LadyCrimson

@samm - They're assigned random names, and now gain levels. There's no real traits ala visible stats or anything tho and it's not clear what gaining levels does. More health/damage ala gear, I'd assume. You can reserrect minions (it costs lifeforce) too, so you never have to lose the fancy-hat guys. In the 1st game, I'd reload everytime I lost certain minions. heh And yes, browns still the only ones who have visible gear. So to get some of the hats you have to make sure to take some browns...or in some cases, like the panda hat, make sure you leave one panda alive and bring the browns back later.

How can you not love a game where your minions can pick up silly hats - includ. some 'unique' ones (Champion hats) - and wear them? Dragon Champion (Salamander King) Spider Champion (Spider Queen) Gnome Champion (Finish Kill 1000 gnomes quest) Legion Champion (the most riddiculous 'hat' in the game, lol) Panda Hugger (from pandas in the green hive area) Pea**** Plucker (kill a pea****) Lizard Lover (no idea where he picked up this one, but somewhere in Empire)

That was a tight redsox game today. They won 1-0. And the Yankees lost, so yay. The redsox seem to be in a mid-season mild batting slump. At least, they don't seem to be burning quite as bright as they were last month. But that's ok. Maybe they miss Lowell, heh. I only hope the next time they play Tampa, they can actually win. Tampa has had their number for a while, seems like.

This is very cool, especially since I've never played it. I'll have to check it out. Dunno if I have the patience to play the whole thing, but I definitely want to play. Most definitely.

Looks like a great and fun trip, thanks for sharing it with us. But I have to mention that as of this moment, at least, a few of what I assume to be photos are only displaying a giant ImageShack "Proudly presents" Anti-sec Movement (whtever that is) wall-of-text image.

Finished Overlord 2. Would've done so earlier but hubby hogged the game and he's very slow...besides, I didn't find it quite as obsessive as the 1st game. The end boss was even easier than in the 1st game. Multiple guard markers, sit in a corner and wait...duh. Disappointing. I also missed entertaining 'bosses' like the fat halfing king. The ones in OL2 seemed more straightforward bad guys. The button pushing elevator after Spider Queen was frustrating due to some mouse control bugs/speed issues. But I liked the game overall...just not quite as much as the 1st. However, all the great minion 'champion hats' were awesome.

Fright Night. Still funny.

I know nothing about pudgy football players, but I do know that watching the Red Sox lose a 5 game AL East lead in a week is frustrating as heck. Baseball can be very exciting, but most of the time it's not...it's a game of slow buildups and long innings, punctuated by sometimes miraculous comebacks...even the biggest fans would admit that. But when you're rooting for a team you adore, it's all worth it.

I was thinking about trying to make a short reply to this thread, but then I got to the end and alanschu said it all for me.

When John Cleese goes, I'll be in mourning for a week.

Well at first I thought Overlord2 wasn't going to allow as much 'farming' of lifeforce, but I was wrong. You just have to know the spots. Only thing hard to get/can't 'farm' is the dark crystals. The constant little cut-scenes are annoying - I don't mean the long story ones, but things like in the Tower or the 'show a monster/lever' bits. The section using Greens to stealth around Everlight fort was both delightful and a serious pain in the arse. Mixed emotions on that one. I have a Tower Mistress and a cool looking flaming sword now. I am Overlord hotness.

I guess PaintShopPro either sucks at compressing or I suck at knowing what to do with the program. The sliding scale it uses, a compression value of more than 35 looks like crappola to my eyes unless it's a really stellar photograph....Most 'busy' screenshots at 1920 end up being 380-450kb or more at 30-35 compression. Meh, like it really matters. I'll leave the super-pretty to others. I don't have a screenshot right now...they're on the other computer. Maybe in a few days, if any of them are interesting.

Only wanted to say that my initial reservations about Overlord2 have been vanquished. Once I got the red hive the game picked up enough for me become immersed as of old. Puzzle/strategy definitely went up a notch or three - not that it's complicated, but it does take observation and an occasional pause for consideration. Just got to Everlight...I like the change of scenery. The snow was becoming too much white. Also...I miss the Arena.

I know how to resize and compress pics, but I can never seem to dramatically compress kb's without losing a lot of quality. Shrinking dpi sometimes helps (everything I do is at least 300dpi to start with) but If I get it right, it's mostly by accident or just cause the pic itself isn't demanding in terms of info it possesses (like mostly black...). Anyway...hope this wasn't already posted. Not of gameplay (in-game cut scene), but I thought it looked cool.

Ok, got past it. Didn't understand the plant pod...from the 1st possession bit, thought you had to kill the dryads first. Heh. I like being able to see your minions individually in the minion home...and definitely like being able to resurrect your fave/most buff minions. In the 1st game I had this one minion w/a gold helmet & sceptor that I kept alive the whole time, reloading if he died. Now I don't have to reload. Awesome.

Weird, the wheat came back this time. But it's still not working. They just hibernate and come back over and over and over...

I had placed the reds in a group up top and made the plant babes chase me until the reds started firing. The wheat burned, but they just hibernate & come alive again. The wheat didn't come back upon reload save game but the creatures did move back to original positions upon reload so maybe it'll work this time... Things like kill the gnomes are 'achievements'...I don't think they do anything but give you score points & maybe titles, so at the end of the game you can pat yourself on the back for having done them all. Kind of like WoW did, maybe.

Re: Overlord 2 Played a little while, only up to where I find the red minions, but haven't grabbed the red hive yet. I'm kinda stuck, I can't seem to kill the 3 plant babes blocking the big elf statue. The reds burn them over and over, but they never actually die so the roots still block the path to statue. Is there a trick to it or am I bugged? So far, OL2 has the same minion humor aspect I like, but 2 mild annoyances: there's a lot more loading screens and the minions seem less intelligent...like when I direct them to pillage boxes/kill they do so but most of the time don't auto-bring back the lifeforce or treasure w/out me sending them out over the area again. That said...I do like it...hopefully it'll grow on me as I go along and as I get used to the 'new stuff'. As I recall, the 1st one took quite some time to truly engage me, as well...like once you have 3 of the 4 minion types. Getting the 2nd minion type still feels like I'm in a too-restrictive tutorial, to me.

Hubby came home, I told him I'd bought Overlord 2. He said "Where's my pc gamepad?" ...I have a feeling he's going to be hogging the better pc/big TV tonight, so I might not get to play until later. Hehe...but I don't mind. I can watch him get 'lost' and giggle when he curses the game.

BTW, I don't know how some of you get 1920w pics to be only 180-200kb w/out looking like complete fuzzy crud. One day I'll learn.

Pre-Order...I refuse until it's mandatory. Heheh... Gamestop is the only place around here that I could find that was stocking it. Best Buy and others were all "backordered" only. Got it today...and my manual seems fine. I installed it on both PC's and took a look at the starter spot & beat up snowmen (pic), went "ooooh pretty."...but now it's time for baseball. The first game wasn't that long...I'd expect this to be similar, ie I suppose it's a weekend game for me.

Eh? I thought the ms time had to do with graphic lag/smearing of fast paced movement (games, maybe movies). What does that have to do with human reaction time?

Can't say I'll miss his persona...but the nostalgic memories of growing up with Thriller (as well as his earlier stuff) makes me miss that talent. I think I'll listen to Thriller right now, in fact. heh

Drat. I spaced out and didn't get to Gamestop before they were sold out. Next couple days, I hope. I also saw Majesty2 should be out soon too...two games in one month I actually want to buy. Amazing.

TFT is supposed to be better for colors. This LG supposedly has 2ms, no ghosting so far, and no noticeable dead pixels either. However, it does not come with any kind of manual which is a bit annoying and there sure isn't much info on it online, which makes me nervous. I have 14 days to return it w/no 'stocking fee'. :D So far my biggest beef really has to do with the text. I can see colors between the pixels of letters (dot matrix like), drives me nuts. Contrast is fine. A little on the green or blue side but ok and better than too much red. I can now see that yes, a lot of my recent screenies or photos I was adjusting too bright...altho that's sometimes because I often have the brightness down very low and forget... The stand won't tilt tho and I can't figure out why..It SAYS on a tiny piece of paper that it should, and I saw it do so in store. So I'm befuddled. I'm afraid to push too hard for breaking. *mutter*