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[Sergius]

I once imagined a game where you play an off-site troop commander and have to make decisions based on radio reports and satellite photos. You wouldn't have real-time information and instead have to update a physical map as reports come in. The thing is I have no idea if this would be fun or just frustrating

I remember watching a lot of ads about a wargame that was all about fooling the opponent, I don't think you actually updated the map manually but was filled with lots of misinformation, like, if the enemy had lots of stealth units or if he had spies bribing your guys into reporting wrong things, it looked like a naval RTS where you never knew if the units moving existed or not... but I can't remember the name of the damn game.

[Urist McScoopbeard]

There was an old xbox arcade game where you played as a monster in a dark cave, and indeed, the entire screen was black. You had to eat people based on sound, and it was pretty fun if I recall.

[Arx]

My old wargaming club used to occasionally run massive events with a huge WW1/2 table set up in one room, and generals in two different rooms. I can't remember the details, but apparently it was fun.

[RAM]

you never knew if the units moving existed or not...

I am pretty sure that this is definitely not what you are thinking of, but that line reminded me of Achron. Achron as in "divorced from chronology" as opposed to "Archon" which is completely different... But while that can feature misinformation, it is of a different form than bribes and spies and stealth...

[AzyWng]

There was an old xbox arcade game where you played as a monster in a dark cave, and indeed, the entire screen was black. You had to eat people based on sound, and it was pretty fun if I recall.

Evil-Dog Productions has a flash game called "The Blind Swordsman", which is exactly what it sounds like - you have to hear where your enemies are.

[Sergius]

you never knew if the units moving existed or not...

I am pretty sure that this is definitely not what you are thinking of, but that line reminded me of Achron. Achron as in "divorced from chronology" as opposed to "Archon" which is completely different... But while that can feature misinformation, it is of a different form than bribes and spies and stealth...

The game had a really obvious name like "deception", and the ad was like those crappy ads for freemium mobile games that feature real people sitting at a table and making 3d sprites pop out of thin air and exploding the room. It probably was a crappy freemium mobile game, I'm not sure, might have been a decent console game instead.


EDIT: Nevermind, the game was called R.U.S.E. and the ad was all over big review sites actually, never played it myself so I don't know if it's crap or good, but there's some component of confusion and deceit (that or the trailer was lying, which would be ironic I guess). Here's the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ohNzHWL7FI

[Parsely]

RUSE was OK. I played it with a controller so I didn't really get the full experience.

[Altivera]

I wish there was a colony sim game set in a post apocalyptic setting instead of sci-fi or fantasy.

[Parsely]

I wish there was a colony sim game set in a post apocalyptic setting instead of sci-fi or fantasy.

Rebuild?

[Altivera]

I wish there was a colony sim game set in a post apocalyptic setting instead of sci-fi or fantasy.

Rebuild?

Played it, quickly got bored of the game due to how of how repetitiveness it was. I was looking for something similar to DF or Rimworld.

[Retropunch]

I wish there was a colony sim game set in a post apocalyptic setting instead of sci-fi or fantasy.

Atomic Society is absolutely 100% what you were looking for: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=161984.0

Nice devs as well, who seem to have some good ideas.

[Parsely]

Played it, quickly got bored of the game due to how of how repetitiveness it was.

Yeah, me too.

I wish there was a colony sim game set in a post apocalyptic setting instead of sci-fi or fantasy.

Atomic Society is absolutely 100% what you were looking for: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=161984.0

Nice devs as well, who seem to have some good ideas.

Wow, I really dislike the character art. Everything else looks pretty OK though.

[Retropunch]

Wow, I really dislike the character art. Everything else looks pretty OK though.

Meh, I don't think it's too bad - it's pretty functional and a lot better than the current 'pawns' system most colony sims seem to have. It's only an issue if somehow it manages to be a massive resource hog even though the graphics are pretty basic.

[IndigoFenix]

Strange Aeons

An MMORPG kind of like GTA except you play as a newly awakened eldritch abomination in a big city who can possess procedurally generated NPCs.  You have to gain power by eating souls while keeping the paranormal security off your back.  Also you can hijack vehicles with the body you are hijacking.

You start out only able to influence people slightly, but as you grow in power, your ability to control them increases and you can even extend your will to control large groups of people, sort of like Pikmin, except they're mobs of insane cultists.

When you get strong enough you can use special powers like giving your host the ability to fly or manifest spectral tentacles, but this can cause your host's body to deteriorate and eventually die.  At this point you can start to manifest your own physical body but this burns out your energy faster and of course makes it harder to elude the Ghostbusters.

NPCs can speak gibberish like the Sims to help with immersion and make it seem more like the perspective of an alien.  NPCs can also have different natural stats and abilities, so you would want to have the right host for whatever you are trying to do.

[EnigmaticHat]

Now I'm imagining ghost cthulu pulling someone's soul out of their body with the exact same animation as GTA carjacking.