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If you do all the quests and side missions / activities it can last well over 20 hours.
From what I remember the combat is turn based but plays out in realtime until you pause it to queue up new actions for your characters. I found it very fun after it clicked for me! LGP are adding copy protection to their games.
http://www.linuxgamepublishing.com/press_releases/200806241.txt And that's because the people who are pirating are more than those who are buying their games. And of course adding copy protection will make more people buy. It is an online activation system. From the sound of it you cannot install/play the game on a disconnected PC. On the other hand they say "Contingencies are made so that if no internet connection is available, the game will never lock out legitimate customers.". Wait, what? So that copy protection is cracked as simply as locking the game into a sandbox or something? Or will people with no internet have to send them a postcard requesting a password? One part I love: We obtained this estimate by seeding the download sites with a number of broken copies of our games, and monitored the number of requests for technical support that referenced the known bug we had inserted. Did they upload a buggy pirate version? Or did they plant a deliberate bug into all versions? I toyed with the idea of getting Gorky 17 from them, but with this idiotic attitude they won't see a cent (and no, I won't pirate it either). Piracy is a well-known problem in the Windows world. Now, in the Linux world, people are even LESS inclined to pay for games because they are so used to free software, meaning that without copy protection involved, the piracy % on Linux is going to be even higher then that on Windows.
So what exactly would you rather have, games with copy-protection or no games at all? we've been through this. Copy protection doesn't protect you from 'piracy', but it's awful for the legitimate customer.
There are a lot of copy protection methods that can be very intrusive and annoying. However, it most definitely prevents "casual piracy". For the more advanced users, getting a pre-cracked game copy off Bittorrent might be trivial, but for a lot of people it is not. Whether this prevented piracy results in that person paying for the game or not playing it altogether is a whole different discussion.
We are talking about like 500-1000 copies of old and mediocre games. With such a nichee you are a complete *** to throw copy-protection at your paying customers.
Like Danny?
(that made sense I assure you ;) Oh, and; However, it most definitely prevents "casual piracy". For the more advanced users, getting a pre-cracked game copy off Bittorrent might be trivial, but for a lot of people it is not. We are talking about Linux games here, I very much doubt that anyone capable of installing Linux is capable of warezing a game. (I haven't actually decided what I think of this issue yet, it's too early in the morning to jump off the fence, will think+post later) Installing and setting up a distribution like Ubuntu for basic computing tasks is easier than installing and configuring Windows XP for doing the same thing. Arguably, Windows XP is a 8 year old OS, but that is beside the point. Not to mention that several vendors ship computers with Linux pre-installed.
As such, the argument that whoever is using Linux is also capable of warezing a pre-cracked game does not hold any weight. Installing and setting up a distribution like Ubuntu for basic computing tasks is easier than installing and configuring Windows XP
that's until you run into issues. and you usually do. Arguably, Windows XP is a 8 year old OS, but that is beside the point.
Indeed, it is arguable - Windows XP was released in fall 2001, making it less than 7 years old. why does everyone call it "Gears"? is "Gears of War" that cumbersome to type/say?
Anyway, can't spend all day chatting - I'm off to fire up my PS2 to play some more "God". I got through the first 12 levels, and then the game "encountered a problem" and I can't be fucked to start again from the beginning since there's no "load level X" or "continue". :p
Really nice use of simple physics and pathfinding to create interesting puzzles. Jesus I hate him for using spacebar for restart though. Spacebar is cemented firmly in my brain as jump... I'm replaying HL2 this weekend and it's really as great as I remember it being during my first play through. It's cliche at this point to say it's one of the best games of the past 10 years, maybe ever but it's just really *fun* I've played a lot of games and the majority usually have at least an hour or two worth of gameplay that you just hate and you grind through it anyway. The thing that struck me about playing HL2 again is that at least for the first 5-6 hours so far, it's been nothing but pure fun. Being chased through the city at the beginning, then through the canals, then the boat ride through the canals, then blasting zombies with the gravity gun in Ravenholme, it's such a pure god damn joy to play this game.
disagree on that. it was awesome at the time but i went back and played it after first playing 2 and found it incredibly frustrating in comparison. i just remember there being so many situations where you'd step out of line for as little as one second and die pretty much instantly..
i purchased EP2 on the day of release but still haven't had the chance to play it yet, kept crashing my pc. i need an upgrade :(
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