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A temporary setback only, I believe, one that will be mended soon.
So, the update is out, what is your opinion - if you still play, that is. I am still amazed by the game, and having a blast playing it, especially now when I passed the steep learning curve needed to become at least passable commander. The gorgeous update is a mixed bag. I really applaud to fixing the skulk movement and hitbox. Babblers are entirely useless and badly implemented, and I cannot understand how a team of devs can put obviously so much work into something so
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Gothic 2 Gold. If that burnt, I would take Perihelion.
Skill =/= fast clicking. All the "skill" I have observed in RTS gamers of games like Starcraft depends on wrestling with the horrible interface and limits of the game design. Once again, Total Annihilation and Supreme Commander are games far superior in game design to the obsoleteness that is Starcraft. Autonomous units, large scale of battles, truly 3d battlefield with collisions, etc.
This game is intentionally locked in gaming medieval era, because the Korean competitive teams would go nuts otherwise. Limited 5 item queue? Check. Stupid units needing of babysitting? Check. Lot's of tactical abilities dependent on fast clicking? Check. Inability to zoom? Check. Lack of adjustable, advanced behaviors of units? Check. Games like Supreme Commander or Total Annihilation were m
All the questions concerning sex are calibrated according to American puritanism that seems laughable to most people here in Europe, so you automatically collect many left/liberal points for something that sounds just common sense here (few people here would understand how what happens between consenting adults behind a closed door could possibly be a matter to somebody else, same goes for pre-marital sex, etc). All these questions have a strong medieval scent for people from my country.
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Imperialism 2
I think you all don't understand the present trends. Simcity V is a new, fresh wave of cloud gaming. If you are a corporate executive, you know what I talk about. Clouds are the epitome of success. Clouds.... clouds... can't stop thinking about them. Give your customer nothing but a thin client, so that he cannot steal your precious binaries and run them in violation of your sacred licence. Keep your secrets safe, in your precious cloud. Dictate when, by whom, and how your product is
If PC gaming future has, Yoda does not know. PC gaming present, Yoda enjoys. PC gaming past, Yoda fondly remembers. Economic analysts go to hell, can. Bunch of amusing fakers, all of them are.
There were duels in Romance of 3 Kingdoms games from KOEI, I think, but only as a tactical action in battles. I can't imagine an implementation in FE that would not lead to abuse, especially against the AI.
BruntFCA nailed it. The widening social gap will eventually erode the social contract, resulting first in "cold" civil war (it's already happening, Occupy Wall Street), and then open civil war a.k.a. revolution.
Ha, I knew it! Not EA, but these guys: http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&boardid=1&threadid=139789 They will turn it into a mobile game.
After the unwatchable Bourne films that combined the nonsensical "plot" with killer dose of overused shaky cam, this dreaded crutch of poor film makers invades gaming too. Why do you have crisp textures and high resolution when you subsequently muddle it with fake blurs, shaking, unfocused camera and overuse of effects? Throwing cheap scares to overload the spectator's senses is getting old very fast. But the people seem to swallow the bait again: "Wow, amazing r
[quote who="Jafo" reply="56" id="3327333"] This was revived by a spammer....since departed...[/quote] Don't be so harsh on yourself, you are no spammer. I am sure that deep in your heart, you mean well.
Stop drawing attention to the Homeworld IP, or EA buys it and makes it a trading card MMO with thousands of microtransactions.
[quote who="Jafo" reply="13" id="3326961"] 20 trillion dollars of recoverable shale oil in Australia will likely change the world's 'dynamics' re Oil and its exploitation as a global 'power' of influence. It's in a part of the planet where fracking may even be 'tolerated'....[/quote] Not likely. Hydro-fracking wells have steep falls in production, and huge ecologic costs <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/
Okay, I know an old joke which I believe is relevant. I have even made it politically correct: " Ivan An ordinary person likes to drink vodka generic alcoholic beverage, but he is broke temporarily experiencing cash-flow difficulties. So he goes to see a Jew loc
You can't prepare for everything. The truth is, if something like that happens, most of us will simply die horribly and quickly. Health and skills matter, but so does pure luck. Life was never safe.
In post-Soviet Russia, you own your phone. In the United States, your phone owns you...
Howeworld is not a game that would succeed today. Why? Because it's in real 3D. Remember how you entered coordinates for movement in Homeworld 1, by first inputting horizontal movement, then adding vertical? Not something casual users would do. And how you gonna control it via a gamepad on your trusty console? And all those microscopic letters, and all the numbers, and radar blips? Nono, for today's market, everything has to be big, colorful, stupid and easy. XCOM paved the wa
Perhaps Bentusi traders could sponsor a sequel ;-)
Well, I do believe that "religion" is a fundamentally flawed concept for the reasons Nietzsche so well summarized in his "Twilight of Idols". But let's not hijack a political compass thread.
[quote who="Scoutdog" reply="144" id="3326799"] Or my dad. I remember he literally scored right at that spot. Or left at that spot, I suppose.[/quote] Might be an interesting person, then. I would surely like to drink a bottle of vodka with him... or three.
I don't like Dead Space franchise much, because it shares many problems common to console games, and that is wrestling with game's controls, not the enemies or the environment. Half of the screen is obscured by your character's backside, the "scariness" effect is achieved by the fact that you cannot effectively look around with R-stick, your character controls like a tank and you cannot effectively dodge/attack in combat. Most of the time, you struggle to aim with a
Help! I may be a commie!!!