Other Dead Games that you miss

[tidge]

I don't know if this entirely counts as 'being killed by the developer', but a million years ago I really enjoyed the arena matches of Star Trek: Elite Force 2. It predated (mostly) any form of real-time team communication, and the folks who tried costume mods/hacks didn't really reap any benefits. When teh last servers shut down, I just didn't have the heart to go to another arena system. Elite Force 2 always seemed like a bit of an afterthought, but it felt like the arena servers stayed Live for a long time after the game's release.

 

Even before that, the pre-2000 MSN Gaming Zone was a time sink, especially to play pick-up card games. It was always fun to find a random partner and dominate at Spades. More than once we'd be accused of cheating, but I think the only common tech that existed at the time would have been something like IRC.

[Techwright]

On 7/11/2025 at 3:15 PM, tidge said:

I don't know if this entirely counts as 'being killed by the developer', but a million years ago I really enjoyed the arena matches of Star Trek: Elite Force 2. It predated (mostly) any form of real-time team communication, and the folks who tried costume mods/hacks didn't really reap any benefits. When teh last servers shut down, I just didn't have the heart to go to another arena system. Elite Force 2 always seemed like a bit of an afterthought, but it felt like the arena servers stayed Live for a long time after the game's release.

 

 

I would pay good money for an update of the two Elite Force games, and would pay more for a well-written third game.  Get the team that put the Star Trek: Resurgence storyline together.

[Kyksie]

On 7/10/2025 at 7:32 AM, tidge said:

I miss the Eidos Montreal Deus Ex series. It didn't have as much of the possible NPC dialogue as the original, and had slightly less player customization, but it did keep the "many possible paths" approach and it always had fun side quests. FPS "chosen one" games can be a mixed bag for me, but I liked the lore and gameplay of this one.

 

 

 

You can still play these, at least the main game. The online part is gone now that they shut down the servers, but it was never good. 

[tidge]

46 minutes ago, Kyksie said:

 

You can still play these, at least the main game. The online part is gone now that they shut down the servers, but it was never good. 

 

Yeah, I've still got them installed... I miss the Deux Ex FPS we never got... IIRC there was a third 'new era' game planned when that studio closed up shop. I understand how the economics weren't there for it of course.