Magister Lajciak

I don't know whether LAN's are big, but I certainly like them. I do play multiplayer games using LAN (wireless LAN to boot) and almost never play over the internet.

Yeah, we all strongly suspect it will be the MMORPG set in the Old Republic era. We are just holding onto a glimmer of hope, no matter how delusional, that it will be a single-player KOTOR 3.

Well, the announcement is almost upon us.

Well we are all waiting for DA. Its hard to say anything conclusive about the game but my hopes aren't exactly high after playing Bioware's games from 2002 onwards. My hopes are high for gameplay, but I suspect the game will be crippled with DDRM. Still, the game does seem to show significant promise.

Well, I think wearing armor should have advantages - there has been too much emphasis on High Dex. - High AC builds compared with Heavy Armor - High AC builds.

I am no madam! My apologies then! Given your screen-name, however, perhaps I can be forgiven for assuming that initially.

Why? I mean is it because it might be an issue for them, say because they format and reinstall every month or constantly buy new hardware, or are you simply using them as a form or protest? They don't reinstall very often (though they do sometimes), but they do like to return and play older games (and I mean even games more than 10 years old) after some time has passed just like I do. That's correct, Madam!

I think his 0.2% comment was only metaphorically meant. He could certainly have chosen a more accurate verbiage, but he probably just meant to say a 'small minority'. It's tough to say what proportion of gamers care about DRM and to what extent. Lots of people probably still don't even know that DDRM exists or what it does. Being the most informed on the matter in my wider-family, I will certainly make sure that all my family and relatives find out and can avoid games with DDRM at a distance.

Look at your title Mr. Warlock! And look at mine - I am an Enchanter! Do you deny our titles are very ehm, cabalistic?

This thread has now been thoroughly derailed.

Reading this again, it sounds almost like I have some Paladin-like wealth limit! Just to clarify: This only applies when I am not back home in Slovakia and is not entirely accurate even when I am away, but you get the picture - basically, no superfluous electronics like a TV or Consoles are an option. A computer is fine, as I need it for work too... and happily can also use it for gaming.

Is it really true that consoles are seeing a greater proportion of turn-based games and less emphasis on graphics than PC games? Yes, especialy if you like japanese games and storyteling, you'll be in gamer heaven... I was orthodox PC only gamer until i was 28, when i decided to purchse me Wii and Playstation 2 and i tell you it was one of the best choices i have ever made, just dont do a mistake and never buy EA game on it, or you end up forking out 50 EUR for 8 hour long game... I finnished only 4 games so far (i purchased 16 so far for consoles ), and every single one had 90 - 130 hours played when i finnished them (not counting endless hours when I was figuring out tactics for optional bosses on my own without peek into gamefaqs) i dont remember when i had so much fun with PC games... and yeah if you want to have maximum fun possible, buy only exclusive titles, you can then rest asured that they spent all the time at polishing it into perfection, instead of trying to make crappy port just to be sure they can hit release date for all the platforms simultaneously... I am not really interested in Japanese games/storytelling, but that maybe because I have not really tried them. Regardless, that information is very interesting indeed and something I would not have suspected in the slightest. That said, console gaming is not really an option for me, since I move around too much and have to do so on a single plane ticket every time, which puts a weight limit on my personal possessions of about 50kg.

I definitely do enjoy Heroes and Might and Magic, notably HoMM 3 and HoMM 5. I will definitely try the demo when my schedule clears up a bit in the next few days and almost certainly get the full game thereafter.

I think this is already starting to happen.

They did it with King's Bounty and apparently it's excellent: http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/battle-lord/912879p1.html There is even a free demo: http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=55729

Well, I liked the clips I saw, though I am starting to fear that having this ever expanding amount of info is starting to become too spoilerish for my taste. I would rather they talk about the mechanics of the game - that's not really a spoiler for me. From the looks of it, Dragon Age will be awesome and the only realistic thing that may prevent my purchase would be the inclusion of DDRM.

Has anobody played the demo or the game itself yet? I have not had the time to do so yet myself.

These things are a bit sad, but the other stuff does compensate for those weaknesses.

Is it really true that consoles are seeing a greater proportion of turn-based games and less emphasis on graphics than PC games?

That's a good point. Downloads are not the entire extent of piracy. Anybody who has ever been to Asia for an extended period of time knows that pirated copies of games are simply sold there - in many cases entirely openly (depending on country) and often even in big department stores. Not that DRM has stopped that, of course, and nothing will stop it as long as the governments in those countries don't take much stronger action against such practices.

It has already been released.

Here is a link to the free demo of the game: http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=55729

The game seems to be garnering excellent reviews: http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/battle-lord/912879p1.html I will have to buy the game some time soon.

I believe it will recognize the change and make you use a new authorization, if not then people could simply copy files from PC-to-PC and play the game that way. I don't think I've ever heard of software doing this. I mean, I can add ram, change a video card, ad do quite a few other things and even my OS will not skip a beat. That would be a serious issue, but I'd like to see more documentated cases of this actually happening. plugging in and then unplugging new HDD to my machine triggered new activation for my windows XP... Few people had activation of Mass Effect triggereed after plugging in new monitor and similar stupid things... That's pretty terrible!

I like it. Yes, I get to pay three times, but I also get three times more single-player content and enhancements to multi-player content, which is well worth it for me. Much better than having to wait another ten years for Starcraft 3.