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Gregorio:
--- Quote from: LTK on 05 May 2012, 03:51 ---I'm not usually one to take an interest in strategy games - any RTS is likely to make me ragequit at the slighest sign of a counteroffense and anything turn-based fails to hold my attention for long - but I have to say I quite like what I see in this video of Master of the Arcane. It's a turn-based strategy game in which you're a wizard, Harry, and you go around summoning beasts, casting spells and making an empire. I might pick up the demo soon, but what's the impression you lot have?
Gregorio, if you liked Serious Sam 3 you absolutely have to get Painkiller from GOG for a tenner. It's the best shooter of demons since the glory days of id software ended.
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Painkiller has been my jam for like seven years, now, and despite the hate it got, I liked Bulletstorm as well. I'm waiting for People Can Fly's next.
I also heard recently that they made a pseudo-sequel to Panzer General 2. I'll have to check that out.
LTK:
So, are you into the multiplayer as well? I've never bothered with competitive play in most games, but I still enjoy the single-player every time I replay it - which is usually every time a sequel/expansion/expandalone/whathaveyou comes out. I skipped Bulletstorm (GFWL) but there's another retro shooter (do we call it retro?) that's like Painkiller with robots, only not as good, but still a fun romp. One thing they both do well is the severing of limbs and mechanical parts respectively; Hard Reset's robots come apart very gratifyingly.
I also played the demo of Warlock to its limit, and I was surprisingly compelled. Monsters and magic make it much more exciting than plain old civ, so I went ahead and pre-ordered it on Amazon. Good thing I also have an address in the US, wink wink, or I wouldn't be able to use their download service!
ackblom12:
Downloading the demo for Warlock now. I actually kind of feel like the magic system in Warlock might fix some of the problems Civ V has due to the One Unit rule, specially if it ends up being anything like the Diciples/Masters of Magic style magic system. Also, Majesty is a pretty delightful comedic fantasy world so that's a bonus.
Edit: Yeah, this game is a ton of fun.
LTK:
Six hours to release. Welp, time to start up the demo again!
Oh, cool, I defeated the rat mage this time in 46 turns. He put up a hell of a fight with those goblin spearmen, but at least he wasn't besieging me with trolls like last time.
ackblom12:
Alright, the game manual is bit useless at this time, but they are working on a more extensive guide for it, including a video tutorial.
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?606556-Warlock-Master-of-the-Arcane-Beginners-guide-Released!
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