[shevy-java]

It was a pretty cool game. Not as good as e. g. civilisation but nonetheless fun. I even managed to make profits with my railroads.

Young folks can use dosbox etc... but it just does not feel the same compared to how it was "originally". I could not get myself to want to play raildroad tycoon again; I found it easy to play games such as civilization or UFO: Enemy Unknown (oddly enough the first part is more playable than the second part here).

[suprjami]

OpenXcom adds a whole heap of wonderful conveniences to UFO/X-Com. It's probably my favourite open source game engine clone thing.

https://openxcom.org/

[snvzz]

Dolls / Girls Frontline 2: Exilium[0][1][2] is a modern take on the XCOM concept.

Free (but gacha.)

0. https://gf2exilium.sunborngame.com/main

1. https://gf2.haoplay.com/jp/

2. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3308670/GIRLS_FRONTLINE_2...

[suprjami]

> gacha

Hard pass.

[snvzz]

Spending money is actually entirely optional.

I personally haven't, because it would take the fun out of the game.

[suprjami]

Yeah I know. I lost 2 years to Azur Lane. That was enough.

[snvzz]

Love them shipgirls, eh?

Right now, I am caught up with gfl2, and having a blast with Arknights: Endfield. The factory must grow!

In a few weeks, I'll probably be working on my projects and not touching any games at all, as I was just a few weeks ago.

Two years is indeed a bit too much. Got to do something else when it stops being fun. I had to learn that lesson with a few months of DOTA2; it can turn into a job, except that it produces nothing of value.

[lionkor]

> my favourite open source game engine clone thing

For me that's OpenMW

https://openmw.org/

[stoneforger]

Of the games you mention it's civilization that's kind of hard to replay for me. RR tycoon had fewer, worse, iterations. All Xcom games are super replayable with the exception of Xcom 3. Colonization is super replayable and it's only reiteration based on Civ 4 is not worth it.

[spockz]

To this day I’ve managed to win in every civ game but still have to figure out how to consistently beat Colonisation.

[fakedang]

XCOM 3?

[CyMonk]

The third game in the series is "X-COM: Apocalypse".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XCOM