TheSarge says: It's Elite-light (very, very light). In the Wing Commander Universe. With a pretty cool story and decent amount of free-roaming, space-freelancer stuff.

TheSarge says: I loved Civilization, I loved Colonization and then I got it on an alien world with wonderful factions and a surprising mystery running behind it all. Alien Crossfire added more great factions, more gameplay and sucked away more hours of my life.

TheSarge says: Breaking away from your European liege, forming your own independent nation on the American continents, fluctuating gameplay from exploration, colony-management, trading, research and preparation for independence. Captivating and still deep.

TheSarge says: It may sound weird, but the fact that your characters could die of a cold if you didn't correctly prepare for a longer journey STILL speaks to me. And you could travel all over northern Aventuria in pursuit of the story. Wonderful, hard, RPGs.

TheSarge says: It streamlined Realms of Arkania 1 and 2. It took away most of the complexity. But the story was also streamlined, in a good fashion. It's easier, but still satisfying.

TheSarge says: Battle Isle 1 and 2, as well as the (sadly missing from GOG) History Line 1914-1918 were some of my first forays into turn-based strategy. Even before the [X] General series. And they still hold up well.

TheSarge says: Hours. Days. Weeks. MONTHS lost to those games. Especially MOO2. My sis and I played extensive play-by-mail multiplayer games on huge galaxies. The singleplayer experience also still beats most sci-fi 4X games from modern times.

TheSarge says: The different planes, multiple factions, multiplay ways to win, artefact crafting, various spellbooks, utterly gorgeous graphics and a compelling, gripping atmosphere make this one of the best fantasy strategy titles of PC videogame history.

TheSarge says: You start playing on a map you just created. You never stop. You just don't stop. Your city becomes your baby. Infrastructure and semi-micro-management made FUN. Maxis knew what they were doing.

TheSarge says: Lands of Lore 1 is, to this day, one of the most gripping tile-based first-person RPGs out there. The atmosphere (graphics, soundtrack and characters) is simply amazing. Also: PATRICK STEWART! WOO! *ahem* Yeah. Great game.

TheSarge says: Gritty, sarcastic, darkly humorous cyberpunk real-time tactics action game. It starts out all simple and fun and then quickly progresses into hectic, balls-hard and fun. Intense action packed with research paths and "persuasion". I love "persuading".

TheSarge says: It's hex-based! It also has a great character progression system, really well-written quests and features all the dark humour we all know and love from the Fallout 'verse. Hard by modern standards, though. Satisfying as hell because of this. :)