None-retro gaming

[Mataeus]

So, if I may be so bold as to ask, what's everyone playing at the minute? Personally, I'm currently enjoying 'Act of War' from Eugene Systems / Atari, a great real time strategy game. It's so eaaaasy to play in the vein of Red Alert, but has amazing 3D graphics and effects, not to mention some outstanding locales to skirmish in... The city blocks are great maps, you can garrison building with snipers and get your Javelin units (Bazooka guys) up on the roof to take down Apaches that the enemy throw at you. The units look great and there's plenty of special effects (smoke trails from rocket launchers, tanks blowing to bits and wheels flying off, buildings crumbling etc). It's a great, great game that RTS fans do not want to miss.... I got it free as well, on a BOGOF offer when I bought the Movies Stunts and Effects expansion. :D

I'm also enjoying X3, the open-ended space flight sandbox style game at the moment too, I've downloaded some custom scripts for it recently that add cool little features like being able to become an Argon taxi driver taking people from space station to space station which is pretty fun.

For those of you who haven't played it, google it now if you like huge, open-ended games... It's too much for me to go into detail on, but you can do anything in that game with regards to living out an existence in space. It's kind of like a huge, massively expanded 'Elite', THE fantastic space game from the 8 bit era that I'm sure we all know and love ;)
This game takes the concept one step further though. Eventually and with enough credits, you can buy huge transport ships and your own station kits, which you can hire a crew to assemble for you in space and sell your own wares. Off course, you need to hire fleets of ships to protect it from pirates and hostile races....

As I say, if it sounds of interest to you please google the game, it'll be explained in more detail elswhere I am sure.....

Check out some of these screens (As you can see, big chunks of metal in space excite me, lol):

http://www.egosoft.com/games/x3/screenshots/x3_screen_261.jpg

http://www.egosoft.com/games/x3/screenshots/x3_screen_244.jpg

http://www.egosoft.com/games/x3/screenshots/x3_screen_222.jpg

http://www.egosoft.com/games/x3/screenshots/x3_screen_205.jpg

http://www.egosoft.com/games/x3/screenshots/x3_screen_171.jpg

http://www.egosoft.com/games/x3/screenshots/x3_screen_150.jpg

http://www.egosoft.com/games/x3/screenshots/x3_screen_128.jpg

[Meph]

Last 'modern' game i did was Neverwinter Nights which was fantastic.. i haven't got a Pc that will take the second one (i struggled with the first) but I've read so many bad things about it i don't think i want to try it...

Oh and i sometimes have a game of Cricket when I'm in the mood..

[Mataeus]

Well, I never thought that turned based multiplayer would actually be any fun over the Internet on a long term basis, but my friend and I are going to start a game of Civ IV tonight with some AI's on for good measure. X3 still rocks my hardrive, I just completed Myst V and a new purchase for me is Roller Coaster Tycoon 3! What a game that is... Very good.... Playing Dreamfall as well at the minute which has excellent graphics and sound (very well coded too.. Runs great with 4x AA, 16xAnTr in 1400x900 widescreen. Still 60fps round about. Compare that to Morrowind, which is a game I love dearly, but it's sooo badly coded it doesn't even run well one my machine, about 20 fps. And that's five years old! Oblivion runs much better!)
Oh yeah, and finished Bioshock and Halo 3 too which were both beyond words. Bioshock's the most amazing single player game I've played since Deus Ex and going through the whole Halflife 2 experience on the Orange Box, and Halo 3 has the best multiplayer of any game, period.

[Meph]

I'm not really much of a gamer to be honest but played enough during my boy hood.. one of which i got hooked on and i still have it was Diablo.. yeah remember that.. i can't play it now I'm kinda sick of the sight of it..lol

anyway i bring this up because i was just doing some netting the other day and found they are doing the 3rd one (bout time)
Looking forward to that..
i haven't done the final chapter of the 2nd one yet, you have to buy that as an extra but i might try and fit that in first.. i mean i got 2/3/4 years before D3 comes out :P