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[Paelos]

Is your vote EU?

[Ingmar]

No, I'd probably pick Alpha Centauri if forced at gunpoint.

[Sky]

Tough one. Alpha Centauri was such a culmination of Reynolds work before he lost his goddamned mind.

I'd probably go with THAT MOD 2 for you know which game 4. 

[Paelos]

I'll put things this way,

If you love top down TBS with the battles resolved for you, Alpha Centauri wins.
If you like economics and hate war, Anno wins.
If you like a top down TBS with the ability to drill down into the individual battles, Total War wins.

By no means should you not play one of them because you love the other more. They are all must-own games imo.

[Sky]

After intially getting shut out of medieval 2 because of a resolution problem with my 720p display, I just wasn't able to get into it once I got the 1080p display. Seemed like a decent enough game,  but the RTS format really bugged me.

[Ingmar]

One of my bigger issues with the games is that the victory conditions are so ahistorical. Medieval 2 wanted me to take over more of Europe than Napoleon, with centuries-older tech. Kind of senseless. They also take 600 years past the point where it is obvious you're going to own everyone before it actually ends, which is irritating.

I keep regretting paying full price every time I get one personally, but obviously that doesn't apply here!

[tgr]

I'm thinking Distant Worlds would've been my current strategy game of choice, if only the programmers hadn't been a bunch of incompetents and made it singlecored and laggy.

Which is kind of why me and a friend of mine are working on our own version.

[NiX]

Is Rift worth 7.50?

[caladein]

I think it is.  And it's a legitimate $7.50 instead of something lower but without a free month.

[Nebu]

Is Rift worth 7.50?

If you like MMO's it's definitely worth it.  The soul system is entertaining and the warfronts are a lot of fun from level 10-49. 

[Dren]

Rift is definitely worth a month if you find MMO's entertaining.  That's what I got out of it.  I'm burned out on the traditinoal MMO right now or I'd still be playing it.

Picked up Sanctum Pack yesterday.  Played last night.  Really liking it.  The reviews are spot on for both good and bad.  For me, I've not played anything like this before so I'm not knocking points off for "not adding anything new," or "not as good as x, y, or z."

Awhile back I installed the F2P Champions Online.  Seems ok for what it is, a copy of CoH but with some updated features.  The crafting seems good and somewhat interesting/useful.  Graphics are pretty dated.  The animations are pretty clunky.  My kids and I are having fun with it though (for free!) to create different heros and sit back and say "He/she looks cool!" or "That didn't work...."  Really, this just made me kind of Jones CoH, so I might check out their F2P soon.  Either way, I absolutely won't be group questing or raiding, so I'll be uninstalling in the near future.

[Sky]

Is Rift worth 7.50?

Yes. And worth getting at least one class to 50 to really see the soul/role system at its peak. At the very least you'll know what we're bitching about when other mmogs fall short.

[Azazel]

If I buy Rift today does my month start immediately, or does it start when I actually set up an account and start playing? (ie, I'm too busy to start a new MMO for the next week or month or so)

[Ingmar]

I don't see how they could count a month down without having account information to count it against.

[Azazel]

Well, my concern was that'd do it against the Steam purchase date.

[Kageru]

Never seen it done that way. They just treat it like any other retail purchase.

[Ginaz]

Blood Bowl: Legendary Edition is on sale now for $8.

[luckton]

Blood Bowl: Legendary Edition is on sale now for $8.

Dammit!  I knew those bastards would put it on sale within a month of me buying it 

[HaemishM]

Blood Bowl: Legendary Edition is on sale now for $8.

If you do not buy this for this price, you hate fun. I have gotten many times more than $8 worth of enjoyment out of this.

[trias_e]

Hah.  Because I know damn well that I want to play a competitive game with you people.  One which you've been playing for years and I've never played...Consider it bought.

[Xilren's Twin]

Finally biting on Blood Bowl.  Steam is a subversive virus of a service.

BTW, noticed Dungeon Seige 3 for 50%, and they have a deluxe edition which included DS1 and 2 for like $2.50 more.
I know DS3 is infected with consolitis, but overall opinions - worth it?

[tgr]

If you do not buy this for this price, you hate fun. I have gotten many times more than $8 worth of enjoyment out of this.

I would've bought it long ago, except it's published by focus home interactive, and thus has activations. vOv

[Amaron]

I know DS3 is infected with consolitis, but overall opinions - worth it?

I played the demo it's got other problems than consolitis.   I'm picking it up but that's only because I found the story mildly intriguing.   Which was kind of surprising for dungeon siege but oh well.    I grabbed Blood Bowl too finally.

[Ragnoros]

I know DS3 is infected with consolitis, but overall opinions - worth it?

I only got about 3 hours out of it before I got bored and never came back. Of course, YMMV.
I play Aaction RPGS primarily for the interesting skills, stats, and lewt. DS3 was generic to the max on this front.

[NowhereMan]

Hmm... I played Blood Bowl a while back but just didn't get into the tactical stuff, as much as I like the idea of the game I've just never really had the patience to learn strategies and get into that sort of gameplay (and chronically short attention span, same reason I've never gotten into chess). On the other hand it's a great game and £6 so I'll probably buy it and play half a dozen times.

[Azazel]

If you do not buy this for this price, you hate fun. I have gotten many times more than $8 worth of enjoyment out of this.

I would've bought it long ago, except it's published by focus home interactive, and thus has activations. vOv

Through the magic of email, I got them to refund both the activations I'd used on my wife's PC which died and my own PC which also died.

It's a kind of magic!

[Ginaz]

If you do not buy this for this price, you hate fun. I have gotten many times more than $8 worth of enjoyment out of this.

I would've bought it long ago, except it's published by focus home interactive, and thus has activations. vOv

Through the magic of email, I got them to refund both the activations I'd used on my wife's PC which died and my own PC which also died.

It's a kind of magic!

Magic?  Thats how fucking magnets work!

[tgr]

Through the magic of email, I got them to refund both the activations I'd used on my wife's PC which died and my own PC which also died.

It's the principle of the thing.

[Special J]

Blood Bowl: Legendary Edition is on sale now for $8.

If you do not buy this for this price, you hate fun. I have gotten many times more than $8 worth of enjoyment out of this.

Done!

[pants]

So Crysis is $3.75 - I almost feel weird asking this (I remember when $90 for a game was cheap), but is it worth playing?

[Rasix]

It's a good Korean killing simulator.

[bhodi]

Crysis is a ton of fun if you modify the ini and give yourself increased (or infinite) energy and bonus move speed while move enhanced. Then you play the game like the predator. It's fantastic.

[pants]

Okay, those two wraps with it being cheaper than a cup of coffee = Sold!

[DraconianOne]

Crysis is a ton of fun if you modify the ini and give yourself increased (or infinite) energy and bonus move speed while move enhanced. Then you play the game like the predator. It's fantastic.

This I did not know. Thanks.

Got this back in the Easter Sale for less than the price of a pint and it's well worth it for that. Had several hours fun with it but the only thing I really, really missed was some sort of ability to upgrade your suit like DX augmentations.

[murdoc]

Blood Bowl: Legendary Edition is on sale now for $8.

I'm so mad I missed this