The Infocom games are just as good as ever. And the graphics are still top-notch.
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#62I can't believe nobody mentioned nethack! It's the most well-designed game I have seen to date.
This may be a little off topic, but it occured to me that Nethack is probably the most fun a blind person can have with a video game.
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#63I'm not tired of 2D side scrollers. I was so happy with the New Super Mario Brothers Wii. A trend I've noticed is that games who want to be modern but also 2D, simply render sprites in 3D but keep the game play 2D. (kirby 64 crystal shards, super smash brothers). It's great to see 2D gameplay is not dead.
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In that vein, you might like the game UFO:Alien Invasion. It's a rather playable open source clone of X-COM. Granted, they have a long way to go before they match up to the original and there are quite a few bugs if you get far enough along to disassemble UFOs, but I've been having fun playing it.
Interesting, I had given it a try a few years ago but it was really too unplayable. I'll have a look, thank you.
It has improved a lot with the most recent version. Like I said, most of the rough edges are a ways into the game. Oh, and I strongly recommend using the alternate HUB in options, so you can keep track of your soldiers' health more easily.
It looks like there's code for a lot of cool stuff, but they have yet to enable most of it in the release version (there are a ton of other alien ships not yet enabled, for example). Some of their problems may be art-related.
But none of that should stop you from having a bit of fun. And I hope that some talented folks from here, especially artists, might become contributors. Because I want to play a polished version of UFO:AI someday.