Slashman wrote on Mar 5, 2013, 11:25:
GalCiv2 just feels plain old dull and boring.

Dev wrote on Mar 6, 2013, 20:20:
And where's all the bluesnews hate in this thread anyway? Recently I've been reading some of trollish posts saying stuff like PC gamers and bluesnews posters in particular are filled with hate.

RollinThundr wrote on Mar 5, 2013, 12:06:
What I don't get is why people hate so much on Origin and praise Steam in the same breath. They're the same fucking thing.

PHJF wrote on Feb 13, 2013, 18:52:

Perhaps it's more accurate to say that gameplay SHOULD trump everything else, because isn't that why we play games?

That's funny because I don't see too many genuinely unique games coming out these days. We have all these games that not only play roughly identically but also present the kind of writing any third grader could muster. Presentation is king.

Yeah, "back in the day" the thing I would remember most about any given game, when all was said and done, was the the gameplay. But games have moved well beyond Pong. Cheap entertainment like that is cultural junk food and ultimately isn't going to make a lasting impression on people. It takes a story with colorful, real, memorable characters to pull that off. What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Portal? I'm willing to bet a lot of people, myself included, think of GLaDOS. If Portal were just about portals, would it still be fun? Yeah, sure. But it wouldn't have made a fraction of the impact it had on the community without its quirky writers.

Quboid wrote on Jan 27, 2013, 16:32:
I'm surprised by how well Kickstarters are doing in general. I didn't expect many to get funded after Double Fine's ridiculously successful one, I thought that was a one off.

ViRGE wrote on Jan 28, 2013, 03:04:

Quboid wrote on Jan 27, 2013, 16:32:

DangerDog wrote on Jan 27, 2013, 16:15:
This one isn't going to make it

It'll be a tight one at best - what % of a Kickstarter's funds typically come in the last couple of days?

It depends on the game. Sometimes you get something like Star Citizen that becomes a complete blow-out. But for most games that make it, it seems like 25% of the project goal is the best they can hope for in the final couple of days.

Reactor wrote on Jan 20, 2013, 21:14:
Trying to put people liking the game down to 'kids' and their lack of knowledge is moronic, plain and simple.

Creston wrote on Jan 21, 2013, 01:49:
Supcom was fucking FANTASTIC fun, with the sole exception of those bullshit "The map expands, and suddenly there's 9 experimental units within firing range of your base that your Tech3 radars just somehow didn't see," events.

Creston

Shataan wrote on Jan 17, 2013, 15:26:
"Still have not forgiven Bungie for selling out to Microsoft"

I for 1 am glad M$ bought Halo. Otherwise, you`d all be playing Halo as a 3rd pov piece of.......

M$ did the right thing releasing it as a 1st pov game.

doesn`t anyone miss the old days where we had a dedicated server running on a spare pc at home, so if we needed to.... we could host a server? I sure do.

Nate wrote on Jan 20, 2013, 11:06:

SpectralMeat wrote on Jan 20, 2013, 09:31:
After I've watched that kickstarter video Demigod came to mind right away. It is like Chris lost his way after Supreme Commander 1. Too bad, best of luck to them.

This!

Reactor wrote on Jan 20, 2013, 10:56:
You're likely not- Blues is just the extreme whiner centre of the gaming universe.