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| News Comments > XCOM E3 2011 Playthrough - Changes Detailed |
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Re: XCOM E3 2011 Playthrough - Changes Detailed |
Aug 27, 2011, 13:35 |
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MattyC wrote on Aug 27, 2011, 13:23:
Beelzebud wrote on Aug 27, 2011, 13:12:
Fallout 3 still sucks compared to the original two.
I have always been on the fence on that. I don't want to say it sucked. I mean, I had a lot of fun with Fallout 3 and NV. That said it clearly wasn't a Fallout game. They should have called it "Oblivion II: Now with guns n stuff". It just wasn't anything like the first two.
I think that people always look at things from a skewed perspective when it comes to their favourite games of old. Of course, you have to also take into account the business perspective of the developers and publishers(as much as ignoring it would be preferable). If they did just reskin X-COM with a new 3d engine and kept everything else(unchanged) from the original, how successful would it be?
We always like to say that there are plenty of people who want to play a remastered X-COM, but how many is the plenty? If a publisher/developer doesn't think they'll make the money they are looking to make from a game...they are going to ignore it or change it to something they think will be an easier sell. FPS is an 'easy sell'. |
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| News Comments > The Secret World Beta Signup and Business Model Details |
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Re: removed |
Aug 27, 2011, 09:34 |
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Frijoles wrote on Aug 26, 2011, 23:58:
After Conan, I wonder if they built some item shop stuff in to the code so on Day X, they can just flip a switch.
That was my thought as well. It was like: 'Hey there's an 80% chance we'll hit F2P in short order anyway...let's prep now!' |
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| News Comments > Obsidian on RPG Design |
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Re: Obsidian on RPG Design |
Aug 22, 2011, 12:52 |
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I'm more in Jerykk's camp on this with the exception that I might allow a single respec per character with an appropriatly high cost depending on how far along you are in your character progression.
There shouldn't be any perfect way to beat an RPG, so as many paths as possible should be viable. I'm fine with some paths being closed off if I lack a certain skill while others are open to me because I have a different one.
Developers should endeavour to not have useless skills in RPGs in the first place.
Replayability isn't a bad thing. In an RPG it should pretty much be a given. |
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| News Comments > The Baconing Looms |
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Re: The Baconing Looms |
Aug 19, 2011, 22:26 |
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xXBatmanXx wrote on Aug 19, 2011, 17:41:
Anyone play the Deathspank games? Looking to get back to these types of games since I am skipping some of the AAA titles this fall.
This may be a bad time to skip AAA titles. Skyrim, Arkham City, Deus Ex:HR...
Just saying... |
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| News Comments > Witcher 2 2.0 Next Month |
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Re: Witcher 2 2.0 Next Month |
Aug 18, 2011, 16:41 |
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I don't care what anyone else says, these guys are my vote for PC developer of the year...possibly of the decade if they keep this up into their next title.
They didn't launch a perfect game(they still launched a damn good one), but they keep giving back far and above what any other PC developer has done in recent memory without charging for it.
I really can't find much fault with them apart from the balance approach to the game which people keep referring to. (I'm not past Act 2 yet and I started on hard difficulty using the Complete Equipment Overhaul). |
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| News Comments > New AMD/ATI Reference Drivers |
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Re: New AMD/ATI Reference Drivers |
Aug 17, 2011, 20:24 |
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PropheT wrote on Aug 17, 2011, 20:17:
JediPunisher wrote on Aug 17, 2011, 19:55:
You do know that you're supposed to uninstall the previous drivers first, don't you?
The install package does that itself these days anyway.
Yeah...that uninstall before install thing died a while ago...for nVidia for sure. I would think ATI is similar. |
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| News Comments > "New and Improved" The Witcher 2 Version 2.0 Plans |
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Aug 16, 2011, 18:56 |
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CJ_Parker wrote on Aug 16, 2011, 09:40:
Slashman wrote on Aug 15, 2011, 23:16:
Anyway...to reply to CJ_Parker, I have a hard time not supporting a company that is:
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4) Actually listening to, and respecting their PC customers.
Ah you mean "respect" as in when they pretended for shits'n'giggles that they were out of business and that everyone lost access to the games that they bought throughout the years? Or "respect" as in when they actually did cut us off for three or four days from our games to get their lame relaunch shit together? Or "respect" as in shutting down the official The Witcher 2 forums on their website right before the release of the game?
Yup. I'm simply overwhelmed by all the big phat respectz that these guys have been showing us  .
BOO-friggin'-HOO! They pulled a bad joke which in the end harmed no one and that's all you can find to blame them for? Weak.
Also...how do you lose access to games that you can download and put aside to reinstall at any time? GOG isn't Steam. So at the most you lost the ability to download a game that you should have the install file for anyway.
And they explained the forum problems they were having. They paid someone to work on their forums and that person didn't deliver, so they shut them down while a new forum programmer made their new forums...which they have reopened.
You have nothing of consequence to blame these guys for... |
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| News Comments > Deus Ex: Human Revolution Q&A |
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Re: Deus Ex: Human Revolution Q&A |
Aug 16, 2011, 11:30 |
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I kind of tend to side with Prez in this instance. There are things I wish they had done differently, but if the sum total of its parts make a great game, I'm not going to try to call the developers incompetent.
I hate the flight controls for planes in Just Cause 2, but there is a whole other heaping chunk of gameplay and content that I absolutely love about it so I can hope they improve the flight controls in the next game.
As much as I hate sharing my game space with console gamers, I at least understand why some gameplay decisions on a multi-platform game might be made. And the ones listed here don't seem like deal breakers to me. It doesn't have a frickin' 'Awesome Button'. |
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| News Comments > Deus Ex: Human Revolution Q&A |
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Re: Deus Ex: Human Revolution Q&A |
Aug 16, 2011, 08:50 |
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I'll add here that I don't think these guys meant to recreate the original DX bit for bit.
They have constantly said that they want to stay true to the spirit of the game and the things that made it great. I don't think they obligated themselves to simply cloning the original game. And I think that's fine.
On the topic of forced boss fights, I'm not over the fence one way or another. I usually try to do multiple things with characters in RPGs and usually there is combat in one of my paths. But I can see how it would be inconvenient for people who want to stick fully to one path.
Sometimes it's a question of how the developers want to tell a story that conflicts with a given player preference. Or it could be that console players expect bosses to fight... |
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| News Comments > "New and Improved" The Witcher 2 Version 2.0 Plans |
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Aug 15, 2011, 23:16 |
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Tumbler wrote on Aug 15, 2011, 22:32:
I'm surprised I haven't seen more copies trade on goozex. I've had my hands open for this game since launch and it's trade an amazing 3 times since May 28. Considering the removed the drm at launch I'd say it's safe to trade it and despite that no one is giving it up.
At this rate I'm going to end up buying a copy... Trade those games ppl!
Just for your benefit, I sincerely hope people continue to NOT trade it. 
Anyway...to reply to CJ_Parker, I have a hard time not supporting a company that is:
1) Actively trying to include DLC with each major patch for free.
2) Selling the game DRM-free on their own site.
3) Maintaining the PC as their lead platform.
4) Actually listening to, and respecting their PC customers.
For those 4 reasons alone, I have no problem with buying their games early. And adding in the fact that they make kick-ass games makes them pretty much my choice for PC dev of the year. Watch the developer diaries and you'd be even more impressed(provided you don't mind subtitles). |
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| News Comments > "New and Improved" The Witcher 2 Version 2.0 Plans |
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Aug 15, 2011, 19:41 |
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Krovven wrote on Aug 15, 2011, 19:05:
Pre-ordered from GoG. Haven't played past the prologue. Decided to wait for a PC upgrade to get max res/settings. Sounds like now I'll be waiting even longer for even more enhancements before playing.
I only finally finished The Witcher about a week after the release of Witcher 2.
I finished The Witcher about 2 weeks before patch 1.3 came out. I think I may wait for Enhanced W2 before my second playthrough. |
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| News Comments > EA: PC "Extremely Healthy" and Could Become "Our Biggest Platform" |
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Re: EA: PC |
Aug 14, 2011, 00:50 |
Slashman |
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Bhruic wrote on Aug 13, 2011, 21:09:
I didn't say that at all. I just said we wouldn't be as far along as we have been, and it's true.
Because in your alternate no-MS universe, it's totally impossible that some other company could have stepped in and filled MS's role. If MS hadn't have done it, someone else would have. The reason we didn't have anyone else doing it is because MS monopolized the system so badly. You can say "we wouldn't be as far along", and yes, there's no way to prove you wrong, but I could say "we'd be farther along without MS", and there's no way for you to prove me wrong. Rather pointless speculation.
I'm not so sure that's accurate either. Apart from Apple, no one seemed to want to play in the personal computer space at the time. There was Commodore and Amiga...but I can't say that they failed because of Microsoft's monopolizing.
Microsoft's monopolizing became a factor afterwards when people began to realize that there was a goldmine in the 'average joe' having his own PC.
I'm not going to ever sing MS praises, but I don't think it's their fault that they have no real competition in the personal desktop space. They've done a lot of crud with the power that they do have...but I think they got it because no one else was trying to grab it at the same time. |
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| News Comments > Frozen Synapse AI Not Cheating |
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Re: Frozen Synapse AI Not Cheating |
Aug 13, 2011, 13:48 |
Slashman |
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J wrote on Aug 13, 2011, 09:14:
I get pwned on the third demo level because of their multiple rocket launchers. That may be because I'm not thinking about it the right way.
I remember when I first started playing Just Cause 2 I got served because I was trying to play it like a FPS. I had to adapt. Hopefully it's the same with Frozen Synapse?
Ahhhh! Just Cause 2...
A game that always manages to make me smile whenever it's mentioned.
I really need to pick up Frozen Synapse. I ignored it originally...but it really looks like fun stuff. |
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| News Comments > Space Marine Co-op Coming Post-Release |
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Re: Space Marine Co-op Coming Post-Release |
Aug 10, 2011, 20:48 |
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Weird. I never viewed this as a multiplayer game at any level.
I was thinking single-player, 3rd person hack and shoot.
I've never been a fan of co-op games in any case so I have no real problems with this. |
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| News Comments > No Battlefield 3 on Steam |
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Re: No Battlefield 3 on Steam |
Aug 7, 2011, 23:06 |
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Jerykk wrote on Aug 7, 2011, 20:24:
Not sure what that means if true. Either it only applies when you sell within the game, which GFWL does not, or Dirt 3 got some kind of pass for some reason.
Or it could mean that EA isn't being completely honest and that their pulling of recent games from Steam has nothing to do with DLC and everything to do with wanting to undermine Origin's biggest competitor.
I have yet to hear anything from Valve on the matter nor do I have any official source for Steam's new DLC rules.
Yeah...something doesn't quite add up. I wonder if we'll ever get the whole story.
Origin is officially off my shopping radar though. Locking out regions that are non-US from sales isn't making me a happy camper.
For that reason, I may end up missing ME3... |
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