showing 11 games
| name | publisher(developer) | year arrow_downward | description | |
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| CyberStorm2: Corporate Wars | Sierra On-Line (Dynamix) | 1998 | [53]***Optionally turn-based (with either sequential or simultaneous turns) or real-time.***[b]Minimum:[/b] * Windows 95 or NT4 * 133 MHz Pentium CPU * 24 MB RAM * 1 MB VRAM * 50 MB HD space | labelimageminimize |
| Dune 2000 | Westwood Studios (Intelligent Games) | 1998 | Virgin Interactive functioned as European distributor, not publisher. Essentially a remake of Dune 2 but the plot is different.***Latest version: 1.06 (as of 1998-12-17)***Remake of the classic strategy game [[gameid:42652 Dune 2]]. This one is compatible with Windows XP. [cjlee001] | labelimageminimize |
| Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri | Electronic Arts (Firaxis Games) | 1999 | Going under the banner 'Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri', this game had little or no direct input from Sid. It was instead handled by Brian Reynolds and Firaxis Studios. It is a continuation from Meier's meisterwerk Civilization II, picking up from where that game left off with a colony ship from earth being sent to Alpha Centauri. So it is, ostensibly, 'Civ... but in space!'. This is a sweeping statement, but AC borrows very heavily from Civ II, hardly touching the game mechanics (why mess with perfection? some would say). Little has been added save a custom unit workshop (as seen in many strategy titles) and automated governance for colonies. However the new factions are very well balanced and the future technologies believable and genuinely interesting. This game may not do much new, but it copies an old master with style and panache, while cleaning up a few of it's predecessor's rough edges. | labelimageminimize |
| Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire | Electronic Arts (Firaxis Games) | 1999 | labelimageminimize | |
| Civilization III | Atari (Firaxis Games) | 2001 | labelimageminimize | |
| Civilization IV | 2K Games (Firaxis Games) | 2005 | Civilization IV comes to life like never before in a beautifully detailed, living 3D world that elevates the gameplay experience to a whole new level. Heralded as one of the top ten games of 2005, Civilization IV is a must-have for gamers around the globe. [b]FEATURES[/b] -Faster-Paced Fun – Gameplay has been streamlined for a tighter, faster, and more compelling experience. -Greater Accessibility and Ease of Play – An easy-to-use interface will be immediately familiar to RTS and action game players, and newcomers to the series will be able to jump in and play. -Tech Tree – Flexible Tech tree allows players more strategic choices for developing their civilizations along unique paths. -More Civs, Units, and Improvements to enhance and grow your empire. -Multiplayer – LAN, Internet, PBEM, and Persistent Turn-Based Server (PTBS) offer players all-new strategies and ways to play when competing or cooperating with live opponents. -Team Play - Whether playing multiplayer or single player, team play offers a new way of setting locked alliances that result in shared wonder effects, visibility, unit trading, and shared territory that delivers a plethora of new strategic and tactical options. -Civ IV comes to life! - Beautiful 3D world with dozens of fully animated units (including culturally unique units), and totally customizable armies. Cities and wonders will appear on the map. Wonder movies are back! -Mods and Community Tools - Designed from the ground up for modability, the game contains a powerful map editor with XML and Python support. -Choose Your Leader – Most Civs now have 2 leaders from which to choose, with each Leader having traits that provide various bonuses to the player. -Civics – With the discovery of new techs, civic options can become available. Freedom of speech or slavery? Hereditary rule or open elections? This creates endless government choices and possibilities! -Religion – Now there are 7 religions in the game that are unlocked through researching. When unlocked, the religion spreads through a player’s empire allowing them to use the religion to help manage happiness, gain gold and create Great Prophets. -Great People - As the player uses specialists they gain Great People points in the city that is utilizing the specialists. Great People include the Artist, Tycoon, Prophet, Engineer, & Scientist. They can be used to get free techs, start Golden Ages, or join a city to increase its output. -Promotions – Each unit has a promotion path that emphasizes specific unit traits. Promotions include bonuses to Attack/Defend on specific terrains/features, movement bonuses, sight/visibility bonuses, and increased withdrawal chances. -In-Game Movies – Civ IV will have over 70 in-game movies.*** [100]*** [12]***If the idea of good game is to have inconsistent controls for the same action in different situations (right click works to remove all other items from build queue except the last, which you can only remove by the minus key in keyboard, not the numpad minus mind you... delete would've made more sense and it's actually more commonly used in [i]other[/i] games) and forcing the player to choose an action from "help" dialog instead of ignoring it (I suggest you disable the advisor pop-ups which are on by default, since you [i]must[/i] take the advice), then Civ4 is truly master of it. I can't imagine what drove them to so brilliantly disregard simple user friendliness. Mostly it works well, though, at least if you can ignore the problems it has. For me, these are aggravating shortcomings in the simplest things a game of this kind can have are too much. Unfortunately they're present in the final patch and Warlords/BtS expansions as well, so maybe I'm alone in this grievance for surely it would've been fixed otherwise.***Has been released on both 2 CDs and 1 DVD at some point. | labelimagesubject |
| Deliantra | author | 2006 | labelminimizeminimize | |
| Eschalon: Book I | Basilisk Games | 2007 | [spoiler=Level progress;Hide]2: 1k total XP 3: 2k (+1k XP) 4: 3.5k (+1.5k) 5: 5k (+1.5k) 6: 7k (+2k) 7: 11k (+4k) 8: 15k (+4k) 9: 20k (+5k) 10: 30k (+10k) Any subsequent levels take 10k XP (verified up to lvl 17)[/spoiler]***Latest version: 1.06 (as of 2010-09-02) Version history: * 1.05 (2009-01-19)***Eschalon: Book I is an old-school role-playing game that will take you across massive outdoor environments and deep into dozens of sprawling dungeons as you seek to uncover the mystery of who you are. It features a tile-built, turn-based game world where the result of absolutely every action is rolled, calculated or statistically determined. Hundreds of items and dozens of creatures await your discovery in this classically inspired RPG. * A tile-built, turn-based game world where the result of absolutely every action is rolled, calculated or statistically determined. Strategy is paramount to success; careful skill management, equipment selection and magic usage will win your fights, not rapid button clicking. We are very pleased to say this is not another "action RPG". * Hundreds of items and dozens of creatures await your discovery. A combination of randomly generated treasure and carefully hidden goodies means that no two games will play the exact same way. * Unlimited character development style: Choose from 24 unique skills to make the character you want and 8 base attributes that affect your character's every action throughout the game. The game world does not scale or adjust itself to match anyone's play style, so the ease or difficulty of the game is directly related to how successful you are at developing your character. * Combat plays out at your pace. Eschalon: Book I features a turn-based system that allows you to roll through combat as fast or slow you want...make it fast and furious, or analyze every option for maximum advantage. * A non-linear storyline means that the game world is open to explore as you desire. Follow the storyline or don't...it's up to you. Just be careful where you go and who you choose to trust- the world of Eschalon can be a deadly place for an inexperienced adventurer. * An epic adventure that you must face alone...a single-player RPG carefully designed to feel like the great old school RPGs of the past such as Ultima , Might & Magic , and Wizardry [?]***[spoiler=Show trailer;Hide...][media=youtube]FqSkCka_Ijg[/media][/spoiler]***The creator advertises that gameplay is, "the result of absolutely every action is rolled, calculated or statistically determined ", and it has a "combination of randomly generated treasure and carefully hidden goodies". The difficulty of the game is determined by the development of a character's skills and the adeptness of the player's using them. The story is not linear. Requires a 1.8 GHz CPU, 256 MB RAM, and a 3D card. [Zerothis] | labelimagesubject |
| Civilization V | 2K Games (Firaxis Games) | 2010 | In Civilization® V, players strive to become Ruler of the World by establishing and leading a civilization from the dawn of man into the space age, waging war, conducting diplomacy, discovering new technologies, going head-to-head with some of history’s greatest leaders and building the most powerful empire the world has ever known. [b]Belieavable world[/b] More than just a strategy game - the expanded visuals and immersive audio invite would - be kings to take up the reigns of power and forge a mighty empire. Civilization V offers a limitless variety of vast, realistic and diverse landscapes for players to explore, battle over and claim as their own. [b]Inviting presentation[/b] An intuitive interface eases both new players and Civ veterans into the game. Guided by a set of trusted advisors who will explain game functionality and provide counsel for significant decisions, even first-time players will be confident in the choices they make. [b]Huge battles[/b] Combat is more exciting and engaging than ever before. Wars between empires feel massive with armies spreading across the landscape.The addition of ranged bombardment allows players to fire weapons from behind the front lines, challenging players to develop clever new strategies to guarantee victory on the battlefield. [b]Live history[/b] Write your own epic story each time you play! Choose one of eighteen historical civilizations to lead from the stone-age to the space age on your quest to build the world’s most powerful empire. [b]Improved diplomacy[/b] Negotiate with some of history’s most cunning rulers, each with a well-crafted plan for victory. Successful diplomacy will depend on players carefully managing relationships with other leaders, trading items, plying them with gold, and deciding if they are friend or foe. City States will present a new diplomatic battleground on which the major powers of the world will vie for supremacy. [b]In-game community hub[/b] Compete with Civ players from all over the globe via the Internet, offering endless ways to rule the world. [b]Modability[/b] With unprecedented modding tools, players will have a nearly unlimited options for modifying Civilization V any way they like. | labelimagesubject |
| Civilization V - Gods and Kings | 2K Games (Firaxis Games) | 2012 | EAN-13: [code]5 026555 059268[/code]***Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gods and Kings is the first expansion pack for Civilization V - the critically acclaimed 2010 PC Game of the Year. This robust expansion covers the entire scope of time from founding your first Pantheon of the Gods and spreading religion across the world, to deploying your spies in enemy cities in order to steal information and technology. As you move through the ages, you’ll interact with new types of city-states, engage in new city-state quests and global competitions, and master exciting new systems for land and naval combat. Civilization V: Gods and Kings will also include nine new civilizations, nine new wonders, three original scenarios, and dozens of new units, buildings, and techs that will offer even more ways for players to expand their empire and dominate the world. [b]Key Features:[/b] * [b]Expanded Epic Game:[/b] The core game experience has been greatly expanded with the addition of new technologies (like Combined Arms), 27 new units (like the new 1-hex ranged unit Machine Gunner), 13 new buildings (like the Bomb Shelter), and 9 new Wonders (see below). Additionally, there are even more new units and buildings included in the three new Scenarios for modders to use. * [b]New Civilizations:[/b] The expansion will deliver 9 new civilizations, such as Carthage, Netherlands, the Celts, and the Maya (it is 2012, after all), along with their unique traits, units and buildings. The expansion also includes 9 new leaders including William I, Prince of Orange, Boudicca and Pacal the Great. * [b]Religion:[/b] A righteous people will seek out Faith to found a Pantheon of the Gods. As your Faith becomes stronger, you can cultivate Great Prophets who build on these simple beliefs to create a religion that you can customize and enhance as desired. Are you tolerant of other religions or is this the one true faith? Are you focused on Gold, Arts or Military? Beliefs can even unlock custom buildings that only people of your religion can construct. Great prophets, missionaries and inquisitors help you spread your beliefs to other lands and gain the alliances of City States, and like-minded civilizations. * [b]Enhanced Diplomacy and Espionage:[/b] Establish embassies at foreign courts for closer ties (or clandestine operations). As the religions of the world start settling in, and the world moves into the Renaissance, you unlock your first spy (with more to come). Send them out to establish surveillance of foreign cities, steal advanced technologies from your strongest or wisest competitors, or interfere with city-state alliances. All of your actions can have a diplomatic impact if discovered, so always tread carefully. * [b]City-States:[/b] Two new city-state types have been added (Mercantile and Religious) to bring all new advantages to the table. The city-state quest system has received a complete overhaul to decrease the importance of gold and add a whole range of new quests that further the narrative of the game, as well as make the diplomatic victory a more varied option. Ally with Marrakech to get access to their unique luxury resources! Vatican City and Jerusalem are holy cities that play key roles in the religious struggle. * [b]World Domination:[/b] The fight for world domination is now more dynamic than ever before. The Gods and Kings expansion features a reworked combat system and AI that puts more emphasis on a balanced army composition. The new system allows your lines to stand longer than they could before, so you, as a player, can make smarter tactical decisions without worrying about a single unlucky roll of the dice. * [b]Naval Combat:[/b] Your navy is now split into two different ship types, melee and ranged. This means that no coastal city should be considered safe, and can now fall to a surprise naval attack. Additionally, all embarked units now have Defensive Embarkation, and can stack with a naval unit for extra protection. Add to this the new Great Admiral, and the high seas have become a much more dangerous place. * [b]New Wonders:[/b] There will be 9 new Wonders with all new effects including Neuschwanstein, the Great Mosque of Djenne, the Terracotta Army, the Great Firewall, and the Hubble Space Telescope. [b]Three new Scenarios:[/b] * [b]Medieval:[/b] Grow your medieval kingdom into one of the great nations of Renaissance Europe, fending off outside invasions from Mongols and Ottoman Turks and fighting the religious wars of the Crusades and Reformation! * [b]Fall of Rome:[/b] Play as either Eastern Rome or Western Rome trying to fend off the barbarians OR as one of the barbarians themselves. * [b]Empires of the Smoky Skies:[/b] Build flying airships and huge tractor-like tanks from the unique tech tree of this Victorian science-fiction scenario, and use them to spread your empire across the pre-industrial world. | labelimagesubject |
| Hammerwatch | Crackshell | 2013 | A hack and slash action adventure, set in a fantasy pixel art environment. Solo or cooperate in this adventure from bottom to top of Castle Hammerwatch. Kill hordes of enemies with varied looks and features through four unique enviroments with traps, hidden secrets and puzzles. The game is inspired by the old Gauntlet-series, but adds a lot with online support, character development, complex levels, bosses, and much more. Like gauntlet, the focus is fast paced action, but with elements that forces you to think just a little bit more! Features: * 12 levels, divided between 4 acts * 4 different classes, with unique features and skills * Character development through unlocks and upgrades * Several different monsters all with different skills and abilities * 4 large bosses, which requires more strategy than just hacking * Survival mode, on small arena levels with waves of enemies just charging * Hardcore mode, also, hard, medium and easy of course * Controller support, supports various different gamepads * Multiplayer COOP, for up to four players, online, LAN and local * PC, MAC and Linux support * Mod and editing support, make your own levels and change other things to your liking | labelimagesubject |
