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What games do you always go back to? - 11/28/2010 12:54:14 AM   
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Status: offline 		What games can you not play for a while, go back to, and then play constantly for a long time, put them away again, but always go back eventually?
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RE: What games do you always go back to? - 11/28/2010 1:06:24 AM   
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Status: offline 		That's an easy question for me: despite all the latest and greatest, I keep returning to Matrix' signature game, which is Steel Panthers: World at War, using the Enhanced version by Alby's dedicated team. This group of fans, with assistance from programmer Michael Wood, has made this game a bonafide classic. It is only in this game that I can fight out the Marines' war in the Pacific. Of course, I contributed a bit to the USMC OOB and to one of the Mega Campaigns, so it also bears my personal stamp.

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RE: What games do you always go back to? - 11/28/2010 1:11:44 AM   
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RE: What games do you always go back to? - 11/28/2010 1:31:37 AM   
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RE: What games do you always go back to? - 11/28/2010 1:47:17 AM   
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RE: What games do you always go back to? - 11/28/2010 2:00:06 AM   
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RE: What games do you always go back to? - 11/28/2010 2:28:14 AM   
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RE: What games do you always go back to? - 11/28/2010 2:35:34 AM   
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RE: What games do you always go back to? - 11/28/2010 2:36:04 AM   
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RE: What games do you always go back to? - 11/28/2010 4:12:47 AM   
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RE: What games do you always go back to? - 11/28/2010 4:35:17 AM   
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RE: What games do you always go back to? - 11/28/2010 5:20:13 AM   
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RE: What games do you always go back to? - 11/28/2010 8:39:02 AM   
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Status: offline 		Harpoon - the original 360 game from the early 90s. I think the disks are still up in the loft but I've copied the lot, about 30 floppies, to a CD. Which reminds me, maybe it's about time to re-copy that, too.

The original Ghost Recon, too, if I'm looking for a straight FPS with no frills.

And the original TOAW, too. I'm starting to see a pattern here - when did I last buy a game?????


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RE: What games do you always go back to? - 11/28/2010 9:28:03 AM   
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RE: What games do you always go back to? - 11/28/2010 10:42:33 AM   
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RE: What games do you always go back to? - 11/28/2010 11:37:28 AM   
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    RE: What games do you always go back to? - 11/28/2010 12:43:44 PM   
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    RE: What games do you always go back to? - 11/28/2010 3:27:22 PM   
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    RE: What games do you always go back to? - 11/28/2010 3:59:46 PM   
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    Status: offline     		Lots of years ago I dated a girl. I found some things about her that I didn't like and we broke up. Some time later we dated again and those same things were still there. I bought a car and after owning it a while there were things I didn't like and sold it. Some time later I bought another one and soon found the same dislikes. Epiphany.

    I have had a few games that I played until all the bad came out. When I return to them some time later, I remember the stories above and quickly see all the reasons that I quit playing them.

    I still go back from time to time and play the old games but it always turns out the same.

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    RE: What games do you always go back to? - 11/28/2010 5:37:19 PM   
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    Status: offline     		TOAW. I've played it since Vol I when I think it was a Talonsoft game. If you have not tried it with the latest update from the guys here, you need to check it out. It looks and plays like a new game. Over Thanksgiving in addition to finally getting COTA on sale, I put TOAW III back on my hard drive and downloaded the new update. It is great.

    Almost forgot, TOAWIII worked without any problem on my new Win 7 computer with a wide screen and with no adjustments of any type.

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    RE: What games do you always go back to? - 11/28/2010 7:01:12 PM   
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    RE: What games do you always go back to? - 11/29/2010 12:52:35 AM   
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    RE: What games do you always go back to? - 11/29/2010 2:48:43 AM   
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    quote:

    ORIGINAL: junk2drive

    Lots of years ago I dated a girl. I found some things about her that I didn't like and we broke up. Some time later we dated again and those same things were still there. I bought a car and after owning it a while there were things I didn't like and sold it. Some time later I bought another one and soon found the same dislikes. Epiphany.

    I have had a few games that I played until all the bad came out. When I return to them some time later, I remember the stories above and quickly see all the reasons that I quit playing them.

    I still go back from time to time and play the old games but it always turns out the same.


    Dang junk they have pills for that. Sounds like you have a seratonin(sp) imbalance.

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    RE: What games do you always go back to? - 11/29/2010 4:31:45 AM   
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    SPWAW, Team Fortress 2, the Civ series.

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    RE: What games do you always go back to? - 11/29/2010 10:12:17 AM   
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    RE: What games do you always go back to? - 11/29/2010 12:52:35 PM   
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    RE: What games do you always go back to? - 11/29/2010 2:48:49 PM   
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    quote:

    ORIGINAL: junk2drive

    Lots of years ago I dated a girl. I found some things about her that I didn't like and we broke up. Some time later we dated again and those same things were still there. I bought a car and after owning it a while there were things I didn't like and sold it. Some time later I bought another one and soon found the same dislikes. Epiphany.

    I have had a few games that I played until all the bad came out. When I return to them some time later, I remember the stories above and quickly see all the reasons that I quit playing them.

    I still go back from time to time and play the old games but it always turns out the same.


    Agreed, though the only I go back to are the games whre it wasn't because it had problems, it was just that I either completed the game(Half Life 2) or I'm tired of the period for awhile. For example, I'm haven't really playing JTCS or Steel Panthers lately because I want a break from World War II. However, I AM playing WinSPMBT and looking forward to the Modern Wars vol 1, the modern warfare version of JTCS. So as you can see in this case, the engine game system has nothing to do with it.

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    RE: What games do you always go back to? - 11/29/2010 8:20:48 PM   
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    Status: offline     		Advanced Tactics, Left 4 Dead and I sometimes go back to Age of Empires, the Conquerors. I think I'm pretty much done with that one though.

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    RE: What games do you always go back to? - 11/29/2010 8:56:27 PM   
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    Masters of magic is a crushing disappointment to revisit. It plays so slow.


    Not on Dosbox it doesn't if you know how to optimize it. Even Defend-Reloaded you can speed it up. Just press CTRL+F12 about 10 times and it will be as fast as it ever was. To slow it down if you get it too fast press CTRL+F11 a number of times.

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    RE: What games do you always go back to? - 11/29/2010 9:20:27 PM   
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