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Reply to A nerdy request for the Limited Edition in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Grove12345" reply="7" id="2634514"]the CE doesnt look to me to be worth the extra $$$. I hope the instruction booklet is thick and full of pics. [/quote] From the LE specs linked above: Extended print manual with additional information on the world of Elemental (i.e. 200+ pages) So I think you're set there. I paid extra for the LE for two main reasons: 1) Want to support Stardock and their way of making games/doing business 2) Th

Reply to Impulse Weekly Roundup - May 28th in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Both Mass Effect's for $42 is really getting to me. Must....resist....awesome....bundle....

Reply to Impulse Weekly Roundup - May 28th in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Tridus" reply="3" id="2631439"]Anybody played Gatitutious Space Battles? Been thinking about trying that for a while.[/quote] I couldn't pass it up for $20 for the main game and all 3 DLCs. I liked the review of it on Impulse TV. Then I found there is a demo of the game on the developers web site so download and check it out if you aren't sure. It's not something I'd play all the time but it's good for a quick distraction here and there.&

Reply to GamePro Gets a Preview of Impulse::Reactor and Facebook Connect in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

That's perfect then. It wasn't clear from the article. Sorry for my rant. So basically you could log on with FB and import your friends list and play mutliplayer *or* you could log in with your Impulse account and do the same? How do the two different accounts interact? I take it that Impulse Reactor doesn't care where the login came from (FB or Impulse) but can match people up using either. And in either case neither is required at all to play single pl

Reply to GamePro Gets a Preview of Impulse::Reactor and Facebook Connect in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Uggggg. Sorry, but Facebook is as bad as Steamworks in my book. I (and many others, more and more everyday) refuse to use Facebook due to privacy issues. Might have missed that in the news. Yea they are "addressing it".....just like they have before and nothing really changes. Guess I'm lucky I'm not a big multiplayer gamer because I'll never use any multiplayer from Impulse Reactor if it uses Facebook. Plus, what are you going to do when Facebook gets r

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

[quote who="charon2112" reply="435" id="2628019"]I don't know, I don't mind being forced to install something. When I bout Fallout 3 game of the year edition, I had to install windows live. Guess how many times that bothered me while spending 180+ hours on this fabulous game and it's expansions...zero.[/quote] Apples to Oranges. Yea, I had to install (actually I had a bug and had to download the latest Windows Live from MS) for Fallout 3. BUT there is a mai

Reply to GPG to use Steam for Kings and Castles in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Ugggggg. Another game on my do not buy list. I do have to wonder if GPG has a bad taste in their mouth from the Demigod issues and thus went with Steam. Sad. I do agree that Stardock does need to fast track Impulse reactor and GOO because more and more games fall to the Steam empire the longer we wait for it.

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

[quote who="DeCypher00" reply="405" id="2625960"] Jesus Christ, are you still in here spreading false information? Valve is not the publisher for Civ5. They will not have to approve mods. 2k/Firaxis will be the ones doing that. You need to do research before spouting off. Torchlight uses Steamworks and lets you drop mods into a mod directory. http://www.runicgamesfansite.com/torchlightmods/ HL2 uses Steamworks (obviously) and has tons and tons of mod

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

[quote who="Campaigner" reply="400" id="2625781"] I spoke to some classmates on our way to CeBit about DRM. All of us agreed that registering online is something all of us were perfectly fine with.[/quote] You're getting sidetracked by DRM. DRM and registering the game online isn't the issue with people against Steam in this thread. While we all would like that not to be a requirement it is for most games even those from Stardock (if you want updates/patch

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

[quote who="KickACrip" reply="377" id="2619834"] Again, I don't think you understand - I was talking about taking copyrighted material from sold content, and releasing it via mods. You don't exactly understand what "taken directly from" means, do you? I have a feeling that stopping modders from adding civs (again - not copy/pasted directly from copyrighted material) would be a bit extreme...what, are they really going to say "Sorry, your civ is named Babylon and is

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

[quote who="KickACrip" reply="363" id="2619455"] Wait - so you're saying people have copy/pasted the content from BTS and put it directly into the original? If so, that's pretty nice of Firaxis, I figured copying the leaderheads and all the art styles and code that went into released content would of been copyrighted. [/quote] Again, you don't understand how mods work for Civ do you? No need to directly copy and paste from BTS at all. Let me say this

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

[quote who="KickACrip" reply="353" id="2619131"] Again - mods based on direct content taken from a paid DLC release would probably be between the company that made it (ie, not valve/steam), and the modders. I mean, isn't this already common place? Or do people normally take direct content from a paid releases, and release it as is free to the community? [/quote] Pretty obvious that you don't know much about the Civ modding community. Right now I could

Reply to Upgraded to Limited Edition with Civ 5 money in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I love Firaxis too and they are one of my top game making companies. I love Civ so much I buy each one and their expansions on release day. But I just can't support Civ 5 with 2K making the decision to force Steam on me. Anyway, I used my saved money to upgrade Elemental and also to pre-order the Tropico 3 expansion. I want to support the game companies that don't try to rip me off or force me to use Steam for a single player game.

Upgraded to Limited Edition with Civ 5 money in War of Magic Elemental Forums

So I just upgraded to the Limited Edition of Elemental with some of the money I had set aside for Civ 5 which I will not be buying now due to the requirement of Steam being installed and running all the time, even for a single player game. Anybody else?

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

[quote who="KickACrip" reply="349" id="2618790"] Quoting arstal, reply 348http://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=125721 Valve putting a banhammer on the TF2 mod community for making custom hats. Another reason to be worried about Civ V and modding. That doesn't make sense at all. Two different games made by two different companies. That's like saying "it doesn't loo

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

[quote who="KickACrip" reply="285" id="2616728"] The "Steam is not valuable to me, I'll never use those features" argument seems a bit - well, self centered. Okay, so - you don't have to use the extra features. To say the whole system should topple down and any attempt to come up with a dedicated community center that aims to benefit the whole community should be demolished, well, that's a bit much. [/quote] It's a *single player game*

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

[quote who="TheJaker" reply="275" id="2616371"]I'm surprised anyone defending Steam exclusivity would try to ignore the modding issue. I presume they don't use mods? Steam requires games to have the latest version of the game without exception. Mods, by contrast, sometimes lag behind a bit and have to be updated. My favorite mod might not work with the latest version right away. [/quote] EXACTLY! Like the Civ Fanatics HOF mod. After a patch it's usua

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

[quote who="KickACrip" reply="180" id="2614531"]Civ5 is not a Steam exclusive - other retailers are offering it (boxed) as well. It requiring steam is nothing new - stockdock requires Impulse in order to receive updates...[/quote] You just don't get it, do you? I have no problem with needing Steam to get patches for a game. Same as Impulse. I have no problem with needing Steam to play multiplayer. Same as Impulse. I DO have a problem with the

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

[quote who="Dale_" reply="81" id="2613030"] Quoting Frogboy, reply 15Well clearly I won't be modding or getting Civ V now. How is it any different to Elemental requiring Impulse to be installed and active to play? Impulse/Steam install an invasive client. Impulse/Steam is required to authenticate those two games. Impulse/Steam have "exclusives" with those games. Impulse/Steam are used as the DRM system. Impulse/Steam force you

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

[quote who="DeCypher00" reply="63" id="2612791"] Quoting bonscott, reply 61While I don't like digital distribution exclusives I can live with Civ 5 being sold digitally only thru Steam. My problem is that even if I buy a retail boxed copy at the local Best Buy I am *forced* to install and use Steam. WHY?!? No reason whatsover. Thus, for the first time in 20 years I will not be buying a Civ game. And if you buy Settlers 7 from Impul

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

[quote who="DeCypher00" reply="62" id="2612790"] Quoting joasoze, reply 59 Quoting DeCypher00, reply 54 you just have to eventually install Steam, well, there you have it. Regarding your post comparing impulse with steam. You forgot point 7. Steam will have to run for you to play even in offline mode. Impulse doesnt. Yes, but that completely negates your point of Steam being the "only" place you can buy it. How is it different from installing Windows Live?

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

While I don't like digital distribution exclusives I can live with Civ 5 being sold digitally only thru Steam (but I would of course like to get it via Impulse). My problem is that even if I buy a retail boxed copy at the local Best Buy I am *forced* to install and use Steam. WHY?!? No reason whatsover. Thus, for the first time in 20 years I will not be buying a Civ game. [e digicons]:'([/e]

Reply to My god Dragon Age is good in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Finally finished my first playthru, I don't have all that much time to play. Took me around 100 hours, did most sidequests but not all of them. Got up to level 23 (cap is 25) so the final battle was a bit disappointing as it seemed a bit easy. I was on normal level though. Overall though this is one of the best games I've ever played, ever. And I'm talking about nearly 30 yrs of gaming including the Baulder's Gate classics. I've already been thinking ab

Reply to Digital Distribution market share in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

What has to change in marketing games to female's? I mean a FPS is still a FPS and nothing changes about it if a guy or gal play it. Same with just about any other game. I think the difference really is in the *type* of game that is available that appeals to women and has nothing really to do with marketing on the part of a Steam or Impulse. My wife likes to play games. "Back in the day" we used to play Doom and Quake deathmatches against each other. If s

Reply to Happy Thanksgiving! in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="NuclearEngine" reply="17" id="2458072"] Taking a page from Dragon Age, it would be cool to assign leaders to unit groups and have them managed with preset tactics. Like making the archers leader target light infantry type or run when units get close. This would reduce micro-managment when you start to get huge armies, but would still have the option to issue direct orders to all groups if you perfer to. These leaders could also be tied in with the family trees and hero'