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[Christmas Shopping Help!]Present for a Total War fan.
SUPERSUGA
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As part of a secret-santa between work colleagues I've been given a guy who I'd like to buy a PC game for. The only problem is I'm totally out of the PC gaming loop, but I do have some knowledge that will help me in my search.
The friend is a guy in his 40s and while he's mostly a casual PC gamer he loves the Total War series. I believe he has every single game and expansion in the series and plays them a whole lot in singleplayer. As far as I know he doesn't go into multiplayer and doesn't sound like he's after anything with more complexity than TW. He has mentioned other games in passing but I know this series is where he spends most of his gaming time. I have a cunning plan to check for any games he might already own, so I have that base covered. I know he had whatever the Warhammer game was that was somewhat TW-like.
So what I'm looking for is a PC game, nothing too full-on complex like Europa Universalis, but something a casual player who enjoyed the Total War games would like. Was there a WW2 game in a similar style to TW without the complexity of Hearts of Iron? I'm familiar with the old Close Combat games and something like that might be neat for him.
I know he got a really nice new PC lately, so sys requirements shouldn't be much of an issue. New, full-price games are fine as I can search around for a decent price to avoid going over our allowance.
Apologies if requests for game recommendations belong somewhere else. I checked the rules as best as I could and couldn't see anything saying so. Maybe if anyone else needs gaming gift help they can jump in on this too.
The friend is a guy in his 40s and while he's mostly a casual PC gamer he loves the Total War series. I believe he has every single game and expansion in the series and plays them a whole lot in singleplayer. As far as I know he doesn't go into multiplayer and doesn't sound like he's after anything with more complexity than TW. He has mentioned other games in passing but I know this series is where he spends most of his gaming time. I have a cunning plan to check for any games he might already own, so I have that base covered. I know he had whatever the Warhammer game was that was somewhat TW-like.
So what I'm looking for is a PC game, nothing too full-on complex like Europa Universalis, but something a casual player who enjoyed the Total War games would like. Was there a WW2 game in a similar style to TW without the complexity of Hearts of Iron? I'm familiar with the old Close Combat games and something like that might be neat for him.
I know he got a really nice new PC lately, so sys requirements shouldn't be much of an issue. New, full-price games are fine as I can search around for a decent price to avoid going over our allowance.
Apologies if requests for game recommendations belong somewhere else. I checked the rules as best as I could and couldn't see anything saying so. Maybe if anyone else needs gaming gift help they can jump in on this too.
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King Arthur looks pretty neat, but it apparently has heavy roleplay elements and is extremely difficult.
How about the Total War Eras Edition box set?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Total-War-Eras-Shogun-Medieval/dp/B000F6Y5HI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1260285700&sr=8-1
Even in used condition a fan would love that.
As many-handed as a cuttlefish.
Have you considered Company of Heroes? It's a different game, to be sure, but it's glorious and tactical.
Edit: Steam has COH Gold which contains the first expansion pack as well. There's been another since. Worth knowing if it looks like it might be up his street.
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