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    Quote Originally Posted by Rhiannon
    I play IceWind Dale here at home (offline), I have all the expansion packs, and I totally love it! I'm addicted, I'll admit it.
    I also liked Icewind Dale. It was a fun tromp but never got the expansion packs as I played it long, long ago.

    On the PC, if you like Icewind Dale, Neverwinter Nights is pretty decent. Elder Scrolls III/Morrowind also is amazing, but requires a beefy PC.

    You would probably love Everquest-II, Rhia, but it really requires a beefy PC. I wouldn't attempt to play on anything less than a 2.0ghz cpu or higher, 1 gig of ram (more preferrably), broadband and a 128-256mb 3D videocard from the past year. It's rocked for the past 3 months, but I'm losing interest in it- typical horse and carrot of Sony games where the reward vs. time investment starts to strongly diminish. They hook you with fast progression and nice rewards, then this flips massively after some point and it becomes "6 hours to make a measurable progression" thing. Good way to secure more monthly subscriptions though.

    For old-style RPG's, the console games are pretty hard to beat for value. You can usually find awesome console RPG's in the bargain bin for like $10 and there are no hardware concerns. PS2 has a ton of old-school style RPG's, and tons of older ones that are still good targetted at the PS1. (Star Ocean, all the Baldur's Gate series, Breath of Fire, Suikoden, Shadow Hearts, etc.etc.)

    AoM- I played quite a bit but never got the expansion. I like realtime strategy games, but after Total Annihilation, all RTS's have just seemed to pale by comparison. I still play TA, but whipped through AoM and uninstalled it afterwards (much like Starcraft, Warcraft3, C&C Generals, etc.etc.)... being totally spoiled by TA. It just seems most other RTS's are all about the resource and build rush, then the Zerg pounding of the enemy with all you got for the win. In TA, you could create devastating combinations of 3-4 tier attacks (punch a hole in their defenses with small/weak fast units, accompanied by air support, then march in the slower, heavier ground units through the hole created) and there was MUCH more strategy, and less "march 40 units while madly clicking."

    We (my roommate and I) played AoE for a while but that was short lived. Civilizations-II + expansion has had much longer holding value. Civi-II rocks... never been a game with so much value since Heroes of M&M hehe.

    I've got Battle for Middle Earth still in the box.. been hesitating on installing it as between EQ2, Halflife2, Civi-2 and work, there already is no time for anything else! heh. Can't wait to try it though.

    Too many damn games!
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    I've played EQ for the past five years.Can't really get into the fun stuff on dial-up...I did play tribes 1 when it first came out...funnest four months online i've ever had.EQ is a good game.You meet new people everytime you play.

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    I've played Day of Defeat
    CL, you are just so damn hot.

    I have a question for those into Age of Empires--is this the same thing as the game called simply "Empires"?
    No, Age of Empires is a Microsoft title that should install to any half decent system without issue.
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    Quote Originally Posted by polecat
    I also liked Icewind Dale. It was a fun tromp but never got the expansion packs as I played it long, long ago.

    On the PC, if you like Icewind Dale, Neverwinter Nights is pretty decent. Elder Scrolls III/Morrowind also is amazing, but requires a beefy PC.

    You would probably love Everquest-II, Rhia, but it really requires a beefy PC. I wouldn't attempt to play on anything less than a 2.0ghz cpu or higher, 1 gig of ram (more preferrably), broadband and a 128-256mb 3D videocard from the past year. It's rocked for the past 3 months, but I'm losing interest in it- typical horse and carrot of Sony games where the reward vs. time investment starts to strongly diminish. They hook you with fast progression and nice rewards, then this flips massively after some point and it becomes "6 hours to make a measurable progression" thing. Good way to secure more monthly subscriptions though.

    For old-style RPG's, the console games are pretty hard to beat for value. You can usually find awesome console RPG's in the bargain bin for like $10 and there are no hardware concerns. PS2 has a ton of old-school style RPG's, and tons of older ones that are still good targetted at the PS1. (Star Ocean, all the Baldur's Gate series, Breath of Fire, Suikoden, Shadow Hearts, etc.etc.)

    AoM- I played quite a bit but never got the expansion. I like realtime strategy games, but after Total Annihilation, all RTS's have just seemed to pale by comparison. I still play TA, but whipped through AoM and uninstalled it afterwards (much like Starcraft, Warcraft3, C&C Generals, etc.etc.)... being totally spoiled by TA. It just seems most other RTS's are all about the resource and build rush, then the Zerg pounding of the enemy with all you got for the win. In TA, you could create devastating combinations of 3-4 tier attacks (punch a hole in their defenses with small/weak fast units, accompanied by air support, then march in the slower, heavier ground units through the hole created) and there was MUCH more strategy, and less "march 40 units while madly clicking."

    We (my roommate and I) played AoE for a while but that was short lived. Civilizations-II + expansion has had much longer holding value. Civi-II rocks... never been a game with so much value since Heroes of M&M hehe.

    I've got Battle for Middle Earth still in the box.. been hesitating on installing it as between EQ2, Halflife2, Civi-2 and work, there already is no time for anything else! heh. Can't wait to try it though.

    Too many damn games!
    Oooh! Thank you for all the info PC!

    I definitely recommend that at some point you get the expansion packs for IceWind. Like I said, it kept me very busy, even though I don't like the combat. But, I fixed that, and went online and found a bunch of "cheats". LOL.. So, whenever I come across a battle, I just pause the game and hit a key, and they "explode". Heh, I think that's more fun that fighting, seeing them blow up (very bloody too I must add), by just touching a button. Heh, it rocks.

    Morrowind! Arg! You know what? I actually own that whole pack of games (I think it came with 2 expansion packs plus the construction set), and when I installed it and tried to run it on my computer, it informed me that it wouldn't run unless my settings were at (I think) 16-bit true color. My Dell, that has an on-board graphics card, doesn't have a setting for that. Gah. I really really really wanted to play this game, so the hubby and I went out and got me a new video card (I can't remember which one it is now, but it's one of the newest ones). Wait, was it you that gave me that awesome screensaver after I got the card? Anyhoo, I was so happy that I'd be able to play the game, and went and installed it again. It came up with yet ANOTHER error, saying that it was missing some files. After trying to re-install it, I got the same error. So, I gave up. LOL.. The game is still sitting right here in my tower, but I can't play it

    I'm definitely going to get Neverwind Nights though. That's another one I've had in my hands and have ditched for something else. I absolutely love IceWind, and I think NN is some kind of sequel to it? Not sure, but I want it!

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    the bf recommends, in addition to Neverwinter Nights, Baldur's Gate and Fall Out. I feel ya on the games you have but can't play, my copies of Planescape: Torment and SoulBringer did the exact same thing. >.<

    Bf: Also recommending: The Total War series [Rome Total War, Medieval Total War, Shogun Total War] those are the most amazing games I've ever played as far as strategy goes. Might be hard to find, but BirthRight: Gorgon's Alliance is the best game I've ever played, because it was a roleplaying game / strategy game. it's like 6 or 7 years old, so will cost about $4. Right up there with Civ-II, only a lot simpler. Evil Genius also looks fun, haven't played yet, though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CrescentLuna
    Might be hard to find, but BirthRight: Gorgon's Alliance is the best game I've ever played, because it was a roleplaying game / strategy game. it's like 6 or 7 years old, so will cost about $4.
    Or free, if ya know where to go online...

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    i don't do online gaming

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    I would just like to thank everyone for my brand new addiction.. LOL

    I broke down and went and got AoM last night. I LOVE it!

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    Halo 2 is crazy online, but ive noticed that some players on it seem to think its really life and go a bit mad with the swearing when they're trying to kill someone.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lurker_001
    I've played EQ for the past five years.Can't really get into the fun stuff on dial-up...I did play tribes 1 when it first came out...funnest four months online i've ever had.EQ is a good game.You meet new people everytime you play.
    My last boyfriend is a EQ addict, he plays it non stop and has three computers dedicated to playing it.

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    A friend of mine has four Star Wars Galaxies characters running on as many computers. That's all the dude does nowadays. Work and play SWG, it's insane.

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    Incidentally, i'm busy downloading a copy of Warhammer 40000 Dawn of War. I'll let folk know how it is once it's all done.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Madcap
    Incidentally, i'm busy downloading a copy of Warhammer 40000 Dawn of War. I'll let folk know how it is once it's all done.
    I've been playing it for weeks now. It's good. The campaign sucks major rocks, but do the skirmishes. I'm playing them all at the "insane" level now. I just wish the AI was just a little better at assaults. A bit too many suicide attacks. However, fun game.

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    Hey Pumpkin I love The Longest Journey!! Usually people haven't heard of it. It's exciting and has excellant graphics. It's probably more geared toward women than men since the main character is a girl and there's little fighting. It's a very long game and a very long journey with alot of voice acting. That's my favorite game although my bf criticisized it as not enough strategy and "a point and click game." (It's not an online game though.)

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    Quote Originally Posted by cottoncandy
    Hey Pumpkin I love The Longest Journey!! Usually people haven't heard of it. It's exciting and has excellant graphics. It's probably more geared toward women than men since the main character is a girl and there's little fighting. It's a very long game and a very long journey with alot of voice acting. That's my favorite game although my bf criticisized it as not enough strategy and "a point and click game." (It's not an online game though.)
    All that reviewed "The Longest Journey" that I know were guys. I don't think a female character repells guys. *cough* Lara Croft *cough* However, yes, there's no fighting/combat in the adventure. But the visuals, characters, plots, and sub-plots more than make up for that. Besides, combat would be out of place in the adventure.

    However, I will have to admit that I used an online walk-through for the game at times when the puzzles were too hard to do. Usually because you had to be surgically precise with the mouse's cursor to reveal some of them. Normally, I'd hold that against any game, but the characters, plot, and sub-plots were what I was more interested in than the puzzles.

    And if you loved "The Longest Journey", get "Syberia". Technically it isn't made by the same company, but, in reality, it is by the same programming team. As soon as you fire up Syberia, you'll know it was done by the same people as "The Longest Journey". The company that did "The Longest Journey" refused to do a sequel to it and instead devoted their time to launching a so-so MMORPG by the name of "Anarchy Online". To promote their MMORPG, they widely publicized that the same development team that developed the widely-acclaimed "The Longest Journey" were helping develop "Anarchy Online". But anyone that played both knows that was a lie. Fortunately, the development team of "The Longest Journey" found another home and created "Syberia". Oh, and they've already released "Syberia II".

    And if you'd like to start up a thread discussing one or the other or both, I'd definitely be up for that. "The Longest Journey" is very much a discussion point for those that played it.

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    Incidentally, i'm busy downloading a copy of Warhammer 40000 Dawn of War. I'll let folk know how it is once it's all done.
    It's pretty good. There's an expansion pack on the way.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CrescentLuna
    the bf recommends, in addition to Neverwinter Nights, Baldur's Gate and Fall Out.
    Fallout 2 is right up there with the best RPGs ever. If you're a graphics nazi, you won't like it, as it's way behind the curve in that area (hey, it's old) but it has some of the best (and funniest) gameplay/storyline that you'll see.

    Show me another RPG where you can be forced, shotgun wedding style, into a (gay or otherwise) marriage (and subsequently pimp out your spouse), be rewarded for blowing up a nuclear reactor and killing an innocent township, become a porn star for extra money, join the mob, disrupt the four horsemen of the apocalypse at their card game, and save the world.

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    Fallout and Fallout 2 were the best RPGs ever made. Cannot wait for Fallout 3, being done right now by Bethesda Software.

    Enough with the fucking fairies in pink panties--bring on the mutants with miniguns!
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    ^ Is that confirmed, or still rumor? They have the license, but are they doing anything with it?
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    ^ It's in development, using a new engine; they are tossing the engine that was in development at Interplay.

    Check out NMA for all your geek Fallout needs.

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    im addicted to the sims but my boyfriend is a gaming loser. all he does is play shadowbane. i can never get him off the damn computer. then again im always on it too. lol
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    Yep, Dawn of War is quite addicting...

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    hey lilith. i used to be a aom fan too. i bought/started to play the original aom since the 1st day it came out. but quitted after about half a year cuz i was a big poseidon fan and it was underpowered imo and i couldn't remain at high(not top lol) level competition anymore. then i went back to aoc(latest version of age of empires series, already been out for several years and considering dying though) and play on msn zone. age series always been fun for me and nice to see some gamers here lol

    btw this is my first post and hey to all.

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    I decided I was going to avoid PC/video games totally right before I turned 31, I get way to addicted to them. I guess that's better than being addicted to drugs, but it's not as good as being addicted to FEEEMALES!

    The last PC game I played was World of Warcraft and had just got a Huntress( http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...sextdwarf2.jpg ) to level 60(level cap). I'm going to miss her but I'd rather invest my time on real life females than an online one...

    Oh yeah, I played Dark Age of Camelot too but sold my accounts when World of Warcraft went live.

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