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05-09-2009, 02:09 PM
Quote:I'm surprised Planescape: Torment hasn't been mentioned yet - pretty much the gold standard of superb storytelling within the confines of a role-playing game. More of a book than a game.
I only didn't mention it because I've only just now started playing it.

Quote:And to quote others, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri kept me up for many a night, while Star Control 2 is of course one of the all-time greats (and free to download nowadays, too!).
I'm presuming you mean the Ur-Quan Masters, the SC2 open source project, which is now way better than any original release of SC2, combining the best features from all the versions. Can't thank Bolty enough for recommending it, I've now played it maybe 5 times. Pure gold.

http://sc2.sourceforge.net/

And yes, that is one of the all-time classics, and I suppose does have some ideas beyond just very nice (and very funny) wallpaper for the game. The Ur-Quan are just about the best villains ever, and made all the more awesome by their doctrinal debate: yes, they're both tyrannically insane, but they manifest that in marvellously divergent ways. One almost finds oneself rooting for your Kzer'Za overlords, just because the Kor'Ah are so... stark. What is worse? Perpetual enslavement, or utter annhilation?

-Jester
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Games with Intellectual Content - by Jester - 05-05-2009, 07:48 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Hammerskjold - 05-07-2009, 03:02 AM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Wyrm - 05-07-2009, 06:17 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by --Pete - 05-07-2009, 06:54 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Jim - 05-08-2009, 09:31 AM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Maitre - 05-08-2009, 04:34 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Jester - 05-08-2009, 04:56 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by --Pete - 05-08-2009, 05:37 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Jester - 05-08-2009, 06:03 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by --Pete - 05-08-2009, 07:00 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Jester - 05-08-2009, 07:55 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by --Pete - 05-08-2009, 08:44 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Jester - 05-08-2009, 10:10 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Bolty - 05-09-2009, 01:00 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Jester - 05-09-2009, 02:09 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Vandiablo - 05-09-2009, 04:21 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Hammerskjold - 05-09-2009, 07:00 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Hammerskjold - 05-09-2009, 07:41 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Jester - 05-09-2009, 07:41 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Lissa - 05-09-2009, 11:29 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Jester - 05-09-2009, 11:40 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Kevin - 05-10-2009, 12:09 AM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Jester - 05-10-2009, 02:05 AM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Skandranon - 05-10-2009, 07:30 AM
Games with Intellectual Content - by kandrathe - 05-10-2009, 03:24 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by [wcip]Angel - 05-10-2009, 08:08 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Maitre - 05-18-2009, 02:20 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Jester - 05-18-2009, 09:53 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Maitre - 05-19-2009, 03:46 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by kandrathe - 05-19-2009, 04:58 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Jester - 05-19-2009, 05:06 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by --Pete - 05-19-2009, 05:12 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by kandrathe - 05-19-2009, 05:54 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Hammerskjold - 05-20-2009, 12:57 AM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Jester - 05-20-2009, 01:10 AM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Hammerskjold - 05-20-2009, 04:19 AM
Games with Intellectual Content - by kandrathe - 05-20-2009, 01:53 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by kandrathe - 05-20-2009, 02:15 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Maitre - 05-20-2009, 02:25 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Hammerskjold - 05-20-2009, 06:43 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by --Pete - 05-20-2009, 07:06 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Jester - 05-21-2009, 02:24 AM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Hammerskjold - 05-21-2009, 03:37 AM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Maitre - 05-21-2009, 08:20 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Hammerskjold - 05-22-2009, 01:26 AM
Games with Intellectual Content - by [wcip]Angel - 05-26-2009, 12:12 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by --Pete - 05-26-2009, 04:52 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Jester - 05-26-2009, 04:53 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by --Pete - 05-26-2009, 07:17 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Hammerskjold - 05-29-2009, 02:54 AM
Games with Intellectual Content - by kandrathe - 05-29-2009, 06:18 AM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Maitre - 06-02-2009, 03:34 PM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Nastie_Bowie - 06-03-2009, 01:46 AM
Games with Intellectual Content - by Merlinios - 06-07-2009, 06:26 AM

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