sorophx Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 loved the "Irvine Utopia" bit Walsingham said: I was struggling to understand ths until I noticed you are from Finland. And having been educated solely by mkreku in this respect I am convinced that Finland essentially IS the wh40k universe.
Drowsy Emperor Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 Alpha Centauri leaves all Civ games in the dust. Everything that came after it is inadequate, just a paint job on a rusty, rickety truck. Morgan industries demands innovation! 1 И погибе Српски кнез Лазаре,И његова сва изгибе војска, Седамдесет и седам иљада;Све је свето и честито билоИ миломе Богу приступачно.
Tigranes Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 I tried Alpha Centauri recently, and it left me cold. Just seemed to play exactly like Civ, except a lot less intuitive due to the sci-fi-ness, some cool flavour text, a few cool minor features. Will have another go at some point though, great games have proven my first impressions wrong before. Let's Play: Icewind Dale Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Icewind Dale II Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Divinity II (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG1 (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG2 (In Progress)
Rosbjerg Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 It's easily my favorite in the series and I still play it to this day.. The story/novel with Planet that pop up once in a while gets tedious after the 6th play through though. Fortune favors the bald.
Malcador Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 Still have never seen the one popup where your aide gets torched by the enemy as she was a mind worm handler. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Walsingham Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 I tried Alpha Centauri recently, and it left me cold. Just seemed to play exactly like Civ, except a lot less intuitive due to the sci-fi-ness, some cool flavour text, a few cool minor features. Will have another go at some point though, great games have proven my first impressions wrong before. I only play it for the flavour text. Unless you play tiny globes the bloody Hive just spam cities. Wars drag on forever. The mindworm thing is easy. Just lose your first mindworm in combat. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
funcroc Posted February 18, 2012 Posted February 18, 2012 Brian Fargo's tweet One of the original designers of Wasteland is @MikeStackpole and he has signed on as a designer for the new Wasteland!
entrerix Posted February 18, 2012 Posted February 18, 2012 this just keeps getting better!! Killing is kind of like playin' a basketball game. I am there. and the other player is there. and it's just the two of us. and I put the other player's body in my van. and I am the winner. - Nice Pete.
Drowsy Emperor Posted February 18, 2012 Posted February 18, 2012 I tried Alpha Centauri recently, and it left me cold. Just seemed to play exactly like Civ, except a lot less intuitive due to the sci-fi-ness, some cool flavour text, a few cool minor features. Will have another go at some point though, great games have proven my first impressions wrong before. The entire conception of the game goes far beyond "some cool flavor text". Basically every idea that sci fi put forth is there in some way or another and it works as a cohesive whole. The factions are more or less accurate portrayals of major 20th century ideologies and have wildly different strategies. The ability to cutomize your own units is beyond cool - no more of that my zulu against your tank crap. The secret projects are great and the actual story has a nice satisfying conclusion. The best of all is social engineering, where you get to really flesh out your society. И погибе Српски кнез Лазаре,И његова сва изгибе војска, Седамдесет и седам иљада;Све је свето и честито билоИ миломе Богу приступачно.
BobSmith101 Posted February 18, 2012 Posted February 18, 2012 Remember what happend when BF redid Bards Tale ? If Wasteland turns out the same it will be something similiar to FO:Brotherhood of Steel. And while Demons Forge:Hunted was worth
PoetAndMadman Posted February 18, 2012 Posted February 18, 2012 I hope they will add Paypal option of payments to Kickstarter before Fargo's and Obsidian projects will start. I also do hope that Obsidian will be faster with it's Kickstarter project, because I honestly think the first one will get more money from people.
Malcador Posted February 18, 2012 Posted February 18, 2012 I only play it for the flavour text. Unless you play tiny globes the bloody Hive just spam cities. Wars drag on forever. The mindworm thing is easy. Just lose your first mindworm in combat. Hm, don't think that's it. The script for it is #caption Interlude: Despair ^ If you live for a thousand years you will never forget the day they brought you $VOKI8's body, shrouded in planetcloth, burnt almost beyond recognition. ^ "How did this happen?" Gruffly, not allowing the distress to creep into your voice. ^ "Cooked by a flame gun. $ENEMYNAME6's men. Tried to surrender but they flamed her anyway. Don't like those worms, the $ENEMYFACT7." ^ "I see." Your most loyal servant, butchered by $ENEMYFACT7. And only now do you realize that, subconsciously, you'd been grooming $VOKI8 as your heir apparent, the student who would one day replace you as master. ^ For all the gene splicing and longevity treatments, all the manmade miracles of M.Y. $NUM0, death remains as final, as capricious, and as desolate as it has ever been. No matter what happens now, no matter what journey of wonder humankind now embarks upon, $VOKI8 will never see it, never know the end of it. And no matter how many centuries you continue to cheat eternity, you will never again have the company of your student and friend. And you cannot cheat eternity forever. ^ Despair grips you, and you shudder. But life is seductive in its rhythms and rituals. Our bodies do not like to be reminded of their own impending deaths, and will not allow us to dwell on the subject. Soon enough the heat and the cold, the hard and the soft, the taste of the wine, the press of a lover's arms, all will come flooding back to soothe us, to fill us again with a sense of purpose. And in the meantime there are a number of, ah, items to be attended to: ^ "Bring me Major Joaquim! I want $BASENAME5 disassembled piece by piece. And have this body removed to the tanks--it is nothing to me now." I guess I have to lose it assaulting a base, though. Well might as well try that today. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
mkreku Posted February 18, 2012 Posted February 18, 2012 Remember what happend when BF redid Bards Tale ? Yes. And I happened to like that game. It was funny, although one might have been misled to think that it had anything to do with the games of yesteryear because of the name. It didn't. But the point is moot anyhow, because Bard's Tale was made according to what was possible to get funding for from publishers. With this Kickstarter project, he can make the game he wants.. or the fans want. This is the whole point. 2 Swedes, go to: Spel2, for the latest game reviews in swedish!
Bos_hybrid Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 (edited) http://au.pc.ign.com.../1218981p1.html The next games will be releasing simultaneously on both platforms, and at least one is being created by a new team.One of the games sounds like it will be Witcher 3, though the developer is playing a bit coy at this point. The other will be an all new IP. Nothing is really known about the new IP, but Badowski did say, "We are staying in the RPG." Will be interested to see what CD Projekt can do with their own IP. Edited February 20, 2012 by Bos_hybrid
Undecaf Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 (edited) A bit early announcement, imo. Even the earlier title still being 2-3 years away. Edited February 20, 2012 by Undecaf Perkele, tiädäksää tuanoini!"It's easier to tolerate idiots if you do not consider them as stupid people, but exceptionally gifted monkeys."
Gorth Posted February 20, 2012 Author Posted February 20, 2012 I think I can muster mild curiosity at best. The Witcher 2 was my biggest disappointment since Tombraider: Anniversary, joining the tiny category of games labelled "wasted investment". “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
sorophx Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 I bet the new IP is a sci-fi/cyberpunk action-RPG with stealth mechanics Walsingham said: I was struggling to understand ths until I noticed you are from Finland. And having been educated solely by mkreku in this respect I am convinced that Finland essentially IS the wh40k universe.
Guest Slinky Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 I think I can muster mild curiosity at best. The Witcher 2 was my biggest disappointment since Tombraider: Anniversary, joining the tiny category of games labelled "wasted investment". You never tried Tomb Raider Legend? Because Anniversary is about ten times better than that. I was really disappointed in Legend, but I found Anniversary quite good. Not good as the original TR but good anyway.
HoonDing Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 Anniversary is the best Tomb Raider from Crystal Dynamics by far. The ending of the words is ALMSIVI.
BobSmith101 Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 I do miss Laras butt. I ended up getting more into the Drake series though.
Undecaf Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 (edited) http://au.pc.ign.com.../1218981p1.html The next games will be releasing simultaneously on both platforms, and at least one is being created by a new team.One of the games sounds like it will be Witcher 3, though the developer is playing a bit coy at this point. The other will be an all new IP. Nothing is really known about the new IP, but Badowski did say, "We are staying in the RPG." Will be interested to see what CD Projekt can do with their own IP. They also have 2 "A" games and one "AA" game coming. http://www.eurogamer...onsole-releases CD Projekt Red revealed three other games at the November conference: two "A" games for 2012, and one "AA" game for 2013. Lots of things going on for CDPR. Edited February 20, 2012 by Undecaf Perkele, tiädäksää tuanoini!"It's easier to tolerate idiots if you do not consider them as stupid people, but exceptionally gifted monkeys."
Gorth Posted February 20, 2012 Author Posted February 20, 2012 I think I can muster mild curiosity at best. The Witcher 2 was my biggest disappointment since Tombraider: Anniversary, joining the tiny category of games labelled "wasted investment". You never tried Tomb Raider Legend? Because Anniversary is about ten times better than that. I was really disappointed in Legend, but I found Anniversary quite good. Not good as the original TR but good anyway. I've completed both Legend and Underworld twice. Never could stomach Anniversary (made it a bit more than halfway through). Probably because I can't help comparing it to the original, which blows anything CD has ever made out of the water. “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
Majek Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 (edited) I've completed both Legend and Underworld twice. Never could stomach Anniversary (made it a bit more than halfway through). Probably because I can't help comparing it to the original, which blows anything CD has ever made out of the water. edit: Which CD are you talking about? :D Edited February 20, 2012 by Majek 1.13 killed off Ja2.
Gorth Posted February 20, 2012 Author Posted February 20, 2012 I've completed both Legend and Underworld twice. Never could stomach Anniversary (made it a bit more than halfway through). Probably because I can't help comparing it to the original, which blows anything CD has ever made out of the water. edit: Which CD are you talking about? :D Crystal Dynamics “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
Majek Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 And are you comparing just TR games or all the games CD made ? Because if you're dissing LoK games ... 1.13 killed off Ja2.
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