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Jumpman, Quake 3, Mario 64, ADOM, Nethack, M.U.L.E. by mark 07/05/2016, 7:52am PDT There are few strategy games that I return to, aside from M.U.L.E.-- I tend to come back to action games more often. I think strategy games are more often imperfect, and constantly made obsolete or overtaken by the follow up in the series. I think Alpha Centauri and CIV 4 are my exceptions to this, but I haven't played AC in at least 5 years now. CIV 4 I still play from time-to-time, but the late game slog is exhausting. Francis Tresham's original board game was right to end in the late iron age. The best parts are over. Anyway: Jumpman for the C64 just feels right. The sounds are perfect, the collision detection is perfect, the game is incredibly fast. Quake 3/Quake Zero are incredibly good at what they set out to do. Every gun is balanced and needed for a specific problem. The level designs range between pretty good to excellent. The Team Arena expansion was pretty good, but not amazing. The Quake Zero web thing they did was really good as well. This is my favourite id game bar none. Mario 64 (DS version). I have collected every star a few times. The DS version is better, even with the non-analog control stick. ADOM is still probably the deepest, fairest of the big Roguelikes and I played it when it was very beta and half the dungeons hadn't been put in yet. Nethack isn't even a game that I think is very good anymore. But I've played this many many times, I understand it quite deeply, and I doubt more than half a dozen months ever go by before I play it again. Omega was actually my favourite RL, but it wasn't updated for years and has kind of a goofy endgame. M.U.L.E. -- my friends and I play this once a year. It holds up in how the different elements are balanced against each-other. The market system is a little primitive, but it rewards different strategies. In non-videogames: Chess is a game I suck at, but it is deep and engrossing. And everyone can at least play it. The 18xx railroad games. Hard economic games that you can play with 4 other people and find that 6 hours or so disappear. I love these. Advanced Squad Leader. I've played over a hundred scenarios. Crazy, immersive, storytelling combined with a deep tactical engine that rewards real skill and risk management.

Games you found consistently entertaining or keep coming back to and why by Welcome to Omsk 06/27/2016, 7:45am PDT     Re: Games you found consistently entertaining or keep coming back to and why by laudablepuss 06/27/2016, 11:34am PDT         Nope, Mount&Blade by Taleworlds before the Warband expansion. Good OMM link thou NT by Welcome to Omsk 06/28/2016, 6:41am PDT     been playing Silent Storm yet again recently by artist formerly known as Eurotrash 06/28/2016, 1:22am PDT         Was the experience bug ever fixed? by MM 06/28/2016, 4:02am PDT             Nope, don't think so by artist formerly known as Eurotrash 06/29/2016, 12:02pm PDT                 Fan patch? NT by Welcome to Omsk 06/29/2016, 9:31pm PDT         Sounds pretty good, should get around to Silent Storm NT by Welcome to Omsk 06/28/2016, 7:14am PDT     I'm going to slum the joint up a bit. by Oom Shnibble 06/28/2016, 2:14am PDT         I'm kind of pleasantly surprised a racing game made this list NT by Welcome to Omsk 06/28/2016, 7:14am PDT     Still Imperialism and Act of War by fabio 06/28/2016, 3:27am PDT         Can we talk about Imperialism? Does the sequel hold up or just the original? by Welcome to Omsk 06/28/2016, 7:12am PDT     Dune 2000 still classic and re-playable after over 20 years NT by thats right, Dune 2000 06/28/2016, 10:31am PDT         Is that the one with individual unit selection? NT by Welcome to Omsk 06/28/2016, 12:00pm PDT             you can select both by individual unit or drag across a bunch of them NT by RTSLOVER 06/28/2016, 3:22pm PDT                 I wanted to like Dune2000 but it lacked some RTS feature that made it hard. by Welcome to Omsk 06/28/2016, 5:10pm PDT         I have a review of 2 on GOG by fabio 06/28/2016, 3:52pm PDT             ^Imperialism reply NT by fabio 06/28/2016, 3:53pm PDT             Could you explain what you've learned or would that spoil the fun? Or is it self NT by explanatory? 06/28/2016, 5:11pm PDT                 Village industrialization by fabio 06/29/2016, 11:36am PDT                     Thanks, might try it. Do you think this will affect your enjoyment? NT by Welcome to Omsk 06/29/2016, 10:45pm PDT                         No, I think it's improved it by fabio 07/05/2016, 11:56am PDT                             but seriously I can't believe more 4X games haven't followed this model by fabio 07/05/2016, 1:12pm PDT                                 I don't think the original Colonization had production queues either? by mark 07/05/2016, 1:38pm PDT                                     managing the specialists and supply chains was the opposite of fun by fabio 07/05/2016, 3:40pm PDT                                         fun part of colonization: oppressing natives, sniping enemy colonials early game by Welcome to Omsk 07/06/2016, 6:42pm PDT                                 you'd think they'd put in a centralization tech by midgame at the latest by Welcome to Omsk 07/06/2016, 6:44pm PDT                                     There's nothing to manage about the villages by fabio 07/06/2016, 8:01pm PDT     Jumpman, Quake 3, Mario 64, ADOM, Nethack, M.U.L.E. by mark 07/05/2016, 7:52am PDT         On the topic of non-PC Games. by Oom Shnibble 07/05/2016, 3:54pm PDT     Lode Runner, for starters. by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/06/2016, 9:43am PDT     Rocket League by Entropy Stew 07/06/2016, 7:33pm PDT