[quote who="Zoomba" reply="12" id="3462772"] Thanks For the most part, we're doing well. Of the Impulse team, most of us went on to bigger and better things over the last 12 or so months. A few moved into other positions within GameStop, but those who moved out of the company went on to some pretty interesting stuff. A few of the companies Impulse alums went to: Yvolver Night Dive Studios Spil Games Unity Games <br /
[quote who="econundrum1" reply="4" id="3462550"] As has been said impulse was sold to gamestop some years ago. Haven't tried to purchase anything through it for a while though I assume gamestop are still running so you might have another issue. Impulse was fine but when it was sold to gamestop I gave up on it. Steam I find is pretty good and beats the other online software shops hands down though in it's day Impulse was a good competitor. I do howeve
I can still install my games but can't buy any new one. I always prefered Impulse over Steam...i don't like all this thing about renting games....
[quote who="NorsemanViking" reply="57" id="3387508"] Quoting Anguille, reply 56 I would love to see GalCiv3 with Sins of a solar empire battles...that's me. I'd hate to see tactical battles in GalCiv3, both rts or tbs. I'd like GalCiv to concentrate on strategical warfare, and not human tactical exploits. We have enough of those kind of space games already, and it's not making them any better, just much poorer strategy-wise. <
I would love to see GalCiv3 with Sins of a solar empire battles...that's me.
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="50" id="3385365"] Starting bids on these IPs were $100k. The ending bids were substantially higher. I had bid $1.2M on Master of Orion which was more than what Total Annihilation got.[/quote] I am really worried about what they are going to do with Master of Orion...another MMO...:(
GOG it is for me...about 100 games there...best games, best team, no drm.
Looking good!
[quote who="darkclown" reply="351" id="3207357"]I love Steam. I won't use Impulse, or anything else associated with GameStop. [/quote] This is so ridiculous... facepalm
[quote who="Draginol" reply="326" id="3202777"]Well if you buy a Stardock game on Steam, you're fine as long as either Stardock OR Steam are around. Of course, if Stardock were ever to fold (not bloody likely) we'd just put our stuff out into the public domain. [/quote] Now...that's good to hear!
I don't really mind steam (do not use it yet) and see the advantages of it. What disturbs me is the idea of a monopolistic mean of distribution. There are other digital distributors (like Impulse as you mention it) and yet, when they sell a steam protected game, you need to go trough steam. This could become a major problem one day (see also the comments done by the boss of Valve about his fears with Windows 8).
[quote who="Bomberross" reply="37" id="3026174"] It's not irony. It's the historical fact of the business practices of Gamestop. They are simply not to be trusted. [/quote] And steam is more trustworthy? that's ironic.
[quote who="Tridus" reply="35" id="3026158"] Quoting Anguille, reply 19 Uh? you prefer steam over gamestop/impulse? Frankly i can't understand the opposition to Impulse/Gamestop...the service and the range of games is way better than steam...it's plain ridiculous to be opposed to it because of Gamestop's history. ... the range of games is better on Impulse then Steam? Have you actually bothered to look at Steam's ca
[quote who="onomastikon" reply="25" id="3025774"]Thanks. It is, however, against my religion to purchase localized versions of games. I will not purchase a Germanized version of anything, I do not wish to spend my afterlife in hell. [/quote] I don't have the german edition of Distant Worlds, but, having both the english and german edition of Armada 2526, i can tell you that it's a very good translation (i was part of the beta-testing for Supernova and made corrections to
[quote who="onomastikon" reply="23" id="3025760"]I just followed the link to the Distant Worlds site in the OP, and was surprised to see no mention of an expansion. The price was listed as 31.99 EUROS for the digital download only version of what appears to be the vanilla game with no expansion. (I live in Germany so I will need a digital DL, not having anything physical shipped here.) That seems like a steep price, is it available on Impulse or something for less, with expansion, or is it st
I am curious to hear what's better from Steam than from Impulse... So far i am happy not to have fallen into the nerd hyperbole rants about Gamestop and the nerd hyperbole rave about Steam.
[quote who="StevenAus" reply="21" id="3025722"]How is the Distant Worlds expansion? [/quote] The second expansion should come out next week.
Too bad you didn't backup your install exe.
Aaah it's a conspiracy....seriously. [e digicons]:dur:[/e]
[quote who="kryo" reply="3" id="3025693"]Your netbook is probably running 1024x600 as most netbooks do. GalCiv1 was fixed at 1024x768 resolution, so you'll probably need to set your desktop to that to get it to run (which means panning to see the whole screen). Unfortunately since GC1 didn't have a scalable UI, you can't force it to run lower and just live with a few overlaps as you can with GC2. [/quote] Aargh....too bad. Thanks anyway.
[quote who="pacov" reply="15" id="3025686"] Well, i can compare 2 completely different games... even 3. Seriously even. Just sayin' [/quote] Nope. You can't.
[quote who="bonscott" reply="3" id="3025216"]Excellent. I can re-buy Sins on Steam and get rid of Gamestop completely. Then again if Stardock Central is coming back I don't mind using that and Sins we bought on Impulse would be available in SDC, correct? [/quote] Uh? you prefer steam over gamestop/impulse? Frankly i can't understand the opposition to Impulse/Gamestop...the service and the range of games is way better than steam...it's plain ridicul
Thanks for the reply but i'd be happy with a more...ehm...substantial advice. ;)
[quote who="pacov" reply="9" id="3025541"]Just going to throw this out. I heard negative reviews about both games when they came out (I know, they both got better - think monty python - "i got betta"). As a result, I still haven't purchased. I'm thinking don't bother and wait for sins rebellion. It's due out soon enough. Sounds like a good call if you love sins already. Anyway, that said, your choice, but I still think passing on them both is the
[quote who="Thoumsin" reply="10" id="3025591"]I have buy Armada 2526 at the release date... was with so much bugs that i was impossible to finish a game... after 1 patch, several of the major bugs was not resolved and i have remove the game from my computer... i don't give a second chance to a game who is released in a unplayable state... don't care if it work better today with the expansion pack... As for the gameplay, when it don't crash, strategic map level is not so
