Poll: what other kinds of game do you play?

[Maucat]

Until ten years ago I played a lot of boardgames (Favourites: World in Flames, Advanced Third Reich, Europa Series, Advanced Squad Leader, Marshall's Napoleonic, Republic of Rome, 1830, Diplomacy, Terrible Swift Sword, Wooden ships & iron men, SPQR, Guns of August, War & Peace...),
I played competitive Chess in tournament.
Now I'm married with two children and I must play only with PC, I prefer the computer versions of old boardgames, CIV series, GalCiv II, Paradox Games (HOI II Doomsday, EU III, Victoria), Rome Total war, Caesar III and obviously I'm patiently waiting for the PC version of World in Flames...

 

[Aemilius]

Homeworld (1&2) and Galactic Civs 2. And occasionally Age of Empires...

 

[Winston Hughes]

A friend and I are always making stupid Neverwinter Nights modules for each other to play, and I have to go back for the occasional Football Manager fix (if only to remind myself of how horribly addicted I was in the past).

I also play Worms Armageddon on the PS2 with my friends when we're suitably refreshed (that is, when we've been drinking), Scrabble (the board game) with the wife (she usually kicks my arse), and I recently spent two weeks becoming an expert at Mario Kart on the N64 whilst stuck in a recording studio with nothing else to do.

Mostly civ, though.

 

[Lars_Domus]

I'll play pretty much any genre. That doesn't mean I'm not picky, though I do prefer games with a lot of randomness, and hence replayability. I tend to feel cheated with games that are only fun for a single playthrough (with exceptions, of course.)

At the moment I'm alternating between BtS and Hellgate: London. There's nothing like slaughtering a couple hundred demons to blow of that steam from having the AI you've been warring with for centuries suddenly vassalize to your best friend and trading partner

Lately I've been having an itch to play some Frontier: First Encounters as well (as I do every couple of years). Other recurring addictions include Diablo II and Worms Armageddon.

 

[TBT]

Apart of strategies I like realistic FPSs too. So last months my favourite games have been: Civ4 BTS, Medieval II Total War and Call of Duty 2 (now I play it on multiplayer in the net).

 

[Ermak-]

Age Of Empires 3 , Medevil Total War 2

 

[-FC-Commando]

I'm a war freak.

Civ 1 + 2 + 4
Call to Power 1 + 2
Master of Orion 1 + 2
Red Alert 1 + 2
Axis & Allies board and rts version
Call of Duty 1 + 2
Battlefield 2
Counterstrike Source
Operation Flashpoint
Star Trek Armada 1 + 2

 

[Leodavinci]

Does any of you know an online game which is similar to sports simulator (i.e. one serious event a week, so it does not force you to login more than once, but when you are logged on you can think of your strategy, tactics, etc for hours), but instead of sports there are really battles and you kind of rule your nation or castle?
If you know, please tell me, I would love to play such.

 

[TyranusBonehead]

ahhh acronyms, don't you love em, had to look up what a JRPG and WRPG are

 

[TheWilltoAct]

ahhh acronyms, don't you love em, had to look up what a JRPG and WRPG are

QFT

... except I'm not gonna lol

 

[King Flevance]

I have thought the options based on their relationship on why would you play Civ. This way, some players would do it because it's a funny game (2nd option), others for the strategic density, others for the History simulation, others because it's a cerebral game, and others for the warring aspect. I guess your most approximate option would be the 2nd, despite the slightly humorous description. Or the 5th, depending on which RPG do you play.

My only real option was selecting option 2. (Although this conclusion of why I play civ is far off base. As this is an aspect of Civ 4 I dispise.) I play Strategy, Racing, FPSs, Simulations, RPGs, Action/Adventure, and puzzles too - although, not as often as the others. I don't get excited about every game on the market though, as usually each class has its bests as well as titles that are a downright shame. I must say though that strategy and simulation are my favorite out of all of these. But it seems like such small corner of the video game market that you almost have to venture out and enjoy the other aspects of gaming or suffer through some pretty lame attempts at these two just for another game to play.

 

[Crowqueen]

Magic the Gathering Online and Icewind Dale II are the only others I play. I bought Lemmings and Railroad Tycoon 3 a while ago but neither kept me going. RRT was too ...boring and Lemmings annoyed me when I got stuck and couldn't just skip levels by using a code - the Windows version "unlocks" levels as you progress so you can't cheat .

Basically I enjoy anything where there is a slower pace and more thinking than doing. IWDII is a favourite because I enjoyed the other Baldur's Gate series games and prefer not to deal with 3D (the only exception being Civ IV and even then the game is slightly rickety when there's a lot happening). Anything that has lasting value.

 

[King Flevance]

You might try out NeverWinter Nights Crowqueen if you havent already. It is 3D but it run along the same playstyle as the BG series. It just has a "Tomb Raider" view set by default, but you can zoom out and rotate the camera as if using the IWD setup. (I only played IWD1). But I liked the epic charactor classes that came in on NWN. Havent tried NWN2 yet. Civ 4 owns 1/4 of my crappy HD after all my mods are put on. So I have to be selective.

 

[Technocactus]

BioShock, The Orange Box and Football Manager.

 

[SkyDog]

I'm very much into sports strategy simulations. Front Office Football 2007 is my favorite one. I've run a fansite for that one for five years or so now, where FOF2K7 as well as other games in that genre are discussed. (There are a number of Civvers over there as well.)

 

[szemek77]

Championship Manager 01/02. FPSs when I would like to relax a little bit Example: Call of Duty (1, 2)....