Evening Reading

by Brian Leahy, Jul 06, 2010 5:00pm PDT

ArmA II continues to impress me, especially when I fail missions only to have the game continue and add objectives to the following mission based upon my utter failure. That's some awesome gameplay right there, folks.

July is a bit of a quiet month for game releases until the end, which brings StarCraft II and BlazBlue: Continuum Shift. Now, you're probably on board for the first one. That's okay, but BB:CS is quite awesome and is a great niche fighting game to play in between streaks of Super Street Fighter IV.

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I'm going to go ahead and avoid a lengthy writeup by saying:

If you consider yourself a fan of space sims and have not played a game in the Independence War series yet, you really should run over to GOG right fucking now and buy one (or BOTH).

- http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/independence_war_deluxe
- http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/independence_war_2

Jul 06, 2010 5:04pm PDT

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I'm going to go ahead and avoid a lengthy writeup by saying: If you consider yourself a fan of space : roushimsx
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  OMFG, I love you! I've been hanging out for this game to get released for AGES! Anyone who loves space ... : Aldebrand
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    I purposely left a spot between Independence War and Red Baron on my GOG shelf for the day that Independe : roushimsx
    - Nice one! I know what I'm doing as soon as I get home. I can't wait to play as a pirate again! : Aldebrand
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  I'm going to second this again - those games are AMAZING. The second one especially is one of the best th... : thetangent
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    I'm going to play all the way through I-War again before I hop into the second game for the first time. I... : roushimsx
    - I-War was one of those gems that never seemed to get any love when it came out. I wouldn't have played t : Aldebrand
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      If you haven't already, get Tachyon: The Fringe if it's available. It's another of the mostly ignored yet... : thetangent
      
      Had that one for ages! :D : roushimsx
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    I remember playing the second one, and about 4 or 5 missions in it there some kind of escort/defense miss... : Jackass1233
    - Are you thinking of the mission where you have to escort that convoy which gets attacked about 5 times? : Aldebrand
    - Before or after your character is arrested and time skips forward? : thetangent
- It's about time! Has anyone tried it on Win7 64bit? : guitarsandbikes
- never played or even heard about these, thanks! : grandmasterlee
- I really like EVE, think I'd like it? : m0rfus
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  JESUS CHRIST when did EOC come out on GOG? This is the BEST Space Sim of All time for me. The only thi... : Sailor of Fortune
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    It came out this morning at like 6am! I check GOG ever Tuesday and Thursday at 6am EST since that's typi : roushimsx
    - Yes, perfect timing. I was about to go look for my discs because I didn't want to wait any longer to play... : Sailor of Fortune
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    It seems to have come out today! I'm still sad that they canned that Babylon 5 game, it sounded really... : Aldebrand
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      That game was fun but Damn The Torpedoes! : Sailor of Fortune
      
      Oh yeah, chasing those things down was a real bastard at times. The final mission also sucked, I never m... : Aldebrand
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  I've never played these and i love space sims....what makes them so good? : warcrow
  - And follow up: how well have they held up to time? : indosauros
  - It's hard to nail down one thing that makes them awesome. They have great stories to tell, the game play ... : thetangent
  - I customized the config to bind lateral controls to my X45 HOTAS stick. I set Inertia mode on constantly ... : Sailor of Fortune
  - I loved the backstory and technology of the universe. There is just so much detail in both the games tha... : Aldebrand
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    Thanks for the responses guys. Does GoG use a launcher? I assume it does. I already have Steam, the EA Downloader and Impulse--which is about 2 more downloaders than I want--so I'm really reluctant. This just came out on GoG (right?), so I wonder if it will come to Steam soon?
    
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    Thanks for the responses guys. Does GoG use a launcher? I assume it does. I already have Steam, the EA Do... : warcrow

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