Games

[benlehman]

So I'm trying to decide what games to buy. Here are some options. I'd love to hear your opinions on them, if you've played them.

Video games: (Remember, I'm a mac guy.
SimCity 4
Star Wars: KOTOR
Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun
Northland

RPGs:
Tekumel Boxed Set
HeroQuest

Comments

[kiddens.livejournal.com]

SimCity 4 is a great game. I'm not entirely sure how it is w/o the Rush Hour expansion though. If you liked the previous SimCity games, you should like this one. The only real caveat is that it takes a lot longer to build up a strong city since you develop an entire region that's about 30x the classic SimCity board. I've played the game for months and have yet to ever need to build an international airport.

[benlehman.livejournal.com]

Nice thing about the size-- My frustration with 2K was my inability to make an honest-to-goodness metropolis that contained several cities in its metropolitan area.

But I'd like to ask about these "driving missions" and "my sim" features: Are those essentially extraneous to the standard gameplay? I don't really have any desire to play a stripped down "grand theft auto" or stripped down "the sims."

Also, does it have the same advancing timeline as 2K did, where new techs become available through time?

yrs--
--Ben