WTF? The sniper kits are *extremely* accurate, most people just don't know they also take into account bullet drop, and so you have to aim slightly higher depending on the distance. If you aim straight at a far away target, of course you won't hit him, but once you get the hang of it, you nail shots at 400m no problem.

they're just fun and give a tactical advantage

I fear China will be our next enemy, with the government and media hyping up every minute detail.

Yes, after all - if he doesnt like it, it must be because their's something wrong with him.


Come up with a new one you fool.

Q: Galactic Civilizations I got some attention because you didn’t have any CD copy protection. Aren’t you afraid of piracy?

A: Our primary concern is our customers. The people who pay my salary. They’re my overlord. And I don’t want to inconvenience them. Moreover, piracy is really about how many sales are actually lost. What we do is put out free updates after release. We got Editor’s Choice Awards from most of the major game magazines. And that was on the 1.0 version in the box. But we put out tons of updates after release that greatly enhanced that experience.

So let’s say someone got a “warez” copy of the game. If they like the game, they’re going to want the updates, and to do that, they have to have a valid serial # that is verified on the server side (i.e. no cracks). So at that point, we’re going to get that sale. Or we would have never gotten the sale.

I don’t like game companies treating me like a criminal. If I’m paying $50 for a game then I better well be able to put it on my laptop and PC and not have to futz around with keeping track of the CD. Besides, I end up losing my CDs anyway.

So, selling games to a minor becomes illegal. Consequently, a parent would have to buy the game for the child. Is this not the same as an adult buying cigarettes for a minor? Which, if I'm not mistaken, is illegal?

Some are even saying it is a better game than X-Com.

Maybe Australians like government to be omnipresent in their lives but Americans don't. We happen to have a national value called liberty. As such we are extremely reluctant to cede control over our own lives to the national government, especially when it's an area the government doesn't need to control such as video game sales.

Maybe it has something to do with regulations of voilence in the media/video/games etc.

Yeah, I also don't like the engine but how can you say Chaos Theory was crap? That was like game of the year. Also SWAT 4 was pretty good.