RPGmasterBoo

I don't put much faith in gamespot's or IGN's scores mostly because every time i bothered to read the user reviews the scores are taken from its usually illiterate gibberish or fanboy drivel. That said the metacritic crowd is only marginally better. Still, barring Gamespot there is a discrepancy. IGN's 9.5 denotes a game of insta classic status, an 8.9 is a seasonal hit/very good game. The reason I use metacritic as an example is because its general grade for PC games has a way of being fair. The rave critics get diluted by the occasional overtly negative reviewand you end up with something approaching a realistic grade. Up until a few years ago user scores tended to follow the general score, since then I keep seeing the discrepancy between AAA title grades and user grades. this was the worst of the lot. I think its better for taking the "pulse" of the gamers than the review sites *shrugs* Because I don't see the way to simplify core gameplay even further, something they keep doing to broaden the appeal of console games. If they can't simplify it more, they have to keep it on the same level or make it more complex. They'l never do the latter and the former is bound to run out of steam. Most AAA games function as Win buttons of instant gratification. Instant gratification works fine for a while, but i think even the plebs learns to dislike a game that's rigged in his favor all the. Not to mention that its all remarkably similar which everyone notices at some point. I hope.

Are they not? The consoles are the order of the day ever since XBOX360 got into full swing. The actual influence of console gameplay on PC games has never been greater. Actually from what I read the multiplayer lacks options and is severely unbalanced. Complaints for the multiplayer are second only to complaints for the single player campaign. Regardless the numbers are too large to dismiss so easily.

I actually saw it with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Before you point out that the game sold in huge numbers, and the rave reviews, I'd just point you in the way of various gamer opinions (on metacritic say) which are uniformly terrible for various reasons. These people feel they got burned, and while I don't put much stock in their cleverness not to buy the next game in the series, I wouldn't write off their complaints as meaningless or a minority. What I see there is that the gulf between the hype and the press on one side and the gamers on the other is wider than ever before, and I think its a reasonable assumption that cracks will start to show soon enough. The perpetuated fantasy that games are getting better all the time has an expiry date. I look at games and all see is stagnation and an endless parade of sequels. Especially in console games. i like to think its educated guesswork *shrugs* Lesson: when things are looking at their best, something's probably already going downhill.

I disagree. I think the consoles are running out of ideas that will still be interesting to the masses in a few years time. They've gone too far in the streamlining to leave room for innovation. The PC needs a few unique games that won't be released for the consoles, to put its full technical abilities on display. Also releases of long awaited sequels are coming soon: Starcraft II, Diablo III etc. They will have some impact. Give the PC its "Halo", something to make the console gamers envious and it'll draw people back. The PC wont kill the consoles of course, but it can regain a significant role in the market and that opportunity is not far off.

Seriously: 1. Wii Its a high tech toy with its self contained market and games. Yes it sells like candy, but so did the tamagochi's. Until people grew bored of them and they went to the dung heap of history. Even if the Wii outlasts everything else its still a separate world of little bearing to the gaming scene. 2. PS3 Cool technology, great hardware. That sat for several years doing nothing, and is not up to much now. And day by day its technology gets older and older. What it sold it sold on the promise of being another PS2. Which it is not. 3. Xbox360 Sell's well, the PS2 of this generation. Would be great if almost everything didn't get ported to PC. Weaker in tech than PS3, and is already showing its age. 4. The PC Has got far better tech than anything else now. Gets almost every console game of note. Is compatible with untold number of games. Gets its own games on top of the better console titles. Actually to suggest that there is a better place to game in the last several years than the PC is insane. The only flaw being, we have to wait a little more until we get the ports. True. Consoles have their permanent crowds, and its going to stay that way. Still console successes derive mostly from the fact that they get better and much more aggressive marketing. They get it, because they have to sell. The PC doesn't, because its not a luxury toy - its a necessity. Its sales are pretty much guaranteed. Really, look back - its all been marketing and hype. Besides we've yet to see a viable innovation in the console department. What are they going to offer to improve upon the PS3 and Xbox360. They've already simplified the gameplay of the principal genres to the point of mind numbing stupidity. It has to wear out its welcome.

I'm a mentat.

The Wii is a bubble waiting to burst. However its of little interest to us anyway since it lies outside the "serious" gaming scene. Its too late for the PS3, its techincal capabilities are past their prime or will be soon.

Consoles successes are overblown. The Wii is a dead end gimmick, the PS3 has strangled itself by being so slow and the XBOX360's limitations are more obvious with each day. The PC endures as it always has. A period is coming where this generation of consoles will be winding down and the PC platform will be the best place to game, at least until the next generation. I invite anyone to scan through XBOX360's and PS3's most successful games. You'll see that we have a PC version for 90% of them. The PC has covered practically everything of note, without suffering the constraints of the consoles. In fact buying a console, especially the XBOX360 is a senseless move since you can play almost everything worthwhile on it on the PC. +everything else the PC offers

No its: we pirate regardless and laugh at your stupidity for annoying your paying customers.

So what? Oh no, we'll have to use the immense reserves of Thorium, Plutonium, solar, wind, geothermal, hydro, biofuel algae, natural gas, or coal. However will we survive?! We wont.

Has someone been pissing in your cornflakes today?

Don't be an ass Purkake, the GoG team could have included it. Its no big deal, but it would have been nice.

I don't see what's peculiar about Chinese policy on Taiwan. They consider it a part of their state and will not change their opinion. Basically no one wants to or can, for that matter offer something to China to change its mind, which it has no reason to do so in the first place. That's all there is to it.

God damn you people, my PC is still being repaired.

No you're not, don't hog the show.

Its crossed my mind as well. A Dune RPG sounds like a job for Obsidian. You hear it Obz people? Get to it!

Music CD's, DVD's (movies) and books ship fine. Games refuse to ship, unless the shipping is not done by Amazon but by its sellers.

Did I snuff too much spice or does it say 170$ for Emperor? Look at the second listing, the used ones or try Ebay. The game is not as "hard to find" as you make it seem. For me they are. Amazon doesn't ship games to Serbia (for unknown reasons) and Paypal doesn't work here either, which renders Ebay useless.

Everyone should play Emperor and the first Dune game. Those are the best of the lot. (even though emperors campaign falters slightly in the middle with too many skirmish type missions). Did I snuff too much spice or does it say 170$ for Emperor?

Quite a few people have hinted at it. Off with their heads! So Boo, the guillotine or the old fashioned axe This is a gaming emergency! Besides we trust you to buy the game when it reappears, right people? PS: that post was sarcasm

Its next to impossible to find it. Well, promise you'll buy it when it comes to GoG and then go find a cracked version. I'd play it but its Vert- on widescreen and that really puts me off it until someone fixes it up.

You should try Emperor, same thing but up to later C&C game standards.

I've been poring over Dune (the book) recently and its been fun to recall games based on it. Wiki says there were basically 2 devs that worked in the universe: 1. Cryo Interactive They made: a) Dune (1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_%28video_game%29 b) Frank Herbert's Dune http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Herbert...28video_game%29 2. Westwood (duh) a) Dune II http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_2 b) Dune 2000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_2000 c) Emperor: Battle of Dune http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor:_Battle_for_Dune Which of these games have you played and what were your impressions of em?

Quite a few people have hinted at it. Off with their heads!