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Between Skyrim (and all the DLC), Dragon Age: Origins, Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas, Saint's Row 2 & 3, Mass Effect 1 & 2, I've got hundreds (if not thousands) of hours of gaming ahead of me. Win! :D
Most of the earlier FFs are already available on Google Play or Apple's AppStore, if you're interested.Yep. I'm kind of hoping that if it sells well Square might release the other older FFs (not just VIII and IX but hopefully also I-VI) on Steam as well. And heck, maybe other series like Chrono and Mana.
At the very least I would be surprised if VIII didn't come soon, as it and VII were released on PC way back when already, and should take the least work to convert to Steam standards I'd think.
Unfortunately, I don't think you'll see any others than VII and VIII. Both of them had PC releases when they were first created. Whilst it may be possible to rig up some sort of emulation to convert the older games, IX and onwards will take some hefy work to be made compatible with the PC which I don't see happening.
VIII should appear at some point, but I think that's it for FF on the PC (apart from the MMORPGs, of course).
Wait really? Can I get a link to the Google one? I'm not familiar with Google Play.
Also I'm hoping you're wrong Wert. I'd love to get my hands on IX again, especially playable on a PC.
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Here's Final Fantasy on Google Play
They have 2-4 linked below as well as Dimensions. I've played Dimensions on the iOS. I think it's controls are a bit clunky, but overall I'm pleased with it.
I picked up 5 games, and spent something like a total of $20.00.
I snagged Strike Suit Zero and Strike Suit Infinity on Flash sale for, if I recall, a combined total of something like $6. Turns out those were wasted dollars. The game is gorgeous, but I've not the patience to learn the dizzying controls. Played the tutorial for 30 minutes, still had no idea what was happening on screen and couldn't save a beseiged ship of some sort from a bunch of smaller ships. Then deleted the local content for both games.
The other games I snagged were each around $5.00. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II, Fallout: New Vegas, and The Cave.
KoTorII is delightful and fun, though the movies reset the graphics settings to a TEENY TINY resolution, so it plays in a small, small box in the center of my large, large monitor. The switching from movie sequences back to game play has twice now made the sound go haywire and forced me to quit/restart the game. I don't mind though - I like the game that much. Bao-Dur just joined my party, and I keep thinking while playing that I'd wished The Old Republic mmo felt and played more like this game. BioWare would've maintained my subscrition after the first month if it did.
The Fallout games never grabbed me, but I saw Obsidian had a hand in New Vegas and since I was enjoying KoToRII so much, I figured I'd give it a try. I'm not disappointed! Loving it so far.
Haven't given The Cave a spin yet, but it seems to be right up my alley.
All told, I just kind of look at it as I spent $20 on 2 great games and another that I'm almost sure to like.
So far:
Civ V Gold Edition
The Walking Dead
I think that's all. No regrets either.
So far I've got Fallen EnchantressI have Fallen Enchantress sitting in my library, but I haven't played it. How is the quality? And what sorts of games does it share similarities with?
Looking forward to your review! I played Elemental: War of Magic and it was terrible.
Alright I've only just gotten past the tutorial and played around with it a bit, but I am enjoying it. It definitely has that "just one more turn" addictiveness good 4x games have.
It feels to me like... well, Fall from Heaven, actually. Basically, it feels like a cross between Civilization and Master of Magic, all in good ways. You play a sovereign of a kingdom post a fantasy-apocalypse, trying to rebuild and gain power and influence in the world. Your sovereign is its own hero character; you also have other hero units and regular units. While you build cities, research technology and magic, and gather resources, you also move your heroes around the board collecting treasure and going on quests (which is generally "go here and kill this thing"), in addition to contending with your adversaries.
As in the long ago Master of Magic, your battles are fought on a separate turn-based combat screen. ((I would say otherwise the closer contemporary analog to MOM is Warlock: Master of the Arcane, but the one thing they don't have is the combat screen.))
It is complex without being impossible (personally I wish the tech tree were simpler, but I know some people love that, and I also know to expect really long drawn out tech trees from Stardock strategy games). The personalities of the different sovereigns and nations are well written. I haven't played around with it much, but there's also a lot of customization options--you can make your own custom sovereign and custom units (using the tech you have), and customize your enemies.
Graphics and sound are solid. Nothing has blown me away, but it is all what it needs to be. I really like the "painted" style of the graphics.
Haven't encountered any major bugs.
I never played Elemental (heard about all its awfulness) and as far as I can tell they've fixed the big issues they've had and delivered a good game this time. If that changes as I continue to play I'll note it. But generally if "fantasy turn based strategy" sounds like your thing, this is an entertaining way to go.
KoTorII is delightful and fun, though the movies reset the graphics settings to a TEENY TINY resolution, so it plays in a small, small box in the center of my large, large monitor. The switching from movie sequences back to game play has twice now made the sound go haywire and forced me to quit/restart the game. I don't mind though - I like the game that much. Bao-Dur just joined my party, and I keep thinking while playing that I'd wished The Old Republic mmo felt and played more like this game. BioWare would've maintained my subscrition after the first month if it did.
IIRC there is a fan patch which may help some of the haywireness. I agree KotOR2 is impressive and deserves a better reputation than it has.
Also I'm hoping you're wrong Wert. I'd love to get my hands on IX again, especially playable on a PC.
I haven't checked for a while, but you may be able to get IX, X and XII working on PS1 and PS2 emulators (though, OF COURSE, that would only be legal if you own the original games) on the PC as a last recourse. There's actually a strong argument than VII is also better-played on an emulator than the actual PC version, as although the PC version has much better character graphics but the backgrounds are blockier and the music is really poor.
VIII is apparently genuinely much better than on the PC than on the PS1, due to the much better graphics and comparatively few bugs and problems. But they only sold about 15 copies of VIII on PC, hence why none of the later games were ported.
XIII is a big no as PS3 emulation isn't possible at the moment. And also it sucks.
There's like no good RPG out there which I have not already played or even want to play. :-/ My only hope is that Dragon Age 3 will be good.
THE WITCHER 3 and (hopefully) PROJECT ETERNITY will both be out before DRAGON AGE III and at the moment they both look a lot better as games.
KoTorII is delightful and fun, though the movies reset the graphics settings to a TEENY TINY resolution, so it plays in a small, small box in the center of my large, large monitor. The switching from movie sequences back to game play has twice now made the sound go haywire and forced me to quit/restart the game. I don't mind though - I like the game that much.
Did you get the official movie patch? That's a very well-known bug and there's a work around for it.
The Fallout games never grabbed me, but I saw Obsidian had a hand in New Vegas and since I was enjoying KoToRII so much, I figured I'd give it a try. I'm not disappointed! Loving it so far.
Obsidian - when they were still Black Isle - created the FALLOUT games and made FALLOUT 1 and 2, so they were very familiar with the series. Certainly much more familiar with it than Bethesda :)
Also check out the expansions for NEW VEGAS (they're not DLC, but full-sized expansions). OLD WORLD BLUES in particular is brilliant.
Also I'm hoping you're wrong Wert. I'd love to get my hands on IX again, especially playable on a PC.I haven't checked for a while, but you may be able to get IX, X and XII working on PS1 and PS2 emulators (though, OF COURSE, that would only be legal if you own the original games) on the PC as a last recourse. There's actually a strong argument than VII is also better-played on an emulator than the actual PC version, as although the PC version has much better character graphics but the backgrounds are blockier and the music is really poor.
VIII is apparently genuinely much better than on the PC than on the PS1, due to the much better graphics and comparatively few bugs and problems. But they only sold about 15 copies of VIII on PC, hence why none of the later games were ported.
I actually have the discs for IX around somewhere, though I haven't dug them out from wherever they were when I last moved. I don't own any past that.