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04-04-2008, 08:25 PM
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High School Varsity
Join Date: Jan 2007
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Good World Building Game for Newbie
So I've been getting the hankering to play a (what I call) world-building type game: where I need to set up a city, or society, or business, or army or anything really. Something I put work into, play with variables and make it grow. Well, I haven't really done this since the first incarnation of Sim City, so my mind is a little blown by the options and I'm hoping for a little help.
The game I'm looking for would be: + fairly intuitive and easy to learn - I don't have tons of time + not super difficult + and... interesting and fun Any help guys and gals? |
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04-04-2008, 08:35 PM
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Murfreesboro, TN
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caesar iv?
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04-04-2008, 11:46 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Seattle, WA
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Children of the Nile comes to mind, as does Tropico, but they are both at least a few years old now. I also wonder if Civ4 might work for what you're saying, even though it's not really a city-builder.
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04-05-2008, 02:02 PM
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College Prospect
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: An Oregonian deep in the heart of Texas.
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Maybe Railroad Tycoon? I haven't played the latest version, but the ones before that were really fun. I don't think it would have much of a learning curve, and you can play it at a pretty fast pace if that's what you're after.
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04-05-2008, 05:30 PM
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lolzcat
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Herndon, VA
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I probably shouldn't recommend something I've never played, but I hear that the latest version of The Settlers (The Settlers:Rise of an Empire) is very good and does away with the crazy micromanagement that put everybody (except the Germans) off previous versions.
It looks pretty too. |
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04-05-2008, 05:42 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Nov 2003
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Damn... Tropico was a fun, unique game. I wish I knew where my copy was.
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04-05-2008, 05:48 PM
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Backwoods, SC
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Anything along these lines available free online.
NOT HACKED VERSIONS but on a free site like a flash gamee? |
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04-07-2008, 05:42 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Seattle, WA
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After seeing your post I decided to reinstall and started playing again last night. It still holds up well -- I've got to flip through the manual again though to remember some of the details, but it sucked me right back in -- I know what I'll be playing tonight.
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04-07-2008, 06:19 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Puyallup, WA
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It holds up very well. I installed it a couple months ago and spent quite a bit of time playing it. |
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04-07-2008, 07:25 PM
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High School Varsity
Join Date: Jan 2007
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Being old isn't necessarily a negative - I could get it cheaper and it would probably run better on my non-too-current machine. Tropico is getting some love in this thread, and Railroad Tycoon was actually one I had already been thinking of. Thanks, guys!
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04-07-2008, 07:36 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Pacific
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I loved Imperialism and found it recently online for free (had to do a surve to get 3 free downloads.)
Its a fun game. Not sure if its what you are looking for though. |
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04-07-2008, 09:09 PM
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College Prospect
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Tempe, AZ
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