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Ozyton

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Re: Sword of the Stars
« Reply #615 on: December 19, 2011, 11:58:45 pm »
Now that SotS2 is on sale I really want to try a demo for it. I'm really bad at strategy games though, so it's kinda odd that I want to get this.
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« Reply #616 on: December 20, 2011, 12:07:47 am »
If you're bad at strategy, do NOT get SotS2 right now, its somewhat broken. Sounds like its getting better, but you should probably either wait or get the original SotS.
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« Reply #617 on: December 20, 2011, 04:03:25 am »
last patch made things A LOT better.
REALLY, A LOT.
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« Reply #618 on: December 20, 2011, 04:15:34 am »
Too late.

Steam is raping credit cards right now. Nobody in their right mind is going to buy a 39€ game when they can buy 10-20 games with that amount.

Granted, it is 27€ on Steam right now, but I'd still prefer to wait a month of patches than buy it right now and miss out on great sales.
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Re: Sword of the Stars
« Reply #619 on: December 20, 2011, 05:26:26 am »
Quote from: Mipe on December 20, 2011, 04:15:34 am
Too late.

Steam is raping credit cards right now. Nobody in their right mind is going to buy a 39€ game when they can buy 10-20 games with that amount.

Granted, it is 27€ on Steam right now, but I'd still prefer to wait a month of patches than buy it right now and miss out on great sales.

yeah they are raping my Postepay too.
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how could i live without steam?
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“Well,” he said. “We’re in the Forgotten hunting grounds I take it. Your screams just woke them up early. Congratulations, Lyara.”
“Do something!” she whispered, trying to keep her sight on all of them at once.
Basileus clapped his hands once. The Forgotten took a step forward, attracted by the sound.
“There, I did something. I clapped. I like clapping,” he said. -The Investigator And The Case Of The Missing Brain.

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Re: Sword of the Stars
« Reply #620 on: December 20, 2011, 06:30:16 am »
Quote from: shadenight123 on December 20, 2011, 04:03:25 am
last patch made things A LOT better.
REALLY, A LOT.
This. So much.

I went from consistently crashing after 50 turns to now on turn 300 of a large game with complete stability in one patch. Some of the techs are still useless as the features aren't in yet but I'd say the game is nearly at a release state now.
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« Reply #621 on: December 20, 2011, 10:47:47 am »
I'll wait for StarDrive instead. Far too many disappointments on the Kerberos front.

I mean, why even release an unfinished game? It's like Toyota selling cars without seats, windshield and some engine parts, then releasing those components later.
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« Reply #622 on: December 20, 2011, 11:02:22 am »
Quote from: Mipe on December 20, 2011, 10:47:47 am
I'll wait for StarDrive instead. Far too many disappointments on the Kerberos front.

I mean, why even release an unfinished game?
Which would you prefer: An unfinished but available game, or no game at all because they ran out of money? As far as I can tell, thats what the problem was I think.
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« Reply #623 on: December 20, 2011, 11:34:25 am »
Quote from: Mipe on December 20, 2011, 10:47:47 am
I'll wait for StarDrive instead. Far too many disappointments on the Kerberos front.

I mean, why even release an unfinished game? It's like Toyota selling cars without seats, windshield and some engine parts, then releasing those components later.
They released the game unfinished because it was either that or never release it at all. Now the game is nearly release-complete and people buying it now are getting a 95% complete experience for less than the release game cost.

Stardrive does look good. Someday it may be out. It also looks a fair bit simpler.
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« Reply #624 on: December 20, 2011, 11:44:43 am »
My big red flag though is techs that are in game but don't have their relevant features yet. Elemental was lousy with shit like that and it really, seriously makes you question the wisdom of releasing at all. I can accept that level of incompleteness from non-Steam indie devs. But if they took the time to put it on Steam it should be a complete game, not a WIP.
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« Reply #625 on: December 20, 2011, 02:14:59 pm »
I agree with you to a point but I really want SOTS2 and honestly I enjoy the game as-is so I'm glad they released it.
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« Reply #626 on: December 20, 2011, 06:05:24 pm »
I don't really have any games I'm looking forward to, so I don't think there'd be many games that go on sale that I'd want anyways.
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« Reply #627 on: December 20, 2011, 07:41:38 pm »
I recently reinstalled SOTS, the complete edition. I'm pretty damn awful at this game, but it's the only 4x I have. Shit sucks.
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« Reply #628 on: December 20, 2011, 07:52:29 pm »
I've got a pretty strick "EZ mode" policy for 4x games. Playing Dominions 3 right now and I just couldn't dial it at higher difficulties.
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When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
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Its kinda silly to complain that a friendly NPC isn't a well designed boss fight.
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How will I cheese now assholes?
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« Reply #629 on: December 29, 2011, 11:31:36 pm »
Just in case anybody is watching this but not the Steam Sales thread, SOTS2 is 50% off until noon tomorrow on Steam so it might be a good time to buy it if you're on the fence about it like I was.

I'm enjoying the first game enough (even though I just figured out how to not suck at it so much) that I broke down and bought this; is this going to be worth the $20 even at the current stage?  What should someone who's played the first SOTS be expecting from this game?
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