dagorkan
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So I've become tired and sick of these sub-par Paradox games, I'm looking for something more realistic and complex than Risk! but which is fun, challenging and has good AI. I don't want too much economic/resource management and I don't care so much about the setting, anything historical since the 18th century would be fine.
I've seen quite a lot of hex-based games reviewed on TCancer, one by Hussar Games about the American Revolution looked quite intriguing... I own and played SSI's Fantasy/Star Generals and liked them but something a little more high scale, historical and open-ended (rather than mission based) would be preferable. But I don't want an overly ambitious sandbox 'control the world' thing that only ends up disappointing because the gameplay isn't there to match the ambition (Paradox). Something theater specific where you have a set number of troops would be perfect.
I also played a lot of "Fields of Glory" a Napoleonic real-time game back in the day (even used it's database to write a history essay in school) and bought Cossacks a while ago but for some reason never installed it and lost the DVD. My preference is turn based but I can tolerate manageable real time.
What would you recommend to try first?
I've seen quite a lot of hex-based games reviewed on TCancer, one by Hussar Games about the American Revolution looked quite intriguing... I own and played SSI's Fantasy/Star Generals and liked them but something a little more high scale, historical and open-ended (rather than mission based) would be preferable. But I don't want an overly ambitious sandbox 'control the world' thing that only ends up disappointing because the gameplay isn't there to match the ambition (Paradox). Something theater specific where you have a set number of troops would be perfect.
I also played a lot of "Fields of Glory" a Napoleonic real-time game back in the day (even used it's database to write a history essay in school) and bought Cossacks a while ago but for some reason never installed it and lost the DVD. My preference is turn based but I can tolerate manageable real time.
What would you recommend to try first?