I remember those games, but never got into them. They were very pretty at the time and I liked how they simulated a city. But if I am going for sprite based games, I'm going Rise of Nations. But my RTS time is being taken up by Company of Heroes 2.

Edit: How do you get those 1998 game running on a modern machine? Or is it GoG working the magic?

eieio

United States14512 Posts

January 14 2015 15:41 GMT

#4562

I used to play a lot of RoN/Empire Earth/Age of Empires but they don't give me the same satisfaction when it comes to actually building a city.

It's hard for me to play a classic RTS other than BW/SC2 and I can't really play them just for fun. Whereas while Caesar III has some minor combat mechanics it's much more focused on just building and managing a city.

Plus the cities look really cool when you build them all the way up.

Slardar

Canada7596 Posts

January 14 2015 15:43 GMT

#4563

Age of Empires 2 and Caesar ....damn...the memories. Those games were tight as hell. Tempted to buy AoE 2 HD on Steam.

eieio

United States14512 Posts

January 14 2015 15:44 GMT

#4564

On January 15 2015 00:39 Plansix wrote:
Edit: How do you get those 1998 game running on a modern machine? Or is it GoG working the magic?

In the past I've gone through a bunch of nonsense with torrents and sketchy programs but I'm no longer a student so in this case I downloaded from Amazon for $6 and it just works. GoG had the same price I believe.

On January 15 2015 00:43 Slardar wrote:
Age of Empires 2 and Caesar ....damn...the memories. Those games were tight as hell. Tempted to buy AoE 2 HD on Steam.

AoE 2 is super legit. Also probably the top player in AoE2, TheViper, streams it pretty regularly: http://www.twitch.tv/tyrant_theviper

Torte de Lini

Germany38463 Posts

January 14 2015 15:46 GMT

#4565

Im waiting on Cities: Skylines.

It looks like everything Simcity 2013 should have been

eieio

United States14512 Posts

January 14 2015 15:51 GMT

#4566

On January 15 2015 00:44 eieio wrote:

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AoE 2 is super legit. Also probably the top player in AoE2, TheViper, streams it pretty regularly: http://www.twitch.tv/tyrant_theviper

Also worth mentioning that AoE 2 still has a relatively active community in case you guys didn't know. There are about 1.5k people playing right now on Voobly. It's no BW but it's definitely still fun to play sometimes.

Torte de Lini

Germany38463 Posts

January 14 2015 15:56 GMT

#4567

I bought AOE2 HD, why no one play the DLC?

eieio

United States14512 Posts

January 14 2015 15:59 GMT

#4568

Not sure what AoE2 HD entails but everyone on Voobly plays AoE 2 Conquerors. No idea whether AoE2 HD is compatible.

I haven't been active in AoE in years wish I could be more helpful lol

Kupon3ss

時の回廊10066 Posts

January 14 2015 16:15 GMT

#4569

AOE2 HD is basically the equivalent in that community to jokes like starbow
its just still modded orignal AOE2 for anybody who takes the game even slightly seriously

Plansix

United States60190 Posts

January 14 2015 16:18 GMT

#4570

Don't mock Starbow, that thing is Esports Jesus. I know, I saw it on reddit and they all said the people who made it should work for Blizzard.

That mod was fun, but god the people who made it and their fans drank to much Koolaid.

eieio

United States14512 Posts

January 14 2015 16:33 GMT

#4571

I had to google to confirm, but Starbow is that weird BW mod for SC2 right?

So AOE 2 HD is some kind of AOE 2 mod for AOE 3? I had just assumed it was AOE2 with updated textures or something lol

BluemoonSC

SoCal8933 Posts

January 14 2015 16:35 GMT

#4572

ya starbow was bw for sc2 with some sc2 units also. it was really good.

teddyoojo

Germany22369 Posts

January 14 2015 16:41 GMT

#4573

last year i played the settlers 2 gold edition (the really old one not the remake) for like 20 hours until i got too bored
HOLY SHIT this game is slow

Slardar

Canada7596 Posts

January 14 2015 16:49 GMT

#4574

Compared to something like Civ it's mach speed.

Crusnik

United States5378 Posts

January 14 2015 16:52 GMT

#4575

On January 14 2015 17:21 Erasme wrote:

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How ? Homunculii are humans created with the philosophal stone as their core
they represent all the human features their father rejected
doesnt seem that stupid to me

Brotherhood spoiler
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IN Brotherhood Homunculii were created from some sort of alchemy in which the original was a bottled mass of something, while in FMA they were created when people tried human transmutation. I prefer the FMA anime explanation over Brotherhood/manga just because of that.

Slardar

Canada7596 Posts

January 14 2015 16:53 GMT

#4576

Weren't they all created by the Father or some shit? You're telling me only 7 people attempted human transmutation ever, that sounds even less plausible.

teddyoojo

Germany22369 Posts

January 14 2015 16:56 GMT

#4577

i only know homunculus from ragnarok

Plansix

United States60190 Posts

January 14 2015 16:59 GMT

#4578

The homunculii were more interesting in the original anime since they were failed attempts to bring back loved ones. There were literally walking embodiments of the sin of pride and an attempt to play god. Although I enjoyed the fights in Brother Hood, I liked the overall tone of the original series, focusing on attempts to play god. The concept that the homunculi were trying to trick someone into make the philosopher's stone was a much creepier plot and goal for the villains.

Plus the villain was much more interesting than a giant power house that required an army to kill. The whole WW2 thing sucked balls, but I am willing to let it pass and pretend I don’t know what is on the other side of the door.

Also, when are series going to learn that telling us what is on the other side of the “door” is bad? Not knowing is better. The unknowns is scarier than the known.

On January 15 2015 01:53 Slardar wrote:
Weren't they all created by the Father or some shit? You're telling me only 7 people attempted human transmutation ever, that sounds even less plausible.

They also needed to eat the red stone to obtain a form and be immortal. If they didn't they just died. Some many people could have tried, but only the "villain" and Eds father knew that you could feed them red stone to make them more powerful.