Can someone suggest a new game to buy?????

[illini]

Im thinking strategy maybe. For the PC.

[DIKB]

1. WoW Open beta is free

for the next 2 weeks at least. Warcraft has always been good at strategy let's hope their mmorpg keeps some aspects, at least enough to warrant continued interest.

[illini]

2. I have a 56k connection. It would take me days.

[MercutioATC]

10. Open beta for WoW is closed.

...and it took me 2 days to DL on a cable connection...their servers were swamped.

[William Bloode]

3. Try....

Rome Total War. This is an awsome strategy game, and the way it's set up you focus more on strategy than micro managing resources. Plus it does not hurt the graphics and troop modles are wondefull. Massive battles on a grand scale who could ask for more?

[illini]

4. Hmmmm Coool can you tell me anymore?

[William Bloode]

7. Well

It's has a turn based element where you manage your provinces, move troops send diplomats ect. You can use assassins, or diplomats to kill or bribe opponents. You can also use marriage.

You choose a Roman Family at the beginning, and that determines starting position and colors, and also possible opponents.

This is all played out on a full European, Middle east, Egypt, and Northern Africa. Battles are fought on very lovely rendered battlegrounds very much resembling their actual area.

Battles are awesome now i have played the 2 prior Total War games (Shogun and Medieval) and they do not compare in the battle graphic department. everything has a move of it's own, even troops in the line twitch move, or bang their Shields. Units are thrown into the air by cavalry or elephant charges.

Replay value is very long as taking the whole map would take many, many hours of play. But theres also historic campaigns and create a battle type features.

I just find it very rich and enthralling to play, with it being very hard to pull myself away many times.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

14. Have you played online against humans? Fun?

[bookman]

5. I'm waiting for..

Sid Mier's Pirates. Due soon.

[moof]

6. Sid Mier's "Civilization II "

Not new but still the best.

[da_chimperor]

8. Rise of Nations. Excellent game. n/t

[Neoma]

9. Lineage2

Its like Diablo & Star-Wars Galaxies crossed paths
http://www.lineage2.com/
(sorry you have to pay to play)

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

11. "Evil Genius". Campy and fun.

[VTdem]

12. STARCRAFT

I know it was released in like 1996 but it never gets old!

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

15. I LOVE SC/BW! Let's play online sometime!

Seriously!

[VTdem]

17. ok

I'm not that good but i love to play anyway. I only play BGH which is a n00b map i know.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

13. Do NOT buy Doom3....

UT2004 is great if you have a cable modem or better, Civilization is hours of entertainment as well.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

16. D3 was SERIOUSLY overhyped. I hate the PC Gaming Mag Industry...

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

19. I never even bothered finishing it....

Same scenario throughout... Monsters popping up out of nowhere, DARK, big monster at the end of the level...

Yawn.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

21. TOO EFFING DARK for a "graphics/eye candy" game. I mean WTF!

[VTdem]

18. Anyone ever played

Command and Conquer: Generals ? My friend had it and he said it was cool but you need a powerful comp to play it. I liked the old school C&C:Red Alert games.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

20. Red Alert WAS good, but SC/BW, and Warcraft II, for that matter, kicked

the butt of C&C games... IMHO...

[VTdem]

22. yea Brood War

is definitly the best online strategy game of all time. Countless hours of my life were wasted away playing it.