I was greatly disappointed by Mass Effect 2. They slashed the development options, shortened the game and introduced ammo, completely neutering the Soldier class. Sorry Zappara, but give me Mass Effect over its sequel any day!
Now I hardly can find some time to play RoM/AND and Championship Manager (of course the best edition - 2001/2002 )
stop insulting the sheepshaggersI always though Australian computers were run by bandicoots an numbats running on hamster wheels inside them.
EDIT: Oh wait your from New Zealand, they must be run on Kiwis or maybe Sheep.
eww old peopleTry Mass Effect 2 - at this moment it's probably best game available on the market. It's not FPS game since the camera angle is behind character and there's of course rpg elements and excellent story... and the npc characters... oh my!!!
Also if you think about FPS games, Bioshock 2 was just released... I get chills when just thinking about that game. I do enjoy some FPS games but I do require open game world, alternative paths and freedom to do things at my own pace, not some piperun levels like in most FPS games. Perhaps this was one reason why I led MMO guild (about 100 active members) for about year some years ago and made friends all around the globe.
From strategy games I played Civ 1 over and over again (on Amiga) before some of you guys were even borned! 18.. or is it 19 years now that I've enjoyed Sid Meier's civ games. That's pretty long time, over half of my life. Now more recently I've played quite a lot of Total War games and as seen in RoM, I've used some elements from those games, though I haven't played Total War: Empire yet and I think they are soon releasing Total War: Napoleon... I'll have to get those games so that I can "steal" some ideas from them for Civ 5 mods...
that's because you live inDamn I wish my computer could run FPS games.
Well. At least it has a colour screen
Even my sister played Civ 1 when it was released.. and she was 9 at that time.eww old people
I have a pile of Civ I floppies in a box on the shelves beside me, bloody things don't seem to work any more though. Got them from my godfather a very long time ago.
"Copyright 1992 MicroProse Ltd. All rights reserved. Made in the UK."
It came out in 1991 In the States, the year before I was born, therefore it is old
I started playing Civ II when I was ~6, yes been one more turning for ~70% of my life
Just my ideas for continuation of a discussion above.
As for other games' ideas to bring to the modding scene, how about the Europa Universallis series? They are known to have a very loyal fan base attracted by game concepts alone (it is terribly unstable and outdated in code and graphics).
One idea I'd like to see stolen from EU III is cultural shift. After conquering a very large or cultured nation the conquerer might undergo change in cultural/ethnic identity. A historical example of this happening would be the Roman Empire relocating its capital to Constantinople and eventually evolving into the Greek-speaking cavalry-dominant Byzantine Empire.
How do you get a game to simulate the world today? Look at the political relationships, the military uses around the world, Joint and Unified Operations for example.
Just my ideas for continuation of a discussion above.
As for other games' ideas to bring to the modding scene, how about the Europa Universallis series? They are known to have a very loyal fan base attracted by game concepts alone (it is terribly unstable and outdated in code and graphics).
One idea I'd like to see stolen from EU III is cultural shift. After conquering a very large or cultured nation the conquerer might undergo change in cultural/ethnic identity. A historical example of this happening would be the Roman Empire relocating its capital to Constantinople and eventually evolving into the Greek-speaking cavalry-dominant Byzantine Empire.
You either WAY over simplified that or you might want to go back to study
it was also the Roman lingua franca
PS. I would not rather be assumed to be uneducated. Being assumed so hurts in the deepest places, especially when having being educated is one of the few prides one clings on to.
PSS. I'm not an unlearned fool, Civ_king, so I believe you owe me an apology.