InternetNerd

If this move enables Stardock to continue developing new games, then good luck to Brad and Stardock. :)

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I've had a chance to read the post mortem in GD Mag. Whilst it doesn't say a lot of the design was axed due to running out of time, it doesn't say nothing was cut either. The relevant section: [quote]The reality is that the more we focused on brand-new systems to create a brand-new experience, the more we had to trim systems that players had come to expect from previous versions. We ultimately had to focus on making sure our core systems and new concepts were working well,

I'm getting dejavu from Spore's release. If you got banned at Spore's forums, you couldn't play the game at all (had to login to EA account to play).

*sigh* You still don't get it. I'll make it simple for you: 1. Brad said in GD mag the Civ5 post mortem said that Firaxis axed a lot of the design due to running out of time. 2. I said, that's not true (after consulting with a Firaxian who was in the position to know, and using my experience on the beta team). I had not read the GD mag article so questioned whether it was GD mag who made that up, or Brad. 3. You then come in and rant about how designe

ZehDon: I suggest you read the rest of the thread and catch up to what's being discussed. Your post does not address any of the relevant parts of the discussion such as Brad's comment that GD mag said a lot of design components were axed at the END of development. Your rant about a beginning design brief is irrelevant.

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="33" id="2901249"]If you read the current issue of Game Developer there's a Civ V post mortem. The biggest problem they ran into was lack of time. They had to axe a lot of features from the design because they ran out of deveopment time.[/quote] I heard from a very reliable source (ie: a Firaxian) that this is simply not true (I was also a tester and did not notice what you said). Whilst it's true they ran out of time, there was no axing of a lot of fe

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="33" id="2901249"]If you read the current issue of Game Developer there's a Civ V post mortem. The biggest problem they ran into was lack of time. They had to axe a lot of features from the design because they ran out of deveopment time. [/quote] I wouldn't mind reading that, because my experience of beta testing Civ5 is completely different. Yes, they ran out of time, but the design was fully implemented (as confirmed by designer and producer).

[quote who="scratchthepitch" reply="29" id="2901195"] Quoting rebelito, reply 28yet Soren designed Civilization 4 and Shafer designed Civilization 5... the HUGE difference between the two is out there for anyone to see it. Chanta! This assinine childish crap has already been done to death on several other threads. Grow up. The decisions that wrecked the Civ franchise were made by the heads of the companies.[/quote] Proof? Ultimately

[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="27" id="2901100"] Quoting InternetNerd, reply 24 quoting post Shafer also disagreed with Johnson, saying that there still is market for "middle games." That was a reason he went to Stardock, and held up Sins of a Solar Empire as an example. This from the designer of Civ 5? Actions speak louder than words. *Shakes head back and forth while waving finger* Uh, no you didn't just talk

[quote quoting="post"]Shafer also disagreed with Johnson, saying that there still is market for "middle games." That was a reason he went to Stardock, and held up Sins of a Solar Empire as an example.[/quote] This from the designer of Civ 5? Actions speak louder than words.

Played post-patch (and with Polynesia too) and must say the game balance is a LOT better. Turn performance has massively increased for me too. Haven't had any crashes yet with the new patch, though note I wasn't as affected by crashes pre-patch either. If you're hoping this is a fix-all patch, you'll be disappointed. Firaxis specifically said (Dennis Shirk's patch intro at 2K forums) this is a balance-bug patch. Whilst diplomacy, MP and AI have been improved, t

Airborne Ranger I played on the C64. Awesome!

[quote who="AdmiralMaximus" reply="16" id="2894035"]yea the original colonization was loads of fun. @internetnerd: Tetris made it on the list.[/quote] Ooops. :p Though it wasn't in the OP. :) Another I notice missing..... Commander Keen.

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[quote who="Xadie" reply="5" id="2893382"]I have to make one HUGE request: bring back the mod directories. The idea of modular modding is great and all, so leave it in. But why oh why had the mod-directory to go? For Total Conversions it is so much easier to have an isolated xml base. Just look over at Civ5 - it is such a mess and work to disable all the stuff that's in there to setup a blank modding base to get you going. So overall it would ease

[quote who="EmersonPF" reply="3" id="2893340"] Quoting fragieD, reply 2Why do such lists always miss out gems like Rollercoaster Tycoon? Good point. Rollercoaster Tycoon gave birth to an entire sub-genre of city builders. Sure, 99% of those games were terrible, but RT certainly was not. Quite innovative, and lots of fun. Surely it deserves at least a mention.[/quote] Actually, that would be Theme Park, not RT.

[quote who="Zeta1127" reply="278" id="2890122"]InternetNerd, your complaining about Impulse being required for patches? You already patch games over the internet, so what is wrong with requiring a specific service run by the developer in order to patch their games?[/quote] The kid's gaming computer is not connected to the internet (and won't be). That's the problem. Stand-alone patches are fine, service delivered patches are not. Besides, I'm not complaining about

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="275" id="2890096"] Quoting InternetNerd, reply 273 Quoting Frogboy, reply 270 Quoting InternetNerd, reply 269 Quoting Fistalis, reply 267So where is this mythical pop up coming from? So you ARE forced to install impulse to play elemental, because without the game is complete and utter shit and fails to run. At least Steam games run when released. Can't say that about Stardock games. Are you here just to troll?&n

[quote who="Zeta1127" reply="271" id="2890067"] Quoting Frogboy, reply 270 Quoting InternetNerd, reply 269 Quoting Fistalis, reply 267So where is this mythical pop up coming from? So you ARE forced to install impulse to play elemental, because without the game is complete and utter shit and fails to run. At least Steam games run when released. Can't say that about Stardock games. Are you here just to troll? Must be this guy's tune, F

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="270" id="2890057"] Quoting InternetNerd, reply 269 Quoting Fistalis, reply 267So where is this mythical pop up coming from? So you ARE forced to install impulse to play elemental, because without the game is complete and utter shit and fails to run. At least Steam games run when released. Can't say that about Stardock games. Are you here just to troll? [/quote] Sorry, I'm not hear to troll. I've removed

[quote who="Fistalis" reply="267" id="2889891"]So where is this mythical pop up coming from?[/quote] When Impulse is in the system tray, it pops up store advertising. And when I did a default install of elemental and accepted all default options it installed Impulse. And since you have to patch elemental because the release/disk version was complete and utter fail, you're forced to install impulse to get the patches to make the game runnable. So you ARE forced to i

[quote who="Fistalis" reply="247" id="2889376"] Quoting InternetNerd, reply 246 Quoting Fistalis, reply 238 Quoting InternetNerd, reply 237 No, most of your words are irrelevant to my question. I asked what your logic behind not installing steamworks exclusives but installing reactor exclusives. This has nothing to do with the client software at all. I'm asking why you will not buy a Steamworks exclusive game, but will buy a Reacto

[quote who="Fistalis" reply="238" id="2889349"] Quoting InternetNerd, reply 237 Most of your post is irrelevant to my question. I asked a specific question. You say you don't own any reactor games. Don't you own EWOM? And doesn't it force you to use reactor in order to use the product? There is no alternative. If you purchase EWOM you are forced to use a third part application (reactor) and enter the reactor contract or not use the

[quote who="Fistalis" reply="234" id="2889245"] Quoting InternetNerd, reply 228 Quoting Fistalis, reply 216 not to mention my refusal to buy anything steamworks integrated. So explain the logic behind your position of not buying Steamworks exclusive games, but buying Reactor exclusive games. It's the same thing. Simple consumer choice. I choose not to have a contractual relationship with steam or valve. If publishers and game devs continue to r