Free Republic Thread of BUY THIS GAME! (Video game recommendation thread)

NA | December 31,2008 | Self

[Popman]

I still love a good pinball machine.

Once in a while I'd run across one and play with my teenager. He thinks because he is a gamer, he can smoke ole' dad on the Pinball machine.

Hah'. Little did he know how many quarters I dropped into them

[Sarah Barracuda]

Cool I will get it for the XBOX 360 then, yeah I was reading about some of those frame rate issues that some people did not like and how Sonic becomes a werewolf people thought that was dumb but to me it looks exciting because I enjoy all those sonic games. Is it a pretty long game, I mean, a lot of levels, I hate games that only have a few levels and I am done beating it in 2 days

[NinoFan]

No, WiiSpeak is only required if you want to do voice chat with friends online.

[Toki]

I’m playing the original AC right now :D.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Thanks for the info. When I get mine we can exchange user names. I want to get the PS3 so I am hoping that there are many games worth getting for the system

[Toki]

I would also totally recommend Animal Crossing. It’s a great game for the whole family (my mom, my brother, my roomate’s husband and I all play) and it’s like my roomate says... “Does this game ever end?”

[Proud_USA_Republican]

Best game I've played on Xbox this year = Gears of War 2 Just an unbelievable game visually and production wise. Pure fun to play. When you perform a headshot using the sniper weapon, it sounds like a head of wet cabbage being stomped on. Brilliant.

I'm a big fan of the Prince of Persia series and the latest one was great.

Trailer for the game: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/36270.html

[Chode]

yup... i know a few guys that bought used pinball and video games so i can still play now and again.

[Malacoda]

Left 4 Dead. Best damn zombie/survival horror game ever. Even topped “Cold Fear.”

[NinoFan]

Not a huge fan of the genre, so haven’t played Gears of War 2, but the latest PoP was amazing (if a little too easy). Loved the artstyle!

[Kevmo]

I recommend Star Fleet Command

http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Star_Fleet_Battles

Star Fleet Battles
From Memory Alpha, the free Star Trek reference

Cover imageStar Fleet Battles (or SFB) is a tactical ship-to-ship combat game created by the Amarillo Design Bureau and published by the now-defunct Task Force Games beginning in 1979. Amarillo Design Bureau now publishes the game independently. The principal designer is Stephen V. Cole, an engineer and former US Army military intelligence officer. It has undergone heavy revision and expansion since it was originally released and is the oldest and most thoroughly tested Star Trek-based game in existence.

While this is a Star Trek product officially licensed by Paramount Pictures, it is granted only a partial license, and as such cannot mention specifics of canon Trek in the games, save for basic information. This game does not use the name Star Trek in its title, but incorporates the design of the Constitution-class heavy cruiser and the uniforms, weapons, aliens, and some of the terminology of The Original Series era. Part of this license allows the game to depict information from the Star Fleet Technical Manual by Franz Joseph (such as the Federation dreadnought and Ptolemy tug) and also information from Star Trek: The Animated Series (including the Klingon projected stasis field and Larry Niven’s rarely-seen Kzinti. It should be noted that the SFU Kzinti are very distinct from those of Larry Niven’s works). This game’s license forbids the release of characters, aliens, ships or situations taken from any of the Star Trek movies or the Next Generation era series (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, etc.). However, Amarillo Design Bureau has continually added their own ships and races to the game system, referring to their continuity as the Star Fleet Universe.

While Star Fleet Battles is a tactical-level game, Amarillo Design Bureau also published a strategic-level game based on the same “universe” entitled Federation and Empire in 1986 which is similar to a 1981 game entitled Federation Space, also published by Task Force Games. The focus of the game involves the eighteen-year long General War fought between the “Coalition” (the Klingon, Romulan and Lyran Empires) and the “Alliance” (the Federation, Kzinti, Hydrans and Gorn with the Tholians as co-belligerents). Expansions and updates published in 1993 and 2000 have greatly enhanced the game and further expansions are still forthcoming to involve races and time periods outside of the General War. A role-playing game has also been created entitled Prime Directive which focuses on small, specially-trained and equipped “Prime Teams”, who are sent on exceptionally dangerous missions. Also, a card-based combat game known as Star Fleet Battle Force and a new tactical combat game, Federation Commander are also produced by the company.

Because of the game’s extensive revisions and high-degree of playability, much of the material from the Star Fleet Battles universe was incorporated into video games by Interplay, such as Star Trek: Starfleet Command and Star Trek: Klingon Academy. These games were licensed by Paramount and therefore were allowed to feature situations during the Star Trek movie era. Amarillo Design Bureau’s partial license has prohibited them from producing computer games based on their own material and previously published board games, however this has been disputed in the past and is still being contested by legal means.

[edit] External link
Official Star Fleet Battles site at StarFleetGames.com
Retrieved from “http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Star_Fleet_Battles";

[chris37]

Couldn’t agree more, Baldur’s Gate II is the best rpg ever.

I am currently enjoying Warhammer Online as well as Fallout 3 on pc. I wouldn’t waste time playing fallout 3 on any console, the vanilla game is decent but rather dull. A modded fallout on a good pc is utterly amazing, and it will only get better as modders continue to make it what it should have been, much as they did to Oblivion.

[Mr. Silverback]

Oh...the following Xbox games are fully awesome:

Kunf Fu Panda (yes, I was surprised)
Lego Indiana Jones
Halo 2 & 3
Medal of Honor Airborne
Madden 09

And, as I mentioned, Civ Rev looks very promising, and so does Spiderman 3.

[Mr. Silverback]

I like the Wii, but my favorite part was making a Wii that looked just like me except for having a HUGE Afro. Then, I put shades on him and every time I commented on the game I talked like Isaac Hayes.

[Mr. Silverback]

I like the Wii, but my favorite part was making a Mii that looked just like me except for having a HUGE Afro. Then, I put shades on him and every time I commented on the game I talked like Isaac Hayes.

[Mr. Silverback]

I didn’t care for Civ3 much.

I think it's just astonishingly good. Of course, I also see why people like IV, my son has been hinting about it for months. Civilization Revolution is definitely promising...will let you know when I get a chance to play it some more.

[rawcatslyentist]

Sega Dreamcast

It emulates many platforms. NES, SNES, Genisis, C64,......

Inexpensive on the big E, considering you get half a dozen DIFFERENT platforms on one system.

[puppypusher]

Call of Duty.World at War. I like the Game,eventhough i’m not as good at it as some of the young guys are.

[NinoFan]

Kunf Fu Panda (yes, I was surprised)

Thanks for the suggestion. I'm so used to move tie-in games being crap. Will check it out when I have some free game time.

[NinoFan]

and it will only get better as modders continue to make it what it should have been, much as they did to Oblivion.

Very true.