Jaaakkkeee Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 THUG2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Moon Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 I've noticed I only have 6 friends on x box live, some people need to add me I need friends "BarbedShip86" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Looking at a few strategy games, a genre I've never really tried. What would people recommend over Age of Empires, Civilisation V, Command and Conquer or SimCity (not really strategy game, I suppose)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Looking at a few strategy games, a genre I've never really tried. What would people recommend over Age of Empires, Civilisation V, Command and Conquer or SimCity (not really strategy game, I suppose)? Out of those, Civ. It's the easiest to pick up the basics and will just suck you in. Though I haven't played Civ V... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Halo CE anniversary edition, fantastic game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Out of those, Civ. It's the easiest to pick up the basics and will just suck you in. Though I haven't played Civ V... Cheers, I think I'll give it a bash then as it was probably top of my list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Looking at a few strategy games, a genre I've never really tried. What would people recommend over Age of Empires, Civilisation V, Command and Conquer or SimCity (not really strategy game, I suppose)?You should check out Baldurs Gate EE. It's an RPG foremost, but also fairly strategic. Plus swords and magic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Moon Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Halo CE anniversary edition, fantastic game.thats next on my to buy list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Looking at a few strategy games, a genre I've never really tried. What would people recommend over Age of Empires, Civilisation V, Command and Conquer or SimCity (not really strategy game, I suppose)? This one could be up your street, its quite an easy one for getting into those kinda games, http://store.steampo...com/app/242920/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyboy Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Civ 5. As mentioned above, I've been playing it recently, highly addictive... not sure if it's better than Civ 4 though, and a lot of people seem to detest the AI in the fifth incarnation. Both Civ 4 and 5 are supposed to be vastly improved by the respective expansions; I've never tried any yet though, I also tried getting into Paradox games with Crusader Kings II, think I'll have to wait until I have hours to spend on youtube watching tutorials though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Been playing Broforce, after seeing it on sale on Steam, and watching the trailer. The trailer made me question my life as to why I hadn't played Broforce sooner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 Got Civ 5 last night and had a bash at it. Was randomly assigned India; does the country make a big difference? It's a heck of a lot to get your head around. I think I'll have to pick up some kind of walkthrough while I get the hang of what I'm supposed to be doing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 Been playing Broforce, after seeing it on sale on Steam, and watching the trailer. The trailer made me question my life as to why I hadn't played Broforce sooner. Is it as good as it looks? On PC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 Yes on both counts. Just about everything is destructible. Loads of blood. Pixel blood. It's a right laugh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 Superb, i now have something to fill in my tuesday night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 Started MGS2 last night. Forgot where the USP was, gave up without saving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 Got Civ 5 last night and had a bash at it. Was randomly assigned India; does the country make a big difference? It's a heck of a lot to get your head around. I think I'll have to pick up some kind of walkthrough while I get the hang of what I'm supposed to be doing! In earlier Civ games the country you start with gives you different starting technologies, special units and things later in the game like different golden ages. To start with all you need to care about is founding cities and exploring. That's phase one of the game. Found a city, build a warrior to defend it, then get a settler to ping out and found another one. Keep them close enough to trade and far enough away so they don't share resources. Then once you have a few cities switch some settlers to automatically build improvements like roads and farms and start building your military in earnest. That's how I start games of Civ anyway. After that you'll probably have encountered other countries and you're into the diplomacy/warfare stage of the game and it gets a bit more complicated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyboy Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 Each civ gets two unique units and some kind of general bonus in Civ 5, which are based on some national stereotype (India actually had a "hard worker" unit or something in number 4). India's bonus will probably be something to do with building stuff. Because there are several ways to win a game, it's best to pick a strategy that complements the civ's strengths, so for India you'd want to focus on science and building rather than military conquests or hoarding money. On easier difficulties it won't matter too much though, Similarly, you can probably ignore a lot of stuff and still win, on easier settings: you probably don't have to micromanage what squares your cities are working and can just automate the workers rather than deciding yourself what to build. The civilisations do make a big difference to the way the AI plays though. If you're playing against Gandhi he'll be easy going; you just have to worry about him outbuilding you. Whereas if you're next to Napoleon and Ghengis Khan, prepare to get attacked a lot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain America Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Hearthstone app for iPad is so good. It's just the Hearthstone regular client but this is how it should be played I feel. Works so well in the handheld style. Some frame rate issues on my older iPad 2.0 so if they smooth that out I don't see myself playing it on PC again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colb Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Each civ gets two unique units and some kind of general bonus in Civ 5, which are based on some national stereotype (India actually had a "hard worker" unit or something in number 4). India's bonus will probably be something to do with building stuff. Because there are several ways to win a game, it's best to pick a strategy that complements the civ's strengths, so for India you'd want to focus on science and building rather than military conquests or hoarding money. On easier difficulties it won't matter too much though, Similarly, you can probably ignore a lot of stuff and still win, on easier settings: you probably don't have to micromanage what squares your cities are working and can just automate the workers rather than deciding yourself what to build. The civilisations do make a big difference to the way the AI plays though. If you're playing against Gandhi he'll be easy going; you just have to worry about him outbuilding you. Whereas if you're next to Napoleon and Ghengis Khan, prepare to get attacked a lot. I'd suggest playing your first few games on the largest map size. You've a better chance of building up a decent network of cities/soldiers before meeting too many other players. If i'm choosing a civ to play as I go with Egypt for a peaceful win, they rule at building wonders or China if I want to fight everyone. Mostly I play on random though, more fun to set out without a gameplan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 I've always been total shite at Civ' but really enjoy it nonetheless. Just got a version for my Mac recently - not sure which one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Been playing GTAV again a lot. Raised 100K. Then spent it all on a bike I rarely use. I'm as bad with my in game money as I am with my real money. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 Still playing Dark Souls 2. Making no progress. It's pure attrition. There must be a knack to it I don't have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teabags Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 (edited) Trials Fusion.I've spoke about the Trials games before. I love them. Really love them. Redlynx did a terrific job with making a truly amazing, original, indie game.Then along came Ubisoft.The game is nothing more than a reskin with tracks that probably could have been made in the Trials Evolution map editor. Some shite narrative which I turned off cos it was so fucking annoying, they've removed online multiplayer and only left in local, theres about a third of as many skill games... yadda yadda yadda.Feels nothing more than Ubisoft buying a game and rushing out a sequel so they can cash in on it while it's popular.Fuck Ubisoft. Edited April 23, 2014 by Teabags Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 "People say I'm soft. More like Ubisoft" - Will Smith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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