If the price is close, and it's available in physical form i go with a retail copy. I don't see that changing anytime soon either. The only way to grab me via digital distribution is pure bribery, price.
[quote who="twifightDG" reply="112" id="2402159"] "Back in the days" it also took you so long to install that you could read the manual beginning to end, twice Nah I still have flashbacks of reading the Super Ghouls n Ghosts manual for the SNES. Somehow manuals from back then were something special, not just enumerations of troubleshooting tips and telling you to f***ing update your drivers or don't even bother insinuating there's a bug in the game. [/quote] Well
[quote who="ZehDon" reply="110" id="2401668"]I believe this provides what you're looking for. Quoting ZehDon, reply 72 For the benefits of this discussion, let's agree on the following definitions: Gamer - Someone who plays video games. Also, a bad movie. Hardcore Gamer - Plays video games all day, every day, often neglecting other aspects of their life to do so. Core Gamer - Plays video games as their primary source of entertainmen
Wow. I am neer even close to top speeds for my connection. When I do a speed test it tests fine, but downloads, highest I have seen is maybe 600KB I believe. Then again, if i have two going at once, one of them drops to 25KB and the other around 450KB so I am thinking Charter has downloads throttled somehow as these downloads weren't even from the same service.
[quote who="Coelocanth" reply="45" id="2401304"] That 'pay for DLC' on day 1 is only the Warden's Keep, which costs only $7. Note that you get that free if you buy the DD CE. All other DLC (the major one being The Stone Prisoner) is free for newly bought copies. You only have to pay for TSP if you've bought a used copy of the game. [/quote] This is EA we are talking about. All new copies of Sims 3 shipped with a 10 dollar credit to the store, didn't change the fa
[quote who="Kitkun" reply="7" id="2401241"]Now if only my connection speed could keep up with Impulse... [/quote] Heh, yeah. I think Charter woudl demand rights to all my children and not just the first born if I requested a speed boost.
[quote who="ZehDon" reply="43" id="2401208"] it's the point of it that rubs me the wrong way; to ensure paying customers have less access to the purchased product than pirates have to the illegally copied product. [/quote] I am with you on that one. DRM has not "hurt" my computer yet either. I am not convinced that it can't happen, but DRM punishes the paying consumer. It always has. If you don't like EA's DLC tendency, then lookout at Dragon Age is going to have pay for DLC on releas
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[quote who="Moosetek13" reply="535" id="2400325"]It can't be modded in because it would require changes to the protected files (.exe and such) and base code. Get over it. GalCiv2 will never be multiplayer. [/quote] Your first statement was fine. The last two... People have been asking for multiplayer for GalCiv2 since it was released. Should I tell you to get it over it? People will always ask for GalCiv to be multiplayer?
[quote who="carlobee" reply="39" id="2400239"] Quoting The_Silencer, reply 25 Need For Speed: Shift would be the arrow I'd broke for EA at this moment. What a cool game, man!. Just my current 2 cents this. gone are the good old EA days! [/quote] Until the past few years, I didn't even care who published the game, then EA, Atari, and Ubisoft proved themselves to be run by a bunch of incompetent,
[quote who="troy whittington" reply="33" id="2400224"] No Anger here i may have opened the statment a bit strongly but i have no ill intentions towards stardock .. only fustration at the perception that pc gaming is difficult . [/quote] Oh I didn't read it as anger towards stardock so much as anyone who has a problem with online gaming on a PC isn't worth noting. You already said it was more strongly worded than intended though. [quote]<b
[quote who="ManSh00ter" reply="101" id="2399181"]I link hardcore strictly with the skill needed to play. Be it motoric skills, cognitive skills or combination of both, doesn't matter. That means I think there are games where you can't be a "hardcore" player even if you spend every waking hour playing it. Like Sims, for example. [/quote] You ever see the mods for the Sims series? There are some hardcore custom creations for the Sims. Very thoughtout well implemente
[quote who="Tridus" reply="17" id="2323427"]I was watching this for a while due to the apparent death of the Simcity franchise, but I'm not sold on paying a subscription for it. How is it if you're just playing offline compared to Simcity 4? [/quote] I believe their original stance was you only had to pay if you wanted to participate in online trades (buying and selling water, wee!) but last I checked no subscription, no mass tran either so I am guessing that will
[quote who="troy whittington" reply="24" id="2399136"]I still fail to understand the hard to play pc games online attitude. every game i have played online be it interstate 76, allegiance (before and after microsoft dropped support for it), counter strike, counter strike source, (various half life engine mods from science and industry to natural selection before steam) unreal tournament 2002 and 2004 americas army, unreal3, battlefeild 1942, b
[quote who="Tasunke" reply="10" id="2398898"] On-topic, if you wait for a period of time after the release, then it will hurt their initial sales demographic, and X-company may consider the game a flop, or a "dog" product, and not place too much more time and effort into it. [/quote] There isn't a company around that is entitled to my money, and in the gaming industry, I don't take them at their word anyway. I've been buying games like this for more than
[quote who="goodgimp" reply="2" id="2389499"]That's been my assumption as well. However, that same assumption turned out not to be the case with East India Company, where the skirmishy type of MP game types were all that you could do. [/quote] I felt your pain on this one too, fortunately, i usually wait a week until after a game is released to figure out what the publisher didn't tell everyone and have features confirmed.
[quote who="troy whittington" reply="21" id="2398750"] as it stands right now pc gaming is not broken and works very well. In game server browsers works very well and the third party server browsers offer a great alternative to finding even more online gaming goodness. [/quote] Well I don't know about the works "very well" part. I mean look at what you might wind up doing to play a simple game. First you are dealing with routers which, let's face it, the int
[quote who="tatty68" reply="97" id="2397748"] Though PC games unfortunately are becoming a dying breed in and of theirselves. [/quote] Really, how so?
Well as I mentioned somwhere else, when GFWL came out and was talking about charging the users, I pretty much dismissed it entirely and never looked back. Now it's being mentioned by Brad and I think Richard (Gearbox) so info is circulating around again, and I still don't get it. I prefer Direct IP above anything else. The multiplayer games that I enjoy with Direct IP still work, the ones that relied on some sort of service, don't without work arounds like Hamachi because those service provdi
[quote who="Kitkun" reply="5" id="2397260"] Quoting Nesrie, reply 2 Don't see how these articles "twist these words and blow them out of [pro]portion". Brad has an issue with how GFWL works at this point, and those articles pretty much state that. Or did you just read the titles of the links?I'm more referring to his Facebook comment that gained notoriety. As Raven X and Zehdon appear to be referring to, as well. [/quote] Oh. Gotcha. Thanx.
[quote who="Kitkun" reply="1" id="2397179"]Now how can I twist these words and blow them out of preportion? [/quote] Don't see how these articles "twist these words and blow them out of [pro]portion". Brad has an issue with how GFWL works at this point, and those articles pretty much state that. Or did you just read the titles of the links?
[quote who="ZehDon" reply="89" id="2395337"] Quoting Nesrie, reply 81 I've been dealing with it since i started gaming. 20+ years later, games are still released without female characters, with female avatars that retain "he" scripts. You will probably talk down that importance, but it's easy to dismiss these things when you have been catered to. Hmmm, that's an interesting point and a strangely valid comparison - I certainly agree that I've been c
Reminds me of SWAT 4, probably one of the more hardcore games I can recall that was difficult by design not cheat. You walk through the door and get a shotgun in the face, you're not getting up and can sitback and watch your team try and make it without you. I don't know how "realistic" it was, but do remember a fair amount of friendly fire, injuries and bad kills (aka, failed to warn properly). I would adore a SWAT 5 and kept wondering why another didn't come.
[quote who="JagerJack" reply="82" id="2395304"] Quoting Nesrie, reply 81 I've been meaning to try Okami myself. It's on my list I definitely recommend Okami, the only thing that disappointed me is that it's far too easy. Playing through the game a minimum of three times, I only died once doing one of the side challenges. [/quote] That's a bummer. I like a challenge although not a massacre. I heard there was going to be a 2nd one at so
[quote who="ZehDon" reply="79" id="2395295"] Quoting Nesrie, reply 78 ...Until you spread some credit around and acknowledge the other people exist with different opinions than yours and who want to the game industry thrive and continue being more inclusive, then run to the mods as you like... Perhaps I wasn't clear enough: I want there to be more gamers in the world - I'm not trying to segment anyone. Hardcore gamers are being segmented, that's my
Unless this is some sort of self-help group, where everyone needs to pat each other on the back, i don't need your permission to post here. When you stop being Atlas, you know, supporting the weight of the ENTIRE industry on your shoulder, I am sure we can talk again. Until you spread some credit around and acknowledge the other people exist with different opinions than yours and who want to the game industry thrive and continue being more inclusive, then run to the mods as you like.
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