One of the latest beta releases of theirs was apparently leaked. If you really looked, I'm sure you can find it.
I own the xbox version, so it wouldn't do me any good anyway.
Though I would assume they'd be interested in showing their progress on their site, rather than leaking beta versions of it.
If they showed any obvious progress towards a 1.0 release I'd try to buy a windows version of the game to try it out, but if I can't use their mod and they don't make any effort to show they're making progress for a year then I don't see why I should go out of my way to steal their leaked beta.
I support that goal as much as anyone (I think KOTOR2 was a great game), but at this point I think it's safe to say that Team Gizka has abandoned the project. Their last update was almost a year ago.
You mean burying interesting and insightful stuff like:
But it does illustrate what a gigantic clusterfuck Microsoft has with the 360.
Referring to a game that's being released on PS3, 360 and Wii?
Or were you referring to the objective and replete with citations:
A healthy console shouldn't have some crossplatform third party game be its most popular download.
Can your explain, in your in your great anonymity, why exactly a highly anticipated game based on an established franchise that's been part of popular culture for a generation shouldn't be the most popular downloaded DEMO on a particular console?
No, Mr. Coward. I don't seek to bury posts I disagree with, I seek to bury flamebait trolls that offer nothing to discussion at hand. And I never post anonymously.
No, it's neutral. Many less-than-stellar works are re-interpreted with varying degrees of success all the time, they don't necessarily reflect on the quality of the original.
An indicator that Shakespeare's work stands the test of time is that people still perform Romeo and Juliet.
And, as an aside, did anyone ever see that terrible show Kindred: The Embraced?
There was a preview for an episode with the most unintentionally hilarious script I've ever seen, it said "They're like Romeo and Juliet - Except their families are AT WAR!".
I wouldn't be shocked to see Half Life 1 get ported to Valve's next engine.
But would that indicate that Half-Life is a classic and timeless game, or that it's got a pretty good story that, when some modern graphics are applied becomes playable again?
If one of greatest games of our time needs to constantly be upgraded to latest graphics to keep people's interest it would indicate that, no, in fact today's games don't stand the test of time.
If they document a flaw in a public system, then it is in the public's interest to know about it and there is no legal grounds for a lawsuit.
First, they'd be documenting a flaw in a system owned and operated by corporations which are used under contract by private individuals, not a public system.
Second, who said anything about a lawsuit? The credit companies don't have take them to court with a sketchy suit when they can just pull their sponsorship from the network.
We'd be better off with a return to primarily private medicine, at reasonable prices, without the insurance companies and HMOs getting rich by being the middlemen.
Unfortunately, middle men have great congressional lobbies.
The government is MUCH more broken and less efficient than corporations. You've Been Warned.
Noted.
I've watched it change over my lifetime... from being able to walk up to any private doctor's office and get an appointment that same day (or even immediately) and paying a reasonable amount out of your own pocket... to being required to have expensive, locked-in health insurance before the associated HMO will even see you, then having to wait weeks for an appointment... and then the co-pay is as much as the private doctor once charged for the whole thing, with no insurance involved at all.
Wait, what? You've just made a pretty convincing argument for why the system the corporations built is terrible. How does that justify keeping it around?
No, it's not - when people say free health care, they mean free to use, like your local library or an interstate highway.
And I'm simply pointing out that that's incorrect. Your local library or interstate highway system costs money to provide, as does socialized health care.
If you support socialized medicine convince people that the system we have is broken and inefficient. Don't lie to them and tell them socialized medicine won't cost them anything.
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http://www.galciv2.com/
Greatest 4X game ever. Period. Also DRM free.
There's one of the classic RPGs that I wanted to give a trial to - it's either Planescape or Fallout, I can't remember which.
Fallout is not compatible with XP, I don't know about Planescape.
One of the latest beta releases of theirs was apparently leaked. If you really looked, I'm sure you can find it.
I own the xbox version, so it wouldn't do me any good anyway.
Though I would assume they'd be interested in showing their progress on their site, rather than leaking beta versions of it.
If they showed any obvious progress towards a 1.0 release I'd try to buy a windows version of the game to try it out, but if I can't use their mod and they don't make any effort to show they're making progress for a year then I don't see why I should go out of my way to steal their leaked beta.
I really would have loved to see a properly finished KOTOR 2 with the dark ending that Chris Avellone intended.
http://www.team-gizka.org/ is working somewhat towards that goal.
I support that goal as much as anyone (I think KOTOR2 was a great game), but at this point I think it's safe to say that Team Gizka has abandoned the project. Their last update was almost a year ago.
Aren't we due for a new X-Wing title that features ships from all 6 movies, and the EU?
I don't know man. Somehow I doubt the eurofighter stands up against an A-Wing.
You are being watched now.
Yeah, you'd better keep an eye on me. You never know where I'll turn up.
Really, Mr. Coward?
You mean burying interesting and insightful stuff like:
But it does illustrate what a gigantic clusterfuck Microsoft has with the 360.
Referring to a game that's being released on PS3, 360 and Wii?
Or were you referring to the objective and replete with citations:
A healthy console shouldn't have some crossplatform third party game be its most popular download.
Can your explain, in your in your great anonymity, why exactly a highly anticipated game based on an established franchise that's been part of popular culture for a generation shouldn't be the most popular downloaded DEMO on a particular console?
No, Mr. Coward. I don't seek to bury posts I disagree with, I seek to bury flamebait trolls that offer nothing to discussion at hand. And I never post anonymously.
Fuck you,
Graham
Graphically, its pretty nice but the gameplay didnt have that special something.
You mean like a lack of ambition?
That's what she said...
She was just being polite, man.
I wish I hadn't already posted in this thread so I could mod this off-topic, flamebait crap down.
Hell yeah.
Forcing Bastila to accept that you are, in fact, the rightful Dark Lord of the Sith is probably the most satisfying moment in gaming history.
Knights of the Old Republic and Tie Fighter suffered from a "lack of ambition"?
Fuck you, guy I've never heard of before. Guess what, physics games have been done. Played Half-Life 2? No... really? Try it, it's great.
No, it's neutral. Many less-than-stellar works are re-interpreted with varying degrees of success all the time, they don't necessarily reflect on the quality of the original.
An indicator that Shakespeare's work stands the test of time is that people still perform Romeo and Juliet.
And, as an aside, did anyone ever see that terrible show Kindred: The Embraced?
There was a preview for an episode with the most unintentionally hilarious script I've ever seen, it said "They're like Romeo and Juliet - Except their families are AT WAR!".
I wouldn't be shocked to see Half Life 1 get ported to Valve's next engine.
But would that indicate that Half-Life is a classic and timeless game, or that it's got a pretty good story that, when some modern graphics are applied becomes playable again?
If one of greatest games of our time needs to constantly be upgraded to latest graphics to keep people's interest it would indicate that, no, in fact today's games don't stand the test of time.
Google® Mercenaries (beta)?
I assume you don't live the US.
If you do, you should check the prices again. You can find a nice 32" LCD TV for under $500.
Ever worked in a business with more than 10 employees?
If they document a flaw in a public system, then it is in the public's interest to know about it and there is no legal grounds for a lawsuit.
First, they'd be documenting a flaw in a system owned and operated by corporations which are used under contract by private individuals, not a public system.
Second, who said anything about a lawsuit? The credit companies don't have take them to court with a sketchy suit when they can just pull their sponsorship from the network.
In this context, you'd need to use the word 'plausible.'
Actually, given the story we're discussing, I believe the term you'd use is "busted".
Whatever they may say, there most important people are the sponsors, not the viewers.
Did you mean to use "there"? I think you may have meant "their", but I've decided that I like that sentence better the way it's written.
Until you want to save your game.
Don't waste your money on the $199 version. You'll find out very quickly that you need a hd to get any real use out of the system.
If you really don't need the hd on the xbox, you'd have more fun with the Wii anyway.
We'd be better off with a return to primarily private medicine, at reasonable prices, without the insurance companies and HMOs getting rich by being the middlemen.
Unfortunately, middle men have great congressional lobbies.
The government is MUCH more broken and less efficient than corporations. You've Been Warned.
Noted.
I've watched it change over my lifetime... from being able to walk up to any private doctor's office and get an appointment that same day (or even immediately) and paying a reasonable amount out of your own pocket... to being required to have expensive, locked-in health insurance before the associated HMO will even see you, then having to wait weeks for an appointment... and then the co-pay is as much as the private doctor once charged for the whole thing, with no insurance involved at all.
Wait, what? You've just made a pretty convincing argument for why the system the corporations built is terrible. How does that justify keeping it around?
No, it's not - when people say free health care, they mean free to use, like your local library or an interstate highway.
And I'm simply pointing out that that's incorrect. Your local library or interstate highway system costs money to provide, as does socialized health care.
If you support socialized medicine convince people that the system we have is broken and inefficient. Don't lie to them and tell them socialized medicine won't cost them anything.