The Miscellaneous PC & vidya Games Thread

[Habbaku]

A couple Matrix Games I am...intrigued by:

https://www.matrixgames.com/news/shadow-empire-is-announced

No idea what the time frame is on that though, but it is a neat idea.

Same group that did the Decisive Campaigns series as well, so it's in good hands.

[Berkut]

A couple Matrix Games I am...intrigued by:

https://www.matrixgames.com/news/shadow-empire-is-announced

No idea what the time frame is on that though, but it is a neat idea.

Same group that did the Decisive Campaigns series as well, so it's in good hands.

Indeed, that alone was enough to pretty much get my onboard. Interesting topic I like, and a group that has already executed some damn good games...

[Tonitrus]

Shadow Empire looks like it will be great.  I think I will wait to hear what Berkut thinks of Warplan before buying.

Humankind is definitely something I will be looking at when it is released.

Thanks to both of you for noting them 

Indeed.  Though I can't help thinking something like a Roadwar 2000 mod could make it even better. 

[Tamas]

https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos_games?&sort=-downloads&page=8


TEH MEMORIES

[Syt]

Doesn't seem right that I see a whole bunch of games there that are sold on Steam or GOG.

[celedhring]

https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos_games?&sort=-downloads&page=8


TEH MEMORIES

Narco Police! I sucked so much at this game, I might avenge my 10 year old self 

[grumbler]

Doesn't seem right that I see a whole bunch of games there that are sold on Steam or GOG.

Why not?  All the GoG/Steam folks do is make them work and sell them for $5.  You can get them for free, like they did, and make them (maybe) work yourself.

[Syt]

https://www.matrixgames.com/news/warplan-will-be-released-on-october-24th

Is coming out this month. I am interested primarily because if the designers dev diaries. He has the right mindset, in that he looks at a game like this as a set of interesting and/or difficult choices, and how to present them to the player.

Preview gameplay stream (about 2.5 hours).

[Syt]

I've started playing the RPG Disco Elysium. It's bonkers, in a good way. And your skills keep talking to you. It kinda feels like playing Hunter S. Thompson/Raoul Duke. I had a discussion with my garish tie (it wanted me to do bad things), and my character has determined that he will have to sing karaoke in the shitty hotel lounge at some point.

[Syt]

Might be relevant to some people's interests here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1051420/Jeys_Empire/

Jey's Empire

Play as J.Edgar Hoover, legendary Director of the FBI, in this historical strategy-RPG game.

You will fight against the Mafia, the Communists, the Ku Klux Klan, the Black Panthers, the Weather Underground and many other dangerous organizations and groups.

You will also have the opportunity to investigate all the great cases of the Sixties, ranging from the assassination of Marilyn Monroe to of Kennedy's own shooting.

You are the master of secrets, pulling in the shadows, the strings of American political life.

A Management Rpg

In this, you manage your empire as you would with a classic management game.You interact in RPG mode with a fauna of henchmen, gangsters, and personalities of the 1960s.

Don't Get Fired!

Your enemies dream of getting rid of you. Cultivate your precious secret files and intelligence to always stay one step ahead of them.

[Syt]

Possible companion pieces:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/774091/Ostalgie_The_Berlin_Wall/

By the same people who remade Crisis in the Kremlin a few years back. As leader of one of the Eastern Block countries (GDR, Bulgaria, Poland, Romania), try to make it through the upheaval periods of 1989/90. Features party propaganda songs from all involved countries. (under €5.39)

There's an add on that adds Albania, CSSR, and Hungary. (€2.39)


For mono:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/950740/China_Maos_legacy/

Year 1976, the stormy Cultural revolution has died down, hard times of hongweibing and public critics are coming to an end. Old and sick Mao Zedong will soon leave China to his comrades from CPC. The Cold War is coming into a new phase and only you will determine what will China become and what place will it take in the world.
— Lead the People's Republic of China from 1976 to 1985
— Restore relations with the USSR and compete for the leadership in the socialist camp or become the conductor of USA's interests or forge your own path without looking at others
— Build a strong planned economy, lead the market reforms and invite investors from all over the world or fulfill communist's dream about automated state plan - the future of Chinese economy is in your hands
— Expand your influence, become the master of the Asian region, reach for the Europe - the restless world of Cold War gives you a lot of opportunities
— Watch over the Party - politicians want to reach higher places, plot and conspire. Your fellow party members may become your helpful allies or deadly enemies
— Remember that your actions will determine the world by the end of the XX century - will the Soviet Union fall apart, will the socialist camp fall, will DPRK become an outcast country, will you repeat the glorious path of China or will you manage even better?
(€5.99)

The full Kremlin/Ostalgie/Mao bundle is here:
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/6733/Perestroika_Democracy_Glasnost/

Not overly deep or complex, but also not overly expensive (Mao is the most expensive standalone).

[Valmy]

Pffft everybody knows the Mafia is a myth.

[Syt]

Former Army colonel talks about the realism in Radio Commander, the new Vietnam wargame:

https://www.wargamer.com/articles/radio-commander-realism/

[Syt]

Review of WarPlan:

https://www.wargamer.com/reviews/warplan/

In short: AI handles combat well, but is not good at the strategic level.

[Tamas]

For what it's worth, the deployment button bug has been fixed for the release version.