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Probably a mix of reducing the word count, maybe split of the text in smaller chunks (less "wall of texts") and maybe more show instead of tell? The latter may be more demanding on assets and budgets though, when needing to illustrate points.

By 'grow up' you mean regulated. ...could also meaning the internet community as a whole growing up enough as to not needing regulation. You tell me which is the most likely outcome.

Haven't played it, but since Activision killed the studio right after release, it's probably actually good. Makes sense... in a bizarre way

Erhh, the internet was created by the military to ensure world domination in case of a nuclear war (or at least ensure your military was resilient enough to retaliate before the end), not to facilitate free speech. Edit to add: ...and I believe you can't hand out "freedom" like it was some kind of candy and expect people to appreciate, much less respect the responsibility that comes with something not earned.

I doubt you could even if you wanted to, mate, you simply don't know how to My objection is really to the notion that what happens on the net should somehow be exempt from the same laws and code of conduct that would apply if you were having a meeting/conversation in cafe, on a street corner or the local town square, trying to rally people for some cause. Some people seem to revel in the idea of "unrestricted" freedom (read; lack of accountability).

You sort of have that already. Despite assurances of the opposite, there are things you can't say in public. There are things you can't print on paper and there are things you can't say on TV. Why should the internet be any different?

Those two things seems to bring out the worst in people. Funny how many people insist that "Freedom" is the freedom to take whatever they want, do whatever they want and insult whoever they want without being held accountable. "Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility." Sigmund Freud Some day, the internet will grow up. Might take a few decades yet.

Saw two games that might interest me some day. Anybody tried Prototype 2? Is it any good? Looking for a shooter that isn't too hard and a story that would make me bother actually finishing it (the two "Watchmen: The end is Nigh" games got it right for my taste). Might wait until it gets down a bit in price. The other one was Legends of Pegasus. Starving for a decent 4x game. Looks interesting, but unfortunately the blurb just states "mixes real-time and turn-based strategy". If it's just another RTS, I think I'll pass.

"* It's no longer possible to use mines to cheat in battle circle; all Mandalorians you have to fight got a feat so mines don't affect them." Damn I guess I do have to try to get this thing running on my current PC now. Too much hassle setting up my old P4 machine.

Every time this subject comes up (discussions about sexual orientation in the US), I keep thinking of this particular Scandinavia and The World comic. Maybe I'm just an ignorant because I couldn't care less about peoples sexuality, as long as they are not "in your face" about it. Goes for all orientations.

Canadian, definitely Canadian!

I still lament the death of the Icewind Gate Project. Would have loved seeing BG2 (or BG for that matter) run on the IWD2 engine

Going to Hong Kong next week. If anybody knows of something that you can not go to heaven without having done in Hong Kong, I'm all ears.

No? He outright said that they broke a lot of the D&D rules stuff to make the mechanics and narrative they had in mind work. Disclaimer: Entirely possible that my memory is fuzzy and I remember it wrong. I do seem to remember an old interview where MCA discussed them breaking a lot of conventions (i.e. traditions, not rules) by deliberately designing a game where the protagonist would never have a sword, no armour, dieing wasn't the end of the game etc.

I wouldn't want the game to fail because it doesn't meet my expectations. On the other hand, I wouldn't want it to succeed on false expectations from those who grew up with the originals either. I did a bit of the legwork and read the linked to posts and the media. I don't understand the point of re-releasing a game if all you do is taking away from it? Adding explosions, confusing "jump all over the place Michael Bay camera" doesn't make up for the lack of good tactical displays, "interactive" environment that you can use or destroy if necessary, basically most features besides TB that made x-com games what they were. It's possible those things are going to be there, but then they've made the mistake (IMHO) of not emphasizing those features. As I said, not a desire to see it fail. Just my own fail to see the point.

So, nothing has changed? Weird title for this thread.

If anything, Apocalypse had way superior base management and an actual, functional economy (not really, but it gave the illusion of it). You had to build new bases in different parts of town to better your response time to threats or the various factions would start lose faith in you. They could go from liking you to hating you to declaring outright war on you (when they weren't busy warring amongst themselves), it was almost sims like the way they would go about their lives. If they hate you, you can no longer buy their equipment and they will generally attack you on sight. Forget about that engine upgrade for your jet fighters...

Are we talking about the Firaxis that introduced QTE's and dancing mini-games to Pirates! ? I need an umbrella...

If it's indeed available to the unwashed masses, then I'm willing to give it a try

They talk the talk. Unfortunately trying the 'alpha' demo is only an option if you pre-order the game. Sort of a catch 22 Recent violence against X-Com and Jagged Alliance has left me with very little expectations. If the Carmageddon Reincarnation project fizzles, then it is indeed time to build a mausoleum for great games

If it wasn't because I had gotten SR3 dirt cheap ($8 or so?) on a previous heavy discount sale, I would have felt robbed. Haven't managed to get it to run properly yet because the stupid piece of software zealously insists that my Saitek 52 Pro flight stick and throttle is an xbox game pad and will not let me use mouse and keyboard only as controls. Stupid, stupid stupid!... >_ No, I'm not going to unplug and replug my hardware just for playing one game.

Not this fan. Sorry, it's all doom and gloom. You can of course join us in our despair or give in to resignation. A real x-com game is something that will never come again.

Tsk tsk tsk... Good thing this is not a democracy. The polls for who gets voted off the forum could turn out getting nasty and personal The statistical chance of this thread gravitating towards useful discussion is rapidly approaching no chance.

More Steam this way

Start of old thread End of old thread Hmm, have only bought a few DLC's during this sale. Maybe I've just got the games I want or they don't release that many "interesting" games lately. Most of my purchases the last few months seems to have been either Gamersgate or Gamersgate games redeemed on Steam.