Huh - this thread made me realize that I haven't played any "new" games since Witcher 3 (and even that only for a short period of time - the opening cutscene kind of poisoned my well). So I'm playing old stand-by classics -Fallout 4, Skyrim, and a smatter of even older games like Civ5, Mount & Blade Warband and Master of Orion 2. If I get the MMO itch, I'll hop into City of Heroes Homecoming or Lord of the Rings Online.
To be honest, the way I feel about the few new games I've bothered to snoop around kind of matches the way I feel about newer movies and series - lots of showing off concepts or characters or fancy new visuals, but not a lot of substance or replayability. But, then, I realize I'm well into the curmudgeon phase of my life.
I have been playing Master of Orion 2 now since 96' when it first came out. No one has yet made a 4x space game as good as this 28 year old game!
1. Can I board ships and steal them during battles? 2. Can I take those stolen ships and scrap them to reverse engineer the tech? 3. Does it have tactical combat?
Honestly I have been waiting for an updated version of this game for 20 years and I have been disappointed for 20 years. 28 years and no 4x space game has come close to knocking it's crown off.
