nin wrote on May 31, 2012, 16:37:
And Morgan has done some game writing, including Crysis 2 and Syndicate.

Zadig wrote on May 30, 2012, 17:28:
RPS said nice things about it, but I tend to spend as much time editing Paradox game files as playing them. The $12.49 plentiful Paradox pack on Amazon has suddenly got me interested in this.

nin wrote on May 30, 2012, 14:42:

avianflu wrote on May 30, 2012, 14:16:
I'll never forget installing the demo of Doom3 and realizing how behind the times it was in every possible way that a game can be.

MONSTERCLOSET!

Cutter wrote on May 29, 2012, 17:55:
Oh come on. Whilst the flavour of the Westwood game was spot on, it was pretty far from perfect.

xXBatmanXx wrote on May 28, 2012, 13:41:

Dmitri_M wrote on May 27, 2012, 14:41:
Zombies must be a generational thing. My parents and older family members don't even know what "zombies" are.

How old are you? The first Night of the Living Dead was in the 70s.

ASeven wrote on May 27, 2012, 20:06:
For those thinking of getting Dirt Showdown as a replacement for the old Destruction Derby game, don't. A friend of mine got it and I played some tracks in his house and the damage model, which was amazing in Dirt 2 and 3, has fixed damage here, it's not even dynamic damage. Cars have only 4 or 5 aesthetic damage states and that's it. It's jarring as hell, especially when it's a game about destruction derbies and built on the Dirt engine which had amazing damage destruction engine on past titles.

Of all titles that needed a polish on that engine this was it, instead Codemasters made the damage engine way way worse and that ends up making the derby and destruction focused type of races weak and without any punch.

Jivaro wrote on May 27, 2012, 15:20:

Dmitri_M wrote on May 27, 2012, 14:41:
Zombies must be a generational thing. My parents and older family members don't even know what "zombies" are.

Your parents must be REALLY old. Zombies have been a part of literature, mythology, and culture for longer then written history has existed....much longer. The word 'zombie' itself is from the Vodou religeons, but the concept of animated corpses is extremely ancient. Contrary to popular belief, the 'living dead' as a plot basis for various entertainment mediums isn't new or original...and it definitely wasn't created by western culture, let alone Hollywood. I suppose one could make the argument that the mainstream was not "zombie-aware" before 1968 with "Night of the Living Dead"...but even then that was 40+ years ago.

This isn't a new fad in entertainment...they have been around awhile. My Mom is 65 years young and she knows what a zombie is. She pointed me to an old black & white film called White Zombie that was old when she first saw it....being that it was was made in 1932. It was so popular they made a sequel 4 years later. My step-father is 72 and has the book "The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead" on his bookshelf.

Point being, if your parents don't know what a zombie is, age isn't the reason. More likely they just aren't interested in horror or fictional entertainment, which is totally cool but it would put them in the minority of just about every generation, not just this one.

I think zombies are overused today, right now, not because we all love zombies...or love killing zombies for that matter....but because they are a very safe bad guy from the 'political correctness' viewpoint for a game maker. You can even turn the blood green for censor purposes and not affect a story line in the least. There isn't anything religeous, political, etc attached to the modern 'zombie'....and since you are killing the already dead you are in fact doing them a favor rather then doing them harm. The perfect cannon fodder for any game maker wishing to avoid controversy, censors, and looking to keep things simple. I mean, the AI can even be stupid and nobody cares.

SpectralMeat wrote on May 27, 2012, 14:13:
How is Iron Front? I've been thinking of getting it.

Fletch wrote on May 26, 2012, 15:08:

Spektr wrote on May 26, 2012, 12:47:
Yes take heed suits. Creativity and originality pays.
I mean, come on, I thought the bad sales were the pirates' fault? Bad PC! Bad PC! Baaaad...

Considering the relatively small size of the game and the ease at which one can find a cracked version, it seems to me that PC gamers just want quality PC games and are more than willing to pay for them. Also, Notch's engagement of and attention to customers, the modability of the game helping to create a large fan/mod community, and the high bang-for-buck ratio didn't hurt either.

space captain wrote on May 26, 2012, 14:06:
its human nature to blame everything but yourself

this principal is fundamental to the majority species

nin wrote on May 26, 2012, 01:14:

jdreyer wrote on May 26, 2012, 01:03:

xXBatmanXx wrote on May 25, 2012, 21:14:
/Origin and Amazon having big sales also:

Via gamerdeals:
Origin (YUCK!)

Amazon sale

Thanks Bats. I finally downloaded Origin so I could get BF 2142 (The last BF with bots). What a piece of shit.

1. DL'd the software and registered. It failed to log me in automatically as expected. Something went wrong with the account creation.

2. So, I tried to send my PW to myself by entering either my email or Origin ID. Sent, and sent, and sent, and no email ever came.

3. Okay, so they don't have my email on file, the account creation must have totally failed. I'll just recreate from scratch. Nope. Email addr already taken. But it won't send email to that address.

4. Okay, so new account with new different email. This worked.

5. Go buy BF 2142. Paying, and phone is not required, so I enter everything except phone. Nope Phone is required.

6. Enter Phone and submit. Nope, b/c if you fail to enter everything correctly the page will reset both the State field (bug, as no other addr field cleared) and the security code field (probably okay, but still no other CC fields cleared).

What an ordeal, but I finally got my game.

Cue the "I just don't understand why folks hate Origin so much!" crowd!