Game box art challenge?

It’s that X-Com alike from Blue Byte isn’t it, whose name was so generic I completely forget it.

Incubation!

Yourself.

It is, indeed. It’s available from GOG as part of the Battle Isle Platinum bundle, though don’t let the fact that it appears to be part of a bigger series put you off. I don’t think whatever happened in Battle Isle has any bearing on the setting or story at all, though I’ve never bothered playing any of them save The Andosia War (which came out after Incubation and continues the story of the two main characters).

X-COM alike does it a disservice though, Space Hulk would be a better starting point for a comparison but frankly this game did things with its enemy, weapons and level designs in particular that I have not seen repeated elsewhere even in the 20+ years since its release.

I remember playing the demo, in the days when such things existed and came on coverdiscs, and quite liking it, but not enough to get the whole thing, tbh.

@PreachyPreach, you’re up.

Since PreachyPreach got arrested for loitering I guess we can pick up where he left off.

Here’s the easiest one in the whole thread:

Nailed it on the first try! But maybe give someone else a chance this time around!

One of the Command & Conquer games.

No. I am sorry, your answer is wrong.

It’s not Myst, is it?

No, the video game in question is not Myst.

Last update till the morning.

I’m sure the game is obvious now. I’ll congratulate the winner some time in the early AM!

Empire Earth?

Incorrect.

This box is much less iconic than I realized, but the next reveal will come soon!

Total Annihilation?

Yes.

Do you want to post the next game box or do you pass again?

I didn’t actually play this game until @Brad_Wardell came here to personally invite everybody to play it on his Steam competitor, Impulse, several years ago. Back in the 90s I played Warcraft 2 and the Age of Wonders (and Seven Kingdoms, woo!) series, but no Total Annihilation. By the time I got around to playing this title I could tell that I had certainly missed out back then, but I was also pretty sure my computer probably wouldn’t have run it anyway.

The game was just a tad too antiquated for me by the time I dove in, but Planetary Annihilation was just around the corner, and I snatched that one up as soon as I could. Too bad that particular title was a heap of crap for the first few years of its life. I never did get around to playing the retooled version of that one.

someone’s welcome to knock themselves out, work and family obligations being what they are…

Coolio.

I’ll have something new up in a couple hours unless someone jumps in.