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Awesome, I finally bought Fallout and Fallout 2.
Kingpin wasn't as nearly open-world as they promised and winds up being a fairly linear trudge through same-y environments where the main note to fame is excessive swearing. Not worth the time to play.Stumpokapow said:Looking at:
MDK
MDK2
Messiah
Redneck Rampage (yes, I am aware this is not a good game)
Earthworm Jim 1+2
Giants
Kingpin
... and maybe Lionheart
Am I making any serious mistakes?
Let's just say it's no Mechwarrior or Heavy Gear, and that none of Bioware's strengths were on display.LocoMrPollock said:I already have most of the big titles, guess I'll give Shattered Steel a try, Mechs plus Bioware doesn't sound bad.
Yes to all, but just get Freespace 2. It can be played ok with a mouse.MrOogieBoogie said:Alright guys, couple questions:
1. Do Fallout and Fallout 2 hold up well today (I imagine the answer is yes)? If so, would you recommend playing both or just jumping into Fallout 2?
2. Same question for the Freespace series. However, I'm worried that my experience will be hampered with a keyboard and mouse. Are these games playable (or should I say, fun) with a keyboard and mouse, or do I need a joystick to really enjoy the game?
Thanks.
Dunno about the story on FS2, but the game itself is damn fun. I really enjoy flying those ships and blasting through stuff.jling84 said:Damn it, just woke up and discovered no sale on Planescape. According to Wiki it says it's Interplay, is that wrong?
Also, what's the verdict on Freespace 1 and 2? I read in the other thread about best video game stories that Freespace 2's story is awesome.
coopolon said:Hmm, at $3 each I might buy the Fallouts just to have the superior digital versions over my crappy interplay rerelease disc.
jling84 said:Damn it, just woke up and discovered no sale on Planescape. According to Wiki it says it's Interplay, is that wrong?
Also, what's the verdict on Freespace 1 and 2? I read in the other thread about best video game stories that Freespace 2's story is awesome.
Well done sir! Giants is quite possibly the best game to come out in 2000. Bold statement, but I stand by it.Volodja said:I don't have enough money for anything other than 1 game for today.
Giants: Citizen Kabuto it is, I've wanted to play this for many years but never managed to get it.
Castles - I was a fan of Castles at the time, but the GOG release is seriously flawed because it doesn't include Castles 1's expansion pack, and the expansion was a huge improvement over the base game and added a lot of stuff. Castles 1 is a castle-building game entirely focused on that task, to a degree above most other games. Castles 2 is completely different, and is a strategy game where you try to conquer medieval France, sort of like Lords of the Realm. I like the first one more for being more unique, but without the addon it is lacking... still, for just $3 for both it's probably worth it.mclem said:Unfortunately, I have a lot of the best stuff already, either from GoG or from originals (that said, I'm sort of toying with the idea of rebuying Fallout 1+2, because, well, Fallout.)
Any recommendations out of:
Castles
Conquest of the New World
Die By The Sword
Evolva
Invictus
Kingdom
Kingpin
Lionheart (I'm curious in particular about this one; On the one hand I know it had a very troubled development. On the other hand, I'm often curious about distant relatives of similar games (similar to, say, Worlds of Ultima?))
MAX
Messiah (Comments above have already piqued my interest)
Shattered Steel
Random aside: Were *all* Interplay games always just using the lower pricepoint? Fair play to them for not being tempted to drift higher with some real gems.
Stumpokapow said:Looking at:
MDK
MDK2
Messiah
Redneck Rampage (yes, I am aware this is not a good game)
Earthworm Jim 1+2
Giants
Kingpin
... and maybe Lionheart
Am I making any serious mistakes?
I'm getting it. I recall seeing it for sale in walmart over ten years ago. I wanted to play it then but just never got it. Will be picking it up now many years later.Stallion Free said:Fuck it, I'm buying Redneck Rampage. Hopefully it has a nice easy set up like Rise of the Triad so I can play at 1080p pillarboxed.
A Black Falcon said:Conquest of the New World is a decent strategy game, some unique mechanics and it was good for its time. I'm not sure how it compares to the Civ IV Colonization game, but CotNW was certainly fun. You explore the New World, naming things as you discover them (mountains, rivers, etc.), setting up colonies, and fighting battles when you run into the other countries exploring and conquering the new world. The combat system is done on a 3x3 or 4x3 grid, so it's fairly simple but works well.
jaundicejuice said:Well, I'm doing a pretty poor job of keeping to my promise to beat a GoG purchase (Planescape) before making another but I now own Descent, Descent 2, Descent 3, Descent 3's expansion, Fallout, Fallout 2 and Fallout: Tactics. And all for less than 20$.
Can anyone recommend a decent flight stick for these? Are people using pads? I played the first one years ago with the keyboard/mouse. Don't want to do that.HK-47 said:Personal recommendations:
Freespace
Freespace 2
Microsoft Sidewinder Precision Pro USB!Arklite said:Can anyone recommend a decent flight stick for these? Are people using pads? I played the first one years ago with the keyboard/mouse. Don't want to do that.
Arklite said:Can anyone recommend a decent flight stick for these? Are people using pads? I played the first one years ago with the keyboard/mouse. Don't want to do that.
MrOogieBoogie said:Yes, I would like to know the answer to this as well.
Question for Fallout and Fallout 2: Generally speaking, is it recommended to play these two without any mods the first time? Or are there some must-install patches/mods for both that I should be aware of (e.g., high-resolution packs, etc.)?
LocoMrPollock said:
Is this in the OP? It should be in the OP.LocoMrPollock said:
It is.Shaneus said:Is this in the OP? It should be in the OP.
jaundicejuice said:Descent 1+2
Descent 3
Fallout 1
Fallout 2
Fallout Tactics
Messiah
Trying to stick mostly to the wishlist I just made. I can't wait to apply those Source remakes to Descent 1 and 2.
Edit: One omission after reading that post.
mojiimbo said:Never played Fallout 1 or 2 before but figured I should at least try them after putting 80+ hours into F3 and before NV since I'm pretty sure the originals are heavily referenced there. Anyone successfully running the GOG versions in windowed mode on 64 bit W7? Thanks.
Anticitizen One said:How well do these games work in windows 7 64-bit? Is there alot of patching involved?
Slow games that they like double-task playing I guess. I rarely okay windowed and Fallout does have widescreen mods that look quite nice in fullscreen at 720p/1080p (things feel quite small in that though).gdt5016 said:Okay, why do some people like playing games in Windowed mode? I don't get it.
gdt5016 said:Okay, why do some people like playing games in Windowed mode? I don't get it.
If ATI and Nvidia weren't fucking lazy we could get standardized pillarboxing without any issues.MrOogieBoogie said:Retains the aspect ratio of certain games (especially older games that run at lower resolutions).
You can (from memory). If you disable hardware scaling (I think?) in the ATI CCC it won't stretch... but it might keep it in a tiny window. Discovered that while trying to get the Sega Model 2 emulator working without stretching the display.Stallion Free said:If ATI and Nvidia weren't fucking lazy we could get standardized pillarboxing without any issues.
Some games do have it though and others have widescreen mods.