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Reply to This is what is wrong with gaming, and buying games, today. in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Honestly it's not that hard guys. There are really only two pieces of "goodies" that really matter and that's Stone Prisoner and Warden's Keep since they both add many hours to the gameplay. Stone Prisoner comes with every new copy of the game for *free*. Warden's Keep is a $7 DLC or free with the Digital Deluxe edition. Honestly, it's that simple. All the other stuff is just fluff that doesn't matter and is just marketing madness. Ignore it.

Reply to No, I work at Stardock – really! in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote quoting="post"] I’m one of the developers on some of these games or am the product manager. [/quote] So you demoted yourself? [e digicons]8C[/e] [e digicons]:D[/e]

Reply to Dragon Age: Origins in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="twifightDG" reply="118" id="2407293"]Thanks for that. What remains is the (cheapest) digital version on Impulse. I can't remember what it was called and can't be arsed to look it up. The more expensive one was the digital deluxe edition. I assume the chear digital one equals the regular version minus packaging?[/quote] As far as I know, correct. The "Regular" download is the same as the retail standard edition plus the online bonus items. The "Digital Delux

Reply to Dragon Age: Origins Character Creator released! in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="aLap" reply="29" id="2407181"] Quoting MagicwillNZ, reply 28 Well, this pretty much guarantees I'll only buy the game when it is $20. I find it really disturbing that they'd cut 10 hours out of a game. They didn't cut, they added. Big difference. [/quote] Exactly. It's like the Fallout 3 DLCs/expansions only available on launch day. Dragon Age was originally supposed to come out in March and the Stone Prisoner content wasn't ready in time

Reply to Dragon Age: Origins in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="twifightDG" reply="116" id="2407141"]IIRC it contains Warden Keep, which is extra content. It is included with the more expensive box only. Buyers of the cheaper version will have to pay extra to play warden keep. Correct me if i'm wrong.[/quote] Warden's Keep is included in the Digital Deluxe edition only, because you don't get the tin and cloth map. If you buy the game box (regular or CE) at retail you'll need to pay $7 for Warden's Keep.

Reply to Dragon Age: Origins Character Creator released! in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Kodiak888" reply="25" id="2407132"] Quoting Thrawn2787, reply 23 Yeah but that golem quest could add a few hours of gameplay I read that ALL versions will get an access code for the golem quest. It's no a CE thing. I may be wrong, but all new versions sounds like it's pretty inclusive, and not all collector editions.[/quote] The Stone Prisoner is included in all new versions (regular and CE) of the game. It's 10+ hours of more

Reply to Dragon Age: Origins Character Creator released! in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

As for the Character Creator, it is awesome. Love being able to do this all ahead of time so it will be much faster to jump in. By the way, if you upload at least one character you create to the Bioware social site then on release day you'll get a bonus in game item for free, the Luck Ring which gives you +1 to all stats. Even better!

Reply to Dragon Age: Origins Character Creator released! in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Raven X" reply="8" id="2406394"] Quoting Polynomial, reply 7 You're right. You get different special items for the digital download. Different as in "Only With" the digital download pre-order? When I asked Jon (the dude I know at Gamespot) he said as far as he can tell in his computer the pre-order comes with all the special items the game has. One of them is a Golem character that comes with all copies of the game but only for new purchases. If you

Reply to Elemental: BETA OBJECTIVES AND SCHEDULE in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Can't wait!

Reply to Fences and Internet Explorer 7 in Stardock Software Stardock Forums

[quote who="Fuzzy Logic" reply="15" id="2367986"]What is the difference between: Having IE6 and not using it Having IE7 and not using it Answer: none. If people don't understand this concept then perhaps they should let someone who knows more about computers install their software for them. [/quote] Exactly. In fact there is a BIG difference. Your computer is more secure. I hate IE as much as the n

Reply to Stardock coding practices in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Ron Lugge" reply="24" id="2321904"] Well, at least you confirmed my gradually sinking suspicion that my graduation will not mark the end of my educational career. [/quote] In IT the learning never stops. If you stop you're dead. Probably why I do support now the past decade because I was tired of keeping up and continuing to take classes and studying. I can't study anymore nearly 20 years removed from college. [e digicons]8C[/e]

Reply to Could the beta program be an experience unto itself? in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Longer beta sounds good to me. I don't really think an August release is that bad in terms of sales. In fact I don't think it really matters when it's released (in my opinion with no knowledge of such things). There just aren't many (any?) single player Civ/Gal Civ style games anymore so frankly, unless Civ 5 is coming out around the same time there really won't be a lot of competition for this *type* of game and I think it will sell well no matter when released.

Reply to A Formal Apology to Frogboy in Demigod Demigod Forums

[quote who="radiobabylon" reply="4" id="2317406"] Quoting pseudomelon, reply 1I don't understand how so many people can decide they have the right to complain when Stardock offered FULL REFUNDS for weeks after having purchased the game. wait... WHAT? are you kidding me?? damnit, i wish i had known, id have jumped ALL OVER that... when was this? and how would i have found out? i didnt bother visiting the forums after beta once it was clear the game i was getting wasnt the game i pre-

Reply to Campaign/Tutorial - Check out Anno 1404/Dawn of Discovery in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="ChongLi" reply="12" id="2313093"]20-25 hours? Doesn't sound like a good tutorial. I think you should be able to learn the basics of a game in less than an hour before moving on to playing the real deal. It's not the place of a tutorial to introduce every single unit, tech, race, building and spell in the game. Just the basic concepts please, leave the rest to discovery.[/quote] It's not a true tutorial in a way. It's a true fully flesh

Reply to A Formal Apology to Frogboy in Demigod Demigod Forums

[quote who="mawdudi" reply="22" id="2312940"] Welcome to the present day gaming communities. If you long for communities online games had 10years ago, those days are gone. ALL gaming communities are nowdays full of whiners,wankers,idiots,retards,elitists you name it. Leaving this community because of that is stupid - you are chasing a dream. [/quote] Actually that is not true. The forums for games like Civilization, GalCiv, Bethesda games (Morrowind/Obliv

Reply to Campaign/Tutorial - Check out Anno 1404/Dawn of Discovery in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Tridus" reply="5" id="2311745"] Yeah, it's true. When a game is really complicated, a tutorial is a huge help to get people into it. Just throwing them into the deep end is a good way to scare people off.[/quote] Yep. With Anno 1404 I could have done without the tutorial after about chapter 3 or so as by then I understood things like production chains and trade routes but it wasn't too annoying because they integrated the tutorial type hints into the story

Reply to Campaign/Tutorial - Check out Anno 1404/Dawn of Discovery in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Tridus" reply="3" id="2311737"]At the same time, they can also look at it for an example of what *NOT* to do with DRM![/quote] I hear you there. I didn't know about the DRM until I played the demo and fell in love with the game. The 3 activation limit doesn't bother me too much since I don't rebuild my computer every 6 months or something and the fact that most publishers have caved so far and at least offered a way to deactivate an install so you don't run out

Reply to Campaign/Tutorial - Check out Anno 1404/Dawn of Discovery in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Scoutdog" reply="2" id="2311732"]Sounds good. However, the question in my mind is: Should the campleighn double as a tutorial?[/quote] That is a good question. I've seen other games that would do the first couple chapters as a tutorial and then you're on your own. I would think it would be easy enough to have a setting to turn off "hints" or "tutorial mode" in a campaign. I just know that a lot of Stardock games get dinged sometimes for not having a tutor

Campaign/Tutorial - Check out Anno 1404/Dawn of Discovery in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Frogboy and the devs. Take a serious look at Anno 1404/Dawn of Discovery for inspiration on how to really do a great campaign that also acts as a tutorial. There is an 8 chapter campaign, took me about 20-25 hours to complete (I took my time a bit). It had a great story and had definable goals in each chapter. But it also acted as a great tutorial. You always got advice on what you needed to build or do to reach the goal. For example, in one chapter you

Reply to Elemental: Updated screenshots in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Sweeeeeeeeeeettttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt. Can't wait! [e digicons]:drool:[/e]

Reply to Questions? Ask them here in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I'm trying to get caught up on things here as I'm putting Demigod off to the side for now so forgive me if this has been addressed already. - I believe it was stated before that there will be custom units such that as upgrades or more resources become available you can upgrade them. Like you have a Knight who with a horse becomes a calvary unit who with a magic sword becomes an Avenger and so forth. The question is, will there be a way to "save" these cust

Reply to On the road to version 1.2 in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

[quote] - unhandled exceptions when starting a custom game, damn often (almost always by now)!!! followed by invalid user error, while trying to log in (some mates even cant get the game closed in this situations, neither with ctrl+alt+del, nor with alt+f4) [/quote] I have seen this a lot. Have to power down the computer to recover from the lock up. I have pretty much stopped playing online

Reply to minion swarm in Demigod Strategies Demigod Forums

I'd say take the battle to the Demigods. Seeing as it sounds like all 3 did minion builds they should be weaker early, especially if their minions are halfway across the map and not around themselves. So go attack them and if you get a couple kills they'll probably stop sending minions away and keep them close.

Reply to Kestrel's Oak Build in Demigod Strategies Demigod Forums

[quote who="woca" reply="6" id="2275456"] i don't buy monks though, i tend towards items only. do you think monks would be worth it in a pent build, i never tried it[/quote] Worth every dime. First thing I buy with Oak. Really helps you stay in lanes longer and can make the difference against another DG early without monks as during the battle all of a sudden you get healed 1500K just like that. Pent a couple times as they run and you may get an early kill

Reply to I did not quit! Unhandled Exception error in Demigod Demigod Forums

Thanks. It wasn't an actual disconnect issue, game crashed in Windows when I clicked on the level upgrade item.