I can attest to long working hours affecting the ability to judge your own work. It's downright painful to look over stuff I produced back when I was shoveling 84 shows a month. And it's not like I thought they were great, just good enough so I can call it a day, it was probably more of a case of just wanting to be done that clouded my judgment.
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About 10 years ago, when I got my first CD-Rom, I had the demo of Space Empires 4 on a disk. It was limited to the tutorial and to 100 turns, and since I couldn't go over 640*480 resolution on my display, I never got to see the entire screen, but I played that demo for ages. I finally got the full game much later and played the heck out of it. Probably played it more than both Master of Orion games. I wouldn't say Space Empires 5 should be avoided at all costs, though it
It's already been two years? Wow, time does fly. Elemental has changed a lot since then, well, War of Magic itself changed a lot in a few months, but still, I appreciate that you didn't give up. [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e] Now let's see Beta 4 in action and beta test the hell out of it!
You know what would exemplify this advancement best? A dancing ogre.
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I've had several encounters with depression... today, but shoving wires into my head, although it sometimes seemed like a good idea as any, doesn't seem so appealing when I'm lucid.
I've been out of the loop for a while, but DAMN! Those are some awesome improvements. It's going to cause me a lot of lost sleep, but I'm getting back to beta testing once this update hits.
I don't think that's what Brad meant. Having a 32 and 64 bit version isn't the issue. Having extra content that only works with the 64 bit version, that people who have the 32 bit version of their OS couldn't use at all, is the issue. That content being separate from the main game, that works equally for everyone, would not cause a community divide. Actually, considering it's a singleplayer TBS, nothing can cause a community divide.
Since I plan to switch to the 64bit version of Windows 7(nice of them to include both version on the disk for the obscene amount of money it costs) in my 2013-2014 build (the one that should have been the 2012 build until, I started paying bills), I'm all for it. Gamers however can be very fickle (if that's the correct use of the word), so unless the new content really feels like it would be unable to run on 32 bit, they will complain. I know I would(have,am, will).
Crusader Kings 2, like every other Paradox grand strategy, features an adjustable speed setting, even a pause button. It is a lot like a TBS in terms of flow. The troop management is honestly very simple, since you don't really do much with the armies, except making a formation, pointing them in the right direction and then being amazed at how they are slaughtered by the enemy. The AI is quite capable of handling itself and using everything at it's disposal, in combat and outside of i
I was really excited about Diablo 3, still am, but not as much after I played the beta. The way they remade the Skill Rune system, into a simple skill tree that only unlocks to it's fullest near the highest level, is very disappointing. It doesn't seem all that different from Diablo 2, albeit, with 30 extra levels of unlocking skills. I've got nothing against the concept, since I've been playing Diablo 2 for ages, but what attracted me most to Diablo 3 was the novelty it broug
I think OS/2 was the first operating system with a graphical interface I used. But not for long, I've got very vague memories of it, since my school upgraded to Windows 95 about a month or two after computer science classes started. Though it didn't make much difference, we were learning Norton Commander at the time. Let's just say the curriculum in my country for computer science was crap for most of the time, sort of still is.
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Flying penguins will be the death of us all. They're already shaped like bombshells, it's just a matter of time before one of them thinks about inventing the divebomb maneuver and stealing all our fish.
Well, constantly having a balance that's below 1 dollar for the past few months may have actually been good for once.
Personally I prefer no outlines, it just looks better.
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There isn't one.
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The tower defense game isn't actually made by the same people. It's a letdown because of it's limitations. Not enough variety in the towers, the upgrades are sometimes pointless, the unit AI is exploitable, and though the idea of sending your own customized waves of units is nice, the implementation doesn't allow for a lot of strategy, turning the later parts of a game into a slow grind.
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Had the chance to play it for a few hours today. It's a lot like Civ 5, same combat, similar rules, but with spells instead of research, more in a blind research sort of way, and simplified city management, in the sense that there's no unrest and stuff. City development though is quite nice, very limited building space means you've got to specialize a lot. The graphics are very colorful which lends it a whimsical and charming atmosphere that suits the game very well. You can cast
Well that puts my mind to rest, since I just upgraded to Windows 7 and was worried if it would get Vista-ed when 8 comes out.
Bwahahahaha, welcome to my world! Well, no, not really, but this was happening on my singlecore in the previous version. I'm about 2 hours away from downloading 0.85 so I'll get to testing it soon, maybe even verify how it works on the singlecore compared to the older version. You could check to see if the time continues to be that long on maps with low density of monsters and resources and with different AI levels. I found no conclusive evidence that it has a noticeable effec
This happened in the previous version as well, you'll actually have to be able to recruit level 5 heroes to get the lvl 3 ones. I think it's a typo.
I've been having problems downloading as well, the speed won't go over 150k, and it drops periodically below 50 and just stops. Opera does have a resume function, but I don't know how usable the final file will be at this rate. Still 2 hours of 4 hours left. How long till the new Stardock Store is up and running? [e digicons]:pout:[/e]
RIP Mazy. Looking forward to the update. It'll be a good opportunity to play FE on my other, less awful, PC for the first time.
I had high hopes SOADA would stand for Shenanigans on a Dilapidated Albatross, but this will work too. [e digicons];P[/e]
This one turned diesel on me :P
Happy Birthday Bailey! This really makes me miss my dog. Keep on woofing wherever you are.
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