Well this was a nice surprise. Am getting 60FPS, my mouse now works like it should without having to play with the x, y, access and bindings, which was a real annoyance once, and the game just feels like Im playing it again for the first time. This was a nice redo on the game and it was about time since Duke has had a 32bit mod for ages now. Just need one for Redneck Rampage and life will be really sweet.
But after a while it became a little tedious and repetitive. Very limited and linear. Sea Dogs 2 which was co-opted by Disney to become Pirates of the Caribbean has a bit more of an expansive area to explore and would be worth it to check out if you can find it and hopefully Gog will get the rights to it and it would be an easy choice. But Sea Dogs regardless was a joy after having nothing but Sid Meirs Pirates to pass the time with and is certainly worth the price.
Only if you really dig the genre and are not tired of trying to get thru the ages without being destroyed in the first hour. The one thing I say without hesitation, is that those of us who have the original disc, find it a pain to run this game in compatibility mode compared to the other Empire building game. Its just too much touch and go to find the right balance. So if Gog got this going and running and your have trouble with your originals running on modern pcs and systems, well here finally is the cure.
I miss the feelings I had when I first installed DF on my 486 computer. It was simple, fun and entertaining. Run gun and shoot. After Black Hawk Down. Its last great hurrah and higher on the excitement meter then the others,the series ended, I dont consider DF extreme as nothing but an attempt to milk the dry udders of a game that could have and should have evolved. The last Comanche game proved that the could still put out some great FPS, and should have continued. The company has been around since 1985 and to my best knowledge is still in business, but not the gaming business. DF2 was followed up by the even better DF2. Get the 1s and 2d DF games and Black Hawk Down and have some lazy fun on Sunday afternoon. As to where they are today. Novalogic Aquired by THQ-Nordic games which seem to be collectors of old sofware of other companies. Go to this entry and scroll down and see how many games of so many companies we remember are now in their possession. EA and one or two other companies swallowed most of our independent game companies, you remember, the ones you called for support and likely as not could talk to the developer/owner him/her self. It was so familial and personable in the old days when need to troubleshoot an issue. Boy do I miss Maxis, Will Wright and the Toys as he called his releases, the Sim Games. I cried when EA bought them out. I dont deal well with change to whats not broken. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THQ_Nordic Sorry for sounding like a maudlin old man, but its great reading reviews from those who there release date like me and remember happier gaming times.
Didnt think it was bad, a good time waster and a way of keeping your brain a little active on the weekends when you really didnt want to think too hard.
Up to this game we had nothing but Sid Meiers Windows 3.1 version of his game that gave you any semblance of buccaneering on a Micro scale. Then along came Sea dogs with its amazing for the time Graphics and missions and all kind of good stuff. Though it gets repetitive it did recharge the genre succeeded by Sea Dogs 2 that was hijacked by Disney and renamed of course Pirates of the Caribbean, but we knew what it was. It time time until we arrived at Assassins creed 3 to up the ante on the genre. I will always have found memories of Sea dogs but the repititve gameplay and same looking locations and occasional bugs make this one for the memory chest and only those who haven't played it should certainly give it a try.
I played the first Guild and it was great because it was unique for its time. Own property, marry, have children, own a business, train your employees, conspire against your competitors and enemies, become part of the city council, duel, and basically all the mischief you could wish for in a city/era simulator. Unfortunately Guild 2 takes all this, improves the graphics somewhat and the rest is all glitches. Constanly having to woo a prospective mate or they loose interest. Buying and selling seems to be monotonous this time around. Almost impossible to keep your businesses going cause you dont have the money or supplies and the AI makes it hard for you to just do what you did without fluster in the The Guild 1. This game is hard work even though it supposed to be a prettier and more open ended sequel. Avoid.
