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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Muckmaw1 on November 16, 2004, 09:20:13 AM
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Maybe I'm getting old...
But games like Halo 2, and Grand Theft Auto 3 just do not interest me.
What's on the horizon for me as far as gaming goes?
What kind of gamer am I, anyway?
My favorite games of all time were
Aces High
Civ III
Ultima Online
Anyone of a dozen flight sims.
What's the next hot Online RPG?
Flight Sim?
Strategy/War?
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Ok, my favs:
Air Warrior
Counterstrike
Medal of Honor
Aces High.
Well - there is SOME pattern there.
Yes - what is next? I am buying a far better computer - I am up for it - just don't know what "it" is....
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Try Rome Total War, it has been keeping me busy for a while now.
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Muck,
You fall into the category of simulation gamer. Stuff like Halo 2, Doom 3, Half-Life 2, etc. aren't going to be your cup of tea :) I'd suggest taking a look at The Sims (don't let people fool you, it can be very addicting).. uhm, Evil Genuis just came out, it looks awesome. Check out the Roller Coaster Tycoon series, there's alot of strategy, management, and some great challenges in it. Plus.. you get to build freakin' rollercoasters. I've heard really good things about Rome: Total War, but haven't played it myself. The companies previous titles have been good thought. Warhammer 40k: Rites of War is awesome if you enjoy Warcraft-ish type games... okay so I was at Best Buy yesterday and now I've got a Christmas shopping list in my head...
My favorite games of all time:
All of the id Software titles (from Doom to Quake to Doom 3)
All of the Blizzard titles (from warcraft 1 to world of warcraft)
Counter-Strike
Call of Duty (short, but blows away the medal of honor games)
American McGee's Alice
The Sims!
RollerCoaster Tycoon 1, 2, & 3
City of Heroes (best mmorpg out right now imho)
Aces High II (didn't play 1, and this is the only flight sim I play)
The downside is you can really only play 1 massive online game at a time. Well, at least I can't play more than 1 anyways. Splitting your time between the two makes scores suffer & tangible skills slide away :)
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Try Rome Total War as someone else suggested. Then bump it up to the next level. I play from the grand stategic level and find it truly amazing. Especially when you start getting popular with the people and the Senate tosses out the mission to commit suicide...if you do then you gain popularity and prestige within the Senate but if you don't then you get outlawed and the other two houses of Rome along with the senate gang up on you and hunt you down.
Truly a great game when played from any perspective.
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Originally posted by Reschke
Try Rome Total War as someone else suggested. Then bump it up to the next level. I play from the grand stategic level and find it truly amazing. Especially when you start getting popular with the people and the Senate tosses out the mission to commit suicide...if you do then you gain popularity and prestige within the Senate but if you don't then you get outlawed and the other two houses of Rome along with the senate gang up on you and hunt you down.
Truly a great game when played from any perspective.
WTF?
I thought this was a war game.
There's politics??
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Combat Mission Series, if you like a good War Game.
Superpower 2 is a great strategy/political game.
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Originally posted by Muckmaw1
Maybe I'm getting old...
But games like Halo 2, and Grand Theft Auto 3 just do not interest me.
What's on the horizon for me as far as gaming goes?
What kind of gamer am I, anyway?
My favorite games of all time were
Aces High
Civ III
Ultima Online
Anyone of a dozen flight sims.
What's the next hot Online RPG?
Flight Sim?
Strategy/War?
Those games are for kids with consoles. LIke you most of my old favourites were the same as yours except for RPG's. As for games on the horizon I'll be pre ordering Silent Hunter III
But as for now, your already missing out. FS2004 is the greatest gaming experience I've ever had and over Vatsim it easily turns into the greatest sim. Especally when hand flying a steam gauge plane like the 722 over Scandinavia in Fall and making ILS landings on a foggy night.
Plus if you should still feel the need for some Quake like action AH still makes a nice compliment.
EGSS-ESMS
Taxi
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/davest/Taxi.jpg)
Climbout
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/davest/Climbout.jpg)
FL31
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/davest/FL31.jpg)
Finals
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/davest/Landing.jpg)
Plus there's always more to challange you, from Bush flying to my current favourite learning to operate the very complex RFP 742 and it's Delco Carousel IV-A Inertial Navigation System. Taking this on Vatsim is quite a challange especially when they start throwing in SID,STARS and Holds. :D
...-Gixer
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Might I suggest http://www.TheThirdReich.com ?
It's a WW2 infantry simulator. It just recently switched from UT2k4 over to Torque as the engine. Meaning it will be completely free.
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[machine voice] How about a nice game of chess? [/machine voice]
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My Favs:
Aces High
Falcon 4.0
Fighting Steel
X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter
Grand Prix Legends
(Have yet to find a great Armor combat sim)
New game coming out you might want to think of.
WINGS OVER VIETNAM.
Reported to be a good online sim you can fly with your buddies along the line of IL-2 with the detail of Falcon 4.0 on the aircraft.
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You might check out Eve Online.
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Originally posted by Jester
(Have yet to find a great Armor combat sim)
Combat Mission Series is not a Sim game(s) but it gives me my Armor addiction fix. Oleg and company are developing a similar title but with graphics along the line of IL2. WW2:RTS? I believe its called.
So you might be interested in those two titles, Jester.
I would love to see a True WW2 Tank Sim too.
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"Have yet to find a great Armor combat sim"
Have you tried WW2OL if you like tanks it's pretty good. Bit quake like but if you get involved with a squad you can have some good fun. Pretty intense at times too.
The tanks,optics,gunnery and physics are pretty good for a desktop PC.
...-Gixer
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Hey Gixer,
How do I get stated in vatsim, I have been to the web site but am having a hard time?
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Originally posted by AKWeav
You might check out Eve Online.
Eve Online is still $2.99 at Big Lots with a month free included, if you can find it. It's better than paying $19.99 for the download.
Anyone picked up EQ2 yet?
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Command & Conquer
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Hmmmm may have to check Big Lots on the way home today.
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Just for the hay of it, what kinda machine would be needed to play all the games that are out there? ok , maybe not all, if there's some crazyprettythang putting out a game way above the norm, but let's say the 'majority' of them there games?
BTW Gixer, I was looking for American Airlines something or other, and accidentally hit the Virtual American Airlines site. Them folks take that sim pretty seriously boy.
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Originally posted by airbumba
BTW Gixer, I was looking for American Airlines something or other, and accidentally hit the Virtual American Airlines site. Them folks take that sim pretty seriously boy.
Yeah all the Virtual Airlines are a bit different, some serious e.g exact planes,exact routes and they'll let you know if your not operating the plane to it's optimum fuel efficency. Some VA's have a very long recruitment procedure and all have a check ride test of one sort or another. And some you have to sit two or three 1 hour exams and a good pass mark before they will even consider you. All good though as it keeps the pilot quality high and the consolers out.
I've been studying the Ready For Pushback 742F for a few weeks now in preperation for their VA exam. Incredible plane, detail is amazing.
...-Gixer
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Hey Gixer,
what is the link for vatsim is it a .com? Only thing I can find on at vatsim.com is a search engine type thing telling me where to buy stuff.
I am preping for my IFR test and would love to go through some virtual scenarios etc online.
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Originally posted by mars01
Hey Gixer,
what is the link for vatsim is it a .com? Only thing I can find on at vatsim.com is a search engine type thing telling me where to buy stuff.
I am preping for my IFR test and would love to go through some virtual scenarios etc online.
http://WWW.VATSIM.NET
Once you get it hooked up, post a message in the forum that your doing your IFR test and one of the controllers will probably get in touch and hook up some scenarios for you.
Alot of the controllers are real world ATC as well or alteast been trained in that was a minimum.
Or if you can't be bothered with the to setup Vatsim go for Radar Contact V3 excellent ATC addon for FS2002 or 2004 and much better then the default MSFS ATC. You can call fuel emergancies and different procedures.
http://www.jdtllc.com/
If you choose a local airport to practice on makes it very interesting. I practiced alot with NZAA and the SID,STAR routines.
Best of luck with the IFR Test. Being a helo pilot we just land when it get's too dark to see. :D
...-Gixer
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Nice thanks Gixer!!!
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If you need a tutorial, then go to "Pilot resource center" on the VATSIM site and register. Then take the "Basic Pilot Training" course. It covers everything from setup to your first VFR and IFR flights.
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I downloaded all the Vatsim stuff, but cannot figure anything out!
It sure ain't like AH where you log in and everything sets itself up for you.
Mars, if you figure it out, let me know.
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Wolfala is (Was?) a controller with eskyworld. I'm not sure if he still is or not but I've got a handle on things using them and their program. I'd be happy to keep an eye on your progress and help you with your IFR checkride and prep.
It's the best rating you could ever get!
Commercial Single/Multi/Instrument
Working on my CFI/CFII so I could use the practice too :D
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I'm burned out on flight sims. Thinking about heading back to magic potions and rings etc. Thats the great thing about virtual reality - moving is cheap :D
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Brothers in Arms looks pretty interesting. It is probably the only fps I am really looking at picking up in the next few months. HL2 maybe but I'm still not that big into bug shooting, alien smashing gaming. Nothing against it, just never found that I liked it.
I might try it again though.
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Golfer,
I'm running New York at West Coast ATC (http://www.westcoastatc.com) Esky was going downhill faster then a redneck stuck inside of a goodyear so I jumped ship over a year ago.
Wolfala
Links from the site:
The Audio Experience - I was a solo controller on this one (http://207.150.221.96/eastcoa4/AudioIntro.wmv)
How to connect (http://www.westcoastatc.com/activesessions.shtml)
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Originally posted by Muckmaw1
I downloaded all the Vatsim stuff, but cannot figure anything out!
It sure ain't like AH where you log in and everything sets itself up for you.
Mars, if you figure it out, let me know.
This is how you setup the software:
Download FSUIPC, SBrelay, SQUAWKBOX 2.3 Beta and SBhost(included in SB?)
Install the software. You need to register FSUIPC with the SQUAWKBOX key code: LWVQ 7I2V 9GPB. When installing SQUAWKBOX, select FS2002 even if you are using FS2004.
This is no mandatory, but will help you a lot:
Download ServInfo program. It's a tool for checking where there are ATC services and pilots. You need it also to export a current serverlist to SQUAWKBOX.
Connecting:
Start SBrelay
Start FS2004
Setup a flight from the airport you want to fly from, with your aircraft NOT in the active rwy.
Select multiplayer connect.
Search for a session.
Connect to SBrelay with your callsign(your tail number).
Open SBhost from the modules menu in FS.
start SQUAWKBOX and enter your callsign, then serch for games(leave the ip field blank), then connect.
You should see the SQUAWKBOX window in FS2004 now. You are not connected to the network yet. You must read the tutorials first and know how to make a flight plan at this point before actually connecting.
I wrote this in haste so there might be some errors, but that's basically all there is to it!
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Muck,
The beta for World of Warcraft ends today. The game goes retail on Tuesday. I can tell you right now, this is by far the best online RPG ever concieved. The world is continuous (no zoning), the game content (questing, crafting, exploring, PvPing) is enormous, and the war (alliance vs. horde) is by far the most engaging player vs player setting that I've ever seen in an online rpg.
It's my new gold standard of how online RPGs should be built.
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Halflife 2 is very good...