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The Miscellaneous PC & vidya Games Thread

Started by Syt, June 26, 2012, 12:12:54 PM

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FunkMonk

Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.

Habbaku

Major order crushed in under 24 hours.  :lol:
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.

-J. R. R. Tolkien

FunkMonk

Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.

Crazy_Ivan80

defending 10 planets is a hard one. Don't think we'll make it. Likely prelude to the 3rd antagonist coming in if rumours are more than just that

Habbaku

Defending 10 planets in the time they gave is basically impossible. The choice is basically which to defend at this point.
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.

-J. R. R. Tolkien

FunkMonk

Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.

Maladict

Manor Lords seems to be living up to the hype.

Josquius

Honestly I'm not getting it. Why is it so special? Aren't there a million similar games out there? What does this one do different?
That said it did end up on my wishlist somehow.
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Syt

From what I've seen in e.g. OPB's gameplay video, it comes with a strategic layer, i.e. you're not only building one village, but there's competing villages to interact with or land to grab from.
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

celedhring

There also seems to be a reasonable attempt at verosimilitude, too. I'm intrigued.

Crazy_Ivan80

The demo was quite enjoyable. Haven't played enough to elaborate on the actual early access. 
Looks gorgeous though, and runs quite well so far.
I'm pretty sure people with more esthetic sense than I will make awesome city journals with this

Solmyr

For me a big factor is that it's not grid-based. I wish Cities Skylines 2 had that. :lol:

garbon

Quote from: Josquius on Today at 12:53:35 AMHonestly I'm not getting it. Why is it so special? Aren't there a million similar games out there? What does this one do different?
That said it did end up on my wishlist somehow.

You always have random It games of the moment.

Foundation with its cartoony look (and no combat) has been scratching my itch again for non grid based city building so will be a while yet until I consider getting this (though it has also been on my wishlist during its early access).
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Tamas

I noticed a few months ago Manor Lords was latched on by the Creative Assembly haters as the Total War killer. Never understood why, but I wouldn't rule out that vocal and weird community contributing to the hype. They... feel strongly about things.

Syt

Well, the dev has come out before release, pointing out that it's not a Total War style game, or Age of Empires style game etc., trying to dispel any unrealistic expectations and trying to nip that kind of hype in the bud.
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.