[neilprosser]

Definitely one of my favourite games growing up (along with Colonization).

I'm reminded of one of my best gaming facepalms which occurred playing X-COM. We'd been playing the game for ages and had found it very difficult to kill all the aliens during the ground missions. We'd go round the whole map attempting to find the last remaining aliens before having to give up. It was only when one of us accidentally clicked inside the UFO that we realised we could actually go inside the UFO. Our mission success-rate improved somewhat after that 'discovery'.

[IggleSniggle]

I was recently noticing just how ahead of its time Colonization was, not just for its gameplay. I mean, it's a game where the music is period music, where each Native American nation actually feels like its own unique culture where both cooperating or looting them can have far-reaching consequences and be a viable strategy for the Euro settlers, where you can crash the Euro economy and even screw with the economy of your neighbor colony's supply chain, where Privateers have secret national alliances appearing as unaligned ruffians...and so, so much more. It's a really incredibly deep game, and as much as I loved it when I played it, I didn't realize just how special it was because I was at an age where I didn't have anything worse to compare it to.

[TheAlchemist]

I will just say - you are not alone with that 'discovery'.

And I also loved Colonization - I played like once a year or two until recently - it's really fantastic.

[m12k]

I'm not sure what it is about Colonization, but the mood and atmosphere of it just hit the nail on the head for me, and kept me coming back again and again.

[Andrew_nenakhov]

I replay Colonization regularly,and the only thing I hate about it are bugs with wagon train routes that stop me from efficiently automating them, and a hard limit on 256 citizens. That's really low for a big developed economy with strong army.

[tomalpha]

Completely agree. For me the upbeat music really made the atmosphere of the original Colonization, and the later remake (based on Civ 4?) with its more downbeat soundtrack was much less enjoyable.

[TheAlchemist]

Oh yes !

I've recently, by accident, found some of the tracks on Spotify:

Old Joe Clark - Fiddle Fiddle Fiddle: https://open.spotify.com/track/7HgGcA99K6wvF2nBwTY8nm?si=f-A...

Music for a found harmonium - Patrick Street: https://open.spotify.com/track/5vKaYFrSdHcFYsSz9gaDQg?si=pv-...

Here you go back to teenage years :D

[_dps]

(Almost) entire game soundtrack by various artists, including a nice version of my favorite piece, Fisher's Hornpipe (note Yo Yo Ma also has a version)

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0jHjEJUeGqKisKEagkh46N

[the_af]

Definitely agreed. Both XCOM and Colonization are some of my favorite games! I like Colonization so much I bought it from GOG recently, even though I'm under no illusion I'll have time to play it.

In my games it was usually the Dutch that ended up forming the... uh, United States of the Netherlands? :P

[Andrew_nenakhov]

I usually play French. Because I hate wiping the natives, and French co-exist with them rather easily. Occasional bands still attack your settlements, but are usually easily repelled. Just don't let natives get access to muskets or horses, and bring them a gift from time to time.

[cfontes]

Syndicate is the 3rd one on my list.

Those were some great games.

[ethbr0]

> accidentally clicked

You just described the manual for X-COM. (Said as a fan)

[b0rsuk]

I finished most of Terror From The Deep (until the tasoth medic/commander bug) without realizing you can shoot at targets spotted by other aquanauts.