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Reply to Scratch Civ V off my buy list. in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Dale_" reply="198" id="2614754"] \ Most of the Steam games I own I do not need Steam running. I purchased them through Steam and downloaded and registered it. I then close Steam and run the exe direct from the Steamapps folder. I do NOT need Steam to play. The only ones that do are where the Publisher has elected for run-time authentication (still rare thankfully). So your comment of "I need Steam to play my game NO MATTER WHAT" is fals

Reply to Just Cause 2 in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

I liked the demo enough to buy it even though it requires Steam (though that probably wouldn't have happend if I had to pay the full $50- I got it for $35).

Reply to Some Great Upcoming Games on Impulse in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

I was hoping to see some newly announced games that will be hitting the service rather than games we all likely knew we were coming. I really wish Impulse could get some more support from publishers.

Reply to The Business of Business in Business Stardock Forums

[quote who="Tova7" reply="10" id="2551075"] hmmmm.....that might be an option, certainly one I can recommend....thanks! I'm going to research it a little more..! [/quote] Glad I could I could help provide an idea. I'm not sure of the complete ins and outs of how things work around here, but at least it's an idea worth exploring. As far as companies outgrowing industrial parks with nowhere to grow....I've got nothing. :P It's a bit hard to help because you

Reply to iTampon will destroy netbooks due to 'magic', according to Apple. in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

I have no idea why the iPad is so hyped. I can't honestly think of HOW I'm supposed to use the device. Laying it flat on a table would suck (you'd have to hunch over). Even if it was propped up with something, then you wouldn't be able to type efficiently (making it an oversized iPod Touch...and I already have an iPhone). You could hold it like a clipboard, but then typing is completely inefficient. I suppose it might work this way if it had perfect handwriting recognition, but I'm do

Reply to The Business of Business in Business Stardock Forums

Well Tova7, you might be right with that last post, but let me assure you that the education is far better in the US than in China. If you think US students are trained to be innovative enough, you haven't seen anything. I have students who can't properly form groups to work in, let alone create an original idea. [e digicons]:omg:[/e] Anyway, to actually stay on topic, I'd ask this question- is your city looking to draw in already established companies or looking to fos

Reply to Mount and Blade - Steam for 5$, can Impulse match? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Why does it always seem like Impulse has a sale on a game the week or so after Steam does?

Reply to Is anyone interested in Diablo 3? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

I could care less. I played Titan Quest+ Immortal Throne and that's enough point and click RPG I need for years. For my dungeon crawling RPG needs, Demon's Souls is the new gold standard for me.

Reply to New Steam UI Beta in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

I tried it out. The first thing worth noting is that it is a beta, so I had a few times where it would lock up for 10 seconds or more. And they got rid of the mini-games list, which is a real bummer to me. The good news is that it seems to be more efficient- it seems to use less resources if the game has been launched at least one time already. And it launches into the game faster as well (again, if previously been launched by the client). I don't care for the actual U

Reply to New Patch Incompatible With Old Saves? in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

Thanks for the help- I appreciate it.

Reply to New Patch Incompatible With Old Saves? in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

I saw that listed for the previous update (pre-Diplomacy), but not the announcement thread Brad made last week. Will that be true for EVERY update that this game recieves? Here's the thread I saw: http://frogboy.impulsedriven.net/article/376266/Sins_of_a_Solar_Empire_Trinity_updated

New Patch Incompatible With Old Saves? in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

Well I finally got around to playing Sins again after the update and now the game crashes when I load my savegame (saved on Diplomacy 1.0). If I want to start a new game, it'll work fine, but the save won't load to save my life. Is this a known issue/intended? I should add that the only other thing I did was change my name in the game from "NewPlayer" to something else.

Reply to Steam Vs. Impulse and Thrid-Party Sellers in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

If the two are evenly priced, is there any reason to choose Steam? I can't think of one. The big difference will be- do you want to be forced to use the Steam client to launch a game (and it's slower to launch at that). If you're so concerned about the Steam community, you can just the Steam overlay on your Impulse purchased game without issue. And, the Steam client uses less memory if it's on a non-Steam game than a Steam one. I'd buy it from Impulse.

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity updated in Sins Developer Journals Stardock Forums

Looks like a good update. Hopefully those pirates aren't going to be absurdly difficult anymore.

Sins Trinity- play Trinity, Sins, Entrenchment, or Diplomacy? in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

So I broke down and bought Trinity outright. But when you start the game, it asks if you want to play Trinity, Sins, Entrenchment, or Diplomacy. What exactly is the difference between these?

Reply to Has Vanilla Sins disappeared? in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

[quote who="Kitkun" reply="7" id="2539629"] So wait- if you buy a retail copy of the game, you can register it on Impulse and have it as a downloadable title?Yes. [/quote] Awesome. Will purchase as soon as I'm done typing this message...which is now...as soon as I write the period. Period. Curious- does GalCiv2 work this way as well?

Reply to Has Vanilla Sins disappeared? in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

[quote who="Gargabee" reply="1" id="2539121"]Unfortunately the vanilla base game has been pulled in favor of Trinity. You may still be able to find just the base game available at retail, which can then be registered within Impulse for download/updates.[/quote] So wait- if you buy a retail copy of the game, you can register it on Impulse and have it as a downloadable title? Or did you just mean the updates? I'm looking at 4-pack of games (GalCiv 2 Ultimate, Darkstar One, SoaSE

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity Announced in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

Man I really want to buy this but I just can't justify it at $40. I'm not a big RTS gamer (read: I'm utterly terrible) and while I did enjoy the demo, I don't feel confident enough to buy an RTS at such a price. I'm sure that it has $40 worth of cntent at least, but I have to sit this one out until a price drop/sale comes.

Reply to Steam Powered Supcom 2 in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Epiphenomenon" reply="33" id="2505942"] If Valve started doing this en masse, they would go out of business overnight. They have a reputation to maintain if they want to keep their customers. I find this exceedingly improbable. Go put a tinfoil hat on. You really have the gift of hyperbole. It's not a question of whether you can find other means or not. STEAM is wonderful because it conveniently does all of the aforementioned things that you'd have to look around f

Reply to Steam Powered Supcom 2 in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Spooky__" reply="32" id="2505922"] I can't speak for everyone else here, but for me, it's because it's the most invasive form of DRM that's in use and possibly ever. I'd prefer a cocktail DRM of Tages and Starforce before I'd want a game with Steam as its DRM.I don't think you know what you are talking about. Things like SecuROM and Starforce act like viruses, digging deep into your system, which will cause problems of different kinds, and pretty much fuck you over, even thou

Reply to Steam Powered Supcom 2 in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="SoundOfDeath" reply="15" id="2502111"]And why do we all hate steam so much? Patch downloading, integrated friends list thats voice capable, store, ect. And lots of games just use it as a validating service.[/quote] I can't speak for everyone else here, but for me, it's because it's the most invasive form of DRM that's in use and possibly ever. I'd prefer a cocktail DRM of Tages and Starforce before I'd want a game with Steam as its DRM. You realize that they can de

Reply to CIV IV , is it worth it? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Here's a question- is Civ 4 a big enough upgrade to justify purchasing it since I already have Civilization 3? I love the series, but I don't like wasting money unless it's a significant upgrade from what I've currently got.

Reply to Paradox Adopts GOO in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

While I have no interest in Majesty 2, I am interested to see how GOO works out for consumers and how long it lasts before it's cracked.

Reply to Favor reset is totally ruined this evening. in Demigod Stardock Forums

[quote who="Tukulis" reply="1" id="2275372"] I had spent 4000ish hours getting roughly 11k favor. I do not relish the prospect of having to grind out that favor again. [/quote] Amazing, because by my math, there have only been 1728 hours since Demigod's release. Even if you accidentlly added an extra zero, that would still mean you played for roughly 5.5 hours every day since release. Call me skeptical. I seriously can't believe people use the expression

Reply to Preparing for Demigod v1.1 in Demigod Journals Stardock Forums

I don't own the game (yet), but I"d say that removing any rewards from killing the AI would be unwise. It could just make players attempt to avoid the AI bot- why risk losing health? I'd suggest around the rate of 1/3 the XP/gold of killing a human player. It would make the reward high enough to encourage players to still take out the AI demigod but not so high that it winds up being farmed for XP. Perhaps a little higher if you made AI demigods level up faster/get more gold, so while