Oh look - it's slightly-dodgy Polish free digital distribution time again! This time on Impulse, but the Steam thread's as good a place as any. From the people who brought you Dark Messiah of Might and Magic and Speedball 2, comes Sins of a Solar Empire!
Register at http://www.cdaction.pl/seriale/ (Google translate helps, obviously), and choose honest-to-god legal CD keys for the games there. Only 2 work with digital distribution, however - Speedball 2 with Steam and Sins with Impulse. I can confirm that they both work, and that the wrath of the heavens hasn't yet descended on me (despite doing DMoM&M and Speedball months ago). Enjoy before they inevitably plug the leak!
I'd be all over this if it wasnt impulsive, i've wanted Sins for a long time but never bought it and I don't want to get tied to another service for one free game.
Free? Hell, Sins of a Solar Empire is more than worth an actual purchase. That is, if you don't value your time; hours will vanish into the game's gaping maw, and you won't know a day has passed until your stomach feebly reminds you that eating is required not to die.
Oh look - it's slightly-dodgy Polish free digital distribution time again! This time on Impulse, but the Steam thread's as good a place as any. From the people who brought you Dark Messiah of Might and Magic and Speedball 2, comes Sins of a Solar Empire!
Register at http://www.cdaction.pl/seriale/ (Google translate helps, obviously), and choose honest-to-god legal CD keys for the games there. Only 2 work with digital distribution, however - Speedball 2 with Steam and Sins with Impulse. I can confirm that they both work, and that the wrath of the heavens hasn't yet descended on me (despite doing DMoM&M and Speedball months ago). Enjoy before they inevitably plug the leak!
I'd be all over this if it wasnt impulsive, i've wanted Sins for a long time but never bought it and I don't want to get tied to another service for one free game.
Yeah, if you have a service for just one game, it kind of defeats the purpose of it.
Oh look - it's slightly-dodgy Polish free digital distribution time again! This time on Impulse, but the Steam thread's as good a place as any. From the people who brought you Dark Messiah of Might and Magic and Speedball 2, comes Sins of a Solar Empire!
Register at http://www.cdaction.pl/seriale/ (Google translate helps, obviously), and choose honest-to-god legal CD keys for the games there. Only 2 work with digital distribution, however - Speedball 2 with Steam and Sins with Impulse. I can confirm that they both work, and that the wrath of the heavens hasn't yet descended on me (despite doing DMoM&M and Speedball months ago). Enjoy before they inevitably plug the leak!
I'd be all over this if it wasnt impulsive, i've wanted Sins for a long time but never bought it and I don't want to get tied to another service for one free game.
After you download Sins, you never have to run Impulse again unless you want to patch it or re-download it. It lets you run games without the client.
Oh look - it's slightly-dodgy Polish free digital distribution time again! This time on Impulse, but the Steam thread's as good a place as any. From the people who brought you Dark Messiah of Might and Magic and Speedball 2, comes Sins of a Solar Empire!
Register at http://www.cdaction.pl/seriale/ (Google translate helps, obviously), and choose honest-to-god legal CD keys for the games there. Only 2 work with digital distribution, however - Speedball 2 with Steam and Sins with Impulse. I can confirm that they both work, and that the wrath of the heavens hasn't yet descended on me (despite doing DMoM&M and Speedball months ago). Enjoy before they inevitably plug the leak!
Free? Hell, Sins of a Solar Empire is more than worth an actual purchase. That is, if you don't value your time; hours will vanish into the game's gaping maw, and you won't know a day has passed until your stomach feebly reminds you that eating is required not to die.
Tis' a good game.
Anyone else excited for the upcoming Diplomacy expansion?
Free? Hell, Sins of a Solar Empire is more than worth an actual purchase. That is, if you don't value your time; hours will vanish into the game's gaping maw, and you won't know a day has passed until your stomach feebly reminds you that eating is required not to die.
Tis' a good game.
Anyone else excited for the upcoming Diplomacy expansion?
I certainly am. The combat and research is already very compelling, but it'd be nice to be able to rely on computer allies not being traitorous bastards.
Oh look - it's slightly-dodgy Polish free digital distribution time again! This time on Impulse, but the Steam thread's as good a place as any. From the people who brought you Dark Messiah of Might and Magic and Speedball 2, comes Sins of a Solar Empire!
Register at http://www.cdaction.pl/seriale/ (Google translate helps, obviously), and choose honest-to-god legal CD keys for the games there. Only 2 work with digital distribution, however - Speedball 2 with Steam and Sins with Impulse. I can confirm that they both work, and that the wrath of the heavens hasn't yet descended on me (despite doing DMoM&M and Speedball months ago). Enjoy before they inevitably plug the leak!
So how exactly is this legal? The only way I can see this working is if CDAction just really loves their readers and buys keys to give away... but that doesn't seem likely.
There isn't anything wrong with Impulse though, and it's not like Steam in that you need it after the game is installed. Just load up Impulse, download the game, and you can even uninstall Impulse afterwards if you like.
Man if he can't run Sins, I can't think of many other modern games he could possibly play. SoaSE was deliberately designed to maximise its playerbase, right down to how far they went with the visuals. It still looks good, but they purposely avoided trying to stress the system.
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edited September 2009
Aw, I already had Sins. I was thinking of Galactic Civilizations, which I've had a hankering to play after reading that one LP by the game journalist guy.
Man if he can't run Sins, I can't think of many other modern games he could possibly play. SoaSE was deliberately designed to maximise its playerbase, right down to how far they went with the visuals. It still looks good, but they purposely avoided trying to stress the system.
Oh, I didn't realize that. I can run most modern games at low settings. I just assumed Sins was resource heavy for some reason.
Oh look - it's slightly-dodgy Polish free digital distribution time again! This time on Impulse, but the Steam thread's as good a place as any. From the people who brought you Dark Messiah of Might and Magic and Speedball 2, comes Sins of a Solar Empire!
Register at http://www.cdaction.pl/seriale/ (Google translate helps, obviously), and choose honest-to-god legal CD keys for the games there. Only 2 work with digital distribution, however - Speedball 2 with Steam and Sins with Impulse. I can confirm that they both work, and that the wrath of the heavens hasn't yet descended on me (despite doing DMoM&M and Speedball months ago). Enjoy before they inevitably plug the leak!
How does shit like this even work?
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augustwhere you come from is goneRegistered Userregular
edited September 2009
Tried the demo of Sins, liked it but there was no single player campaign (I think.) But free? Free is good.
Tried the demo of Sins, liked it but there was no single player campaign (I think.) But free? Free is good.
There's no single player campaign as such, but you can play a game with just other AI players. They tend to behave a bit erratically, but the Diplomacy expansion should fix that splendidly.
Oh look - it's slightly-dodgy Polish free digital distribution time again! This time on Impulse, but the Steam thread's as good a place as any. From the people who brought you Dark Messiah of Might and Magic and Speedball 2, comes Sins of a Solar Empire!
Register at http://www.cdaction.pl/seriale/ (Google translate helps, obviously), and choose honest-to-god legal CD keys for the games there. Only 2 work with digital distribution, however - Speedball 2 with Steam and Sins with Impulse. I can confirm that they both work, and that the wrath of the heavens hasn't yet descended on me (despite doing DMoM&M and Speedball months ago). Enjoy before they inevitably plug the leak!
How does shit like this even work?
I think that they buy the CD keys and give them away to their readers. Or something.
As I understand it, they have a print magazine that comes with a DVD, which has the software available on the linked page. Then, the readers are supposed to use said DVD with said CD keys to get games from the magazine.
The existence of digital distribution hubs adds a bit of a loophole in their system, which has been used for many a free game. Originally their site didn't even validate the e-mail addresses put into it, so they've increased security a bit, just not enough to stop people who probably shouldn't be getting keys out of their system.
I am glad I got SoaSE for free, cause now that i've played it I don't think I care for it. It feels like a very very slow game from what i've played, mainly due to the slow trickle of resouces
I am glad I got SoaSE for free, cause now that i've played it I don't think I care for it. It feels like a very very slow game from what i've played, mainly due to the slow trickle of resouces
The major Kotor 2 content restoration mod hasn't officially come out yet. There's been an early leak you can find on file sharing sites though as expected it is buggy.
One tip for Sins newcomers is to turn off the pirates. 'Cause they can seriously wreck your shit if you have no idea what you're doing, and they'll be attacking you constantly.
Otherwise it's not actually that hard to get into. Just think of it as a 4x instead of an RTS.
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One tip for Sins newcomers is to turn off the pirates. 'Cause they can seriously wreck your shit if you have no idea what you're doing, and they'll be attacking you constantly.
Otherwise it's not actually that hard to get into. Just think of it as a 4x instead of an RTS.
They can be a great asset if you do know how to use them though. I like to use them as a tool to soften up enemies just before attacking, distract enemies and attack them while they're occupied, or simply as a way of building up experience points for my capital ships.
Oh look - it's slightly-dodgy Polish free digital distribution time again! This time on Impulse, but the Steam thread's as good a place as any. From the people who brought you Dark Messiah of Might and Magic and Speedball 2, comes Sins of a Solar Empire!
Register at http://www.cdaction.pl/seriale/ (Google translate helps, obviously), and choose honest-to-god legal CD keys for the games there. Only 2 work with digital distribution, however - Speedball 2 with Steam and Sins with Impulse. I can confirm that they both work, and that the wrath of the heavens hasn't yet descended on me (despite doing DMoM&M and Speedball months ago). Enjoy before they inevitably plug the leak!
Head here, click "założyć TUTAJ". Tick the box then hit "Rejestruj". Then enter a username in "użytkownika", password (twice) in "Hasło" and and email in "Adres Email". If you prefer to not get any spam, use a disposable email address.
Once you have entered your email, they will send you a serial number for the game, which you enter into Impulse.
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I'd be all over this if it wasnt impulsive, i've wanted Sins for a long time but never bought it and I don't want to get tied to another service for one free game.
Tis' a good game.
Yeah, if you have a service for just one game, it kind of defeats the purpose of it.
After you download Sins, you never have to run Impulse again unless you want to patch it or re-download it. It lets you run games without the client.
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Anyone else excited for the upcoming Diplomacy expansion?
Hey, free is free mirite?
I certainly am. The combat and research is already very compelling, but it'd be nice to be able to rely on computer allies not being traitorous bastards.
Of couse I jumped right into the game without tutorials or any reading what so ever.
I can't afford the ships, guys, stop hating me for it!
So how exactly is this legal? The only way I can see this working is if CDAction just really loves their readers and buys keys to give away... but that doesn't seem likely.
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It's like being in 1st grade all over again.
I really hate starting off at 1.05 MBps, and then watching it steadily fall.
Oh well.
Oh, I didn't realize that. I can run most modern games at low settings. I just assumed Sins was resource heavy for some reason.
How does shit like this even work?
There's no single player campaign as such, but you can play a game with just other AI players. They tend to behave a bit erratically, but the Diplomacy expansion should fix that splendidly.
I think that they buy the CD keys and give them away to their readers. Or something.
The existence of digital distribution hubs adds a bit of a loophole in their system, which has been used for many a free game. Originally their site didn't even validate the e-mail addresses put into it, so they've increased security a bit, just not enough to stop people who probably shouldn't be getting keys out of their system.
It feels slow because you think it's an RTS
It's actually a turn based strategy game
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I have no idea. I don't own Kotor 2, nor would I know the answer to that if I did have it.
Otherwise it's not actually that hard to get into. Just think of it as a 4x instead of an RTS.
I do not understand polish, how does this work?
Once you have entered your email, they will send you a serial number for the game, which you enter into Impulse.