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Reply to Gamestop, Impulse and Stardock in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="louist" reply="145" id="2917066"]How, exactly, are the hardcore anti-steam/pro-impulse crowd taking it? I've always been as skeptical of Impulse as I am of any digital service (that is to say, only very mildly), but some people on these forums have a fanatical drive to support Impulse and demonize the competition. I'd think they might be more shell-shocked than the rest of us. The faith they had in Brad's ethics no longer plays a roll, as Brad's ethics no longer pl

Reply to Gamestop, Impulse and Stardock in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Tridus" reply="133" id="2916903"] Alright, I'll bite... Saying that "Steam is hated by PC gamers" is an outrageous exaggeration. Steam is actually really popular with PC gamers, aside from forums like this which for obvious reasons attract people that don't like Steam. In the wider world of PC gaming, people like Steam.[/quote] You are correct of course. There is not a huge anti-Steam crowd. But there is a very vocal one. Only have to visit t

Reply to Gamestop, Impulse and Stardock in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

I've posted before that I don't like this deal BUT there are two sides to this. Stardock - This is a good move for Stardock. As Brad stated Impulse was taking away a lot of resources and attention from what they do best...games and Windows productivity software. By selling Impulse they get that off their chest, get an influx of cash in the process and can hopefully be a better game developer to avoid another Elemental and also a better game publish

Reply to Sometimes, I just can’t understand MS. in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

My main PC at home still has XP on it. Why? Because it works and no reason to upgrade. When build a new PC in a year or so I'll put Win 7 on it. At work it's all XP and IE7. Why? Because to upgrade 110,000 users costs tens upon tens of millions of dollars which nobody wants to spend. All corporate apps run fine and thus it is what it is. Last I heard they plan to have a pilot of Win 7 going by end of 2011 and perhaps a rollout of Win 7

Reply to Steam: A monopoly in the making? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="FadedC" reply="314" id="2908647"]There's also the question of how many of the 3-5% who refuse to use Steam would be willing to use Impulse Reactor. I got the sense that many of them are opposed to DRM in any form.[/quote] For me and others I've talked with the DRM of Steamworks isn't the issue at all. The problem with Steamworks is that you are now *forced* to use Steam and have their front end store installed. With Impulse Reactor it's just the

Reply to EA Forum Bans stop you from playing games? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Rebell44" reply="27" id="2904595"] STFU idiot! Stop spreading your stupid FUD. Steam accounts are not related to Steam forum accounts in any way. When your Steam forum account is bannned it doesnt have any other consequences. [/quote] Fine...so you say. I've read otherwise in many other places. But whatever (and I can't remember ever posting this before, so no sure why it's my FUD I keep spreading...LOL). The fact remains

Reply to EA Forum Bans stop you from playing games? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="DrGonzo"]Look, an entire thread summarizing all the reasons not to buy from a digital distribution platform, but rather insist on physical media with no internetwork connection required.[/quote] Actually physical media is no help these days. In the case of DA2 or any EA game you still have to create and account with EA and register the game so buying digital or physical media is no different and thus even with your physical media getting banned by EA means you lost y

Reply to Dragon Age 2 Tonight!!! in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Savyg" reply="116" id="2903759"]I thought that might be what was tripping me up. Bah, I dislike micromanaging party members.[/quote] Ummm, but that's what Dragon Age is all about. ;) Not so much in DA2 though. Can't tell you how many times a battle I paused in Origins (just like good old Baulder's Gate). There are many encounters where it's pretty much required.

Reply to Dragon Age 2 Tonight!!! in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="mastroego" reply="109" id="2903644"]I've been lurking in the Bioware forums for a while and it's really interesting to see how the situation is evolving. Reminds me a lot of what happened here with Elemental. At first only a few dared to speak ill of this title (granted, some were very vocal from the beginning) but many of the regular users defended the game fiercely: if you have already bought the game, it's hard to accept that it was a poor move on your part (happened

Reply to Carmack says Direct3D is better than OpenGL in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

I'm still on XP and have no reason to upgrade until I build a new PC which will probably be another year or two. At that point I'll put on Windows 7 (or 8 if it's out and stable).

Reply to EA Forum Bans stop you from playing games? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

It's getting more common these days with anything with online activation. Steam can do the same thing, if they ban you from their forums it's a full account ban and you lose access to all games you bought. Technically same thing could happen with Impulse in that your forum account is also your game account with Impulse. Stardock has posted though that if they ban anyone they won't ban them from their games. But they still could do it. Although Impulse isn't neede

Reply to EA Forum Bans stop you from playing games? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Then again, don't be an arss on their forums and you won't have a problem. LOL But I agree, it's a bad policy and will make me think twice about EA games in the future.

Reply to Dragon Age 2 Tonight!!! in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Unknown924" reply="105" id="2903439"] For the $40 it cost for the Signature edition(it was $50 for a bit plus 20% coupon from Stardock) I think it was money well spent. I do not think I would spend $60 on the normal version though. [/quote] Same here. Knowing the changes that were in DA2, no way I was going to pay full price at $60. I was fully intending to wait for the "Game of the Year/Ultimate" edition in a year or so to go on sale. But

Reply to EA Forum Bans stop you from playing games? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Since DA2 only needs an initial authorization online and nothing after that...once it's installed and registered with EA and the DLC's downloaded and installed then you can be banned forever from the EA forums and it won't effect your ability to play DA2 at all other then you couldn't buy/install any more DLC's or expansions tied that account.

Reply to Raven Reviews "Dragon Age 2" *No Spoilers* in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

I agree with a lot that you have posted Raven. So far I've only played about 2 hours into the game (I don't plan to play much further until the first patch, usually what I do). I totally agree with the "dumbed down" statements because they are true. The depth just isn't there in this game. BUT despite this I am having a blast playing the game, even though I'm a huge fan of Origins and other hard core RPGs. I fear thogh that those days are over as companies cont

Reply to Dragon Age 2 Tonight!!! in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

It's definately a different game from Origins but I'm liking it so far. I hope it's not as short as some people say but other then that I like it.

Reply to Stardock Customer Report 2010 in Elemental News Elemental Forums

[quote who="Alstein" reply="3" id="2893089"] You really need to raise that 3% female rate for Impulse users. I'd recommend being accessible to some of the girl gaming sites and reach out to them. Might get some good ideas. Indie games might help here.[/quote] I think just getting a deal with Her Interactive (Nancy Drew games), get more of the CSI type games and get the "Myst" type games (there are still a ton) would help increase the female

Reply to War of Magic–Report Card in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="kapeman" reply="17" id="2890716"] Are you the same person as bonscott87 over at DBSTalk? Based on your avatar I would say so, but just checking. Small World(wide web).[/quote] Yeppers. I don't post much there anymore since I went OTA and Internet streaming only. But I do check in on occasion.

Reply to War of Magic–Report Card in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

E: War of Magic: Incomplete. Haven't played in a few months but I did have fun when it was first released. But things are changing so much I decided to set it aside and wait for Fallen Enchantress to get into playing again. Probably won't play WoM again to be honest. Civilization V: Refused to buy because of Steamworks required. Starcraft 2: Did not buy, not my cup of tea. Fa

Reply to Tribes 2 Ten Year Anniversary Tournament in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Me too. Played it for hours on end. I may even still have the disks laying around somewhere.

Reply to Duke Nukem Forever will use Steamworks in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="TheDarkKnight2008" reply="36" id="2889222"] I would suggest against talking sense in this topic polynomial. Esp. after people are saying that: Amazon.com, WHICH HAS IT'S OWN DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SERVICE, is not competition to Steam. Direct2drive is not competition. Gamersgate is not competition. Gogamer.com, WHICH HAS IT'S OWN DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SERVICE, is not competition to Steam. Gamestop.com ALSO H

Reply to Duke Nukem Forever will use Steamworks in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Yet another game I won't be getting because it requires Steam. Guess it just saves me a lot of money to support small publishers like Paradox.

Reply to Classic Interplay Games Arrive on Impulse in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Well if I buy a game digitally it most likely is going to be from Impulse. I'm not going to buy it somewhere else just to save a couple bucks. Besides, most likely these games will be in a bundle soon at 50% off or something like that. I'll wait and pick them up then. It's not like I'm itching to play these and can't wait. It's like the Baulder's Gate games, I do want to get them here digitally but I'll wait for a bundle sale to do it. Not like I can't go d

Reply to What do you think of Free To Play? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

If anyone like D&D and/or fantasy RPG's I highly recommend checking out DDO (Dungeons and Dragons Online) http://www.ddo.com/ It's F2P and you download the entire game for free. VIP is $10-15 a month or you can buy DDO points in the store to buy things like premium adventure packs and other goodies you get for free as a VIP. Also as a VIP you get 500 points a month free to spend in the store. As in D&D the level cap is 20.&nb

Reply to Cities in Motion Pre-order on Impulse in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Cool looking game. If you go to the game web site you can download the current open beta which is kinda like a pre-demo. After playing for about an hour in the tutorial I can say that for 20 bucks I'll pre-order this game. From what I'm seeing so far it's got all the things I like about Sim City (transportation) and none of the other stuff. SC2K and 3K were the best but SC4 was really disappointing. This game doesn't appear to have the depth of a SC but so far is