[quote who="-Ue_Carbon" reply="5" id="2536509"]Boo!!!!! They dont have Red Alert with the expansions. Saw this and got my hopes up. [/quote] Ehm, entitlement issues much? Though I deeply loathe EA and it's a blatant PR move, they didn't need to do even this much.
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="18" id="2502154"]I had thought they'd use GfWlive. But of the two, Steamworks makes the most sense. [/quote] They might still use both. Dawn of War 2 uses both Steam and GfWL, Steam basically for DRM and GfWL for multiplayer. Having two required third party programmes kind of killed any desire I had to buy that game. Anti-customer policy is the wave of the future, man! [e digicons]>_>[/e]
Supcom 2 requires Steam?[e digicons]:annoyed:[/e] Ah well, more money to spend on other things, I suppose.
[quote who="RoadRat" reply="13" id="2496778"]Charvel i understand people enjoy the feeling of building up an empire. But there are also those times when you come home from work or school and just want to get to the point. Exactly as Trigeminal has pointed out " a 15min multiplayer mode". Thank you Trigeminal for that quote. I want to see this game do good and i want to make sure this part of the game is included. [/quote] If you just want a quick 15 minute match, it sounds like y
Regarding the random part of what becomes available to choose as a breakthrough: Will it be possible to eventually research everything ? ie. after spending an inordinate/way-past-cost-efficient amount on research. It's just that my natural allergic reaction to randomness, especially with long term effects, is compounded by the thought of not ever getting access to a tech I really want. After all, even the most obscure/situational tech is bound to hav
Screenshot identification time: Master of Magic Dominions? No idea Xcom/UFO: Enemy Unknown No idea, but looks great! (heroes of might and magic 5 maybe?) Master of Orion 2
Hmm, just the thing for my dramatically posed, confident, rightiously couragous peasant levvies. (you're in dragon bait company now, soldier!) Also with a quietly professional pose for the armoured/equipped guys I actually care about.[e digicons]}:)[/e]
[quote who="Nesrie" reply="20" id="2403191"]If the price is close, and it's available in physical form i go with a retail copy. I don't see that changing anytime soon either. The only way to grab me via digital distribution is pure bribery, price. [/quote] Most people, quite reasonably, think like this. Which is exactly why retailers use their clout to make sure that digital downloads will not structurally (they can't stop sales etc. though, not without limiting their ow
[quote who="lbgsloan" reply="13" id="2400973"]-If companies are unwilling to allow the first point, prices need to be more competitive to make up for the inconvinience of not having the DVD. Many games are actually no cheaper digitally than in store. This is a huge mistake if you want to win over those who dislike change. Digitial copies need to be at least $10 less in all cases. Ideally, they should probably be $15-20 less. Some countries might have lightning fa
Wow, now there's an impressive effect for the spell animation people to try and copy.....
[quote who="Raven X" reply="19" id="2396419"] An idea that comes to my mind is a losing kingdom deciding to open a door to the underworld to make a deal with a demon. There's a chance the Demon ends up going to war For the kingdom that set it free. Or, there's a chance the Demon goes to war On the kingdom that summoned it. After it destroys them it sets about rampaging the lands until some army or hero put it down and send it back to hell. [/q
[quote who="ciago92" reply="5" id="2373567"]Why is this the last micro-expansion? I thought there were three?! I was looking forward to the aggressive combat based one! [/quote] IIRC They changed plans, the expansion after Diplomacy won't be "micro". [e digicons]\o/[/e]
[quote who="SnallTrippin" reply="97" id="2371698"] Quoting kryo, reply 91 I can tell yout hat for having pirate SPORE ym self You never "have to pirate" a game. Not really true. If, for example, you DO live in some Asian area and no one online will accept a creditcard/ship to your area (As is the case i've heard sometimes), and the game sure as hell isn't going to hit retail...what the heck else could one do?<br /
[quote who="uglyspirit" reply="64" id="2370248"]The amount of criticism EA have received over Securom is totally unjustified... Have any of you used it or do you just moan about it and distort the FACTS.... When EA uses Securom on its games you can install the game an unlimited amount of times on up to 5 different PCs. YES-i said unlimited-and okay u might reinstall your system but that will not use up an activation. Some people may upgrade their Mo
[quote who="CustodianV131" reply="66" id="2370191"] Look at history... having daughters or sons as vassals was not helpful in ensuring loyalty, quite the opposite at times. Power corrupts, total ect... [/quote] Historical noble born children were at decidedly less risk of mom/dad dropping a volcano on their rebellious hometown though. [e digicons]}:)[/e] (Relatives would only be channellers if you specifically give them magic ability, I th
[quote who="Zyxpsilon" reply="51" id="2369533"] You may all question whatever methods (SecuRom, Rooters, DataMining, etc) are used to prevent Pirates from stealing anything it doesn't negate the fact that games will simply STOP being made if there's nobody left around & paid to work at these. [/quote] Actually, that would be a very good argument (and one that would convince me of the necessity) if, and only if, it actually stopped pirates. It doesn't. T
[quote who="Unknown924" reply="14" id="2367290"] This week EA’s flagship titles go up Nice, hope we get Mass Effect without activation limits / SecuRom. [/quote] That would definately get me to finally buy Mass Effect. (the DRM thing being the sole reason I haven't till now) Impulse's many other conveniences are just icing on the cake.
Soft 75 for me, it's slightly too dark for the fertile lands, but the contrast it provides makes the trees an mountains etc. look more "natural". The soft 100 is too bright for me, giving a slightly "plastic/old computer game" feel and making things somewhat blurry. As an aside: would it be possible to brighten up the fertile lands slightly while leaving the dark lands as is? (soft 75 being the "baseline")
[quote who="Demiurge4" reply="72" id="2354421"] you could magicly engineer your human settlements into sub-human hybrids and construct seperate housing for them, they'd be ideal for fighting and mining but not for anything that requires a brain to do (like advanced farming)[/quote] I think they're called "Fallen". [e digicons]^_^[/e] But seriously, magically re-engineering your population is something I'd expect to be be exclusive to evil/Fallen channelers. Well, apart from th
[quote who="endofdayz" reply="71" id="2351774"]lol april 15th-aug 26. Quite a necro post. Looking at the new screens im glad they are improving, but im with everyone else here - style is better than polygon count. [/quote] Graphics card producers would beg to differ. [e digicons]^_^[/e] (no vested interests there, nope, none at all [e digicons]:bebi:[/e] )
[quote who="Raven X" reply="83" id="2349313"]I want in. PLEASE!!! I'm a very Experienced beta test and have even tested games for Microsoft in the pasrt. I'm a huge fan of the old School Masters of Magic and I would be honored to help with this. Please keep me in mind.
[quote who="Sarudak" reply="3" id="2342064"]No. If you have a real military presence at a location then no patriotic farmers are going to stop your mining production. They porobably would be too scared to even try. [/quote] Wouldn't a military garison etc. simply project influence itself? If enemy influence is enough to overcome the influence of your nation + your military presence, it's safe to say those patriotic farmers aren't scared of your troops anymore. (and the enemy's fo
[quote who="Dash5" reply="49" id="2339115"]to participate in the beta do you need to sign an NDA? [/quote] Alpha, yes. Beta, no.
[quote who="Annatar11" reply="7" id="2338006"]Frogboy, even though you speak the truth about the Stardock betas - good lord, man, you're scaring the children! Won't somebody please think of the children? [/quote] I thought the alpha players ate them all? The ones that went homicidally insane instead of catatonic that is. Also: Brad is neglecting to mention that Stardock NDAs don't actually contain "thou shalt not speak of the alpha/beta" clauses. It's just that p
[quote who="Ron Lugge" reply="154" id="2336992"] It would only seem fair to assume that Stardock employees are eligible for an Alpha slot. Although I don't think they would have to sign a NDA. More like, 'they already signed an NDA'! [/quote] Brad doesn't need an NDA to control what Stardock employees say, he has bees .[e digicons]8C[/e] But seriously, there are lots of professions that have a built-in NDA. For instance, translators tend to sign on