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Dungeon Keeper (Anyone Remember?)
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kingcomrade
Kingcomrade
Did anyone play Startopia?
jefklak
Scholar
kingcomrade said:
I did and loved any minute of it. The game is funny too.
Play 'till you can plant some love nests and watch them go at it. Lawlz!
Seriously, the game is heavily underrated (as I said before), and mucky foot is dead
I even wrote an article about Bullfrog, Mucky Foot and Lionhead but no-one seems to like it.
Never forget:
Dementia Praecox
Arbiter
Haha, you didn't read the thread. KC won.taxacaria said:
Dementia Praecox
Arbiter
You do mean Powermonger, yes? I never got into that game as well as Populous. It was something about the war setting, and the general ickiness of the game-engine that put me off. I can't quite put my finger on it now, it's so long since I last played them both. Not so long since I played Populous II though. Wrecking havoc over LAN! When I think back, Populous 2 actually was one of my first serious multiplayer experiences over dial-up. I liked Populous II better than the first one. Guess that has more to do with me playing it before the first one. Hell, I even liked the third one (expecting to be flamed, here). There just was something about watching all those cute, cuddly and small sprites burn and die, when I unleashed an earthquake in the middle of an enemy village in those (at the time) lush 3d-environments. Simple, but fun game.Ladonna said:
kingcomrade
Kingcomrade
Startopia was really great, but it had one problem: the game mechanics weren't transparent. It was hard to tell what did what. It's basically a problem of shitty documentation. Otherwise yeah, it was a truly fun game.
jefklak
Scholar
kingcomrade said:
Really? The chatty little tutorial did the job well enough here.
Dementia Praecox
Arbiter
Beg to differ. I had to read unusually much documentation on the net, compared to similar games, before getting the hang of it. Then again, that might have been me, being a retard. But when I did get the hang of it, however, I really wasn't all that impressed. Thought both Dungeon Keeper and Theme Hospital did a better job at the genre. But after seeing all the splurge it gets here, I guess I'll have to give it another try. I'll give it another chance at justifying the shelf space it's occupying, with that old school cardboard box and all.jefklak said:
Kingston
Arcane
I'm gonna reinstall Theme Hospital.
Dementia Praecox
Arbiter
Kingston said:
Dmitron
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Haven't played Startopia in years.
From a whoring graphics perspective (sans-gameplay considerations): Startopia's 3D just doesn't age well, unlike good 'ol 2D which always retains it's charm.
That said, DK2 still looks great and is still great fun on a LAN. Nothing like shadows and a high contrast setting to preserve the good looks..
From a whoring graphics perspective (sans-gameplay considerations): Startopia's 3D just doesn't age well, unlike good 'ol 2D which always retains it's charm.
That said, DK2 still looks great and is still great fun on a LAN. Nothing like shadows and a high contrast setting to preserve the good looks..
jefklak
Scholar
Dmitron, I have to disagree. Startopia nowadays still looks charming and attractive. Dungeon Keeper II does too but not so much, but I guess that's a rather personal preference.
Fez
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Evil Genius is a piece of shit, even after patches. I waited for too long for them to make that heap into something good. Once the initial haze of a new game and it's good graphics and animations has worn off you realise it is a poor copy of the other titles mentioned here (DK, Startopia, Theme Hospital, etc.). There is no real reason to play it when there are better games out there to occupy you.
Powermonger was good back in the day. I remember the joy of getting an army all geared up with bows or other powerful weapons and then giving the commander a cannon. The economy/production side of it was tricky to manage but it was rare that games lasted long enough to make that matter.
Powermonger was good back in the day. I remember the joy of getting an army all geared up with bows or other powerful weapons and then giving the commander a cannon. The economy/production side of it was tricky to manage but it was rare that games lasted long enough to make that matter.
kingcomrade
Kingcomrade
Evil Genius was so crappy. None of the mechanics made sense and it was so SLOOOOOW
Fez
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He was probably his rentboy for a night. Even Molyneux's flawed games were better.
EG felt like it was half or three-quarters of a game. It either needed more time to finish or the development team were never capable of realising the vision as a complete and good title.
EG felt like it was half or three-quarters of a game. It either needed more time to finish or the development team were never capable of realising the vision as a complete and good title.
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Dmitron said:
In the guys defense (Demis Hassabis) he did co-design Theme Park with Peter Molyneux at the age of 16, after coming up with the idea for an Amiga magazine competition. Never did get it quite right with his own compny though.
Kotario
Liturgist
Both Evil Genius and Republic shared the same problem of forcing the player to watch the dull strategy screen far too much. Uninteresting and unresponsive, you would have to watch it for much of the time if you wanted to progress in the game. Quite a bit of wasted potential with both games, not hard to see why Elixir Studios folded.
Have to side with Jefklak on Startopia, charming is the precise word for it.
Dementia, do you know about the use of the F1 key? Easy not to, as I don't believe it is stated anywhere in the game and the manual is pathetic. It brings up a description of the object currently under the cursor.
Shame that Eidos screwed over Mucky Foot on Startopia, since it is a good game.
Have to side with Jefklak on Startopia, charming is the precise word for it.
Dementia, do you know about the use of the F1 key? Easy not to, as I don't believe it is stated anywhere in the game and the manual is pathetic. It brings up a description of the object currently under the cursor.
Shame that Eidos screwed over Mucky Foot on Startopia, since it is a good game.
Fez
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Urgh, Republic. I forgot about that game. Massive hype and promises and no delivery again.
Startopia was at least fun and I felt it was a decent spiritual successor to the DK series.
There was talk of Rebellion making a sequel to EG as they had bought the rights.
Startopia was at least fun and I felt it was a decent spiritual successor to the DK series.
There was talk of Rebellion making a sequel to EG as they had bought the rights.
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