[quote who="boshimi336" reply="5" id="3330910"] Jesus. Got lots of questions. [/quote] Took the words right out of my mind.
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[quote who="Kamamura_CZ" reply="40" id="3330194"] Imperialism 2[/quote] Another great game (and really hard to beat the AI)
Civilization II - the best game I've ever played, period. I logged more hours in that game than most others combined I think.
It wasn't bad, really...as far as ends of the world go. I've seen better though. As I recall, the previous one was better as I got to eat Mexican food that day (my favorite). Looking forward to the next one.
[quote who="awuffleablehedgie" reply="7" id="2716148"]boner actually means "mistake" on the east-coast it's really only a west-coast slang that's been popularized on the internet. My pastor at church said it once, it was pretty hilarious. [/quote] As a pastor on the west coast, I found this pretty funny!
This is an excellent tool. I used the free version for a few months and upgraded to the pro. You can access it from anywhere if you have a smartphone or an ipad. Good stuff.
You fail to be influenced by something that fails to be clear in what it is.
[quote who="sareth01" reply="2" id="3240470"]To me, sins proved that all 4x should be real time. Any game design that doesn't have full real time isn't interesting to me anymore.[/quote] To each his own. I played Sins for a few hours and got bored (as I do with all RTS games). On the other hand, I love turn-based games.
Try opening your Task Manager (right-click on task bar on bottom of screen, select "Task Manager"). See if there are any processes that are using an unusually high percentage of your CPU. That might help you find what's slowing your computer down.
Not only bloated, but butt ugly IMO...
Civilization Revolution is halfway decent IMO. You can get the lite version for free and try it out. Then, if you like it, purchase the full version.
Banned on the count of because.
Distant Worlds and the expansion packs are currently on 33% discount on Matrix (which seldom has sales). Check it out here: http://www.matrixgames.com/news/949/Distant.Worlds.-.Legends.Receives.Massive.Update.and.Sale!
[quote who="Pbhead" reply="15" id="3212107"]SC2K aww ya [/quote] The first computer game I ever bought. Before we got married, my wife's roommate in college was irritated because I was playing it at 1:30 am in their dorm room. Good times...
Europa Universalis IV is on the way! Announcement Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONWTGEZKzn8 Introduction to some of the games features: http://www.gamespot.com/events/gamescom-2012/video.html?sid=6391927
Plethora of Paradox games on sale at Amazon--entire package for $19.99. Includes: Victoria II Crusader Kings II (w/ DLC) Warlock: Master of the Arcane Magicka Collection Majesty II Collection
[quote who="KrdaxDrkrun" reply="22863" id="3196588"]Quoting heft, reply 22861 ? That's a hefty question ohohohohohoho[/quote] I was "Glad" to see your reply...
I would give you karma, but karma is like back holes. Everyone has at least one...
Now Gamersgate has a Summer Sale: http://www.gamersgate.com/games?prio=relevance&q=paradoxsummersale
Apple Macintosh Performa 6110 60 Mhz PPC CPU 8 MB RAM 700 MB HD 4x CD-ROM 3.5" Floppy Drive Mac OS 7.5 It cost me $2000 I got mad when I went to the store and found out that the only games that would play on my Mac were on one little shelf. ...I had a Palm Pilot in 2004 that was more powerful!
[quote who="Jythier" reply="44" id="3189687"]Can anyone tell me what EU3 has that EU2 didn't?[/quote] Better graphics, resolution scaling, the AI can handle the merchants for you...
[quote who="pacov" reply="49" id="3189531"]ed on July 11, 2011. Metacritic score of 80. I'll check out some reviews and take a look later. Thanks![/quote] There is also a demo you can download here: http://www.gamershell.com/download_82572.shtml
For anyone who liked Panzer General, this modernized version--Panzer Corps--is awesome - it's currently on sale for $19.99: http://www.matrixgames.com/products/399/details/PanzerCorps
Vintage (pre-2000): Civ 2 SimCity 2000 Imperialism II Master of Orion II Alpha Centauri Newer: SimCity 4 Civilization V Galactic Civilizations 2 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Panzer Corps