| 14 JUL 2011 at 2:02pm |
FnordSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | There seem to be a bit of a divide between the X-series fans, as for which game is the best. Terran conflict in particular has a lot of things to do, more ships and stations to buy/build and so on, which appeals to some fans, while the stronger storyline of X2 makes some other people prefer that game. I fund the fact that you could enter space stations in X2 to be neat at first, but after a while I just started to hit esc to get past those scenes quickly.
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| 15 JUL 2011 at 9:56am |
Ariel FoyIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Online | I have been playing many games but currently I am diverting myself to GTA IV,which my friend suggested me and I am truly enjoying it.
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| 15 JUL 2011 at 11:21am |
FnordSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Pet shipping? That is a new one.
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| 15 JUL 2011 at 11:33am |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Heh, there has to be something fishy when a bunch of new people suddenly join and start posting...
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| 16 JUL 2011 at 1:18am |
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Status : Offline | LOL, I think you're right, Trav. GTA, eh? Has that ever been discussed seriously on this site? Just asking.
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| 16 JUL 2011 at 5:26pm |
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agreed Fnord, much difference of thought about the various X titles, i enjoy them all for various reasons. Still amazed at the detail that can be achieved.
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| 18 JUL 2011 at 2:53pm |
walshSorcerer Apprentice
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Status : Offline | Playing Risen now. The Gothic games were so frustrating because I wanted to love them because of the stunning environments and they just had too many problems so I could never finish any of them. Risen is much better. I heard that it was shorter, with a smaller world but that doesn't bother me, I've been playing for weeks and I just reached chapter 2! I really want to complete it so I can play the sequel when it comes out
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| 18 JUL 2011 at 3:18pm |
FnordSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | What was the issues you had with Gothic? Most people find the controls to be awkward early on (a problem that Risen to a large degree managed to fix)
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| 18 JUL 2011 at 3:43pm |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Yes, I was also going to ask what the problems with the Gothic games were.
Risen is really nice, though, and it does have that "Gothic" flavor to it, especially when it comes to the factions. So have you decided which faction to go with, Walsh?
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| 18 JUL 2011 at 6:18pm |
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Status : Offline | If you had problems with the Gothic games you may need the community made patches. for they fixed a lot of the bugs.
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| 18 JUL 2011 at 10:35pm |
walshSorcerer Apprentice
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By placeholder (18 JUL 2011 3:42pm)
Yes, I was also going to ask what the problems with the Gothic games were.
Risen is really nice, though, and it does have that "Gothic" flavor to it, especially when it comes to the factions. So have you decided which faction to go with, Walsh?
Yeah I went with the Don! I wasn't very fond of either but being a castaway I had to choose one didn't I? The Order just seemed cruel and I didn't want to be brainwashed :-/
Originally Posted By Fnord (18 JUL 2011 3:17pm)
What was the issues you had with Gothic? Most people find the controls to be awkward early on (a problem that Risen to a large degree managed to fix)
Well I liked Gothic 2 quite a lot and I'm not exactly sure why I stopped playing, I think it was a bug in one of the main quests where I couldn't progress any further. I must have got at least a third of the way through since I could kill orcs fairly easily.
I didn't play Gothic 3 for very long even with all the patches installed. I found the combat much worse than 2 where I could swing and block being able to tell when I would hit and miss. And it ran terribly slow on my PC.
Never played 1. And to be honest, I never found the Gothic dialogue or characters to be all that great - something I think which Risen fixed. The only thing I like less about Risen is the world is slightly less open - I didn't like how I couldn't leave Harbor Town or the Monastery until I had finished my tasks there.
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| 19 JUL 2011 at 9:25am |
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Status : Offline | Played Arcania - Gothic IV yesterday, but I already regret doing that :-/
I'm on a holiday for the remainder of the week, so I won't be able to play anymore.
I wish I could spend my holiday on the 'tutorial' island, what a beautifully rendered island 8-)
ps: after all the horrors, i've succesfully upgraded my GPU
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| 19 JUL 2011 at 10:22am |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By markornikov (19 JUL 2011 9:25am)
Played Arcania - Gothic IV yesterday, but I already regret doing that :-/
I'm on a holiday for the remainder of the week, so I won't be able to play anymore.
I wish I could spend my holiday on the 'tutorial' island, what a beautifully rendered island 8-)
ps: after all the horrors, i've succesfully upgraded my GPU
Oh, I'm glad to hear you finally got your (new) PC going again, Markonikov! May you have many hours of pleasure with it.
Re Arkania - I actually have the game, but shelved it for after my own upgrade because i was having performance probs with it on my old system.
...and now that I have my new system, I can't find my old gamesaves
I'm tempted to replay from scratch, just a pity I'm starting to have less time for gaming again these days. My vacation is strictly speaking over by now.
@ Walsh:Yeah I went with the Don! I wasn't very fond of either but being a castaway I had to choose one didn't I? The Order just seemed cruel and I didn't want to be brainwashed
Yes, I went with the Don at first because I too, didn't want to be brainwashed. Then, after I'd played a bit as the Don's follower, I saw somewhere online what to do to become a mage, so I reloaded an earlier save and followed the mage path to the end. When I have time for the game again, I'll reload an earlier save again, and play as an Order warrior a bit, just out of curiosity.
When you're finished with Risen, you might want to try Dragon Knight Saga. I played through most of Divinity 2, (DKS is the expansion pack including the main game of Divinity 2) and it's a pretty nice game.
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"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 20 JUL 2011 at 11:44am |
walshSorcerer Apprentice
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Status : Offline | I didn't know you could be a mage! Still, I probably won't go back and take another path. I loved exploring the beautiful island in the beginning but I think there's a stage with these type of games where it becomes all about the quests, stats and levelling up. Once you've seen every type of tree, monster and waterfall it can get repetitive. It's a great game I just wish there could be more variety, although they've done the best they could for a tropical island.
Thanks for the DKS rec I'll have to check that out, looks good
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| 20 JUL 2011 at 8:17pm |
Child Of DunwichPrivate Detective
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By markornikov (19 JUL 2011 9:25am)
Played Arcania - Gothic IV yesterday, but I already regret doing that :-/
I'm on a holiday for the remainder of the week, so I won't be able to play anymore.
I wish I could spend my holiday on the 'tutorial' island, what a beautifully rendered island 8-)
ps: after all the horrors, i've succesfully upgraded my GPU
Is it better than Risen?
Nature's first green is gold,&&Her hardest hue to hold.&&Her early leaf's a flower;&&But only so an hour.&&Then leaf subsides to leaf.&&So Eden sank to grief,&&So dawn goes down to day.&&Nothing gold can stay.
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| 20 JUL 2011 at 10:28pm |
markornikovJourneyman
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By dwwa (20 JUL 2011 8:17pm)
Originally Posted By markornikov (19 JUL 2011 9:25am)
Played Arcania - Gothic IV yesterday, but I already regret doing that :-/
I'm on a holiday for the remainder of the week, so I won't be able to play anymore.
I wish I could spend my holiday on the 'tutorial' island, what a beautifully rendered island 8-)
ps: after all the horrors, i've succesfully upgraded my GPU
Is it better than Risen?
hard to say...
Risen has much more character customization, more free roaming, different factions to join. I found combat quite horrible, the controls felt clunky
Arcania had better graphics, more captivating storyline and more interesting quests. The world feels much more 'alive'.
Combat is a bit too easy
As Trav said somewhere Risen should be named Gothic IV instead of Arcania, because the overall gameplay of the Gothic series is comparable to Risen. In Arcania levelling, crafting, alchemy has been dumbed down a lot.
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| 21 JUL 2011 at 1:50pm |
FnordSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Dungeons of Dredmor, a recently released rogue like game. The humor in it reminds me a bit of munchkin (the card game), and it works quite well. I'm surprised that the developers managed to create an accessible rouge like, considering the sub-genres reputation of being incredibly unforgiving for beginners.
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| 21 JUL 2011 at 3:35pm |
Child Of DunwichPrivate Detective
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By markornikov (20 JUL 2011 10:27pm)
Originally Posted By dwwa (20 JUL 2011 8:17pm)
Originally Posted By markornikov (19 JUL 2011 9:25am)
Played Arcania - Gothic IV yesterday, but I already regret doing that :-/
I'm on a holiday for the remainder of the week, so I won't be able to play anymore.
I wish I could spend my holiday on the 'tutorial' island, what a beautifully rendered island 8-)
ps: after all the horrors, i've succesfully upgraded my GPU
Is it better than Risen?
hard to say...
Risen has much more character customization, more free roaming, different factions to join. I found combat quite horrible, the controls felt clunky
Arcania had better graphics, more captivating storyline and more interesting quests. The world feels much more 'alive'.
Combat is a bit too easy
As Trav said somewhere Risen should be named Gothic IV instead of Arcania, because the overall gameplay of the Gothic series is comparable to Risen. In Arcania levelling, crafting, alchemy has been dumbed down a lot.
I see..... Well, if I liked Risen, I guess I might find this interesting too...
Nature's first green is gold,&&Her hardest hue to hold.&&Her early leaf's a flower;&&But only so an hour.&&Then leaf subsides to leaf.&&So Eden sank to grief,&&So dawn goes down to day.&&Nothing gold can stay.
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| 24 JUL 2011 at 7:30pm |
markornikovJourneyman
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Status : Offline | All this chatter about Fallout:New Vegas in other topics, made me want to play it again.
From scratch, last time I got quite far, but it felt that i had choosen the wrong side with the NRC and killed Mr House. So now i'm going to play as an evil character and side with the caesar's
Meanwhile i'm also still enjoying Arcania,
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| 24 JUL 2011 at 7:43pm |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | ..and because of you, Markonikov, I'm dabbling around with Arcania.
Currently getting iron boletes out of the mine for Mudra.
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"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 24 JUL 2011 at 8:19pm |
markornikovJourneyman
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By placeholder (24 JUL 2011 7:42pm)
..and because of you, Markonikov, I'm dabbling around with Arcania.
Currently getting iron boletes out of the mine for Mudra.
glad i got you addicted
The only thing that really starts to annoy me is that they made only a few different character models. Sure they're very pretty, but this limitation really kills the realism. One exception, thank god, is that hideous girl you're supposed to marry in the beginning, That monster seems to be unique
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| 25 JUL 2011 at 8:45am |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Ugh, that ...person...- when I first saw her, I thought she was the goatherd boy and felt pretty taken aback when I was required to kiss her. I refused, and luckily she walked away.
I wasn't too happy when I heard that we wereSpoiler Alert to be married in a shotgun wedding of all things - how did that happen? Wasn't me! [smiley=angel_smiley.gif]
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"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 25 JUL 2011 at 10:22am |
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By placeholder (25 JUL 2011 8:45am)
Ugh, that ...person...- when I first saw her, I thought she was the goatherd boy and felt pretty taken aback when I was required to kiss her. I refused, and luckily she walked away.
I wasn't too happy when I heard that we wereSpoiler Alert to be married in a shotgun wedding of all things - how did that happen? Wasn't me! [smiley=angel_smiley.gif]
I'm happy to know I wasn't the only person who thought she looks like a [s]cow[/s], er, [s]sow[/s], er, she-man. There.
You can't kill someone in a studio.
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| 25 JUL 2011 at 2:23pm |
FnordSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | I just started my second attempt at the orc campaign in fantasy wars (I have previously finished the human campaign). This campaign is considerably harder than the human campaign.
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