Alliance: Got the demo from PC gamer, liked the game. Jagged alliance 2 is fun but haven't been able to play more than one level and now I can't remember what happend to the game. Close combat series (I-III): What can I say? it's GREAT! Close combat III is sorta un-realistic, since there's NO point in buying infantry when you can get a couple of tanks. Close combat II is fun, but it's VERY boring until the tanks arrive from XXX corps, and when they do it's TOO easy. Plus playing the same maps over and over really make me sick of it. Close combat I was ok... but I hated how it chose all my units for me, and all the tanks died too fast. But How I love realtime games!!!! Steel Panthers I and II: Loved it, but turn based games really get me bored after a while. And playing the vietnam levels is no fun since there are so many bad guys that its your turn again maybe once every enlistment. Rainbow Six: Love the game. Waiting for the sequels prices to drop first though. Haven't played multi-player yet (on my computer, have on a friends and loved it), becuase I found... Delta force: GREAT multiplayer game, I don't even play the single player anymore. I found it more addictive than... Halflife: Fun, but gets old soon... I just bought Delta Force Land Warrior: Good sequel, BUT it won't run! It seems I've picked out the ONE defective CD out of the 9 games at the store to chose from. Darnit! It really sucks to buy a great game then get it home and find that you can't play it... haven't I waited long enough! Now wheres that receipt so I can get another... Starcraft/starcraft broodwar: Never play single player anymore, but have hours of fun on multiplayer. Especially now that I don't have Land Warrior, and Delta force won't work on multiplayer since I have cable now. (the cable runs through a proxy that it doesn't take. So I blew the dust off my starcraft CD and got addicted again) Goldeneye for N64: Fun until no one could beat me. Then boring. I tried Perfect Dark and liked it, but I still don't own it yet. There are many more! Post the games you guys like
Allan W Posted October 24, 2001 Posted October 24, 2001 I play a lot of TacOps, Decisive Action and The Operational Art of War series, but I have to say that I have never been addicted to any one game. My wife on the other hand once played Civilzation for 24 hours straight and is now seriously addicted to on line bridge.
Douglas Posted October 24, 2001 Posted October 24, 2001 Europa Universalis - Haven't found the time to play it lately. SWAT 3: Elite Edition - Stunning. Close Combat 4 - I like the strategic element and seeing key maps become strewn with wreckage of abandoned vehicles, making passage difficult for enemy reinforcements. Day of Defeat - Easily the best mod for Half-Life, a WWII total conversion. A must. Sopwith 2: Developer's Edition - A modified version of one of the earliest PC classics. I remember playing the original Sopwith on a Kaypro. It is still difficult to put down.
Stefan Fredriksson Posted October 24, 2001 Posted October 24, 2001 Don't know about "Addictive"...There have been many great games around. But as for addictive, I think it must be any of the PBEM-games I have played: Steel Panthers, Operational Art of War and Combat Mission. Other games may be fun, but not addictive. Waiting for an answer in a PBEM-game on the other hand, that can be close to addictive.
Gennady I. Beregovoy Posted October 24, 2001 Posted October 24, 2001 I find Rogue Spear very 'addictive' - even if I get myself and my whole squad killed by terrorists. Just started playing with it. Always get killed. :0
Guest Hans Engström Posted October 24, 2001 Posted October 24, 2001 Civ, Civ II and SMAC...all hail Sid Meier. EU is what runs now, and in the bad old days of my crappy old old computer, SSI Gold Box AD&D series. Hans [Edited by Hans Engström (24 Oct 2001).]
Al Posted October 24, 2001 Posted October 24, 2001 Civ II (played 12 hours straight once )Panzer General II (good game to have a beer...or two with)East Front II (keep coming back to that DCG I'm playing)
Scott Cunningham Posted October 24, 2001 Posted October 24, 2001 Most addictive games for me were Civ II (still a favorite), Steel Beasts (great multiplayer tank combat) and Duke Nukem 3d
Rob B Posted October 24, 2001 Posted October 24, 2001 Hmm! Good question. Being a new parent has severly limited my gaming time but heres a list of games I could play for hours: -Caesar 3 and Pharaoh. Thats for my constructive side. As for my destructive side: -Aliens vs Predator.-Halflife.(Got to find some time to play the add-ons and mods) -Rainbow 6/Rogue Spear.-Steel Beasts.(If the wife and I ever get divorced, this game will be the main culprit). I must admit I'm a bit surprised at what seems like a lukewarm reception of Steel Beasts to this site. What gives? This is easily the best simulation of armoured warfare ever produced.
Al Posted October 24, 2001 Posted October 24, 2001 >...I'm a bit surprised at what seems like a lukewarm reception of Steel Beasts to this site. What gives?< We had a discussion along these lines a while back over on the FFZ. Since there are many here who have actual, hands-on experience with tanks & other AFVs a computer simulation, no matter how good, just didn't quite "cut it". Others, like myself, prefer games on a higher scale; i.e. platoon, company, battalion, etc.
Curious Posted October 24, 2001 Posted October 24, 2001 Close Combat III is really great....and if i get bored with the original i'll just download some mod...have played the Vietnam mod for a while.....i've always wanted a Vietnam campaign for CC...but i downloaded some patch and it stopped working and the download site seems to be down right now....so now i'm using the Western Front mod....really entertaining..... And somehow it's more entertaining to play the german side since they've got more fun stuff(can anyone say "Sturmtiger"?)than the allies..... There are Gulf war, Spanish civil war and six-day war mods in progress that i can't wait to put my hands on The Steel Panthers series is also great.....but after a while it gets a little boring.....so i only play that in periods.... Well...i guess that's as fun as it gets with a 166Mhz CPU [Edited by Curious (24 Oct 2001).]
Tempest Posted October 24, 2001 Author Posted October 24, 2001 Aww man, aliens vs. predator... THAT'S a game!I'm the type of person that picks up on mechanical/technical things quick (cars, games). I watched some kids play Soul Caliber on dreamcast at the BX for about 15 minutes. 5 minutes later none of em could beat me... But Aliens vs. Predator is a toughie! I played single player once as a marine, and I DIDN'T wanna move! I was frozen... scared the crap out of me. I'm gonna buy the game and face the challenge
Dan Weaver Posted October 24, 2001 Posted October 24, 2001 I will play Deus Ex, Fallout 2, and Alpha Centauri monomaniacally.
Rob B Posted October 25, 2001 Posted October 25, 2001 >We had a discussion along these lines a while back over on the FFZ. Since there are many here who have actual, hands-on experience with tanks & other AFVs a computer simulation, no matter how good, just didn't quite "cut it". Others, like myself, prefer games on a higher scale; i.e. platoon, company, battalion, etc.< By Al Thanks for the explanation. I guess that makes sense. One thing interesting I noticed on the SB's forum is that quite a few pilots both military and commercial seem to get quite a kick out of it.
Rob B Posted October 25, 2001 Posted October 25, 2001 >But Aliens vs. Predator is a toughie! I played single player once as a marine, and I DIDN'T wanna move! I was frozen... scared the crap out of me.< By Tempest I can sure relate to that. I was playing the marine demo and man, what a nerve whacking experience. It took a few attempts but I finally managed to work my way to the one area where I could get my hands on a smart gun. I could hear something scurrying around but I wasn't quite sure what it was. Next thing I know one of those face-huggers slams against the screen. Man o man it scared the crap out of me. So surprised was I, that I ended up falling backwards out of my chair. Next day I got to the same room and paused it. I then managed to convince the wife to give this great game I had just found a try. I let her loose in that room as I sat back having a hard time not snickering too loud cause I knew what was coming. Wife: Whats that sound?Me: Hmmm. I'm not sure. Probably nothing to worry about.(Snicker snicker). Wife: It seems to be getting closer.Me: Yeah I think your right. SLAMMM! Face hugger attacks.Wife: Oh. Thats cute.(I swear to god she didn't even flinch).Me: Cute! Are you crazy?Wife(Puzzled): Crazy? What do you mean? Ohhh! Was that supposed to scare me? Needless to say she got the last laugh out of that one. Any way I was so impressed with that demo that I bought the game as soon as it came out.
Guest bojan Posted October 25, 2001 Posted October 25, 2001 Manic Miner on Spectrum... Diplomacy at C-64... Old crappy SSI? AD&D triology (Champions/Death Knights/Secret of the Silver Blades), Panzer General, Doom 1, Wolfenstain, Scorched Earth on 386. Fallout 1, Civ 2(did it on every level of dificulty ), SP1/2/3 on 486&Pentium, Diablo 2 now (on P3)...
Douglas Posted October 25, 2001 Posted October 25, 2001 Originally posted by Rob B:>But Aliens vs. Predator is a toughie! I played single player once as a marine, and I DIDN'T wanna move! I was frozen... scared the crap out of me.< By Tempest The Half-Life demo was like this for me, with the scripted moments where someone gets sucked up by an unseen monster and gulped down, or where you hear screaming and the unsettling chatter of Lovecraftian horrors behind closed doors.
Guest Murph Posted October 25, 2001 Posted October 25, 2001 Panzer General II- Brad, I promise real soon now! Operational Art of War series Baldurs Gate Series Empire (old 8088 game from Interstel) Zork Thats all folks.
Tempest Posted October 25, 2001 Author Posted October 25, 2001 Leaning towards the console games, I learned not to play the Resident evil series when I was home alone in the dark at 2 AM... Shotgun loaded, sucking thumb!
Stefan Fredriksson Posted October 26, 2001 Posted October 26, 2001 Re: Tempest and Resident Evil Yeah, I played that at a friend's place on Playstation. When you enter the alternative reality, in the hospitals, it was kind of creepy.Or am I thinking of a different Playstation-game now?
Ssnake Posted October 26, 2001 Posted October 26, 2001 Originally posted by Al:>...I'm a bit surprised at what seems like a lukewarm reception of Steel Beasts to this site. What gives?< We had a discussion along these lines a while back over on the FFZ. Since there are many here who have actual, hands-on experience with tanks & other AFVs a computer simulation, no matter how good, just didn't quite "cut it". Others, like myself, prefer games on a higher scale; i.e. platoon, company, battalion, etc....but you realize that Steel Beasts offers up to reinforced company team action?Steel Beasts started as a "tank simulation", but is better described now as a real time based simulation of mechanized combat. If it's good enough for West Point teaching tactics, it should satisfy the needs for real time based wargames for our members here as well, I'd think.
Tempest Posted October 26, 2001 Author Posted October 26, 2001 "Yeah, I played that at a friend's place on Playstation. When you enter the alternative reality, in the hospitals, it was kind of creepy.Or am I thinking of a different Playstation-game now?" Hmm don't know. One of the games starts when chris redfield crashes his car I think and they have to get out, the other starts near a police station I believe (been a while since I've played them)
Stefan Fredriksson Posted October 29, 2001 Posted October 29, 2001 I mixed "Resident Evil" up with "Silent Hill"
Jim Martin Posted October 30, 2001 Posted October 30, 2001 System Shock 2 had me glued to the screen for days. Great action, and a great sci-fi/horror story line, on a derelict spaceship; incorporates character development a la a RPG. You keep being given instructions to go find so-and-so who might be able to help you...and you keep finding them--dead... Unfortunately, I looked for the CD the other night, and I think I loaned it to someone. I was attracted to it by a reviewer who wrote that his first night playing it, his wife walked into the darkened room behind him and asked him a question. Thinking he hadn't heard, she repeated it louder, and he said, "Shut up! They'll hear you!" He slept on the couch for the next couple nights. I can empathize. Wonder if they're gonna make a System Shock 3.... [Edited by Jim Martin (30 Oct 2001).]
Andy_R Posted October 31, 2001 Posted October 31, 2001 For me it's Steel Panthers I, II, III, WaW, WWII. Then Combat Mission-Beyond Overlord. SiD Meyers Gettsburg is also a favorite. Andy
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