I play Utopia online from work. Nowadays that's just about it. I just managed to finish Gta3 (very atypical) before I had my daughter. Other than that I've played a lot of the Baldur's Gate series the last few years (played it through including the final battle of the last expansion). And I didn't stop playing Civ2 (my fav alltime game) until Civ3 came out.
RPGs and Strategy are my favs.

I used to play almost exclusively RTS games. More specific, I was a big fan of the Command & Conquer series (e.g. Red Alert I & II, Tiberian Sun and their expansion sets). I was even very excited about their new 3D RTS Generals until somebody at work introduced me to Civ3. I've been totally hooked for over a year now and didn't even remotely considered playing Generals.

This changed a bit however when the same guy who hooked me up with Civ, told me how challenging Generals was. So now, I occasionally (read: when I finished my GOTM :lol: ) play Generals. To be honest, it's a nice game, but ... :D

On the few occasions my wife feels like playing a computer game, we usually play tetrinet. (When I just had my first pc, I used to play this all the time until I constantly tried to fit blocks in the empty spaces on the pages of the book I was reading :crazyeye: )

I used to play a lot of RTS, like starcraf, age of empires and Dune2000, but now my time exclusively goes to civ3....

I still play Total Annihilation, Age of Empires/Conquerers head to head with my stepson. TA remains my favourite MP game. I enjoy Moo2 and (whisper this one) Ascendancy). I still play MtG Microprose version. I've bought MOO3 but havent even installed it yet.

Trainz / MS Train Simulator come out to play from time to time.

Still working through Grim Fandango - competition v wife ;)

I've tried to play Civ2 again but can't after playing Civ3.

The only other game I've even looked at this year is MOO3.

It was so bad that I just threw it in the drawer :mad:

I dl'ed the "code patch" and had another look this week but I still can't see where the "game" & "fun" part comes in :confused:

Thank goodness for Civ and GotM :lol:

@Col
TA, hmm... Ascendancy, hmm... Yep, I can see them on my shelf. :)

Ted

Besides civ1-3, the games that I've probably spent the most time on are the Heroes of Might&Magic series, and the Might&Magic RPGs.

I only play strategy/RPG games these days, with one exception: I sometimes still play the old Konami ROMS from the MSX system (Nemesis 1-3, Salamander, Knightmare etc.), using an emulator as my real one has been gathering dust for years now in the attic.

I'm a huge fan of the Civ sequel (unless you could not figure it out ;) ).

As for other games... These last years I've played SimCity 1-2-3, Age of Empires 1-2-3, Railroad Tycoon 2, Tropico, Heroes 3... Mostly strategy games, as I am crap in the rest. And I really like to play the Age sequel, but I can't play it so that I become a killer : I always go for full economic profitability ang get crushed by good opponents, especially with Age of Mythology, a really good game I have to play again (after several months playing Civ3 exclusively !).
I also play Nintendo games from time to time. I'm a fan of the Mario and Zelda sequels, although I did not play the latest ones...

EDIT : Oh yeah ! With emulators, the Ancient games resurrect and it's a lot of fun ! Go go Street Fighter 2 ! F-Zero ! Mario World ! Funny, the only time I've finished Zelda 3 on the SNES was on an emulator actually.

Too many to name. Probably over a 100 hundred games since 16 years ago. Had played utopia and archmage as well as mudding during my school days. Only playing Civ3 now though.

Civ 3 is the only game I've played very seriously for the last 4 years or so - I was on a several-year break from gaming or any type before Civ3 came out. Before that I used to be a real gaming fanatic.

I did try getting into Master of Orion 3, but I found it confusing, boring, and just not as attractive as civ :)

-Sirp.

We’re definitely the same breed here. I would only repeat what you’ve said before. Let me think of some TBS that you haven’t mentioned. How about the UFO series (as long as it was TBS), how about the Panzer General series. I also played East Front IIRC, an excellent World War TBS that never saw the appreciation that it deserved.

I would also need to repeat that I’ve played only Civ3 recently, with MOO3 having a 3 inch dust cover (never knew they finally released the patch). Sirp, I take it that you were one of the developers if you have been playing civ3 for four years. ;)

I play bridge or pitch card games when my in-laws come to town.:)

Hide-and-Go seek with my 2yearold is an everyday thing.:rolleyes:

I have no time for anything but Civ on my computer, but I used to like Railroad Tycoon II.

Yup :)
I've played Ufo (the first two) and Heros 2 and 3. I played all the campaigns of the original Heros 3 + Armageddons Blade. They were neat. Ufo was cool in that you often thought the aliens had the better of you and then you just barely managed to scrape through.
I should add chess and bridge, Axis and allies and other board games, Rolemaster RPG (not much time for those lately though :(). I play football once a week (although that's a sport more than a game I didn't want to spam the boards even more by opening yet another thread lol).
Now if only my job and social life would stop interferring with my gaming :D

The last two years I have only played Civ2, Civ3 and Wizardry8.

Odd that nobody's mentioned the Battle Isle series. I had a lot of fun with those.


Ted

I too tried MOO3 and played for a bout 3 hours and hated every minute of it. Haven't played anything but civ3 since it came out and before that played civ2. Played a bit of SimGolf but that was only a 2 week hiatus from civ.

Love to play cards as well but don't have the opportunity.

Favorites are Euchre, hearts and setback (pitch). And when I have a little extra cash 2-4 Texas Holdem at Foxwoods.

I had plans to buy MOO3 last fall and then the release was delayed. The GOTM started to improve drastically about the same time so that when MOO3 finally did come out I had no interest in buying it. So bottom line I really only play civ 3, and am no longer thinking about buying MOO3, although I did love MOO2 and MOO.

Likewise, was interested in MOO3, but looked at the forums for it and decided Civ 3 is much better.

Love strategy stuff on my PC: Heroes 2/3, Civ 1-3 & SMAC, NOT play the world. Also some single player RPG, FPS and RTS games, don't have internet (at home...). Also enjoy occasional party games on one of my flatmates Gamecube.

Since Christmas all I've played has been Civ III - PTW, but before that, I played lots of Age of Empires and Flight Sims for the F-18.

Older games were all the Railroad Tycoons, SimCities, RollerCoaster Tycoon.

But usually, my Playstation games of Grand Theft Auto - that game is so wrong, yet I love it so much - just like my wife.;)

Oh yeah, I really loved MOO2. I have had a special bond with that game, because in 94 I totaled my Firebird had multiple broken bones, all legs, arms, etc and all I did, while bed ridden for months, play MOO, eat and sleep.

Huge gaming fanatic. Like Qitai, too many to name. Both on PC, playstation and Nintendo (on occasion). Civ 3 currently occupies all of my time because there is nothing else out there that held my attention. It was Warcraft 3 before this. Tried Rise of nations...found it too much like a cross between Civ 3 and Age of Empires..and ..i dunno..I get I just did not get into it.

Very much looking forward to:
Half Life 2 (preview for this are incredible)
Doom 3
Civ 3 expansion pack.
The new Final Fantasy games.
World of Warcraft

I'm currently playing Diablo2 online - finally got networked.

Recently I've played starcraft, SMAC and homeworld/cataclysm. I can't get AoE to run anymore, but the priest are too powerful anyway.

There is an interesting builder-type game called Ceasar3 that I enjoyed playing. I always get stuck at the 6th level, though. You have multiple armies with elephants come at you. I can never rebuild fast enough after the first attack.

I have a copy of Morrowind that someone let me borrow. It's a very involved single player RPG. I'm almost afraid to try it because it could take all my time if I get into it.

I've bought Silent Hill 2 today, so I think I'm gonna play it for a few days.
Actually yesterday when I finished GOTM20, I started a new Civ3 game, so now I'm sitting and wondering what to play: Civ3 or SH2.

For the last year or so just Civ3, with an few brief returns to DOOM II to kiil lots of things

:rocket: :plasma: :ar15:

Before that Civ2, MOO, SMAC for turn based, Duke Nukem, Blood, DOOM I&II, Quake, Heretic & Hexen for FPS and the Rail Tycoon set for RTS.

Civ3 gets 95% of my PC time but I did get addicted to The Sims before the 5million XP's came out :p I also like Black&White, AoE, SimCity (all versions) and Themepark. Oh musn't forget ZooTycoon!
I have a PS2 and my fave game on that is Ratchet and Clank but my old SNES still gets an airing every now and then.(Go Zelda!)
The funniest game I have is one of those dance mat ones... get a few mates round and a few drinkypoos and watch the flubber fly!:lol:

I have had a few bouts at multiplayer Age of Mythology when I visit my relatives. The King of the Hill scenario is probably the most fun for multiplayer.

I have played Diablo 2 and the expansion LOD, and am keeping my online account active while waiting for the next patch. In the past, I have played Master of Orion II. Unfortunately, from what I read MOO3 looks like a poor next generation. I have also played RollerCoaster Tycoon.
+ Bill

My brother picked up MOO3 when it came out, he hated it and sent me the CD I've yet to install and check it out. I introduced him to the original MOO so am a big fan of the series, I have just not heard anything good about #3. My company is actually working on a game in this genre and I've broken out the original and played that a few times in the last few months.

Other than Civ3 on the PC, I've been played GTA: Vice City (PS2) and Dynasty Warrior 4 (PS2), in addition to my console favorite strategy game: Romance of the Three Kingdoms (currently 7, soon to be 8). Also played a little Metroid Prime on the GameCube, but it sucked, first mission at the end the aged old timed escape cliche...yawn.

TBS: Moo, Moo2, MOM, Civ, Civ2, SMAC (great game), Imp & Imp2, HOMM several editions plus lots of older and lesser games...even BOTF, Ascendency if you can remember that,
RTS: Warcraft, Starcraft, C&C AOE...kinda got tired of this type
Role Playing: many of the major series games, even crappy games like Daggerfall
Wargames: Avalon Hills General Series, Talonsoft series, Sid's Gettysburg and even some flight sims. Loved PG2.
Shooters: Doom, Half-life, Starfleet Command series was very good.
Plus the usual suspects like simcity and railroad tycoon.

I play Pong when it first came out. :D

None except Zelda Wind Waker (awesome BTW) in the past year or so. Just Civ3 :)

In the past my favorites have been: MOM, MOO, all the Zeldas from Link to the Past, CivII, HOMM I, II, III (didn't like IV), King's Quest 4,5. Others I've played are too many to name. My favorite action game was Tie Fighter but I've leaned more toward turn based. The first game I played was "Adventure", the text based predecessor of the text Zork. The original Zork was great fun!

SirPleib,

Remember these:

Pick up the axe

XYZZY

and the ever popular

"little bird attacks the dragon and gets burned to a crisp, feathers fly away"

You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.


Another favorite (paraphrased):

You are now a newt.

Believe it or not I still play Frontier: First Encounters, over 10 years old... but still very deep in places. Still haven't managed over half the missions on it.

Delta Force Land Warrior gets a blast now and again. It's nice to make up scenarios and play online, although my PC isn't really up to it (I get shot lots but still have fun).

I play Links Golf and word/crossword games like bookworm. I also play online chess. I have played shooter games like unreal, nolf and half life but Civ GOTM and my son have taken their place.

Some RPGs in the past, Ultima Underworld was my favourite, baldurs gate and icewind dale more recently, and of course civ, civ2, and smac

Originally posted by SirPleb
None except Zelda Wind Waker (awesome BTW) in the past year or so. Just Civ3 :)



Sir Pleb - :goodjob: My second favorite platform game series after Final Fantasy

From October 2002-May 2003, I played nothing but Civ 3/PTW!
I bought an excellent adventure game, Syberia, at the end of May
to add some variety to my gaming, however. Also, I like to get in my Porsche simulator once in a while. (Not really, the game is Porsche Unleashed, and I have pedals and a wheel.)

Originally posted by Smirk
Other than Civ3 on the PC, I've been played GTA: Vice City (PS2) and Dynasty Warrior 4 (PS2), in addition to my console favorite strategy game: Romance of the Three Kingdoms (currently 7, soon to be 8). Also played a little Metroid Prime on the GameCube, but it sucked, first mission at the end the aged old timed escape cliche...yawn.

Romance of Three Kingdom....... a very old game indeed. One of the earliest game that got me hook on. It was a during the time when monitors are still black and white. Speed of PC is at just 10Mhz and harddisk is unheard of. A highly complex game in those times... miss that very much. And the only game which I actually play "hotseat" with my friends in my house. They would come to my house after school or during school holidays to continously play the game for a whole month :D

MOO3 was disappointing and the manual contains absolutely nothing. I rather go back to MOO2.:mad:

Love Might & Magic Series. Played it since MM3. But it took them so long ...... to get from MM5 to MM6. And then after that, they just keep rolling out the next one.

About 95% of my gaming this year is CivIII. Before that, I was playing Age of Empires or Railroad Tycoon II.

Older computer favorites include the TalonSoft series, SimEarth, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Nobunaga's Ambition, Wizardry, and Empire.

Board games: Go, Mayfair Games' Empire Builder & 18xx series, Drive on Stalingrad, Sixth Fleet, Pax Britannica.

Card games: Illuminati, bridge, spades, hearts. Bashi Fen or Sishi Fen (Chinese card games, the names translate as 80 points and 40 points).

Denyd and Smirk: Yes indeed! It is nice to meet fellow explorers of the caves. Keeping the grus away, finding a use for bat guano...

Other than Civ III I've been replaying Deus Ex in anticipation of the soon-to-come sequal. Woo! I also try to find time to tend to my two simulation baseball teams run at purebaseball.com. With my discovery of GOTM I'm afraid they are being sorely neglected. I'm almost finished guys. I promise!!!

I tend to like role playing games, adventure games, and turn based games. This is mostly because I don't tend to do things fast. I would rather have time to think. There are of course exceptions. I played way too much Doom, and the arcade game
Tempest.

Medival Total War and some others mostly ptw.I played Pools of radiance for 36 hours straight once only stopping for food and bathroom breaks.Also have a killer franchise on madden 2003

I haven't been playing much else but PTW since it came out.

In the recent past I have played Panzer General 2, Baldur's Gate 2, MOO2, RR Tycoon 2, and The Operational Art of War.

Originally posted by SirPleb
Denyd and Smirk: Yes indeed! It is nice to meet fellow explorers of the caves. Keeping the grus away, finding a use for bat guano...

Ever killed a bear with your bare hands?

PLUGH

Morrowind

Col,

Never killed a bear, but *amazing* I killed a dragon with my bare hands many times!!

*poof* - I disappear in a puff of greasy black smoke

:rotfl: