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 Topic: Eschalon: Book One |
Mental_Hippie
Replies: 79
Views: 11315
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 Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Fri, 28th May 2010 17:30 Subject: Eschalon: Book One |
| Is the second game exactly the same as the first as far as mechanics go? I bought it, and found it pretty ok, but it was held back by being a bit too simple for my taste (heck, there are bloody roguel ... |
| Topic: PC gaming revenue grew in 09 as retail PC game sales shrank |
Mental_Hippie
Replies: 25
Views: 3827
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Thu, 20th May 2010 03:28 Subject: PC gaming revenue grew in 09 as retail PC game sales shrank |
its cheap.. they overcharge cuz they get away with it..
and bandwidth is probably 5 times cheaper in eu than in usa.. doesnt change the fact that eu gets same price in euros..
It has at l ... |
| Topic: GOTHIC 4 GENESIS (made by SPELLBOUND) |
Mental_Hippie
Replies: 2312
Views: 298229
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 12th May 2010 05:36 Subject: GOTHIC 4 GENESIS (made by SPELLBOUND) |
-fighting system is like fable 2's. You can do combos by hitting at the right time... the weapon will light up for a second so you know the right moment.
These two worries me.
While timing ... |
| Topic: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 |
Mental_Hippie
Replies: 5491
Views: 517907
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Fri, 7th May 2010 02:25 Subject: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 |
| Go DICE+EA, fuck IW+Ubi! This is how PC post release support should look. It's kinda funny, for an old fart like me that remembers the sad stories that are Westwood, Origin and Bullfrog to see EA look ... |
| Topic: Dwarf Fortress |
Mental_Hippie
Replies: 346
Views: 43397
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 3rd May 2010 22:18 Subject: Dwarf Fortress |
so.no coal at all in my game..and the highest magma reaches is -5. I got tired of looking for it so I used reveal.exe and it is going to take me forever to tunnel down there.
Not to mention the long ... |
| Topic: Dwarf Fortress |
Mental_Hippie
Replies: 346
Views: 43397
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 20th Apr 2010 01:30 Subject: Dwarf Fortress |
| Moats work pretty good, though as I understand it moats without water work even better. I'm not sure if there are invaders that can swim across moats, but in any way, if you have a moat and a retracta ... |
| Topic: Dwarf Fortress |
Mental_Hippie
Replies: 346
Views: 43397
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 20th Apr 2010 01:13 Subject: Dwarf Fortress |
| Ok, I tried tackling it by drafting every miner and woodcutter my fort could muster. Due to the new military interface being a bit of a pain, somewhat buggy, and me not really having learnt much about ... |
| Topic: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 |
Mental_Hippie
Replies: 5491
Views: 517907
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 19th Apr 2010 19:49 Subject: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 |
| Anywhere where you can read up on the new server browser? It baffles me that it is possible to release a server browser as crappy as the one in BC2 nowadays, especially when looking at the brilliant b ... |
| Topic: Dwarf Fortress |
Mental_Hippie
Replies: 346
Views: 43397
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 19th Apr 2010 19:39 Subject: Dwarf Fortress |
| I just had a Ettin come in at the border of my fortress. No standing military yet, and only 4 layers of cage trap in terms of defenses. Should I just tell all my dwarves to stay inside and hope that I ... |
| Topic: Dwarf Fortress |
Mental_Hippie
Replies: 346
Views: 43397
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 19th Apr 2010 19:24 Subject: Dwarf Fortress |
Ok, for some (still unknown reason) the 2010 version runs like crap. Takes forever to create a world, save, load etc.
Hasn't been like that with the old one. Strange stuff happens...
Firstly, if y ... |
| Topic: Distant Worlds |
Mental_Hippie
Replies: 219
Views: 35335
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sat, 10th Apr 2010 21:52 Subject: Distant Worlds |
Really great game, though like most 4x the AI could need some work.
I had the same error, for me it was that I hadn't installed the POS shit Windows Mediaplayer. Downloading and installing WMP11 ma ... |
| Topic: Civilization V |
Mental_Hippie
Replies: 3863
Views: 580092
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sun, 21st Feb 2010 17:34 Subject: Civilization V |
W00t for hexes! Long overdue IMO. Let's just hope they won't concentrate too much on combat and maneuver and give little love to other stuff.
- Religion is not a factor anymore.
I hate this phras ... |
| Topic: Global Agenda |
Mental_Hippie
Replies: 165
Views: 20486
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 8th Feb 2010 19:02 Subject: Global Agenda |
| Anyone playing this? If I get the gist of it it's kinda like TF2 with PvE, loot, and some levelling and speccing your character added in for good measure. Also the big picture PvP thing if you're will ... |
| Topic: Survival type games |
Mental_Hippie
Replies: 12
Views: 2715
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 8th Feb 2010 18:16 Subject: Survival type games |
| If you can dig shit graphics, [url=http://www.jmp.fi/~smaarane/urw.html]Unreal World should be right up your alley. Pretty much everything is deadly (once fell out of a tree while scouting, broke my c ... |
| Topic: Sword of the Stars 2 |
Mental_Hippie
Replies: 243
Views: 51269
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sat, 30th Jan 2010 16:44 Subject: Sword of the Stars 2 |
Thanks. Sounds interesting, seems Kerberos remains true to themselves by cooking something different 
P.S. presenter reminded me of Jeffrey Lebowski - an awesome Dude 
Hehe, yeah, Mec ... |
| Topic: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 |
Mental_Hippie
Replies: 5491
Views: 517907
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Fri, 29th Jan 2010 15:24 Subject: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 |
| So, for those that played BC1 on the consoles how does the sequel compare? Just more of everything or any big changes? I missed the keys so I can't bloody try it. :/ |
| Topic: King Arthur |
Mental_Hippie
Replies: 410
Views: 62524
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sat, 19th Dec 2009 10:10 Subject: King Arthur |
| Yay! It's on Impulse and GG now. I'm gonna buy it as an early x-mas present for meself. |
| Topic: King Arthur |
Mental_Hippie
Replies: 410
Views: 62524
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Thu, 3rd Dec 2009 18:27 Subject: King Arthur |
| I fucking love this community! Thanks for the pointers VGA, though I discovered I already put the ncfs in the steamapps folder. The error I made was probably that I used the newer ones in JBs patch. C ... |
| Topic: King Arthur |
Mental_Hippie
Replies: 410
Views: 62524
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 2nd Dec 2009 18:38 Subject: King Arthur |
| Hey VGA, how do you make the game work in offline mode using MiSteam? I get it to show up and everything, and the game is in the correct folder (I think at least) but it just tells me that it isn't re ... |
| Topic: King Arthur |
Mental_Hippie
Replies: 410
Views: 62524
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 2nd Dec 2009 16:55 Subject: King Arthur |
Would be great for some cheats or trainer, jsut to check game. But only faggs cheathappens sell it. And announced that no public release will be ever released.
Console for cheats |
| Topic: King Arthur |
Mental_Hippie
Replies: 410
Views: 62524
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 2nd Dec 2009 16:50 Subject: King Arthur |
| That settles it. As soon as this game hits somewhere that doesn't do the faggy $=€ I'll buy it. They deserve it. And thanks for the patch JBeckman. |
| Topic: King Arthur |
Mental_Hippie
Replies: 410
Views: 62524
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 30th Nov 2009 13:20 Subject: King Arthur |
| Personally I kind of like that mechanic. It keeps the battles from just becoming (the honestly quite boring) races for good terrain. Maps could have been a bit bigger though, as it stands it's definet ... |
| Topic: Gratuitous Space Battles |
Mental_Hippie
Replies: 36
Views: 7201
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 30th Nov 2009 12:59 Subject: Gratuitous Space Battles |
| GSB was ok for some fun, but couldn't really force myself to play all that much. I can't really put my finger on it, but there's something about the game that stops me having fun and makes it feel mor ... |
| Topic: Borderlands |
Mental_Hippie
Replies: 1642
Views: 203890
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 25th Nov 2009 17:57 Subject: Borderlands |
| I'll buy this DLC if the FUCKING FAGS at Gearbox (or maybe 2k are the ones to blame, who knows in cases like these) decides to fix the PC version. Buggy crap patch taking a month, interface from hell, ... |
| Topic: Dragon Age |
Mental_Hippie
Replies: 6124
Views: 987435
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 25th Nov 2009 09:00 Subject: Dragon Age |
| Ok, I'm gonna start a new game - all chick party. If I make my main into a sword/shield warrior with high con, taunt and the other aggro skill, spec Leliana as archer, Morrigan as nuker, and the heale ... |
| Topic: Dragon Age |
Mental_Hippie
Replies: 6124
Views: 987435
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 23rd Nov 2009 17:30 Subject: Dragon Age |
| I think I'm near the end now, and yeah, the game is pretty good. Could have had a bit more depth to the character system though. Feels a bit shallow compared to say DnD 3E games. I'm not much of a min ... |
| Topic: Armada 2526 [Warning Screenshot intensive] |
Mental_Hippie
Replies: 123
Views: 22080
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sun, 22nd Nov 2009 18:02 Subject: Armada 2526 [Warning Screenshot intensive] |
| Yeah combat was somewhat disapointing, but it doesnt mean all other 4x games should have crappy combat too, does it? Why the fuck would anyone want real time combat in a game like this, and time rest ... |
| Topic: Armada 2526 [Warning Screenshot intensive] |
Mental_Hippie
Replies: 123
Views: 22080
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sat, 21st Nov 2009 19:54 Subject: Armada 2526 [Warning Screenshot intensive] |
It looks pretty small to me. If you're still using a 15" I guess it's big.
Small!? Are you fucking crazy? I count something like 30 planets on that screen alone, and judging by the minimap th ... |
| Topic: Armada 2526 [Warning Screenshot intensive] |
Mental_Hippie
Replies: 123
Views: 22080
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sat, 21st Nov 2009 10:47 Subject: Armada 2526 [Warning Screenshot intensive] |
| Seems pretty interesting and I sure do lub my 4x. Since I always preferred MOO1 to MOO2 I doubt this will beat out SotS for me personally though, but it will surely keep me entertained if it lives up ... |
| Topic: EA cancel 12 upcoming games. |
Mental_Hippie
Replies: 70
Views: 8572
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Fri, 20th Nov 2009 13:47 Subject: EA cancel 12 upcoming games. |
| And, while laying off hundreds of employees EA still manages to set aside a few hundred millions for executive bonuses. Pretty lulzworthy for self evident reasons... |
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