2012 Video Games Thread - Page 9

Peregrine · 07-12-2012, 12:18 PM

I love it that in Endless Space they actually tried to have a sense of humor in some of the descriptions - from the Hostile Fauna anomaly on a planet - "While the beasts on this planet were at first described as 'giant', 'primal' and 'impressive' a more accurate description would have been 'clever, silent, and ravenous.' Though they are eagerly hunted and are in fact a good food source, few people enjoy living on a planet where the food pyramid is in fact a circle.

whomario · 07-12-2012, 12:33 PM

"They are the Cravers, everything else is their food"

(when hovering over them while in the selection screen)

whomario · 07-12-2012, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Mota

I agree here 100%, I have the 2009 version I believe and it was a bit hard to use for a non-cycling guy. The new version looks a lot more accessible and hopefully it'll be on Steam sale! It's a good $10 game for me, but not $40.

It´s down to 30 in the german steam store until July 23rd, so that likely will be the lowest it´ll be then for a while

I´ll have to think about it, but 30 is definitely better than 40

mckerney · 07-12-2012, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by whomario

It´s down to 30 in the german steam store until July 23rd, so that likely will be the lowest it´ll be then for a while

I´ll have to think about it, but 30 is definitely better than 40

At least wait until the last day of the Summer sale. It could end up as a daily deal with a bigger discount.

whomario · 07-12-2012, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by mckerney

At least wait until the last day of the Summer sale. It could end up as a daily deal with a bigger discount.

Yeah, definitely will do that. Maybe at the last day of the real life tour de france or sth like that (22nd)

dubb93 · 07-12-2012, 01:05 PM

The summer sale seems to be live. Wish I could tell you about all the goodies I just bought but the servers are getting hammered so hard I can't buy anything!

Mizzou B-ball fan · 07-12-2012, 01:38 PM

I already purchased the Pro Cycling 2012 game. Been playing it some at home. I will say that watching the Tour de France on DVR and keeping up with what has happened has helped my ability to understand the sport tremendously. I picked up a couple of good, young riders and was able to do well in my first couple of tours at the lower levels. Still made some mistakes, but I tried the previous iteration of the gamae and really struggled because I didn't have a clue how to time attacks and protect riders. Doing much better now.

whomario · 07-12-2012, 01:53 PM

i think the main thing is to know your riders and know the race calendar and how the races shape up. For example there are a couple mid level tours where the time trial determines 80% of the overall standing, if you have a great TT rider then those are the tours he should focus on.

Also, every rider only has a finite number of all-out races in him and a couple "windows" where he´s at full form and you have to try to time those to fall into races where he can actually play a good role.

The bigger the race, the less wiggle room there is (riders who are GT contenders almost never shine in smaller races)

damn, now i want the game ...

Mizzou B-ball fan · 07-12-2012, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by whomario

i think the main thing is to know your riders and know the race calendar and how the races shape up. For example there are a couple mid level tours where the time trial determines 80% of the overall standing, if you have a great TT rider then those are the tours he should focus on.

Also, every rider only has a finite number of all-out races in him and a couple "windows" where he´s at full form and you have to try to time those to fall into races where he can actually play a good role.

The bigger the race, the less wiggle room there is (riders who are GT contenders almost never shine in smaller races)

damn, now i want the game ...

I'm not sure that I've figured all that out yet, but I'm having fun finding ways to screw up.

Philliesfan980 · 07-12-2012, 01:57 PM

Is the pro cycling game a simulation game, or is it a game where you control the biker?

whomario · 07-12-2012, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Philliesfan980

Is the pro cycling game a simulation game, or is it a game where you control the biker?

sort of a mix of both. You manage your team (transfers, finances, training, season planning and stuff) and come race day you can either sim it or play the stage. If you play the stage you can switch between all your participating riders and give them commands (how fast they go/which amount of energy they spent, if they lead the field or save energy. And if you order a rider to attack he´ll do so immediately).

But you don´t press a button to pedal and another to stand up or sth. There´s a console game that gives you a more hands-on approach in that regard, but it´s only for the Tour de France (i think) and doesn´t have any of the management aspects.

Mota · 07-12-2012, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by whomario

i think the main thing is to know your riders and know the race calendar and how the races shape up. For example there are a couple mid level tours where the time trial determines 80% of the overall standing, if you have a great TT rider then those are the tours he should focus on.

Also, every rider only has a finite number of all-out races in him and a couple "windows" where he´s at full form and you have to try to time those to fall into races where he can actually play a good role.

The bigger the race, the less wiggle room there is (riders who are GT contenders almost never shine in smaller races)

damn, now i want the game ...

It's sounds too complicated already!

I'm not a big biking fan, but I love management games and stats. Can you just watch the races and let the players do their own strategy, or would they just suck? I usually have the GM role in my games, hire the right guys, make sure they're trained up, but not get too hands on.

Scoobz0202 · 07-12-2012, 08:42 PM

BTW, if anybody not in the USA needs help.

Steam Community :: ID :: CancerStick

MizzouRah · 07-12-2012, 09:15 PM

I'm off for the next 11 days, Endless Space here I come!

MizzouRah · 07-13-2012, 02:01 AM

Hello 3 hours later.. lol

So far, Endless Space is quite engrossing.. time is just flowing by.

I have a 4 year old pc and haven't noticed much difference between graphics settings, so I'll leave it on fantastic for now. I'm assuming once you get into some space battles, that's when you'll have to adjust.

I doubt my GeForce 8600 GTS will be able to handle that setting throughout the game.. it's sure a beautiful game.

MizzouRah · 07-14-2012, 12:04 AM

Besides a game of NCAA 13, I've been obsessed with Endless Space. I feel bad for Civ 5 now because I was deep into it until I pulled the credit card for ES.

Fantastic game and being able to vote on the next additions to the game is genius.

I like the card system for battles, I think it's things like this that really makes this game engaging for me.

Matthean · 07-14-2012, 05:25 PM

http://deadpoolgame.com/#!/home

RainMaker · 07-14-2012, 05:33 PM

Can someoen give me a brief rundown of Endless Space? I have no idea what it is and I can't really figure out what type of game it is.

Shkspr · 07-14-2012, 05:39 PM

4X game like GalCiv or Master of Orion. Rather than strategic combat, sides use cardlike mechanics to affect the combat rolls. Very polished, lots of UI improvements, easier to micromanage than its competitors...but looks to have a steepish learning curve.

MizzouRah · 07-14-2012, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Shkspr

4X game like GalCiv or Master of Orion. Rather than strategic combat, sides use cardlike mechanics to affect the combat rolls. Very polished, lots of UI improvements, easier to micromanage than its competitors...but looks to have a steepish learning curve.

The tutorial is excellent, but is brain overload. Like Civ 5 though, start out on easy and work your way up.

mckerney · 07-17-2012, 11:13 AM

Scoobz0202 · 07-17-2012, 12:34 PM

That video is great. Metro: 2033 had one of the best atmospheres of any game I've ever played.

Matthean · 07-17-2012, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Scoobz0202

Metro: 2033 had one of the best atmospheres of any game I've ever played.

$4.99(75% off) on Steam right now.

mckerney · 07-19-2012, 12:36 AM

Looks like current 360 exclusive Fez could be coming to PC before too long.

Polytron bringing back Fez patch, won't fix save issues | Joystiq

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Polytron points to this as a major drawback with Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade service, in that the company charges exorbitant fees to developers to release even free updates and content. "Had Fez been released on Steam instead of XBLA," posts Polytron, "the game would have been fixed two weeks after release, at no cost to us." Does that mean a Steam version is in progress? "Only a few months left to our XBLA exclusivity!" says the company on Twitter.

spleen1015 · 07-19-2012, 07:06 AM

Saw an article about a new open world game, Sleeping Dogs. I am a sucker for open world games. I'll probably buy it.

mckerney · 07-19-2012, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by spleen1015

Saw an article about a new open world game, Sleeping Dogs. I am a sucker for open world games. I'll probably buy it.

I preordered it from Green Man Gaming when it was available for $30, nice to see some good early reviews.

Early Review Scores for Sleeping Dogs are Looking Fantastic | Only Single Player

Ryan S · 07-19-2012, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

Yes. $30.

Yes...I'm playing Pro Cycling Manager 2012 (the management version for PC, not the Console game).

Is this a game where I would need to be an huge cycling fan, or could a guy like me with plenty of experience playing sports management games and a watcher of the Tour on TV get something out of the game?

Most of the reviews talk about the steep learning curve and the lack of appeal to people who do not follow cycling closely, but I have seen the same said about plenty of other sports management games.

Mizzou B-ball fan · 07-19-2012, 07:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ryan S

Is this a game where I would need to be an huge cycling fan, or could a guy like me with plenty of experience playing sports management games and a watcher of the Tour on TV get something out of the game?

Most of the reviews talk about the steep learning curve and the lack of appeal to people who do not follow cycling closely, but I have seen the same said about plenty of other sports management games.

If you have watched the Tour semi-regularly, you're good to go. Just need the basic strategies to start, though it's obviously one of those things that's tough to master the finer details.

gstelmack · 07-20-2012, 07:35 AM

I have a code available for the Arctic Strike DLC pack for Ghost Recon Future Soldier on the Xbox 360. If you own and play Future Soldier on the 360, PM me your Xbox gamertag so I can verify (I'll check the http://live.xbox.com/en-US/Profile?g...g=GRCurmudgeon page) and then I'll PM you back the code.

Ryan S · 07-21-2012, 06:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan

If you have watched the Tour semi-regularly, you're good to go. Just need the basic strategies to start, though it's obviously one of those things that's tough to master the finer details.

Decided to go for it thanks to the 50% flash sale.

Young Drachma · 07-25-2012, 04:57 PM

Searched the forums because I ran across Endless Space and it looks interesting. I'll probably wait until winter when I'm bored and can't go anywhere, but...it looks intriguing. Can you build your own ships?

whomario · 07-26-2012, 01:00 PM

@ Dark Cloud : you can definitely construct ships. You basically have a basic outfit (couple different types of ships with different functions) and then you can outfit it with weapons, protection and other things.

Here´s the link for the manual if you are interested : http://cdn.steampowered.com/Manuals/...F?t=1341364778

has tons of info and pictures on the issue and propably is more coherent than me

For all you guys who bought Pro Cycling Manager 2012 : There´s a new patch coming, most likely tomorrow (hope on steam as well), which fixes a couple really glaring issues. Hope it´ll also make mountain stages more stretched out, but that´s sth that might allways be fixable by the DB makers.

What teams are you playing with btw ? I´m thinking about starting a career saturday, not yet sure what team. Propably a level 2 team, thinking about Argos-Shimano maybe with their 2 powerfull and young german sprinters (Kittel and Degenkolb)

One of the idiotic oversights of the game is that you can´t check the budget for all teams somewhere, basically have to start with a team to see it´s budget ...

anyway, the fix list for the patch :

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[CAREER]
- Major fix: Schedule/invitations for Cya World Tour races in season 2.
- Fix: a bug could prevent a limited number of very good riders from joining a new team during the off season, therefore finding themselves without a contract.
- Fix: crash which could occur on the Schedule page.
- Fix: problem on the world championships time-trial (bad team controlled).
- Fix: bug that prevented renewal of contracts for the next year (year + 1) when, in January of the current year, there were 30 riders under contract.
- Fix: some fixes in Update 4 (1.2.0.0 from 1.1.0.3) did not fully take into account the fix to U23 races (the correct race profiles were missing).
- Improvement: Cost of staff revised to avoid the financial imbalance which could be created with small and medium-sized teams.
- Improvement: sponsor goals

[ARMADA]
- Major feature: Collections
- Feature: Added the possibility to play friendly races with a custom database.
- Feature: Added the possibility to "sell" rider cards back to the server in exchange for Coins.
- Functionality: Added wear and tear of equipment (only taken into account in races for ladder games).
- Functionality: player rankings have been added showing progress of collections.
- Feature: In the list of games, information added about the type of friendly race: terrain, distance, cobblestones, database (Armada Official or Custom)
- Functionality: It is now possible to use a password to protect a friendly game.

[VARIOUS]
- Fix: the "alternative" races are now playable in stage/tour/classic and career modes.
- Fix: various fixes to prevent possible crashes when starting the game and when accessing the "load game" page.
- Fix: final race winnings were not paid on the Paris-Nice.
- Functionality: It is now possible to use start lists (startlists) in Tour/Stage/Classic solo races.

[DATABASE]
- Fix: update of two profiles on the Tour of Belgium

[DATABASE]
- Adjustment: Some attributes tweaked

bhlloy · 07-26-2012, 01:18 PM

Hopefully by improving sponsor goals they mean not having 9 out of 10 goals for races you have no shot of even being invited to if you aren't a huge team.

Also agreed on making stages more spread out, right now feels very formulaic and having a great climber doesn't really reward you because anybody can stay on the front of the pack

sachmo71 · 07-26-2012, 01:53 PM

I've been playing the hell out of Crusader Kings 2. This is a very fun game.
I finished Max Payne 3 on 360 and enjoyed that very much as well.
Prototype 2 is more of the same, so if you like the first one, you should like this as well.

Honolulu_Blue · 07-26-2012, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by sachmo71

I've been playing the hell out of Crusader Kings 2. This is a very fun game.
I finished Max Payne 3 on 360 and enjoyed that very much as well.
Prototype 2 is more of the same, so if you like the first one, you should like this as well.

I've been playing a lot of Crusader Kings 2 as well. I still don't feel like I understand about 40% of what's going on or what I could (or should) be doing at any time, but I do quite enjoy muddling along.

I think the trick for me has been thinking of it much more as a RPG than a conquest/Civizliations type of game.

DaddyTorgo · 07-26-2012, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

I've been playing a lot of Crusader Kings 2 as well. I still don't feel like I understand about 40% of what's going on or what I could (or should) be doing at any time, but I do quite enjoy muddling along.

I think the trick for me has been thinking of it much more as a RPG than a conquest/Civizliations type of game.

I LOVE RPing in CKII. I find that I have to in order to really get enjoyment out of it...start out as a little lord and set myself a goal of just...expanding a little bit at first...then a little more, etc.

MizzouRah · 07-26-2012, 10:17 PM

Spec Ops: The Line is freaking awesome

Since Darksiders 2 is coming out in a couple of weeks, I picked up the original today.

MizzouRah · 07-26-2012, 10:23 PM

This game looks great..

Sleeping Dogs

mckerney · 07-26-2012, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by MizzouRah

Spec Ops: The Line is freaking awesome

Since Darksiders 2 is coming out in a couple of weeks, I picked up the original today.

If anyone else is interested in doing the same Green Man Gaming has it for $4.99 right now, the game activates on Steam.

Other deals on game with sequels coming out soon, Orcs Must Die! is $3.75 on Steam and Borderlands is $7.49 with all DLC plus a free weekend of play on Steam.

mckerney · 07-26-2012, 11:51 PM

I absolutely agree with you about Spec Ops: The Line, just a fantastic story for a military shooter that even carries it through the sub par gameplay. Plus Nolan North is absolutely fantastic as the lead. Not really surprising given it's Nolan North (he's also done some great work in Dota 2 in addition to being in just about every game ever made), but he absolutely nails the part and his performance really adds a lot to his character.

I'd say that so far Spec Ops and The Walking Dead are the two best games I've played to come out this year.

Also looking forward to Sleeping Dogs, preordered it since it was available for $30 on Green Man Gaming a while ago and what I've seen since then has looked pretty good.

MizzouRah · 07-27-2012, 01:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mckerney

I absolutely agree with you about Spec Ops: The Line, just a fantastic story for a military shooter that even carries it through the sub par gameplay. Plus Nolan North is absolutely fantastic as the lead. Not really surprising given it's Nolan North (he's also done some great work in Dota 2 in addition to being in just about every game ever made), but he absolutely nails the part and his performance really adds a lot to his character.

I'd say that so far Spec Ops and The Walking Dead are the two best games I've played to come out this year.

Also looking forward to Sleeping Dogs, preordered it since it was available for $30 on Green Man Gaming a while ago and what I've seen since then has looked pretty good.

It is a great game thus far.. really pulls you into its story.

stevew · 07-27-2012, 02:06 AM

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Originally Posted by MizzouRah

This game looks great..

Sleeping Dogs

it was originally a "True Crime" game. Those were a bit underwhelming as games. maybe this will be different.

mckerney · 07-27-2012, 02:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevew

it was originally a "True Crime" game. Those were a bit underwhelming as games. maybe this will be different.

Sort of. At first it was being developed under the name Black Lotus starting in 2008 by a different developer than the one that had made the True Crime series. Then Activision decided to put the True Crime name on it in 2009. After being delayed Activision cancelled the project in early 2011 and it was later picked up by Square Enix 6 months later. Square Enix didn't have the rights to the True Crime title though so it was changed to Sleeping Dogs.

So it was at one point a True Crime game though it started out as an original IP.

stevew · 07-27-2012, 02:36 AM

I remember the bad guys all ran a straight line in the first true crime. All you had to do was diagonal a bit and you could easily catch up to them.

RainMaker · 07-27-2012, 03:13 AM

Only thing that concerns me as an open-world game is that they say the world is pretty small. I like those big open worlds that I can just go wild in.

MizzouRah · 07-27-2012, 09:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevew

it was originally a "True Crime" game. Those were a bit underwhelming as games. maybe this will be different.

I'll definitely wait for reviews.

mckerney · 07-27-2012, 09:34 AM

Left 4 Dead 2 on 360 will finally be getting the Cold Stream DLC soon with the Cold Stream campaign along with 4 campaigns for the original Left 4 Dead. It also unlocks all of the mutations.

I wasn't a big fan of Cold Stream when I played it back when it was in beta, but it's worth it for the original campaigns and mutations.

Kodos · 07-27-2012, 09:40 AM

Will the 4 campaigns be with the original cast, or the L4D2 cast? Not that it really matters much...

mckerney · 07-27-2012, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Kodos

Will the 4 campaigns be with the original cast, or the L4D2 cast? Not that it really matters much...

On PC they have the original cast but with the weapons and special infected from Left 4 Dead 2. I would guess 360 would be the same unless they needed to make the download smaller for XBox Live (the campaign updates were huge on Steam).

The update will cost something like $7 in MS points.

Kodos · 07-27-2012, 10:25 AM

Great. Will be grabbing that shortly for the 360. Thanks for the heads up, mckerney.

07-12-2012, 12:33 PM	#402
whomario Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2007	"They are the Cravers, everything else is their food" (when hovering over them while in the selection screen) __________________ “The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!” Last edited by whomario : 07-12-2012 at 12:34 PM.

07-12-2012, 01:38 PM	#407
Mizzou B-ball fan General Manager Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kansas City, MO	I already purchased the Pro Cycling 2012 game. Been playing it some at home. I will say that watching the Tour de France on DVR and keeping up with what has happened has helped my ability to understand the sport tremendously. I picked up a couple of good, young riders and was able to do well in my first couple of tours at the lower levels. Still made some mistakes, but I tried the previous iteration of the gamae and really struggled because I didn't have a clue how to time attacks and protect riders. Doing much better now. Last edited by Mizzou B-ball fan : 07-12-2012 at 01:39 PM.

07-12-2012, 01:53 PM	#408
whomario Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2007	i think the main thing is to know your riders and know the race calendar and how the races shape up. For example there are a couple mid level tours where the time trial determines 80% of the overall standing, if you have a great TT rider then those are the tours he should focus on. Also, every rider only has a finite number of all-out races in him and a couple "windows" where he´s at full form and you have to try to time those to fall into races where he can actually play a good role. The bigger the race, the less wiggle room there is (riders who are GT contenders almost never shine in smaller races) damn, now i want the game ... __________________ “The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!” Last edited by whomario : 07-12-2012 at 01:54 PM.

07-12-2012, 08:42 PM	#413
Scoobz0202 Pro Rookie Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dayton, Ohio	BTW, if anybody not in the USA needs help. Steam Community :: ID :: CancerStick Last edited by Scoobz0202 : 07-12-2012 at 08:43 PM.

07-14-2012, 12:04 AM	#416
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	Besides a game of NCAA 13, I've been obsessed with Endless Space. I feel bad for Civ 5 now because I was deep into it until I pulled the credit card for ES. Fantastic game and being able to vote on the next additions to the game is genius. I like the card system for battles, I think it's things like this that really makes this game engaging for me. Last edited by MizzouRah : 07-14-2012 at 12:04 AM.

07-12-2012, 12:18 PM	#401
Peregrine Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Cary, NC	I love it that in Endless Space they actually tried to have a sense of humor in some of the descriptions - from the Hostile Fauna anomaly on a planet - "While the beasts on this planet were at first described as 'giant', 'primal' and 'impressive' a more accurate description would have been 'clever, silent, and ravenous.' Though they are eagerly hunted and are in fact a good food source, few people enjoy living on a planet where the food pyramid is in fact a circle.

07-12-2012, 01:57 PM	#410
Philliesfan980 Banned Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Exton, PA	Is the pro cycling game a simulation game, or is it a game where you control the biker?

07-12-2012, 09:15 PM	#414
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	I'm off for the next 11 days, Endless Space here I come!

07-13-2012, 02:01 AM	#415
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	Hello 3 hours later.. lol So far, Endless Space is quite engrossing.. time is just flowing by. I have a 4 year old pc and haven't noticed much difference between graphics settings, so I'll leave it on fantastic for now. I'm assuming once you get into some space battles, that's when you'll have to adjust. I doubt my GeForce 8600 GTS will be able to handle that setting throughout the game.. it's sure a beautiful game.

07-14-2012, 05:25 PM	#417
Matthean Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Aug 2008	http://deadpoolgame.com/#!/home __________________ Board games: Bringing people back to the original social network, the table.

07-14-2012, 05:33 PM	#418
RainMaker General Manager Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	Can someoen give me a brief rundown of Endless Space? I have no idea what it is and I can't really figure out what type of game it is.

07-14-2012, 05:39 PM	#419
Shkspr College Benchwarmer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Amarillo, TX	4X game like GalCiv or Master of Orion. Rather than strategic combat, sides use cardlike mechanics to affect the combat rolls. Very polished, lots of UI improvements, easier to micromanage than its competitors...but looks to have a steepish learning curve.

07-17-2012, 11:13 AM	#421
mckerney Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000

07-17-2012, 12:34 PM	#422
Scoobz0202 Pro Rookie Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dayton, Ohio	That video is great. Metro: 2033 had one of the best atmospheres of any game I've ever played.

07-19-2012, 07:06 AM	#425
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	Saw an article about a new open world game, Sleeping Dogs. I am a sucker for open world games. I'll probably buy it. __________________ Why choose failure when success is an option?

07-20-2012, 07:35 AM	#429
gstelmack Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cary, NC	I have a code available for the Arctic Strike DLC pack for Ghost Recon Future Soldier on the Xbox 360. If you own and play Future Soldier on the 360, PM me your Xbox gamertag so I can verify (I'll check the http://live.xbox.com/en-US/Profile?g...g=GRCurmudgeon page) and then I'll PM you back the code. __________________ -- Greg -- Author of various FOF utilities

07-25-2012, 04:57 PM	#431
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	Searched the forums because I ran across Endless Space and it looks interesting. I'll probably wait until winter when I'm bored and can't go anywhere, but...it looks intriguing. Can you build your own ships? __________________ Current Dynasty:The Zenith of Professional Basketball Careers (FBPB/FBCB) FBCB / FPB3 Mods

07-26-2012, 01:18 PM	#433
bhlloy Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003	Hopefully by improving sponsor goals they mean not having 9 out of 10 goals for races you have no shot of even being invited to if you aren't a huge team. Also agreed on making stages more spread out, right now feels very formulaic and having a great climber doesn't really reward you because anybody can stay on the front of the pack

07-26-2012, 01:53 PM	#434
sachmo71 The boy who cried Trout Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: TX	I've been playing the hell out of Crusader Kings 2. This is a very fun game. I finished Max Payne 3 on 360 and enjoyed that very much as well. Prototype 2 is more of the same, so if you like the first one, you should like this as well.

07-26-2012, 10:17 PM	#437
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	Spec Ops: The Line is freaking awesome Since Darksiders 2 is coming out in a couple of weeks, I picked up the original today.

07-26-2012, 10:23 PM	#438
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	This game looks great.. Sleeping Dogs

07-26-2012, 11:51 PM	#440
mckerney Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	I absolutely agree with you about Spec Ops: The Line, just a fantastic story for a military shooter that even carries it through the sub par gameplay. Plus Nolan North is absolutely fantastic as the lead. Not really surprising given it's Nolan North (he's also done some great work in Dota 2 in addition to being in just about every game ever made), but he absolutely nails the part and his performance really adds a lot to his character. I'd say that so far Spec Ops and The Walking Dead are the two best games I've played to come out this year. Also looking forward to Sleeping Dogs, preordered it since it was available for $30 on Green Man Gaming a while ago and what I've seen since then has looked pretty good.

07-27-2012, 02:36 AM	#444
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	I remember the bad guys all ran a straight line in the first true crime. All you had to do was diagonal a bit and you could easily catch up to them.

07-27-2012, 03:13 AM	#445
RainMaker General Manager Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	Only thing that concerns me as an open-world game is that they say the world is pretty small. I like those big open worlds that I can just go wild in.

07-27-2012, 09:34 AM	#447
mckerney Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	Left 4 Dead 2 on 360 will finally be getting the Cold Stream DLC soon with the Cold Stream campaign along with 4 campaigns for the original Left 4 Dead. It also unlocks all of the mutations. I wasn't a big fan of Cold Stream when I played it back when it was in beta, but it's worth it for the original campaigns and mutations. Last edited by mckerney : 07-27-2012 at 09:37 AM.

07-27-2012, 09:40 AM	#448
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	Will the 4 campaigns be with the original cast, or the L4D2 cast? Not that it really matters much... __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties.

07-27-2012, 10:25 AM	#450
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	Great. Will be grabbing that shortly for the 360. Thanks for the heads up, mckerney. __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties.

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