I look at Metacritic for the individual review links. I don't pay much attention to the metascore. It's useful to find sites that specialize in the particular game genre, like Tacticular Cancer or Strategy Informer for strategy games. Gamespot and IGN are dead to me. They MUST be getting big payments to lie about the games they review.
True, in the long run, I think Michigan will benefit from these tough times. MI has always been a one trick pony in terms of economy (lumber, mining, autos, etc.). Now we have the chance to diversify the economy, which is a good thing. Putting all your eggs in one basket by depending on one major industry to fuel an entire state is never a good idea. So it's nice to see movie industry incentives and other incentives to bring in other industries. By usin
Yes, I too recently found EUIII Complete at post-Xmas deep discount for ten bucks. Felt a little naughty for scoring such a bargain from a practically independent company, but I couldn't pass it up. Came with a ginormous map and a bunch of stickers, but no printed manual. :( In fact, that's what's keeping me from starting the game--need to read the manual thorougly, but hate reading on a screen. Getting excited about finally tackling the game thoug
Sins and Demigod have had extensive advertising in PC Gamer. I mean to the point that it seems every issue just has them for months now. Those games weren't produced 100% by SD, but still.
So here we are, one day from release, and SD still has not given any info on the US Ultimate Edition of GalCiv2. Is it really even shipping tomorrow? Why the secrecy? Wouldn't it be prudent to, oh I don' know, advertise a retail release so as to sell some copies? Just a simple post on the site would be nice. What gives?
A Final Fantasy style, TBS battle RPG would be sweet if it were a really westernized cast of characters and story. I'm with those who are tired of orcs n' elves, and since they're going there with Elemental (in a sense), it'd be nice to see something wholly original or at least sci-fi. I'm sure there's lots of neat monsters haning around in asteroids and ice moons and whatnot! :D
I love the screenie too! My only concern is if it will be nice and 3 dimensional. As it stands, it looks a bit Paper Mario-ish.
I really like the idea of keeping the same universe for multiple games. That would be great to have a classic rpg based in the Elemental or GalCiv worlds! And if they do an FPS, do it in those worlds too. New IPs are overrated, multiple games in the same IP is where it's at!
Along with the news that Stardock was expanding was the announcement that they are working on an RPG! So what is it? Anyone care to guess? All I've heard so far is a rumor that they're trying to get the license for Planescape Torment. Does this mean a classic RPG for once, rather than all the next-gen/fps style rpg's that dominate the PC scene these days?
Hooray for Michigan having the best PC game company in the universe! I'm only a couple hours away from SD headquarters. Think they'd give me a tour and let me peek at some Elemental?
I see that Galactic Civilizations II will after all be releasing a complete retail package with DL, DA, and ToA all in one box. It releases on Feb. 10th on Amazon. Does anyone know what will be in the box? A new manual? Any extras? Barebones? Stardock has been curiously quiet about this release. I'm especially confused because I could swear they were dead set against retail release for ToA. I'm also crazy excited, because I've only
I've been seeing ads for Antec's new open face PC case and I'm intrigued. Does anyone use one or have you seen it in person? It sound like a good idea cooling-wise, but I imagine it must be covered up whenever you aren't using it to keep the dust away. Or does that giant fan blast all the dust off on startup? Anyone have any thoughts on it? Is it the future?
What the? I posted an almost identical topic a couple months ago and was practically flamed over it. Now everyone agrees that RTS is too twitch/reflex based. What happened in the last two months? Anyway, I just figure RTS isn't for me. The big industry push to get RTS games on Xbox is indicitive of their potential with the console audience. I switched to PC gaming 100% and never touch consoles anymore, mainly because I don't feel any
I just found this by accident really. Amazon has a page with box art set up for Galactic Civilizations 2 Ultimate Edition complete with both DA and TA to go on sale Feb. 10th. It's going to sell for $39.99, which makes me wonder if we'll see a price drop on Impulse for the expansions. I've really wanted to get them for a long time now but couldn't come up with the 45 bucks. Since the Ultimate Edition will be a boxed copy with the expansions, I'd like to see t
[quote who="particlewave" reply="17" id="2019644"] Paradox Games come to Impulse I gave up trying to find a copy (retail) of Europa Universalis III: Complete here in Toronto. Amazon.ca doesn't list it either, so I was all set to order from amazon.com but now I may hold off a bit and see if Impulse will carry this title or at least purchase and download EU III + it's IN & NA expansions, if and when they become available. [/quote] Do you h
I saw that, but thanks! RPS is very fair to TBS fans and independents by showcasing a lot of otherwise marginal PC games. I check it everyday.
[quote who="pndrev" reply="10" id="2019205"] whats with some of these nonsense about not being able to game on a notebook. No one's talking about notebooks. The question was if gaming on a netbook is possible. To which I'd say: Definitely not. [/quote] Woops! I didn't even know what the hell a "netbook" was until this post. Now that I do: NO! You cannot game on them. Not modern games anyway, maybe ancient DOS stuff.<
I use a notebook and it works great! Just be sure you get a nice GeForce Go Mobile card like the 8600GT that I have. I would order from a company like Dell that allows you to "build your own," that way you can design it for gaming. I got their cheapest model that allowed me to use the 8600GT and I elected to stick with XP since it was going to be a gaming machine. I don't think they offer XP anymore, but I think Vista is finally nearing getting the kinks worked out in
[quote]They need a better defined standard for this sort of thing. Like 'minimum' means, "This game will run smoothly on low settings with this hardware, even in multiplayer." Recommended, to me at least, should mean, "This game will run smoothly on mostly high settings with this hardware, even in multiplayer." [/quote] That's a great idea. In fact, I'll go one further and suggest that all games (especially those under the Games for Windows banner) should have three</em
Hey, at least your wife's a gamer! I gotta sneak my computer like I was going to a speakeasy or something because she hates videogames. You should definitely get her her own computer, she deserves it! p.s. I'm also nearing the necessity for an intervention over KB:TL. ;)
[quote who="RandallFlagg" reply="13" id="2010571"]Hmmm, you know what would be sweet? A space-based MMORPG. Instead of a character, you could have a ship. Group with other players to form fleets, fly through space, terrorize other ships. Or stay lone, become a space pirate. Level up and acquire upgrades for your ship. Could be cool... I see the potential. [/quote] Star Trek Online should launch this year and it sounds exa
Has anyone noticed how many new games are advertising the minimum system requirements only? This is really starting to bother me, because a game is typically unplayable (for me anyway) at the bare minimum settings. Many games don't even look nearly as good as they could when running at the recommended requirements. It bothers me to see a new game that the company tells me is playable on my system, but just because you can actually make it run doesn't mean it will be
[quote]There is still "quick build" but that simply, at a cost, gets supplies to that town a lot quicker.[/quote] Will this be like in GalCiv2 where the default ships are really pathetic compared to what the player can build? Or will the default ships be able to hold their own?
I am 100% behind the future of TV migrating to the internet. I'm more than happy to watch the random ad here or there as long as certain "legacy" and current TV shows are available to me at anytime. I think the internet is truly the future of television. However, many companies seem about as reluctant to do online TV justice as the auto industry was when building the electric car. Two of the worst offenses that need to be addressed before online TV is ba
Yes, please post some video soon! I'm all in for breathtaking battles, too! [quote who="lamperti" reply="13" id="1974666"]One of the issues I have with games where you design units (Usually space ships,) by putting together things you have researched and/or built is that you find yourself needing to create a new design everytime there is an incremental change in technology. I.e. I have just researched shields that are +5 instead of my shields that are +4, so I need to desi
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