Computer Gamers: Has the move to "real time" in all game forms....

[Khephra]

Pissed you off? I miss turn games
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much.

RPG? Real time. Sims? Real time.

Frigging card games? Real time.

I'm starting the Turn-Based Liberation Front, not to be confused with The Front for The Liberation of Turn-Based Games.


Which do you like the most?

[R3dD0g]

1. Been playing

Age of Wonders - Shadow Magic.

It's a really nice game. Takes me back to the good ol' days.

[Bossy Monkey]

2. Having the eye-hand co-ordination of a grape, I'm not really real-time

oriented. Then again, my computer is 3-odd years out of date, so new developments in computer gaming pretty much bypass me anyway.

[Forkboy]

11. lol

I'm in the same PC boat.Too old for the new games,but that's ok.Check out this site for thousands of old classics even we can play!


http://www.the-underdogs.org/

[Bossy Monkey]

24. Yeah, somebody, possibly you, posted this before

and I got an old Koei favorite, Uncharted Waters II: New Horizons off of it. Not quite as exciting as when it was on Nintendo, but still fun.

[toddzilla]

3. i like both..

it depends on the genre, but i enjoyed wizardry 8 because it had turn based fighting that was really well executed. i miss the AD&D gold box games i used to play on my amiga.. horrible graphics, great gameplay.

[UnAmericanJoe]

6. Did you play Temple of Elemental Evil?

It was buggy as hell, but after the patch it was a nice turn-based game similar to the gold box games.

[Khephra]

21. I tried it, but my computer didn't like it for some reason

It was way too buggy to play on my system.

[Forkboy]

12. those Gold Box games can still be found here

http://www.the-underdogs.org/

[UnAmericanJoe]

4. Check out Silent Storm

for a great turn based game.

[Endangered Specie]

5. How does one play FPS in turn-based mode?

[moof]

7. sorry, too busy playing Civ II to try any other game

[jpgray]

16. Probably the best of the Civ games

Though Civilization III is really interesting at times.

[AmandaRuth]

8. Ahh.... too be young and in love with nintendo.

This is miniluvamericahatebush again. I LOVE Nintendo. STICK TO THE OLD SCHOOL, PEEPS! DIE, X BOX FANBOYS!!! Hey, have you guys ever heard of Star Fox 64 of Skies of Arcaida? I love those games!

[TroubleMan]

9. I like both - try Sacred for a good real time RPG

lots of bugs, but over 300 quests.

Morrowind also makes a good arguement for real-time.

[UnAmericanJoe]

10. Morrowind was pretty good!

I'd like to try Gothic 2. It's supposed to be similar to Morrowind.

[Kellanved]

14. Gothic (I +II)is pretty good

However I have to warn you: the Gothic games were developed for the German market.
Few German games made for the domestic market are considered especially good by international Gamers. (Realms of Aventuria I - III, Settlers I-IV, Archimedian Dynasty, Sacred, Gothic I- II, Anno, Battle Isle, ...)

In the case of Gothic II:
-outdated Graphics (the Game isn't exactly new)
-some bugs
-cheesy story
-slow start
-game world is far smaller than Morrowind's
-3rd Person
-...

I found both Gothic games highly enjoyable (the 2nd with the expansion pack), but I would not have bought them full price.

[UnAmericanJoe]

29. I'm downloading Gothic 2 right now (don't tell the RIAA)

If it's any good I'll pick up a copy eventually.

[Khephra]

22. Oh, there are plenty of great real-time games

which I've actually enjoyed, I just miss the ability to sit back and think about my actions in games.

[Book Lover]

25. I'm playing Sacred now

and really enjoying it. Divine Divinity is a bit old, but that's next on my list. I have been playing Dragonfire on my Palm, which is turn-based, but pretty old-looking. Not to say it doesn't have a delightful nostalgic charm...

[Forkboy]

13. With very few exceptions RTS's do little for me

I love FPS's so that kind of counts as real-time.But I haven't played an RTS a lot since Starcraft.

One of my fav games blends both turn based and real time though.The Combat Mission games let you choose your orders for all your units,then you click on the "go" button and for one minute you watch your orders followed (or not sometimes as morale factors in and the troops dont like stupid orders).It's a great mix because once you hit that go button you're helpless for that minute if something goes wrong (like a Panzerfaust unit waiting for your tacky Sherman tank to come bumbling along).

Other than that though I love turn based games almost exclusively these days.

[jpgray]

15. I miss game design. Like movies, it's all production values these days

It's more about 'how can we program this amazing new 3d photo-realistic graphic engine' than about 'how can we design a fun game?'

Case in point, Pirates! is an immensely enjoyable 'real time' game. :D

[AmandaRuth]

27. Yeah! it's like Tao Fang: Fist of the Lotus (Or something like that.)

WE NEED GAMES WITH GOOD BACKGROUND AND SIDE QUESTS!!!! NOT JUST PRETT PICTURES AND GRAPHICS!!!!! Why can't they make something like DOA 3? Good graphics AND good fighting system?

[solinvictus]

17. I like real time..

but I also miss old turn games like "Romance of the 3 Kingdoms" and "Nobunaga's Ambition".

[TroubleMan]

19. Those were good games...you ever play Shining Force?

The first and second are both great.

You can play them on your computer now via emulation.

[BigMcLargehuge]

18. I still play Master of Orion 2

I love the massive fleet battles you can have in that game. Sometimes a single engagement can last ten or twelve hours, one turn at a time!

[Kellanved]

20. so do I

:toast:

A pity that MoO 3 was botched.

[Khephra]

26. Oh man, MoO 3

I still cry at night over that horrible game.

[BBradley]

23. One game is the epitome of turn based awesomeness

Fallout, is without a doubt, the greatest CRPG of all time.

[UnAmericanJoe]

28. Fallout is a great CRPG

But for ALL-TIME turn based awesomeness you have to look no further than X-COM.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

30. The Temple of Elemental Evil................

is cool. But my fav has to be either Neverwinter Nights or the classic Alpha C.