Jvstin

Jvstin

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Reply to Talkshow Problem in Political Machine PolMach Forums

If you happen to be in a state where the little camera appears at the beginning of a turn, you will be invited automatically. That has happened to me.

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Fidgit plays with the Political Machine in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Fidgit, a game site/blog run by the sci-fi channel, mentioned the Political Machine a couple of weeks ago when it came out in their weekly roundup of new releases. Today, though, they actually take on the game: http://fidgit.com/archives/2008/07/political-machine-2008-preside.php

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Reply to Disappointed in the seemingly unbalanced game. in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Re: Thomas Jefferson, Democrat. The set up of the game is a two-party structure. For candidates that predate the modern political system, this leads to situations like Jefferson being a "Democrat" and Washington being a "Republican." Although I agree that Jefferson and Washington's views aren't accurately reflected in modern political parties, they still have to be assigned A party. And putting one founding father in the Republicans and another in the Democrats is good game b

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Reply to Share your strategies in TPM Strategies PolMach Forums

Still playing my first game, no strategies yet. I do like mixing Campaign HQs with Outreach centers to get both money and political points. California rules for fundraising. If you get the special guy that raises your fundraising, parking him in California or NY seems to be a winning strategy for when you need to blow through to make money. Does anyone know if fundraising in a suboptimal (money wise) state give you any other benefits?

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Reply to Biggest problem with Political machine in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Primaries would make the game a "two-section" affair. Part One would be getting your party's nomination. While in many years its not that exciting a contest (especially for the party in the WH), this year, on both the Democrat and Republican side has shown that it can be interesting. One could have the game "focus" on your party's nomination, with perhaps "news updates" on what the other party is doing (abstracting that primary battle, to save resources) Part Two would

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Reply to Current State of TA worth the purchase? in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

Agreed, there are some minor bugs and things to balance, the research one is a medium size. Am I still having fun all the same? Ya, you betcha. The races really do feel really different now, which provides enormous replayability. It's not just a slap of paint on each time I play a different race.

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Reply to Update next week in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I want to chime in that in the main, we understand that Stardock is a small and striving game company. I can't believe that the vocal minority have truly played games where the QA was absymal and the support non-existent. Compared to those companies and games, and without reservation, Brad and the rest of the Stardock team are golden.

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Reply to Does anyone one else find that they play the game zoomed out far enough for icons? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I don't generally zoom out far enough to require the icons since I don't normally play that large of a map. My current game on a huge map (as the Krynn, and locked in a nasty war with the Drath), I have found zooming out to be very useful). That said, I rarely zoom in enough to catch the little flourishes like race icons on the starbases that someone mentioned in another thread.

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Reply to Minor races astroid mines in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]I understand that minor races don't have influence effects as major races do. But I don't think that they should be able to control mines from accross the galaxy with no fear of revolt. I think if it existed an unseen influence radius around them so they could control mines nearby but, not spaning the galaxy.[/quote] That's the problem. Give a minor race space miners, and they will take lots of asteroid fields "out of circulation" as they colonize it for mines for the minor th

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Reply to should I give in to temptation then :) in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

In the end, redwing, you have to choose yourself. The answer has to come from within. I have said elsewhere that, even with the bugs, gltiches and flaws, I am glad to have supported Stardock by pre-ordering TOA, and derive enormous pleasure from it. I have been playing 4x Strategy games since the days of EMPIRE and IMPERIUM GALACTUM in the 80's. Many games have been a disappointment. A few are fondly remembered forever--IG, Master of Orion I (and to a lesser extent II). Star

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Reply to Please slam my game in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

Five things. Okay, I mean them with love. 1. Fix the tech trees glitches--Thalan Starbase Attack modules being a big one. And are the Altarian and Drath supposed to have nearly identical trees? 2. Alt-Esc crashing. I do like to multi-task (if for no other reason than to read the manual...) 3. Rebalance ships a bit. Offense seems to be a little too strong in comparison to defense. 4. Maybe let up a bit on the economic throttling pedal a little. Just a little.

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Reply to Want honest truely objective opinion on what the newest gciv 2 expansion is like in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

There are bugs, some minor, some serious (The Thalan missing a crucial starbase tech bug for one thing). However, it still has a "one more turn" feel, whether or not I am winning or losing. The game is more difficult--I've had to dial back my difficulty after an initial early win. The Terrans have walked all over me twice, as the Arceans and the Thalans. My newest game--I'm playing the Terrans. Let's see if I do better.

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Reply to New copy protection comming for Spore and Mass Effect (EA) in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

I go camping with my friends, nearly every year. These camping trips can and do take more than ten days. And yes, we are not anywhere near an internet connection. This year, for instance, we're going to Yellowstone National Park for two weeks. This sort of copy protection seems to scream to me "Don't go camping or you'll be sorry." I suppose I could leave my computer on for days at a time, but that's an awful waste of power. Ugh.

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