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What game should we play next?

Poll ended at June 2nd, 2024, 03:00

Uplink
2
22%
Elite 2: Frontier
0
No votes
SimEarth
0
No votes
Birthright: The Gorgon's Alliance
1
11%
Maelstrom
0
No votes
Ironseed
1
11%
Imperialism
1
11%
Merchant Prince
2
22%
Dominus
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No votes
Alien Legacy
2
22%
 
Total votes: 9
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Once upon a time there were good games, or so they say. Since we all know RPGs are gay, this is an opportunity for us to play something that isn't an RPG. I will try a similar model to the Adventure Guild and propose a number of old gems for our appraisal and playthrough. This won't be monthly, since nobody ain't got no time for that, but I will place a deadline to make things interesting. Since some of these games have no ending proper, I will just make up some completion criterion based on whatever we choose.

This is an opportunity to try some of the best games ever released, as some of these are true masterpieces.

For now I will include my own ideas, we can have suggestions later. Since I am lazy, the only criteria will be non-RPGs and not very recent either, whatever that means. Also game has to be good.

If there is enough interest (votes) we can go on with this. Pick yer poison.

Few links below for each of them:

Uplink - https://homeoftheunderdogs.net/game.php?id=3044
Elite 2: Frontier - https://homeoftheunderdogs.net/game.php?id=433
SimEarth - https://www.mobygames.com/game/1835/sim ... ng-planet/
Birthright: The Gorgon's Alliance - https://www.mobygames.com/game/1410/bir ... -alliance/
Maelstrom - http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/541/Maelstrom.html
Ironseed - https://www.mobygames.com/game/11777/ironseed/
Imperialism - https://www.mobygames.com/game/2558/imperialism/
Alien Legacy - http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/27116 ... egacy.html
Merchant Prince - https://www.mobygames.com/game/3902/mac ... he-prince/
Dominus - https://www.mobygames.com/game/3913/dominus/

* 7 days to vote

** Also I am forcing you to spam this thread to vote.
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Post by Vergil »

asf wrote: ↑ May 27th, 2024, 02:45
Since we all know RPGs are gay
Is that belief what drove you to join RPGHQ?
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Post by Irenaeus »

SimEarth or Imperialism

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Fixed poll
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Voted for Imperialism but could go either way with SimEarth and plenty of others.

Edit: consider adding Imperialism 2 in the future, it's even better.
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We now have an official image, I will edit the op later since im lazy.

Yes, there are many other options, I was trying to:

1 - not overload the poll with too much stuff;
2 - aim at more obscure stuff.

But no worries, if this goes ahead we can get many more suggestions later.

Edit: yes Imperialism 2 is better known, that is why I picked the first one, which is also very good.
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Might I recommend Imperialism 2? The theme is not quite as good, simply because it's been done before (age of sail), but it does fix the alliance bloc/treaties dogpile. The stuff you can do in colonies is a little better, too.

Ha, just now saw the other edits.
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The prince looks like kino.
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Alien Legacy looks interesting
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Alien Legacy is a fine choice. Just don't spoil yourselves if you play it, the story is interesting and more fun to go into it blind.
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Irenaeus wrote: ↑ May 27th, 2024, 02:48
SimEarth or Imperialism

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A Chinese opium den wrote: ↑ May 27th, 2024, 03:54
The prince looks like kino.
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Reminds me of good old Civilization or Colonization (the originals).
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no bad choices here
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Post by Nammu Archag »

Don't know anything about any of these so I have no clue what to vote for
YOU'RE GONNA CARRY THAT WEIGHT
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The point is to get to know the good old stuff. And, like I said, can't go wrong with any of these games.
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► Machiavelli the Prince
Machiavelli the Prince (The remake of Merchant Prince) looks pretty detailed and it is even on sale at the moment on GOG. I'm throwing my vote behind that one. Let the trade war begin!
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Nicollo Machiavelli stunned the world with his brutal analysis of power politics in government and religion. Now you can use those same devious strategies to conquer your rivals in this addicting simulation of 14th Century political life.

"A prudent ruler must not honor his word when it places him at a disadvantage."

Based on the multiple award-winning game Merchant Prince, Machiavelli the Prince allows you to rule the world and acquire cast wealth and power. You'll trade exotic goods with over 40 cities. You'll manipulate political and religious institutions using bribery, slander, and assassination. You'll field mercenary armies capable of crushing your enemy on medieval battlefields. And you'll experience it all through brand-new graphics.

"A wise prince should rely on what he controls, not on what he cannot control."
► Alien Legacy
Asf is right about Alien Legacy. Don't look up anything beyond the manual this isn't the kind of game you'll play through multiple times and the journey to the end is a good one. It used to be hard to get this one working on a modern OS but DOSBox has it listed as fully supported so everything should be good to go. If Alien Legacy is selected make sure you are running the CDROM version, not only does it add voices but it also fixes many gaming ending bugs. If you can get it to work this one IS worth playing through.

There is a known bug you'll need to dodge in Alien Legacy but it is an easy one to avoid. Do not create 3 bases on Hermes (2 at most is fine) or the game will crash during a certain event.

► Imperialism
From what I've been reading unfortunately Imperialism 1 is very unstable crashing often. It does look like an interesting 4X game but I'd rather not wrestle with bugs at the moment.
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Uplink is tempting.
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We might need to consider tiebreaker criteria
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asf wrote: ↑ May 28th, 2024, 00:55
We might need to consider tiebreaker criteria
Say you're deciding via RNG but instead secretly pick your favorite option
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SpellSword wrote: ↑ May 27th, 2024, 18:42
If Alien Legacy is selected make sure you are running the CDROM version, not only does it add voices but it also fixes many gaming ending bugs. If you can get it to work this one IS worth playing through.

There is a known bug you'll need to dodge in Alien Legacy but it is an easy one to avoid. Do not create 3 bases on Hermes (2 at most is fine) or the game will crash during a certain event.
That game had a lot more bugs than that. It just straight up breaks if you follow your urge to CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL PYLONS and thus build stuff constantly.
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SpellSword wrote: ↑ May 27th, 2024, 18:42
Nicollo Machiavelli
May their blood be cursed for all ages for getting his name wrong. It's Niccolò Machiavelli.

Alla tu mamma gli cago in-nicollo, cane di gog.

Birtright: TGA is one of the few AD&D derivative games I never laid an eye upon. I vote for that one.
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gay

also time is almost up
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It is over and it is a tie between 3 games. Now I have to think on a tiebreaker.
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In the case of a tie, go with whatever @Ratcatcher voted for.
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he is too gay
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I used to play the shit out of this game and I totally forgot it existed.

Makes me wanna give it another whirl.
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if only you had voted before the deadline
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since i cant think of anything fun, i will just make another poll
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Shillitron wrote: ↑ June 5th, 2024, 15:34
I used to play the shit out of this game and I totally forgot it existed.

Makes me wanna give it another whirl.
It got a nice community facelift some years ago.
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