What game are you playing?

[DaGaffer]

GAME set up the first DAOC forums on BW/GAME.NET as official European forums for the game (I know because I did the deal with Koch who were the DAOC distributor because basically they were fucking their own forums up). It was one of many monetization plans we were trying out to keep the whole show on the road until we could get our digital distribution platform across the line. The money we got from running BT's servers had kept us going for a couple of years but when they closed down we were strapped for cash (I'd done a deal with NTL and a couple more forum deals, and the lads had built a really clever clan server system, but GAME pulled the plug before we could launch any of it).

When GAME pulled the plug DAOC was one of the largest forums on the platform so Deebs decided to keep it going on FH, which he launched as BW closed. (GAME kept the BW IP because when we bought the BW assets we kept the tax loss as a benefit and there were still residuals; GAME did it again when they bought Gameplay; those tax losses were huge and subsidised GAME's online activities for years, but I'd gone by then).

So when FH launched there were two popular forums; OT (DAOC) and General (BW), which eventually merged.

 

[Job]

All the way from the original BW daoc forum I have never switched, it was always an admin move as you described.

So thats why I said I was the only one playing, I still see it as a daoc forum.

Which it isnt anymore.

I can find those old BW posts on google, but cant search through freddys.

 

[caLLous]

Age of Empires II Definitive Edition is out and Age of Empires IV gameplay footage...

 

[Tom]

I've been playing through the Wolfenstein games, starting from New Order. They're really, really good. I'm on Wolfenstein 2 now and this is one of the funniest things I've ever seen in a game. Basically there are a load of traps on the boat, frying Nazis, and this one tries to get through:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kyx1uKQAG68

 

[BloodOmen]

Terraria, Dungeon Defenders Awakened, DAOC on Eden (already getting bored of Eden though), few of the free games Epic gave away over Christmas.

 

[Aoami]

Eden is rubbish

 

[Raven]

I've been playing through the Wolfenstein games, starting from New Order. They're really, really good. I'm on Wolfenstein 2 now and this is one of the funniest things I've ever seen in a game. Basically there are a load of traps on the boat, frying Nazis, and this one tries to get through:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kyx1uKQAG68

Yeah, really enjoyed them. Didn't finish the latest one though.

Mostly I am playing Icarus, FM23, 7 days to die

 

[Scouse]

Cyberpunk 2077 right now. Before boiling myself some more

 

[BloodOmen]

Eden is rubbish

Agree. It's just more of the same wrapped up in a different colour bowtie. Population is high right now, as always i'd wager it'll be dead within 6-9 months. If it survives beyond that with a healthly population I will be VERY surprised. the issue with the last few freeshards hasn't wholely been the community but the staff imo... its ALWAYS the same staff, some of them are talented coders, some of them are ego tripping wankers that drag the rest down, I've noticed in the Eden Discord it has some of the tosser Celestius stuff, which is why I don't think it's going to survive.
Going forward, I hope they start to realise its the staff that's fucking the servers rather than the players and get rid of the dead weight.

 

[Tom]

I still play TF2 regularly, it shows no signs of dying. Mind you when you can dress up as a giant fat chicken and tickle people to death, why would it?

 

[Zarjazz]

Haven't played in a while so began a new start of Satisfactory after all the recent updates. That damn game should come with a health warning, it's more addictive than crack.

 

[Scouse]

I've started playing Mindustry. It was dead cheap and is quite fun. It's in that factorio vein.

 

[SilverHood]

I've been playing Wartales a lot recently... a great medieval fantasy squad based RPG.

 

[Deebs]

What is the closet set of games to C&C/Red Alert/Total Annihilation type of game play right now? No turn based shite please. Preferably multiplayer.

 

[Wij]

I dunno exactly but I play AoE4 with my son

 

[Wij]

And a friend of mine still plays Dawn Of War 1 (a mod admittedly). Never played that mod myself but DoW1 was soooo good. Glad it's still being played.

 

[BloodOmen]

What is the closet set of games to C&C/Red Alert/Total Annihilation type of game play right now? No turn based shite please. Preferably multiplayer.

Starcraft 2 is still quite active. We could play sometime if you want to get some practice in first just give me a poke on Bnet.

 

[Zarjazz]

What is the closet set of games to C&C/Red Alert/Total Annihilation type of game play right now? No turn based shite please. Preferably multiplayer.

Those style of RTS games (and RTS as a genre tbh) isn't very popular these days, at least not many are made.

The two most modern equivalent I can think of are Ashes of the Singularity, and Grey Goo (this one was overlooked by nearly everyone on release but is surprisingly good)

 

[BloodOmen]

There is a new RTS in the works from some of the original SC2/WC3/C&C teams.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyMlLzwFqWA

 

[Raven]

Need a good near future RTS.

 

[BloodOmen]

Need a good near future RTS.

See above, they're going into it with a large budget too, backed by Dream Haven I think? Morhaimes new studio.

Edit: actually nah, not from Dream Haven - they do have a big budget though, investors can be seen here

Frost Giant Studios

Frost Giant Studios is a game development studio located in Orange County, California, on a mission to bring real-time strategy (RTS) games to a broader audience.

www.frostgiant.com

 

[Gwadien]

I love Northgard, but it's not really a traditional RTS.

 

[Bigmac]

Warzone 2100 is probably the best RTS game I've ever played. Build, research and upgrade, design your own units and fight C&C style. It came out in the playstation 1 era but there's a free source version for the PC. I doubt there's multiplayer though.

 

[Scouse]

I'm trying to find any Tower Defence game that comes even close to Defense Grid: The Awakening.

Nothing even comes remotely close.

 

[Zarjazz]

I'm trying to find any Tower Defence game that comes even close to Defense Grid: The Awakening.

Nothing even comes remotely close.

View: https://store.steampowered.com/app/221540/DG2_Defense_Grid_2/
?

 

[Scouse]

View: https://store.steampowered.com/app/221540/DG2_Defense_Grid_2/
?

Got it. Really didn't like it.

It's like they bottled lightning in the first one and bottled poop with the second. (They removed airborne stuff for a start).

 

[Tom]

What is the closet set of games to C&C/Red Alert/Total Annihilation type of game play right now? No turn based shite please. Preferably multiplayer.

Have you played the Homeworld Remastered series?

 

[Deebs]

Have you played the Homeworld Remastered series?

No, /me goes off to research

 

[SilverHood]

Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak is an RTS on land. It's pretty, and the action sequences are satisfying. Never played multiplayer, but it's there

Friends of mine play Ashes of the Singularity together.

If you want to step it up in terms of complexity and scope, Hearts of Iron IV. Great single player and co-op multiplayer.

 

[Tom]

Homeworld is a great series, really quick to get into, there's a third on the way as well:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph5x6e08QQM