Forum: News Comments
May 15th, 2013, 09:35
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A good one, I recommend trying it out. It is…
A good one, I recommend trying it out. It is really playable by today's standards (despite its old age), provides a fair challenge, lots of environmental puzzles and it has the BEST EVAR automap….
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February 17th, 2013, 11:49
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Replies: 8
Views: 287
Uh-oh. It seems to me, that even the Coles don't…
Uh-oh. It seems to me, that even the Coles don't know what to make out of the game — which is bad. As a designer you must have a very strong idea about the game's genre, else the whole thing will…
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January 29th, 2013, 10:41
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Replies: 84
Views: 5,804
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December 4th, 2012, 18:35
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Replies: 67
Views: 2,943
Case Number Two:
Another high-profile KS seems…
Case Number Two:
Another high-profile KS seems to be in the same shoes: David Braben (game legend!) announced that the Elite (a game legend!) sequel (yaaay, wetting my pants!) is underway…
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Forum: News Comments
December 4th, 2012, 17:21
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Replies: 67
Views: 2,943
A really interesting thing is happening lately in…
A really interesting thing is happening lately in Kickstarter: people are getting fed up with the whole thing, and I believe this is because they realized that:
- even with a successful Kickstarter,…
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November 20th, 2012, 17:40
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Replies: 9
Views: 421
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November 13th, 2012, 10:06
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,023
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October 12th, 2012, 09:38
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Replies: 1
Views: 206
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Forum: News Comments
September 20th, 2012, 09:53
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Replies: 40
Views: 1,581
I second that. Nier's Keichii Okabe and Tri-ace…
I second that. Nier's Keichii Okabe and Tri-ace veteran Motoi Sakuraba are my favorite jRPG composers of all time (Honorable mention to Atlus's Shoji Meguro of MegaTen/Persona fame. FYI, Uematsu-san…
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Forum: News Comments
July 4th, 2012, 12:13
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Replies: 46
Views: 2,858
I loved Risen, but I had some problems with the…
I loved Risen, but I had some problems with the Buccaneer setting of R2. It always seemed to me that PB wanted to enter the Pirates of the Caribbean bandwagon, and the early screenshots just…
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Forum: News Comments
July 4th, 2012, 11:26
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Replies: 31
Views: 1,966
Thanks for the comments!
Honestly, based on the…
Thanks for the comments!
Honestly, based on the one-liners, each game seems to be the "bestest" anyway:
ADOM: Skyrim, but better,
Dwarf Fortress: very different,
TOME: accessible.
So I think…
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Forum: News Comments
July 3rd, 2012, 10:47
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Replies: 31
Views: 1,966
Slightly off-topic. I've recently discovered the…
Slightly off-topic. I've recently discovered the roguelike games, and I would like to get an expert's advice: which game should I invest ENORMOUS amount of precious free time? ADOM or Dwarf Fortress?…
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June 18th, 2012, 21:57
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,761
To Whom It May Concern:
These games are…
To Whom It May Concern:
These games are Ulima-lite stuff. I really mean: lite.
Savage Empire has a very simple magic system, the puzzles are interesting (lots of item combine thingies), but the…
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June 8th, 2012, 08:54
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Replies: 3
Views: 692
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Forum: News Comments
May 29th, 2012, 18:54
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,157
Call me cynical, but I don't think so.
I…
Call me cynical, but I don't think so.
I guess, EA did its math by now, that is:
expensive game + low revenues equals to no sequel.
They might buy the IP regardless, but that action is just to…
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Forum: News Comments
May 25th, 2012, 22:30
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Replies: 31
Views: 1,753
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April 18th, 2012, 18:44
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,981
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January 31st, 2012, 10:08
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,098
I think you refer to what I call the Final…
I think you refer to what I call the Final Fantasy XIII-syndrome. That game was so desperately wanted to be an enormous success, that it nearly lost its identity in the process. The characters,…
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Forum: News Comments
January 7th, 2012, 09:21
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,500
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December 9th, 2011, 10:02
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,093
I'm not a huge fan of the original Witcher (mind…
I'm not a huge fan of the original Witcher (mind you, that is a big understatement…), but I do want to support GoG.
Besides, chances are that the Witcher 2 is a superior game, so perhaps I might…
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Forum: News Comments
December 1st, 2011, 20:00
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Replies: 56
Views: 3,092
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Forum: News Comments
November 30th, 2011, 17:51
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Replies: 36
Views: 3,159
Watch out for the retro nostalgia virus! :) …
Watch out for the retro nostalgia virus! :)
Ultima7 is a fantastic game, but…
The combat is about as exciting as singing Karaoke to Bill Shatner's Tambourine Man cover. Modern RPGs do battles…
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Forum: News Comments
November 30th, 2011, 17:27
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Replies: 36
Views: 3,159
Thanks for the prompt insights!
Just checked…
Thanks for the prompt insights!
Just checked in DosBox my old Ultima Collection copy, and the earthquake sequence was OK for me — I had issues with speed, but that's OK, some INI file tweaking…
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Forum: News Comments
November 30th, 2011, 16:53
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Replies: 36
Views: 3,159
Okay, flamewarriors, enough of that :)
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Okay, flamewarriors, enough of that :)
Practical question: Should I play U7 in DosBox (preferably the GOG-version, hoping for the "latest and best" version of the original code), OR, should I play…
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Forum: News Comments
November 25th, 2011, 09:19
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,542
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