LadyCrimson

Don't know if you've read it, but Update #14 featured this topic and has some replies from Justin Bell. Might want to browse through it, if you haven't already. My main hope music wise is as much variety as possible, given the budget, because hearing the same 4 tracks 100 times gets old, or if all the tracks sound too similar, that becomes kind of dull as well. Some calmer, some more bombastic, some wind instrument pieces would be nice. That said, music tends to be a very personal thing ... I really wouldn't want to have to listen to that zombie track for more than 10 seconds, myself, for example ... so I'm not sure I have anything really specific in mind. Either I'll like it or I won't.

I did click on the "Register" button of the initial splash screen, and it did just take me to a website, which I promptly closed/ignored. So seems like that's probably what the key is for. I have not had to use it to play the single-player game. The loading thing is still weird tho. I don't mind a few minutes or something, but it was over 10, plus the odd thing of alt-tabbing making it ready all of sudden. Just weird. Anyway...fiddled with Universe Sandbox. I don't think I'd ever get to a point where I'd personally do anything really cool with it, but it's definitely fun to play around with a little. Also watched hubby play some of the BL2 Pirate DLC. Other than the amusement of seeing him fight what looked like enemy versions of Zero, just looked like more of the same. Brown and sand and more brown and sand. He seems to be liking it, at least for one playthru, however.

A God of Games, of course.

Screenshot taken, to be framed.

I find Stallone funny as an 80's action icon, tho. But less over the top stuff I tend to lean more towards, oh, say, Clint Eastwood types. Also...not really funny, but I'm trying to figure out if someone at DuckDuckGo made a typo or if this was somehow intentional.... (edit - seems to be error/artist typo)

Listening to some bamboo flute music while drinking hot chocolate, waiting for the rain to come.

Ok, thanks. Maybe it'll keep him occupied over his long Xmas break.

Oh. Hm, guess that could be. The super slow loading seems to be almost instantly circumvented if I alt-tab to desktop and back again, too. Strange. Oh well. I'll figure it out later. The Universe Sandbox is pretty cool. Going to fiddle with that instead.

Crusader Kings II - installed it. It's taking like 10 minutes to "load graphics" with the static screen slowly changing to reveal the buttons. Is it going to do this every time I start the game? P.S. Haven't even reached the "put in your key" part yet. Argh. Edit: finally loaded, picked a character, etc. But it seems I can play without ever putting in that activation key the Steam popups keep telling me I have to use. *scratches head* ... restarted the game and it's taking forever to "load graphics" again. Yeah...ok, I'll get back to this later.

Not related to Steam sales: I uninstalled Skyrim a while back yet Steam keeps wanting to update the Creation Kit. Can I uninstall the Skyrim CK? I see no option/listing for it/can't figure out where it's installed. Unless it's the Archive.exe file.

I've stared at the Prince of Persia games off and on, thinking hubby might like them. Are they at all like Tombraider in terms of style? That is, the running, crawling, leaping/grabbing, puzzle type action? Only with swords instead of guns? Or am I totally misreading things. Buying Theme Hospital, Settlers2 and Symphony. Because I can.

Yes. I did it with KB/mouse after several very aggravating tries. Not saying it was easy, but once I figured out how (there was a certain approach that made it easier) I could repeat it fairly quickly after that. I spent about 10 times as long, using the controller, to get hubs past that spider riding spot, when he couldn't do it. The controller had a more difficult time with the method I was using with the KB/mouse, which made it actually harder. IIRC he went to bed before I'd succeeded. ... I might have even switched to a cordless KB/mouse to do it. Can't remember tho...

Yeah, I've thought about Dark Souls, but the controller being the best option for it kind of puts me off. I'd have to play in the living room on the big TV, using hubby's less stellar rig there (or buy another pc-xbox controller for in here) and I really don't want to do that. I'm pretty die-hard KB/mouse myself, as well. Borderlands is the only game I've tried where I didn't mind the controller/could play the game with it regularly, bouncing back and forth. New Vegas, Overlord, and the couple others I've tried drove me nuts with a controller.

Had to go back 6 or 7 pages, but found it. Hm. Looks pretty complex but more like something I'd be into (I got tired of AoE-type RTS long ago). I'll sleep on it. I could use something more along the lines of the old Lords of the Realms 2, too - simpler gameplay but turn-based.

Anyone played that Crusader Kings II? It almost sounds interesting. ...darnit, I can't stop looking at the Steam sales.

I don't know anything about Sleeping Dogs, but if using something other than the arrow keys is too much to get used to and the game can be played with a controller I'd suggest trying it. Whether or not it will solve the issue for you is up in the air, however. If you're not used to a controller, they take time to get used to vs. KB/mouse. Not sure if that would be better than just getting used to using something else on the KB instead. I'd also guess the controllers themselves are lightly catered to right-handed folk as well, with the way the action buttons are arranged (main 4 buttons for stuff like "jump" or "run" or "reload" on the R side of the controller). Not being left-handed, I have no idea if this would be as bothersome on a controller vs. a keyboard.

I'm starting to wonder if it's no longer possible to tell others what you like/don't like in an RPG without the DA series being mentioned. Which doesn't mean a whole lot (in terms of reference) to someone who hasn't played DA, btw.

I don't remember saving ever taking very long even years ago and even without "quicksave" hotkeys. Maybe 10-12 seconds at most. It certainly wasn't enough to keep me from rather obsessively saving. But then I'm one of those people that sometimes saves like a madperson, but then ends up never actually reloading/using any of those saves. It's more a psychological thing re: "what if the power goes out" or "what if the game crashes." At any rate, I'm still of the opinion that how frequently one saves should be left up to the player...at least with more complex/lots of choice games like this. Leave the save points/minimal saving routes for simpler games or online type stuff.

"Get the Gringo." Not a movie that sounds very good, but it's actually not a bad action/drama movie, despite its rather outlandish premise. We rather liked it.

Hubs (on phone): "I left my headlights on this morning." ...time to go rescue the hubs. Good thing we bought that new battery for my own car. Hahaha.

Hehe...I don't have that many, only about 35, but much the same situation. There are definitely a lot of games that make me go "well, maybe" but then I never feel like actually devoting time to really check them out.

Tinfoil Cat .... hehe...been there. Funny how some just shake it off nonchalantly while some freeze/freak out.

The individual videos, when there is one, are posted in each update post in the P.E. Announcements/News forum section. They're also still posted to the original Kickstarter page.

No forgiveness needed/required, necromate. Btw, I like your sig. Long live Carlin. Closed by request.

Well, that's one of my issues. If it's really largely a movie, I'd rather it just be one that I sit on the couch and watch. I remember reading those "choose your own adventure" books when I was a kid, and they were a novelty for a while, but it wore off fast. It's kind of similar. Edit: think I'll play some DK1 before bed.