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Arstotska best country for sure!
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Ha ha you funny guy! But you do your job well. I come back with right papers.
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Aug 15, 2013 04:24
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The border guard character is simultaneously amazing and a colossal dickhead.
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Aug 15, 2013 04:49
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Does anyone not own the entire D&D collection by now? Only thing I don't have is NWN2 complete, because I have NWN2 on Steam (and I am missing some mod, I know), but got the rest. And plan to play ToEE some day. Some day...
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Aug 15, 2013 13:27
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Convex posted:I'm just playing through the first main campaign in Arma 2: CO and it honestly feels like the dev team asked their 12 year old children to write the script and do all the voice acting. The campaign is hit-and-miss mostly, and incredibly buggy. I don't think to this day I've got past "Manhattan" and I've had it since release. The expansions are slightly better but still act more as a showcase of what the engine can do. If you just want to dip into the game without hassling with multiplayer/learning ACE etc I'd recommend getting the Flashpoint missions which are far more fun than they've any right to be. beef express fucked around with this message at 13:37 on Aug 15, 2013 |
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Aug 15, 2013 13:35
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If you want a well-designed and fun campaign for Arma 2... http://cwr2.arma2.fr/about-cwr2
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Aug 15, 2013 14:04
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beef express posted:...I'd recommend getting the Flashpoint missions which are far more fun than they've any right to be. Nenonen posted:If you want a well-designed and fun campaign for Arma 2... Thanks for these. I've been playing around with Arma 2 quite a bit since the steam sale, but multiplayer really doesn't interest me that much. If you guys know of any other good single player packs/mods I would love to have them pointed out. I've been having trouble sorting through Armaholic on my own.
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Aug 15, 2013 15:33
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BadAstronaut posted:And plan to play ToEE some day. Some day... Do it! The Co8 people recently released a new version, so now's a great time to jump in. I say this every time someone mentions ToEE, but it's some of the best turn-based combat around.
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Aug 15, 2013 19:50
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BadAstronaut posted:Does anyone not own the entire D&D collection by now? Only thing I don't have is NWN2 complete, because I have NWN2 on Steam (and I am missing some mod, I know), but got the rest. And plan to play ToEE some day. Some day... I have a friend that I was supposed to gift the entire collection to, except "nah give it to someone else, I prefer JRPGs"
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Aug 15, 2013 20:15
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Which is the best D&D game(s) to get if you're a complete beginner? I have none of them.
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Aug 15, 2013 20:31
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FAT WORM OF ERROR posted:Which is the best D&D game(s) to get if you're a complete beginner? I have none of them. Probably Baldur's Gate 2 if you want something from that era, Neverwinter 2 if you want something newer.
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Aug 15, 2013 20:37
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I stand by IceWind Dale 1. Though I'm a retarded masochist. No real story, just make a party, go forth and die!
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Aug 15, 2013 20:50
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FAT WORM OF ERROR posted:Which is the best D&D game(s) to get if you're a complete beginner? I have none of them. Oddly enough I'm fairly certain Planescape is the least mechanically rigorous (have a high Wis, Int, Cha and be a wizard), although it is very not D&D in other ways (such as not being mechanically rigorous). You can't die, combat is mostly pointless, and most of the important gameplay is through dialogue and various stat checks (you did make a character with a high Wis, right?). It does also happen to be the best D&D game, though! Baldur's Gate is probably the most general D&D experience, but it still doesn't explain a whole lot of its mechanics, which might be unintuitive, such as a lower AC being better. Depending on how well you intuit, though, such as noticing that equipping chainmail lowers AC when before all you had was leather, it might be okay. Icewind Dale is pure mechanics since it's pretty much a dungeon crawl. The third edition games, NWN, NWN2, ToEE and IWD2, have easier to understand mechanics, but character creation/customization is more rigorous, since you have to worry about things like feats and such. You will likely not stumble upon the ~optimal build~ the first time, whereas in the 2nd edition games, your optimal build for your Fighter is equipping him with his best weapon and the best armor and having him go kick some mages in the face (after said mages have been Breach'ed).
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Aug 15, 2013 21:17
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The General posted:I stand by IceWind Dale 1. Though I'm a retarded masochist. That's the magic of the game. Not all the areas are great, but it's a good tactical combat test for the infinity engine.
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Aug 16, 2013 02:21
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The General posted:I stand by IceWind Dale 1. Though I'm a retarded masochist. It has really good atmosphere and I will always love it + writing intricate character backstories nobody else would ever see. Also be real here. You must gather your party before venturing forth and die.
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Aug 16, 2013 02:24
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I only have Planescape and Neverwinter Nights 2 for Mask of the Betrayer and I got them for the storytelling. I actually don't like old WRPG combat, I find it really boring, slow, and needlessly convoluted.
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Aug 16, 2013 02:29
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To be fair to IWD1, the combat won't kill you as much as weird traps and diseases will IIRC.
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Aug 16, 2013 05:50
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Yet the levels are designed to have cures for those diseases available if you explore enough.
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Aug 16, 2013 06:08
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The only cure for mummy rot is more mummies.
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Aug 16, 2013 06:10
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I've become too accustomed to party members and the PC just being unconscious when their health drops to zero... RPGs of old are mighty intimidating with their perma-death and costly resurrection shenanigans.  I tend to get a character editor and make myself OP just to experience the stories without worry. 
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Aug 16, 2013 06:53
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Deakul posted:I've become too accustomed to party members and the PC just being unconscious when their health drops to zero... RPGs of old are mighty intimidating with their perma-death and costly resurrection shenanigans. Icewind Dale is about doing Ironman runs where you re-roll people who die and see how long it takes before you're a single level 6 guy surrounded by useless level 1 rejects.
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Aug 16, 2013 06:56
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http://www.gog.com/work#lead_software_engineer A MP back-end / API thing would be good for them. They could provide a way for their clients to release products that didn't have those features cut out (due to a conflict of interest with Steam) and hell, while I'm dreaming, they could use it to reinstate MP in older titles that have had official support stopped. Or maybe it's just a GOG downloader maintenance guy  edit nvm, reading again and this is more likely job at CD Projekt RED. They should still totally do this though. Hidden Asbestos fucked around with this message at 11:15 on Aug 16, 2013 |
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Aug 16, 2013 11:11
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Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs is available for Pre-Order now at -%20 (aka $15.99!!!). Get Hype! http://www.gog.com/game/amnesia_a_machine_for_pigs
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Aug 16, 2013 12:09
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WASDF posted:Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs is available for Pre-Order now at -%20 (aka $15.99!!!). Get Hype! It looks really cool, but it's going to be hard to play while I'm hiding under my bed.
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Aug 16, 2013 16:46
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OK, this is going to sound like a really stupid question, but how exactly do you download updates for your games?
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Aug 19, 2013 16:03
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Jamesman posted:OK, this is going to sound like a really stupid question, but how exactly do you download updates for your games? Going to the site you will get an announcement that there is a new update, then you find the game with the update in your library (it is a tiny text announcement that can be hard to find) then you download the update either through the internet browser or the gog downloader then you install it. Like that.
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Aug 19, 2013 16:11
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Luisfe posted:Going to the site you will get an announcement that there is a new update, then you find the game with the update in your library (it is a tiny text announcement that can be hard to find) then you download the update either through the internet browser or the gog downloader then you install it. Like that. The problems I'm having are my account will sometimes say there are updates to some games (like a +1 or +2 shows up), but then there aren't any updates being shown in my library. If there ARE, there are no updated files to download and install, so do I just redownload the entire game again?
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Aug 19, 2013 16:30
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Jamesman posted:The problems I'm having are my account will sometimes say there are updates to some games (like a +1 or +2 shows up), but then there aren't any updates being shown in my library. If there ARE, there are no updated files to download and install, so do I just redownload the entire game again? 
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Aug 19, 2013 16:57
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The first two things you circled are sometimes available, but the universal update thing has only ever shown up, to my recollection, with Hotline Miami. It wasn't part of an update notice.
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Aug 19, 2013 17:33
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Jamesman posted:The first two things you circled are sometimes available, but the universal update thing has only ever shown up, to my recollection, with Hotline Miami. It wasn't part of an update notice. The game update isn't always a patch. It could have added a Mac version, or some new bonus content.
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Aug 19, 2013 18:05
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Figures that I would buy Hammerwatch on Steam and then GOG comes out with it a week later for less money. Does anyone have any experience with Thunderscape, the other new release from this morning? That type of old-school party RPG usually goes into my collection tout de suite, but this time I thought that I would ask before pissing away another $6.
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Aug 22, 2013 18:55
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When was AoW3 announced? Today? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5GlUzKwico
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Aug 22, 2013 23:50
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Rinkles posted:When was AoW3 announced? Today? Several months ago. Maybe beginning of the year. I can't loving wait, it's rare we get fantasy 4X games. The Heroes series is more about army management than kingdom and I don't want to give Stardock any money so I'm putting all my money on AoW3.
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Aug 23, 2013 00:11
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al-azad posted:Several months ago. Maybe beginning of the year. I can't loving wait, it's rare we get fantasy 4X games. The Heroes series is more about army management than kingdom and I don't want to give Stardock any money so I'm putting all my money on AoW3. The gameplay trailers look pretty awesome. Seriously I like the attention to detail they've put into units. I can't wait to see the fully fleshed out product.
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Aug 23, 2013 00:19
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Rinkles posted:When was AoW3 announced? Today? A couple months back. The original AoW developers wanted to make it, but didn't have the funds. And then Notch came along and bankrolled the whole thing, so that's pretty loving awesome and I hope it at least breaks even.
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Aug 23, 2013 00:27
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I didn't know that was courtesy of Notch. Nice. He got a bit of a black eye "reneging" on Psychonauts 2.
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Aug 23, 2013 00:35
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teethgrinder posted:I didn't know that was courtesy of Notch. Nice. He got a bit of a black eye "reneging" on Psychonauts 2. That was pretty unfair, too. The budget that Double Fine had in mind for Psychonauts 2 was about half of Notch's personal fortune. Hell of a figure to gamble on. I'd imagine that AoW3 was only a couple million euros at most.
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Aug 23, 2013 01:06
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Oh I completely agree. Notch was a little in over his head, but ... how dare he!? We all know gamers and internet commenters are entitled asses.
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Aug 23, 2013 01:10
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Dominic White posted:A couple months back. The original AoW developers wanted to make it, but didn't have the funds. And then Notch came along and bankrolled the whole thing, so that's pretty loving awesome and I hope it at least breaks even. Yeah I remember now, slipped my mind.
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Braking Gnus posted:The game update isn't always a patch. It could have added a Mac version, or some new bonus content. Going back to this, this is what I see today;  Now thankfully, Don't Starve comes with its own updater and patcher program, so I used that to get the update, but I have no idea what GOG expects from me other than to re-download and re-install the game here.
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