A question for you guys.

I still have my free code for a uPlay game which I haven't gotten around to using. It looks like my choices for games I'm interested in are "Heroes Of Might & Magic 5" and "Beyond Good And Evil". Now, I know BG&E is good, but I also finished the game on PS2 and probably won't revisit it for a while. I haven't played a HOM&M game since 3. Is 5 any good?

New thread, eh? From my research, I surmise that I missed a lot of local beer, alphabetization, shenanigans, and maybe, just maybe one actual Steam-provided deal. <3 the Steam deal thread.

Originally Posted by TheLongshot A question for you guys. I still have my free code for a uPlay game which I haven't gotten around to using. It looks like my choices for games I'm interested in are "Heroes Of Might & Magic 5" and "Beyond Good And Evil". Now, I know BG&E is good, but I also finished the game on PS2 and probably won't revisit it for a while. I haven't played a HOM&M game since 3. Is 5 any good?

5 is alright but it is still not as good as 3. I still prefer the 2d art over 3d. The heroes franchise has been going down ever since Ubisoft took over.

Originally Posted by randomdud New thread, eh? From my research, I surmise that I missed a lot of local beer,

I love Michigan breweries....that is all.

Originally Posted by travathian Rule The Roost Unlocked: Nov 3, 2012 11:19pm Get all 6 achievements and unlock Commando Chicken Straight from my Steam KF achievement page. I think the first couple days of the Halloween event it wasn't unlocked yet, but eventually all the old Halloween ones started to activate.

That's right. I did all of the current ones and put it away, and missed the old ones again for like the 2nd or 3rd year in a row. Xmas was better; now I just hope they do the potato stuff again this or next month.

Originally Posted by oman19 I love Michigan breweries....that is all.

Had some Bell's and Founders this past week—good stuff.

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Originally Posted by oman19 I love Michigan breweries....that is all.

It's the only thing we produce well here, outside of sadness.

Trop 4 w/ all that DLC for $10? Sold.

Originally Posted by Eldredpe It's the only thing we produce well here, outside of sadness.

And F150 and drug dealers? Or do you guys ignore Detroit now?

Originally Posted by asheskitty This!

The only things that I think could be and probably will be a problem w/ making a game work for players both online and offline is the balancing could get out-of-whack - i.e. a game might feel too hard when playing solo, but too easy when playing w/ other players.
Oh, the other problem - if you can use the same character offline and online and all this stuff can be saved locally, there could be a lot of cheating happening when you take your (same) character online - i.e. Borderlands 1 problem.

More reasons for implementing different difficulty levels (even if it's just number of damage you give and or take.

I celebrate my ever increasing backlog! I'm not a sinner backlogger because I sin backlog; I backlog because I'm a backlogger!

Sometimes I celebrate it b/c I own so much and have so many awesome games...
...but other times, I feel like I will never catch-up with it; and it saddens me I don't have enough time in the world to play all of stuff.

And some of the stuff I have, they're considered classics - but Lord knows if I'll even play them. I'm not big on strategy games, but I surely own a lot of them.

Indie Gala happy hour is on.

Hopefully someone starts selling them cheaper

Originally Posted by Carlmundo Indie Gala happy hour is on. Hopefully someone starts selling them cheaper

And I caved last night and picked it up, figured they wouldn't have one in a short bundle. Oh well, it's only a few dollars more.

Originally Posted by plft And I caved last night and picked it up, figured they wouldn't have one in a short bundle. Oh well, it's only a few dollars more.

Yeah, you say that now. But it's gonna haunt you on your deathbed. :(

Originally Posted by MysterD The only things that I think could be and probably will be a problem w/ making a game work for players both online and offline is the balancing could get out-of-whack - i.e. a game might feel too hard when playing solo, but too easy when playing w/ other players. Oh, the other problem - if you can use the same character offline and online and all this stuff can be saved locally, there could be a lot of cheating happening when you take your (same) character online - i.e. Borderlands 1 problem. More reasons for implementing different difficulty levels (even if it's just number of damage you give and or take.

Well, Diablo 2 had both online and offline play, but characters were exclusive to one or the other. As I liked to play a character mostly solo with an occasional meet-up, I never touched single player after a first play-through.

Difficulty did ramp depending on the number of players in a game. XP rewards did as well.

Originally Posted by gilby Well, Diablo 2 had both online and offline play, but characters were exclusive to one or the other. As I liked to play a character mostly solo with an occasional meet-up, I never touched single player after a first play-through. Difficulty did ramp depending on the number of players in a game. XP rewards did as well.

I preferred single player to multiplayer after the game became so full of dupes and hacked items.

My level 86 single player hardcore necro was no joke.

In both Titan Quest and Torchlight 2 I started several characters in coop with a friend, but never completed them, never even got close. I prefer solo play by far, and I also think the number of classes in TQ has spoiled me. Someday I'll have to register my $10 D3 though, but I'll be sticking to 'solo' play as much as I can.

Originally Posted by The End Yeah, you say that now. But it's gonna haunt you on your deathbed. :(

It already is. I could have bought some Tropico games with my spendings.

Originally Posted by Carlmundo Indie Gala happy hour is on. Hopefully someone starts selling them cheaper

Is that bundle worth getting? The only thing that looks even semi-interesting to me is Earth Defense.

Don't get me wrong i am open to try new things but some of the games on there look like shovelware. Miner Wars i guess looks alright.

Today, Steam brings us disappointment in the form of STAR WARS®: Knights of the Old Republic™ II @ $3.40 (66% off) Lowest was $2.49 on the winter sale.

Originally Posted by stupidproz1 I preferred single player to multiplayer after the game became so full of dupes and hacked items. My level 86 single player hardcore necro was no joke.

I never really saw dupes and hacked items when I played, but I was in hardcore and avoided trading and most public games.

Originally Posted by asheskitty Today, Steam brings us disappointment in the form of STAR WARS®: Knights of the Old Republic™ II @ $3.40 (66% off) Lowest was $2.49 on the winter sale.

Oh well, we can always count down to the next big sale when we run out of deals to talk about.

By the way, can anyone explain all the ways EA has botched this latest SimCity launch? I hear it's not a short list.

Originally Posted by asheskitty Today, Steam brings us disappointment in the form of STAR WARS®: Knights of the Old Republic™ II @ $3.40 (66% off) Lowest was $2.49 on the winter sale.

It's a decent deal on a good game that hasn't been on sale a lot if you missed the winter sale, want to play it relatively soon and don't feel like waiting months and months to save another 91 cents. Though the unofficial patch is pretty near a must.

http://www.moddb.com/mods/the-sith-l...ent-mod-tslrcm

Hey, at least it ain't Magicka for the 458th time.