Do you play Computer Games?

**Belis4rius** · 01-11-2010 04:31

I have been intrigued by the other thread on the subject of which games we all play. I believe only one admits to playing a computer game. I have dabbled with computer wargaming for years and have never been satisfied despite my hopes.

But that kind of changed about three years ago, I really was addicted for a time but now play only for fun, so at the moment;

Dawn of War 2 (sci-fi)
Company of Heroes (WWII company/platoon level)
Rise of Flight (WWI Aerial, sadly not my cup of tea and almost done with it)
WoW PBEM (not a real computer game but PC required)

**ff151** · 01-11-2010 04:43

Day of Defeat
Day of Defeat Source
Battlefield 2 (pretty good jet and helicopter pilot!)

**Dan-Sam** · 01-11-2010 05:17

I am playing arcade Wings of Honour - Red Baron now. Just for fun, becouse there are just about 10 planes and 22 short missions. But it is pretty good for short breaks in my learning for exams at university

From other wargames, I like Commandos serie and Korea, Forgotten Conflict.

**SoldierSteve** · 01-11-2010 05:55

Does minesweeper count?

**Dan-Sam** · 01-11-2010 06:26

Originally Posted by SoldierSteve

Does minesweeper count?

Only on expert level

**SoldierSteve** · 01-11-2010 07:24

Originally Posted by Dan-Sam

Only on expert level

Oh no! I'm not that good!!!!!!!!!!

Ace of the Reich · 01-11-2010 07:47

Battlefield 2
Battlefield 1942
Command and conquer
Company of heroes

**Grinneth42** · 01-11-2010 07:52

I stick mostly to first-person shooters and puzzle games... so:

Anything Halo
Bioshock
Oblivion/Elder Scrolls
Portal
Assassin's Creed

and randomly, Avatar Golf

**afilter** · 01-11-2010 08:14

Battlestations Miday-My favorite
Risk
ACW simulations- I have not played in awhile cannot recall the maker.
AAA- Basicallt Axis and Allies board game for the PC
Entire Medal of Honor serries for PS2
Famous Aces-Wii

Received Battlestations Pacific for X-mas, but have not been successful in getting it to load yet

I am not a big PC gamer or PS2/Wii, but my kids cannot get enough and quickly take over the few games I do have.

**nachinus** · 01-11-2010 08:15

Two must haves in Air Combat Simulation:
-Battle of Britain 2 Wings of Victory
-IL-2 Sturmovik complete

In the same genre, a highly advisable ww1 air combat CFS3 addon:
-Over Flanders Fields

Many Paradox Entertainment games (historical big scale strategy games, quite depth yet very playable):
-Hearts of Iron 2 & 3 (ww2)
-Europa Universalis 3 (from Renaissanse to lace wars)
-Europa Universalis Rome Gold (from Phyrric wars to Augustus)
... and others. The company covers many historical timeframes

I also like tactical simulation wargames, I currently play :
-Close Combat series (my fav is 'A Bridge Too Far')
-Combat Mission Shock Force with its addons (modern day tactical wargame, quite awesome)

I enjoy good RPGs too:
-Oblivion
-The Witcher

**Rum Demon** · 01-12-2010 15:33

I was hoping SOMEBODY would mention Combat Mission and Close Combat. Both damn good tactical sims which IMO have yet to be matched.

I bought a computer back in '99 specifically to play Close Combat. It was Microsoft's top-down WW2 real time strategy game. Battallion level and below. You give general orders to a squad and those men (each individual with his own spec sheet) do their best to follow through. They'd take a second to muster up, then move out, reacting to things like terrain and suppressing fire. They'd scream and panic and get pinned down, so using squads together, offering supportive fire was essential. Your average RTS twitcher who plays StarCraft could never get on with a game like that. Zerglings have no sense of self-preservation. Close Combat was a damn fine game, though it did have some problems with how the armor was modeled...

So in 2002 I upgraded to a new PC specifically to play Combat Mission. That game took things to the next level with 3-D terrain and units. You still had to use semi-realistic combined arms tactics, but now instead of RTS, it was a clever "simultaneous turn-based" system in which both players give (or update) orders, then watch one minute of combat play out. Such a deep game. So great. Though I did miss having a spec sheet for every last soldier...

Sadly, I've moved onto a Mac, and do my gaming on the 360. Mostly FPS and RPGs, but I truly lost a few years there to some fine fine PC military gaming.

So yeah. I play video games.

-Joe

**IRM** · 01-12-2010 23:03

I'm a fan of the Combat Mission series too, the modern-day Shock Force being my favourite. I'm also quite fond of RPGs (Dragon Age just now), military flight sims and the Total War series.

StormforceX · 01-13-2010 06:02

I play mostly sport games on computer, such as golf an

d football (soccer if your American.......why do you call a game played mostly with the hands Football?)

**franc3555** · 01-13-2010 07:30

Fan of planes... try the new demo of wings of prey You will need a good computer and better with a joystick !!! The graphic = 9,5/10 :-)

http://www.airwargame.com/eng (official web site with pictures and videos)

you will find the demo on this web site :

http://www.jeuxvideo.fr/demo-jouable...tu-318172.html (french)

http://www.filefront.com/15253053/Wings-of-Prey-Demo/ (english)

**Cujo8-1** · 01-13-2010 14:06

I would really like to find a good World War I fighter game, but just can't seem to find one with good reviews.

Otherwise, I am content with playing war / boardgames against people sitting across the table from me.

**razide** · 01-13-2010 15:51

Thanks Franc3555 - I'll have alook at Wings of Prey this weekend.

I've been thinking of trying to re-install my old BaronBaron PC game on an XP PC to see if it still works. Another old favourite was EuropeanAirWar.
Still play SteelPanthers games occassionally along with CloseCombat3.
Some Dawn of War 2 - dislike having to connect to the internet for it. Sometimes Harpoon.
Loved RedStormRising on the Amiga.

Have RedBaron Arcade demo for PS3. The planes look ok but flying through coloured symbols for power ups is just too bizarre besides my reflexes are that fast these days.
I think the most addictive PS3 game is Fallout3.

**IRM** · 01-13-2010 16:05

Razide: You don't need to connect to Windows Live to play DOW2, if you're not connected and you sign in it'll say that it can't connect but still allow you to play as normal.

Re Red Baron: I play Red Baron 3D on my Windows 7 system. I have the Full Canvas Jacket mod installed, but the base game is the same (just 100+ extra planes and far better graphics

). You will need to use something like Isobuster to install it and a Glide wrapper to emulate the original 3DFX graphics.
Have a look here:http://www.hellsangels.firstflare.com/main.htm

**razide** · 01-13-2010 21:04

IRM: I recall seeing somewhere that you don't need to connect to WindowLive to play DOW2 but my setup doesn't progress if not connected.
Mind you the last time I tried the Eldar whooped me good and I haven't tried since.

I've the original Sierra RedBaron and had downloaded some files to upgrade to the 3D version but the old PIII it was on died and I haven't yet tried on the newer PIV with XP. I'll have alook at that site, thanks.
I've been spoilt by PS3 & PS2 console gaming where you simply stick in the disc and play.

**Headhunter** · 01-14-2010 01:24

Now:

Lord of the Rings Online
Dragon Age: Origins
Batman Arkham Asylum
Anno 1404
Fallout 3

Past:

A lot.

**franc3555** · 01-14-2010 05:02

Cujo8-1 : http://www.jeuxvideo.fr/jeux/wings-of-war/ maybe that will interest you !!! This one is more arcade than simulator but maybe you will download the demo on this page

**Papavader** · 01-14-2010 06:01

Hi folks...

I Play first of all, Call of Duty Modern Warefare 2
-Dawn of War 2
-Empires Total War
-Company of Heroes, Opposing Fronts , and Tales of Valor
-John Tillers Campaign Series ( Matrix games)
-Left 4 Dead

MfG

Andreas

**Pooh** · 01-14-2010 13:54

I'm not much into computer games. I game mostly for the fun of getting together with friends. WoW is perfect for that as it plays fast with lots of interaction and is simple to play.

Pooh

**Jäger** · 01-15-2010 06:57

- Half-Life 1 & 2 (+ Counter-Strike: Source)
- Command & Conquer / Red Alert
- Combat Mission 1, 2 & 3
- Steel Panthers: World at War
- Strategic Command 1 & 2
- Silent Hunter III
- Star Wars: Empire at War

**richard m schwab** · 01-17-2010 06:01

My own computer gaming goes back to 1969. I played in a Civil 25mm game
and the combat results were generated over a phone connection connected to a main frame 10 miles away.
If you are as old as i am you might remember the arcade game THE RED BARON MACHINE. That gave out tokens for kills and high scores i hold the Flying Ace Medal and the Red Baron patch many times over.
My PC days go back to the C-64 playing Seven Cities of Gold and Pirates of the Caribbean. My favorite clone game was and is still Master of Orion. Secrete Weapons Of the Luftwaffe was a great one. Doom by the hour. Now i do mainly shooters and have been up through ranks of Call of duty 4 online several times.

**Carlos Lopes** · 01-17-2010 09:31

Hello

I play Call of Duty Modern Warefare on internet
and now my old Wing of War (computer combat flight simulation)

**Cruthers** · 01-28-2010 01:47

Rome Total War
Silent Hunter 3
Neverwinter Nights (for which I build mods under the name of Quillmaster)
Dragonage Origins
Fallout 3

**SgtWaka** · 02-06-2010 18:51

Battlefield 1942
Battlefield 2
Forgotten Hope
Flyboys
Pacific fighters
Medal of Honor
Call of Duty

**sparty** · 02-06-2010 19:25

Mass Effect
Civilization 4
HPS Simulations Campaign Gettysburg
Galactic Civilizations 2

It's funny but if I had to guess my total time investment in these games in the last 6 months has been tiny with the exception of Mass Effect. Before my kid was born I used to play a ton of Counter-Strike:Source, but it's just a lot more fun playing with him than shooting up people I've never met over the interwebs

**Headhunter** · 02-10-2010 05:04

New:

Overlord II
Mass Effect 2

**sparty** · 02-10-2010 05:29

How do you like Overlord? (Since we all know ME2 is awesome...)

**Dorb** · 02-14-2010 07:45

Belis4irus ...what is wrong with Rise of Flight? I just stumbled into it. http://riseofflight.com/en/about/features
It looks great and I was thinking of getting copy.

**sparty** · 02-14-2010 09:32

Hi Dorb here are a few things I dug up on Rise of Flight that steered me away from it.

Decent performance requires a very good rig. I just got my computer last year and I'm not sure it could handle it very well to be honest. I've got pretty high end stuff on it as well like an i7 processor, 6gb of 1066 DDR3 RAM, a 7200 RPM HDD and a GeForce 9600GT.

I don't like how the company has put out a bunch of uber-planes that dominate the planes they ship with the game. 2 average, but high use planes to be sure...now they're into creating the planes that have the best engine variants, with the optimal gun setups, etc. So if you buy into the game, look at spending at least another 32 - 40 dollars on planes to be competitive.

Patching seems to break and fix. So they'll patch the game and it'll fix the issues they noted, but break other things. It's like they don't have a true QA team to review patches, etc. before general release.

I'm waiting and hoping they release a "gold box" deal where you get the game in a stable patched up state with a large selection of addon planes at a much reduced price. Like 60 bucks for the game + 12 planes or something.

**Dorb** · 02-14-2010 14:01

Thanks for the info. My wife just gave me the green light the other day for a new gaming rig so the spec won't bother me, but good to know some inside info on the game. I think I will put this game on the sideline for now.

**Bluedevil** · 03-20-2010 07:24

Battlefield 2 ( computergame)
Dawn of war ( coputer Game )
Ogame ( browser game )

and also:

WH40K ( yeah yeah..I know

)
WoW PBeM ( computer moderated )
Boardgames
Squad leader ( the original )

**Schwerpunkt** · 03-22-2010 05:37

Rise of Flight
Empire:Total War (and now the Napoleon:Total War sequel)
Lord of the Rings Online (a lot of this one)

and still playing to a lesser extent Rome:Total War

**razide** · 03-22-2010 18:31

Accidentally discovered Gratuitious Space Battles for the PC this weekend.
http://www.positech.co.uk/gratuitousspacebattles/
Scroll down towards the bottom of the homepage to see some YouTube gameplay videos.

A very entertaining game of designing spaceships (from fighter, frigate & cruiser hulls), deploying them with behaviours & range options then letting the battle take its course.

The actual battles look wonderful even though you have no control when they run. The animated explosions, weapon beams, torpedoes, missiles look fantastic. Watching your ship's shields fail is a mortifying experience.

**Flying Officer Kyte** · 03-30-2010 06:27

Empire Total War
Rome Total War.
Gettysburg
Antitam.
Mostly, however, tabletop wargames. A.W.I, A.C.W, E.C.W. Zulu, And am just painting up a W of The Roses Army. Any good W.W.1 flight simulations available?
Rob.

**IRM** · 03-30-2010 08:56

Rise Of Flight and Over Flanders Fields (Microsoft CFS 3 mod) are recent sims you might want to take a look at.

There's a couple of older ones I prefer to those, with better single-player gameplay and simpler (but not simple) controls: Red Baron 3D (with player-made mods - Full Canvas Jacket - to improve the graphics and flight models) and the more lightweight but fun First Eagles (again with player-made mods to add new aircraft and campaigns and a more realistic flight model). You can pick up the base games for those for peanuts.

**Flying Officer Kyte** · 03-30-2010 09:22

Thanks Iain.
I'll look into those asap.
Rob.

**Wolf** · 12-07-2010 07:52

I play battlefield heroes it a free ea game.

**The Cowman** · 12-07-2010 08:02

I have played more computer and console games than I could possibly remember to list here... many types, many genres... but I would still rather sit at a table and face my "enemy" any day! (Even if it means they are on the network playing aginst me from across the table...)

**Flying Officer Kyte** · 12-07-2010 08:07

Originally Posted by The Cowman

I have played more computer and console games than I could possibly remember to list here... many types, many genres... but I would still rather sit at a table and face my "enemy" any day! (Even if it means they are on the network playing aginst me from across the table...)

I'm with you Ken. You can't beat watching that bead of perspiration run down their brow, before you send them to ...... oh well|
Rob.

**Du doch nicht!** · 12-07-2010 09:48

In my past i played - ehrm... countless. Nowadays they became drastically less. The last games i did enjoy were "Oblivion" and "Fallout 3" - interrupted with some emulated "Wings". Oh and i loved playing Civilization 2 & 3 loooong time ago.

**MayorJim** · 12-07-2010 13:06

I'm mostly a board gamer...but enjoy ROME: Total War (with the EB mod) and Civilization IV BTS. Have also played Red Baron, but not for a few years. Am looking into Flanders Fields maybe sometime next year.

**Skullduggery** · 12-08-2010 00:30

I don't play as much as I used too. But I still play...
City of Heroes
Lord of the Rings online
occasionally pop in Starcraft
or Red Baron Arcade for the PS3( It is a videogame not a flight sim)
and many more than I can remember over the last 30 years

**Gaz67** · 12-08-2010 02:00

I'm hooked on "World of Tanks", it's only a Beta test at present. 15 players a side in mainly WW2 tanks (from PZ2 to Maus) with so far Russian, German and USA armour. (French (???) to arrive soon).

A few of us platoon up and play using Skype, great fun....

**Beanie** · 12-08-2010 04:16

I am a big Over Flanders Field Between Heaven and Hell fan.

**Willi Von Klugermann** · 12-08-2010 12:42

I am intrigued by Rise of Flight but I suspect my rig is not up to specs as the planes become very unstable when I hit the action. It is almost impossible to aim and shoot, even at stationary targets. I have managed to down some balloons but that is about it. I can't even strafe trucks/trains. I can't believe I'm that lame because I was a god in Red Baron.

Has anyone had a similiar experience?

Foobs · 12-08-2010 21:25

For me if I am not on my PS3 I am playing flight sims - IL2 and Rise of Flight

**Doug** · 12-28-2010 15:08

None, i have never had the patience or skill to play them. Just like the old way of gaming with people, not a machine that can out think me every time!