On Fri, 02 May 2025 12:32:02 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:

Also, some freebies of my own! I already own these games on GOG so I
can't claim 'em again, but there's no reason to let them go to waste.
Redeem on GOG (https://www.gog.com/en/redeem). You'll need a GOG
account, obviously. First person to grab the key gets it. ROT13
'encrypted' to fend off the bots.

I guess I was the first person because I got them both. Thank you
Spalls.

I played Legacy of Kain years ago on my friend's Playstation I think?
It wasn't bad.

As for the Star Wars game, I will give it a try when I am in the mood
for some RTS. Admittedly though, the only games in this genre that
ever really clicked with me was Warcraft and Age of Empires.

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On Fri, 02 May 2025 18:04:06 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:

(The Number thanks you too!)

There were just so many RTS games from that era that I'd have a hard
time pointing to a favorite. I think I always leaned more towards the >"Command & Conquer" side of things over "Warcraft"; the first two
games especially were my favorite.

But I've fond memories of a number of RTS games from back then;
anything from the "Army Men" games, to "Act of War", to "Ground
Control" to the "Myth" games; "Cossacks", "Empire Earth", "Rise of
Nations", "Homeworld", "World in Conflict", "Hostile Waters", "Nexus:
The Jupiter Incident", "World in Conflict", "Battlezone",
"Stratosphere", "Dawn of War"... and oh so many, many more.

There were a lot of losers too ("Frontier Wars", "Original War",
Sacrifice", "Cave Wars", "Black & White", "Submarine Titans", etc.)
but the biggest problem of the genre was the sheer flood of games; it
was just too much to keep up with, and it wore out the market. But for
a while it was a really exciting time to be a gamer. ;-)

Wow, that is a lot of RTS games. I never heard of many of those. I did
play C&C and Red Alert back in the day. I also played Total
Annihilation and I think another one called Dark Reign.

I think what happened in my case, is that where strategy games are
concerned, I prefer them turn based. Any RTS I am going to play now,
one of the first things I am going to do is find the speed slider and
turn it down. Maybe all the way down. :-P

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On 06/05/2025 15:24, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

"Black & White" was an interesting failure. It was an attempt to break
away from the RTS formula that had (arguably too long) dominated the
genre. It was visually breathtaking at the time (so much lens flare!).
It had a unique sense of humor and style. Its promise of AI-agents
with genuine personality and the ability to learn and react to in-game
events was intriguing. And it was all wrapped up in some quality
marketing, from the black-n-white boxes to Molyneux's famous hype; it
was no wonder it was an eagerly anticipated game.

I found the problem with it is that it didn't include NFT's, what was
Molyneux thinking of!

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On Tue, 6 May 2025 14:13:47 -0700, Justisaur <[email protected]>
wrote:

I was always a sucker for Molyneux's games, because really, I can't
remember one I met I didn't like.

The only Molyneux games I ever liked were Syndicate and Magic Carpet.
I did not care for Powermonger, Populous, Theme Park, Dungeon Keeper,
Fable, Space Hulk or Black and White. I am not sure if he is
responsible for all of those titles, but I think he is in some way or
another.

I think most of his games are a bit too off the beaten path for my
tastes usually. Maybe that is at least part of the reason you like his
games.

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