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Out of nowhere, all of the games I usually play got really boring. Anyone got recommendations for some new games?

You're depressed. If by some odd chance my internet psychology didn't work from your two sentences of description, try playing this: http://ec2-1.playr.co.uk/onslaught/index.php

not sure what you are looking for........but I can't pass up the chance.

Kingdom of Loathing (http://www8.kingdomofloathing.com/login.php?loginid=ba7023d3e5fd4b4598733e7b4a080ef5)

I might well be insane without it.

I like Sims 2 and Heroes of Might and Magic IV.

not sure what you are looking for........but I can't pass up the chance.

Kingdom of Loathing (http://www8.kingdomofloathing.com/login.php?loginid=ba7023d3e5fd4b4598733e7b4a080ef5)

I might well be insane without it.

0_o

I thought I was the only one who played that. Well, not really..
Though I only recently started, I would recommend it also.

Never Ending War (http://www.gamebrew.com/info-endless-war)

Holy War Invasion (http://www.ugoplayer.com/games/holywarinvasion.html)

Crusader Tank (http://www.ugoplayer.com/games/crusadertank.html)

Take over the world ;) (http://www.addictinggames.com/commando3.html)

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

For some reason I like ES III Morrowind better..
then again, my current computer has trouble handling Oblivion.

You could play an Angband-variant, those are always good for a half hour or so.
I recommend Steamband, as it is the only game I know of where a ninja can use Cthulian sorcery to fight his way past a legion of Tyrannosaurs and SS Storm troopers in order to face their dark commander, Count Dracula.

Thanks, but i dont really like flash games. I would LOVE to play Oblivion but my bloody computer isnt powerful enough.

not sure what you are looking for........but I can't pass up the chance.

Kingdom of Loathing (http://www8.kingdomofloathing.com/login.php?loginid=ba7023d3e5fd4b4598733e7b4a080ef5)

I might well be insane without it.

God, that can get addicting. I've been KoL-free for a few months.

I would suggest Europa Universalis III, ArmA: Armed Assault, and Test Drive Unlimited. Whatever you like -- strategy, FPS, driving, in that order.

Out of nowhere, all of the games I usually play got really boring. Anyone got recommendations for some new games?

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyll. Wonderful game...simply wonderful, and with a lovely book and movie background, too.

F.E.A.R. Combat: Basically the multiplayer aspect. The singleplayer is worthless, but multiplayer is fun.

Chrono Trigger: Even if you've played before, it's always worth another play.

Chrono Cross: Same as Trigger.

Pokemon...any GBA game: These are fun stuff.

Metal Gear Solid, II, and III: All great games.

Tag. (No, not that kind, ya derelict old school NSers. The game.)

F.E.A.R. Combat: Basically the multiplayer aspect. The singleplayer is worthless, but multiplayer is fun.



Can't you download the multiplayer mode/client or whatever, for free too?

I am pretty sure.
but not pretty...

Pardus (http://www.pardus.at/) - I just got into it, it looks promising if you enjoy RP, capitalism, sci fi.

Battlemaster (http://www.battlemaster.org) - Been playing this RPG for over a year. Great game, lots of fun if you like RP, medieval war, and/or politics.

Nexus War (http://www.nexuswar.com) - like Urban Dead, but much better. My favorite thing to do now is wander into a hospital and slaughter all the mortals there.

Can't you download the multiplayer mode/client or whatever, for free too?

I am pretty sure.
but not pretty...

Yeah, its free.

Can't you download the multiplayer mode/client or whatever, for free too?

I am pretty sure.
but not pretty...

Yes, that's what it is, the multiplayer by itself...it was called F.E.A.R. Combat.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.E.A.R.#Multiplayer

May I recommend chess? I've been playing 40 years (yes, we do move slow, why do you ask? ;) ) and I've never been bored (board? yes, but not bored)

Tag. (No, not that kind, ya derelict old school NSers. The game.)

I used to play this game. Then I upgraded my system, so now I play Hide-n-go-Seek.

Fun, addicting.

Plus...both of these games are very free.

Out of nowhere, all of the games I usually play got really boring. Anyone got recommendations for some new games?

Video Games will rot your mind...try a new hobby like drug abuse...I suggest crack...

I used to play this game. Then I upgraded my system, so now I play Hide-n-go-Seek.

Fun, addicting.

Plus...both of these games are very free.

Well I got a new graphic card and now I can play flash light tag! Very exciting, and it'll def. get your heart racing!

May I recommend chess? I've been playing 40 years (yes, we do move slow, why do you ask? ;) ) and I've never been bored (board? yes, but not bored)

Smartass. :p

That said, there are plenty of video game versions of chess, and chess is a lovely strategy game...though I've never been all that good at it.

If you've ever wanted to play as the horrible monsters you've faced in most FPS, then I only have one word for you, Tremulous.

If you've ever wanted to play as the horrible monsters you've faced in most FPS, then I only have one word for you, Tremulous.

What's that? I've never heard of it, and all that popped up on Gamespot was something about Quake III: Arena files.

Well the only game I play, I just lost.

Yeah thats right, I lost the game, and so did you! and you! an you!11

bully/canis canem edit (depending on where you live)

Very funny. good fun too

datarealms.com
and
Taleworlds.com

Both are great. The Onin No Ran mod for the second one is particularly fun. Nothing like slicing up peasants in fuedal Japan to brighten up your day.

If you want a more mainstream approach, Supreme Commander is good.

In MMO's, try 9Dragons by Acclaim. Its got decent graphics, good gameplay and its free.

Evil Genius is a good game to, definitly up the average NS Generalites alley, considering the whole "Be an insane 1960's James Bond style villian and take over the world" aspect.
That and you can randomly execute minions. Always a plus.

I like Sims 2 and Heroes of Might and Magic IV.

I have The Sims 1 but I never play it because I always end up with really depressed Sims (which I promptly exterminate), I used to have Heroes III on this computer but it disappeared.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyll. Wonderful game...simply wonderful, and with a lovely book and movie background, too.

F.E.A.R. Combat: Basically the multiplayer aspect. The singleplayer is worthless, but multiplayer is fun.

Chrono Trigger: Even if you've played before, it's always worth another play.

Chrono Cross: Same as Trigger.

Pokemon...any GBA game: These are fun stuff.

Metal Gear Solid, II, and III: All great games.

What Kyronea said

C&C3 - if only to play spot the SF star in all the cutscenes.

God of War II.

If only to fight Perseus, voice acted by the same actor from Clash of the Titans. :p

If you've got some kind of super-beast of a computer, try Supreme Commander - think "every other strategy game, but you can zoom out to see several hundred square kms and you'll need the space, too".

Oh yesh.

It's a goodie.

You could play an Angband-variant, those are always good for a half hour or so.
I recommend Steamband, as it is the only game I know of where a ninja can use Cthulian sorcery to fight his way past a legion of Tyrannosaurs and SS Storm troopers in order to face their dark commander, Count Dracula.

TOME (www.t-o-m-e.net) is the best Angband variant i've discovered.

But ADOM (www.adom.de) is hands down the best roguelike.

Oblivion.

Homeworld

For different platforms...

PC
- Oblivion
- Sims 2
- Peggle
- Uplink
- Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy)
- Guild Wars
- Titan Quest
- Pirates
- Civilization III/IV

Ps2
- We ♥ Katamari
- Katamari Damacy
- Rez (also good on DreamCast)

Wii
- Super Paper Mario
- Wii Sports
- Cooking Mama

♥

What's the code for that symbol again? I've been needing to use it.

Oh, a couple more recommendations:

The Longest Journey

Dreamfall: The Longest Journey Two.

I've seen copies of titan quest lying around for £8, and they are very tempting - but what's it like? I've heard 'diablo clone' flung around and so forth, but... nothing that actually describes like an average session. is it worth getting for that price? and is it system intensive?

Katamari Damacy

na na na na na na na na na na Ka-ta-ma-ri Da-ma-shi!!!!

I've seen copies of titan quest lying around for £8, and they are very tempting - but what's it like? I've heard 'diablo clone' flung around and so forth, but... nothing that actually describes like an average session. is it worth getting for that price? and is it system intensive?

Well, whenever I want to check out a game, I turn to Gamespot. Their reviews are often clouded by bias and generally poor review writing, but they're better than everyone else I've seen and you can pick out a lot of useful information from those reviews.

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/titanquest/review.html?q=Titan%20Quest&tag=result;full%20review;1

Well, whenever I want to check out a game, I turn to Gamespot. Their reviews are often clouded by bias and generally poor review writing, but they're better than everyone else I've seen and you can pick out a lot of useful information from those reviews.

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/titanquest/review.html?q=Titan%20Quest&tag=result;full%20review;1

I hate Gamespot, I use 1-UP and IGN, and Gamerankings just to make sure. From what I've seen between the two sets of people 1-UP and IGN usually give you a good idea of what the game is like.... Gamespot's guys are complete tools.

Mount and Blade: Full Free fps/rpg that you can play up to a certain level, but that needs a key to go past this level:

http://www.taleworlds.com/

Its very good.

Galalctic Civilizations: RTS4x (Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate) game. Turn based, its civilization on space, with diferent races, ships, planets and technology. It can be very hard, and the game is quite dense, but that is what makes it worth:

http://www.galciv2.com/

Warcraft 3 and the Frozen Throne expansion is one of the most involving games I've ever played. Fantastic plot, great RTS, and the music is great, to say absolutely nothing of the cutscenes which WILL blow you away.

What's the code for that symbol again? I've been needing to use it.
I copied it out of the character map in windows...

Galalctic Civilizations: RTS4x (Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate) game. Turn based, its civilization on space, with diferent races, ships, planets and technology. It can be very hard, and the game is quite dense, but that is what makes it worth:

http://www.galciv2.com/
Played Gal Civ 2, way too easy. Culture conquering is way too easy, even on higher difficulty levels. Civilization IV is better.

I copied it out of the character map in windows...

Bah.

Pantless: Eh...I don't know...Gal Civ II was definitely difficult....I far preferred Gal Civ I's technology research finish screen to Gal Civ II's, though.

0_o

I thought I was the only one who played that. Well, not really..
Though I only recently started, I would recommend it also.

I have been playing it since like 2004.......hubby got me addicted.

Bah.
What? You wanted a more complicated answer? :p Sorry to disappoint.

What? You wanted a more complicated answer? :p Sorry to disappoint.

Well I was hoping for the code, but no worries.

Out of nowhere, all of the games I usually play got really boring. Anyone got recommendations for some new games?

Dungeon Keeper I and II, Populous: The Beginning, perhaps Black and White (although it's not very stable on my system), any of the Warcraft RTS games (III is the best, being the latest and most thought-provoking), Age of Empires II, Discworld Noir and, last but not least, Command and Conquer: Red Alert II.

All but one of those games was a strategy. Yes, I'm obsessed with wargames.

TOME (www.t-o-m-e.net) is the best Angband variant i've discovered.

But ADOM (www.adom.de) is hands down the best roguelike.
You damn kids and your overland maps. When I was a boy we had one town and one dungeon and we were greatful for both of them.

*is actually younger than Kanabia*

You damn kids and your overland maps. When I was a boy we had one town and one dungeon and we were greatful for both of them.

*is actually younger than Kanabia*


1 dungeon, one town... grievance against overland areas...

I sense a soul in search of answers.

not sure what you are looking for........but I can't pass up the chance.

Kingdom of Loathing (http://www8.kingdomofloathing.com/login.php?loginid=ba7023d3e5fd4b4598733e7b4a080ef5)

I might well be insane without it.

You play KoL? Awesome! What clan?

0_o

I thought I was the only one who played that. Well, not really..
Though I only recently started, I would recommend it also.

You too, huh? And I know Heikoku does as well. Wow, lot of KoLers on here.

Hey guys, throw me a line at Neverhere on KoL if you want.

You play KoL? Awesome! What clan?

*refuses to disclose*

Dungeon Keeper I and II, Populous: The Beginning, perhaps Black and White (although it's not very stable on my system), any of the Warcraft RTS games (III is the best, being the latest and most thought-provoking), Age of Empires II, Discworld Noir and, last but not least, Command and Conquer: Red Alert II.

All but one of those games was a strategy. Yes, I'm obsessed with wargames.

With old wargames...

Try Medieval Total War II, Company of Heros, or Frontline. You could even try Command and Conquer 3

Just a few of my favourites:

PC:
Deus Ex
Neverwinter Nights

Wii:
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Gamecube:
Resident Evil 4
Metroid Prime

N64:
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Perfect Dark

What's that? I've never heard of it, and all that popped up on Gamespot was something about Quake III: Arena files.

One word: Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tremulous)

Pantless: Eh...I don't know...Gal Civ II was definitely difficult
Only if you failed to arm yourself at all and didn't use the way stations for cultural conquering.

Only if you failed to arm yourself at all and didn't use the way stations for cultural conquering.

I don't know if that's even true. I've managed to do quite well with just a heavily culture/economy oriented civ.

Edit: and a crapload of military stations, but a very small fleet, mostly for scouting.

Nexus War (http://www.nexuswar.com) - like Urban Dead, but much better. My favorite thing to do now is wander into a hospital and slaughter all the mortals there.
Nexus War=epic win. Yarrr R'lyeh!
Warcraft 3 and the Frozen Throne expansion is one of the most involving games I've ever played. Fantastic plot, great RTS, and the music is great, to say absolutely nothing of the cutscenes which WILL blow you away.

Playing on battle.net is so much more fun than the campaigns.

With old wargames...

Try Medieval Total War II, Company of Heros, or Frontline. You could even try Command and Conquer 3

Good point.
I'm a retro gamer.

And I'm one in mourning for the death of Bullfrog and subsequent lack of a Dungeon Keeper III, despite the trailer in DK II...

Nexus War=epic win. Yarrr R'lyeh!


Playing on battle.net is so much more fun than the campaigns.

You play Warcraft III?
QUICK! QUICK! What's your name?!
*must add to buddies list*
:D

Played Gal Civ 2, way too easy. Culture conquering is way too easy, even on higher difficulty levels. Civilization IV is better.

Have you tried the hardest levels? Suicidal for example?

That is hard. If you think its easy, then you cant play any more games because they would be way too easy for you.

Nexus War (http://www.nexuswar.com) - like Urban Dead, but much better. My favorite thing to do now is wander into a hospital and slaughter all the mortals there.

Hmmm looks interesting...

May I recommend chess? I've been playing 40 years (yes, we do move slow, why do you ask? ;) ) and I've never been bored (board? yes, but not bored)

Igo >>> Chess ;)

Bible Fight (http://www.adultswim.com/games/biblefight/)

I like Sims 2 and Heroes of Might and Magic IV.

Bah, HoMM 3 was better.

Out of nowhere, all of the games I usually play got really boring. Anyone got recommendations for some new games?

Ever try THIS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Orion_II) baby?

Viva Piñata.


Ohhhh yeah.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyll. Wonderful game...simply wonderful, and with a lovely book and movie background, too.

It sounded alright to me.

Chrono Trigger: Even if you've played before, it's always worth another play.

Chrono Cross: Same as Trigger.

One of the best games I have played. Hopefully a sequel to Trigger/Cross will be made (even though the name Chrono Break has been trademarked no actual development of a game is being made).

Never got to play Cross though.

I am waiting to see what Fallout 3 will be like (hopefully not crappy).

Oh and you can dowload this for free:http://www.eastman.me.uk/conflict.htm

It's quite good, something like what NS2 should be.

If you've got some kind of super-beast of a computer, try Supreme Commander - think "every other strategy game, but you can zoom out to see several hundred square kms and you'll need the space, too".

The successor in all things bar name of Total Annihilation.

Homeworld

Homeworld AND Homeworld 2 :p

Mount and Blade: Full Free fps/rpg that you can play up to a certain level, but that needs a key to go past this level:

http://www.taleworlds.com/

Its very good.

Very good, even the demo is good.

Galalctic Civilizations: RTS4x (Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate) game. Turn based, its civilization on space, with diferent races, ships, planets and technology. It can be very hard, and the game is quite dense, but that is what makes it worth:

http://www.galciv2.com/

Space empires 4!

Medieval 2: Total War. They just released 1.2, and it's a great improvement.

Dungeon Keeper I and II.

Build more treasure rooms!

SNOOD! (http://womgames.com/index.php)

Forget Life! Play Snood!

I thank you all.

I like Sims 2 and Heroes of Might and Magic IV.

4?!?!! 4?!?!?!?! What the hell are you smoking??!?!?!?

God... You make me sick!!!

If you're up for a multiplayer board game to play over the net, there's always Play By Email Diplomacy.

An excellent, excellent strategy game requiring not only tactical skill (something I lack) but the ability to get other people to do what you want them to do (something I'm decent at).

Nexus War=epic win. Yarrr R'lyeh!

Yarr, a fellow pirate! Insatiability is my name, I'm usually in the stronghold.

4?!?!! 4?!?!?!?! What the hell are you smoking??!?!?!?

God... You make me sick!!!

I've heard it was pretty bad but surely not to that extent....

Btw, what town did you use the most (in 3)?

Build more treasure rooms!

"Your lair has been recarpeted."
"One of your Imps does a great impression of you... He can even do the ears."
"Your Dungeon Heart is being attacked!"

Fortunately, that last one doesn't happen to me very often.

You play Warcraft III?
QUICK! QUICK! What's your name?!
*must add to buddies list*
:D
NuGo1988

Sooooo noobish, I know. But I made it ages ago and I'm not arsed changing it. I only play TFT, by the way. My copy of ROC was borrowed, and I had to give it back.
Yarr, a fellow pirate! Insatiability is my name, I'm usually in the stronghold.

Bad Mc Ass is my pirate, I'm in the stronghold a lot too. Though finding people to kill around there can be a pain.

NuGo1988

Sooooo noobish, I know. But I made it ages ago and I'm not arsed changing it. I only play TFT, by the way. My copy of ROC was borrowed, and I had to give it back.


Bad Mc Ass is my pirate, I'm in the stronghold a lot too. Though finding people to kill around there can be a pain.

*is happy*
*decides to start playing Warcraft III online again*
*hopes to hide his pitiful stats*

And it's not as noobish as mine. I think it was Lord_Akria...
I mean, who puts Lord before their name nowadays? And who uses underscores? Foolishness on my part!