Intelligent games, I'm running out.
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I would definitely recommend Trine. You've got a choice of three characters (thief, warrior, wizard) who are for some rather contrived reason are all in one body; you choose which you want to play at any given time. The puzzles are all physics based, and the characters have different abilities which you need to solve the puzzles and get to the end of the level. The wizard can conjure various objects, the thief has a grappling hook and a variety of Garrett-style arrows, and the warrior has a sword and a shield. The graphics are beautiful and the voice acting is amazing. The levels are very, very well designed, and you feel as though someone spent an awful lot of time working on it and making sure that there are massive numbers of ways to solve each level, meaning that even if one of your characters dies you can still complete it. Another way in which it sets itself out from other platformer/puzzle games is that any mistakes you make are purely your own. There are no blind leaps, no unavoidable instant-death-traps that you have to learn, nothing like that. If you screw up, then you know that it was your fault, not the game's, which is what I like in a game.CrysisMcGee said:
There are a couple of minor niggles. Firstly, while the combat is good (there's an interesting blocking mechanic with the warrior's shield, etc), the variety of enemies is frankly shoddy; it's just different varieties of skeletons. Which is fine, just a bit repetitive, and most of the time they're just part of another set of obstacles, so it doesn't really matter anyway. Secondly, there's a fairy-tale theme going on, which some people apparently disliked. Personally, I loved it; it felt amazingly familiar, as though some family member were reading me a bedtime story. As I said, the voice-acting is superb. Finally, the game isn't all that long. I forget how long exactly, but it's not a massive amount. On the other hand, this thing has replayability in spades, especially if you have a friend around for the co-op mode, which is also excellent. Think of it as buying a luxury box of chocolates or something: you might only get a single layer of them, but what you get is simply fantastic.
Otherwise, yeah, Portal is pretty much mandatory, as is the Thief series (I'd recommend starting with the Dark Project, despite its age, simply for the story. If you can't stand the final levels then watch the cutscenes on YouTube and jump to the second, which is Metal Age. The third one - Deadly Shadows - is iffy, but is worth it just for the Shalebridge Cradle level, which is the scariest thing I've ever done in a game). Thief is definitely one of the best game series of all time, and well worth playing through. I could write pages and pages about its merits.
I also found something quite fun the other day by the name of Arx Fatalis, a fantasy RPG for Xbox and PC. It's got a good setting and fun world to play in, solid combat and a pretty interesting way of casting spells which I liked a lot. The version I had was a little bugged, but that might have been because it was an "acquired" copy from a friend. Anyway, it's worth a look.
I just bought Civilization 4, and I'm having a great time with that. Although the first still holds a dear place in my heart.
Unfortunatley, "Acquiring" is the only method to get a lot of games. The first Thirf is the only one of the Series I have beaten, and I recieved a free copy of the second one from COmputer Gaming World. Never did beat it, did make it pretty far into it though. As for the Third one, I also have this, but I made it only through the first few missions, as they changed it a bit, plus a few bugs, so I enver finished that either. I have to say though the graphical updates in the third are much appreciated.Trilby said:
Arx Fatalis, I will pick up. Do you have any other suggestions?
Powder Game.
http://dan-ball.jp/en/javagame/dust/
I have literally sunk hours into this. And it's still fun to create labyrinthian death traps that span twenty minutes of glorious carnage.
http://dan-ball.jp/en/javagame/dust/
I have literally sunk hours into this. And it's still fun to create labyrinthian death traps that span twenty minutes of glorious carnage.
The only intelligent game I know are Fallout. Nothing beats talking philosofy and the consequnces and abbilities of FEV with ZAX or the Lieutenant.
I loved Trine, but I thought the voice acting was by far the worst part of it, the knight especially...lol.
Anyway, Braid, Trine, Master of Orion, Civilization, Hearts of Iron (2 or 3 are the ones I've played), Heroes of Might and Magic, Supreme Commander...Fallout 1 and 2, and maybe Tactics, Jagged Alliance 2, (and 1, but it's dated by today's standards...), Mechwarrior 3 (seriously, half the game is spent configuring your 'Mech...), and I could go on, but that's plenty.
Anyway, Braid, Trine, Master of Orion, Civilization, Hearts of Iron (2 or 3 are the ones I've played), Heroes of Might and Magic, Supreme Commander...Fallout 1 and 2, and maybe Tactics, Jagged Alliance 2, (and 1, but it's dated by today's standards...), Mechwarrior 3 (seriously, half the game is spent configuring your 'Mech...), and I could go on, but that's plenty.
JA2 I spent countless hours playing. I love strategy and tactical Combat. Played the first 2 heroes of M&M. Mechwarrior 3 was lacking, at least to me. Mechwarrior 4 mercenaries is my favorite of the series. Love the fallout series, and Tactics. Supreme Commander I need to pick up.Valiance said:
Hearts of iron I have herd of, but never played.
Gimme more suggestions!...please
Someone else has heard of it (Kurushi Final for us)!Firia said:
Such a simple game, but possibly one of the best concepts ever.
I think mechwarrior 3's expansion is the ONLY mechwarrior that had difficult combat and enemy mechs that had configs as badass and interesting as your own. Mech 2 and mercs were good, never played 4 or its expansion.CrysisMcGee said:
Uhm.
The Sudden Strike series?
I could go a little bit lower, like Age of Empires or Total War or something...I don't quite know what you're looking for exactly since you liked fallout -and- JA2 -and- mech4...
Commandos? Close Combat series?
Do you like military tactics games? Sci-fi tactics games?
Off the top of my head is Half-Life, Rome: Total War and Jade Empire. Those aren't particularly artsy games, but I do believe that they are each very intellectual in their own way.