Haree78

Reply to Mods / Games to Scratch the Fantasy TBS / 4X Itch in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

I've recently discovered by random a game called Distant Worlds. It was very recently released and I had heard nothing about it. I've been blown away by it. It's the most living universe and largest I've seen in a game. The whole thing will play itself or you can control as much as you like apart from shipping goods around that are needed, but who wants to micro that? Couple that with seriously easy modding options I've started adding races, ships and music f

Reply to Do I play Entrenchement or Diplomacy? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

If we are talking Single Player then Diplomacy without a doubt.

Reply to About slowdowns in Diplomacy (Trinity) in Technical Sins Forums

[quote quoting="post"]However this game requires a new patch, too. It may have some memory or other kind of resource leak. The more I play the game the bigger slowdown I get. And when I save the game in the middle of a big fight with low FPS, after quitting the game restarting it and reloading the saved game the picture is much more better. Only for a not too long period, of course. This is a typical sign of resource leaks. trigorin [/quote] It's

Reply to Scratch Civ V off my buy list. in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="arstal" reply="23" id="2612569"] Quoting Haree78, reply 19 Is a Developer who says "no, only our shop can sell our game" any different? First-party can do that all they like. They're not doing it to lock others out of the market. [/quote] What hypocracy in this thread. Sony and Microsoft have been doing this to each other with their con

Reply to Scratch Civ V off my buy list. in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Is a Developer who says "no, only our shop can sell our game" any different?

Reply to Scratch Civ V off my buy list. in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

I'm happy to say I have no idea what everyone in this thread's issue is.

Reply to Great game intros of all time in Elemental Dev Journals Sins Forums

Great thread! Had to log in for this one. Full Throttle This never goes old, just hacked my PSP so I could put these old Lucasarts games on :) I would probably include other Lucasarts games but this one tops them all. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PktBJ6HpNJQ Moonstone http://www.youtube.com/watch?v

Reply to playing trinity with all content? in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

[quote who="Shurdus" reply="3" id="2606964"]Thanks I most definitely will do that. I browsed around a bit and there is an amount of info in here that is nothing short of staggering. I guess I will start with pirates off, and as TEC to get a hang of it since they are strong economically, and then play with a fixed team so I do not get raped while I am still learning. Maybe I will even try a 3v2 if that can be done. I dislike easing into things like expansions, so I want the fu

Reply to playing trinity with all content? in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

I would advise starting with Diplomacy/Trinity although some other players don't. Just make sure you start on easy difficulty and it might be worth playing without pirates until you win 1 at least. There are plenty of threads on here with tips for beginners but don't be afraid to ask if you need advice.

Reply to Rethinking factions… in Elemental Dev Journals Stardock Forums

Frogboy is it you that is flying the 'only 2 races' flag? I don't really see how having the original factions as different races costs more than allowing more customisation of the players race but regardless I don't see how this improves the player experience. When I play I want to choose a race or create my own but I deffinately want to play against varied and well fleshed out stock races. There's no way I want to play against only men in

Reply to Someone needs to mod the Jarrasul Evacuator in to a V mothership in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

Still looks better than the egg! When I saw the V motherships I did think Vasari straight away though, would be nice to use it as Coloniser.

Someone needs to mod the Jarrasul Evacuator in to a V mothership in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I hate my egg, you know it needs to be done! ;)

Reply to New X-Com Announced in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

This beggars belief. I had to check this wasn't an April Fool's joke I missed. What's the point of using the X-Com label on a shooter about an FBI agent Vs Aliens? That's like using the 'I am Legend' label on a film about a guy on his own against zombies, not vampires, and he's not the only guy alive and the meaning of the title of the film doesn't fit like the books title does.....ahh... X-Com isn't a relevant name, it means one thi

Reply to What was the last game that got you this way? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Left 4 Dead I did hear about it before release but it was days before and I remember thinking what an amazing concept! Then bought the game and got in on the early demo of the first 2 levels of the campaign and played them 2 levels over and over relentlessly till the full game was released. I still play a full versus campaign of Left 4 Dead 2 at least 2 or 3 times a week.

Reply to Movies for gamers in Everything Else Stardock Forums

[quote who="DauntlessAnsible" reply="22" id="2566788"]are these movies that would make for interesting games? half of the posts are movies are already made into games. some, time and time again like tron and starwars.[/quote] Your question can be answered by reading the original post.

Reply to Personalizing your kingdom in Elemental Dev Journals Stardock Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="5" id="2566564"]No card game in development. We just like the concept of info cards. Sins has info cards too. We just decided in Elemental to spruce them up cosmetically.[/quote] Personally I think it works extremely well.

Reply to Movies for gamers in Everything Else Stardock Forums

My friends and I thoroughly loved Zombieland at the cinema. Gamers District 9 also went down great with my gamer mates. And if I may? The whole 4 Battlestar Galactica series.

Reply to Time Time Time. See what has become of me. in Elemental Dev Journals Stardock Forums

The game that got multiplayer turn based the most right in my opinion was Battle Isles, back when Ubisoft were awesome. It worked that basically while 1 player moved all his units the other saw the opponents units how they were before the move and set all the shooting up, who shoots who. Once both were done the shooting was resolved then the units moved. Brilliantly done. PC turn based is just like a board game, the biggest problem wit

Reply to Ubisoft is dropping PC DRM but.... in PC Gaming Sins Forums

[quote]Explain to me why you are completely ignoring the EA example. EA threw out some pretty crappy DRM on top of Spore, got a lot of flack for it, and then released Sims 3, (shortly after the event), followed by DA and ME2 all with simple disc checks and the options (it's still an option) to grab an online account and get more content for additional moneey. People voted with their wallets, were not silent about their rejection of DRM and guess what, EA is not using the OA plus limited insta

Reply to Ubisoft is dropping PC DRM but.... in PC Gaming Sins Forums

[quote]My theory on this is that it's an expirement like when Microsoft tried to release Vista-only games and tried to charge PC games for Windows Live Gold. Ubisoft probably wants to see if people will put up with this new DRM, and how badly it will affect sales. If the loss in sales are minor, you will see more of this from more companies. If they take a massive hit in sales, they will have no choice but to call it off.[/quote] Apologies if I am assu

Reply to In the News, Teacher Sex Scandal, Amy V. Beck in Everything Else Sins Forums

The laws are there to protect minors for when the older person has totally corrupted them, and it does happen. Even girls as young as 10 can fancy men, does that mean it's alright in your book that if she does and the older guy teaches her some things that's cool? At the end of the day you have to have a cut off age, whether the young girl/boy wants it or not is not the issue, I know I wanted it before I even had a penis moustache, but if some sicko 30 something y

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Reply to Ubisoft is dropping PC DRM but.... in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

These DRM schemes cost a fortune to write. I wrote one for my company and that was using a COTS solution and it still cost us a small fortune. Mainly because of how many times it had to be rewritten because marketing wanted to change the licensing scheme so much. Even so it's a bit of a joke how much you spend to protect your IP when you consider the chances of losing money from it. My quandry at the moment is that I played AC 1 on the PS3 and now I've

Reply to StarCraft II beta is out!! in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="ls35a" reply="52" id="2553543"]More time for 'Elemental' for me, because I will NEVER buy a 'logon to play' single-player game.[/quote] Yeah that's insane. Only time I really get in to single player games is when I can't get a net connection. And I certainly wouldn't buy SC II for the multiplayer [e digicons]:rofl:[/e]