Games people play

[Skybird]

Let'S learn from the others. Maybe we miss something worth to be played.

What games/sims do you currently play with some regularity? That means: which titles do you actually/still spend time with - it does not mean what old bodies are residing on your HD but haven't been touched since ages?

Over here, I find myself spending time over and over again with these:

- Armed Assault
- Steel Beasts Pro
- Oblivion
- Flight Simulator 2004
- Conquest of the Aegean
- Virtual Pool 3
- (Chess)

[AVGWarhawk]

SH4
Call of Duty World at War(online)
Company of Heros(just picked it up and looks like an attention getter for a while)

[danlisa]

- Flight Simulator 2004
- Chessmaster (Chess)

These 2 are the only games I own that ALWAYS stay on my HDD. Infact, usually they're installed before most apps I own.

[Tchocky]

Haven't got much time for games at the minute, dropping in to STALKER and Il-2 mostly.

[kiwi_2005]

*Games that stay on my hdd *
Quake III
America's Army online
SH3 / SH4
Mass effect
Armies of Exigo
Battlefield 2
WoW
Warhammer online

[Happy Times]

Conquest of the Aegean

This looks interesting, can you tell more about it?:hmmm:

Im playing HOI2 with Stony Road mod and preparing to play SH3 and Empire TW soon, with mods.

[longam]

SH4
FSX
ArmA

Thats about it for me.

[Arclight]

At the moment:
Oblivion
Fallout 3
Assassin's Creed
Company of Heroes
Tomb Raider Underworld
Civilization 4
Silent Hunter 4
Flight Simulator X
World in Conflict
Empire Total War
X3 terran Conflict
Crysis/Crysis Warhead

Thinking of ordering Il-2 + Saitek X52 gear. :hmmm:

[AVGWarhawk]

I have the X52...good stick IMO.

[Dowly]

IL2
HAWX
Warhammer Online
FEAR 2
WH40K: Dawn of War series (just realised one day that I have never played the campaign for more than 2-3 missions :o)
ArmA

[stabiz]

rFactor.

[Skybird]

Conquest of the Aegean

This looks interesting, can you tell more about it?:hmmm:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147227

An extremely welldone, exceptionell strategy game. A benchmark title, and a must-have for any strategy wargamer. It realy takes something to get me away from my beloved old-fashioned hex-field cosims- and COTA got what it takes.

[SteamWake]

Railroad Tycoon :cool:

Ill add more when I get time.

[Arclight]

I have the X52...good stick IMO.Currently have Logitech Attack 3, very basic stick. Apart from the Saitek, I wouldn't know what is a good stick anyway.

I'm looking for an Il-2 compilation pack, but I can't find it anywhere. Local gameshop doesn't have anything Il-2, and the webshop where I always order only has original and a couple expansions. :-?

BTW: add Dangerous Waters to the list, think I'll be firing that up tonight. :yep:

[Spike88]

Flight Simulator X
Ragnarok Online
And then on my Ps3:
Rockband 2
Valkyrie Chronicles

[Janus]

What games do you have installed right now (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=148929) thread in Other naval games board.

[Annatar]

The Thief games are never off my HD.

I may seem incongruous, but the Thief games are very, very similar to games like SH3. There's an awful lot of quiet, cautious movement, stealthy observation, the weighing of risk versus reward and that nice balance of power where you have an ultimate advantage while you remain hidden, but as soon as you reveal yourself (or are detected) are incredibly vulnerable.

Thief 1 & 2 and SH3 are the only games where, after a play session I am left feeling a kind of mental and emotional exhaustion from being so drawn in to the atmosphere and being on edge the entire time.

Great games.

Edit - this isn't including Thief: Deadly Shadows, the third game, which is an abomination for a multitude of reasons.

[Spike88]

I need to get back into Oblivion. Bought the silvering isles expansion and have yet to go into it.

[SteamWake]

I need to get back into Oblivion. Bought the silvering isles expansion and have yet to go into it.

Im a big RPG fan and a fan of Morrowind but Oblivion left me flat.

I played it all the way through twice and just got to the point of "If I see one more gate Im gonna scream". All the 'gates' interiors were nearly identical.

Cant really tell you why but Oblivion left me flat.

There is a new RPG comming out by the good folks at BioWare Im really looking foward to "Dragonage Origins". Supposedly following the Baldur's Gate tradition which is a very good thing.

[GoldenRivet]

only games on my PC right now...

Silent Hunter 3
Flight Simulator X
Left 4 Dead

considering i live Flight Simulator X every day... it has been run maybe once in the past 10 months

[Sailor Steve]

Since the question was "What games are you currently playing?", I won't go into the stuff on my HD I load up once every blue moon.

Currently actively playing?

SH3
SH4




Jardinains

I hate you!:rotfl:

[NeonSamurai]

Games that are nearly always on my system?

X3 Reunion
Space Rangers 2 Reboot
Ultima 1-9 + U1,U2
Quest for Glory 1-5
ArmA
Falcon 4 Allied Force
Enemy Engaged Apache Havoc & Comanche Hokum + mods
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08
Diablo 2
Sim City 4 + Addon
Supreme Commander & addon
Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe (http://www.openttd.org/en/)
Shogun Total War
Evil Genius
Dungeon Keeper 2
TES Oblivion
Hitman 1-4
Fable
Need for Speed Underground 2 and NFS 4
Sid Meier's Pirates
Silent Hunter 3
Sniper Elite (best sniping game ever)
Swat 4 + addon
Steel Panthers WW2&MBT
Pirates of the Caribbean
Stalker Shadow of Chernobyl
Thief 1-3 (3 is personally my favorite, mainly because it cut back on the nonsense with arrows and alerted guards of the other 2)


They arn't all on my computer at once, but cycle and and off frequently. Also doesnt include most of my old dos games, or all the console games I use to own.

[Raptor1]

Too many to list, so just the ones I'm playing right now:

IL-2 1946
Red Baron 3D
Hearts of Iron II (with TRP)
Victoria: Revolutions (with VIP)
Conquest of the Aegean (I have to say this one is just brilliant, hope they make more wargames with the same system)
The Operational Art of War III
Jutland
Empire: Total War
Red Orchestra
Silent Hunter 4
Neverwinter Nights 2
Battlefield Heroes Beta

[SteamWake]

Games that are nearly always on my system?

X3 Reunion.


Did you see the new version of X3 is out?

[AVGWarhawk]

Neon...when do you eat or sleep? I don't think I have owned that many games....ever!

[Task Force]

Currently have Logitech Attack 3, very basic stick. Apart from the Saitek, I wouldn't know what is a good stick anyway.

I'm looking for an Il-2 compilation pack, but I can't find it anywhere. Local gameshop doesn't have anything Il-2, and the webshop where I always order only has original and a couple expansions. :-?

BTW: add Dangerous Waters to the list, think I'll be firing that up tonight. :yep:

You can get il2 1946 from ubisofts site as a download for 10 dollars.

[Arclight]

I can get it for 8 at my regular shop. :D

But isn't that just an expansion? I mean other Il-2 games listed there still cost 20, would be weird if the entire compilation then costs 8. Is 1946 standalone? There's so many Il-2 stuff it makes my head spin. :doh:
Neon...when do you eat or sleep? I don't think I have owned that many games....ever!What's "eat" and "sleep"?

The ego of a gamer is directly proportionate to the size of his collection. That, or the size of his videocard. :yep:

[Raptor1]

1946 is standalone and includes everything, so there's no point in buying anything else

[SteamWake]

I can get it for 8 at my regular shop. :D

But isn't that just an expansion? I mean other Il-2 games listed there still cost 20, would be weird if the entire compilation then costs 8. Or is 1946 standalone. There's so many Il-2 stuff it makes my head spin. :doh:

No its a standalone that includes Aces expansion and some other stuff.

[Arclight]

Awesome, thanks. :salute:

Btw I've been spying over on the Flightsim forum. Would really like to have a flight with the guys, if that's possible... and if you'll have me. :rotfl:

Will take a bit getting the hang of it, more used to flying jet-liners instead of fighters, but I'm a quick study and can follow orders. :yep:

[Task Force]

We accept everyboady. lol crashing is normal.:rotfl: Just look at are JG77 campaign.

except for spys.:lol:

[Raptor1]

We accept everyboady. lol crashing is normal.:rotfl: Just look at are JG77 campaign.

except for communist spys.:lol:

*cough* *cough*

We don't accept fascist spies!

Don't ever make that mistake again, or else... :stare:

[Task Force]

Ill change that to any spys... I still wonder about schroeder...:hmmm:

[NeonSamurai]

Did you see the new version of X3 is out?

Yep but I run a heavily (and personally) modded version of X3 with a huge pile of scripts on top of that. The thought of having to do it all over again with the new x3 makes me cringe. Especially as I redid all the stock ships and added in my own variants, the calculations took me 2 days to work out, and punching them all in took almost 2 weeks.

Some day ill switch over to X3TC, but I'm not in any rush (give it another year maybe).


Neon...when do you eat or sleep? I don't think I have owned that many games....ever!

Yes I do, and with school I hardly ever have time to play those games any more sadly. I own more then that list, those are just the ones that make the rounds fairly frequently. But several of those games go back several years to well over a decade (or two) ago.

[Skybird]

Games that are nearly always on my system?

No...
That means: which titles do you actually/still spend time with - it does not mean what old bodies are residing on your HD but haven't been touched since ages?
:D Now don't make this complicated!

[NeonSamurai]

All of them get installed and replayed when I have time to, so they all count. The only reason they may sit un-played on my hard drive is when I don't have time to play any games at all. They all don't get played all at once and all of them take tours on my hard drive. None of them are in permanent residence though (no game resides on my hard drive for more than 6 months).

I could actually add to that list too, but those are the ones that reside very frequently on my system (Reinstalled 8 or more times) or stay for very long periods on my drive (x3 for example).

Normally I only keep 4-8 games loaded up at a time, and switch them around every month or 2.

[SteamWake]

Yep but I run a heavily (and personally) modded version of X3 with a huge pile of scripts on top of that. The thought of having to do it all over again with the new x3 makes me cringe. Especially as I redid all the stock ships and added in my own variants, the calculations took me 2 days to work out, and punching them all in took almost 2 weeks.

Some day ill switch over to X3TC, but I'm not in any rush (give it another year maybe)..

Im sort of in the same boat, however X3 hasent been installed for quite some time now. I havent rushed out for the new version yet. Wonder if its on a single dvd instead of 6 friggen cd's now... :doh:

[Platapus]

Games that are nearly always on my system?

Sim City 4 + Addon
Evil Genius
Dungeon Keeper 2
Sid Meier's Pirates
Thief 1-3 (3 is personally my favorite, mainly because it cut back on the nonsense with arrows and alerted guards of the other 2)




Those are some of my favourite games also. Good to meet another Evil Genius fan. :yeah:


Sniper Elite (best sniping game ever)

Please tell me about this game. I like sniper games and I have played several bad ones. I would like to find a good one. Why do you think this is a good one?

[Thomen]

Im sort of in the same boat, however X3 hasent been installed for quite some time now. I havent rushed out for the new version yet. Wonder if its on a single dvd instead of 6 friggen cd's now... :doh:

You can get X3: Reunion 2.0 on DVD for something like $10. I think Newegg has it on sale for 9.99 or so.
But yea, the 6 CD install is just harsh. Somehow all my DVD or CD drives had problem reading the CD's while installing the game, but could read the disks just fine any other time. Ended up copying the disks on the HDD and install from there. Since then, I burn the X3 folders on DVD or copy them on an external drive.

[NeonSamurai]

Ya evil genius is one of my favorites, though i modded the heck out of it to fix some of what annoyed me that I could correct.


Ok now for Sniper Elite. I like it as its one of the best modeled sniper games I've yet to see. Breathing, wind and bullet drop are fully modeled, you can mask the sound of gunshots with artillery explosions (think enemy at the gates), and its got a pretty cool bullet camera (which can be turned off). It is not a perfect game though, and while I like the sniping aspects, I can't stand some of the unrealistic stuff in it.

My biggest 2 gripes is the rest of the game is 3rd person other then sniping, and you can crawl around with a ridiculous amount of ordinance. Such as a silenced p38, your current sniper rifle, a mg42 on your back, and a panzerschrek to go with it. You can have 150 rounds for the sniper rifle, near endless ammounts of mg ammo, 3 rocket rounds, several clips of pistol ammo, plus explosives (2 kinds), booby trap grenades, 2 types of regular grendades, and 2 different types of healing packs. All in all a crazy ammount of stuff to be packing around. Also the sniper rifles are not overly realistic (the bolt action one acts like a semi auto) but not horrible either, most of it is pretty minor. You also can't adjust the scope, but I don't think it was very common to during ww2 anyhow.

You also are forced to play offensively (very little letting the enemy come to you) and most of it spent slowly crawling around from cover to cover. Play it like an action game and you will probably die a lot. The ai isn't stupid either, they will stay under cover, try to flank, and have pretty good hearing. Other then that the campaign is pretty decent and fairly long.

Here is a review if you want more details. http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/sniperelite/review.html I don't agree with all of what is said in it (i didnt mind having to exfiltrate for example, it added to the sense of immersion). It is definatly a game that to play well takes time and a lot of patience.

Compared to the rest of the Sniper games out there, this one beats the heck out of them (but all the otherones ive seen or heard of were all cheap crap).

[Platapus]

Thanks for the information.

What I am looking for is a sniper game that encompasses the "hunting" aspects of a sniper.

Observing your target
predicting target movement
positioning for target engagement
Waiting
Fully modded shooting enviornment. Like you mentioned bullet drop, wind, ect.

I guess the sniper game market is more aligned with those players who want more action type games. I like the sneaking, observing, hiding and waiting type of games.

I might check this one out. Thanks for sharing your opinions on it.

[Platapus]

Anyone here play "death to spies"?

I found that game way too difficult to play.

[Stealth Hunter]

Call of Duty: World at War
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Fallout 3 (exceptional game)
Rome Total War
Medieval II Total War
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004
Day of Defeat Source
Battlefield 1942
Battlefield 2
Black & White 2 (a classic)
IL-2 1946
Red Baron 3D
Full Canvas Jacket Superpatch (for RB3D)
Silent Hunter III
Left4Dead

[Stealth Hunter]

Anyone here play "death to spies"?

I found that game way too difficult to play.

Yes.

I thought it was great in terms of graphics and its storyline, but the game mechanics on a whole were not very good IMO. The Germans were ALWAYS able to recognize you in disguise, the AI sometimes just behaved in an overall strange manner (like sounding alarms when there was no need to), and yes, it was also very difficult.

[Blacklight]

The main games I play right now are:

1. Extreme Warfare Revenge
This game is so addictive. I have trouble stopping myself from playing sometimes. It's definitely the game I spend the most time playing right now.

2. Dangerous Waters
3. City of Heroes
4. Silent Hunter III
5. Harpoon 3 Advanced Naval Warfare
6. Half Life 2

[Jimbuna]

Empire: Total War

[Raptor1]

Aye, Evil Genius is one of my favourites too, have to reinstall it somewhen

[Letum]

Steel Panthers: World at War and WINSPWW2
http://elite.cyber.cz/ELG/Spwaw/Spwaw.jpg
IL2:
http://www.cebudanderson.com/il2boc.jpg

And SH3

[mr chris]

Here is what is on my HD
SH3
ArmA
Empire Total War
Company Of Heroes + Opposing Fronts + Tales Of Valour

[panzer 49th]

in order from most played to least played are:

EVE Online
Half-Life 2
CoD WaW
Battlefield 2
Arma
Crysis
Crysis Warhead
SH4
SH3

[Bewolf]

In no particular order:

Empire: Total War
IL2
SH IV
Grand Theft Auto IV
DCS BLack Shark
Fallout 3

And soon to be, ARMA II