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[quote who="OMG_Teseer" reply="22" id="2638988"]I'm not going to buy a game that promises to be a successor to the game I love above all other games and falls ridiculously short.[/quote]Sure, there is nothing wrong with not liking the game as what it is. The game doesn't change if the name changes. Not buying the game simply because it's not named something else, even though you seemingly like it (otherwise you wouldn't think of buying it in the first place?), is idiotic, wouldn't y

Reply to Supreme Commander 2 $10.99 On Steam, Deal or Dud? in PC Gaming Demigod Forums

[quote who="Shadow_of_Light" reply="20" id="2638958"]actually, if they named it something else it might have sold better, it just feels like a cheap ripoff to Supreme Commander now[/quote]No, that wouldn't have mattered at all. SupCom haters would still know that it's a successor, no matter how it is called and thus be outraged about how it's not like they want it to be. The same might happen for Kings & Castles, people are already hoping that K&C will have the same grand

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You should do nothing at all. Doing these things on your list doesn't make you any better than the raging team mate.

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[quote who="OMG_Teseer" reply="17" id="2638910"]If they called it 'Generic Strategy Game 2' I would of had no issues with it and probably would of purchased. [/quote]You would have purchased it simply if it had a different name ? That's pretty idiotic. The important thing is if you like the game or not. Not if you like the name in combination with the game... jesus.

Reply to I don't hate steam anymore in PC Gaming Demigod Forums

@Nick-Danger: it is or can still be in the player's interest, due to how well SteamWorks works for the game. Syneptus might prefer a game which is tied to Steam and has a robust matchmaking and connection facilitation system, over a game that does not use Steam and has a potentially crappy multiplayer system (as seen in Moder Warfare 2 for example). Also the "Steam only" part only limits the options in such a way, that the game will not be sold on other online distribution services, b

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[quote]Syneptus didn't ask 'why steam' he asked 'why steam only'. Your answer doesn't address why steam _only_. It answers 'why steam' but he didn't ask that. Reasons might include GPG being made an offer they couldn't refuse, Valve taking a smaller cut to distribute, packaging deals, etc.[/quote]Ah, I see now. The reason is, that they use SteamWorks. I think that's where the misunderstanding is :). I assumed that you and he knows, that if a game uses SteamWorks

Reply to Supreme Commander 2 $10.99 On Steam, Deal or Dud? in PC Gaming Demigod Forums

Chris Taylor wanted names that are a little bit more reminiscent of the unit names in Total Annihilation. But the "style" is not really the same.

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No, it's because Raven's post contains too many[code="html"] [/code]as far as I can see.

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I still don't understand what you are getting at. Maybe there is a general misunderstanding here. I'll try to make things clear. Supreme Commander 2 can be bought from every retailer that offers it, not just online through Steam. Supreme Commander 2 uses SteamWorks, a free development and publishing suite, which contains APIs for various Steam modules. Supreme Commander 2 uses it for matchmaking, connection facilitation and online leader boards. According

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[quote]So an incredibly crudely drawn anime penis is grounds for ban even though you can find the same on google images with safesearch on?[/quote]So Google safe search is you measurement of what can be posted and what not? That's pretty silly ;). The moderators decide what can be posted and what shouldn't be posted, not "Google safe search".

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[quote]Kapish now?[/quote]Uhm... no ;). Why did you say[quote]Or does the "...stable and easily integrate able..." steam only work if no other option to buy the game exists?[/quote]? You can buy the game anywhere you like, not just through Steam. To elaborate more on the decision for SteamWorks: during the development of Supreme Commander 2, GPG had to decide how to implement their Multiplayer Matchmaking service. There were 3 options basically: the GPGnet client, GFWL

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If you haven't bought it already, you should definitely do that now ;). @pacov: the customer reviews are horrible. SupCom2 haters simply voted [e digicons]1*[/e] just because they expected the game to be something else. You are better off with browsing through the regular reviews .

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[quote who="Nesrie" reply="57" id="2638035"]Yeah, and I am saying it's not the same. Any of the publishers can ban you from their forums, their services or a game. It's usually one game and not necessarily your entire account (Bioware has banned people across games before it seems). In any event, Steam ban's you, it's from your entire library and no refund, all publishers, all platforms, everything. It's not the samething as having EA ban you from an EA game. Stardock will do the same thing t

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[quote who="Nesrie" reply="55" id="2637902"]Having Valve's games on Steam is not the same thing as being "forced" to purchase a third party title through the system. Forced referring to the inability to purchase without the use of Steamworks.[/quote]Why do you quote me here? He was talking about that he will never use Steam to buy a game, because you can get banned. However, he already seems to have bought Half-Life 2, presumably in retail. But he will be unable to play Half-Life 2 none the l

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[quote]I don't like the auto-updates. Sometimes the new patches suck, and usually they're late (sometimes very late) being released. I thought that could be turned off though? [/quote]Auto Updates can be turned off, yes. [quote]I also don't like having to look at adverts and popups for crap I don't care about if I just want to play a single player game[/quote]These things can also be disabled. [quote]If I get nostalgic for reinstalling HL2 or some

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[quote who="Syneptus" reply="51" id="2637481"]No more should be said, other than WHY THE HECK DID THEY HAVE TO GO WITH STEAM ONLY?!?!?!?!?[/quote]Because SteamWorks is a stable and easily integrate able solution.

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[quote]A) Play random PUG games, like all real men do[/quote]I only ever played 2 Demigods and never played a General. A Random game would be awful for me ;)

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[quote who="SwerydAss" reply="37" id="2632408"]It was Kane's Wrath. My buddy couldn't get the map maker to work since it would say the directory with the files it needed didnt exist unless he copied all the files from the steam folder into a folder named EA/Kanes Wrath. If steam offers the game with the map editor which it sometimes does it isn't an issue but they don't have that for all the games that don't require Steam. I don't hate steam but will try to buy my

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[quote who="SwerydAss" reply="27" id="2632133"]When the program looks for the graphic and sound files it looks to where the store bought copy would've been installed. Since a game purchased on Steam is put into the Steam directory instead it can't find the files and doesn't work.[/quote]Uhm, no ;). The game (or any application for that matter) looks in the directories relative to the working directory, which is usually the directory where the executable is located. [i]If[/i]

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On my systems Impulse takes far, far longer to log in and check for Impulse client and game updates, it's quite annoying. Steam works much faster for me. The Impulse client always felt a lot more bulky than the Steam client. With the new Steam UI the "bulkyness" of Steam got a little worse though.

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CharlesCS: the issues you describe are issues of the game , not Steam. Except the "Steam disconnected" thing, which can happen from time to time, but should be very rare. At least compared to the other issues.

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[quote who="SwerydAss" reply="16" id="2631597"]Its good to see that the offline mode works now. I'm still not inclined to buy games there however. Also its still a pain to try to get custom maps for a lot of games to work since it installs games in the Steam folder instead of the same folder a store bought copy would.[/quote]Why do custom maps not work then? It shouldn't matter where the game is installed. All the mods and maps care about are the relative file locations, not the a

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[quote quoting="post"] I'm not sure if anyone else is having this problem but when i try to run Demigod it all runs fine except for one giant flaw. The cursor is onscreen but doesnt move. The actually working cursor is my windows 7 mouse cursor which is activated under the game screen so i cant even see what i'm trying to select. I have to fish around a while till something lights up to signify i actually landed the cursor on it. Is there anyway around this problem? I would greatly appr