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Reply to Studio behind SimCity and The Sims series closing in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Chibiabos" reply="17" id="3528417"] I think Brad is well known for his Gamer's Bill of Rights. I hope to heck Stardock will stick by it ... I know Stardock has gotten bigger since then, and its frustrating to me but understandable Stardock has caved to market pressure by selling on Steam, but I hope there's an absolute rule that games that are, at their heart, single player will never get the heavy anchors of obtrusive DRM attached that only have the effect of f

Reply to Death throes of Impulse in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="tid242" reply="4" id="3528479"] You can activate them on steam!?? [/quote] Some games like Warhammer and Company of Heroes moved to Steam multi-player so you could activate the keys on Steam after the conversion.

Reply to Death throes of Impulse in PC Gaming AshesoftheSingularity Forums

I pretty much abandoned Impulse/Gamestop in less than a year. Some games I was lucky enough to activate on steam. I wish the Stardock games would have done the same. I know. Business and stuff. Unfortunately I see GoG heading in a similar direction with their move to movies, indie, and losing publishers. So I'm not "supporting" them much anymore. I think they want to be an Apple store knock off.

Reply to What is the future of Early Access? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

I personally will only buy EA if I like what is completed at the time of purchase. I am DONE with promises, road maps, schedules, etc. I have very much enjoyed buying some games early and watching them grow. But they were games that I liked at the time of purchase. Star Ruler, AI War, Space Engineers, and Planetary Annihilation come to mind as games that were interesting at initial purchase and only got better as time passed. I won't buy a tech demo. I don't care

Reply to Galactic Civilizations I: Ultimate Now Available on GOG.com! in GalCiv II News Stardock Forums

I would buy GC2 again if it were released on GOG.com. Maybe Stardock could release GC2 on GOG as a promo of GC3 when it is out of beta. Hint hint.

Reply to Will Stardock ever remove registration from their games? in Stardock Games Stardock Forums

[quote who="Ryat" reply="1" id="3476702"] That and if Steam ever goes down you can still get the game through Stardock's system. [/quote] So the game does becomes part of the Stardock account through the registration. It's not just an unlock so to speak but a serial registration. That does make some sense then.

Reply to Game visuals: What makes a game’s graphics “dated”? in Elemental Dev Journals Stardock Forums

Unsupported screen resolutions or a new OS not running a game are about the only thing that dates a game for me. I like 3D, 2D isometric, flat, it doesn't really matter.

Will Stardock ever remove registration from their games? in Stardock Games Stardock Forums

I was wondering if Stardock would ever consider embracing Steam as their primary DRM scheme? To purchase a game now we customers need to have two login accounts. One with Steam and another with Stardock. Of course I have both because I used to be an Impulse customer. But many new customers are put off by needing two different registration processes. My thought is if you want to sell on Steam, why not go the whole way and use Steam's client as the registration. Thanks, and I look forward t

Reply to Highlights from Legendary Heroes in Elemental Dev Journals Sins Forums

I'm intrigued by the new in-city tactical battle system.

Reply to Quick question: Is Sins :Trinity a stand alone? Or does it require the base/orignal game? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Trinity is stand alone. It's the original Sins + Entrenchment + Trinity all together.

Reply to You can keep only one RPG. All others go up in smoke. Which one? in PC Gaming Sins Forums

[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="4" id="3330665"] Drakensang is a good choice too, I am actually playing both the Dark Eye and the River of Time at the same time now.[/quote] I just recently picked up the Drakensang Complete Pack. I've touched both a bit and from what I can tell I like that the UI and controls are the same through the series. Makes it easy to go back and forth between them. I can't say the same for Skyrim and Oblivion.

Reply to You can keep only one RPG. All others go up in smoke. Which one? in PC Gaming Sins Forums

I know I'll probably get flak but Skyrim. I'm a total Skyrim whore. I've had it for about 7 weeks and have over 130 hours into it. That is a personal record. It has just sucked me in with the large character selection, upgrade system where you upgrade by doing instead of assigning points. But also you can select perks to upgrade areas you want. Then there's the open world. I love Skyrim. If I could have only one game ever it would be Skyrim. Drakensang: The Dark Eye wo

Reply to Always on DRM *cough* Sim City *cough* in PC Gaming Sins Forums

[quote who="myfist0" reply="103" id="3330484"] They want everyone online, all the time, period. They will spew whatever shit the public will swallow to achieve this.[/quote] Damn right they want you online. They want to control the whole cycle. They don't want you to happily go off and enjoy one of their games forever. [quote who="myfist0" reply="105" id="3330496"] What would be the point if you still need to connect to save? After SC6 is rele

Reply to Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes FAQ in Elemental Dev Journals Sins Forums

I'm surprised to be included for free in the Legendary Heroes expansion. I thought maybe that wouldn't apply with Fallen Enchantress being a standalone release. I'm also glad that since Stardock is using Steamworks for multi-player we are getting this release with the steam key. Thank you guy 'n' gals at Stardock. [e digicons]k1[/e]

Reply to Have you ever walked about on a movie? in Movies & TV & Books Sins Forums

Natural Born Killers

Reply to Cnet dealing Malware in Personal Computing Sins Forums

Now you have to uncheck installing Mcafee Security Scan when you update Java. Everyone uses Java. It's annoying. If I'm googling for downloads I avoid using cnet links.

Reply to Doom 3 bfg edition in PC Gaming Sins Forums

Doom 3 OMG. When the portal opened I was in one of the game bathrooms and made the mistake of looking into the mirror. Scared the crap out of me! The game designer that put that in should get an award for Best Detail Ever.

Reply to So they broke MP with jumping starbases. in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

Jumping starbases. I get the Vassari are a mobile space race but who at IC thought giving Orky jump capability was a good idea? [e digicons]:|[/e]

Reply to "This deal isn't working out for us." in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

[quote quoting="post"] Eventually, I got the sound of a TEC voice saying "This deal isn't working out for us" and a minidump followed immediately. The only TEC ally I had was Sel and he hadn't quit or anything. [/quote] This is pretty funny if you think of it as the PC speaking. "This deal isn't working out for us" CTD

Reply to Jon Shafer's new game in PC Gaming Sins Forums

[quote who="Jon Shafer" reply="5" id="3164465"]I know what he's doing. - Jon[/quote] Troll. [e digicons]:P[/e]

Reply to Diablo 3 in PC Gaming Sins Forums

You've maybe seen this but it is by far my favorite meme for release night.

Reply to Hype vs. Product in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

I just check my receipts. Entrenchment - $9.95 Diplomacy - $9.95 I pre-ordered both but the price was the same on release.

Reply to Friday Night Poll: Would you pay a dollar for multiplayer in Fallen Enchantress? in Elemental Dev Journals Sins Forums

I'm currently in a multi-player game of Armada 2526. We started it when the Supernova expansion was in beta back in February 2011. We are still playing it. We're at turn 142. Armada plays at a much faster pace than Elemental or Galactic Civilization so I honestly don't think multi-player would work very well because of the slower pace.

Reply to [SUGGESTION] Humongous Random Map and/or Random Map w/ variable settings in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

[e digicons]k1[/e] for random map generator with settings. (Galaxy Forge does a good job with this) [e digicons]k1[/e] to save random map (Galaxy Forge does this too.)