Diving back into PC Gaming, and it has been almost 18 years since.

[Jasp]

If your after some old school RTS try : http://www.openra.net/

They have rebuilt some of the C&Cs from the ground up to run on modern systems, best part is their free.

I actually used to play Homeworld 1 rather extensively as a kid, would be great to check out the 'remastered' version!

Their excellent, Gearbox really put some love into these and did a awesome job.

[bsodmike]

If your after some old school RTS try : http://www.openra.net/

They have rebuilt some of the C&Cs from the ground up to run on modern systems, best part is their free.



Their excellent, Gearbox really put some love into these and did a awesome job.

w000t!!!

It's even possible to run an openRA container in Docker and Raspberry Pi... colour me impressed!
https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/wiki/Dedicated

/me totally g333ks out over this!!!

[scaryjim]

If your after some old school RTS try : http://www.openra.net/ ...

Ooooh, open source game engine? Now I'm intrigued - I could do with a side project or two now I've moved back into software engineering ...

[WhitherMoon]

Hello Bsodmike, interesting thread.

I noticed in your opening message that you're a Resident Evil fan, both of the remastered HD games on PC are fun for a nostalgic play through, Res Evil Zero & the original Res Evil. And I think Capcom are planning to release 2 and 3 also.

Here's the Trailer

[bsodmike]

Hello Bsodmike, interesting thread.

I noticed in your opening message that you're a Resident Evil fan, both of the remastered HD games on PC are fun for a nostalgic play through, Res Evil Zero & the original Res Evil. And I think Capcom are planning to release 2 and 3 also.

Here's the Trailer

Epic trailer and I so loved that game. That first moment when you're Jill and all vulnerable... epic.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/339340/

Almost all of them are on Steam, yay!!!

[shaithis]

Shogun 2 looks to be rather epic, that's on my list... and these two:

Shogun 2 is epic, in fact, no other game comes close to the playtime steam is reporting to me

The new Total War: Warhammer is more in-depth as well.

Can't say enough good about StarCraft 2......both campaign and online are exceedingly well done.


and if you haven't played games for 18 years, maybe it's time to look at some of the newer action/adventure genre titles which I am most certainly getting dragged into a lot lately.

[bsodmike]

Shogun 2 is epic, in fact, no other game comes close to the playtime steam is reporting to me

The new Total War: Warhammer is more in-depth as well.

Can't say enough good about StarCraft 2......both campaign and online are exceedingly well done.

Thanks, I'll grab it for sure. Lot of negative comments on the state of DLC in Warhammer
http://store.steampowered.com/app/364360/

As for Shogun 2, http://store.steampowered.com/app/201270/, would you recommend Fall of the Samurai as well?

and if you haven't played games for 18 years, maybe it's time to look at some of the newer action/adventure genre titles which I am most certainly getting dragged into a lot lately.

Ah, well I've been keeping tabs on MGS over the years, and mostly play MGSV and a few titles on the PS4. Used to have an Xbox and followed Gears of War a fair bit. That said, my gaming has generally been rather limited over the past 3-4 years as I've really been bogged down with work (http://desilva.io)

Cheers M.

[shaithis]

Fall of the Samurai is decent but after a while just feels like a minor re-skin of the original.

[WhitherMoon]

Epic trailer and I so loved that game. That first moment when you're Jill and all vulnerable... epic.

Ha ha! yeah they're both atmospheric and well re-done. Great to play when it's dark, windy and raining outside. I might need some adult diapers for Resident Evil 7

[bsodmike]

Hahah diapers, for sure!!!

[Jasp]

Oh totally forgot about Warzone 2100 awesome RTS, a tad unforgiving though again free https://wz2100.net