Justin wrote on May 19, 2013, 09:38:
Hi er, I played the Drox Operative demo but could not get into it because of the combat. While combat is not the be all end all, I still want it to be as engaging as possible, when it does occur.

The trick will be to keep the player entertained enough to want to upgrade his ship. Since starting out with a fully upgraded ship to me isn't very fun at all. Which is why I take a page out of Starflight's book here, basic ship at the beginning. Perhaps you are at the mercy of more powerful aliens, but they should watch out once you roll out your upgrades.

Or you could probably go destroy their pirate bases just for ransoming you back when you couldn't defend yourself.

Akando wrote on May 18, 2013, 16:36:
Wow, hate speech much?

Dirwulf wrote on May 18, 2013, 16:02:
Reminds me of Virgin Interactive's SubSpace from 1997.

Kobalt wrote on May 17, 2013, 08:34:
No sprays no buy.

Prez wrote on May 16, 2013, 22:44:
Dark Souls at $7.50 is tempting. I know the game will make me cry like a girl because I have trouble with only moderately difficult games, but the gamer in me still wants to give it the old college try. I am a little surprised that the Amazon listing shows it requires Steam AND GFWL, but I already learned to put up with the horrible GFWL when I played Dawn of War 2 and Dead Rising 2, so no biggie.

nin wrote on May 16, 2013, 22:30:

Narf2029 wrote on May 16, 2013, 22:24:
Steamworks

Yup.

Same here. I'd be happy if every game ever made ever again used Steamworks myself.

Jerykk wrote on May 9, 2013, 23:23:
Dishonored and Skyrim for $15 each is a great deal. Lowest prices yet. $10 for New Vegas Ultimate Edition is a great deal too. If for some twisted reason you have yet to play any of these games, now's a good opportunity to do so.

Hitman: Absolution just dropped to $5 too on Amazon. It's not a very good Hitman game but if you enjoyed Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, you'll probably enjoy Absolution. For $5, you're not exactly taking a huge risk.

Optional Nickname! wrote on May 9, 2013, 21:26:
This franchise died when it suddenly required Steam, most ironic that its success was firmly grounded in it being primarily a superior 4x option compared to Steam's offerings.

No Steam shills, or other manufactured opinions entertained.

Kosumo wrote on May 8, 2013, 21:12:

dj LiTh wrote on May 8, 2013, 21:02:

Closed Betas wrote on May 8, 2013, 20:41:
If you dupe gold on a game that features a real money marketplace. Are you not committing a counter-fitting crime? I'd be interested to see where a lawsuit could take this kind of cheating...

Nope, its the players that decide if the (duped) gold is worth it. A fool and his money...

With all due respect to dj Lith, I'm with Closed Betas on this, I would like to see what a govnement some where says about.

They say recent shootings and the NRA's attempts to shift blame for them onto the games industry did not factor into this

Julio wrote on May 1, 2013, 18:52:

Wowbagger_TIP wrote on May 1, 2013, 08:48:
So DRM-free for backers. This is different than SRR how?

It's clear in what they wrote. Not to mention they're being much more honest and upfront about things. No mention of DRM at all, unless you would prefer it on Steam than GOG.

"For both Torment and Wasteland 2, we're not using Steamworks and you won't be forced to use any single retailer option to access any part of the game or be able to use modding. We'll put the game on retailers that use DRM, like Steam or Origin, sure, because our backers can decide for themselves if they prefer that option, and we're agnostic to where you get the game."

Julio wrote on May 1, 2013, 08:10:

Fibrocyte wrote on May 1, 2013, 05:40:

Julio wrote on Apr 30, 2013, 19:50:
A KS that over delivers when they don't have to. Glad to have funded this.

Did you read about the DRM fiasco going on with this game? You better back out, Julio! Dun dun dun...

There's no DRM fiasco for this game. Good try though.

"For both Torment and Wasteland 2, we're not using Steamworks and you won't be forced to use any single retailer option to access any part of the game or be able to use modding. We'll put the game on retailers that use DRM, like Steam or Origin, sure, because our backers can decide for themselves if they prefer that option, and we're agnostic to where you get the game."

gilly775 wrote on Apr 30, 2013, 10:02:
They could get even more funding by offering something around the $15.00 tier. There are many other TBS kickstarter games that offered that tier, even if limited, yet these guys said they didn't think it was fair to have a tier at that level, especially a limited one.

Jerykk wrote on Apr 30, 2013, 23:19:
The DRM fiasco always struck me as silly. They never promised that the game would always be DRM-free. They just stated that backers would be able to choose a DRM-free version of the game. They also never said that the DRM-free version would get access to all the post-release content.

Keith wrote on Apr 25, 2013, 21:03:
I'm already in. Looks solid and I've been getting an almost daily "World of Magic" kickstarter update that has all the latest details. I've kickstarted a couple of other projects and this is the first one to keep me in the loop. Although I didn't play the original Masters of Magic this game is based on, I am a total Age of Wonders fan. Since Elemental sucks, I am hoping this or AoW III will fill my TBS void.

Cutter wrote on Apr 22, 2013, 22:10:
How could that idiot not think she'd get caught? Oh right, she works in PR to begin with.

Good on the judge for jailing that clown!

And good on the other judge for fining himself.

Julio wrote on Apr 15, 2013, 06:03:

Flatline wrote on Apr 14, 2013, 21:40:
Because you're a dipshit.

And I think you're one. Though shockingly I agree with Beamer on something that there is no real recourse.

So to sum up this thread:
-DRM is good (if its Steam)
-Steam is good
-Any thing not mentioned by someone running a kickstarter is a mistake/the backer's fault for not knowing and good
-Save points are good
-Anything SR is good no matter what
-Loot is bad
-Anyone who disagrees is bad

I think I've got the general opinion down