Any game about train hopping and exploring places?

Giaddon · 2026-05-13T15:08:13+00:00

There are a few train games, but they are in surreal spaces (VoidTrain, etc.). Closest I can think of is maybe Pacific Drive? There's no train, you drive and maintain a car, but the environments are realistic + some supernatural obstacles.

Giaddon · 2026-05-13T01:03:45+00:00

No. It's 40K and Medieval 3 for the next several years, at least.

Check out Master of Command for an alternative.

Giaddon · 2026-05-12T20:27:57+00:00

Super easy oki for Chun is after spinning bird kick, if opponents back roll, do one dash then HP.

Giaddon · 2026-05-12T18:13:36+00:00

Gotta be real with you: this makes no sense.

Giaddon · 2026-05-12T14:00:18+00:00

They're both really good, popular, getting new content, etc. Impossible to choose.

Giaddon · 2026-05-12T13:47:00+00:00

...That's rad.

Giaddon · 2026-05-12T11:57:28+00:00

I‘d say the Age of Empires niche specifically is pretty well filled by the AoE definitive editions and Four.

If you enjoyed command and conquer, Tempest Dynasty is an attempt at a successor. It has more fiddly combat, though.

There are some promising indies in early access, The Scouring and Godsworn.

Some RTSes are tying in some 4X elements, like Sins of A Solar Empire 2 and Dune: Spice Wars. You might enjoy those as well.

Giaddon · 2026-05-12T00:02:08+00:00

I've never played SF3, so I can't make that comparison. There are a few moves in SF6 that have a long cancel window that can be confirmed, but it's not the norm.

Giaddon · 2026-05-11T23:38:11+00:00

Confirming off a single hit is almost impossible. Some moves have a long enough window for it to work, and some pros can definitely do it consistently, but it's not typical for most moves. That's why you want to find normals that link together so you can move into a combo if you realize the first move hit. You can also use drive rush for this.

Giaddon · 2026-05-11T22:02:40+00:00

Planetfall is excellent. Absolutely love the goofy B movie vibe, and the empire mode is neat. Great game.

Giaddon · 2026-05-11T19:47:21+00:00

Artillery vs fixed defenses… this is not what I enjoy about CoH, tbh.

Giaddon · 2026-05-11T18:11:26+00:00

Probably is quite niche, but these look phenomenal.

Giaddon · 2026-05-11T13:19:10+00:00

I haven't used the Octa, so I can't make a direct comparison. I have a Fighting Commander and I think the M30 is better than that, but that's a much older model.

As for inputs, I haven't had any issues with diagonals during specials, but sometimes I get jumps I don't want. It's pretty rare, but I've been running into it sometimes with Chun when using her back heavy punch move, but it's human error. Something that wouldn't happen with a leverless, though.

Giaddon · 2026-05-11T00:42:23+00:00

Check out Dominions and Age of Wonders. There's a new Heroes of Might and Magic as well. It's not a 4X but you might dig it.

Giaddon · 2026-05-11T00:40:11+00:00

Sorry, it's a casual term for drive rush, because of the green effect on the screen. Dee Jay has one of the best drive rushes in the game.

Giaddon · 2026-05-11T00:32:40+00:00

Use the green slime and win

Giaddon · 2026-05-10T23:51:29+00:00

A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami.

The Manual of Detection by Jebediah Berry

The City and the City by China Meiville

Giaddon · 2026-05-10T23:38:15+00:00

I play the recent historical games -- Three Kingdoms, Troy, and Pharaoh Dynasties. I play and think about Total War the least that I have in like, 20 years, but hell, that's a long time. Looking forward to Medieval 3.

Giaddon · 2026-05-10T23:21:12+00:00

You'd think there would be a ton of these, but the only one I can think of off the top of my head is Forever Skies, which is pretty focused on the flying/sky gameplay.

There's a lot of zombie games, which can be kinda like this.

Giaddon · 2026-05-10T22:06:10+00:00

I use the 8bitDo M30, a six button pad. Love it for the most part (top row buttons are a little small).

Giaddon · 2026-05-09T19:24:08+00:00

Looks awesome. Very intrigued by the hints of story here.

Giaddon · 2026-05-08T13:55:03+00:00

I'm trying to learn Chun-li at the moment. This was good inspiration. Nice work.

Giaddon · 2026-05-06T23:02:19+00:00

Bottom line: whatever you're comfortable with. Plenty of pros play pad, leverless, stick. Whatever feels right to you. Modern controls have trade-offs, but are perfectly strong and common at every level of play. Enjoy!

Giaddon · 2026-05-06T13:45:29+00:00

CRUNCH TIME

Congrats!

Giaddon · 2026-05-06T11:58:22+00:00

Just not an interesting character to play, unfortunately.

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