Games I’ve Tried and Disliked
Looks like I’m getting a faster computer next week so I’ve been going through the games I’ve got to see what might be fun to try on a better machine. Along the way I’ve found a number of games I’ve tried, some for hours or days, and disliked. The reason I’m listing these is because they seem like games I should like, but these just miss the mark for me.
Civilization, specifically Civilization 3. I’ve tried every single version of Civilization except for the one that was put out by Activision. I’ve disliked them all. This is weird because I love games where you discover new technology, explore the world, and manage resources. Alpha Centauri (along with the Alien Crossfire expansion) is one of my favorite games ever. The thing that drives me nuts about Civilization is the randomness of combat. I just can’t get into a game where a single spearman defeats a fleet of tanks. It brings back memories of playing Risk with my brother and watching hime roll sixes while I rolled ones.
Homeworld has good graphics, and interesting story, and is a real-time strategy, a genre I enoy immensely (I’ve been playing RTS since the original Warcraft came out). I fired it up again last night and remembered what I hate about this game. You put your ships in a fancy formation, the enemy puts their ships in a fancy formation and the two fleets fly back and forth and shoot at each other for minutes on end before anything happens. There is time to build a whole new fleet while waiting for one minor skirmish to end. This turns a fun game boring.
More later (maybe).