[quote]Without the alien adventure game, Star Control would just be some game where you explore a big galaxy full of planets to land on to get resources to upgrade your ship to get to the next planet. And who would want that? ... [/quote] No Man...? :)
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[quote who="Frogboy" reply="12" id="3604592"] To answer your question: We were under NDA. [/quote] To GOG or Steam? N/M, I don't care, I get to be a customer again! :)
My issue with WiFi Sense is that is uploads your wireless passcode to MS. Sure, MS encrypts it, but they have the encryption key. It's opt out not opt-in so if you miss the little check box or don't know what it does, it's uploaded and on MS servers even if you opt out later. If I give my pass code to a visitor using Win10, their set up will upload it for me and share it with all their contacts...whether I've opted out or not. Since I'm not able
[quote who="Island Dog" reply="18" id="3591827"] http://www.zdnet.com/article/no-microsoft-is-not-spying-on-you-with-windows-10/ [/quote] It's a shame that article makes no mention of WiFi Sense. That one feature has Win 10 banned from my household.
It might be cliche' but... Challenge #1: IS Star Control Star Control without the Spathi? Start the game with a convoy of colony ships with a small military escort heading out to colonize a new system. Along the way, they encounter a spacial anomaly that transports the entire convoy to another part of the universe. Several ships are critically damaged and they are forced to land on a barely habitable planet. Contact is lost w
Regarding the privacy issues, it's not good enough that you can 'turn this, that or the other feature off'. Since an internet connection is required to install Win10 and the feature(s) are activated by default, by the time you can find the option to turn the respective feature off, your data has already been uploaded to their servers. :( i.e the ability to opt out is just for show. Encrypted or not, MS, Advertisers, government entitie
I like that 98% of gamers stat. If a game is only available on Steam, then shouldn't that be 100%? You've really got to wonder who that 2% is. :) Those of us who don't use steam, won't be buying/playing the game. I'll buy and play the game if and when it's available on GoG.
duckduckgo...no tracking. :)
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...if there were only a non-steamworks version. :(
Sins of a Fallen Enchantress? :)
'I recommend you give Steam another go. They constantly update the client. I been running the beta version for months now with zero issues.' Steam just forced Skyrim's latest patch on me and wrecked my current save game. That just re-enforces my resolve to never buy another single player game that requires Steam. As good as this looks, I'll pass.
I agree with most of what you are saying, but it works both ways. How many folks here upgraded their hardware just so they could play Crysis at the highest settings? No one had the computer power to play that game when it first came out. Newegg owes the Crysis team some royalties for all the business generated by that game. :) Someone who is willing to take a risk and release a game that requires a 64 bit OS, machine and 4-core processor could very
[quote who="bbr91" reply="61" id="3317297"] Quoting jwdR1, reply 59Yes, you can prevent this by running offline, but if you want to see what is new or what mods are available, you have to log in. Actually if you right-click any game and go to Properties -> Updates you can select to not update that game. I don't own Skyrim, but for every game I own I can do that and I don't have to be offline.[/quote] I know that option and I'm telling you
[quote]You people need to realize that you can set Steam to not update your game if you don't want to.[\quote] That is not true for Skyrim. Betheseda and/or Steam forces their patches regardless of the setting. Yes, you can prevent this by running offline, but if you want to see what is new or what mods are available, you have to log in. At that point the update starts and you are locked out until it finishes. If the installed mods aren't compatible, th
I'm disappointed. After my experience with Steam and Skyrim, this will be a non-purchase for me. :(
I don't mind my cities getting razed, I don't like when it happens, but its one of those things that sets FE apart from other games I've played. I have to fight to survive. I do like the 5 turn delay suggestion for razing. If one my cities is razed, I would like to be able to research a 'teraform' spell that when used on a tile(s) it would restore the ability to settle the area. Maybe the spot shouldn't be as good as before, for ex
As others said, buy it through the SD store and download it via SD Central get a great game, no DRM, no 3rd party app running in the background. It's even on sale right now!
Is GOG not selling new games because they don't want to or because the publishers aren't willing to part with their precious DRM? IMO, the issue there is not with GOG. Witcher 2 is not that old. I'll support GOG's efforts every chance I get. No third party app has to be running in the background (offline or not). No updates are forced upon me everytime I log into that app regardless of the settings I've set for the game. I just spent a we
48, been playing since Elite on a C64. Civ II was my intro to TBS genre. As for SD games, GC, GCII, Sins, to FE.
Based on my past experience with SD games, their patches are what other companies call DLC or expansions. It will be interesting to see what SD considers DLC! :) If as you say the DLC is just a map pack, I will probably buy it just to show my appreciation. Chances are I wouldn't use them much though, the random maps work very well for me. So I'm not sure if that will be a good gauge of interest or not. Although if that map pack included that fu
@Chibiabos [quote]The Crusades, the Inquisition, the Conquistadors, the witch trials ... history is replete with the blood of innocents due to such intolerance.[/quote] Don't leave out Stalin, Mao, and other 'atheists' which have as much or more blood on their hands. The reality is that this attitude: [quote]I never claimed to be tolerant of trolls, ignorance, or those who attempt to force their beliefs on me and others. I am actually ve
And from his perspective, it may be your opinion he/she considers ridiculous. So no, I don't see how this works, it seems an endless circle to me. It's more about respecting for one another imo. Cultural differences aren't right or wrong, just different. Those differences can be appreciated and even accepted regardless of how ridiculous they might seem to me.
Mmm, I wonder how many posters on this thread consider themselves tolerant. The OP has an issue with the game having pork items. Heavenfall was kind enough to provide a reasonable solution to the problem. The OP can now make the salted pork, salted lamb, peanuts, or whatever. I would have expected the tolerant to leave it at that and respect another’s obviously deeply held beliefs. Instead we have 3 pages of folks ridiculing if not berating another for vi
Hehe, add a dungeon or trap that transports the player to a dream state or back to 1985 and they have to fight their way out of a pixilated world to 'wake up' or get back. :) Better yet, give the AI a new random spell! :) I'd have fun with it!
Thanks, I'll buy via the SD store then. :)