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KMFJD

Lifer
Aug 11, 2005
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explore space, battle aliens and take their stuff, research and design bigger and better ships
 

sze5003

Lifer
Aug 18, 2012
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I also picked up starcom space unknown, star trucker, x4 foundations and the crust during the steam sale. Starcom looks really interesting and pretty simple to get into. I may start with that and see how it is although star trucker also sounds fun.
 

MoragaBlue

Senior member
Jul 17, 2022
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This thread had me log onto GOG and had forgotten how many games I had purchased on sale over the years. It would take me at least a year or two to play or replay them; combined with Fromsoft's next game (as a gamer, there is nothing like the anticipation for a new Fromsoft game), Lies of P DLC, and the next Wukong based on a general with more robust combat. I'll just have to build a powerhouse PC to play those games the way I want to.

In so many ways, the older games are so much better than many of the newer ones, at least for me.
 
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MoragaBlue

Senior member
Jul 17, 2022
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Quick question.

Are we able to utilize various mods with games purchased on Steam? Of course, in the past before all of this online digital stuff, I used to utilize mods extensively on my games. Brings back fond memories of Falcon 4.0!

Thanks!
 

Stg-Flame

Diamond Member
Mar 10, 2007
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Quick question.

Are we able to utilize various mods with games purchased on Steam? Of course, in the past before all of this online digital stuff, I used to utilize mods extensively on my games. Brings back fond memories of Falcon 4.0!

Thanks!
Steam supports both mods from the Steam Workshop and third-party mods. If you're going to download third-party through a site like Nexus or ModDB, then you just need to make sure you read thoroughly in case there's separate download and/or installation instructions since a lot of games are available on Steam as well as GoG (or other distributors).
 
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Sam25

Golden Member
Mar 29, 2008
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Completed Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 last evening and started Evil West on PC today. From the 30 minutes or so I have played so far this seems like it's going to be a fun game to play! The combat and gun-play is very fluid and game looks lovely.
 

MoragaBlue

Senior member
Jul 17, 2022
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Steam is having a sale ~ 70% off on Crusader Kings III, Mass Effect Legendary Edition (85% off!) and Jedi Survivor (60% off). Any of these games worth playing? Steam also has a disclosure on requiring the EA App, which I assume isn't a big deal? Just sign up and forget about it?

Noticed sales on the Total War games, and just picked up Medieval II & Expansion (probably my favorite game for a period of time) and Rome Emperors. I may have these on CDs somewhere, but not going to bother finding it, attaching my optical drive, download patches, and deal with that stuff. Never thought it would happen, but after about 15 years, I've become a big Steam fan & will build my game library.

PS - Also picked up Witcher 3 at 85% off; believe it or not, I've never played this game.
 
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sze5003

Lifer
Aug 18, 2012
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Jedi survivor is fun but also taxing on PC so it depends on your system. Should have had some patches by now.
 
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MoragaBlue

Senior member
Jul 17, 2022
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Been checking daily for potential sales for Nioh2 & the Dark Souls games. I'm assuming based on Steam's pattern, at one time or another, they'll have sales on just about every title in their library.
 

DigDog

Lifer
Jun 3, 2011
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i had a bit of a "try before you buy" at Civilization 6. Only playing Warlord ? the one below Prince. Romans as always.
Legion is OP and can wreck the early game on small maps. Once you've killed a couple civs and you're up to 6/7/8 cities when everyone else has 2-4, tone down the aggression and play science.

it was .. mediocre. Or maybe it's the greatest Civ ever made, but i hate the fact that every time i start a new Civ game, i have to learn it completely anew - because at that point i might as well learn a NON-Civ game.
Builders no longer build roads ..
Builders can only improve 3 tiles, then they die.
There is no unit stacking, AND scouts cannot cross through my own units !
City management no longer has the graphical city interface, or if it does i couldn't figure out how to open it.
Running 6 cities at the very early stages of the tech tree seemed far too easy, did not have a single issue that i needed to manually sort out.

idk, i still think Civ 2 was the best game of the series, with Civ 1 next and Civ 4 after. I like my Civ to be about managing cities, which gives you units, which you do war with. GEtting my mechanized infantry defeated by Culture just ******* annoys me beyond the point where i still want to play the game.

i did like the hitpoint-based combat though. But not enough to leave the game installed.
 
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i had a bit of a "try before you buy" at Civilization 6. Only playing Warlord ? the one below Prince. Romans as always.
Legion is OP and can wreck the early game on small maps. Once you've killed a couple civs and you're up to 6/7/8 cities when everyone else has 2-4, tone down the aggression and play science.

it was .. mediocre. Or maybe it's the greatest Civ ever made, but i hate the fact that every time i start a new Civ game, i have to learn it completely anew - because at that point i might as well learn a NON-Civ game.
Builders no longer build roads ..
Builders can only improve 3 tiles, then they die.
There is no unit stacking, AND scouts cannot cross through my own units !
City management no longer has the graphical city interface, or if it does i couldn't figure out how to open it.
Running 6 cities at the very early stages of the tech tree seemed far too easy, did not have a single issue that i needed to manually sort out.

idk, i still think Civ 2 was the best game of the series, with Civ 1 next and Civ 4 after. I like my Civ to be about managing cities, which gives you units, which you do war with. GEtting my mechanized infantry defeated by Culture just ******* annoys me beyond the point where i still want to play the game.

i did like the hitpoint-based combat though. But not enough to leave the game installed.
Civ 6 is a good game however I get your point. Main things I like about 6 is it’s actually possible to play with friends and actually finish the game or at least get to a point where everyone concedes there is a clear winner. Things I don’t like is the AI is old school increasing difficulty just allows the AI to cheat more and during multiplayer the AI is far too passive.
 
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@DigDog , give me a list of things you want to see in a challenging game and maybe I'll code something crude for ya, mostly in text but maybe could've JS or HTML involved. I'm not into the strategy genre so don't know what makes these games tick.
 

RPD

Diamond Member
Jul 22, 2009
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In Act 3 in Baldurs Gate 3 on my first play through and this game is f***'ing amazing.
 
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WelshBloke

Lifer
Jan 12, 2005
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In Act 3 in Baldurs Gate 3 on my first play through and this game is f***'ing amazing.
It's a fantastic game. Im biased as I loved the first BG games (I still have all the original discs), this is better.

The returning characters have me properly fan boying!
 

DigDog

Lifer
Jun 3, 2011
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It's a fantastic game. Im biased as I loved the first BG games (I still have all the original discs), this is better.

The returning characters have me properly fan boying!
can you load your own game module / adventure / campaign into the BG3 engine and play it with new characters ? (like you were able to with NWN 1+2)
 

WelshBloke

Lifer
Jan 12, 2005
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can you load your own game module / adventure / campaign into the BG3 engine and play it with new characters ? (like you were able to with NWN 1+2)
Not that I'm aware of. There is mod support built-in now. I've not looked into that yet as I suspect that it's mostly naked dark elf stuff!
The game is very story and character driven so third party modules would kinda miss the games main attraction in my opinion.
I also don't think that there are going to be any expansions to it either.
 

DigDog

Lifer
Jun 3, 2011
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Not that I'm aware of. There is mod support built-in now. I've not looked into that yet as I suspect that it's mostly naked dark elf stuff!
well, to be fair, Skyrim has seen some pretty damn massive total conversion mods. But, it's something that very few people have the opportunity to create.
And - knowing full well that i sound like Old Man Yells At Cloud - Neverwinter Nights was better. It was better because anyone with a handful of free afternoons and a decent idea could write an adventure module.
Yeahh i know that even with content creation tools, today creating a module would be harder. But, not impossible.
Think of .. whatsthename .. Enderal. It took years, from a large group of contributors, to make it playable.

As an old P&P aficionado, i want to see the creativity, the ideas that the random nobodies have in these games. Because *yawn* for every Dark Elf Anti-Paladin that has to slay a god adventure you see, sometimes you'll find some weird, quirky, innovative module with some really genuine touches of genius in the storytelling.

And you'll NEVER find this in the official adventures. Stuff just *has* to be mid and vanilla to be considered a viable commercial product. Instead i want to see the "whu the f*** not" modules written for the fun of it. I know from IRL experience that RPG players can get far, far more creative than anything i've seen made by Bioware, even in the good days.
 

WelshBloke

Lifer
Jan 12, 2005
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well, to be fair, Skyrim has seen some pretty damn massive total conversion mods. But, it's something that very few people have the opportunity to create.
And - knowing full well that i sound like Old Man Yells At Cloud - Neverwinter Nights was better. It was better because anyone with a handful of free afternoons and a decent idea could write an adventure module.
Yeahh i know that even with content creation tools, today creating a module would be harder. But, not impossible.
Think of .. whatsthename .. Enderal. It took years, from a large group of contributors, to make it playable.

As an old P&P aficionado, i want to see the creativity, the ideas that the random nobodies have in these games. Because *yawn* for every Dark Elf Anti-Paladin that has to slay a god adventure you see, sometimes you'll find some weird, quirky, innovative module with some really genuine touches of genius in the storytelling.

And you'll NEVER find this in the official adventures. Stuff just *has* to be mid and vanilla to be considered a viable commercial product. Instead i want to see the "whu the f*** not" modules written for the fun of it. I know from IRL experience that RPG players can get far, far more creative than anything i've seen made by Bioware, even in the good days.
The story, voice acting and characterisation in BG3 is absolutely amazing though. I don't see anyone without huge resources making a module that would compare in quality and size.
It sounds like you are more looking for a virtual tabletop thing than what BG3 is.
 
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WelshBloke

Lifer
Jan 12, 2005
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Oh the most annoying thing about BG3 is the small party size. You're limited to 4 members. Which is ok but the dialogue is so good I don't like to miss out on it!
There is a mod to increase party size but then your party is very overpowered.
 
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