 Dentatus   | 29 Apr 2015 7:17 a.m. PST |
In light of the recent 'influential books/rules' discussions, what are the top computer/video games that inform your games? Mine are STALKER, Fallout, Starcraft. |
| Darkest Star Games | 29 Apr 2015 7:27 a.m. PST |
Atom Zombie Smash has been fun, and given a few ideas for some games set in early outbreaks. Fall out and Stalker, yes! The old Darklands game gave ideas for some skirmish games and a campaign. This War Of Mine gave an idea for a couple of scavenger games based in a war torn city, using THWs New Hope City for interpersonal reactions when encounters occurred. It was brilliant! Nexus Incident did a lot for our spaceship gaming, as did the old Breach 3 games. |
| IUsedToBeSomeone | 29 Apr 2015 7:59 a.m. PST |
World of Tanks We played a Panzermarsch game with 15 tanks a side + 1 artillery piece and a base to capture. Table was covered in terrain and the tanks had a secret amount of limited ammo. Had a really fun game… Mike |
| PatrickWR | 29 Apr 2015 9:58 a.m. PST |
Fantasy: Skyrim Sci-Fi/Post-Apoc: STALKER, Borderlands, Metro 2033 |
| elsyrsyn | 29 Apr 2015 11:15 a.m. PST |
Tie Fighter definitely made me susceptible to buying into X-Wing! Call of Duty, perhaps, for my feeling of how skirmish gaming in the firearms age should/should not work. Doug |
| fullerena | 29 Apr 2015 11:54 a.m. PST |
System Shock 2 had one hell of an influence, although it doesn't come out much in wargames, for which I am sure everyone is thankful. SHODAN does that to a young person. It's as big an influence on my fondness for spaceship corridor crawls as Alien even without her. Minecraft tweaked my standards of landscape beauty, and I appreciate stepped hills a lot more. No, really. Demon's Souls and Dark Souls taught me to love the undead. Does anyone make 28mm bonewheel skeletons or Catarina-armoured knights yet? EYE Divine Cybermancy heightened my existing appreciation of 40k, and taught me that sometimes you hack the door, sometimes the door hacks you, and sometimes you gain brouzouf. Roguelikes. I played dnd before I played D&D, and still love dungeons. |
| Weasel | 29 Apr 2015 12:08 p.m. PST |
XCOM (original and new), Battle Isle, Laser Squad, Quake 2, Mass Effect. |
 Parzival  | 29 Apr 2015 1:04 p.m. PST |
Another TIE Fighter fan, which is why I wanted the TIE Defender model added to the line, and still want the Missile Boat. Other games not so much, though I suppose Myth: The Fallen Lords and Myth II: Soulblighter helped lead me into tabletop gaming. |
| Weasel | 29 Apr 2015 2:01 p.m. PST |
I should add Japanese RPG's have opened up my mind to more unusual game mechanics.
Roguelikes have given me a lot of appreciation for procedural content. |
 javelin98 | 29 Apr 2015 3:12 p.m. PST |
In addition to the many great ideas above, Battlefield 2142 was an awesome game in terms of sci-fi eye candy, drones, orbital strikes, EMP weapons, infantry pod insertion, etc. Such a pity EA didn't support it and finally pulled the plug. *sniffle* |
| Jakse375 | 29 Apr 2015 4:42 p.m. PST |
Dungeon Keeper gave me a huge kick in the behind to start doing dungeon crawls. For those of you who don't know Dungeon Keeper is kind of a reverse dungeon crawl. You're the bad guy. you build rooms, traps, train monsters, research spells etc etc waiting for the good guys to attack. |
| Sargonarhes | 29 Apr 2015 6:44 p.m. PST |
Killzone
Battlefield 2142
Heavy Gear
Total Annihilation |
| Zagloba | 29 Apr 2015 7:48 p.m. PST |
Fallout, Homeworld, XCOM, Combat Mission, Interstate 76. Rich |
| Mooseworks8 | 30 Apr 2015 2:49 a.m. PST |
Supreme Commander
Ultima Online
Total Annihilation Kingdoms
EVE Online |
| Feet up now | 30 Apr 2015 6:43 a.m. PST |
Fallout, laser squad. X-Com and a classic game series on the spectrum called shadowfire ,enigma force. |
| Gunfreak | 30 Apr 2015 7:07 a.m. PST |
Hm my sci fy is generally space based, never cared for sci fi tanks, mechs, road warrior. So mostly star trek games, bridge commander, STO, verious mods set in star trek. I'm generally much more influenced by non sci fi games, But i do know when playing sci fi games, right now i play st mod for homeworld, stardrive 2, sto ect. I want to paint star ships. So now i paint firestorm armada (a universe i would love to see in a game. |
| javelin98 | 30 Apr 2015 10:13 a.m. PST |
Also, a classic skirmish game from 1993 or so: Syndicate. |
| ROUWetPatchBehindTheSofa | 30 Apr 2015 12:44 p.m. PST |
Angband, Morrowind, KOTOR, Starcraft, C&C – various incarnations, WinSP, Halo series, XCOM series, Diablo I, Wing Commander Prophecy |
| Weasel | 30 Apr 2015 12:57 p.m. PST |
Much shout out to Angband and Syndicate :) Cannon Fodder anyone? |
| Dentatus | 06 May 2015 8:13 p.m. PST |
oooh, forgot about Syndicate. And System Sock 2. How could I have forgotten Shodan? That game scared the bejesus outta me. The new XCOM feels like a near-exact translation of TTG to PC, IMO. Which is probably why I enjoy it so much. |
