I got my copy on a sale from Impulse (the limited edition version with about 50% discount in total). So there may not be a sale often but at least I got mine cheaper than I originally budgetted for.
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[quote]Taking the car analogy, is like buying a new car that can easily get 300 Km/hour, but the company has placed a top speed limiter at 200, asking for extra cash to remove it.[/quote] And that is already happening.
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Moosetek13, your reasoning suggest it is a bad thing full stop, but it doesn't have to be. (I agree that it *might* be, but it doesn't *have* to be) Currently you can buy a computer with a small or a large HDD, a weak or a powerfull GPU. This allows you to select (and pay for) any features you want. Is that a bad thing? This allows intel to cater to customers more specifically and it gives them direct feedback what kind of features are wanted
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I agree with the anger in these posts but don't think this is really something new. From my own industry: if you buy a car with manual air conditioning, the chances are that you actually get the same thing as a full automatic climate control system except for a 50cent sensor. But if you actually want the full automatic climate control system, it will set you back several hundred dollars although the development has already been done and the hardware is already in your car. It's just not worth
Your Imperial Majesty Xaviour, The things you mention I cannot recall from Moo1 or Moo2, but I think I've only seen them in MoO3 and that game just didn't fly for me. I would like to see as many good 4X games out there as possible, but I feel the only games I would like are the ones that manage to capture the simplicity of MoO1 and be challenging with it. I'm hoping several developers will surprise us with stuff like SotS or maybe Elemental?
For me Moo1 was better than Moo2 in some ways. Sword of the Stars is the best successor to Moo1 I have ever encountered (that includes Moo2, Galciv and what have you). That game is oriented completely about expanding your empire with spaceships and as little micromanagement as possible to go with it. And that game is FUN. Anyone who love(d/s) Moo1 and/or Moo2 should try Sword of the Stars or risk missing out on the best 4X game ever created. This game greatly surprised
[quote who="magus" reply="1" id="2373426"]For those of us with TotalGaming.net tokens left will we be able to use them for this expansion?[/quote] I am curious about this as well. Can I use my last token on this?
[quote]I'd like a turn based combat system in GalCiv3,[/quote] That's what Brad was thinking off. But we'll need patience. First elemental. The a few expansions for that. and THEN... maybe... galciv 3.
Hmm. That looks a bit too much like MoO3 to my tast. Too much detail and not enough game? I will give it a go at some stage, but I personally like the 'lighter' 4X games that have been coming out.
[quote who="Istari" reply="19" id="2265781"] We cannot control what ISPs or end users mail programs do with that email.[/quote] Tss... well there goes my whole belief system! [quote who="Frogboy" reply="20" id="2265783"] I don't consider me telling people what we're planning to be "giving my word". If that ever became a widespread impression then the answer would be for me to not communicate with people. Often time, my job is mu
[quote]All we can do is try our best to get them to you.[/quote] And then make sure that we can actually use them when we try on time? I always get a bit giddy when buying stuff, so then seeing the "An error has occured processing your personal details" seven times in a row was a bit of a let-down.
[quote]The suggestion to try IE was more to see if there was something that your installation of FireFox didn't like about our store.[/quote] Yes I understand, and for Stardock I am happy to give that a try. The purchase I wanted to make was based on the 20% off coupon from last weekend tho, so I cannot try it again. I will wait for my next attempt until another similar offer comes along. Would it be possible to select a $0,- item form the store and try different
last I heard (a long time ago) this is going nowhere. The license wasn't available and Galciv 3 is more likely to fill the gap that Moo2 left. (read elemental development journals for some comments on this). Same as Master of Magic. Elemental may not be the official sequel, but it'll be as close as you are ever likely to get.
[quote who="taintofven" reply="2" id="2262527"]there are some valid complaints here, like not receiving a coupon despite having owned demigod for a while or not having a reasonable way of using the coupon however, complaining about the actual value of the coupon is in poor taste, and the expiration date was pretty clear to me in my e-mail.[/quote] I feel I have no reason to complain. I am just frustrated that I selected several games I wanted to buy but due to some weird er
[quote who="IamDean" reply="9" id="2264257"] I understand that you have tried using Impulse and then FireFox to make the purchase. Is it possible that you have some piece of security software installed that would monitor internet traffic? [/quote] No sorry for the confusion. I have only tried using firefox. I do not have security software running on my PC but I have only tried this on 1 PC. [quote who="IamDean" reply="9" id="2264257"] If so, could you tur
I'm not sure if this thread is still active but I had the exact same error last weekend. I tried 7 times with just 1 item in my cart, only pre-orders, or 3 games. Stardock sales has confirmed that their system did not even attempt to charge my credit card(s) so the error does not have anything to do with the payment system. This is preventing me from spending money on impulse, and I doubt that this is what Stardock wants. Does anyone have a solution for this? PIDU, what d
[quote who="bman654" reply="20" id="2261719"]possibly if you contacted support and explained this to them they might manually give you the discount? Worth a shot![/quote] I have contacted support and they replied with "Please try again" but by that time the coupon already expired. I'm waiting to see if I get any further response. The point remains that Stardock makes great software, but they make it unusually hard to pay them for it.
[quote who="Meta" reply="23" id="2261075"] Companies like Stardock already take a hit by even allowing Paypal as a way to purchase their product. They have to pay a percentage of the sale to Paypal. So, in essence, you're the on who's making the decision. Do you want 20% of your sale purchase to go to Paypal or to be in your pocket? [/quote] Somehow the Stardock online payment system does not accept my personal details for a purchase (with 2 different credi
me, me, me! Can I have that too? :)
I have a 3 monitor setup and only yesterday I installed objectdock plus with several docks, one of which is at the botten on the main monitor. On this dock I have selected the feature to 'hide dock with maximized applications' (or whatever it is called). Typically I have one application (mail) maximized on the left or right monitor, and non-maximized applications on the other screens. When I switch to a maximized application on the left screen, this dock on the middle screen disappear
[quote who="Sethbeastalan" reply="20" id="2043905"] Quoting blackwhitehawk, reply 25: All drm is about the company makeing money. Greedy ******* trying to make more sells by limting installs. Nothing could be further from the truth, and if you haven't noticed, GPG and Stardock also limit installs. Does that make them 'greedy *******?'[/quote] Yes it does, but is that a bad thing? I have no problem with a company trying to make money, after all that
[quote who="Ron Lugge" reply="17" id="2041370"] Quoting blackwhitehawk, reply 16Is it even legal to do that?? If its not its very unethical to just kill a game after 3 years and expect no one to complain. I sincerely doubt it's legal. Stopping support, yes, causing it to no longer work, no.[/quote] I'm not sure about Gears of War, but with Grand Theft Auto IV it explicitly states in the EULA that the license is valid until such time tha
oh, and if you already have a PC, a decent graphics card (exceeding console specs) will cost less than an Xbox360 if you are starting blank, it is hard to beat a console on hardware price.
I personally prefer the Wii as a console, but my primary games platform is a PC however. (My favorite games include all kinds of Civ, GTA, the odd RPG, and nowadays racing on Super Mario Kart Wii.) The Wii is completely geared towards muliplayer-in-the-same-room play (party playing). It does support muliplayer over the internet and all 'big' titles are available for the Wii, but just looking at the popular titles and the types of game available for the Wii you see that it is much
No longer possible to get tokens, sorry. Forget about tokens and just got to impluse to buy whatever games you are interested in.
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