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  • ChaosandQuietChaosandQuiet Registered User regular
    Man, at 16 that is a STEAL. I have really been wanting to play that game. I really should not buy it though. I am getting married soon so I need to be saving my money. But $16! Grrrr, stupid having a life outside of video games, lol.

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  • CoinageCoinage Heaviside LayerRegistered User regular
    edited February 2013
    Man, I remember really liking Invisible War on the xbox, so I thought it would be worth picking up on the steam sale, but I am finding enjoying it now much more...difficult. I had to uninstall the hd texture pack since it added significantly to the load times and there are SO MANY LOADING SCREENS. Also that female Alex is the worst VA ever, I was going to play her for a change but I couldn't stand it.

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  • TeeManTeeMan BrainSpoon Registered User regular
    I like how I bought the boxed copies of XCOM Enemy Unknown and Euro Truck Simulator 2 about a week before they each going for about 70% off on GMG.

    Lesson learned :(

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  • SoundsPlushSoundsPlush yup, back. Registered User regular
    Coinage wrote: »
    Also that female Alex is the worst VA ever, I was going to play her for a change but I couldn't stand it.

    She's improved a lot since then.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFXxXcF1ra8

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  • CorpekataCorpekata Registered User regular
    Both male and female Alex are terrible in Invisible War. An incredibly bland hero for an incredibly bland game.

  • ChaosandQuietChaosandQuiet Registered User regular
    Anyone play Killing Floor? I am about to purchase it I think and I was wondering if it is worth it to get the bundle. Are all of the dlc just cosmetic changes? And if so, how many customization options do you have? Thanks.

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  • emp123emp123 Registered User regular
    For anyone considering purchasing Lord of the Rings War in the North, it's been cheaper (but not by much, I think it was $5 at Green Man), the graphics are poor (character models are good, but the textures on everything else are borderline atrocious), the game is super linear, and its very clear it's a console port.

    That's not to say it's a bad game, but I'd come in with low-ish expectations.

  • chiasaur11chiasaur11 Never doubt a raccoon. Do you think it's trademarked?Registered User regular
    Corpekata wrote: »
    Both male and female Alex are terrible in Invisible War. An incredibly bland hero for an incredibly bland game.

    Yeah.

    JC Denton and Adam Jensen? They get some classy lines, and personality. You know something about them.

    Denton's a patriot with a sarcastic streak (and possibly an unquenchable appetite for murder). Jensen's an honest cop with some major unresolved issues about his ex. (Also, he does NOT like the human skeleton)

    Alex? Whole family dead, and he (or she) shows less emotion than most of us do at the game's interminable load screens.

  • DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    Anyone play Killing Floor? I am about to purchase it I think and I was wondering if it is worth it to get the bundle. Are all of the dlc just cosmetic changes? And if so, how many customization options do you have? Thanks.

    The skins are all cosmetic, no customization besides choosing one and that's it.

    The weapon DLCs, however, add some weapons to the game that are fun to use.

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  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    chiasaur11 wrote: »
    Corpekata wrote: »
    Both male and female Alex are terrible in Invisible War. An incredibly bland hero for an incredibly bland game.

    Yeah.

    JC Denton and Adam Jensen? They get some classy lines, and personality. You know something about them.

    Denton's a patriot with a sarcastic streak (and possibly an unquenchable appetite for murder). Jensen's an honest cop with some major unresolved issues about his ex. (Also, he does NOT like the human skeleton)

    Alex? Whole family dead, and he (or she) shows less emotion than most of us do at the game's interminable load screens.

    I like to think that because they had to be gender neutral for the entire game, they basically had to cut corners with any sort of specificities that would have made the character more interesting.

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  • ChaosandQuietChaosandQuiet Registered User regular
    Ok cool, thanks. I went ahead and got the bundle. The savings were calling to me!

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    Because as we all know, every interesting character trait is either male or female. There is nothing interesting about a character that two genders can share.

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  • CoinageCoinage Heaviside LayerRegistered User regular
    chiasaur11 wrote: »
    Corpekata wrote: »
    Both male and female Alex are terrible in Invisible War. An incredibly bland hero for an incredibly bland game.
    Yeah.

    JC Denton and Adam Jensen? They get some classy lines, and personality. You know something about them.

    Denton's a patriot with a sarcastic streak (and possibly an unquenchable appetite for murder). Jensen's an honest cop with some major unresolved issues about his ex. (Also, he does NOT like the human skeleton)

    Alex? Whole family dead, and he (or she) shows less emotion than most of us do at the game's interminable load screens.
    I agree, but at least it sounds like the male Alex is actually trying. She reads her lines as if it were the phone book, although I'm glad to hear she's improved significantly.

    I actually got tired of Adam's hoarse growling very quickly, it's like Christian Bale's Batman voice except you have to hear it the entire movie, and with all the strain he's putting on his vocal cords he can hardly manage more than a monotone half the time. But on the other hand, Human Revolution also does not have incredibly racist Asian VA, so I guess it all balances out.

  • CorpekataCorpekata Registered User regular
    I think Letitia more than makes up for the Asian VA.

  • chiasaur11chiasaur11 Never doubt a raccoon. Do you think it's trademarked?Registered User regular
    Coinage wrote: »
    chiasaur11 wrote: »
    Corpekata wrote: »
    Both male and female Alex are terrible in Invisible War. An incredibly bland hero for an incredibly bland game.
    Yeah.

    JC Denton and Adam Jensen? They get some classy lines, and personality. You know something about them.

    Denton's a patriot with a sarcastic streak (and possibly an unquenchable appetite for murder). Jensen's an honest cop with some major unresolved issues about his ex. (Also, he does NOT like the human skeleton)

    Alex? Whole family dead, and he (or she) shows less emotion than most of us do at the game's interminable load screens.
    I agree, but at least it sounds like the male Alex is actually trying. She reads her lines as if it were the phone book, although I'm glad to hear she's improved significantly.

    I actually got tired of Adam's hoarse growling very quickly, it's like Christian Bale's Batman voice except you have to hear it the entire movie, and with all the strain he's putting on his vocal cords he can hardly manage more than a monotone half the time. But on the other hand, Human Revolution also does not have incredibly racist Asian VA, so I guess it all balances out.

    Okay, now I have to say the most amazing thing about how gravelly Adam sounds.

    His VA, Elias Toufexis?

    That's his normal voice.

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  • DirtyboyDirtyboy Registered User regular
    edited February 2013
    Just a friendly reminder we have multiple Steam groups that forum regulars can join. Most of the groups allow to login as guests and if you aren't a Russian Spy™ and have a presence on the forums you should be able to get added.

    Penny Arcade - The main PA chat. Loosely moderated and lots of activity during sales. Normally 10-20 people in chat all hours of day.

    - PA G&T Adventure Team Much more moderated chatroom. The safe room for when main chat goes nuts. Normally 10-20 people in chat all hours of day.

    - Wangs Without Borders PA's Borderlands group. Mostly used for finding online matches.

    Penny Arcade Racing - Group used for setting up online races.

    PA Crime Time - Group used for setting up matches for games such as Payday.

    There are a few other PA groups out there but I totally forget what they are named :P

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    Dirtyboy wrote: »
    Just a friendly reminder we have multiple Steam groups that forum regulars can join. Most of the groups allow to login as guests and if you aren't a Russian Spy™ and have a presence on the forums you should be able to get added.

    Penny Arcade - The main PA chat. Loosely moderated and lots of activity during sales. Normally 10-20 people in chat all hours of day.

    - PA G&T Adventure Team Much more moderated chatroom. The safe room for when main chat goes nuts. Normally 10-20 people in chat all hours of day.

    - Wangs Without Borders PA's Borderlands group. Mostly used for finding online matches.

    Penny Arcade Racing - Group used for setting up online races.

    PA Crime Time - Group used for setting up matches for games such as Payday.

    There are a few other PA groups out there but I totally forget what they are named :P
    "A few" is putting it lightly...

    Penny Arcade - Company of Heroes
    Penny Arcade Greenhouse for Suicide Survival
    Penny Arcade Natural Selection
    Penny Arcade NS2 for Natural Seleciton 2
    Penny Arcade Neotokyo
    Penny Arcade Spacemonauts for Shattered Horizon
    Magic Sword Kings for Mount and Blade: Warband
    Vatforms With Attitude: Penny Arcade Frozen Synapse
    Penny Arcade Red Orchestra 2
    Oh how did this get here
    Penny Arcade Dota 2
    Penny Arcade Dota 2 Inhouses
    Penny Arcade Tribes:Ascend
    Wang of the Roses for War of the Roses
    Penny Arcade Blacklight Retribution
    Penny Arcade MechWarriors for MechWarrior Living Legend and MWO and even Mechwarrior Tactics.

    and a bunch I'm not a member of.

  • StollsStolls Brave Corporate Logo Chicago, ILRegistered User regular
    edited February 2013
    chiasaur11 wrote: »
    Coinage wrote: »
    chiasaur11 wrote: »
    Corpekata wrote: »
    Both male and female Alex are terrible in Invisible War. An incredibly bland hero for an incredibly bland game.
    Yeah.

    JC Denton and Adam Jensen? They get some classy lines, and personality. You know something about them.

    Denton's a patriot with a sarcastic streak (and possibly an unquenchable appetite for murder). Jensen's an honest cop with some major unresolved issues about his ex. (Also, he does NOT like the human skeleton)

    Alex? Whole family dead, and he (or she) shows less emotion than most of us do at the game's interminable load screens.
    I agree, but at least it sounds like the male Alex is actually trying. She reads her lines as if it were the phone book, although I'm glad to hear she's improved significantly.

    I actually got tired of Adam's hoarse growling very quickly, it's like Christian Bale's Batman voice except you have to hear it the entire movie, and with all the strain he's putting on his vocal cords he can hardly manage more than a monotone half the time. But on the other hand, Human Revolution also does not have incredibly racist Asian VA, so I guess it all balances out.

    Okay, now I have to say the most amazing thing about how gravelly Adam sounds.

    His VA, Elias Toufexis?

    That's his normal voice.

    I didn't believe it myself until I heard him in interviews, or you could just watch this:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flszuT3ROdo

    That man isn't trying to sound like he eats three squares of gravel a day. That's just how he sounds.

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  • oakkeoakke Registered User regular
    edited February 2013
    Coinage wrote: »
    Also that female Alex is the worst VA ever, I was going to play her for a change but I couldn't stand it.

    She's improved a lot since then.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFXxXcF1ra8

    I liked her voice in SR so much I still kept it after my character went through a sex change.

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  • Banzai5150Banzai5150 Registered User regular
    edited February 2013
    Just noticed a new fee from a purchase through Steam and was wondering if anyone else has come across this?

    NETWORK ATM FEE STEAMPOWERED.COM WIMBLEDON GB for $0.07

    Granted it's not much, but I paid the Amount asked for and then this came along as a separate transaction right after in my bank history.

    edit: I'd never had it happen before, so that's why I'm curious.

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  • theSquidtheSquid Sydney, AustraliaRegistered User regular
    Might I kindly have an invite to the Penny Arcade and/or the PAGT Steam groups, good sirs?

  • KafkaAUKafkaAU Western AustraliaRegistered User regular
    Banzai5150 wrote: »
    Just noticed a new fee from a purchase through Steam and was wondering if anyone else has come across this?

    NETWORK ATM FEE STEAMPOWERED.COM WIMBLEDON GB for $0.07

    Granted it's not much, but I paid the Amount asked for and then this came along as a separate transaction right after in my bank history.

    edit: I'd never had it happen before, so that's why I'm curious.

    I get that all the time. But I'm in Australia buying from the US. Looks like you somehow bought something off the UK store and got charged a currency conversion fee.

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  • Blackbird SR-71CBlackbird SR-71C Registered User regular
    Dirtyboy wrote: »
    Just a friendly reminder we have multiple Steam groups that forum regulars can join. Most of the groups allow to login as guests and if you aren't a Russian Spy™ and have a presence on the forums you should be able to get added.

    Penny Arcade - The main PA chat. Loosely moderated and lots of activity during sales. Normally 10-20 people in chat all hours of day.

    - PA G&T Adventure Team Much more moderated chatroom. The safe room for when main chat goes nuts. Normally 10-20 people in chat all hours of day.

    - Wangs Without Borders PA's Borderlands group. Mostly used for finding online matches.

    Penny Arcade Racing - Group used for setting up online races.

    PA Crime Time - Group used for setting up matches for games such as Payday.

    There are a few other PA groups out there but I totally forget what they are named :P

    Is Crime Time active? I think I only played once with a full-PA group.

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  • DaxterMaxDaxterMax Registered User regular
    Dirtyboy wrote: »
    Just a friendly reminder we have multiple Steam groups that forum regulars can join. Most of the groups allow to login as guests and if you aren't a Russian Spy™ and have a presence on the forums you should be able to get added.

    Penny Arcade - The main PA chat. Loosely moderated and lots of activity during sales. Normally 10-20 people in chat all hours of day.

    - PA G&T Adventure Team Much more moderated chatroom. The safe room for when main chat goes nuts. Normally 10-20 people in chat all hours of day.

    - Wangs Without Borders PA's Borderlands group. Mostly used for finding online matches.

    Penny Arcade Racing - Group used for setting up online races.

    PA Crime Time - Group used for setting up matches for games such as Payday.

    There are a few other PA groups out there but I totally forget what they are named :P

    Is Crime Time active? I think I only played once with a full-PA group.

    Is the main PA chat a good place to go to group up and play some games with others, or are specific PA chat groups more for this purpose?

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  • CorriganXCorriganX Jacksonville, FLRegistered User regular
    Join the G&T Adventure team if you want to form up a game. PA Chat is for random conversations, occasionally they'll start talking about gaming but not often. G&T is more gaming focused, much more laid back and strict with offtopics at times. If stuff starts getting stupid the moderators will boot people who arent as polite, or go offtopic a few too many times. The other groups are good for random messaging people playing a game you like to say 'Hey, im from PA, want to do this multiplayer thing?'. If you open crimetime and see a couple guys playing payday, message them and ask if they have room. :p

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  • imperialparadoximperialparadox Houston, TXRegistered User regular
    I'm in Wangs w/o Borders and the Chilvary group, but I could use an invite into the general PA group and the G&T group, now that the holiday hubbub is over.

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  • DissociaterDissociater Registered User regular
    Years...for years I've been searching for a Dungeon Keeper. I've played Dungeons which is cool, however NOT Dungeon Keeper, I've played Evil Genius which is awesome, but not quite Dungeon Keeper-y enough for me, there's another game that I'm forgetting now that disappointed me. Now, after all my searching, finally! hearing about the bugs, though, it's troubling. I'm very tolerant when it comes to bugs (despite people hating it, I thought Towns was a fantastic game and love it and am still playing it), so depending on what your appetite for bugginess is maybe it's not quite worth the price. To me, though...yeah, heaven.

    Me too...unfortunately, I'm not sure Impire is it. I'll try and give it some more play time tonight if I can but two things stick out as being major departures from the Evil Genius/Dungeon Keeper style of game: First, rooms are built via patterns. You don't dig out a room and then 'tag' it as a nursery, or chicken coop like you would in DK. Instead, you pick the room pattern from the list, which has the same exits and is the same shape each time, and plop it down, so no crazy room/dungeon design for you!. Secondly, your minions are directly selectable as groups and controllable. It's led me to conclude that this isn't a 'god game', it's just a RTS with a dungeon skin, the rooms are your buildings, and the minions are your units.

    Is the other game you forgot called Startopia? If not, you should give it a go. It is many years old now but lots of fun.

  • Sir CarcassSir Carcass I have been shown the end of my world Round Rock, TXRegistered User regular
    Is the other game you forgot called Startopia? If not, you should give it a go. It is many years old now but lots of fun.

    And it's on GoG!

  • MordaRazgromMordaRazgrom Морда Разгром Ruling the Taffer KingdomRegistered User regular
    Years...for years I've been searching for a Dungeon Keeper. I've played Dungeons which is cool, however NOT Dungeon Keeper, I've played Evil Genius which is awesome, but not quite Dungeon Keeper-y enough for me, there's another game that I'm forgetting now that disappointed me. Now, after all my searching, finally! hearing about the bugs, though, it's troubling. I'm very tolerant when it comes to bugs (despite people hating it, I thought Towns was a fantastic game and love it and am still playing it), so depending on what your appetite for bugginess is maybe it's not quite worth the price. To me, though...yeah, heaven.

    Me too...unfortunately, I'm not sure Impire is it. I'll try and give it some more play time tonight if I can but two things stick out as being major departures from the Evil Genius/Dungeon Keeper style of game: First, rooms are built via patterns. You don't dig out a room and then 'tag' it as a nursery, or chicken coop like you would in DK. Instead, you pick the room pattern from the list, which has the same exits and is the same shape each time, and plop it down, so no crazy room/dungeon design for you!. Secondly, your minions are directly selectable as groups and controllable. It's led me to conclude that this isn't a 'god game', it's just a RTS with a dungeon skin, the rooms are your buildings, and the minions are your units.

    Is the other game you forgot called Startopia? If not, you should give it a go. It is many years old now but lots of fun.

    It definitely does take some departures away from Dungeon Keeper, it's just more in line with that golden game than others I have played. I haven't checked out Startopia,I'm going to go see it once I get home. The wallet's in an unfortunate lockdown for the next couple of months so I'm getting nothing other than, maybe, Nintendoland and definitely Monster Hunter Tri Ultimate, but I will eventually stabilize...I hope!

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  • imperialparadoximperialparadox Houston, TXRegistered User regular
    Drascin wrote: »
    Okay, I have tried Magical Diary.

    I am now heading to the online shop to purchase it. This is surreal but great.

    ...because of you I tried the demo for this last night. I think...I think I might buy this. (._.)

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  • Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    emp123 wrote: »
    For anyone considering purchasing Lord of the Rings War in the North, it's been cheaper (but not by much, I think it was $5 at Green Man), the graphics are poor (character models are good, but the textures on everything else are borderline atrocious), the game is super linear, and its very clear it's a console port.

    That's not to say it's a bad game, but I'd come in with low-ish expectations.

    Yeah, it's by no means a good game but you can still have a lot of fun with it. We actually FINISHED it which says quite a bit for the thing.

  • DissociaterDissociater Registered User regular
    Years...for years I've been searching for a Dungeon Keeper. I've played Dungeons which is cool, however NOT Dungeon Keeper, I've played Evil Genius which is awesome, but not quite Dungeon Keeper-y enough for me, there's another game that I'm forgetting now that disappointed me. Now, after all my searching, finally! hearing about the bugs, though, it's troubling. I'm very tolerant when it comes to bugs (despite people hating it, I thought Towns was a fantastic game and love it and am still playing it), so depending on what your appetite for bugginess is maybe it's not quite worth the price. To me, though...yeah, heaven.

    Me too...unfortunately, I'm not sure Impire is it. I'll try and give it some more play time tonight if I can but two things stick out as being major departures from the Evil Genius/Dungeon Keeper style of game: First, rooms are built via patterns. You don't dig out a room and then 'tag' it as a nursery, or chicken coop like you would in DK. Instead, you pick the room pattern from the list, which has the same exits and is the same shape each time, and plop it down, so no crazy room/dungeon design for you!. Secondly, your minions are directly selectable as groups and controllable. It's led me to conclude that this isn't a 'god game', it's just a RTS with a dungeon skin, the rooms are your buildings, and the minions are your units.

    Is the other game you forgot called Startopia? If not, you should give it a go. It is many years old now but lots of fun.

    It definitely does take some departures away from Dungeon Keeper, it's just more in line with that golden game than others I have played. I haven't checked out Startopia,I'm going to go see it once I get home. The wallet's in an unfortunate lockdown for the next couple of months so I'm getting nothing other than, maybe, Nintendoland and definitely Monster Hunter Tri Ultimate, but I will eventually stabilize...I hope!

    Startopia's from 2001 and is made by ex-Bullfrog Employees at Muckyfoot. The same guys who did Dungeon Keeper. It might be tough to find these days but still is pretty fun. It plays the same as dungeon keeper (you have an isometric view, you build things and give general orders but don't have direct control over your units, have worker bots, etc). It takes place on several space stations, some of which are contested. You build attractions and stuff to attract visiting aliens to stay. You can then give some of those aliens jobs, like janitor, doctor, and security.

  • Sir CarcassSir Carcass I have been shown the end of my world Round Rock, TXRegistered User regular
    Years...for years I've been searching for a Dungeon Keeper. I've played Dungeons which is cool, however NOT Dungeon Keeper, I've played Evil Genius which is awesome, but not quite Dungeon Keeper-y enough for me, there's another game that I'm forgetting now that disappointed me. Now, after all my searching, finally! hearing about the bugs, though, it's troubling. I'm very tolerant when it comes to bugs (despite people hating it, I thought Towns was a fantastic game and love it and am still playing it), so depending on what your appetite for bugginess is maybe it's not quite worth the price. To me, though...yeah, heaven.

    Me too...unfortunately, I'm not sure Impire is it. I'll try and give it some more play time tonight if I can but two things stick out as being major departures from the Evil Genius/Dungeon Keeper style of game: First, rooms are built via patterns. You don't dig out a room and then 'tag' it as a nursery, or chicken coop like you would in DK. Instead, you pick the room pattern from the list, which has the same exits and is the same shape each time, and plop it down, so no crazy room/dungeon design for you!. Secondly, your minions are directly selectable as groups and controllable. It's led me to conclude that this isn't a 'god game', it's just a RTS with a dungeon skin, the rooms are your buildings, and the minions are your units.

    Is the other game you forgot called Startopia? If not, you should give it a go. It is many years old now but lots of fun.

    It definitely does take some departures away from Dungeon Keeper, it's just more in line with that golden game than others I have played. I haven't checked out Startopia,I'm going to go see it once I get home. The wallet's in an unfortunate lockdown for the next couple of months so I'm getting nothing other than, maybe, Nintendoland and definitely Monster Hunter Tri Ultimate, but I will eventually stabilize...I hope!

    Startopia's from 2001 and is made by ex-Bullfrog Employees at Muckyfoot. The same guys who did Dungeon Keeper. It might be tough to find these days but still is pretty fun. It plays the same as dungeon keeper (you have an isometric view, you build things and give general orders but don't have direct control over your units, have worker bots, etc). It takes place on several space stations, some of which are contested. You build attractions and stuff to attract visiting aliens to stay. You can then give some of those aliens jobs, like janitor, doctor, and security.
    Is the other game you forgot called Startopia? If not, you should give it a go. It is many years old now but lots of fun.

    And it's on GoG!

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  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    Elias Toufexis was pretty good on Alphas.

    Laura Bailey is also great. She's great in Nier.

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  • MordaRazgromMordaRazgrom Морда Разгром Ruling the Taffer KingdomRegistered User regular
    Years...for years I've been searching for a Dungeon Keeper. I've played Dungeons which is cool, however NOT Dungeon Keeper, I've played Evil Genius which is awesome, but not quite Dungeon Keeper-y enough for me, there's another game that I'm forgetting now that disappointed me. Now, after all my searching, finally! hearing about the bugs, though, it's troubling. I'm very tolerant when it comes to bugs (despite people hating it, I thought Towns was a fantastic game and love it and am still playing it), so depending on what your appetite for bugginess is maybe it's not quite worth the price. To me, though...yeah, heaven.

    Me too...unfortunately, I'm not sure Impire is it. I'll try and give it some more play time tonight if I can but two things stick out as being major departures from the Evil Genius/Dungeon Keeper style of game: First, rooms are built via patterns. You don't dig out a room and then 'tag' it as a nursery, or chicken coop like you would in DK. Instead, you pick the room pattern from the list, which has the same exits and is the same shape each time, and plop it down, so no crazy room/dungeon design for you!. Secondly, your minions are directly selectable as groups and controllable. It's led me to conclude that this isn't a 'god game', it's just a RTS with a dungeon skin, the rooms are your buildings, and the minions are your units.

    Is the other game you forgot called Startopia? If not, you should give it a go. It is many years old now but lots of fun.

    It definitely does take some departures away from Dungeon Keeper, it's just more in line with that golden game than others I have played. I haven't checked out Startopia,I'm going to go see it once I get home. The wallet's in an unfortunate lockdown for the next couple of months so I'm getting nothing other than, maybe, Nintendoland and definitely Monster Hunter Tri Ultimate, but I will eventually stabilize...I hope!

    Startopia's from 2001 and is made by ex-Bullfrog Employees at Muckyfoot. The same guys who did Dungeon Keeper. It might be tough to find these days but still is pretty fun. It plays the same as dungeon keeper (you have an isometric view, you build things and give general orders but don't have direct control over your units, have worker bots, etc). It takes place on several space stations, some of which are contested. You build attractions and stuff to attract visiting aliens to stay. You can then give some of those aliens jobs, like janitor, doctor, and security.

    From a cursory look it almost looks like Creatures! I know it's not quite that, but man, it looks awesome. I stay the fuck away from GoG.com as much as I can, because I know that as soon as I go there, all my money will be gone instantly. I'm an old man who remember the good old days of games, when you had to work at it just to get them to work, spin some stupid paper wheel to get the game to activate, or read through the manual to find the last letter of the fifth word of the seventh line in the third paragraph...aw you kids have it so easy these days with your fancy graphics and ability to plug-and-play your games without having to retool your gamig rig <shakes cane> :P

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  • Pixelated PixiePixelated Pixie They/Them Registered User regular
    Drascin wrote: »
    Okay, I have tried Magical Diary.

    I am now heading to the online shop to purchase it. This is surreal but great.

    ...because of you I tried the demo for this last night. I think...I think I might buy this. (._.)

    Since I first mentioned it a couple days ago, there's been a rash of these reactions. I feel like I might have started an outbreak of Magical Diary purchases.

    You're welcome, Steam thread! ;)

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  • TPSouTPSou Mr Registered User regular
    I keep reading it as 'Magical Dairy' which wouldn't at all surprise me with this thread.

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  • jdarksunjdarksun Struggler VARegistered User regular
    Luchaire wrote: »
    Drascin wrote: »
    Okay, I have tried Magical Diary.

    I am now heading to the online shop to purchase it. This is surreal but great.

    ...because of you I tried the demo for this last night. I think...I think I might buy this. (._.)

    Since I first mentioned it a couple days ago, there's been a rash of these reactions. I feel like I might have started an outbreak of Magical Diary purchases.

    You're welcome, Steam thread! ;)
    And it's only $3.75 for the next 28 hours...

  • Pixelated PixiePixelated Pixie They/Them Registered User regular
    TPSou wrote: »
    I keep reading it as 'Magical Dairy' which wouldn't at all surprise me with this thread.

    Is that the spin-off of Farming Sim 2013?

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    ironzerg wrote: »
    Chipmunks are like nature's nipple clamps, I guess?
  • DissociaterDissociater Registered User regular
    Years...for years I've been searching for a Dungeon Keeper. I've played Dungeons which is cool, however NOT Dungeon Keeper, I've played Evil Genius which is awesome, but not quite Dungeon Keeper-y enough for me, there's another game that I'm forgetting now that disappointed me. Now, after all my searching, finally! hearing about the bugs, though, it's troubling. I'm very tolerant when it comes to bugs (despite people hating it, I thought Towns was a fantastic game and love it and am still playing it), so depending on what your appetite for bugginess is maybe it's not quite worth the price. To me, though...yeah, heaven.

    Me too...unfortunately, I'm not sure Impire is it. I'll try and give it some more play time tonight if I can but two things stick out as being major departures from the Evil Genius/Dungeon Keeper style of game: First, rooms are built via patterns. You don't dig out a room and then 'tag' it as a nursery, or chicken coop like you would in DK. Instead, you pick the room pattern from the list, which has the same exits and is the same shape each time, and plop it down, so no crazy room/dungeon design for you!. Secondly, your minions are directly selectable as groups and controllable. It's led me to conclude that this isn't a 'god game', it's just a RTS with a dungeon skin, the rooms are your buildings, and the minions are your units.

    Is the other game you forgot called Startopia? If not, you should give it a go. It is many years old now but lots of fun.

    It definitely does take some departures away from Dungeon Keeper, it's just more in line with that golden game than others I have played. I haven't checked out Startopia,I'm going to go see it once I get home. The wallet's in an unfortunate lockdown for the next couple of months so I'm getting nothing other than, maybe, Nintendoland and definitely Monster Hunter Tri Ultimate, but I will eventually stabilize...I hope!

    Startopia's from 2001 and is made by ex-Bullfrog Employees at Muckyfoot. The same guys who did Dungeon Keeper. It might be tough to find these days but still is pretty fun. It plays the same as dungeon keeper (you have an isometric view, you build things and give general orders but don't have direct control over your units, have worker bots, etc). It takes place on several space stations, some of which are contested. You build attractions and stuff to attract visiting aliens to stay. You can then give some of those aliens jobs, like janitor, doctor, and security.
    Is the other game you forgot called Startopia? If not, you should give it a go. It is many years old now but lots of fun.

    And it's on GoG!

    Sweet, missed your first post. I bought it like 8 years ago along with DK 1 and 2 from like a shopper's drug mart or Blockbuster here in Ontario. They used to have these rotating display cases where they'd put up old games in those cardboard sleeves for like $5. It would always be stuff like Battle Chess, or 100 games of solitaire. Then one day I saw all the Bullfrog and Muckyfoot games. Grabbed em!

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