The Discussion Thread - Day 27! - 16th Greatest Game Event

[Bofferbrauer2]

#40: This game series from Stardock got often called a successor to Master of Magic, here in it's third iteration.

1. It's the technically the third iteration like I mentioned above, but also the first iteration, as the second replaced the first and the third replaced the second one entirely.
2. You start with a sovereign of your selected nation and build an Empire (evil races) or Kingdom (righteous races) out of it
3. If you follow the story, you'll find out that it's actually a prequel to the Galactic Civilizations series, as the planet is Altair, the homeworld of the Altarians.
4. Your units, you design, but your heroes, you recruit and equip personally.

#39: Thwart a global alien invasion with your handful of soldiers

1. It's an hommage of a series that was big in the 90's and still gets some games out now, but unlike those who mostly played in the future, this one starts in an alternate late 70's.
2. Unlike the X-COM series, here telepathy does nothing
3. You start out with assault rifles and will go over laser to plasma weaponry later in the game 

#38: The weaponry of your character includes 19th century cavalry pistols, shotguns, a Tommy gun, a minigun, rocket launcher, quad laser and a 17th century cannon... which fires chargeable depleted uranium cannonballs Serious Sam: The First Encounter, as found by UnderwaterFunktown

1. You wander through ancient Egypt looking for a lost spaceship.
2. Many of the ennemies are actually beheaded and hold their head in one of their hands - unless they're kamikaze.

#37: When this Nintendo game was announced, very fe believed it could be a success, but it sold so well that Nintendo ended up publicly apologizing for not delivering enough copies in Japan. Splatoon, found out by drbunnig

Last edited by Bofferbrauer2 - on 25 November 2025