We like the FRIDAY, we like the disco sound

[Skwerl]

So far:

Starhammer: Vanguard Prophecy
Dominions 4
Distant Star: Revenant Fleet

This evening (probably):

Breach and Clear
Star Ruler 2

[Gusington]

Played Grim Dawn last night drunk for about an hour...liberating! Hoping to get to AoW3 today and start an Undead sandbox campaign.

[Dammit Carl!]

Getting my behind handed to me inInsurgency and making a brave show of it.

Aloha snackbar!

[Martok]

I've playing a lot of Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes the last several days with a custom Sovereign and faction.  Gonna see if I can get either the Master Quest or Spell of Making victory this time around. 

Otherwise, I'm looking at some combination of the usual favorites:  Distant Worlds Universe, Rome II, Armada 2526, Shogun Total War, Birth of the Federation, and Medieval Total War (have not yet picked up the Gold Edition on Steam, although it's definitely on my "to get" list). 

[Gusington]

I wonder if the original STW and MTW would still hold the same magic they did years ago or if I should just enjoy the memories. With the big let downs recently of 'HD' versions of old favorites I'm leaning towards just enjoying the memories. That said, TW is one of my most favorite series...hmm...

[Kushan]

As of Friday at noon I'm on vacation for a week. Spent Friday afternoon out at the bar, and a concert last night. The next week will mainly be a mix of EUIV, CMANO, and Elite. Been wanting to start another Skyrim play through, but I need to find the energy to get all of my mods reinstalled.

[Skwerl]

I played a bit of Jomni's Japanese mod for Pike & Shot.  It's outstanding!  Also, the manual is great.

[Tosh]

Mostly played the old classic game "Work".  ;)

Just finished You Must Build A Boat.

Other than that I´m continuing my first play through of Massive Chalice or try to save humanity in Infection: Humanity's Last Gasp.

[Arctic Blast]

FINALLY started into Walking Dead Season 2, since I've accumulated quite a backlog of Telltale games. I'd forgotten how tense this series makes me. Every moment of playing I'm just waiting for the next attack. I'd also forgotten how awful some of the decisions you make end up making you feel. Ugh.

[ComradeP]

Although I like the concept of the games Telltale Games makes, I really dislike QTE's which has kept me from touching any of them thus far. A good story interrupted by button-mashing is something I find very annoying.

Gus: In my opinion, STW and MTW are still good games in their own right. I haven't played any TW titles beyond MTW2, but I expect that if you can adjust to the less than stellar graphics, the more limited campaign AI, more ahistorical units and there being less of a Civilization feel to the older games, they're still good games.

It is my impression that the modern TW games introduced more Civ-like elements (such as far more detail in city planning and various things you need to keep track of to keep your population happy and your economy healthy), which might also be why it appeals to many of you but not really to me as Civilization never really gave me the "one more turn" feeling. With each new title in the TW series I felt I had a bit less control over how battles went as they seemed to require more direct input and things seemed to happen in quick succession. The difference between battles in MTW and MTW2 was already fairly significant for me.

Out of the TW games and their expansions that I've played, I still like Mongol Invasion best. The battles were very satisfying.

I stopped playing TW after auto-resolving my way to Jerusalem a couple of times with the absurdly good general the French started with in MTW2 (probably a mod) and his mighty army of militiamen. That might be one problem of the older TW games, that the relative power of militia is very significant if you auto resolve battles with a good general. Generals that can't die of old age and will thus become supermen over time if you use them well is another. In a way, it was amusing, that you could win battles through auto-resolving that you couldn't possibly win if you'd actually fight them.

[JudgeDredd]

Although I like the concept of the games Telltale Games makes, I really dislike QTE's which has kept me from touching any of them thus far. A good story interrupted by button-mashing is something I find very annoying.
...

Being a huge fan of Game of Thrones series and buying the game - I concur. I feel exactly the same. They just don't flip my switch.

I should've known because I bought The Walking Dead game and didn't like it at all.

[Gusington]

I loved Mongol Invasion too...I still can't believe that CA didn't recreate it for Shogun 2 :(

[Sir Slash]

The last mod for M2TW that Darth did included a much more challenging Christian vs Moslem world campaign where the Moslem AI only factions had a significant advantage in numbers and aggression and the more closely allied Christian factions had to hold them off until you could turn the tide against them. It was a very different campaign from vanilla and a real challenge.

[vyshka]

I still have ongoing games in XCOM, Distant Worlds, Fallout 3, and Football Manager 2015 that will be vying for time this weekend. I'm also in the mood for a bit
of Battlefield 4 and possibly Diablo 3.

And the weekend ended up with me reading a thread about Baldur's Gate and figuring out how to mod it so it ran nicely on my system, then playing that Friday evening. Saturday was mostly spent reading Caliban's War, and then yesterday was spent putting together a bed frame for my daughter.

[Martok]

I wonder if the original STW and MTW would still hold the same magic they did years ago or if I should just enjoy the memories. With the big let downs recently of 'HD' versions of old favorites I'm leaning towards just enjoying the memories. That said, TW is one of my most favorite series...hmm...

I think that's really gonna depend on the person. 

Like ComradeP, I still genuinely enjoy the original two Total War games.  They've never left my hard drive (except for when I've reformatted, gotten a new computer, etc.), and I've never stopped playing them. 

I like the Risk-style campaign map (and how it aids the strategic AI), even if the army/naval movement is less than realistic as a result.  I like that the combat is slower-paced and allows me to actually think and adjust my tactics without having to constantly pause battles.  I like that the combat AI is generally pretty good (of course it's rather weak in assaulting fortifications, but when hasn't that been the case?).  I like that the technology tree and building upgrade paths are simplified, but still force you to be careful in how you develop provinces. 

More than anything else, though, I love love LOVE the atmosphere these two old games boast:  The art style, the music, the sound effects, and the narration all combine to immerse me in the world in a way that few other games do these days.  Obviously, that's going to be a highly subjective thing, but for me both STW & MTW are very near the top of my list when it comes to atmosphere/immersion.