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  1. Caliane

    Marvel Heroes 20xx

    bland talent trees makes sense. In PoE you have a few characters with LOTS of builds. Here you will have LOTS of characters, with a few builds. Its like a LoL,dota, or mad god in the regards. Having 120 champions/characters that each have 20-30 builds would be crazy.
  2. Caliane

    Gnomoria - Like Dwarf Fortress

    the red squares on his screenshot is a patrol route for his scout. Building up. you can see the staircase on the inside there. Build terrain> build stairs up. Build terrain> build floor off the stairs. Build terrain> build starts up. placed on the floor. "ceilings" are just floors...
  3. Caliane

    Shroud Of The Avatar - Shit Went Persistent

    well yeah, thats often what a producer does. Producer is not director, or designer. Sometimes, they do mandate from on high. But often, its just giving money, and a name. And yeah, definitely remember that back then, it was very clear his association was largely just to drum up...
  4. Caliane

    Gnomoria - Like Dwarf Fortress

    yeah. currently, no enemies can break down walls. They can break down doors. You can build ranged weapons. currently no enemies use ranged weapons. Simply, walling in, does work to keep you safe, above ground. however, this blocks merchants and gnomads as well. Underground is a bit...
  5. Caliane

    Shroud Of The Avatar - Shit Went Persistent

    Yeah. I don't really get the hate. doubt, I can understand. Its been a good while since hes made a good game. Ultima online 1997 Produced lineage in 98. Directed Ultima 9 in 99, produced Lineage 2 in 2003, Produced City of Heroes in 2004, villains 2005, Tabular Rasa in 2007. And...
  6. Caliane

    Shroud Of The Avatar - Shit Went Persistent

    "In a nod to Garriott's early RPG works, Shroud of the Avatar is split up into a high-level overland map and adventure scenes. Scenes are generally re-playable and can be experienced solo or with others." What does this even mean? and is that good or bad?
  7. Caliane

    Gnomoria - Like Dwarf Fortress

    currently only above ground farming. plants need sunlight, and dirt.
  8. Caliane

    Shroud Of The Avatar - Shit Went Persistent

    true. On the other hand, it is also a way to get feedback on what the public wants to see. A poll wont really get answers. It removes the risk as noted. for better or worse.. Imagine Curt, had put up a kickstarter saying he needed $400m to make an mmo. Well that would have avoided a...
  9. Caliane

    Gnomoria - Like Dwarf Fortress

    Lost another kingdom in fall year 1. haha. Third one is going much stronger now. got lucky with Tin on level 12. Changed my build order focus a bit, and have torches up and running. Man power is still wicked low. miners are miners/blacksmiths. only 1 soldier atm.. day 1 fall. open the...
  10. Caliane

    Bioshock Infinite

    -ology is "study of". Bio- "being life". Yeah, plasmids are adam and eve. Adam being the mutagen found in the sea slugs. Eve.. I don't remember exactly what eve was other then the fuel to use the powers, after adam mutated you. Bio definitely is referring to the perversion of life...
  11. Caliane

    Gnomoria - Like Dwarf Fortress

    Honestly, I have not seen a bug personally in some time. The game is MUCH harder now. Mants will wreck you. Even goblins/skels are tough to deal with in year 1. The new crafting slowed early game down quite a bit. you are very undermanned. you can't really afford to get soldiers...
  12. Caliane

    Bioshock Infinite

    yeah, I can't say I understand why they felt then needed the "bio" and that the "shock" wasnt enough to denote the brand. Yeah, maybe there will be tiein to explain it.
  13. Caliane

    SimCity

    Screenshots of all these tiny cities has killed any interest for me.
  14. Caliane

    Bioshock Infinite

    Atmospheric storytelling is still storytelling. Story is the whole package. BS1's gameplay was shit. And of course everything after the Ryan reveal is near complete shit. As that one blog about how "it should have ended" put it. And was of course completely correct. BS2 improved the...
  15. Caliane

    Anchorman: The Legend Continues

    That describes most Ferral movies. Hated Step Brothers at first, but yeah. repeated viewings. gets pretty hilarious. Land of the lost. again. stupid first time. But watch again... and ok. Kindof funny. In general this thread. Elf bad? Talledega Nights bad? holy balls, what are...
  16. Caliane

    Man of Steel

    Thought this was interesting. Reading up on some of John Byrne's crazy. But he is also the author that really kindof defined him, back in the 80's. Again, largely the one behind the post-crisis reboot. Tycoon Luthor we all know for example. On Superman
  17. Caliane

    Puzzles and Dragons

    Has anyone noticed this game SIGNIFICANTLY drains the battery on their tablet for some reason? Like my android 7. when playing the game. 6hour tops. It actually will slowly drain the power, if its plugged into the pc via usb even. and even in sleep mode, will drain the battery in a day...
  18. Caliane

    Gnomoria - Like Dwarf Fortress

    huh. yeah. If you have the things ready to go, and builders. Placing thing is very high on the priority list. it should get done quickly. Pathing would be the next question. sure there is no broken stair, or removed floor or something?
  19. Caliane

    Justice League of America

    I was going to insult him for suggesting Biel. But then I thought about the A Team. I probably wouldn't hate it.
  20. Caliane

    5 Best Games of All Time

    are you saying you didnt play eternal darkness? (honorable mention for Windwaker and F-zero GX)
  21. Caliane

    Man of Steel

    yeah. Both companies have many crossover events from time to time. Or every 3 months nowadays, since thats how they stay in business... DC's has had a number of mega events. And loves two things. the number 52, and the word Crisis. Originally from the 60's to mid 80's there were Annual...
  22. Caliane

    Gnomoria - Like Dwarf Fortress

    The False Trouble Kingdom has fallen. haha. Early game is so much harder now,without exploiting. Crafting is so much more involved. population is really tight. If you have soldiers training, you will be low on foresters, etc. And under geared for metalworking. Goblins will scale faster...
  23. Caliane

    Gnomoria - Like Dwarf Fortress

    yeah. If you haven't played in a while. Crafting had a major overhaul recently. Its way more complicated then it was previously. Swords need a blade and a haft for example to combine into a sword. instead of simply building a sword. Hathe, probably a priority issue. A woodcutter has...
  24. Caliane

    Bioshock Infinite

    As stated, yeah, Bioshock 2 was handed off. Ken Levine the head of Irrational, started with Looking Glass Studios. He worked on Thief: The Dark Project. Founded Irrational. lead on System Shock 2. Then created Freedom Force, Tribes:vengeance, and Swat4. Then Bioshock. And now Bioshock...
  25. Caliane

    Lumi's Batshit Insane Thread

    if they had "proof", they would be going back to that location where they got that "proof" every damn day until no one could deny them. Ghosts for me is the basic. Rational mind says no. but tell that to my not rational mind when I'm walking down an unlit stairwell into an 100% dark...
  26. Caliane

    Animated movies that surprised you

    He's probably thinking Laputa.
  27. Caliane

    Man of Steel

    yeah. pretty much. And frankly thats fine too. Darkseid ain't pretty. And if he throws a single punch or takes one. you are doing it wrong anyway. The God of Evil does not lower himself to fisticuffs.
  28. Caliane

    Man of Steel

    The whole "superman is all powerful" thing isn't even remotely true in DC. sure sometimes he gets the plot armor powerup. Orion, Mongul, Darksied, Amazo for example. all straight up physically stronger. Marvel/Black Adam on par. And there are definitely many more. Energy projection...
  29. Caliane

    Gnomoria - Like Dwarf Fortress

    yeah. I've been mentioning this in the indie game thread. Really like it. It's still getting updated regularly. I would still call it alpha though. so anyone expecting a nearly whole game, not yet. There are still giant holes in the gameplay. Never had that specific problem with...
  30. Caliane

    Bioshock Infinite

    http://www.ign.com/videos/2013/03/01...hind-elizabeth Looks good here.
  31. Caliane

    Star Wars: The Clone Wars

    yeah, actually. Either time skip after, or have it take place at the same time as Episode 3, but purely from the troopers point of view.
  32. Caliane

    Star Wars: The Clone Wars

    yeah . Pretty fantastic job. Series really should end on that. I have no idea what they can do for more seasons, and not just feel REALLY tacked on. If I was in charge. I would seriously consider a time skip to after Episode 3 for the rest of the show.
  33. Caliane

    Olympus Has Fallen

    huh. its just a dumb action movie? Could have sworn I saw a different trailer that made it look more like a drama. Morgan Freeman, and Aaron Eckart kindof bug me in these roles. Entirely too likeable/competent. I mean can you imagine Freeman as the secretary of state? Shit would get done.
  34. Caliane

    EA's pay to win future

    you seem to be moving the bar. Why does a great game need to be a risk?
  35. Caliane

    EA's pay to win future

    A significant part of that cost was the ram. there is a reason we swapped off carts. 10c CD's and DVD's vs $40 of ram/chips Another aspect people overlook in the comparisons then and now is both increased overall sales, and increased competition. The increased sales aspect is what has...
  36. Caliane

    EA's pay to win future

    Witcher 2 really was only $10m? Where are you getting that number? That is pretty remarkably low. Looking at a neogaf thread right now about Crysis 3. "triple Crysis 1 budget" Crysis 1 was $22m. So around $66m. Fucking crazy.
  37. Caliane

    Animated movies that surprised you

    how the heck did Wall-E surprise you? Thats like the height of Pixar's output. Tangled and Megamind/how to train your dragon. Disney movies have not been so great in a while. Tangled really was a step up. Dreamworks out of nowhere with both those two. Nausicaa of the...
  38. Caliane

    EA's pay to win future

    Agreed. And Im also going to comment on Jaits. Do you really feel like you are paying more for the same experience since the f2p/micro Jait? really? I'm pretty sure I'm playing 10x more games at half the price. mmos. I have DDO, Lothro, DCUO, GW2, Doofus, Tera installed. Then how...