tg approved vidya

>>48692874
SMAC, all tiles.

>>48692939
The original is already on the chart, third row.

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>>48692874
I'm not finding any Dragon's Dogma in there.

Space Station 13

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>>48692874
UnReal World, obviously.

>>48692874
Fallout Tactics is pgood too. Silly as fuck, but does rpg/tactical combat.

Incubation was great for that too. Story line was cheeesy scifi but that was sort of the point.

Albion was a well put together scifi rpg world.

Dominion was a turn based fantasy empire game that wasn't that great but had a cool system for capturing monsters from your rivals and magically mixing their characteristics in your dungeon to make better monsters.

The sequel to Syndicate, Syndicate Wars is cyberpunk squad based combat with some dark shit going on.

Warwind 1 and 2 were at least trying to be innovative for RTS. Unit progression and fog of war, multiple factions with different arcs and units, living world. They probably suck to play now though. 2 got dumb and added humans.

FTL is a newer scifi ship command rougelike that's very tg related. So is Eulogy For A Dead Planet but in a narrative story game way.

Middens and the Lisa series are more jrpgs, but the world building is very creative and worth looking at for game inspiration.

>>48692874
>Total Annihilation
Yes, so much yes, thank you anon

>>48693120
Is Fallout Tactics worth playing? Pretty sure it's in my steam library from when I bought the Fallout classics bundle...

>>48693182
depends do you like tactical RPGs with excellent turn based combat? Then yes, you want to play it. If you're a fan of games like Ogre Tactics or the better entries of the Final Fantasy Tactics series you should adjust easily enough.

however if you want a game like FF1 and 2 with rich storytelling and roleplaying? YEah it doesn't have that, and it's broadstrokes canon so it's full of non canon nonsense.

I love the game but it's not for everyone.

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>>48693066
>>48693039
>>48693120
Good call lads

Dominions 4 can be added or could replace Dominions 3.

Dwarf Fortress is there, but I don't see Rimworld.

Endless Legend is pretty fantastic.

Alpha Protocol gets mentioned a lot, as for the rest I see that most of the games I'd suggest are already in. Maybe put some combat mission/steel panthers for the wargame feel.

>>48692874
Steam Bot Chronicles
Okage Shadow King
The Monster Rancher series
Lost Planet 2
Monster Hunter
Demons/Dark Souls/Blood Bourne
Shadow of the Collosus
Ico
Alpha Protocol
Phantom Crash
Steel Lancer Arena International

Mordheim, BG: Armada, Vermintide, TW: Warhammer... newer Games Workshop stuff in general is mandatory. Or does the game have to be run on a toaster to be considered fa/tg/uy approved?

>>48693182
It really is

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I'd add Silver to your list, I loved that game back in the day. Great story, controls and graphics for those days. It even had some skaven lookalikes ffs.

Etrian odyssey 3&4 for a dungeon crawler

>>48692874
Asura's wrath is quite literally Exalted.

>>48692939
>>48693039
>>48693066
>>48693337
The only good taste in this thread besides OP.

I'd mention Space Rangers 2.

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>>48692874

So, wait. You want us to throw every CRPG ever made at you?

These types of lists might be more useful if they focused solely on "overlooked gems" or other less common suggestions. Everybody and their brother already knows about Diablo and Baldur's Gate, so why bother to recommend them to anyone?

I'd also branch out to consoles. There are plenty of considerations that can hold a candle to your favorite PC games. For instance, I'm sure much of /tg/ would be able to enjoy King's Field, assuming the dated graphics aren't an issue.

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Invisible Inc. An interesting spin to the UFO formula with an expanded gameplay.

Any RTS that bears the Westwood logo.

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>>48693533
It refers pretty much to any video game that fits the Commander Keen Rules. Playable on that sexy second hand ThinkPad is a plus.

>>48693545
>charging armed enemies with a stun-rod
>spin to the UFO formula
That's not the part of the game I'd like to remember. Even
>Prime HE, throw a Rookie
was less frustrating.

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Updated chart. Good recommendations so far.

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I didn't see Temple of Elemental Evil on that list. It's possibly the most faithful recreation of D&D(3.5) rules to date, although there were some liberties taken with spell lists for some reason. The game is incredibly buggy right out of the box, but there are a few official updates to make it more playable. Alternatively, you can try Co8's mod. (which I didn't care for, since it adds too much original content)

And no classic Ultima?

>>48693533
Speaking of PS1, Vagrant Story is an incredibly challenging dungeon crawler with a great plot. Probably Squaresoft's opus. That is, before they merged with Enix and started churning out shitty fanfic-tier games.

>>48693721
Avernum, Avadon, and Nethergate Ressurection should probably be on there.

Zettai Hero Project was pretty good.

>>48693120
Seconding FTL: Faster Than Light, and adding Dragon Age: Origins.

>>48693365
Dark Souls especially. It's a loveletter to classic rpgs and I'm surprised how much it actually took from D&D in terms of mechanics. Mostly things like attunement until you rest.

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>>48692874
Darkest Dungeon

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>>48694052
I'm genuinely impressed with the series approach to gameplay and the inspiration it takes from OSR shit. Demons Souls has honest to god mindflayers and shit that wouldn't have been out of place in an old adventure module.

Boletaria Palace has a ton of traps that wouldn't have been out of place in OD&D.

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>>48693721
>>48692874

Princess Maker 2
Cataclysm DDA
Settlers 2
Bloodbowl
Dishonored
Kerbal Space Program
Sword of the Stars

>>48694203
Fable is pretty classic and Minecraft has been on the list of /tg/ approved RPGs since before it was popular.

>>48693721
Disgaea, for the 4e fans like myself

>>48694052
>>48694233

King's Field did all of this before Dark Souls was ever conceived. It's more or less a forerunner to the series. The writing in KF isn't as shitty though.

>>48694203
not surprised, since /tg/ really loves eating shit

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Halo

>>48692874
Total War: Warhammer

>>48692874
>Minecraft is /tg/ aproved
haha what

Also throwing Chivalry: Medieval Warfare in
>tfw internet is too bad to play that anymore

>>48694390
Take that attitude to /v/ where it belongs, either discuss things or offer alternatives instead of shitting up the place

sid meiers simgolf
caesar III
soulstorm
command and conquer: red alert
hitman codename 47
pillars of eternity
grand theft auto vice city

>>48694451
why wouldn't minecraft be /tg/ approved? its a good sandbox game with room for rp

summer pls go

>>48694498
Because normies like it. That's literally it. Nevermind that minecraft has been on that list since before Notch sold it to microsoft and became a gorrilionaire.

>>48694246
Sauce on pic?

>>48694346
I really don't see how some other game doing it first years before somehow invalidates the series doing it later

>>48694498
https://encyclopediadramatica.se/Minecraft

>>48694573
Sword of the Stars.

The chart needs better organization, it's a hot mess. Maybe alphabetical?

>>48694600
It should be sorted either by setting/theme or game genre

>>48694498
I suppose it's the stigma bought on by Microjew marketing it toward kids, which pretty much kicked off the userbase's slow descent into medocrity. The modding community ain't what it used to be, and the updates have been just okay. (Thousands of hours of development and you still can't put two double-chests together) It's also probably because I've been in since late Alpha and am absolutely sick of playing it.

>>48692874
Ring Of Red motherfucker.

Shadowrun Dragonfall and Hong Kong, the nes Shadowrun game.

Majesty

Final Fantasy Tactics or FFT the Lion Wars

Wasteland 1 & 2

Age of Decadence

I enjoy Project Zomboid but it might not be everyones cup of tea

LISA

Crusader Kings 2

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Divinity: Dragon Commander
Darksiders
Deadspace
Overlord
Styx: Master of Shadows

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>>48692874
Got here as fast as I could.

>>48694715
Second best LucasArts after The Dig desu senpai

Summoner and Sword of the Samurai belong on the list.

Anno 1404
Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri
Bastard Bonds
Duskers
Evil Genius
Darkest Dungeon
Geneforge series
Legend of Grimrock
Mini Metro
Neo Scavenger
Sanctuary RPG
Stronghold
Majesty
Underrail
Wasteland 2
Z
Darkest Hour: a HoI game
Victoria II
Starfleet Command
Captain Blood

>>48695186
Seconding Evil Genius. Loads of fun

>>48694059
Seconded.

>>48695186
>Darkest Hour
What about HoI4?

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>>48694246
>not posting the best pic

>>48694625
>>48694600
It should probably be sorted by what makes them /tg/ related (/tg/ settings, mechanics, IP's, etc.)

>>48697357
Possibly. I'd say the most recent Earth Defence Force is pretty /tg/, it's HFY and has a setting ripe for games

>>48697411
>EDF is pretty /tg/, its HFY
Woah I need to be wearing boots because this slope is so slippery

>>48695504
I'm really not sure if this is /gsg/ or serious, but 4 is easily worse than Darkest Hour and 3, even disregarding whether or not it's /tg/.

>>48694405
It's listed already.

>>48692874
Is Mystery of the Druids actually worthwhile, or is it just a meme game?

Anyway, as for actual recommendations, Thea: the Awakening is pretty cool. It's a 4X/Kingdom Builder in a post-apocalyptic fantasy setting.

>no Mount&Blade

Anons, I am disappoint

On another note, Stick of Truth was pretty good

>>48700350
Warband is up there, anon.

>>48700387
Where? I wasn't able to find it.

>>48700451
Under Diablo 2

>>48700494
Different cover than I'm used to.

Who would have guessed that brass letters on a yellow background would be difficult to read

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>>48693600
CKR is a bit outdated now that /vr/ exists, though the mods don't seem to mind as long as we keep it to one thread.

Games settings I'd like to run a campaign in: Alpha Centauri, Star Control 2 (equivalently Ur-Quan Mansters), Mount & Blade, Nexus: Jupiter Incident (human/solar system only though)

>>48694246
>>48697018
>hiver cultural program
SotS lore is pretty well put together. They made a cute roguelite called The Pit I put a few hours into.

>>48700225
It's an awful point and click adventure that would have died a ignominious death were it not for meme magic.

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>>48697478
Well, get the harness and boots on, we're going to need to abseil down to get enough gems and high quality stuff to use as material

>>48692874
The Last Remnant is on there? Huh, still need to beat that game, currently fighting the 6 generals. Shit is fucking nuts.

>>48692874
>Geneforge is on there
>But not Exile/Avernum
Why?

>>48692874

Avernum needs to be there, as well as Darkest Dungeon and Sunless Sea

>>48695186
Geneforge is on there brow.

>>48692874
>No Hegemony
>No Hand of Fate

>>48692874
Older titles too? Okay:
Combat Mission Barbarossa to Berlin

No Blade Runner?

>>48693028
came here just to say this

Stellaris is pretty /tg/ in an Eclipse Phase kinda way. Can't we just use the Commander Keen Rule though?

>>48694674
>Crusader Kings 2

This, last time we discussed tg games, half the posts were about ck2.

>>48702856
I liked Crusader Kings 1, AKA Homosexual Son Simulator, more.

>>48693875
You know, I gotta say, the storyline in XIV has so far fucking amazed me.

I fucking forget it's an MMO sometimes.

>>48692874

>no soulstorm
>carmageddon

Now i'm curious - how is carmageddon /tg/ approved? Its a good game sure but i'm not seeing the connection.

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>>48693120
I really like Satellite Reign - spiritual successor to Syndicate Wars

I've spendt an inordinate ammount of time talking about Monster Hunter, FFTactics+Advance/A2, Bloodborne and Legacy of Kain here.
Like, I could put all the times I've talked about those games at all /v/ boards plus a handfull of gaming forums and I'd still have spent more time discussing them here on /tg/.

Torchlight is also pretty neat, is Diablo for murderhobos rather than edgelords.

>>48693393
>GW stuff
>/tg/ approved

>>48692874
Oddworld Abe's Oddysee and Exoddus maybe?

>>48693545
I really want to like it but it just gets so boring after a few hours.

>>48692874
>No CK
>Dominions 3 instead of 4

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I think Fallout New Vegas deserves a spot along with 1 and 2

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NEO Scavenger should be on that list.

> no sengoku rance

Fix this.

>>48692874
Armored Core
Cataclysm: DDA
Satellite Reign

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Glad to see EYE on the list.

>>48704087
I recommend this. Nothing like breaking people's arms and legs by slinging rocks at them.

>>48704371
Or that feeling when you find an intact hiking backpack to haul your plastic bottles filled with tannin tea.

>>48694674
>Shadowrun Dragonfall and Hong Kong
I'd say put Returns there as well, even though the other two are better.

>>48704440
>even though the other two are better.
Actually Returns have better main story,

>>48704266
It's on there, my man.

>>48692874
How about Marathon, Oni, or Pathways into Darkness?

>>48704452
I thought Dragonfall had the better main story, and that HK had the better main cast (outside of the Rat Shaman), but that's just my opinion.

>>48692874
System Shock
The Last Federation
Recettear
Magicka
Startopia
The Secret World

>>48704499
HK and DF have a few common problems with their main story:
1) World saving
2) A lot of regular companions
While Returns is all about cyberpunk story of lone man and corporative wars.

>>48704544
Did you forget the ending of Returns where you save the world from being taken over by extrademensional insect spirits by teaming up with fucking Harlequin?

>>48704581
Well yeah but few insects isn't such a big deal as fucking dragon and insects appears only in the finale.

>>48704021
New Vegas is on there, it's three down from Mystery of the Druids

>>48707088
You should be specifically stating "tale of two wastelands"

>>48703177
Car Wars and Dark Future inspired? Maybe?

>>48707543

Thats a very weak connection - there are other games that better represent car wars and dark future.

>only listing morrowind
>no daggerfall
>no oblivion
>no skyrim
disgusting

>>48707905
This

Since were discussing /tg/ vidya
What's a fun build in Shadowrun? I'm trying to get into the game but nothing is appealing to me.
Magic seems pointless compared to guns.

>>48704522
seconding all of these
>>48707905
As someone who personally dislikes these games they certainly deserve a spot

>>48707980
>Magic seems pointless compared to guns.
t. someone who doesn't use Conjuring
Get Spirit Summoning to 3 to get the totem, get Conjuring to 8 for that delicious Haste IV, and dump everything else into Quickness, preferably rifles or shotguns.
Watch as you break the AP economy. Jazz, Cram, Haste IV and Quickness from Wind Spirit = 10 AP per turn on average.

>>48692874

Okay, so for a start even though Oblivion cannot even compare to Morrowind it does still deserve a place on this list. Skyrim of course can fuck right off, it's not an RPG.

I'd also recommend Unreal World (great game, it's free, it has great realism and the developer is a very likeable guy).

>>48707905
>No arena

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Eric the Unready,
the Exile series,
Journey the Quest Begins
Net Hack
Project Nomad
Spellcasting 101 / 201 / 301
Star Lord

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>>48713852
and prisoner of ice

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>>48694800
Bless you you crazy bastard.

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>>48692874

This one right here

I didn't see it on there, but Aurora (the 4x game), is def. /tg/.

>>48692874
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem

>>48703177
>no soulstorm

I like shouting "METAL BAWKSES" and "SPESS MARINES" just like the next guy, but I wouldn't recomend the game itself.

>>48692874
Magrunner: Darkpulse is like Portal with less humor and more lovecraft.

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Eversion. Magicka.

Definitely Magicka.

>>48694246
Already on it, senpai.

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>>48715255
Top row, five from the left.
>>48704522
Some of those are already in there

Surprised this isn't though

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>>48692874
Various 0verflow Visual Novels.

>>48718798
Inbreeding: the game?

>>48718717
If a series belongs up there, but the best (or least-spoilery) element. Minimize redundancy.

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I've got a vidya related question for you /tg/.

How do you make turn based combat challenging without making it feel like bullshit?

>>48704494
Marathon, at very least. I love that series.

>>48722591
Stack odds against the player but minimize randomness. I can't think of a good example, maybe Spellcross, but it's super obscure.

>>48721414
There does look to be a bit of that, I see at least one instance of a father and daughter having children.

>>48722591
Rip the everloving shite out of Tactics Ogre and FFTA?

>>48692874
>no Alpha Protocol
>no Dune 2/2k
>no Dragon Quest V
>no Ultima VII
>no Wizardry VI
>no Diskworld
>no DaS/DeS
>no Dragon Age: Origins
>no Rollercoaster Tycoon
>no SimCity 4
>no Thief II
>no Deus Ex: Human Resources
>no Populous 2
>no Blade Runner
>Druids is there
needs more adjustments there m8

>>48692874
>no dominions 4

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>>48692874

You guys should check out Serpent in the Staglands.

Especially if you are a fan of BGII or Darklands

>>48727431
How is the spell system? I find it hard to get into Baldur's Gate clones if the spells aren't as intricately detailed as in BG. Basically I need to see the math up front to get into games like that.

No Dark Souls? Game's solid, has a lot of flexibility in making a character you enjoy.

Also,
>dat Rise of Legends
VENUCI RAT

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>>48729966
That game had one of the better everything.

Men of War. Always Men of War.

Bouncing 88s with a well angled Matilda is amazing.

>>48693875
you have good taste, and are a smart person. the oddest thing about vagrant story is that it takes place in the ivalice setting; technically squenix could make a sequal anytime they wanted, and it wouldn't be out of place.

>>48729731
Very few direct damage spells. Most are utility, buffs or nerfs. It's pretty refreshing to be honest but not for everyone. There's also 50+ spells I think.

You do need to look into them and the mechanics before just wasting points on whatever though.