I'd be surprised if they managed to release QFG4 bugfree.
QFG5 would be an even bigger nightmare given it was an engine specifically focused at Win95 and oldschool Mac, and needed some archaic version of Quicktime for its movies.
I keep getting errors when I try to buy this. Must be an error that it's posted at that price. Oh well, even though I never would have played it, I'd grab it for $0.10
Does Steam provide a digital version of the KQ6 manual? Because without one you would have to use a walk through to get past the "Logic Cliffs".
Hell, when I bought the damn thing 10 or so years ago in the form of a 'big-box' budget release, it came with no documentation of any kind. When I finally reached the Logic Cliffs, there was much confusion and phoning of premium-rate helplines, and I had to wait over a month for one to be sent from America. Imagine this happening for every single person buying this version of the game - I can only assume people got nobbled by the difficulty early on and never got past that point!
I am also slightly less thrilled with the Steam releases now I know that, as ever, Amazon has them cheaper. A bit sad really, given that I think they actually gave the UK a better deal on this one: $15 vs £7.50.
I haven't played the Space Quest games in long time. I used to pick them up every year or so and play through them all. If anyone out there is wondering, the Space Quest games hold up a lot better then the Kings Quest games.
I think I am going to hold off until a big sale for this stuff, as if I really really wanted to play these games I could dig through my old game cds. $15 is a little steep, and $20 (the normal price) is way too much for these sets.
I keep getting errors when I try to buy this. Must be an error that it's posted at that price. Oh well, even though I never would have played it, I'd grab it for $0.10
Wouldn't that be because you're in a different area? The price for North America seems much higher.
Does Steam provide a digital version of the KQ6 manual? Because without one you would have to use a walk through to get past the "Logic Cliffs".
Hell, when I bought the damn thing 10 or so years ago in the form of a 'big-box' budget release, it came with no documentation of any kind. When I finally reached the Logic Cliffs, there was much confusion and phoning of premium-rate helplines, and I had to wait over a month for one to be sent from America. Imagine this happening for every single person buying this version of the game - I can only assume people got nobbled by the difficulty early on and never got past that point!
I am also slightly less thrilled with the Steam releases now I know that, as ever, Amazon has them cheaper. A bit sad really, given that I think they actually gave the UK a better deal on this one: $15 vs £7.50.
I guess I should've looked at the Steam page before posting. There's a link to download a PDF of all the manuals.
I'm considering Men Of War...Eurogamer says to buy it, reading RPS now....but the multiplayer is gamespy powered and I hate gamespy....
For $7.50, you can probably work past that. I just scooped it up thanks to this thread. I'd been eye-balling it but I've too much backlog to get to it right now. But for less than I paid for my lunch today, I just can't say no.
I'm considering Men Of War...Eurogamer says to buy it, reading RPS now....but the multiplayer is gamespy powered and I hate gamespy....
For $7.50, you can probably work past that. I just scooped it up thanks to this thread. I'd been eye-balling it but I've too much backlog to get to it right now. But for less than I paid for my lunch today, I just can't say no.
I'm downloading the demo.....I bet I'm buying it.......but my backlog is -huge- right now. Like 13+ games installed that I haven't touched. I got UT3 during the sale, barely touched it. I got Double Agent and Penumbra at the same time and only played Penumbra. I blame WAR. I'm a 1/4 into Aquaria, and I was going to start Dark Messiah, but, again...WAR. Damned MMO's.
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darunia106J-bob in gamesDeath MountainRegistered Userregular
edited July 2009
Hey cool, Tropico Reloaded, a collection of the first two Tropico games, is coming to Steam. For anyone not in the know, they're essentially sim games where you can control a Carribean dictatorship or a pirate island.
... I'm now envisioning pirate battles set to Mambo #5 and it's strangely appealing.
But I think I'll finally get V:tM: Bloodlines: this weekend instead. My girlfriend has become addicted to the Vampire Wars game on Facebook, so it seems somewhat fitting.
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First they came for the Muslims, and we said NOT TODAY, MOTHERFUCKER!
But I think I'll finally get V:tM: Bloodlines: this weekend instead. My girlfriend has become addicted to the Vampire Wars game on Facebook, so it seems somewhat fitting.
Good choice. Great game. I'm working through my 3rd playthrough right now. Make sure you hit the Vampire thread for the skinny on getting the unofficial patches installed.
X3: Reunion is the first X3. Terran Conflict is a standalone expansion to X3. I couldn't tell you much more than that, I still haven't snagged it yet.
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RoshinMy backlog can be seen from spaceSwedenRegistered Userregular
edited July 2009
If you have a hard time deciding what to buy this weekend, let me make things even harder by pointing out that Lords of Magic: Special Edition is available from GOG for a mere $5.99.
Lords of Magic isn't that great, though. As far as turn-based fantasy strategy games from the 90s go, it's in the lower tier.
So I've never actually played any Sierra adventures, despite being a big adventure game fan (they were never actually sold in any local stores) - do these games hold up at all when separated from nostalgia?
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All creature will die and all the things will be broken. That's the law of samurai.
Lords of Magic isn't that great, though. As far as turn-based fantasy strategy games from the 90s go, it's in the lower tier.
So I've never actually played any Sierra adventures, despite being a big adventure game fan (they were never actually sold in any local stores) - do these games hold up at all when separated from nostalgia?
In very general terms, Sierra adventures are sprawling journeys across varied and often quite interesting locations, without necessarily the narrative coherency of something like The Longest Journey. They are strongly focused around exploration and their puzzles (unlike some adventure games where they might take a backseat to character or story), which range from the logical to the extremely obtuse. Many of the games in the series are notorious for allowing the player to create 'unwinnable' situations without their knowledge - so if you don't perform a certain action at the beginning of the game, you can play for hours before reaching a dead end. These are few in number, although extremely annoying when they do occur.
If the above sounds like a massive turnoff, and you are not either willing to either 1) fairly frequently check a walkthrough, or 2) occaisionally restart when you bollocks it all up, then they're probably not for you. If you can get past that, I personally think that at least the King's Quest series is extremely charming (although only 5+ are really approachable today, as well as the remakes) and hear that the Space Quest series is extremely funny at times. They were also giants of the genre for a reason - nostalgia or no, Sierra's games had a quality to them that made them stand out from other adventures.
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Don't forget the 25% discount on it!
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QFG5 would be an even bigger nightmare given it was an engine specifically focused at Win95 and oldschool Mac, and needed some archaic version of Quicktime for its movies.
Edit: Steam does provide a digital version of the manuals.
I keep getting errors when I try to buy this. Must be an error that it's posted at that price. Oh well, even though I never would have played it, I'd grab it for $0.10
Hell, when I bought the damn thing 10 or so years ago in the form of a 'big-box' budget release, it came with no documentation of any kind. When I finally reached the Logic Cliffs, there was much confusion and phoning of premium-rate helplines, and I had to wait over a month for one to be sent from America. Imagine this happening for every single person buying this version of the game - I can only assume people got nobbled by the difficulty early on and never got past that point!
I am also slightly less thrilled with the Steam releases now I know that, as ever, Amazon has them cheaper. A bit sad really, given that I think they actually gave the UK a better deal on this one: $15 vs £7.50.
I think I am going to hold off until a big sale for this stuff, as if I really really wanted to play these games I could dig through my old game cds. $15 is a little steep, and $20 (the normal price) is way too much for these sets.
GOG is getting screwed on all this stuff.
EDIT:
Can anyone confirm the lack of updated VGA versions? The Space Quest Collection has a shot of the Space Quest 1 VGA in the screenshot gallery.
Wouldn't that be because you're in a different area? The price for North America seems much higher.
I guess I should've looked at the Steam page before posting. There's a link to download a PDF of all the manuals.
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Now I'm getting X3: Terran Conflict (50% off the standalone game and the X3 pack) as the weekend deal!
What's going on!?
Velvet Assassin actually got some moderately good reviews in addition to the bad ones.
WWII RTS?
So, Company of Heroes?
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Men of War thread.
Looking at their news section all three are the weekend deal. I'm feeling some Helsinki Syndrome coming on.
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It is pretty hit or miss around here, some people love it(tend to be new to the series), some hate it(tend to have played most of the series).
And Happy Birthday Tycho Celchuu even though you no love me no more.
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Strange, since I can run X3: Reunion just fine.
That thread makes it look even more like CoH than I first thought. Except sans basebuilding.
I KISS YOU!
For $7.50, you can probably work past that.
Guild Wars 2: Kendrik.5984
I'm downloading the demo.....I bet I'm buying it.......but my backlog is -huge- right now. Like 13+ games installed that I haven't touched. I got UT3 during the sale, barely touched it. I got Double Agent and Penumbra at the same time and only played Penumbra. I blame WAR. I'm a 1/4 into Aquaria, and I was going to start Dark Messiah, but, again...WAR. Damned MMO's.
No, really.
... I'm now envisioning pirate battles set to Mambo #5 and it's strangely appealing.
But I think I'll finally get V:tM: Bloodlines: this weekend instead. My girlfriend has become addicted to the Vampire Wars game on Facebook, so it seems somewhat fitting.
Good choice. Great game. I'm working through my 3rd playthrough right now. Make sure you hit the Vampire thread for the skinny on getting the unofficial patches installed.
Guild Wars 2: Kendrik.5984
So I've never actually played any Sierra adventures, despite being a big adventure game fan (they were never actually sold in any local stores) - do these games hold up at all when separated from nostalgia?
It's really not a ton like CoH. You should watch the gameplay video in the thread.
In very general terms, Sierra adventures are sprawling journeys across varied and often quite interesting locations, without necessarily the narrative coherency of something like The Longest Journey. They are strongly focused around exploration and their puzzles (unlike some adventure games where they might take a backseat to character or story), which range from the logical to the extremely obtuse. Many of the games in the series are notorious for allowing the player to create 'unwinnable' situations without their knowledge - so if you don't perform a certain action at the beginning of the game, you can play for hours before reaching a dead end. These are few in number, although extremely annoying when they do occur.
If the above sounds like a massive turnoff, and you are not either willing to either 1) fairly frequently check a walkthrough, or 2) occaisionally restart when you bollocks it all up, then they're probably not for you. If you can get past that, I personally think that at least the King's Quest series is extremely charming (although only 5+ are really approachable today, as well as the remakes) and hear that the Space Quest series is extremely funny at times. They were also giants of the genre for a reason - nostalgia or no, Sierra's games had a quality to them that made them stand out from other adventures.