The "I Got A New Game!" Thread

[Smellincoffee]

Sid Meier's Pirates! arrived in the post today, and I've been playing it this evening. The game must be set on easy mode, because despite my not having a clue, I've had no problems shoving over a dozen guys into fires or off of boats. I suppose it helps my avatar is a strong fencer. Then again, most of them have been civilian captains. I've only fought one sloop of war, and they boarded ME when I employed my standard strategy of ram-them-and-shove-their-captain-into-the-fire. I did fail the dancing part rather badly. Right now I'm just sailing around chasing ships, wailing away at their captains until they fall into the ocean, then looting the ship and selling it in the closest harbor. I'm supposed to talk to some fellow to get news on my family, but he's over in Mexico. I spotted a treasure map landmark on the coast of South America, so I may go digging after that.

 

[Maniacal]

The game is kind of designed for kids, and unfortunately has quite a few simplifications (the wind only every blows west...), but it is pretty damn fun.

 

[Rub'Rum]

Sid Meier's Pirates! arrived in the post today

What is this, medieval age?

 

[Smellincoffee]

What is this, medieval age?

I buy old games because they don't require me to be online.


If you were asking about the game's setting, I think the earliest starting date is in the 1600s. I somehow managed to launch a game without even seeing the settings, though. (I tried to take a fraps screenshot during the opening movie, and the next thing I knew I was being asked to choose a country to sail under. I chose the Dutch.)

 

[Double A]

The game is kind of designed for kids, and unfortunately has quite a few simplifications (the wind only every blows west...), but it is pretty damn fun.

Because it's not like there's an option to change the difficulty or anything.

 

[Rub'Rum]

I buy old games because they don't require me to be online.

I got my copy on gamersgate.com. You can play offline. Gamersgate doesn't even have a software. It's just the game, like gog.com. Of course if you buy a newer game there that has DRM by default, or is a Steam game, or an Origin game, you will have to suffer through this one. But Pirates doesn't have any of that. You can even burn the install files to a DVD or keep a backup of it in case you're worried gamersgate dies.

 

[The_J]

I got my copy on gamersgate.com. You can play offline. Gamersgate doesn't even have a software.

...er...the GamersGate FAQ says something different .

 

[Rub'Rum]

...er...the GamersGate FAQ says something different .

What does it say.

 

[The_J]

http://www.gamersgate.com/info/faq-10-17

A combination out of:

Can I download the game on my office PC and install it on my home PC which does not have an internet connection?

No, you cannot. Internet connection is required to install games. If the target computer has slow download bandwidth, then the game can be downloaded on another computer and then transferred in any way to your original computer. There you can use them to install, but connection is needed to sign in and start the installation proces

How do I download my games?

You need to

1) Log in on the site

2) Go to My Games tab on the left

3) Chose Purchased Games option

4) Click the Download button next to the game in the list of purchased games.

5) Launch the file you downloaded by double clicking it (we advise not to run it from the browser) to download the game

6) After the download is finished the installation procedure starts automatically.

This is how it works

http://www.gamersgate.com/?page=shop&what=downloader

NOTE: Installation cannot be done manually. It is done automatically and it requires internet connection to be performed properly.

This somehow sounds like if they use their own downloader...or not?
I've looked a bit around, because I wanted to look at the alternatives for GOG, and this here is somehow not equivalent.

 

[Rub'Rum]

Alright, so the way it works for me is, you download a small file. You boot this file, it's a small downloader that downloads the files required for installation. You can get rid of that tiny file/downloader after, it’s not even a software that installs itself. The software doesn't make it evident at that point that the entire game install files are somewhere on your computer though.

At that point, once you have the install files for the game, you can just keep them as if the gamersgate website didn’t exist anymore. This is the experience I've had with gamersgate. My computer is always connected to the internet, so maybe I didn't notice that the game required an internet connection to install? It seems doubtful though. Even if that's the case, you certainly don't need an internet connection to PLAY the game. I'd have to test it tonight by unplugging my computer and trying to install. But this information is weird. I'll give it to you that the way I've backed up my games doesn't seem super officially supported sometimes, I don't know. I never had problems reinstalling my games without visiting gamersgate.

edit: This thread explains it http://www.gamersgate.com/gametutor?issue=237728 See posts by punisox.

 

[The_J]

thanks.

mmhh...could then maybe be tempted to buy from GG after I've played through the GOG library...but only "maybe".

 

[Maniacal]

Yeah that is pretty much how it works, no permanent client, and the most annoying thing it does is make you log in to your GamersGate account to download it (sometimes). GamersGate does sell games that use their own DRM or only come with Steam keys though.

Because it's not like there's an option to change the difficulty or anything.

The game is still designed for all ages and it shows.

 

[Rub'Rum]

The way I understand it though, if you don't follow the not-so-intuitive procedure (though I did find it by myself) described in the link I gave, the game might still ask you to be connected when you install it. It's not gog.com-perfect, but it's not that far.

 

[Maniacal]

Well installation takes place immediately after downloading it and doesn't take very long so its really a non-issue.

 

[Rub'Rum]

Well installation takes place immediately after downloading it and doesn't take very long so its really a non-issue.

I'm talking for people who don't want to deal with the internet connection thing ever again and want to backup their game for future use as if they had the CD at home. For people who don't want to deal with gamersgate once they've bought it, ever again, no matter how many times they want to install the game in the future.

If you want to be able to keep the install files on your hard drive, or burn them, and not have to connect to gamersgate to install the game all these future times, you have to make a copy of your install files after the game has finished downloading with the downloader, but before actually installing the game.

 

[GenMarshall]

Gotten Saints Row the Third from Captain2.

 

[Maniacal]

Grats

I'm a pretty purple -snip-

Touche, I (obviously) didn't think of that.

 

[Double A]

The game is still designed for all ages and it shows.

Oh fine. Make me be serious. See if I care.

On the higher difficulties, the wind is more random. Actually, it might just be something in a menu.

 

[Mango Elephant]

I would buy it on a boat!
And I would buy it with a goat!
And I would buy it in the rain!
And in the dark! And on a train!
And in a car! And in a tree!
It is so good, so good, you see!



It's an isometric top-down TBS. Set in the Ransei region of Fantasy Feudal Japanland, the object of the game is to conquer the 17 kingdoms (essentially levels but with shops and stuff). Each one is home to a particular element. In battles (which are by far the main focus of the game), each side has up to 6 Pokemon with one move each (to keep it simple). Instead of experience, Pokemon get Link with their warrior (trainers you control), and the maximum Link a mon can have depends on what kind of types the warrior specializes in or if they have a perfect link (destined to be together and such). For example, the only Pokemon your warrior (at the start of the game) can have a perfect, 100% link with is Eevee, until an event happens a short ways through the game letting you have perfect links with all seven Eeveeloutions. The higher the link, the higher the stats, and most pokemon only evolve when one of their stats is high enough, so high max links are very important. Warriors can own an average of 5 Pokemon, but you probably won't even need two, so there's a lot of room to mess around.

It's pretty clever and all-around fun. It isn't all that difficult after you get your stride, but you can say that about any Pokemon game until you reach the end of the postgame, and Conquest has a big one.

Alright, thanks a lot! I'll ask for it for Christmas now. =) It seems pretty bangin'.

 

[Smellincoffee]

After 40+ months at sea, I was starting to lose more men in mutiny when visiting towns than I could replace from the taverns, but I couldn't find a town to invade to get rid of some of the men, so I had to divide the plunder. I didn't realize you lost all your ships but one. The gold I don't care about, but some of those ships were trophies. I'm back to my much-upgraded sloop and trying to see what Cuba has to offer. While I've been able to take over cities, find buried treasure, and defeat more captains in combat than I can remember, I've YET to pass the dancing. The ending of the song always sends my character stumbling and girl walks off.