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Swamp Zero posted:is that even possible? Planescape torment combat was basically have morte call people assholes then close a door It's bad. Really bad. Like your options are either a melee character, which will get beaten to death in two hits by the bigass Golem thing which also breaks all your armor and your weapons break trying to hit him, or a wizard that can instantly spam spells sufficient to kill any enemy in a second. Or you can play a gun user and do even worse than melee. That's if you play real-time, but turn based isn't much better.
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There's no combat balance. Magic/melee/tech characters function as Easy/Normal/Hard modes. There's just the best writing and world design in any game I've ever played. Maybe Planescape is better, it's been awhile for both. Arcanum's is less flashy, but also has a little less of a tendency to disappear up its own whatever.
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Jan 27, 2010 17:00
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I don't remember having many issues with combat, with the exception of the golems where I had to run back to get poo poo repaired all the time.
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Jan 27, 2010 17:09
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There are extensive mods out there that address combat balance. But if this is the BIG THING, perhaps they've been working on incorporating some of that crap nicely. I guess we'll see at like 4am or some poo poo.
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Jan 27, 2010 17:16
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As a fan of Fallout, I played it in turn-based mode and loved it. The people complaining about combat being too hard must have played with the tacked on real-time mode or something. I don't remember having any trouble with a gun user. I'm excited to try again though.
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Jan 27, 2010 17:22
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Not sure if everyone here checks the Steam thread from time to time... but right now Psychonauts is on for $2. http://store.steampowered.com/app/3830/
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Jan 27, 2010 18:20
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kissekatt posted:So what is so good about Arcanium? It has the best soundtrack of any game and if you don't believe me just download it here http://www.terra-arcanum.com/sierra/media/media-soundtrack.html (it's legal)
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Jan 27, 2010 18:22
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FearOfABlackKnob posted:It has the best soundtrack of any game and if you don't believe me just download it here
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Jan 27, 2010 18:34
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No it's down.
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Jan 27, 2010 18:39
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Try this one http://www.terra-arcanum.com/downloads/arcanum/HQ_Music_MP3.exe Or this one http://www.terra-arcanum.com/downloads/arcanum/Arcanum_OST_Lossless.exe from here. Still legal by the way. The composer (Who I once emailed to tell him how much I admired his work, he responded  ) gives permission on his page.Here are his notes and comments on how it was made if you really enjoy it as much as I do. http://terra-arcanum.com/index.php?section=council&content=articles&id=benhougesnotes
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Jan 27, 2010 18:42
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FearOfABlackKnob posted:Try this one
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Farquar posted:As a fan of Fallout, I played it in turn-based mode and loved it. The people complaining about combat being too hard must have played with the tacked on real-time mode or something. I don't remember having any trouble with a gun user. I'm excited to try again though. Fallout Tactics is the only Fallout game (besides 3) with real-time combat. Fallout 1 and 2 were entirely turn-based.
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Weedle posted:Fallout Tactics is the only Fallout game (besides 3) with real-time combat. Fallout 1 and 2 were entirely turn-based. I think what he means is that he's a fan of Fallout and he played Arcanum in turn-based mode.
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Jan 27, 2010 21:24
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Sorry yeah, by "it" I meant Arcanum.
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Jan 27, 2010 21:59
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The timer has said 0:00:00 for me since like 5AM, when is the announcement?
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Pipboy 3000 posted:The timer has said 0:00:00 for me since like 5AM, when is the announcement? My timer has 11 hours 37 minutes left (as of 6:23 PM EST)
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Farquar posted:As a fan of Fallout, I played it in turn-based mode and loved it. The people complaining about combat being too hard must have played with the tacked on real-time mode or something. I don't remember having any trouble with a gun user. I'm excited to try again though. It's not very hard, it's just that, in my opinion, it's completely uninteresting and incredibly unbalanced . If anything, it's way too easy for magic and melee characters (apart from golems, melee can tear through anything by the end of the first third of the game or so), coupled with some of the most overpowered companions in any game ever. With the right sword, The second companion you get can slaughter the toughest enemies in a single turn about halfway through the game. Meanwhile, as someone mentioned, almost all the the guns do poo poo damage for some reason, worse than most bows even. CaudaVenenus fucked around with this message at 01:20 on Jan 28, 2010 |
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Jan 28, 2010 01:18
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Don't you just love it when other sites jump the gun?
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MonkeyforaHead posted:Don't you just love it when other sites jump the gun? aw it's not planescape or system shock 2  .I could never get Gabriel Knight working on even old computers so maybe I can finally give it a try.
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MonkeyforaHead posted:Don't you just love it when other sites jump the gun? Hahah, what a dick move. That's cool though. I've always wanted to try the Gabriel Knight games. e:Hey so does this mean the Leisure Suit Larry games are going to hit? I'm not very savvy on who owns what properties, sorry. Is there a master list of all the stuff we could potentially be seeing or something? hogswallower fucked around with this message at 01:51 on Jan 28, 2010 |
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Jan 28, 2010 01:42
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I've been wanting to play Gabriel Knight again since Windows XP came out
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Jan 28, 2010 01:43
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Oh well. Maybe we'll get the whole list of planned titles tomorrow. I'll buy Gabriel Knight, but judging from the commentary here, I can probably live without Arcanum. So what's 'unexcelled'?
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Jan 28, 2010 01:53
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I gave the activision wiki a quick run though for old games, not too many stand out.
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Jan 28, 2010 01:58
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This probably won't happen, but I'd buy the poo poo out of an Infocom collection that included scans of all the stuff that came in the boxes.
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MonkeyforaHead posted:Don't you just love it when other sites jump the gun? Hell yeah - maybe there is hope for the Battlezone series more sooner than later!
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MonkeyforaHead posted:Don't you just love it when other sites jump the gun? I'm the man  Sporadic posted:Wasn't Arcanum published by Sierra? Which is now owned by Activision? Sporadic posted:I still think it's Activision Blizzard (which also owns Sierra and a ton of other poo poo) I really hope they open the floodgates on the old Sierra games. I would love the Leisure Suit Larry series and a Phantasmagoria where I don't have to swap between 7 different CDs. - edit Rabhadh posted:I gave the activision wiki a quick run though for old games, not too many stand out. They also own Vivendi Games and Sierra from the Vivendi/Blizzard merger. Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 02:41 on Jan 28, 2010 |
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Jan 28, 2010 02:32
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Rabhadh posted:I gave the activision wiki a quick run though for old games, not too many stand out. Oh dear, I forgot about Star Trek: Elite Force and Bridge Commander! 
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Wait... sierra? Like,  sierra?Give me a version of QFG4 that works without show-stopping bugs. Do it. Doitdoitdoitdoit.
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Jan 28, 2010 05:41
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Wasn't the Homeworld series owned by Sierra?
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Entorwellian posted:Wasn't the Homeworld series owned by Sierra? Yes! That would be a totally awesome inclusion to GoG.
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Gabriel Knight 1 is one of my favourite adventure games and I can't wait to buy a GOG-fixed version of it. I hope they get some of the more obscure Sierra games that aren't constantly re-released, like Conquest of the Longbow.
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Rabhadh posted:I gave the activision wiki a quick run though for old games, not too many stand out.
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Here hoping Actvision doesn't put their greedy hands on the pricing and make them higher then the normal $6 or $10.
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Whalley posted:The Tony Hawks games, Heretic 2, Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries (and I guess Mechwarrior 1 but ehhhhhhhh,) Interstate 76, Heavy Gear, Civilisation 1, Blood Omen, The Dig, the Total War games, the Quake games, Zork and the Twinsen games are all games that thanks to signing Activision all have a fair chance of appearing on GOG now. I'd love to have updated versions of I76 and the Mechwarrior2 series that install and work properly on Windows 7.
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MY FANTASYS.zip posted:Here hoping Actvision doesn't put their greedy hands on the pricing and make them higher then the normal $6 or $10. Cnet already reported that both Arcanum and Gabriel Knight will be $5.99 each
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Is Gabriel Knight oldschool Sierra-style or Lucasart-style? (That is, will I get completely hosed over for not picking up/picking up some item at the start of the game)
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ymgve posted:Is Gabriel Knight oldschool Sierra-style or Lucasart-style? (That is, will I get completely hosed over for not picking up/picking up some item at the start of the game)
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Even with all its issues, and having to hunt out balance patches for Arcanum, and the dog companion's terrible howl, six bucks isn't bad.
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Whalley posted:The Tony Hawks games, Heretic 2, Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries (and I guess Mechwarrior 1 but ehhhhhhhh,) Interstate 76, Heavy Gear, Civilisation 1, Blood Omen, The Dig, the Total War games, the Quake games, Zork and the Twinsen games are all games that thanks to signing Activision all have a fair chance of appearing on GOG now. Jesus Christ, I just forgot Little Big Adventure was published in the US by Activision. EA published the European version and GOG is owned by a European company so I don't know what the deal is here, but if we get a version of LBA optimized to run on modern computers I'm probably going to have a heart attack. And yes, Activision owns so many other studios that the possibilities for new games are pretty vast.
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It would be a bit funny if Activision decided to re-release Pitfall through GoG. Talk about good old game!
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