The Miscellaneous PC & vidya Games Thread

[Norgy]

TW: Attila is sort of fun. Harder than Rome II, which is good. The Western Roman Empire is as good as gone into various splinters with hordes roaming everywhere by 406. So don't expect much in terms of historical accuracy. Some tribes, like the Geats, for no apparent reason went horde and ended up in Mauretania. 

[Ed Anger]

Polishing the turd time from Tamas.

I've read the previous on the game, and it looks like it's maybe the first Vietnam game to try and properly simulate the conflict, i.e. the uncertainty of where the enemy is, trying to locate the (randomized) Ho Chi Minh trail, and the difficulty of using conventional forces to counter this.

I just like giving Tamas shit.

[Syt]

[Martinus]

So, Sid Meier's Starships looks like MOO set in Civ:BE universe and is out next month. 

[Razgovory]

Homeworld is tough.  I have very little idea what I'm doing most of the time.

[Habbaku]

But what about the game?

[grumbler]

Polishing the turd time from Tamas.

I've read the previous on the game, and it looks like it's maybe the first Vietnam game to try and properly simulate the conflict, i.e. the uncertainty of where the enemy is, trying to locate the (randomized) Ho Chi Minh trail, and the difficulty of using conventional forces to counter this.

Grunt did most of this in 1971.  The VC player could secretly choose which scenario was actually being played (and thus, the victory conditions), and one of the choices had no VC units at all - the US player had to declare the area VC-free by turn X (turn 10 or turn 20, I can't remember) or lose the game.  That was the most interesting game mechanic (because it forced the US player to take risks to force combat if there actually were any VC) I can remember.  The downside was that, unless I played my friend Armen, no VC player had the patience to play a game in which he was just faking it, in order to set up games where he was not.

[Norgy]

I've been entertained by "Dead State".

[Syt]

Languish the Game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jEHPH30NVc

[Syt]

"There's not much writing and one hour in the lines start repeating themselves." Yup, Languish.

[Syt]

'Pregnancy' is an interactive short story where the player attempts to influence the decisions of a 14 year old girl about the future of her pregnancy.

Lilla Sandor is the protagonist of 'Pregnancy'. She is a 14 year old girl who lives in Hungary. Lilla gets pregnant after being abused by a criminal and she is confused about what to do with the child she carries in her womb. The player acts as the voice of conscience influencing and guiding the young girl's decisions.

[CountDeMoney]

Languish the Game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jEHPH30NVc

That's awesome. 
"If you're poor, stop being poor."  How long have they had an account here?

[Norgy]

I'd probably buy that.

"Dead State" is apparently still in alpha or beta or ceta or whatever, but it has gotten me hooked. Just like the series "The Walking Dead", it is eerie and keeping people happy is not only hard, but in my experience nigh-on impossible. It's like "Dwarf Fortress" with zombie apocalypse survivors being unhappy about, well, everything. It's hard enough to build a good enough shelter from scavenging parts and it gets harder with some severe morale maluses (is that malii?) when people don't get their deodorant, cigars or coffee beans.
I'd recommend this game for anyone who enjoys turn-based combat and thinks the end of the world as we know it based in Texas seems enjoyable.

[Syt]

Is that the one that computes stuff for when you're not in game, i.e. you have to play regularly to stay on top of things?

[garbon]

No that is State of Decay which isn't turn based.