CSD3 starts off with its patented quirkiness and whisks us away (literally, there's a character named 'Whisk' that saves us!) onto a new adventure of cooking foods for hungry folks willing to put up with us. This time, we're on the road - prepping and serving old and new recipes from the previous games in our very own food truck. Players familiar with the other two CSD games should feel right at home with the gameplay and controls they have worked so hard to master, while also enjoying some new features that take the fun to new levels. The graphics, sound and music have all received a fresh coat of Newness while maintaining the style we love. Looking forward to continuing additions and developments that Chubigans (developer) is known for.
I've been playing the Myst games for quite a while. I even own the original realMyst game, which was good despite the technical and performance issues it came with. But now realMyst: Masterpiece Edition has stepped up a level in presentation, both graphically and in features. There are now hints for those complete lama n00bs who may need help getting their feet wet for the first time in an adventure game, along with some very shiny, modernized graphics to tickle the eyeballs of veteran Mysters such as myself. Good jorb!
I had already watched a play through of Lone Sails on the tubes, but still the game peskered me in the back of my gamer's brain (you know what I'm talking about, right? That little voice back there that constantly says, "Buy me... I'm on sale at GoG.com!" Yeah, you know the one!) So I did buy it and I have to say - it's just a touching, fun little game! Beautiful to behold. And honestly, it didn't feel 'climate preachy' at all; Lone Sails never gets into WHY the world has rusted away, just that it did fade, which is actually a true story!
How did I miss this one? Flew right past me last year, and I didn't even notice! Anyway, my kid and I are having an enchanted time playing through Ghost of a Tail together. I watch her as she voice acts all of the dialogue as she progresses through this amazing adventure, and then later surpassing her progress on my own save file, laughing at her that she has too much homework to be able to play right now and that I am a much better mouse bard/thief than she'll EVER BE! HAHAHAH!! Yes, it's good.
Picked this up just after my recent purchase of Planetbase. Got to say, I am liking both games a lot. As well as the change in setting, Dawn of Man is an improvement over Planetbase in every way. More control, more options, more progression! Good games man. Thanks!
I was a bit skeptical of Planetbase (and Dawn of Man for the same reasons) because of the mediocre review rating and some of the comments. But now that I'm playing it, I really don't see what the problem is. The game is quite fun - the interface is super clean and easy to use. At first I thought the game might be too simplistic, but it's actually challenging to balance production, storage, energy, and everything else you need to do. Plenty of content! Graphics are quite well done and pleasant. Glad I finally got Planetbase.
The game has actually aged well and LAN still works too. What sets this apart from Quake III: Arena are the weapons.
but also not bad.
not because it's a bad game. No, I love this Civ game, and had a chance to play it with the Ages of Man and Apolyton mods. The reason it saddens me is because Sid Meier never used some of the streamlined ideas from Call to Power 2 in his own games. C2P2 (sounds like a droid name) was on the right path with making you feel like the ruler of an ever growing, sprawling civilization. Instead, the following Civ games continued to make you feel like you were playing a board game. I love board games, but the Civ series never developed to its full potential that could have made you truly feel like an Emperor at the head of a sprawling, ever growing, epic realm. Instead, you move individual units and workers around attacking and building things one at a time; cities consume resources on hexes or squares... one at a time. Civ could have been more, and CTP2 showed us it is true.
