Battle for Wesnoth
I have discovered a gem, a true gem I tell you! I love turn based strategy games as much as the next guy who likes them just as much as me, and I have to say that this game, Battle for Wesnoth, is quite addictive, fun, and surprisingly - TOTALLY FREE! It is an open source game the likes of which I have never ever seen.
The pixel art for the characters is detailed, and the level of strategic detail and depth of the game surpasses that of most retail turn based strategy games that I have played (not to say that I have played that many, but I'm basing this on 4-5 console turn based games).The way it works is that you recruit soldiers and monsters, and as they fight, they gain experience. As they level up, they can change "jobs", gain new skills, and in future missions you can "recall" them if they survive. If they die, they are gone permanently, so you have to conserve the high level guys by sending some form of fodder out to absorb damage. Take over towns to gain some form of income, but there is little micromanaging - it mostly boils down to strategic placement of forces and the like.
Multiplayer over Internet is an option with this, I haven't tried it yet, mostly because I'm still learning how to play.
Get your game on, for free, in a turn-based-fashion. Battle for Wesnoth 1.0 was just released.
posted by Blight @ 8:14 PM
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I love open source games. I just finished the Star Control 2 remake, and it was even more fun to play this time. It's one of the best games ever made, I think. Great plot, great suspense.
I never did get to finish that one. I think I heard of the remake, I'll have to check it out.
And yeah the plot was really cool, like if you waited too long, the whole galaxy got taken over by those black alien things.
Do you want to *dance*?
What!?!
What the hell are you talking about?
Yeah, I guess I do want to dance.
Did you even play SC2??
*dance* != dance
Street *Dance*er 2!!!
Think man, think!
I have some faint memory of what you're talking about, but it's still a big blank. Are you sure you don't have Tourette's syndrome?
Ok if you are serious...
If you actually just recently finished Star Control 2, then you should have some residual memory of the alien race known as the "Pkunk". They couldn't quite translate to English properly and thus would use words in asterisks (like *this*) to emphasize the words that did not translate.
A prime example would be when you first meet them and they ask you if you want to *dance*. If you say yes, they immediately attack you.
Recalling something now? I feel like a big geek remembering all these details... thanks... worm! loser! nitwit! stupid! loser!
Ah, much better, I've recovered my energy.
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