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LeoNatan
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Nexus - The Jupiter Incident
Not that recent, but still looks beautiful, and is one of the best space tactics/strategy game out there. It has a bit steep learning curve, but if you are willing, you are in for a treat. 
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| Posted: Sun, 29th Mar 2009 12:28 Post subject: |
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Props on Nexus; absolutely nothing better for space tactical.
I get the feeling the op is looking for more 4x type gameplay though.. sadly none come to immediate mind.
I'll put out the default Homeworld 2 though; its purely RTS however. (hell is not even recent, but sure doesn't look old)
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dr-nix
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| Posted: Sun, 29th Mar 2009 12:30 Post subject: |
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It might not be exactly what you were asking for but Reunion is in the ballpark atleast.
I suggest you check it out (it's abandonware). It's a dosgame so you need dosbox or something like that.
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BKarza
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| Posted: Sun, 29th Mar 2009 14:48 Post subject: |
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| dr-nix wrote: |
I suggest you check it out (it's abandonware). It's a dosgame so you need dosbox or something like that. |
That sounds pretty recent!
lol, just fukin wid ya. I heard that was a great game but never played it.
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dr-nix
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| Posted: Sun, 29th Mar 2009 15:41 Post subject: |
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| BKarza wrote: | | dr-nix wrote: |
I suggest you check it out (it's abandonware). It's a dosgame so you need dosbox or something like that. |
That sounds pretty recent!
lol, just fukin wid ya. I heard that was a great game but never played it. |
It's a good game, one of the first games i had on cd, It's not a cd-rom game but i got it on a burned disc when i installed a multimedia kit into my PC (Dx4 486 100mhz 8mb ram 512mb hdd). Got it from the guy who installed it. It had a alot of sweet games and stuff (from the time, win95 was brand new at the time).
Anyways for me it's partly nostalgia but i genuinely think it's a good game. It's a tad short but thats never really bothered me.
PS! a multimedia kit was/is: a cd-rom, a soundcard, speakers and some apps/games.
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| Posted: Sun, 29th Mar 2009 18:51 Post subject: |
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Sins is probably about the best choice you have for space strategy. only issue i have with it is the Impulse crap for patches (and yes i own the game) and that the game has a tendency to drag on.
Hegemonia, Conquest: Frontier Wars, and ORB are some other titles id recommend looking into.
and you gotta at least try EVE online at some point.
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| Posted: Sun, 29th Mar 2009 19:30 Post subject: |
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Sword of the Stars with the 2 addons.
It's light on the world micro-management but excels in the ship building and combat.
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zipfero
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| Posted: Sun, 29th Mar 2009 20:03 Post subject: |
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They are not recent but the Homeworld games are iconic for this genre.
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| Posted: Sun, 29th Mar 2009 21:02 Post subject: |
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+1 to Hegemonia I really liked that game
+1 to Nexus - The Jupiter Incident as well. If I recalled correctly this game was much more tactical and if I recall correctly there wasn't any planet management or building of new ships either. So losing a ship and its appoint officers meant they were gone forever. This is the type of game I prefer because you actually have to care about your units and try to avoid causalities.
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| Posted: Sun, 29th Mar 2009 21:50 Post subject: |
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| NuclearShadow wrote: |
+1 to Nexus - The Jupiter Incident as well. If I recalled correctly this game was much more tactical and if I recall correctly there wasn't any planet management or building of new ships either. So losing a ship and its appoint officers meant they were gone forever. This is the type of game I prefer because you actually have to care about your units and try to avoid causalities. |
The commanders didnt die if I remember right and you get a new ship with basic equipment
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| Posted: Sun, 29th Mar 2009 22:02 Post subject: |
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| Madagar wrote: | | NuclearShadow wrote: |
+1 to Nexus - The Jupiter Incident as well. If I recalled correctly this game was much more tactical and if I recall correctly there wasn't any planet management or building of new ships either. So losing a ship and its appoint officers meant they were gone forever. This is the type of game I prefer because you actually have to care about your units and try to avoid causalities. |
The commanders didnt die if I remember right and you get a new ship with basic equipment |
Its been a long time since I played it so you may be right. Perhaps there was a chance of them dying but it wasn't 100%? Can anyone here remember?
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| Posted: Sun, 29th Mar 2009 22:04 Post subject: |
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zmed
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| Posted: Sun, 29th Mar 2009 22:14 Post subject: |
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Alien Legacy is pure awesomeness, definitely one of my favorite games despite its age.
Homeworld 1 is also excellent, and truely unique, as is the stand-alone expansion pack. Homeworld 2 is decent, but doesn't quite reach the level of the first one.
As for some more 4x'ish games, the Space Empires and Master of Orion games are my favorites.
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lhzr
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| Posted: Mon, 30th Mar 2009 10:18 Post subject: |
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Well hell, if you guys are pulling out the old stuff, don't neglect to mention Master of Orion 2 alongside it 
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| Posted: Mon, 30th Mar 2009 10:25 Post subject: |
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True, I still play Master of Orion 1.
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| Posted: Mon, 30th Mar 2009 10:51 Post subject: |
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Imperium Galactica I + II are great 4x games.
I'm still hoping for a true third part (Nexus was supposed to be IG III before it was renamed and transformed into a tactical game).
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| Posted: Mon, 30th Mar 2009 11:16 Post subject: |
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I'm still amazed that in the good old days games had 2mb and they had better gameplay than the ones we have today with several GB of data.
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| Posted: Mon, 30th Mar 2009 11:19 Post subject: |
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thats because back then game developers cared, now they just follow their absolute orders from the publisher.
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| Posted: Mon, 30th Mar 2009 11:55 Post subject: |
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i would give another game, a pretty decent game: Star Wars Empire at War + Forces of Corruption. can't say it can compete with HW2 and Nexus which are my favourite space-rts game, but this game is still pretty good.
or you could just try Spore and advance to space age. awesome
and i must say, i am glad there are other Nexus players around here. really liked the game. quite good gameplay, but i bit boring story. anyway, i am still playing it from time to time!
EDIT: if you're interested in skirmish or have a few friends, try playing Star Trek Armada 2 but only if it's modded. i would recommend Fleet Operation mod
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zmed
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zmed
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| Posted: Mon, 30th Mar 2009 12:11 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Mon, 30th Mar 2009 12:14 Post subject: |
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I save time and hassle with DOSBox by using D-Fend Reloaded. It's an awesome front-end for DOXbox and makes configuring games, including CD-mounting, a breeze.
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| Posted: Mon, 30th Mar 2009 12:19 Post subject: |
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I wouldn't link to that directly, mate. You'll get in shit with the mods (there's NO such thing as "abandonware" - it's still illegal warez) *chuckles* Why do you think I didn't link to it?
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