Recent content by mcsven

Well, er... I never played GalCiv, 1 or 2. So I can't say. What I will say is that this has real potential, and observing the level of communication between the developer and the players on the forum has been extremely interesting.

I got the StarDrive beta on Steam, and it rocks.

Sorry, I was perhaps unclear - I totally agree. When the game went up for pre-order, your unlock date should have been set based on how many pre-orders had already been taken. Thus the first x punters got day 1, the next x got day 3 and so-on, where x is a number that EA/Maxis felt comfortable...

The thing I just don't understand about the whole server debacle is why they didn't stagger the launch. Make the first 100,000 players digital only and then unlock 20,000 installs every 2 days or something. The die-hards who pre-ordered would have understood and most of the bad press would have...

Oh I exchanged it. Replacement model had the same problem. Then I went back to the shop and listened carefully to the model that was on the shop floor - same thing. That's when I got a refund. There's been at least one revision on the model since then however, so it may no longer be an issue.

Oh I have no special knowledge, and I recognise that quiet PCs have been out for ages. The Samsung ultrabook I mentioned was silent until the fans started, and even then the noise wasn't outrageous - it was just obvious to me that there was a fan imbalance or something similar and I knew it...

I bought a Samsung NP900X3B almost the weekend it came out. I'd been following the ultrabook trend and this one seemed to be the ideal combo of thinness and performance with a great screen. It cost a bomb, too. I ended up taking it back over noise issues however (you can read the whole sorry...

This thing has gotten my attention. Early previews are looking promising. If Microsoft have somehow produced something that makes virtually no noise I'll be seriously impressed.

Yeah, combat is the weak point, no doubt. I just skip it. However I've always been more of a builder, and for that kind of gameplay it's fun.

Jeez, it only took 7 months for someone else to buy it?! homer, if you fancy a game let me know. I have the same handle in Steam.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/08/14/half-life-3-to-be-announced-at-gamescom-goodness-knows/ :runaway:

The answers are no, just planets and yes. The game makes some interesting choices. It treats systems (i.e. groups of planets around a sun) as a single entity with one production queue. Within the system you can choose to colonize and move populations around to maximize "FIDS", which are the...

What's the bug status with Skyrim like these days? Have the largest issues been ironed out?

So I've played it quite a bit since purchase. It's quite dry, in that there's no "personalities" involved, unlike say, Civ, and it's a bit like spreadsheet management... but it gets much more enjoyable as you get into it. Even in Alpha this is a complete game.

So I was looking at Steam to see if Skyrim had come down in price or was on offer... and saw Endless Space. Five minutes later and it's currently downloading and I'm gonna have a root around in the Alpha. Couple of previews...