Which style of game do you prefer?

Being an old hand I prefer slow puzzle games over real-time strategy or RPGs, because any game that depends on split second decisions and lightning fast button control is over my head, hence I have never even tried 1st person shooters: I would get fragged before I even get started.

I like games with excellent graphics, so I quite appreciate the interactive "comic books" like Syberia and Amerzone, even though the story is very fixed.

I like RTS games like RON but as soon as the difficulty level rises above "easy" I have to screw down the game speed considerable in order to be able to do all the micromanagement required (the computer is much better at that than me because it doesn't have to scroll and click crisscrossing the map.

I also like thed graphics and the machine in Dungeon Siege, but the game got tiresome and repetitive in the end (some of the siegelet mods available on-line are actually better storyline-wise than the game itself).

Unfortunately, I do not have much time to play. I have been working my way through Tomb Raider The last Revelation for the past month (I am at level 14 now, so it will last me at least another month, good value for money :-) And falling down the same trap for the umptheenth time serves as a good deterrent to gamingaddiction

Paaskynen, i would recommend to you the German games 1602 and 1503, they are the products of Sunflowers and are maketed by EA Games (Entertainment Arts). They are cross between strategic games and Simcity. I think you would enjoy them.

I don't have the reflexes for first-person shooters either, but i still enjoy the RPG's. The two games i mentioned above move somewhat slowly, and, if you have done things well, there are times when you can get up and walk away, and leave the game running, to allow your resources and/or money accumulate, while you get a bite to eat, use the bathroom, etc.

Setanta, have you ever played Civ 3? I suspect it might be up your alley.

I've seen it, but haven't tried it, Boss. Could you compare it to MS Age of Empires?

Similar, but for reasons hard to explain, Civ 3 is the best of such simulation games for most who have played it.

It's outdated, but nobody has been able to beat it.

I bought the new Rise of Nations game, but Civ 3 is still the game to beat for me.

I'll check it out . . .

well, I still like Bust-A-Move 99 and all Tetrus games........but I'm stuck in a rut.

Looking back.......I see I already said this. But I've spent many an hour playing Zelda games of every variety.

What are Zelda games?

They are RPG's . . . and quite entertaining . . .

Ack - I have Myst and a recent Age of Empires - somewhere - mebbe I will get into them one day.....

I have a friend who loves Civilization - dunno if he has 3 - I should ask him, becasue if he doesn't, it would make a great birthday present... I know he loved the one he had.

I have the 2004 version of Microsoft Flight Simulator - it is fabulous, because it has huge numbers of the famous flights - like Kingsford Smith (a relly of mine) and Earhardt (sp???) and Lindbergh etc. It teaches you to fly - from a li'l Cessna up to a jumbo.

Sadly, my computer is not quite up to it, and it takes a huge amount of memory - prolly too much for the amount I use it - I am just not a games person, I think.

I do enjoy some of the arcade games...and the odd shoot 'em up spacy one.

Set,

RPG = what?

If Zelda is in that category, then I love them. I'm working on getting my game sets all hooked up and running here in New York......not there yet, but the handy man guy is working on it for me.

dlowan,

The Zelda games all involve solving mysteries in order to gain admittance to the places where you kill the bad guys and rescue the maiden and save the world. Link is the hero and he gets all the girls, after slaughtering the villains. It's great fun. But I have been known, in a pinch, when I couldn't discover the trick to move on to the next level, to consult some latency age boy who can tell me what to do next.

Hi Lola. RPG = "Role-Playing Game". From what I remember of the Zelda games, from the dark ages of the old Nintendo console, it's an RPG.

Thanaks Grand Duke..........I especially like the RPGs then.

i love strategy or FPS

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