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Reply to Gamestop, Impulse and Stardock in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

I guess Gamestop saw the writing on the wall and knows the console game publishers are trying to find a way to kill off the used game market, a major source of their revenue. How ironic that they jump aboard the Digital Distribution that caters to PC gamers when it was Gamestop that not only abandoned the PC games market but discouraged the promotion and marketing of PC retail games. It's a matter of time that the digital distribution becomes mainstream in the cons

Reply to New console Shooter "Vanquish" Holy Sh!t Awesome!!! in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Heretic" reply="31" id="2713074"]ZZZZZZ is all I can say, I own a 360, ps3 for exclusive games that are not on the pc, I tried some fps games on the original xbox and ps2 (Halo, quake and some others) and since that I have not bought a single console fps. Why? the controller, that's basically it. For a PC gamer that is used to mouse & keyboard the controller is a frustration to play with and I won't have anything to do with it considering I'll be tearing myself apart with the

Reply to Mafia® II Shipping with Steamworks in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="coreimpulse" reply="80" id="2696392"]You know what would be more disturbing? Valve striking a deal with Microsoft, by which Steam becomes a windows service required for windows to run, on all computers. Your windows logins become steam logins too. [/quote] That would suck and somehow I suspect this wcould happen eventually to keep the money flowing into big pockets.

Reply to Starcraft 2 is out in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="marlowwe" reply="42" id="2696267"] Ironically, I thought CoH and Sins did not move the genre forward at all - in fact, they took a few steps back IMO. Relatively few RTS games nowadays really break barriers or introduce novel play styles that move the genre forward. [/quote] Wow, I was really burnt out on the RTS genre with the generic game mechanics of base building, resource gathering, scouting, and zerging the

Reply to Games that I miss in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Ah wing commander series, still in my top 10 all time favorite gaming experiences. Where art thou Commander Blair?

Reply to Starcraft 2 is out in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="OMG_pacov" reply="39" id="2696260"]Installing now! Happy nerd times are here... [/quote] Please provide us with a review after you releashed yourself from the new game addiction.

Reply to PC Gamers out-performed Console Gamers in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

My last console system I owned was an Atari 2600 system. Up until the last five years I have viewed console systems as a game systems made for acrade style games ala Mario/Sonic/Streetfighter. Games that I felt I have outgrown and no longer enjoy playing. But the recent batch of console systems have adpoted more and more PC like functionality with hard disks and Internet connectivity and many titles that I enjoy playing (mainly western RPGs

Reply to PC Gamers out-performed Console Gamers in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Aractain" reply="2" id="2692959"] Ppl like using the controller to play games I dont, the primary reason I don't have a console. [/quote] Likewise, I don't like tha controller either and is the primary reason why I don't own a console system either. If they included a mouse/keyboard interface on the console I would make the transition immediately.

Reply to Mafia® II Shipping with Steamworks in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

I was so excited to hear Impluse landed Bethseda games like Fallout 3 only to be let down by the news that New Vegas will require steamworks to play. So now I can't purchase this title off of Impulse. Civ 5 is another game I was looking forward to download off of Impluse, but nope that will require steamworks as well. This is a very distrubing trend.

Reply to Starcraft 2 is out in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Blizzard can craft a great storyline, but being exposed to games like Company of Heroes and Sins of a Solar Empire I have no desire to regress back to managing peons/workers for resource gathering. I prefer COH model where you capture and protect strategic resources and focus on combat and strategy.

Reply to Some upcoming Awesomeness!!! in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Are these PC games? I thought Epic games were pulling out of the pc market.

Reply to Shogun II Total War Announced in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

I hope they don't include the Geisha unit with this version. The unit was way to powerful. I have to have an army of shinobi(s) following all my faction hiers and top generals to minimize the damage of any Geisha. Plus with a Geisha you didn't need to worry about training up your own ninjas just race to Geisha tech and then wipe out all the opposing faction heirs - game over. If they do include them I hope the tone them down to say a mi

Reply to Alpha Protocol in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

It's good to hear that people here are enjoying the game. That's promising news. I usually go by the overall tone of posters at several online games sites to determine if I'm going to purchase a game or not. I'm putting AP on wait and see for now. I'm actually playing through fallout 3 now and I am enjoying the game alot. While it may not be the turn based/isometeric type game like fallout 1 and 2 it definately captured the essence of the original games. Plus the

Reply to Consoles and RAM in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Nesrie" reply="27" id="2634234"] Quoting cannibalbob7, reply 25 I've said it before and I'll say it again; Microsoft needs to make a 'gaming os' for PCs. Windows wastes a lot of resources for those only interested in gaming. Gaming is the primary reason that I use Windows. I have never really looked at any other OS because the only reason I upgrade or build a new machine every couple of years is for gaming. If i didn't

Reply to Alpha Protocol in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

I was waiting for this game, but the game is getting hammered by reviewers and most gamers. It's a shame too cause a espionage game ala Mass effect definately sounded cool. Looks like Obsidian once again has created a game with great potential only to fail miserably short of the mark. Here's hoping they can patch the game to an enjoyable level. I still want to buy the game if they can salvage it.

Reply to What is a good 1v1 multiplayer game? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

My vote is Company of Heroes - It's my favorite RTS game ever. I never want to play another RTS game where I have to micro manage peons or resource gathering units ever again. Capturing and defending strategic resource points makes more sense to me then managing peon trains.

Reply to Shogun II Total War Announced in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

I used the love the total war series. I passed on empire and Napeleon for now after the no confidence vote from the majority of players at the TW fan forums.

Reply to Are You Truly An Old Gamer (The Quiz) in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

1) Infocom 2) Text based adventures 3) leather goddesses of Phobos ( complete with scratch and sniff card and a flash gordon era style comic book ) 4) Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy Unfortunately I cannot recall about the bonus gender questions however the game starts in a Bar in Upper Sandusky Ohio and the game made alot references to Yaks (which I never understood). Yeah, I am that old and still a gamer.

Reply to GalCiv 2: Ultimate Edition - Is it worth getting a boxed copy? in Stardock Games Stardock Forums

I am old school, I still like having a box,manual, and Disc, but all you really need is just the ditigal download from impluse. The game includes several tutioral missions to give you a taste of the UI and basic gameplay. It also has a PDF manual option off the main menu screen. Unless your like me and love to collect the box you really don't need it to enjoy the game.

Reply to Civ 5!! Bad timing. in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="KillzEmAllGod" reply="90" id="2579869"]i think Civ 5 will fail to elemental because elemental is something new in turns of being fantasy and having RPG elements(way better then FFH2), while Civ 5 is based on the older ones like citys being one tile so on. [/quote] The Civilization series has a really loyal following, there is no way this game fails unless the game is complete drivel. Firaxis looks to be revamping the whole look and feel of th

Reply to Should Impulse have games with truly excessive DRM on Impulse? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Savyg" reply="12" id="2574789"] I found it most ironic that Ubisoft decided to raise their prices for PC games while screwing PC gamers all in one go. It's like saying, honest buyers? Piss off. [/quote] It is as if Ubisoft it setting themselves up for failure so that they can said "Well we tried to the PC market but the teaming masses of souless pirates stole any incentive for us to make anymore PC games. W

Reply to Should Impulse have games with truly excessive DRM on Impulse? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Sola_III" reply="9" id="2573665"]I don't see a problem with Stardock selling draconian DRM games if they are (and have been) up front about it. The market/free enterprise system will make it clear to the publishers - ie: EA as of late. Some companies are slow on the DRM bandwagon and even slower to wake up. We hold the power folks - I don't buy games that require a constant internet connection and logging in, or has a limited # of installs without

Reply to GalCiv2 vs MOO2 in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

I do miss not having to the ability to command the ships in my fleet with Gal Civ2, but I would imagine the game would become too tedious and too long for the average attention span. The diplomacy is way better in Gal Civ 2 than Moo2. Especially the higher the difficulty levels in Moo2 meant more of your opponets had the replusive trait killing any chance of diplomacy. The AI is way better in Gal Civ 2 than Moo2. Having unique hero

Reply to Why Ironclad is so successful so quickly in Sins Developer Journals Stardock Forums

[quote who="GoaFan77" reply="37" id="2574357"] You should try mods to enhance the single player experience. The AI might not be improved in most of them, but just having new options avaliable does a lot to increase the replay value in my opinion. [/quote] Ah good point. Any particular mod that stands above the rest?

Reply to I'm new, and i have a few questions. in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Hi, Glad you are discover this gem of a game. I can't answer your question concerning the mods since unlike other games I have played I haven't felt the need to expand on the core elements of the basic game. Concerning logistics you can add more logistics points to your race's abilities. Most races recieve up to 8-10 additional bonus ability points on top of their core racial stats. However I focus more on larger ships with more defenses and w