I really would love a Crusader Kings 2 release, almost as much as I would love for these forums to work more often than not. I hate this gimmick thing though. Either they don't know their audience at all (even though I have a facebook account), or this is just a rolling joke for them which is not the kind of treatment fans should be subjected to.
[quote who="Aractain" reply="484" id="2656536"]Theres not really any alternative option though. There isn't a splinter cell "vote no to DRM" version (well, piracy??). Its all or nothing. Have fun or don't have fun. There isn't any have fun without Ubisoft button. Theres only so many times I can replay the old before I get bored and I find games as a the pretty much sole form of entertainment I enjoy. Anyway does anyone think that even if everyone who posted on forums abo
[quote who=" celicakydd " reply="79" id="2656380"]The military model in Kohan is built on the concept of companies. You can raise a limited number of companies based on the number and size of the settlements under your control. The composition of each company can vary widely, and this is the basis for much of the strategy involved in combat. A company has one frontline unit type and up to two support unit types, as well as a captain. <br
[quote who="celicakydd" reply="77" id="2656330"] Quoting OsirisDawn, reply 76 The best unit/combat design i ever saw was the one of Kohan. It was the best of all worlds and fun to tinker with different combinations of units in each stack. hm.... *heads of to GOG, looking for Kohan* Ah yes, I remember that game well! I do believe you're right. That was an awesome combat system. [/quote] I never got around to playi
[quote who="ZehDon" reply="477" id="2656051"] To sum up the Copyright Holders basic position for the ACTA: You can buy something, but it is not yours - you've just licenced it from the people you paid. Because its not yours, you have to use it like you're told to use it and are not allowed to use it in any other way. If the people you bought it from stop it from working, because its theirs, you can't do something to then make it work, and you're
[quote who="Peace Phoenix" reply="478" id="2656248"] Well, from the publisher point of view, it is understandable that they are trying to be sure that only paying customers have access to patches. Sadly, everything has a drawback associated with it. [/quote] I understand that, but then release it 2-3 years after the initial release so we can access it if some company goes down and takes their patches with them. By then, the pirates have moved on most likely anyways or
[quote who="CyrusNunn" reply="468" id="2655712"] Yeah, I'd like to get Civ, but I'm not putting up with this crap any more. No Mass Effect, no Starcraft 2, no Civ V. No Majesty 2. No DOW2. If that's the way game companies want to play it, that's their prerogative. If I think they're a bunch of f*ckbags who aren't getting a dime of my money, that's mine. And when I jones for a game, I can always reinstall MechCommander or JA2 or Civ 3 or GalC
[quote who="coreimpulse" reply="30" id="2655585"] I don't think it's about stopping piracy and protecting their valuable IP, since they know they can't curb piracy. It's about pretty much adopting an anti-consumer position, one example of such being killing the second hand game market for example. We as gamers are slowly getting the short end of the stick. [/quote] Publishesr and developers have been trying to destroy the second hand market for years, and not just with
[quote who="joasoze" reply="9" id="2654202"]It is interesting to see comments from the Steam people claiming that if they go bankrupt or something similar they will release all the DRMs. As if they will have any kind of focus on that in an extreme situation. They might not even be allowed into their offices. It is also interesting to see people commenting that there is no way Valve/Steam will go belly up. May we remind ourselves of Enron or the more recent problems at BP? [/qu
[quote who="Nick-Danger" reply="66" id="2654972"] Quoting Tridus, reply 65 Somewhat off topic: but this is why I very rarely pre-order games (and only from companies I know make games I like, such as Stardock and Blizzard). Most games I wait a couple of weeks before buying, because by then you learn all these little details. When in doubt, wait 2 weeks and check again. Your wallet will thank you, and the good games that don't try to deceieve you will als
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="60" id="2654477"]Well so far I haven't seen anything that causes me concern for the quality of Civ V itself. I like a lot of the new directions they're taking with it. I don't think they are "dumbing it down" based on what I'm reading. I think having the main map being more tactical in nature is going to add a lot of depth to the game. [/quote] No offense intended, but usually the "I can't believe they did that" moment finally rev
[quote who="VeryAngryDwarf" reply="31" id="2653990"]I suppose, and the proof will be in the pudding, but I still say you're irrational fear of buzzwords like "accessbile to more people" and "casual players" is a little silly. Really, just because they have built-in tutorials (advisors) that can be turned off for the more advanced players that don't require that sort of hand holding? That's a red flag? [/quote] Your use of the word irrational is out o
I was referring to non-civ games. I mean I am sure a lot of people who have watched favorite old series go down becuase of changes intending to grab new players but which wind up making current fans angry and of no interest to fans that were never interested in the series before. This is not always the case, of course, but it happens.
[quote who="VeryAngryDwarf" reply="11" id="2653684"] I don't get that vibe at all - quite the opposite, since they even stated in the next sentence that you can enable a more advanced UI if you want more information at your finger tips. They already stated Civ Rev was designed to get new players involved into the more advanced strategy of the flagship game (Civ V proper). I think it sounds freaking amazing from that video and the interview. Man, what a great
[quote who="weez2mo" reply="462" id="2652987"]when i read the steamworks/civ5 news it means the following to me: -2 for steam special editions that have extra maps that should all be part of the base game anyway (i dont like special editions where people end up paying more for stuff right at release that was probably intended to be part of the base game. i don't like the whole "for your extra $10 you get a few extra maps" pitch; the whole dlc thing is getting just abusi
[quote who="VBProject" reply="11" id="2652346"]I think this game and it's DRM is fully up to CD Projekt. In the worst case, at least Eastern European version (which is published by CD Projekt) will be without DRM. [/quote] Last I heard, the publisher has final say and Atari isn't exactly the poster child for "good" DRM policy.
[quote who="Haree78" reply="19" id="2651679"] I guess the reason I hate the idea is that for me Dungeon Keeper has very much the same appeal as Theme Park/Hospital in a superb setting. Going down any route where you gain more and more control of your monsters would make it a different kind of game. I want to change the flavour of my minions by the environment I build for them, not direct control of their growth. [/quote] I miss BullFrog. Theme Hos
[quote who="VBProject" reply="9" id="2651072"]Don't worry about Witcher 2, CD Projekt made it clear: http://elder-geek.com/2010/06/cd-projekt-red-speaks-out-against-drm-rumors/ [/quote] How much of the actual decision is going to be in the developer's court and not the publisher's?
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Well it's not black white from either perspective. It's one great muddled mess. Sony's rootkit and Starforce were espcially bad. Securom has been known to cause some problems to some parts too, so I am not sure it's much better plus Securom has a lot of varities too. I don't know that Jafo every took much of a stance on DRM so much as piracy, and we all know that piracy can exist with or without DRM. And while getting rid of Starforce and playing a game might break an EULA, I am not s
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[quote who="Jafo" reply="241" id="2648864"] I am telling you a fact. It is no surprise to me that your response is pfft... it shows in the way the industry has been responding. I am not "the industry". [/quote] Obviously you don't speak for the entire industry anymore than i represent all consumers. You are certainly not "the consumer" in this argument either which pretty much puts you on the other team, so to speak. Execute the little shits? Really? Obvious
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[quote who="Jafo" reply="239" id="2648505"] OK...as long as the justification for game piracy is legitimate'''such as being "treated like crap". [/quote] It's not a justification; It's a reason. Then again, it seems most the people in the industry are perfectly happy at failing to combat piracy, it is a completely failure by the way, rather than actually find the root of the problem. Without a basic understanding of the motivation of some pirates, it's no w
[quote who="Darvin3" reply="6" id="2646898"] DK MMO? What the?!...yet another "facepalm" moment. My thoughts exactly. Why is everyone making MMO's these days. Sure, you look at WoW and its millions of subscribers who pay service charges on TOP of monthly fees and you start drooling, but developers shouldn't be blinded to the countless other titles that have been abysmal failures trying to emulate the champ. [/quote] THat's what they want. T
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[quote who="Jafo" reply="229" id="2647408"] I am a heck of a lot younger than you are Jafo. Are you saying Stardock doesnt' want or appreciate my business? Not at all...but all studies into the average age of the 'typical gamer' show it is significantly older than school-age [at least], which pre-supposes many are gainfully employed and "may" have less inclination to pirate/more appreciation/respect for others' property, IP and otherwise. Neither am I saying A
[quote who=" Sanati " reply="27" id="2647413"] Quoting Nesrie, reply 26 It's just a new skin over an old game. Speaking of skins, it's actually funny because for a while in beta STO used the same exact UI as Champions. There were even UI elements and buttons you could click on that did nothing because they were for CO features, they didn't fix it until a few days before the game went live. Even at release a lot of the game o
[quote who="Tridus" reply="22" id="2647041"] Quoting thetraviler, reply 18 Do you think there is any chance of them reworking it, or possibly seeing it off for another company to rework? Or do you think its just dead? Anything's possible, but I wouldn't bet on it. It would take a lot of money to do a rework, and the game's reputation is already cemented. It's really hard to recover from early failure of this scale in a MMO.<br