Mamoulian War

$125... for physical tier... hopefully I will be satisfied in the end

Just finished Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 for third time, with Conquest ending route... Pretty sad ending Dunno what to play next... probably, I'll prepare some Pathfinder RPG modules for next few weeks, and then probably another walkthrough of FFXIII-2 or Atelier Rorona...

If you have problems with remembering what is happening in the long games, try to do the same thing most of us did 20 years ago - playing with notepad and writing small notes, some games have now even editable in-game logs. It works like a charm, and it helps more and more the older you are

Yup, but I was not comparing it to Sim City anyway, I was just answering your question with the first game, which came to my mind No need to bash EA further, they are doing a good job by themselves

Yes it is multiplayer, but the question was about online only game, not online only SP game AAAAnd comparing it with CS is wrong, because CS can be played offline, because you can play solo with bots, which is not case for TF2 AFAIK... (correct me if I am wrong)... And I have seen lot of MP only games played offline at some LAN parties as well, because some guys were bright enough to cut-off the online requirements of these games with a Razor or two and brought handmade dedicated server

Team Fortress 2

New interview of Chris Avellone... http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/03/29/chris-avellone-interview-torment-project-eternity-and-beyond/

You'll be an old fart in only 7 more years? Wouldn't that mean you're already an old fart? Just admit it.

I am using ADSL myself as well, max 5Mbps, but unlimited downloads... though the only things which I am downloading are emails and patches... so my monthly usage is somewhere between 500MB and 10GB depending... with median being somewhere around 1GB... I was thinking about faster connection, but I would really not be able to use it to the fullest, so it would be to me just wasted money... I am just sticking to relatively slow option (we have available up to 100Mbps for not very steep prices in my city, and it is possible to share the connection between neighbours, if they are not complete morons )...

Plans for 30Mbps broadband for everyone in EU by 2020 in motion!!! http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/03/eu-intent-on-delivering-30mbps-broadband-to-everyone-by-2020/ To bad I will be old fart at that time, and will not get much use of it

And I always prefer to spend 30 hours of awesome than spending 15 hours of awesome

It's strange to expect that from a single-player FPS without replaying the game at least once. The reason you get dozens more hours out of an RPG is because they're slower and thicker. Not always to their credit (a lot of that slowness can be due to padding with fetch quests, collecting x number of y quests, etc., why I still haven't finished chapter 1 of the Witcher, it's just so full of boring MMO quests and even more boring gameplay.) And a tabletop RPG isn't even an acceptable comparison, here. Apples and oranges, and all that. Last FPS which I played and really enjoyed was Quake 2, which did have much longer first playthrough than 12 hours, but I still had to play it on hardest difficulty to have some fun... So sorry to expect the same from other similar games... And I was not comparing computer games with tabletop games... I was just simply stating a fact, that because computer games did become short and cheap storywise, I completely changed my focus on home entertainment... Year or two ago my average spending was 250 monthly on computers and 5-10 on tabletop... now it is completely different...

That really depends on how many hours were put in over those 2 days. If the game really is at the 15-20 hour mark, that's a pretty reasonable amount of cost per hour. Maybe it is strange, but I expect to get at least 30 hours of entertainment for a full price... the price does not matter for me... I am spending currently about 150-200 EUR/month on home entertainment... mostly on Patfhinder RPG products though...

The more I am reading it here about original PST, the more and more I want to replay it... But with my huge backlog accumulated over last 6 months and my almost non existant free time... *sighs*

Seriously 22MBps and 4GB limit? How you do not burn that in less than a two days? Would it not be better for you to have slower speed for cheaper fee, if you are not downloading anything big?

hmmm already finished Bioshock in two days? I do not think 60 bucks for 2 days of gaming as a good investment, even if it is praised by some...

The gaming industry becoming more and more ridiculous... Tomb Raider is out less than a month, it sold 3.4 millions without counting DDs and is still not considered as a success??? Seriously What a Flying **** are the Board members of these companies smoking???

Diablo 3 will be offline for PlayStation... http://penny-arcade.com/report/article/console-diablo-3-playable-offline-real-money-auction-house-removed-not-exac

Although I have enjoyed FFXIII and XIII-2 (they were not the best stuff, but had enough fun playing them, and that's what counts, right?) I fully agree with you on this one, and Square Enix, is not the only one who should follow this advice...

Volourn

Critical vulnerability in Battlefield Play4free... http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/03/bug-in-eas-battlefield-play4free-allows-attackers-to-hijack-players-pcs/

ehm... that sums pretty much everything what is wrong with today's game industry...

And the **** in the neighborhood probably does it better than my girlfriend, but I rather have sex with my girlfriend than with her... I will not feel so cheap and dirty after playing with her...

Just finished Ni No Kuni for the first time after 75 hours At Normal difficulty is the game quite challenging, which I likede a lot, with the exception of final boss battle, which was little bit pain in the ass for me , I did have little bit lower characters than recommended level, but I managed to kill the Zodiarchs after 5 attempts *cheers* Sooner or later I will go play the post game challenge... But for now I think little bit of Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 again

Yeah... Anyway one more question for more experienced players about damage reduction... It is possible that due to my english I might be misinterpreting the overcoming DR... My question is what happens if my "+1 Shortsword" hits Skeletal Champion, who has "DR 5/bludgeoning" and I roll for 6 damage. Does the Champion get full damage, because it is magical weapon, or does he get 1 damage, because even +1 weapons must be of bludgeoning type to overcome Champion's DR? Thanks.