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Yeah, it's the most fun rts campaign I've ever played. There's just so much variety to the missions. And being able to unlock permanent upgrades instead of having to research them every single time takes a lot of the "work" out of it. The original was a great game but I played through it and its expansion last year and holy shit all missions are the same: build a base, build an army, kill all the motherfuckers. It got really old after a while. Only reason I stuck with it was for the story and my insistence to not just read a summary of it. I did end up using cheats to finish the last 3 missions of Brood War, though. Holy fuck, those were hard.

I agree. He came off as a huge dick in Indie Game: The Movie, and it did make me lose interest in playing his game somewhat. But at this point I've heard really good things about Fez so I'm not writing it off entirely. I'll probably wait for a sale or something.

I can confirm that he hates pretty much everything.

You and me both...

Pay what you want with a 1$ minimum, I think.

This is awesome. I never got around to playing X-2 so this makes me much more likely to pick this up. You know, when it comes out. In 2016.

Yeah, I debated starting a new thread but it didn't seem entirely off-topic, so I opted for the lazy approach. I figured something like this would probably happen.

Hmm, my post seems to have somehow grown a thread of its own.

Supergiant Games have revealed their next game. Looks similar to Bastion gameplay-wise but I really like the new setting and story they're hinting at. Bastion didn't blow my mind quite as much as it seems to have everyone else on the internet, but this one is definitely on my radar.

Well, I never said anything about Revengeance since I haven't played it yet. But yeah, I was starting to get that you were talking about tone more than anything else. I think something can have a comedic tone but still be considered serious as a whole.

I wouldn't say Dr. Strangelove is not a serious film. It has strong comedic elements, but IMHO, it's more about what the movie is saying than whether or not it has jokes in it...

I guess it might seem that way if the underlying themes of the series go right over your head. Sure, the writing can be ham-fisted as all hell but you would have to seriously miss the point of the entire series to claim it's not serious in any way.

Looks like there's an ARG of some kind for Metal Gear Sol--, err, I mean The Phantom Pain. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBo_EJ00G9A The image at the 0:40 mark Can't wait for the official unveiling later this month. I haven't been this excited about a game reveal in quite a long time. Probably because most games don't really have any build-up to it, I guess. But yeah, I think the last time I anticipated something this much was that whole countdown thing for Rising/Peace Walker back in uh, wow, 2009? edit: Looks like this might not be legit, after all. Disappointing.

Heart of the Swarm, also. At first I thought it was about on par with Wings of Liberty. Which is high praise considering I feel WoL had the greatest RTS campaign I've ever played. But now that I'm a little more than halfway through HotS, I think it's actually better than WoL.

When I first bought it, I would go for super long games. They'd take me an entire week to get through. It was awesome for about a month. But nowadays, I tend to go for shorter ones otherwise I lose interest in the late game and just feel like starting over. Last one I played, I won in a single 6-ish hours sitting.

Yeah, what little of it I've experienced was great. I'd love to play a long game and really dig into the espionage system.

I want to be excited about this but I bought Gods & Kings at launch and barely touched Civ V since then. I've been meaning to get back into it for months but I can never find the time.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA holy shit. Best. Trailer. Ever. Looks like they decided they didn't care about those who thought The Third went too over the top. Lol.

It seems everywhere I go lately I keep hearing about this new Fire Emblem game and how amazing it is. So, I got curious and watched a video review. Looks pretty damn awesome. Unfortunately, there's no way I'll be able to afford a 3DS anytime soon. So instead, I got the next best thing I could think of. 10$ on PSN. Not bad at all. Even if it turns out to only be half as good as the original, it'll still be the best 10$ I've spent on games in a while. Also, while browsing the PSP section of the store, I realized I bought both Dissidia and Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions a while back. I had completely forgotten about that. Looks like my PSP is going to get some use in the near future. I can't even remember the last time I played a game from start to finish on it. I think the last one was Disgaea. And that was at least two, if not three, years ago.

Why is it stupid? Expansions require their base game because, wait for it... they expand it! Seriously, though, I always find it weird when an expansion doesn't require the base game. I get that it's to make it more accessible and I guess it makes sense for something like, say, Shogun 2 where Fall of the Samurai was a completely different setting and it's not story-based. But for something like this, it makes no sense to skip the first one. Unless you're only interested in MP, I guess. In which case, you can still buy WoL and play it online without HotS so it's kinda moot. edit: Almost forgot. Just played the first four missions. Holy crap, it's awesome! And as is usual with Blizzard, the cutscenes are absolutely fantastic.

It's an expansion, so yeah, you need WoL.

Yeah, I play Terran so I wasn't 100% sure what the Zerg phrase is. Damnit, GOH! I quoted you SPECIFICALLY so you wouldn't miss it! Don't you check your notifications?! But yeah, just got home. INSTALL FASTER, DAMNIT! Also, I'm confused. What's the point of still including guest passes for SC2 and WoW? Both games already have Starter Editions. Guess they must've printed a shit load of them years ago and are stiil trying to get rid of them.

If you do, just blow it off! The Swarm requires more minerals!

I don't remember Crysis 2 being that short. It was shorter than the first one but I think it lasted me something like 8-10 hours. And I'm not interested in Crysis for anything other than single-player. Was Crysis 2 mp even that popular?