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I really dont understand why they would do this so suddenly especially considering they just released a new title a few days ago. Oh well I expected this to happen sooner or later nothing good ever lasts  .
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| # ¿ Sep 19, 2010 16:22 |
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| # ¿ May 23, 2013 00:05 |
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Hopefully this is just some sick Eastern European humor  . My brothers gonna be pissed when he finds out about this.
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| # ¿ Sep 19, 2010 16:46 |
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teethgrinder posted:All you people saying you would never buy from them again will take it back in an instant if they come back with Origin, Bullfrog, and other classic EA catalogues. If they did this Id probably just suffer a heart attack. But like I said earlier I guess it was just weird Eastern European humor?
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| # ¿ Sep 19, 2010 18:18 |
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^^^ No DRM is probably what attracts half of their costumers. Mr.Hotkeys posted:I was thinking that, but also that they may start carrying newer games and would have to start a service with a new title. Well they have been kinda pushing the "good" and "old" name for awhile now. SpRahl fucked around with this message at Sep 19, 2010 around 18:54 |
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Industrial posted:If they can't figure it out soon I think I will initiate a chargeback. I did not pay to rent these games. Its not really their fault you didnt download the games you bought. Unless you bought one right as the site went down I guess.
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| # ¿ Sep 19, 2010 22:34 |
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Industrial posted:I don't care. If they aren't willing to give me 24 hours to download and back up my games, gently caress them. OK but they have said that you will be able to do this at a later date. Think of it this way would you be as pissed off as you are now if the site was temporarily taken down for maintenance or bogged down by traffic or something. I know its a very different situation but as long as you are given the opportunity to re download your stuff whats the problem its not like you need it right now.
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| # ¿ Sep 19, 2010 22:40 |
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Industrial posted:I guess what I am saying is that my faith in their willingness to give me access to my games at a later date is very shaken by the way they have handled this. What's to stop them from pulling the exact same stunt again? Nothing I guess but we really have no idea whats going on or why exactly they did what they did maybe their was legal trouble maybe they are a bunch of dicks who get kicks out of pissing off their costumers.
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| # ¿ Sep 19, 2010 22:59 |
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^^^ Even so its probably best to save our rage at least until we here what they have to say tomorrow. Methodis posted:No, they never stated a reason. They took it down, backlash was huge, so they were later tweeted and facebook-ed that you could download them in a week. Actually they said that from the start.
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| # ¿ Sep 19, 2010 23:53 |
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Mithaldu posted:Which will have developed rust a year after. (+/- a year depending on climate) What exactly do you do to your CDs?
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| # ¿ Sep 20, 2010 00:05 |
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quakster posted:why would you buy games you don't want While the word Good my be in their name not all the games they have are in fact good. Though personally I havent really had that problem crop up yet.
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| # ¿ Sep 23, 2010 15:45 |
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404notfound posted:Last I heard, though, the Ultima series is in some weird legal limbo where neither EA nor Garriott really have the rights to do anything with it. I could be wrong but I believe that Garriott owns the characters but EA has rights to the franchise and legally owns the previously released games so they probably could release the Ultimas if they wanted too.
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| # ¿ Sep 28, 2010 00:58 |
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Lilac posted:Yeah, this is totally terrible in comparison: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86Y447mzPV0 Well the same composer worked on Heroes 2,3,4 and 5 I dont know about 1. I liked 5s music but I mean 4s is really good.
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| # ¿ Oct 3, 2010 16:25 |
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So maybe it was said here but whats so bad about MoO3?
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| # ¿ Oct 9, 2010 00:02 |
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Lamacq posted:Thing is, I don't have much time for gaming so I'm more interested in games I can complete relatively quickly. Roughly how long does it take to complete a scenario or campaign or whatever in each game? Well in HOMM it really depends on the size of the map and possibly the difficulty you play them on. Small and medium maps can probably be beaten in a few hours though. Campaigns in HOMM are pretty long and would likely require you to play for several days just to beat one campaign but its not like some games where if you save and dont play the game for a month you just feel lost lost, you can pretty easily jump back into a game you haven't touched in awhile.
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| # ¿ Nov 2, 2010 16:10 |
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BadAstronaut posted:Hey guys, I'm just getting into Betrayal at Krondor. I'm about 2 hours in and just getting utterly owned in the combat now. Is there any sort of 'what should I know before I play' for BAK? Has anyone got the link to that wiki, or, better yet, able to post any info here that could help me out getting into this game? Really though combat currently is hard because your gear sucks rear end right now itll get better once youve gotten a bit of gold or you could just try power gaming and get into a easy combat and just hold down D will you read a book or something. moot the hopple posted:The trick is to highlight skills only if you are using them. For instance, lockpicking should only be highlighted when you are picking a lock, otherwise it should be turned off. Similarly, you want to only have melee, defense, and maybe crossbow and casting (if you know you'll happen to be using the last two) selected before combat so that those skills have a better chance at improving. It should also be pointed out that casting will only go up (and only affects) if you use spells that require accuracy like flamecast or fetters of rime. Also skill highlighting is very important whenever you run into trainers as the difference between having just one skill (the one they train you in) highlighted is huge like you will gain an extra 5-15 points.
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| # ¿ Nov 4, 2010 17:58 |
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mastershakeman posted:Which doom level is that map from ? It looks really familiar. Central Processing E1M6.
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| # ¿ Nov 10, 2010 02:52 |
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I personally though the Witcher was really good but it is definatly not for everyone, I think the parts it does well are executed really good. But some of its weak points can be a real turn off to players. Bats posted:I think it helped a lot that I really enjoyed the music too. If a game has music that sticks in my mind, chances are, I'm going to play it more often. Heck sometimes I'd just load up The Witcher and leave it at the title screen just to hear that tune pick up. You cant forget that random metal riff that comes outa nowhere during certain boss fights. Ravenger posted:I just hope the disc one is DRM free too - I'd prefer one with all the goodies. Just as an aside Im kinda sad more games dont do this anymore I really liked all the little trinkets and poo poo you got with games like Ultima.
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| # ¿ Nov 18, 2010 17:40 |
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Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:I never beat The Witcher, but I really enjoyed my time with it. I mostly stopped because I just have really bad gamer ADD. I stopped playing a few hours into some swampy area. Just for curiosity's sake, what percent of the way through, roughly, would you say I was? Well the swamp area everyone complains about is act 2 and there are 5 acts plus the epilogue. Acts 4,5 and the epilogue are fairly short compaired to the others so depending on how far you got you were probably about a third of the way through the game.
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| # ¿ Nov 19, 2010 05:41 |
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Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:Huh, but wasn't the detective stuff act 3? I'm pretty sure I did that. I'm probably just confusing the order of things in my mind, I'm finding out that I really don't remember much about the game other than its mechanics, and the ridiculous sex card stuff. The detective stuff takes place in act 2. Acts two and three share the same areas along with a few more that open up in act 3 so the swamp is in both of them, you probably just end up spending alot more time in it in act two. (You know I never really hated the swamp section, I mean I get why people dislike it but I dunno it never really bugged me I guess I just like how it looked too much). Danger Mahoney posted:- Second, the best steel sword is in a chest in the chapter 2 swamp. The best silver sword is given to you as a part of the normal story line in chapter 4. There is no need to ever try to get runes or meteorites. That's just more padding. 3rd best actually  still that said pretty much all of the meteorite swords are inferior to the one you find in act 2.Anyway I know it is somewhat relevant since it was announced Witcher 2 would be released on GoG but there is a Witcher thread where this kinda stuff would be more appropriate.
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| # ¿ Nov 19, 2010 06:16 |
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Farquar posted:I thought HoMM 2 was harder than HoMM 3, but it's been many many years, so I don't know how accurate I am. At least in 3, if you get stuck in one campaign you can try one of the many others. In HoMM 2 there were only two campaigns and I don't think you could change the difficulty part way through. I thought the opposite actually, I mean Im not the right sort of person to address this because generally I never had trouble doing the single player campaigns in either game but I always felt that the Armageddons blade campaigns were way more challenging than heroes 2 (save probably the last mission of HoMM2 just because the odds are really stacked against you) or the other two H3 games. Oh and changing difficulty only works in Shadow of Death.
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| # ¿ Nov 19, 2010 17:21 |
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Buff Butler posted:Despair Thy Eyes is the best loving spell in the game. Fetters of Rime is really good too and you can get it in a chest near the road from Silden to Romney. Despair thy eyes is the best spell only in so far as the beginning of the game is concerned but yeah in the beginning of the game its gonna be the go to spell. I'd probably say Fetters is the best spell other than the fact that it can miss. Fetters of Rime (no one is immune to this spell), Grief of 1000 nights (better version of Fetters but several things are immune), Unfortunate Flux, Skin of the Dragon and Evil Seek are probably the main useful spells and other than Evil Seek can all be acquired pretty early. Mq posted:Just started Betrayal at Krondor for the first time. Is there anything a new player should know? In addition to what has been already said, I would suggest training either Owyn or Gorath in lockpicking. This is a bit counter intuitive because in the first part of the game they are always in a party with someone who is already good at it but doing this will be useful down the road.
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| # ¿ Mar 1, 2011 16:21 |
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DEVILDOGOOORAH posted:Is there any reason to get HOMM IV if I already have 3 and am terrible at it Generally held that 3 is the best, alot of people hate 4 but I think it was ok, it did change a bunch of stuff though some of it good and some bad. 4 is different enough that you might do better at it even if you suck at 3 but honestly unless you dont mind spending money I'd just stick with 3. I will say that for what its worth HOMMIV had some pretty good single player campaigns.
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| # ¿ Mar 11, 2011 00:54 |
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iastudent posted:The original Wizardry games (1-3 I think, someone correct me if I'm wrong) were almost completely traditional fantasy. The sci-fi/fantasy melding started after that. I too could be totally wrong (only played 1, 7, 8 and a little of 6) but I dont think the scifi stuff started showing up until 6 and didnt really kick in until 7 and 8.
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| # ¿ Mar 18, 2011 05:00 |
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C-Euro posted:Warlords Battlecry 3 looks interesting, anyone here played it? I got it awhile ago after my brother suggested it, if you like RTS games then I'd say its a pretty decent game there are around 15 different playable races so the game has a bit of variety to it.
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| # ¿ Mar 26, 2011 00:53 |
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Devil Wears Wings posted:The King's Quest series (and Sierra) are already on there. Still no Quest for Glory though .teethgrinder posted:Aside, but gently caress I would kill for a new real Ultima game, or a U9 replacement. Or even the cancelled U8 expansion. It's gotta be the one franchise beyond all others that I miss. Have you tried out the two remakes of 5 and 6 they are pretty good and the 5 remake is defiantly way better than the original.
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| # ¿ Apr 13, 2011 14:19 |
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ToxicFrog posted:If it's EA, "go to the underworld" is definitely UUW and "dream of stars" is probably Starflight or Wing Commander, but what are the other two? But lets be honest here EA will never relent, the only reason I even considered the notion was due to them recently suppressing the distribution of the old Ultima games on websites. As it is I guess they were just being dicks.
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| # ¿ Apr 13, 2011 16:40 |
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I kinda figured the last clue was the Witcher. Haha GOG censor bars.
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| # ¿ Apr 14, 2011 16:46 |
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doctorfrog posted:New Atari games, one new publisher, Alone in the Dark tril, Witcher 1 getting the GOG model... and some mild bitching about people who might or might not say words the same way as you. Nothing is ever up to the hype, thats why its hype. Still we were told that GOG could potentially be getting 3 of the major sought after developers which is pretty big news, it does suck that they continue to dangle it in front of us without telling us what they are but I cant really blame them for having some fun.
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| # ¿ Apr 14, 2011 18:43 |
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UselessLurker posted:Exactly. For the record, I also wouldn't be surprised if EA releases an Ultima anthology whenever they finally bother shutting down Ultima Online. So maybe there's hope for that there I guess. They already released an Ultima anthology, then they stopped distributing it.
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| # ¿ Apr 14, 2011 18:47 |
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Wally P posted:I'm determining to powergame the everloving poo poo out of this game this playthrough. Any favorite tips/tricks? Go to the tavern in the town of Tanners. Talk to Spitzer the gambler and bet 25 or 50 gold, keep talking to him and gambling until you lose, then play the lute. Every time you lose to Spitzer the lute gets "unlocked" basically giving you limitless cash plus the lute in Tanners is bugged so that it always gives you the max or next to max payout. If thats too cheaty for you then in chapter 3 the shop in Romeny jacks up its prices in response to the guild war, this also results in the shop buying items from you at ridiculously high prices like 100 gold for an ordinary broadsword. In chapter 6 there is a well in Elvandar which permently increases your strength for every potion of fadamors formula you dump in it, however GoG uses version 1.02 of the game, in this version the game does not remove the potion from your inventory giving you a limitless supply of strength increases(just make sure you dont raise your strength above 200 because after you hit 255 strength any further increases will cause the numbers to wrap around back to 0).
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| # ¿ May 5, 2011 18:33 |
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Wally P posted:Iiiinteresting. Thanks for the tips. I was even planning on abusing the stackbug to keep the money flowing, as well as skill grinding with haggling/lockpicking. Gorath, Owyn, and Locklear are going to be demigods (which will be important when Locklear has to carry his deadbeat team of James and Patrus later). Hey now Jimmy the loving Hand is pretty awesome  . You've probably already thought of it but it's also a good idea to dump usefull items like scrolls in the chests around Northwarden in Chapter 3 so that the B team is decently equipped.Also if you are doing the Collector quest in Eggly Spitzer wont gamble until you complete that quest.
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| # ¿ May 5, 2011 19:42 |
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Wally P posted:Jimmy the Hand sucks. What does he do that's useful? He just gets in the way of Gorath/Owyn manelf-boy loving. (Locklear does that too, but Locklear at least gets on the powergame train so he can cut poo poo up and pull his weight.) Hey the way Fiest writes his books you'd think Jimmy was a freaking super hero  I'd call him a Mary Sue but frankly there is already another character which more than fits that description, hes even a playable character in the game.Anyway Jame's movement speed of 5 is pretty drat awesome and an effective counter for the poo poo-ton of mages you fight in chapters 5 and 7, because god knows Patrus is probably gonna get himself killed before he can do anything about them. I'd also say its probably just as easy to build up James, really the only advantage Locklear has is that you will probably visit most of the combat trainers with him in your party.
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| # ¿ May 5, 2011 20:42 |
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Wally P posted:Which one is that? Pug? Also, if I remember correctly, BaK the game wasn't written by Feist but he was on hand to OK the various lore/background/Feist-character stuff. Yeah its Pug and no Fiest didnt write BaK I was mainly referring to Fiests other works.
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The Machine posted:How do the Krondor games hold up? Betrayal is probably one of my favorite RPGs of all time and aside from looking like complete rear end I think is still a pretty awesome game and holds its own even today. The skill system may lead to OCD like behavior but I actually like BaKs skill up system more than the standard level up and distribute your stats seen in most games. Despite being newer I dont think RtK really holds up as well. BaK is the better game and if you only get one get BaK. I still enjoy playing it though and think its a pretty fun game. Gameplay wise it shares almost nothing in common with BaK so just because you enjoy one doesnt mean you'll enjoy the other.
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| # ¿ May 13, 2011 14:27 |
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macnbc posted:Why I think EA coming to GOG is always a possibility: People have said this for years and EA still hasnt played ball, I doubt the existence of GoG has changed their minds.
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| # ¿ May 14, 2011 19:36 |
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sethsez posted:Getting Wizardry would be amazing, but it'd also be a good example of how a couple games can really color people's perception of an entire series. 6 was very good, 7 and 8 were fantastic, but the first five games were more "important" than "good," especially 4 which is an absolutely god-awful piece of poo poo. Yeah I was way more interested in the scifi fantasy aspect of the last few games. Musluk posted:Agreed with Ultima series by the way, they'd be awesome as hell to replay. Maybe not Ultima IX, that sucked even with a Voodoo II card. There was a greater chance of the world actually ending on the 21st than there will be for EA to open up for GoG.
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| # ¿ May 27, 2011 01:18 |
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Dissapointed Owl posted:I don't know, that whole 'we're closing shop' thing turned about to be really successful. The fake closing thing was great just to see the posters here threatening to sue gog for "stealing their money".
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| # ¿ May 28, 2011 15:19 |
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Fag Boy Jim posted:They're gonna string LucasArts out to the final day, aren't they? So long as the publisher is EA I say let them be dicks, all would be forgiven. I think it'll be 2K though.
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| # ¿ May 31, 2011 19:18 |
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al-azad posted:In EA's support, they made a big deal last month about enforcing a hazy 10 year old copyright regarding Ultima 4. I'm positive they didn't do that to protect their interest in Ultima Online or that browser game. Thats been the only thing that make me think EA is even a remote possibility, still its hard to shake the feeling they were just being dicks.
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Lurchibles posted:If all this is for "The Sims" then I'm going to That would be genuinely funny actually.
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