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4x Delights

MikeHuntMikeHunt Registered User regular
edited January 2009 in Social Entropy++
Boredoms got me, need something to occupy my copious amounts of free time. Can any of you fine ladies and gentlemen reccommend a good 4x? I've played so much MoO2 that I'm pretty sure I've played the same randomly generated universe 3 times now.

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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] new member
    edited January 2009
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  • DislexicDislexic Creepy Uncle Bad Touch Your local playgroundRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    What is this thread about again?

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  • DarricDarric Santa MonicaRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I'm told Galactic Civilizations II is pretty much it, if you're into space 4X games.

    I've never played it, but after looking into what was available, I was confident enough to buy it (and two expansions) for my brother, who is massively into 4X games.

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  • Dead LegendDead Legend Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Gal Civ 2

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  • Burning OrganBurning Organ Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Sins of a solar empire is pretty good.

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  • Peter EbelPeter Ebel CopenhagenRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Weren't your assy thread locked a second ago?

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    Fuck off and die.
  • thorgotthorgot there is special providence in the fall of a sparrowRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Dislexic wrote: »
    What is this thread about again?

    forks

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  • AirAir Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    what

    just go buy things man
    get like an ipod and one of those small laptops and a usb drink cooler and some new speakers and a remote control car

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  • MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    is 4x some sort of 90's thing?

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  • DarricDarric Santa MonicaRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I was debating between Sins and GalCiv2 for some time.

    The chief difference seems to be that Sins is a great multiplayer RTS, GalCiv is a great singleplayer 4X.

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  • Burning OrganBurning Organ Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    The Far Side wrote: »
    sin's ain't really a traditional 4x though

    especially because its real time!

    I didn't know that was a requirement for it :(

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  • AirAir Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    thats how you cure boredom

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  • MikeHuntMikeHunt Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I found the battle system to be kind of lame, that and the fact that you could only have fleets of a certain size depending on your tech. I thought that it pigeon holed you into a single strategy. As long as im thinking of the right game that is.
    p.s. Talkin about Gal Civ.

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  • AirAir Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    install a new doorbell

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  • DarricDarric Santa MonicaRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Wikipedia nauseatingly puts the definition as "eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate".

    Notice the Xs.

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  • DarricDarric Santa MonicaRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    MikeHunt wrote: »
    I found the battle system to be kind of lame, that and the fact that you could only have fleets of a certain size depending on your tech. I thought that it pigeon holed you into a single strategy. As long as im thinking of the right game that is.

    Which one are you talking about...?

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  • Dead LegendDead Legend Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Galactic Civilizations 2 may be one of the best purchases I have ever made.

    Seriously, I found it downstairs today and brought it up to my room so I could install it on my laptop before I went back to school.

    It was like Christmas x 3

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  • captainkcaptaink TexasRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Darric wrote: »
    Wikipedia nauseatingly puts the definition as "eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate".

    Notice the Xs.

    Well, that is the meaning of 4x.

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  • the wookthe wook Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    my favorite 4x is the 4x4

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  • DarricDarric Santa MonicaRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    captaink wrote: »
    Darric wrote: »
    Wikipedia nauseatingly puts the definition as "eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate".

    Notice the Xs.

    Well, that is the meaning of 4x.

    I meant the capital Xs.

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  • Dead LegendDead Legend Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Damn, that looks fuckin' good.

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  • the wookthe wook Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Dead Legend wrote: »
    Damn, that looks fuckin' good.

    it is a level of delicious above normal food

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  • jefe414jefe414 "My Other Drill Hole is a Teleporter" Mechagodzilla is Best GodzillaRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Sword of the Stars.

    My Xterra is a good 4x4 too.

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  • Dead LegendDead Legend Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Well, I am starving.

    But I really don't want to go to go out and get a burger.

    And I don't think we have any ground beef here, so that's out.

    Yep, looks like it's nap time for me.

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  • DaricDaric Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Just play Tribes 2

    it is still the best

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  • MikeHuntMikeHunt Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Is that cheese? That burger makes me hot in the pants.

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  • the wookthe wook Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    MikeHunt wrote: »
    Is that cheese? That burger makes me hot in the pants.

    damn right

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  • Burning OrganBurning Organ Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Daric wrote: »
    Just play Tribes 2

    it is still the best

    I'm thinking about trying tribes next but I get .2 second delay from servers in my own country due to my connection :(

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  • DaricDaric Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Burning Organ wrote: »
    Daric wrote: »
    Just play Tribes 2

    it is still the best

    I'm thinking about trying tribes next but I get .2 second delay from servers in my own country due to my connection :(

    I played when it first came out and I loved it. But then it pretty much died.

    Now I can play again and it is so much fun.

    Besides, .2 seconds isn't a big deal when you're playing HO and just spamming mortars inside their base.

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  • LarlarLarlar consecutive normal brunches Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited January 2009
    ahahaha wook

    you look like Jake Busey in that picture

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  • Burning OrganBurning Organ Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Daric wrote: »
    Burning Organ wrote: »
    Daric wrote: »
    Just play Tribes 2

    it is still the best

    I'm thinking about trying tribes next but I get .2 second delay from servers in my own country due to my connection :(

    I played when it first came out and I loved it. But then it pretty much died.

    Now I can play again and it is so much fun.

    Besides, .2 seconds isn't a big deal when you're playing HO and just spamming mortars inside their base.

    It is when someone decides to throw a disc in my face.
    (what's HO)

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2009
    the wook wrote: »
    my favorite 4x is the 4x4

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    I prefer Red Mill:
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  • DaricDaric Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Burning Organ wrote: »
    Daric wrote: »
    Burning Organ wrote: »
    Daric wrote: »
    Just play Tribes 2

    it is still the best

    I'm thinking about trying tribes next but I get .2 second delay from servers in my own country due to my connection :(

    I played when it first came out and I loved it. But then it pretty much died.

    Now I can play again and it is so much fun.

    Besides, .2 seconds isn't a big deal when you're playing HO and just spamming mortars inside their base.

    It is when someone decides to throw a disc in my face.
    (what's HO)

    Heavy Offense. You play as a juggernaut, take an energy or a shield pack and a mortar, plasma, missile launcher, grenade launcher and a spinfusor into an enemy base and you just rape them over and over and over

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  • captainkcaptaink TexasRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Moo2 is still the best 4x in my opinion.

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  • SegSeg Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    captaink wrote: »
    Moo2 is still the best 4x in my opinion.

    I really enjoyed playing MoO2. Was more fun when some friends and I would set up a hot seat game and play all night. But playing solo was also entertaining.

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  • DarricDarric Santa MonicaRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Did you guys ever play Ascendancy? Goddamn, that game was fantastic.

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  • WindfayirWindfayir Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Daric wrote: »
    Just play Tribes 2

    it is still the best

    God I put so much time into tribes 2

    Every time I reformat my PC I reinstall it, just for posterity



    And to play Construction mod
    Which is the best mod of any game ever
    Gmod cannot fill that hole

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