Non-mainstream games and why you like them -

Havoc · #31 12-05-2009, 03:34 PM

Damnit now I want pizza.

*Goes to make pizza*

***Nate*** · #32 12-05-2009, 04:29 PM

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If we can consider post-DotT/Monkey Island point&click games non-mainstream, I'd also mention Woodruff & the Schnibble of Azimuth and The Neverhood. I don't think they are widely known, but they were entertaining. I guess the necessity to go through an insanely long corridor just to pick up a cassette at the end, then go back is reason enough for someone to steer clear of The Neverhood. That's probably the only frustrating part of the game though.

I would say that the end of the Golden Age of Adventure Games was Grim Fandango. Anything after that can probably cound as 'non-mainstream'.

As for The Neverhood; I really, really want to play that but it's not available on any of the online distribution places.

Currently caning the shit out of Eufloria's Dark Matter Mode. Also occassionally playing Audiosurf.

Taco · #33 12-05-2009, 07:21 PM

50 points to whoever can guess this one:

moxco · #34 12-05-2009, 09:13 PM

All these pictures bring back memories of old RTS's. They just don't make them like they used to. I still, time to time play, starcraft and AOE I and II.

Is that sudden strike (two, I think) ? I remeber a friend of mine had it.

Taco · #35 12-05-2009, 09:27 PM

Yeah it is SS2. Really good gameplay, i liked the focus on tactics and using abilities as opposed to spending too much time on building up a base like in other RTS'

used:) · #36 12-05-2009, 09:36 PM

Has anyone happened to have played Tropico 3? I really liked the first Tropico and I'm curious to know what it's like under a different company. It's Kalypso Media and they're the same guys who did Imperium Romanum if any of you have played that.

Taco · #37 12-05-2009, 09:43 PM

My friend has Tropico 3 and is apparently addicted to it. He said it's loads of fun and theres an emphasis on politics in the game.. but I wouldn't know, I've never actually played a tropico game. the reviews for this one are pretty good though

used:) · #38 12-05-2009, 09:57 PM

Try the first one. It's well-designed, humorous, and has a good system of managing your island. Did I mention it's well-designed? The buildings look so beautifully gritty and stereotypically Latin American. If you can, get one with the Paradise Island expansion pack because it has cool new buildings and gameplay factors.

I'm really looking forward to playing Tropico 3 now. Finally, my peasants will have CARS.

Taco · #39 12-05-2009, 10:10 PM

I'll get tropico. You guys make we want to get it. And by get I mean torrent it shamelessly because I blow my money on other things (not hookers).

Nah I'm just kidding guys, torrenting is immoral and illegal

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Has anyone tried the most recent Anno game? is it any good?

Mac Sirloin · #40 12-06-2009, 08:40 AM

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As for The Neverhood; I really, really want to play that but it's not available on any of the online distribution places.

Goddamn dude, just pirate it. This is one of those times where it's okay.

Leto · #41 12-06-2009, 01:12 PM

dungeon keeper isn't "non-mainstream" (what a horrible fucking term), but it is awesome. love that series. wish dungeon keeper 3 was finished/released.

slig# 5719 · #42 12-06-2009, 01:24 PM

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dungeon keeper isn't "non-mainstream" (what a horrible fucking term), but it is awesome. love that series. wish dungeon keeper 3 was finished/released.

A while ago I heard an obscured rumor that some korean company has the rights to make an online RPG based on the DK series. Whether it's true or not is beyond me...

I have no idea how it would work.

MA · #43 12-06-2009, 01:36 PM

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hooray for dungeon keeper 2! i've had that for years. it stoped working a year ago =( (probably wouldn't work on vista anyway).

i bought DK2 a few months back and it worked on Vista. but when i first played it the screen was black, with sound. you have to adjust a setting in the installation menu wotsit. cant remember exactly what it was, but it was fine afterwards.

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Classics you might not have heard of; GeneWars, Magic Carpet, Master of Magic, The Clue!, Mad TV

i remember this. first saw it on PC around a relatives. good times.

also Eye Of The Beholder, Crystal Dragon, Orc Attack and Beverly Hills Cop (i think) on the Amiga 1200. Orc Attack especially.

EDIT: shit, sorry if these have already been answered, i didn't see the second page.

enchilado · #44 12-06-2009, 01:45 PM

Heroes of Might and Magic II was pretty good. I don't know how to tell if something's mainstream or not, I don't do a lot of gaming and my knowledge of a game is most likely no more than "Picked it up at a Garage Sale, it's good shit," but Neverwinter Knights (forget that it's Forgotten Realms) is an interesting fantasy RPG. The main reason I like it is the easy-to-use campaign editor.

Leto · #45 12-06-2009, 01:47 PM

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A while ago I heard an obscured rumor that some korean company has the rights to make an online RPG based on the DK series. Whether it's true or not is beyond me...

I have no idea how it would work.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeon..._Keeper_Online

slig# 5719 · #46 12-06-2009, 03:09 PM

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeon..._Keeper_Online

That might have been what I read

. Except my feeble brain must have mushed things up.

I'm not sure if this is Mainstream but:

The Guild 2, buggy as a full scale Cockroach infestation, but still a good game. Seems to have a cheese toast fixation too.

***Nate*** · #47 12-06-2009, 04:23 PM

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Goddamn dude, just pirate it. This is one of those times where it's okay.

Probably, but getting it through Steam increases the likelihood of a) it working and b) it not having half the content hacked out to decrease the download.

Taco · #48 12-06-2009, 09:52 PM

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"non-mainstream" (what a horrible fucking term)

Why? This entire section of the forum is called Non-Oddworld Gaming. And I can't call all non-mainstream games 'indie' because there might be generic games produced by well known companies that not a lot of people have played.

Anyway back on topic, who here has played Serious Sam: The first encounter ?

MeechMunchie · #49 12-07-2009, 09:42 AM

DK1 is actually free now, apparently. The company decided they couldn't make any more money out of it, so they released it into the amazing electrical webulator.

enchilado · #50 12-07-2009, 02:08 PM

I want OWI to release the A.L.I.V.E. engine as open-source.

Taco · #51 12-07-2009, 06:56 PM

An SDK included in the Oddbox with the open-source engine would be interesting.... Don't think it's gonna happen though

enchilado · #52 12-07-2009, 07:10 PM

Don't care about an SDK, just want the engine. It's not your own game if you use one of them.

Phylum · #53 12-07-2009, 11:46 PM

The A.L.I.V.E engine is far too convoluted for an engine to be worth anything. The limits would be limitless.

enchilado · #54 12-08-2009, 12:07 AM

Damnation. I guess we'll need an SDK after all.

Taco · #55 12-08-2009, 03:13 AM

A level editor would be fun, for stress relief. I'd make a closed box with abe and a bunch of Glukkons. Slapping them into walls should provide a few hours' worth of enternetainment

Mac Sirloin · #56 12-09-2009, 09:21 AM

Wasn't SW made with the Unreal engine or something?

An SDK for that would be godly.