A game where you build?

is_dead · Post by **is_dead** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 10:39 pm

Looking for a recommendation for a game where I get to build something. I just have an urge to create. I was looking at the Worms Forts preview. I'd like to create a base, or a vehicle, but probably not a character or an empire, so no RTS or RPG's.

Any ideas? I'd like a newer game with decent graphics... thanks!

Kael · Post by **Kael** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 10:44 pm

Emperor: Rise of the Middle kingdom is a cool city building sim that lets you try all sorts of creative city building ideas.

is_dead · Post by **is_dead** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 11:05 pm

cool, I'll check it out on gamespot

Dirt · Post by **Dirt** » Fri Nov 12, 2004 12:12 am

Rollercoaster Tycoon.

Kasey Chang · Post by **Kasey Chang** » Fri Nov 12, 2004 12:23 am

Mindrover

dangerballs · Post by **dangerballs** » Fri Nov 12, 2004 2:11 am

Lego Island

da Toad · Post by **da Toad** » Fri Nov 12, 2004 2:48 am

Stronghold.

is_dead · Post by **is_dead** » Fri Nov 12, 2004 5:15 pm

hey, Stronghold 2 looks really good. There's a preview on Gamespot. Release set for Q1 2005. 3D engine and fairly big battles, plus the ability to make your own fort or castle, complete with burning oil to dump on the invaders...

da Toad · Post by **da Toad** » Fri Nov 12, 2004 11:58 pm

Yeah, read a preview in CG mag. Seems like the same game just ported to a 3D engine with a more "sim-like" quality to the subjects (re. Space Colony).

I had a blast playing LAN games vs. the Mrs. She's still complaining about the time my trebuchet flung a cow carcass into her oil pot and burned down her castle from the inside out. I'd never see a cow corpse cause damage before; they usually just cause disease. One in a million shot...

CSL · Post by **CSL** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 1:58 am

I'll second the recommendation of Rollercoaster Tycoon. You should be able to find the pack with RCT2 and both its expansions for about $20. Thats a lot of scenarios, and though I thought RCT2 was weaker then the first thats mainly because it was mostly a glorified expansion pack.

Zekester · Post by **Zekester** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 8:55 am

Yeah, RollercoasterTycoon is probably the best.

Settlers 4 and Northland are also good picks.

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 3:34 pm

Caesar III, Pharoah, Zeus -all Impressions games...spectacular imo

Azhure · Post by **Azhure** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 6:45 pm

I'll second the recommendation for any of the Impressions series of citybuilders, CaesarIII, Pharaoh, Zeus or Emperor. I would also suggest checking out Children of the Nile, made by many of the same people (even if they did fire Ironrod

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Spike · Post by **Spike** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 4:48 am

is_dead wrote:hey, Stronghold 2 looks really good. There's a preview on Gamespot. Release set for Q1 2005. 3D engine and fairly big battles, plus the ability to make your own fort or castle, complete with burning oil to dump on the invaders...

If it doesn't turn out to be yet another RTS "build lots of one thing and throw them at the walls until they fall down" affair like the first one, that'd be good. Loved the first, but it really sucked from a castle-building and siege-tactics point of view.

is_dead · Post by **is_dead** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 4:56 pm

Exactly. Castle Building, siege tactics. Two awesome concepts that haven't been done right yet. Don't get me wrong, Rome Total War is a great game, but not for these 2 reasons.

Spike · Post by **Spike** » Thu Nov 25, 2004 4:38 am

Zekester wrote:Yeah, RollercoasterTycoon is probably the best.

Settlers 4 and Northland are also good picks.

Settlers 3 was a better game, unless Settlers 4 had no combat as requested (I don't recall).

Is RCT3 any great advance over RCT1/2, by the way?

Meghan · Post by **Meghan** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 3:01 pm

RCT3 is a huge advance. There's a demo for it and it's definitely worth a look.

Another vote for Children of the Nile here - I'm really enjoying that game (and I like all the City Builders too.)