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theblackw0lf posted:And it's got Clive Owen before anyone knew who he was. Clive Owen, John Hurt, Christopher Walken and BRIAN BLESSED, to cite only the ones that are usually big actors. My reaction to this can only be summarised in one word: wat (Also, you can identify BRIAN BLESSED by his laughter. It's the one that you have no trouble hearing over the background noise.)
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AG3 posted:If you enter a colony and click on the resource itself (food, production, research) in the colony window, it will show all the factors that affects the production of that resource on that colony, down to a decimal. I don't believe there is one that allows you to compare colonies at a glance though. Ooooh that was exactly what I wanted. I wonder how I was able to miss that. Thanks! AG3 posted:I'm pretty sure Antaran attacks can be disabled from the menu when you start a new game (it's an option called "Antarans attack", not surprisingly). Unless that's what you meant Yeah I remember seeing an option that looks like that. Next time I restart a game I will if I can't do anything about them again in my second game. That newest game from GOG is also looking good. I need to focus on MoO2 and Dark Fall 2 so I guess another title for the Wish List!
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theblackw0lf posted:And it's got Clive Owen before anyone knew who he was. It was weird when I saw him in an actual movie and thought "Oh poo poo, it's Lev Arris!"
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So I know this thread is about Good Old Games (.com)... but since it's also about good old games period I want to make sure you are all aware: Total Annihilation (+ both expansion packs) is now available for digital download on Impulse (Stardock's Steam-like service) for  .http://www.impulsedriven.com/totalannihilation It pains me that this isn't on GOG (I've been dying for them to announce this title) but based on the people on this thread I'm sure there are some TA fans here... so consider yourself informed!
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theBeaz posted:So I know this thread is about Good Old Games (.com)... but since it's also about good old games period I want to make sure you are all aware: Atari apparently has the rights to it though, so we could see it in the near future. It's totally possible.
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Then I would totally buy it a 3rd time to support GOG.
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Just played through an introduction-level difficulty game of Master of Magic and it runs perfectly; No crashes or hiccups at at all. Highly recommend it if you like Civilization or Magic: The Gathering. Gets a bit hectic when you have to micromanage 30+ cities, though (you can set the AI to manage cities but don't do this on any difficulty above Easy)
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Grawl posted:It seems there's going to be competition for GOG - http://www.dotemu.com/ Reasons to use this service, found: 
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Blodskur posted:Reasons to use this service, found: Yeah but that's just bait. Don't get me wrong, good bait. But they obviously won't continue to do that forever.
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That must be a little too retro and/or obscure for me, I don't recognise any of those titles.
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Overwined posted:Yeah but that's just bait. Don't get me wrong, good bait. But they obviously won't continue to do that forever. Also: your feedback are important !!
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Re: Wing Commander / Freespace discussion There's a Freespace SCP-based Wing Commander game in the works, with a small Prologue release out. I think it was pretty well done, though can't really say how well it captures the WC feel since I only played Prophecy a long time ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJDjcBszIaA
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Thanks for the heads up on the WC-themed game. It's good whenever there's a space sim available. What happened to all the good space games? Seems like the best I can do these days is X3: Terran Conflict. That's a good game in spite of its many flaws, but it doesn't really fill the spacefighter void very well. Has anyone played that Echelon game that came out back around 2001? I never had the chance but I wish GOG would add it.
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Blodskur posted:Reasons to use this service, found: Whoa... Nicky Boom and METAL Mutant? gently caress you Gog, this is where the new hotness is.
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and, for two whole days. Each! I'm not going to sneer too hard at them just yet, but if they are going to enforce a 2-day-only playtime on their first games, some form of DRM must be present, either a steam-like overmind app, or a time-bombed installation.
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Is Nicky Boom a hobbit or just a really, really fat kid? It's kind of gross seeing his lipstick smeared face jump around with his gut flopping about in those skin-tight brown trousers of his.rt4 posted:Thanks for the heads up on the WC-themed game. It's good whenever there's a space sim available. They died with the flightstick.
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rt4 posted:Thanks for the heads up on the WC-themed game. It's good whenever there's a space sim available. http://www.starwraith.com/evochronlegends/index.htm
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That looks really cool. I wish more of these indie games would get Linux ports...
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al-azad posted:They died with the flightstick. That's horseshit though, since console gamepads are a pretty good substitute for a joystick. How come they're rare even on consoles?
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Speaking of good space games: Nexus: Jupiter Incident looks like a good game that went unnoticed at its release. I would love to try it if it shows up on gog.
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lethial posted:Speaking of good space games: Nexus: Jupiter Incident looks like a good game that went unnoticed at its release. I would love to try it if it shows up on gog. That looks like fun. Time to go vote for it on the list. I'd like to see Bridge Commander and Independence War on there, too since were on the topic of spacecaptaining.
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theblackw0lf posted:http://www.starwraith.com/evochronlegends/index.htm This game is great. Somebody host a goon server already you only have to download 2 megs. 
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Magnificent Quiver posted:That's horseshit though, since console gamepads are a pretty good substitute for a joystick. How come they're rare even on consoles? Because they cost a fair bit to make and are incredibly niche. The megapublishers don't want to take the financial risk and indies can't afford the entry costs to develop proper games on console (rather than XBLA/PSN/Wii Market titles that don't sell if priced above $/£10/€).
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lethial posted:Speaking of good space games: Nexus: Jupiter Incident looks like a good game that went unnoticed at its release. I would love to try it if it shows up on gog. It's on Steam for $10 and works fine in XP, Vista and 7. http://store.steampowered.com/app/6420/
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lethial posted:Speaking of good space games: Nexus: Jupiter Incident looks like a good game that went unnoticed at its release. I would love to try it if it shows up on gog. I've always wanted to try it, but I haven't had the chance. I think the demo was pretty tough to follow as well, given the complexity of the game.
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Velius posted:I've always wanted to try it, but I haven't had the chance. I think the demo was pretty tough to follow as well, given the complexity of the game. The demo is ridiculous. It just drops you in a massive battle mid-way through the main campaign while surrounded by mine-fields. Super fun game once you get into it. I'm kind of sad that Nexus is the unrealized sequel to Imperium Galactica, an early 3D 4X game and one of the few (if only) space titles that take place in space and on the surface of planets that you can actually control. It's neat building your space army then zooming in on a planet's surface to drop a couple of buildings down while steam rolling through your opponent's planetary city.
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rt4 posted:Space: Total War Not that realistic but it was dramatic as hell knowing that a war may be decided entirely on how well you did in a single battle.
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Imperium Galactica 2 was one of my favorite games when I was younger. I loving loved it. Played the poo poo out of the demo for months, then borrowed the game from a friend. Never did buy it. I wouldn't mind changing that.
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Imperium Galactica devs made Haegemonia as well.
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rt4 posted:Has anyone played that Echelon game that came out back around 2001? I never had the chance but I wish GOG would add it. I had Echelon back in the day, I remember it being great fun. Some of the missions were epic with whole wings of fighters and bombers taking part in operations, while others had you defend downed aircraft carriers and take on enemy aces single handed. I'd love to play it again and I heard it had a stand alone expansion pack too.
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Ansob. posted:Because they cost a fair bit to make and are incredibly niche. The megapublishers don't want to take the financial risk and indies can't afford the entry costs to develop proper games on console (rather than XBLA/PSN/Wii Market titles that don't sell if priced above $/£10/€). They don't cost a fair bit to make though - aside from cinematics, of which Freespace didn't have a whole lot, there are very few actual assets in the game. You don't have to construct levels, create a whole bank of textures, do a lot of complicated models, etc. And the niche appeal I think is circular thinking. "Space games have niche appeal, because there aren't many of them. There aren't many of them because they have niche appeal." My guess is that they were never a great way to showcase the graphical potential of a system which is what makes publishers want to fund your game and most consumers want to buy it.
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Weedle posted:It's on Steam for $10 and works fine in XP, Vista and 7. Oh nice, thanks! I never thought to actually look there for it. :oops: Hmmm, I wonder, what would be the chance of it showing up on gog... Decisions, decisions...
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I always thought the opposite; you can show off fancy new pixel shaders and high-poly models because there is no complicated world geometry or foliage to slow things down. You can make really nice graphics that outpace the technical abilities of other genres while maintaining a high framerate, which users appreciate.
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rt4 posted:I always thought the opposite; you can show off fancy new pixel shaders and high-poly models because there is no complicated world geometry or foliage to slow things down. You can make really nice graphics that outpace the technical abilities of other genres while maintaining a high framerate, which users appreciate. I think you forgot that by today's standard, blood and gore and highly detailed renders of boobs and buttocks are the most important elements in showing off a complex graphics system. 
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lethial posted:Speaking of good space games: Nexus: Jupiter Incident looks like a good game that went unnoticed at its release. I would love to try it if it shows up on gog. I worked at Sierra just after this came out, so we had tons of free copies sitting around and they give them away and whatever. My one friend was hooked on this game, he played a wide range of stupid games however. Just before this he was hooked on Bad Boys the video game, then he was hooked on Cake Mania, but he would load up Nexus every now and then. He broke his disc and hasn't been able to play it (he snapped it in rage one day) and I've been dying trying to find a way to replace it for him (steam is too much of a hassle to gift it) and getting a copy on GOG would be better for him, no cd needed!
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Every so often I have a look at the alpha trailer of Nexus 2 and weep for what might have been. Nexus had far too many terrible 'gimmick' missions and not nearly enough frontline battles against the Gorg.
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If you've bought Blood, this may interest you (you may have seen it from the 2.5D thread, and for some reason I cannot post in it right now):    What is it? A package that contains pretty much every Blood map and modification out there. I guess it's done (until the public finds about a billion more bugs I've missed, ugh) - http://blood.nanoaugur.net - grab the full version, the patch is for testers that want to update their version from 0.9  Installation instructions are in the file and also here. If you can rehost, please do so. This is a lovely Dreamhost account and I've had it die under a goon(fleet) rush before.  EDIT: PATCHES: http://www.nanoaugur.net/blood/One_Unit_Whole_Mods_Patch_0.9.4.rar (fixes a fuckup with the custom map loader). http://www.nanoaugur.net/blood/One_Unit_Whole_Mods_Patch_0.9.5.rar (updates zBlood to the newest version). http://www.nanoaugur.net/blood/One_Unit_Whole_Mods_Patch_0.9.6.rar (fixes the Bloodlines mod textures). Get ALL THREE patches please! edit (Thanks, Grawl): Download torrent81 (1 files; 537.73 MB) View torrent stats Tecman fucked around with this message at 04:42 on May 1, 2010 |
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Tecman posted:If you've bought Blood, this may interest you (you may have seen it from the 2.5D thread, and for some reason I cannot post in it right now): This looks pretty awesome. Does it include bMouse? After using that I can't ever imagine going back to Blood's default mouselook behavior.
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sethsez posted:This looks pretty awesome. Yup, bMouse is included in every mod/launcher option (unless I hosed something up, in which case - welp).
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