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Posted 28 April 2011 - 09:31 AM
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
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Posted 28 April 2011 - 09:53 AM
heh, they go by publisher....
I picked up Spellfoce Platinum ( a guilty pleasure) for less than 4 bucks.
I picked up Spellfoce Platinum ( a guilty pleasure) for less than 4 bucks.
The problem with the gene pool is that there's no lifeguard
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Jump Around, on 23 October 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:
And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.
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Posted 29 April 2011 - 02:28 PM
Finished Risen, thoroughly enjoyed it. booted up Arcania Gothic 4, seems a bit depth less and lackluster in game play mechanics.But its verrrrrrrrry pretty to look at. (except for some of the characters)
But the further I get into the game, the more hope I have for it. its fairly entertaining thus far.
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But the further I get into the game, the more hope I have for it. its fairly entertaining thus far.
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Posted 29 April 2011 - 02:40 PM
Urgh, Arcania 
I'm vaguely annoyed they don't have Arx Fatalis in the JoWood catalogue. It's a great game, if a flawed gem, and as close to Ultima Underworld 3 as we'll ever see. It's definitely worth the normal price, though, so I'd recommend picking it up while you're there. I did.
I'm vaguely annoyed they don't have Arx Fatalis in the JoWood catalogue. It's a great game, if a flawed gem, and as close to Ultima Underworld 3 as we'll ever see. It's definitely worth the normal price, though, so I'd recommend picking it up while you're there. I did.
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Posted 29 April 2011 - 03:18 PM
Arcania is about as complex as a playboy bunny, and about as pretty, too - as long as your expectations are low (ie, you don't expect it to be a Gothic game) it's fairly enjoyable.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
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Posted 29 April 2011 - 03:38 PM
I only managed a couple of hours of it even with no expectations, having read this review, and ended up agreeing with it entirely. I don't think I'd be exaggerating to call it just about the worst RPG I've ever played, especially playing it within a year or two of playing Risen and Gothic 2 for the first time.
That said, given that Risen even transparently follows the story of the Gothic series (Risen begins with gods having left the world... remind me what Gothic 3's true ending ended with?), I have no problem ignoring Arcania and treating Risen as the real Gothic 4, so for once I can't bring myself to be particularly angry about the ruin of a series I love. Can't wait for Risen 2.
Also, this week's purchase: Il-2 Sturmovik 5-in-one pack for £4 off GOG. I need to stop buying these cheap deals and actually find time to play them.
That said, given that Risen even transparently follows the story of the Gothic series (Risen begins with gods having left the world... remind me what Gothic 3's true ending ended with?), I have no problem ignoring Arcania and treating Risen as the real Gothic 4, so for once I can't bring myself to be particularly angry about the ruin of a series I love. Can't wait for Risen 2.
Also, this week's purchase: Il-2 Sturmovik 5-in-one pack for £4 off GOG. I need to stop buying these cheap deals and actually find time to play them.
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Posted 29 April 2011 - 04:10 PM
POOPOO MCBUMFACE, on 29 April 2011 - 03:38 PM, said:
I don't think I'd be exaggerating to call it just about the worst RPG I've ever played,
I guess you didn't try Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader...
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
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Posted 29 April 2011 - 04:25 PM
Barcelona was pretty good that alone elevates it.
that alone elevates it.
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Posted 29 April 2011 - 11:24 PM
POOPOO MCBUMFACE, on 29 April 2011 - 03:38 PM, said:
I only managed a couple of hours of it even with no expectations, having read this review, and ended up agreeing with it entirely. I don't think I'd be exaggerating to call it just about the worst RPG I've ever played, especially playing it within a year or two of playing Risen and Gothic 2 for the first time.
That said, given that Risen even transparently follows the story of the Gothic series (Risen begins with gods having left the world... remind me what Gothic 3's true ending ended with?), I have no problem ignoring Arcania and treating Risen as the real Gothic 4, so for once I can't bring myself to be particularly angry about the ruin of a series I love. Can't wait for Risen 2.
Also, this week's purchase: Il-2 Sturmovik 5-in-one pack for £4 off GOG. I need to stop buying these cheap deals and actually find time to play them.
That said, given that Risen even transparently follows the story of the Gothic series (Risen begins with gods having left the world... remind me what Gothic 3's true ending ended with?), I have no problem ignoring Arcania and treating Risen as the real Gothic 4, so for once I can't bring myself to be particularly angry about the ruin of a series I love. Can't wait for Risen 2.
Also, this week's purchase: Il-2 Sturmovik 5-in-one pack for £4 off GOG. I need to stop buying these cheap deals and actually find time to play them.
THIS.
This post has been edited by Mentalist: 29 April 2011 - 11:25 PM
The problem with the gene pool is that there's no lifeguard
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Jump Around, on 23 October 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:
And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.
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Posted 30 April 2011 - 03:07 AM
Mentalist, on 29 April 2011 - 11:24 PM, said:
POOPOO MCBUMFACE, on 29 April 2011 - 03:38 PM, said:
I only managed a couple of hours of it even with no expectations, having read this review, and ended up agreeing with it entirely. I don't think I'd be exaggerating to call it just about the worst RPG I've ever played, especially playing it within a year or two of playing Risen and Gothic 2 for the first time.
That said, given that Risen even transparently follows the story of the Gothic series (Risen begins with gods having left the world... remind me what Gothic 3's true ending ended with?), I have no problem ignoring Arcania and treating Risen as the real Gothic 4, so for once I can't bring myself to be particularly angry about the ruin of a series I love. Can't wait for Risen 2.
Also, this week's purchase: Il-2 Sturmovik 5-in-one pack for £4 off GOG. I need to stop buying these cheap deals and actually find time to play them.
That said, given that Risen even transparently follows the story of the Gothic series (Risen begins with gods having left the world... remind me what Gothic 3's true ending ended with?), I have no problem ignoring Arcania and treating Risen as the real Gothic 4, so for once I can't bring myself to be particularly angry about the ruin of a series I love. Can't wait for Risen 2.
Also, this week's purchase: Il-2 Sturmovik 5-in-one pack for £4 off GOG. I need to stop buying these cheap deals and actually find time to play them.
THIS.
THAT.
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Posted 07 May 2011 - 09:29 PM
I can't decide if Bayonetta is brilliant, or fucking retarded, or both.
For me, it's like the Mighty Boosh of videogames.
For me, it's like the Mighty Boosh of videogames.
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Peopleare harrasing me... grrrrrh.
Also people with big noses aren't jews, they're just french
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bla bla bla
Peopleare harrasing me... grrrrrh.
Also people with big noses aren't jews, they're just french
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Posted 08 May 2011 - 02:54 AM
That's my point.
<!--quoteo(post=462161:date=Nov 1 2008, 06:13 PM:name=Aptorian)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Aptorian @ Nov 1 2008, 06:13 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=462161"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->God damn. Mighty drunk. Must ... what is the english movement movement movement for drunk... with out you seemimg drunk?
bla bla bla
Peopleare harrasing me... grrrrrh.
Also people with big noses aren't jews, they're just french
EDIT: We has editted so mucj that5 we're not quite sure... also, leave britney alone.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
bla bla bla
Peopleare harrasing me... grrrrrh.
Also people with big noses aren't jews, they're just french
EDIT: We has editted so mucj that5 we're not quite sure... also, leave britney alone.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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Posted 08 May 2011 - 11:33 AM
Just finished Arcania, by the end I was wishing there was a fast forward button. It was aesthetically pleasing sometimes. but the game play and story where seriously lackluster. Not to mention it was incredibly easy. usually I'll run through most games on normal the first time. and if i play again I'll boost it up to hard. I had to boost up to hard straight away and it still felt like it was on easy mode. I remember in the old Gothic games, if you ventured 1 step too far into the forest. BAM your dead.In Arcania I could take down trolls and shadow beasts without even getting scathed. Ohwell, we can't always get what we want 
Picked up Mass Effect 1 and 2 off steam -75% sale. Been looking for an excuse to get into this series, finally found it. and finished Portal2 a couple days ago, now just running through again looking for secrets and achievements, man I love Portal games. so brilliant.
Might take it easy for a week and then.. BAM! the witcher 2 will be in my loving caress.
hurray!
Picked up Mass Effect 1 and 2 off steam -75% sale. Been looking for an excuse to get into this series, finally found it. and finished Portal2 a couple days ago, now just running through again looking for secrets and achievements, man I love Portal games. so brilliant.
Might take it easy for a week and then.. BAM! the witcher 2 will be in my loving caress.
hurray!
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Posted 08 May 2011 - 06:06 PM
Received Dead Space as gift. Also bought 'Universe Sandbox', looking forward to amusing myself with playing God on a cosmic level.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
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Posted 08 May 2011 - 07:04 PM
Battle Plaptypus, on 08 May 2011 - 06:27 PM, said:
Let us know what Universe Sandbox is like. It sounds interesting.
This...
Screw you all, and have a nice day!
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Posted 08 May 2011 - 08:10 PM
Primateus, on 08 May 2011 - 07:04 PM, said:
Battle Plaptypus, on 08 May 2011 - 06:27 PM, said:
Let us know what Universe Sandbox is like. It sounds interesting.
This...
Thirded.
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Posted 08 May 2011 - 08:42 PM
Well, so far (I've only played around with it for half an hour or so) it's pretty fun, though it's not perfect. I tried but couldn't simulate a black hole (maybe it's my failing here), and there's no option to make a star go nova, as well as the engine doesn't seem to take dark matter into account (you'll see galaxies losing stars rapidly often). In any case, there are tonnes of options and you can change any object's mass, radius, density, even the gravitational constant; you can set time intervals from real time to infinity (like watching the local galaxy cluster in anything slower than, say, 1sec = 1.0 M years is like watching a tree grow). I think it's pretty decent in any case. Trying to put together a stable solar system with planets and moons isn't as easy as it sounds!
Also, when I chose to run the galactic collission premade simulation, either something bugged out or my machine couldn't handle so many objects at once (it treats each star in a galaxy separately).
I think I'll give it some more time now, as I've had enough Dead Space for one evening. God that game is creepy, especially with how drastically awkward/slow the controls are and how confusing the over-the-shoulder camera is (yes, I'm aware that these were put in place for that specific reason).
Also, when I chose to run the galactic collission premade simulation, either something bugged out or my machine couldn't handle so many objects at once (it treats each star in a galaxy separately).
I think I'll give it some more time now, as I've had enough Dead Space for one evening. God that game is creepy, especially with how drastically awkward/slow the controls are and how confusing the over-the-shoulder camera is (yes, I'm aware that these were put in place for that specific reason).
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
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Posted 09 May 2011 - 04:54 AM
You should be able to create a black hole. I heard in a Giant Bomb podcast that increasing the weight of a planet to the weight of the sun will make it collapse. Of course that doesn't tell how you make the sun do a black hole. Maybe your sun just wasn't big or old enough? It's composition was wrong?
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Posted 09 May 2011 - 06:11 AM
There is an option for density labeled 'Black Hole', though it only affects the size of the star and doesn't make it create an event horizon. I also tried doing it by manually setting the values that would be proper for a Black Hole, but no apparent status change was present. Or I just couldn't recognize any. Also, you can't really set the 'age' of a star from what I've seen. You can however try to simulate that with size, density and surface temperature, I guess.
In any case, I'd love it if you could make stars go nova in the simulations. I'd love to attempt creating a stable orbit for a planet in a dual system, especially in a blue giant / black hole type of system. I don't even know if that's possible, heh.
I did have some fun with dual stars though, launching multiple Suns into a double Eta Carinae system. I tried adding a third Eta Carinae to it but I guess it's not a coincidence that triple systems aren't observed much/at all - in the end, one of the stars got catapulted into space.
Speed record holder: an Earth sent through a gravitational catapult sped up to 0.11 light speed. Pretty rapid, I think.
In any case, I'd love it if you could make stars go nova in the simulations. I'd love to attempt creating a stable orbit for a planet in a dual system, especially in a blue giant / black hole type of system. I don't even know if that's possible, heh.
I did have some fun with dual stars though, launching multiple Suns into a double Eta Carinae system. I tried adding a third Eta Carinae to it but I guess it's not a coincidence that triple systems aren't observed much/at all - in the end, one of the stars got catapulted into space.
Speed record holder: an Earth sent through a gravitational catapult sped up to 0.11 light speed. Pretty rapid, I think.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
