Open-ended games with good replay value

twistky66 · Newcomer Joined: 25 Oct 2010 Age: 36 Posts: 22

Hi all

My favourite game on the Amiga for replay value is Pirates! I just love how the variables of time, nationality, starting port combined with random events and wars, alliances, treasure, women and no linear plot combine to give you countless possibilities. The Amiga version has real charm too and I learned more and more about the geography of the Caribbean and ship types with each game, which has recently helped me in pub quizzes!

What games would you good people recommend as similar in terms of open-endedness and replayability?

akabei · Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 6:29 am Post subject:

Almost every sports game is good in terms of open-endedness and replayability. That's the reason, why I still like the genre and why it's my favourite one since I bought a C64. It also helps, if there's an editor in the game like in Lotus 3. Besides those, I really like to replay The Settlers(though it's not really open-ended).

MIK UK · Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 6:47 am Post subject:

Dungeon Master
Eye of the Beholder
Black Crypt
Crystal Dragon
Hired Guns
Captive
and more...

Based on the idea of Rougelike adventuring but now with a full graphical 3D view and played all in real time.
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Fiery Phoenix · Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 9:12 am Post subject:

Premier Manager and Pinball Dreams / Fantasie's, etc spring to mind.

Pity there are so few new games with high score tables on them - beating a high score always made a game open ended for me.
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TurricanX · Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 10:41 am Post subject:

Hunter

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LinesMachine · Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 7:34 pm Post subject:

As previously mentioned, both Dungeon Master and Captive do lend themselves to infinite wanderings. In Dungeon Master I once took 2 champions down to Lord Chaos and then didn't want the adventure to end....so I made my way back to the hall of champions and then went exploring around the Dungeon again, eventually making "camp" in level 8 (the massive room) and just wasting ghosts and the like. nipping up and down a floor to get a varied diet!

And Captive is cool because you can just carry on if you want....the Universe being your only limitations.

Talking about Universes, Frontier (Elite II) was excellent for that too....

Thrashie · Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 8:38 pm Post subject:

these are some of the games that i played many many hours

Defender of the Crown
Moonstone
North & South
Nuclear War
Sim City
Three Stooges
Wings

plus some of the games mentioned by others already.. Cool

MIK UK · Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 1:17 am Post subject:

High Score's Rule.

Super Hang-on
Lotus 2
ATR: All Terrain Racing
Ikari Warriors

4 examples off the top of my head that offer timeless fun. Always keep a notebook handy so you can keep updated with your personal best scores. Makes it more fun at a later date and a reason to go back, all from a piece of paper. Wink

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morbid · Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 3:00 pm Post subject:

Bebokus · Amiga Enthusiast Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 595

Moonstone is one of those games. Is rather short, but from time to time I like to finish it.

Same thing with two polish games: Franko, Doman. Nostalgia factor Razz

Shawn Dimery · Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 9:09 pm Post subject:

K240

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twistky66 · Newcomer Joined: 25 Oct 2010 Age: 36 Posts: 22

Thanks for all the suggestions Very Happy

Going to try these out starting with Hunter.

Rekrul · Groupie Joined: 27 Dec 2007 Posts: 164

You can keep playing Civilization after the ending date, but it feels kind of hollow after the game has declared you a winner or a loser.

Elite isn't bad, but for some reason, it doesn't feel as open as the C64 version to me.

I would say Frontier, but I never found it much fun to actually play and it always ended up crashing on me.

Chuckles · Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 10:25 pm Post subject: Damocles

I read that there are 13 million pyramids on one of the
planets--searching all of these might be considered
quite an adventure...
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TurricanX · Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 3:28 pm Post subject: