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Post by fallen on Sept 6, 2015 10:14:33 GMT -5
Thanks to everyone voting on their favorite type of game! Always interesting to learn more about you all  |
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Post by Cory Trese on Sept 6, 2015 10:15:10 GMT -5
I like games that scale. Where you can play "on autopilot" to kill time OR allows you to get really detailed tweaking minutia if you prefer. Turn based games with long term goals that get you trapped in a "I'll play one more turn" cycle. Do you feel that Star Traders is the former or the later? |
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Post by Cg on Sept 6, 2015 11:19:00 GMT -5
I like games that scale. Where you can play "on autopilot" to kill time OR allows you to get really detailed tweaking minutia if you prefer. Turn based games with long term goals that get you trapped in a "I'll play one more turn" cycle. Hmmm. Highly suspicious post from Bobsoup. <Cg, squints steadily through the sniper scope>. I suspect "on autopilot", means that he likes playing CASUAL games. <sound of .50 calibre round, entering the breech, and a metallic clunk, as the bolt slides home>. "Duck CdrPlatypus. Incoming towards the "SoupBoy". =) |
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Post by Cory Trese on Sept 6, 2015 17:54:42 GMT -5
I think the later part of his statement ... "really detailed tweaking" discounts most games I would categorize as casual.
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Post by slayernz on Sept 6, 2015 21:19:55 GMT -5
I suck at tap-quick games where you need a lot of hand-eye co-ordination. In saying that, I love most games ... and yes, I love casual games. Plants vs Zombies and other mindless "let's play this when I only have 5 minutes free" games are good. I love deeper RPG and story-based games but don't like picking them up and only playing them for brief snippets. You can't get immersed in the story and the spell of a game when you only have 5 minutes free.
However - cake - eating. I have to pick a genre. Aaaargh ... I'm a cat. 9 lives = 9 choices right?
If I have time to play - any game that has a decent story and good development has me. That includes RPGs AND strategy games, because if done well, both are just as engrossing as the other. Sandbox games aren't normally as appealing because they lack purpose. Yes, ST RPG is a sandbox game in that the story is a little vague, but that's where the character development and the multiple layers of game play get me.
My biggest problem is that recently I've had no time to play much at all - stoopid work. It means when I do have small periods of downtime, I do end up doing the casual game thing because I don't have the time/energy to commit to absorbing myself into the world of Steel - or even saving the quadrant from Xenos. Stoopid work!
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Post by CdrPlatypus on Sept 6, 2015 23:01:07 GMT -5
Cg Sounds like I need to suit up and get the keys to my gundam
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Post by bobsoup on Sept 7, 2015 8:45:43 GMT -5
I like games that scale. Where you can play "on autopilot" to kill time OR allows you to get really detailed tweaking minutia if you prefer. Turn based games with long term goals that get you trapped in a "I'll play one more turn" cycle. Hmmm. Highly suspicious post from Bobsoup. <Cg, squints steadily through the sniper scope>. I suspect "on autopilot", means that he likes playing CASUAL games. <sound of .50 calibre round, entering the breech, and a metallic clunk, as the bolt slides home>. "Duck CdrPlatypus. Incoming towards the "SoupBoy". =) A little of both. Yes. Something you can play casually yet can really fine tune and tweak it and get into the nuts and bolts. I guess what I'm saying is ideal a game that is simple enough to understand and play casually, but one with lots of parts and depth that you can really tweak the hell out of it to get that slight advantage. I think most TB games are like that. You can play them on an easier level without really thinking, but there is a lot of depth to them, lots of room to fiddle and adjust settings to get things a little better. I think Star Traders has that. HoS has that. Cyber Knights has that as does TA. |
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Post by Cory Trese on Sept 7, 2015 9:27:07 GMT -5
I think ST probably has it the best of all, IMO.
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Post by fallen on Sept 7, 2015 11:23:37 GMT -5
Neck and neck, strategy and RPG.  |
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Post by Cg on Sept 7, 2015 13:08:48 GMT -5
Neck and neck, strategy and RPG. Sounds like you'll be creating Cyber Knights 2 next then.  |
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Post by En1gma on Sept 7, 2015 14:49:38 GMT -5
Nah... Legends of Steel, clearly |
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Post by Cg on Sept 7, 2015 15:06:31 GMT -5
Nah... Legends of Steel, clearly Nah. You just stick to your cooking games, and leave the really tough executive decisions to us sock puppets.  After all. We're 'gonna rule the world eventually. Bwa ha ha ha haaaaaaar. |
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Post by CdrPlatypus on Sept 7, 2015 21:02:03 GMT -5
I would like to see CK2 as the next major project. I love the setting of CK, but it is really showing it's age in comparison to the newer TB games. Especially pathing, UI / UX
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Post by fallen on Sept 7, 2015 21:05:14 GMT -5
I would like to see CK2 as the next major project. I love the setting of CK, but it is really showing it's age in comparison to the newer TB games. Especially pathing, UI / UX Played Templar Assault recently |
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Post by CdrPlatypus on Sept 7, 2015 21:09:36 GMT -5
fallen sorry but I hate the turning mechanic in TA
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