Jerykk wrote on Dec 3, 2012, 23:08:

Rant: I want a game that has Deathmatch...old school free for all. I cant believe I have to play COD4 Broadcast map to get a real DM game ( the map that the last 2 good servers I frequent runs). Oh and one has turbo mode that increases the speed and that's just bliss, no one spawning and laying down lol just pure carnage and one man army skills. yes I'm old but my twitch skills are still better than teenagers 25 years younger than me. If Chris Roberts can stir up interest in space sims, why cant someone do the same with old school DM?!?!

TF2, Tribes Ascend, Quake Live, Warsow, Nexuiz, UT3... there are still active games that have old-school DM in them.

Kitkoan wrote on Dec 3, 2012, 22:06:

necrosis wrote on Dec 3, 2012, 22:01:
Here is the problem with this.

There are no settings in games for 'gamepad only' players as far as I know. So anyone using a controller is going to be at a serious disadvantage in MP games.

If I remember, most FPS MP games tend to give controller players a basic autoaim to help against mouse/keyboard players.

4D-Boxing wrote on Dec 3, 2012, 20:56:
Rant: I want a game that has Deathmatch...old school free for all. I cant believe I have to play COD4 Broadcast map to get a real DM game ( the map that the last 2 good servers I frequent runs). Oh and one has turbo mode that increases the speed and that's just bliss, no one spawning and laying down lol just pure carnage and one man army skills. yes I'm old but my twitch skills are still better than teenagers 25 years younger than me. If Chris Roberts can stir up interest in space sims, why cant someone do the same with old school DM?!?!

jimnms wrote on Dec 3, 2012, 20:23:

Flatline wrote on Dec 3, 2012, 14:33:
Basically, it's going to play like a faster version of FTL, with a slightly more tactical combat screen and less crew/system management.

So you're basically saying it's nothing like FTL. From the video it looks like a mix of SPAZ and GSB.

Beelzebud wrote on Nov 30, 2012, 14:15:

Sepharo wrote on Nov 29, 2012, 23:26:

Beelzebud wrote on Nov 29, 2012, 22:54:
The .01% of the audience that can program the computer will love it. I'm sorry, but just "whipping up" an emulator that plays games, or making navigational software for flying the ship isn't going to be something a lot of people are going to be able to do. Seems like a pretty tiny niche audience to go after.

I'm guessing the language/api isn't going to be as complex as you think. I remember an old game where you "programmed" mining robots with really simple routines. There are a few very simple flash games like that too.

I'm not going by a guess, I'm going by what he's said about it. It's an emulated 16-BIT CPU. It is programmed like you would program any 16-BIT computer. That might be "simple" by today's standards, but that's only for someone that can already code. It's about as niche as it gets for a 'game'.

Alamar wrote on Nov 30, 2012, 11:12:

Sepharo wrote on Nov 30, 2012, 01:38:
Nah they actually give you a second key for Saints Row 3. Which I already have, so I couldn't enter it...
*cough* does anyone want sr3? ahem.

edit: err... if for some reason you can't or won't get it for a fraction of a dollar in this bundle.

I already have most of the bundle, and what I don't have, I have no interest in...

But peeps keep talking good about SR3, so while I'm not willing to spend $6, I'd take a free copy : )

-Alamar

Prez wrote on Nov 30, 2012, 01:30:
Each game will have a separate redeemable Steam key, so you can just email the keys to whomever you want to gift the game to.

DrEvil wrote on Nov 30, 2012, 01:27:

Creston wrote on Nov 30, 2012, 01:12:
Man, that has to be the craziest value bundle of all time.

If I didn't already have everything except Darksiders, I'd pick this up. In fact, I may just pick it all up again and give everything away. (Edit, since they give Steam keys, would that even be possible if I already had almost everything? Steam doesn't give you double copies, does it?)

Creston

No can do. They only give you one key for all the games.

Dades wrote on Nov 29, 2012, 22:58:
Is the game going to have programmer graphics that are never replaced again? I'm not a huge graphics whore but I like decent looking space games and they aren't particularly difficult to make for artists. With all of the money and success from Minecraft he can afford some production value now, right?

- DADES - This is a signature of my name, enjoy!

Beelzebud wrote on Nov 29, 2012, 22:54:
The .01% of the audience that can program the computer will love it. I'm sorry, but just "whipping up" an emulator that plays games, or making navigational software for flying the ship isn't going to be something a lot of people are going to be able to do. Seems like a pretty tiny niche audience to go after.

Creston wrote on Nov 29, 2012, 20:38:
I'm still trying to figure out exactly what part of this game appeals to anyone. Is it maybe the "you can program a computer in the ship" thing?

Because everything else seems lame as hell, and now he wants to add a subscription on top of it. Oooookay.

Creston

nin wrote on Nov 28, 2012, 20:54:
thedigitalbits just misspelled Michael Caine as "My Cocaine"! I was reading along and "wait, what?"

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/item/island

Quinn wrote on Nov 27, 2012, 22:01:
Sepharo, fun you say that. There are one or more actual studies on the internet that show that console gamers prefer their protagenist to be a criminal or some other asshole.

Verno wrote on Nov 27, 2012, 21:47:
I was wondering when space captain would get around to re-registering