Yeah. we like our games dumbed down. right on man.
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Yeah. we like our games dumbed down. right on man.
Dhruin
SasqWatch
Edit: It looks like I can get it from game.co.uk for 25 Pounds plus 5 Pounds for delivery. That is really good, it works out to $55. In fact, I think I will get all my games this way for now, because new games in Australia cost $80 - $100, which sucks. I reckon I'll put my order in
Donenow let's just hope the dollar holds up until at least October 2nd!
This is exactly what I do. I use Steam etc wherever I can and game.co.uk for the rest. It's cheap and the freight (Royal Mail) is pretty good.
Ergonpandilus
The Preacher
The setting for Risen reminds me lot of Ultima VIII: Pagan, don't you think? You start in a unknown world to an volcanic island with a huge volcano in middle of the island.
Faranga (Risen)
Morgaelin (Pagan)
And here's a clue about it: Making of Risen at 1:27
Faranga (Risen)
Morgaelin (Pagan)
And here's a clue about it: Making of Risen at 1:27
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Chekote
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Your experience is obviously very different than mine. Whenever I get messages from steam, they appear as a seamless overlay in front of the game I am playing. I have never been kicked out of a game, or had a game crash as a result of these.
I don't think the Steam client is anything like the AOL client. AOL felt like a restrictive and unnecessary straight jacket, stopping me from doing what I wanted to do. Where as Steam feels like a useful assistant, taking care of all the stuff I don't care to do (Cataloging, patching, etc).
I can see how a lot of these points would be desirable to some people. But:
-I view the client as a help, not a hindrance
-I never sell my games, so DRM or not being able to sell them is not an issue for me.
-I've never had to contact Steam for customer service, so I can't comment on that.
-I feel that trying to maintain a complex taxonomy for applications and games is fruitless.
I don't remember if it was you who said it (I quoted multiple people). But people on this thread have said multiple times, and in various different ways that "you are tethered to the internet when you want to play Steam games". That is the misinformation I spoke of.
I never once suggested they did. As I've mentioned, I haven't even tried those services, so I would never make such a claim.
The setting for Risen reminds me lot of Ultima VIII: Pagan, don't you think? You start in a unknown world to an volcanic island with a huge volcano in middle of the island.
That's a really good observation. Hopefully, Risen will be MUCH better than U8 was.
For people wanting a physical copy but not wanting to give money to gamestop:
http://www.gogamer.com/viewproduct.htm?productId=84290290&extid=Sept2509
$39.90 from gogamer.com right now…I think that's only good for another 33 hours though. And no I don't work for gogamer, I just buy most of my pc games from them.
Oh, and the page says it comes out on Oct 28th but I'm fairly sure that's wrong
http://www.gogamer.com/viewproduct.htm?productId=84290290&extid=Sept2509
$39.90 from gogamer.com right now…I think that's only good for another 33 hours though. And no I don't work for gogamer, I just buy most of my pc games from them.
Oh, and the page says it comes out on Oct 28th but I'm fairly sure that's wrong
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Yes please do that, I wouldn't mind ordering from GoGamer, but not if I have to wait that long.
I guess the guy with the copy isn't talking yet?
leth
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Good news, they got back to me, and changed their date for Risen. (it is actually 9/30 now ! )
Edit: This is important JDR, if you order from Gogamer, choose "USPS Priority Mail" (should be $4.99) it is MUCH faster (usually within 2 days), and it is only $2 more than the "Dirt Cheap" option.
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zakhal
SasqWatch
Play.com says they have it in stock and will dispatch for 32€: http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/11066149/Risen/Product.html
Too bad I still need to wait 2 days to get free credit. :/
Too bad I still need to wait 2 days to get free credit. :/
Thanks leth, I'm very tempted to order right now. I'm going to wait until 9/30 though, and see if they update the page to say "in stock".
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Europe
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RPGWatch is an exception. It's true though. For example take a look at what they did to Resident Evil 5. I was reading comments posted in Resident Evil 5 videos and a lot of people were happy there weren't any puzzles in the game. There was only one real puzzle in the whole game. It seems most of them just want to kill everything that moves and use their brain as little as possible. This is happening to everything.
I'm getting sick of it.
What does RE5 have to do with American gamers?
Badesumofu
Sentinel
Europe, in order to make your argument, you need to show not just that dumbing down is happening, but also that it is the fault of the USA. You haven't done that at all, and just quietly - RE5 is a Japanese game.
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Europe
Guest
It was bastardized because of American players.
American = shoot,shoot,shoot, use brain as little as possible. I mean come on JDR13, just look at the Remake and look at Resident Evil 5.
It's a disgrace, don't you agree?
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Europe
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I know Resident Evil 5 is a Japanese game but all of the money is in the United States, so if they want it to sell well they have to dumb down the game.
Like I said before, kill everything that moves, use brain as little as possible. Just look at the sales of First Person Shooters in the United States… it's disgusting and they are so boring and repetitive. It's the same thing with all of these boring third person action shooters but they love them because you just point, shoot and that's it.
For RPG's they hold your hand and point in the direction of your goal, etc. We can't have people exploring themselves, Americans would get frustrated and break down and return the game.
Look at the movies as well, it goes like this.
Guns shooting all over the place.
Slow motion
Lone American saves the world from one million enemies
Repeat over and over, and they love it!
Then Americans wonder why people poke fun at them. I know it's not all of them but it's A LOT of them, probably 99%
These are all facts guys. I remember a poster on here (I've been lurking or a wile) he was joking about the difficulty settings of RPG's.
He said American,Normal and Hard which was funny because it's true. I think they should just add an American option for American players to choose so it doesn't ruin it for other people, don't you agree?
Americans would be more accepting if the games came with a free coupon for a Free Mcdonalds meal too.
It doesn't sound like you have any idea what you're talking about, and you make Europeans look ignorant for making such a statement.
Here's a fact…
Highest selling game of the franchise in the UK huh? Did Americans do that?
I wonder if McDonalds is the reason we dominate the Olympics year after year.
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