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Title: Empire Building PC games
Post by: Mangala on June 29, 2009, 11:36:24 AM

Give me a list please :D

I've found myself pulling out such classics as Civ 3 and 4, MTW2 and that just isnt enough, i want more!

Title: Re: Empire Building PC games
Post by: Warcold on June 29, 2009, 11:43:14 AM

AoE2? more a RTS though...

Title: Re: Empire Building PC games
Post by: Macrune on June 29, 2009, 12:21:16 PM

1.    Age of Empires 2 & 3  (prefer 2 personally)
2.    Hearts of Iron 2 (im awaiting HoI3 with great anticipation. comes out early august i believe).
3.    Europa Universalis 3  ( i have it but have never really got on with it. No particular reason why, it just didnt click the right buttons)
4.    Empire Earth 2 & gold edition
5.    Knights of honor.
6.    Civ II
8.    Caesar II
9.    Settlers I , II & III etc
10.  Populous
11.  Starcraft

and many many others  that i have played over the years and forgotten  ::)

Oh and the not so empire but good anyway... Command and Conquer series.  loved em when they first came out.  ;D

Title: Re: Empire Building PC games
Post by: Warcold on June 29, 2009, 12:23:58 PM

Total Annihilation! (the robot version, the medieval version sucks iirc)

Also: Earth 2140 and 2150

Title: Re: Empire Building PC games
Post by: Caradir on June 29, 2009, 01:23:33 PM

Rise of nations (especially with the THrones and Patriots add on)

Rise of legends (the fantasy version ;)   )

Master of Orion 2 (lost weeks to that one)

will think about more

Title: Re: Empire Building PC games
Post by: Jarkko on June 29, 2009, 02:08:24 PM

Not sure if Dominions 3 (http://www.shrapnelgames.com/Illwinter/DOM3/DOM3_page.html) is your cup of tea, but it is a damn marvelous game still. Doesn't have much eye-candy, but it is *the* 4X game, the game that make all other 4X games pale.

Europa Universalis:Rome with Vae Victis (or EU:Rome Gold as the combined package is called) is also quite fun if you like a more character driven empire building game.

And then there is good old Crusader Kings which is not really an empire building game but a family building game (you sort of accidently build up an empire when trying to make your family as prestigeous as possible).

Title: Re: Empire Building PC games
Post by: Pashur on July 08, 2009, 08:01:43 AM

My all time favourite space 4x game is Stars!. You may still find it cheap on the net.
I played quite a lot of Space Empires IV and I see now that a version V i available.

Title: Re: Empire Building PC games
Post by: Caradir on July 08, 2009, 08:07:44 AM

Space Empires V firgot about that one :) needs mods but is awesome

Title: Re: Empire Building PC games
Post by: Mangala on January 14, 2010, 05:24:18 PM

(http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o31/raynotisick/ThreadNecromancer.jpg)

Anyone played Sins of a Solar Empire?  Seems I can get it to run on the laptop if I decide to get it - could be just the game for long as journeys with my lappy while im away.

Looks pretty good - even if it is realtime rather than turnbased.

Title: Re: Empire Building PC games
Post by: Caradir on January 14, 2010, 07:12:28 PM

its not bad ok to use up a few hours.

cant say much more than that im afraid :)