Annonchinil
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Annonchinil said:I am itching for a good civ game and can't decide between EUIII and Crusader Kings. I know what makes Crusader Kings unique but don't know what makes EUIII stand out.
Annonchinil said:I am itching for a good civ game and can't decide between EUIII and Crusader Kings. I know what makes Crusader Kings unique but don't know what makes EUIII stand out.
GarfunkeL said:To an extent, yes but seems that HoI3 had even more than usual. Especially the memory-leak thingy is quite incomprehensible in its ability to evade beta testers attention.
Oh what am I writing? I'll be buying HoI3 the instant I get back home.
Emotional Vampire said:Demnogonis Saastuttaja said:Don't buy PC games the day they're released. It's best to wait for 3-6 months, or maybe till it's in the bargain bin.
That's so stupid I literally lost my fucking sight
How about not releasing the game 3 months early? Or would that be too revolutionary in today's PC game industry?MaskedMartyr said:I buy the game when it comes out and then I play the game I bought 3 months ago.
Rinse and repeat.
Now if its some high-budget shit I don't really give a fuck, those have way better price drops than a studio like Paradox.
Demnogonis Saastuttaja said:Emotional Vampire said:Demnogonis Saastuttaja said:Don't buy PC games the day they're released. It's best to wait for 3-6 months, or maybe till it's in the bargain bin.
That's so stupid I literally lost my fucking sight
Yeah, you're right - it's best to cough up 50€ for a game and have it collect dust for half an year (or a full year if it's The Witcher) because you can't do much else with it.
Second, you don't fucking buy bargain bin games. That's THE dumbest thing you can do when buying something.
Normally, that's what I do. Paradox games are guaranteed 100% to produce patches and good mods, though, so I'd rather buy it now and then just wait a while before playing it seriously. This way they get better sales figures and don't abandon the series because it didn't sell well, like it happened with Victoria*. Paradox games tend to get more and more complex and moddable with each release, as opposed to most other medium/big developers out there. They're the company I would trust most right now.Demnogonis Saastuttaja said:Emotional Vampire said:Demnogonis Saastuttaja said:Don't buy PC games the day they're released. It's best to wait for 3-6 months, or maybe till it's in the bargain bin.
That's so stupid I literally lost my fucking sight
Yeah, you're right - it's best to cough up 50€ for a game and have it collect dust for half an year (or a full year if it's The Witcher) because you can't do much else with it.
Trash said:Second, you don't fucking buy bargain bin games. That's THE dumbest thing you can do when buying something.
Why? Sometimes you can find awesome games that you can't find anywhere else in that bin. Psychonauts, freespace 2 and anachronox are all gems that I found in a bargain bin.
Does it come with eleven 5&1/2 inch floppy discs? I remember the day when one of those discs failed to read. And some people think installing games nowadays are troublesome.Trash said:Duh. Some people just like to get the entire package and manual and all of games they really like. I still fondly recall the day I found Darklands in its original phat box with bible sized manual. Not bad for about 10 euro.
GarfunkeL said:Well, HoI2 was dumbed down from HoI and now that HoI3 is massively more complex than HoI2, there has been some whining and crying from fans - probably because HoI2 roped in players that previously had zero interest in Paradox games. They also made that horribly Two Thrones game which I guess was a kiddie-version of EU2 and CK combined. It was quite, quite horrible and luckily didn't sell well.
Mighty Mouse said:Does it come with eleven 5&1/2 inch floppy discs? I remember the day when one of those discs failed to read. And some people think installing games nowadays are troublesome.Trash said:Duh. Some people just like to get the entire package and manual and all of games they really like. I still fondly recall the day I found Darklands in its original phat box with bible sized manual. Not bad for about 10 euro.
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