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Yeah, since it takes about as long to download a game from steam as for it to arrive in the mail, its completely useless to buy it digital. It doesnt matter if you've got a gigabit connection, their servers are in a constant state of bog-down/slow as hell/unavailable

We dont have dates in Sweden so Im curious. The upside is that you can date multiple women, but the downside is that you have to fund the whole enterprise? And what guarantees are there for you getting a solid and proportionate return on your investment? lessons about Sweden: 1) you always bring your own booze to a party 2) everyone pays separately for what they eat at restaurants 3) you go to the cinema with your friends, not some stupid girl 4) never buy anyone a drink, unless its your friend and he swears on his life that he'll pay you back

Talking about trade ships, Ive had mine there for 20 years but it took until NOW for themto start delivering ivory. I have no idea why. And Sweden now controls the whole coast from Georgia to edge of Texas. The French Ai was stupid enough to sell me New Orleans in echange for some useless indian terriroty :D

Transformers original tv series We didnt have cable when I was a kid, so I only ever saw the film and two episodes, but I did have every issue of the comic!

If there is an expansion it will be about the Napoleonic wars, but if that means they will include Africa and South America is doubtful.

The regular cavalry is useless, but heavy cavalry is really good. You dont have to flank the enemy or tippy-toe around them, just charge straight into the enemy lines and break their line. A good old cavalry shock, just like in the history books.

There are tons of horror games comming out each year so this topic is a bit off. Resident Evil 5 is comming out this week, for example. Thats very true. Its hard to feel vulnerable when you're playing the usual armed-to-the-teeth killing machine, yet if you take away the players ability to properly defend himself, you kill the gameplay. Also, the main ways horror games try to scare players are ineffective and alot of time downright annyoing: 1. Startling the player by having monsters suddenly jump him, or loud noises or other sudden events. Its lame, annoying and as Yahtzee said; startling is not the same as scary. 2. The usual dirty, deserted levels with blood and guts randomly smeared here and there. Also the obligatory crazy scary writing on walls. LAME and done to death. 3. Crazy random spooky hallucinations a la Fear. Maybe this is scary on paper, but its just completely inane in practicality. 4. Zbrush monsters = uninspired monster design. Its always the same meaty, distorted, overly toothed zombiesque thing over and over again. The last game that actually scared me was Alien vs. Predator but I cant really say why. I think it was mostly the motion sensor and remembering the films that spooked me.

I have Georgia and Florida now but the indians are the toughest opponents Ive met thus far. The most annoying thing is that they always attack and defend with multiple armies, where the other army always attacks you from the rear with lightning speed. Ive learnt not to face them with a straight battle line (use a wedge shaped front, that confuses them so they wont be able to take your flanks so easily) but even that falls flat when 1500 tribesmen come charging into your rear artillery positions

Its probably great if you're really good at micromanagement and a god at multitasking. Every unit has like 4-12 abilities to use at various occasions and stuff is happening all over the place. Multiplayer is hardcore RTS players only.

Regular girls are so difficult and needy to deal with, worse than any pet Ive had, so Im building my own from scratch: work in progress Yes, its from the original Lt. Stokes concept from Fear 2, but no, its not out of bitterness that you never got to sleep with her in the game

It never bothered me, but to both have a proper save/load system AND respawn points is a bit redundant, yes. To sum it up; Bioschock was an average game is a very, very pretty packaging.

I hope theyve made combat feel less clunky this time around. Just because your shotgun is steam-driven, it doesnt mean it has too feel like it is.

No, theyre balanced that way. Very weak on firepower, average in melee but insanely fast.

The Swedes havecrossed the ocean and taken Georgia. Hah! ...but the indians are a nightmare to fight, they can run as fast as cavalry, they can change formation in half a second, they regroup in an instant. You cant flank them with cavalry, because the whole bloody army will turn around, countercharge, smash your cavalry and then be back at the front line in the same time it takes line infantry to fire a single volley.

Yeah, its really was a filler episode. It feels like they're just saving themselves for the finale.

Im contemplating invading America with a swedish expeditionary force, but I suspect the game will auto-rape me when the American Revlution breaks out. Or is the united states just another faction with no special scripted benefits?

Its not strange that a large portion of humanity still use the good ol' arranged marriage schtick. That way you get this instead of the usual: -You didnt call me for four days! -Given that we're contractually bound to stay together for the next 50 years or so, I dont think a four day hiatus is such a big deal. -Oh. Yeah, you might have a point there. -Youd rather hang out with your friends than stay at home with me! -Most of the time, yes. -Ok well... so do I actually. -You love your computer games more than me! -Yes, that is correct. -Oh crud, cant you atleast pretend?! -Honey, Im going out with my friends to get drunk and associate with loose women. -Theyd better be prostitues or it counts as adultery, and my cousins would have to cut your balls off. -Right. Prostitutes it is.

All I do in sea battles is the old and tried tactic of sailing in a line past the enemy fleet, firing the guns and then turn in a wide circle and do it all over again as descrived here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_of_battle works every time unless heavily outnumbered. As Sweden, I captured Norway which caused Denmark, Poland-Lithuania and Russia to declare war on me. This however, proved to be utter silliness on their part as I had two full armies of my brave Caroleans. Army group West marched south over

I captured two Danish ships, but when the battle was over the ships were nowhere to be found, does anyone have an idea where they went?

I think the key to a healthy relationship is making sure the girl is in full mental health before proceeding. This is bets done by a full mental checkup in a respected and well-equipped psychiatric clinic. However, this can be expensive and can lead to some hillarioussly awkward situations when the men in white come to pick her up. Instead, a cheap home solution is to sneak into her bathroom or rummage through her trash in search of psychopharmacological medication. If anything suspicious is found, tell her that you will always be friends and never talk to her again. /Dr. Kaftan, bona-fide relationship consultant.

Since the game is so friggin' huge, I thought it would be a good idea to start a Wiki Guide http://www.twcenter.net/wiki/Empire:_Total_War so if youve got some aspect of the game all figured out, please contribute

I have the Steam version so I didnt get the manual either, but its word-of-mouth is that it doesnt actually describe the game in anything close to detail. CA apparently meant the tutorial/helper to be enough

I dont know if it works wen everyone is fighting but I captured a lot of trading ports, which allowed me to have like 8 trade routes each bringing in around 600 gold. You can also replace the ministers in goverment to get cheaper upkeep on your troops. And have you sent trade ships to india/south america/africa? Those make alot of cash.

Except "The black dossier", that was mostly incoherent nonsense.