The Best Games Never Published, Part 2: Revisiting Video Gam

[mrgein]

all gay ass nerd games. no wonder they got pulled.

 

[Fustian_777]

It's not that game companies are ruled by the dollar...its that PEOPLE are. I mean, you wouldn't do your job for no compensation right?

Can you imagine the conversation?

MANAGER: Uh, everyone gather round...OK...we just ran out of money, none of you, myself included, will receive a paycheck for any more work we do. That's all, now, back to work.

What are the employees saying?

EMPLOYEE: ________

You fill in the blank and then extrapolate if the widget gets made.

 

[celewign]

Harsh dude.... harsh. Fallout was a good 'un.
-Ace

 

[hergieburbur]

all gay ass nerd games. no wonder they got pulled.

Can you vote a guy lower than one? That was kinda uncalled for.

 

[infornography42]

Well you can always vote ignore.
That way at least YOU never have to see his inane comments again.

 

[hergieburbur]

True, but it doesn't help anyone else...

 

[celewign]

WHOOPS SORRY MAN. I meant to vote one star for the guy above you, not you. You're comment is five stars. I'm really sorry.

Let me give you money.
-Ace

 

[infornography42]

I wish there were stars OR frowns. The scale on the stars is good to best, the last thing I want to do is give an idiot the idea that his post was "good"

 

[celewign]

Well, remember, the "good" thing pretty much means "sucky". Sortov like when journalists use polite words like "implied", "obfuscated", and "sketchy" etc - when all those pretty much just mean "fuhck you".
-cm

 

[hergieburbur]

Well, remember, the "good" thing pretty much means "sucky". Sortov like when journalists use polite words like "implied", "obfuscated", and "sketchy" etc - when all those pretty much just mean "fuhck you".
-cm

Isn't that what everything a politician says means??

 

[celewign]

Polititians always tell the truth.
-cm

 

[hergieburbur]

Polititians always tell the truth.
-cm

Yes, the truth as it benefits them. Truth is a highly arbitrary concept.

 

[celewign]

You gets a best vote.
-cm

 

[hergieburbur]

Why thank you. So do you...

 

[nottheking]

Great post, NTK. I took it as a recommend for Transport Tycoon. [/original RCT fan]

RCT's pretty good, I was just disappointed that Sawyer's programming career completely changed. Just of course, note that TT was made for both DOS and Windows 95, and as I've never touched the Win95 version, I don't know how it'll run on Windows XP. However, of course, you COULD reasonably go the DOSBox route just in case, as the game was made for shockingly low specs: 4MB of RAM and a 25MHz 80386. (16-bit CPU) So just about any Pentium 4, AthlonXP, or later should be able to produce enough power even through DOSBox; this isn't Dark Forces, Daggerfall, or Quake, thankfully.

As for the game itself, I enjoy it quite a lot, (I've put a few hours into it just in the past week) though one major shortcoming: the AI. It's the stupidest I've EVER seen in any game... And mind you, I've played through between 2,000-3,000 games. The second screenshot in this Wikipedia Article gives an example of how they construct. I would point out that such a network is an ANOMALY, as very rarely have I ever seen them succeed in making two rail lines cross each other successfully; in other words, that's how they do on a GOOD day. On the flip side, it's quite possible to interfere with their construction, and have them waste all their money without ever completing a single line... But my recommendation is just to turn off the AI opponents altogether. It's a real shame that multiplayer can only exist through a direct serial connection. (though as I recall, there are some network emulators that would allow you for a 2-player game via LAN)

all gay ass nerd games. no wonder they got pulled.

If you post a critique, I would recommend making it more precise than that, perhaps pointing out the fallacies of each and every game, rather than just making a blanket troll.

For instance, might I ask you what's NOT a sort of game that likes taking it in the back door?

I wish there were stars OR frowns. The scale on the stars is good to best, the last thing I want to do is give an idiot the idea that his post was "good"

It's things like this which make it why I simply never really vote-rate posts/threads, on any forum. The exceptions I could make are for forums where the voted rating of a whole thread could determine it's fate.

[edit]D'oh, use the right closing tag. :slaps forehead:

 

[czar1020]

Ahh article made me soo sad... I went and installed star craft and fallout 2 last night. I loaded them up and went "wtf" my resolution went to hell. But i remember playen them on a 200 Mhz monster =)

I miss the old days, I always waited for Fallout 3 and/or Ghost, just sitting there going i hope they will come out this year, now im sitten here just hoping any decent game comes out, i havnt played anything worthwhile for a long time or anything that i was completely addicted to.

My top three games from the past:
Starcraft
Fallout I & II
Baldurs Gate Series <-- horrible online, but fun as far as i was concerned I really only played single player