| BraveNewWorld said: Civilization V I've logged nearly 600 hours... I sometimes take week to month long breaks, but I always come back. It's an intricate and engrossing game. I've actually learned a lot from this game. Wanting to learn more about historical figures. Pokemon series I've logged hundreds of hours on some installments... Pokemon Red was probably one of the first games I ever owned. I can actually remember riding home with my mom with the game in my hands. Back when they were in awesome, but impractical, cardboard boxes. I downloaded Pokemon X off the eShop at midnight so I could play it ASAP. I ended up having to wait like 2 hours for it to download, but I didn't have to drive to Walmart. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare I've logged about 700 hours... played the shit out of its multiplayer for two years. Now its online is the domain of hackers. At the time it was addictive, I got all the way to 10th prestige, and had all 5 gold weapons. I was damn good at the game. No Call of Duty since has captured the magic. Fantastic map designs and balanced weaponry/perks made it the pinnacle of the series. Zoo Tycoon I played the first and second installments when I was in grade school. They were addicting and are probably the reason I like intricate strategy games like Civ now. I actually kinda want to play them now... It's a shame the series is dead - the Xbox One game doesn't count. |
Interesting choices. I also have quite the attachment for Pokémon, I've been playing Pokémon Y though once I beat the Elite 4 the game kinda grinded to a halt for me. It's good but there's very little "end game", hell, the Elite 4 don't even use complete teams. If you have less than 6 Pokémon, you're holding back. Kinda made me feel a little cheated at the end.
If you like Zoo Tycoon, have you tried Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 Platinum Edition. You can get it on Steam and GoG.com for around £15 and it's really worth it. Unfortunately this shitty laptop will groan if I attempt to run it. Platinum Edition allows you to build Water Parks and Safari Parks, which might be right up your ally if you liked Zoo Tycoon... it's a bit of a tone shift but one worth going for if you're wanting something similar to play.
As for Civ 5. Hmmm... I had a major issue with it. It just felt like too many steps backwards, especially with the way the government system worked. Sure combat is improved but when your government is basically a World Of Warcraft style talent tree rather than an actual government simulation with statistical changed and options, it just loses something for me. Personally I think Civilization 4: Beyond The Sword, with the community mod Rise Of Mankind is the purest and best Civ experience you can have and it just blows Civ 5 out of the water for depth and complexity. I highly recommend it if you've not tried it.
The last one... again I still don't get it. Is it the fantasy of being a soldier that allows you to sink into the role or what? I always imagined CoD to be simply an adrenaline rush kind of game. Same as me with Burnout 3 or Need For Speed. I've spent hundreds of hours on them and love them but I can't "get lost in them" because there's no world, characters, or story. It's like pure arcade fun, a completely different feeling. I assumed multiplayer FPSs are much the same, have I got this wrong?
