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[quote who="Vandenburg" reply="46" id="2926067"]The differences between a permanent shop ingame and a one time preorder bonus are obvious enough, I'd had hoped.[/quote] Yep, the collectors editions are usually a lot more expensive then anything in the store. And pre-order bonuses are even worse. Content that you can only get by shopping at a specific store? It's a joke. [quote]Because that's not true? Give me some proof, that before ther

[quote who="Kodiak888" reply="35" id="2925788"] That is my exact complaint. It's a sad money grab and not respectable, in any form, from any business. You can get X achievement to get the XX special item, or pay $1.99 and get it now, but for just $1.99 more you could get item YY!!!!!!! I'm not sure I'll ever understand the insurmountable idiocy of someone willing to spend money on DLC like this, or be able to support a company that shovels it out. <br /

[quote who="Kodiak888" reply="26" id="2925497"] But it has some new multiplayer elements. And day 1 DLC. Looks like I won't be spending a dime on this after all. I miss the Valve that brought us Half Life. Now we have poke-hat collect them all, and micro transaction for the infantile minded valve. [/quote] The "day 1 DLC" is cosmetic. It's for if you want a pink robot wearing a funny hat in co-op. That's it. There is zero content DLC. The complaint

[quote who="lbgsloan" reply="30" id="2925620"] Valve is pretty well known for having big sales on their own titles during summer and Christmas. It is a very safe bet you will get Portal 2 for a major discount if you hold off a few months. Big Impulse sales are more random, and they don't tend to have the deep discounts Steam does. If you want to buy Portal 2 on day 1, by all means go ahead. I'm not sure why you're comparing the buying incentive o

[quote who="OMG_pacov" reply="34" id="2925486"] I'd give you 100% odds that SD would send you a CD with all of the patches if you request it via [email protected]. They've offered this on other titles in the past. It's also quite possible they'd do so at no cost. Best of luck. [/quote] If it still needs to be activated it wouldn't solve the problem. Besides, did they ever actually do that? Brad said they would for Elemental back when

[quote who="lbgsloan" reply="23" id="2925288"]Seems like a suckers bet to buy any Valve game at day 1. Not because the game will be bad, I imagine it will be pretty fun, but because it will probably be on sale for 25-50% this summer and 75% off during Christmas. It's a single player game, so there's really no rush to own to day 1 IMO.[/quote] You could apply that line of reasoning to almost any game, including Sins (where you happen to be posting).

Wound up picking it up on D2D since it's on sale there too. Looks like they've made a LOT of improvements since I looked at it months ago.

[quote who="Heavenfall" reply="17" id="2924747"] Hell, I see many people doing the ARG complaining, and they're about as dedicated as you can get. Days of efforts to push the release a few hours earlier?[/quote] Maybe instead of complaining, people should just ignore it. That you can do something to speed up the release doesn't mean you need to. If gamers weren't so similar to crack addicted morons in need of a constant fix, this would be a very different indu

[quote who="Kitkun" reply="15" id="2924742"]Steam is very meh. PITA to use compared to most programs. Valve 'Support' however is godawful. As for Portal II, probably will end up with it on XBox eventually to play multiplayer. Sounds o much more fun than the original. [/quote] Consdiering how little Valve thinks of the 360 now, that's the one version I'd avoid like the plague.

[quote who="Gwenio1" reply="8" id="2924558"] Quoting Tridus, reply 7I'm still torn between wanting the game, and not wanting it from Impulse knowing that Blind Mind is about to pull Impulse support. The plan is for it to still be availible for those that purchased it, it will just be that no more people can buy it. However, it remains to be seen how that works out.[/quote] Yeah I know that's the plan, but I don't really trust it. If they were keeping it for

I'm still torn between wanting the game, and not wanting it from Impulse knowing that Blind Mind is about to pull Impulse support.

All versions need patching. The ultimate edition would be patched to Twilight of the Arnor release, which is a lot closer to the current version the Gold Edition (which was released sometime around Dark Avatar). GC2 is well behaved about only requiring the Internet to activate & patch. It's not like an Ubisoft game where you can't play it online.

[quote who="Vandenburg" reply="9" id="2924346"] That's not the fault of scripting though. That is because X3 and co uses scripting as part of its user interface. That's just not something any sane developer should do. [/quote] I dunno, it worked out alright for a certain MMO. ;)

[quote who="Kodiak888" reply="24" id="2924068"] I would bet $1000, nay, $1000000 internet dollars* that it still requires an activation. That's how I've read and understood it, and as long as my wife doesn't pop into the thread and argue against me I should be right. 8) Perhaps on the same PC it'll save your info so it doesn't require the activation, but any new PC or reformat would definitely need it. [/quote] Lucky for me I didn't take th

Yes. Only question is where I'm getting it from. If a friend of mine is making a visit to Maine, I intend to order the PS3 version from Amazon (I know people with mailboxes in Houlton just for cross-border shopping). That nets you the PC version included, AND Amazon is giving a $20 credit to your account. On top of that the very strong Canadian dollar nets savings. It's so crazy that buying it in Canada is nearly double the price. If that Maine trip doesn't happen I'll

hmm, that's not how I understood it. Maybe I'll have to try it and see what happens. Or maybe if Island Dog is reading this thread he can clarify. :)

Star Ruler is also on sale right now, which is kind of strange. I was pretty tempted to buy it at it's sale price but the uncertainty over when it's going to vanish changed my mind. Maybe it'll go on sale on Steam.

The point of Impulse Anywhere is for offline installation of games that you own on Impulse. Stuff downloaded that way shouldn't require online validation (since it would rather defeat the point of an offline installer), but it does require an Impulse installation in order to do the install. So yes, you should be clear of Gamestop as long as you use that version. The box version (I did find a boxed copy of the Ultimate edition at Amazon for $60) likely isn't patched up. The ult

[quote who="WhiteElk" reply="12" id="2924000"]I think it's a good enough deal and was ready to make it. I'd like to get a boxed version directly from Stardock before gamestop takes over Impulse. But a box version of the combo pack is not listed for sale. It would cost me $50 to get box copies of all versions. That feels like $10-15 too much. I'm sure I can find it cheaper elsewhere. But I am motivated to purchase directly from the developer. &nb

[quote who="hfbrooklyn" reply="18" id="2923347"]Mmph. I don't understand why people get all uppity whenever someone makes a thread like this. Not everyone is happy with the product they bought. Even with whatever free expansions they're getting. In the same way that they can't force you guys into hating the game you can't force them into liking it. [/quote] Because after the 500th nearly identical thread since September it's gotten old? We don't need a new

[quote who="EternalRequiem" reply="15" id="2923300"]oh look... another one of these threads... [/quote] Sometimes I wonder if it's worth being annoyed about, or if it shows that the game has some impressive staying power where people keep showing up to talk about it.

Great game. Really hope they do a GalCiv 3.

[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="13" id="2923131"]Like I said, I've never had DRM problems.[/quote] You must not have tried to play Dragon Age over the last few days. Pretty sure the pirate edition was working great though.

[quote who="AlLanMandragoran" reply="49" id="2922205"] Honestly - I'm of the opinion they should nuke harbors and ships completely until it can get some love (like minor factions). I haven't used a boat since Sep '10 (about a week after I bought the game and realized they were useless). It's easier to teleport or just raise land to an island anyway.[/quote] Bang on. Lack of polish and doing nothing well are kind of the whole problem. If there isn't

[quote who="Vallu751" reply="161" id="2921959"] The problem is that the AI players rush humans on the tactical map (to their death). He wants to use morale to overcome this problem.[/quote] It's a poor way of overcoming that problem. Morale in the early versions of WoM never made sense. It was really just a timer that eventually forced one side to do something. But it worked badly, because you'd see stuff like on turn 1 you use magic to kill half the army on the other sid