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I've seen that. It looks horrid to me, I don't see the appeal.

Yeah, I popped that onto my Wishlist, looks good.

I just got done with a game called Betrayer, which was a neat little title I found on Steam for $10. It was worth the $10, I enjoyed it, but it was also a bit weird. It had a RPG/Adventure mix, classified as Action Adventure, and the fact that you didn't gain any skills or levels or anything by the end of the game was slightly irritating, because enemies got stronger and you didn't, but with the better and better weapons, it was beatable. I'd recommend to anyone looking to pick it up, especially if you kind of like a bit of a horror setting with your games and if you like stealth and adventure.

I also played the piss out of Victor Vran. Which is, no Diablo, definitely not Path of Exile, but still a really sweet action rpg title that I picked up off of Steam for $6 and almost have 80 hours in. I still intend to play more of it yet as well. I highly recommend this title. Especially for it's low cost, you literally can't go wrong buying it. Normally it's $20, it's worth that. I'd wait for it to come on sale again to buy it, but not because it isn't worth it if you don't.

I am now (finally) re-playing Skyrim with mods. I haven't been afforded the opportunity to play it on PC, and have been long awaiting the chance. I beat a lot of the game on the 360, but have struggled periodically with getting mods working correctly on PC, to the point of saying fuck-it and moving on to something else. Finally with a lot of the much-needed updated mods have had since I last tried, everything is working smoothly and I'm loving it. lol, and some people think there's actually something better about playing console vs. pc. Morons.

I reserved my copy of the upgrade a long time ago, so I shouldn't have to worry about that. As for boots and shutdowns, I don't have any issues with them being slow at all. I make my boot slow by having a system password and then an OS user password.

Fuck that garbage, I'm on 7.

No I wasn't. I sent the message right away, you just didn't get it until you got on. lol.

Happy birthday!

I let you know on Steam so you could get to it whenever you had time.

I still have not upgraded. I didn't know people were having issues with it, that makes me want to upgrade even less.

The main reason I haven't upgraded yet is because... well, nothing is free. I want to know why I'm getting this for free, what's in it for them? Someone mentioned something about charging for updates or something down the road? I can see that. I just don't trust it.
1. Because it's free, like I said, nothing is free. 2. Because it is persistent. It acts like spyware almost, constantly badgering me to upgrade and taking over my windows update. I no longer get notifications for new updates, I have to guess and then tell it not to download windows 10. 3. Because it automatically begins to download windows 10 whenever I update, even if I tell it no, and the only way to stop it is to "decline" their user agreement. Or, let it download and then refuse another agreement and it will delete the download all over again.

I have to ask myself, why? Why do they want me to update so badly, and why the hell is it free?

This is a great addition to your Steam libraries while it's on sale. I think it's only $6.79 right now.

I've got 86 hours into it so far, and I wasn't even done with it when I stopped playing it. Went somewhere over a weekend and got addicted to something else. lol

This is my Steam review on it:

[h1] Introduction: [/h1]
For anybody considering getting this game... this is a hidden gem.

This War of Mine focuses on what other war games simply do not. The lives of regular people who are affected by the war, civilians. The thing to think about is, what would -you- do if war broke out around you, and you had to struggle to survive? Would you be willing to turn your back on neighbors and friends? Would you risk your own health and safety by sharing supplies with strangers, or leaving your shelter to help others?

[h1] This War of Mine takes on a more personal tone in regards to player experience. If you've ever read any first person war documentaries, this feels like you're playing one. You read the bio entries of your sheltered civilians, and empathize with them and their struggles every step of the way. Survival is really only half of the game, personal comfort and distractions is the other half. [/h1]

This is one of those games that I figured, even if I like it, it won't take long to beat and I won't put a lot of hours into it, but I was wrong. I am over 60 hours right now and still playing it, and the only part of the game I even considered remotely boring was doing a solo Marko run and "playing the squirrel." The Anton and Cveta scenario was just downright frustrating, but I imagine that two older people trying to survive with only eachother in the middle of a war would probably have a hard time making it.

[h1] Pros: [/h1]
+Varied morality based on each citizen's life/lifestyle.

+Scavenging and combat system is well rounded and not entirely unrealistic.

+Excellent crafting system that compliments the games trading system.

+The survival aspect of the game forces you to manage resources and prioritize crafting.

+Addictions require you to consider an added level of comfort for those who have them, as well as an additional way to cope.

+Excellent personal stories and biographies give you an emotional connection to the civilians in your charge.

+Random events that add flavor to the everyday struggle in your shelter.

+Artistic style and game atmosphere.

+Varied survivor personalities and skills.

+Survivors with skills that are useful in real-life, but not-so-useful during a war, gives perspective to how war affects everyone.

+Alcohol can be used to help sad people feel better, but also as a trading item.

[h1] "Everyone should choose one happy memory. And it can't just be good, it has to be grand. When it gets so bad you just want to sit down and cry, when you life seems forfeit, you close your eyes and go back to your happy moment. It's not easy but you have to try." -The Survivor Marko[/h1]

[h1] Cons: [/h1]
-A few minor bugs, most pertaining to the morality system. (Example: Citizens getting sad from "stealing" in a location where there used to be armed thugs. Everyone there is dead, it's not technically stealing anymore, and even if it was, it was from bad guys that one of your civilians already killed. (and were happy about it)

-Some aspects of the game are particularly easy to exploit. (Examples: You can change the random event of that day, or someone getting sick, or a few other aspects, just by leaving the game and restarting that day. Another example is that you can prevent resources from being stolen during a raid by starting a building project, and then canceling the project the next day to get your resources back.)

-Sometimes during the day you wish you could speed it up a bit while waiting for your civilians to dig through rubble or catch up on sleep, but you can only "end day" which is often more time than you wish to skip. A speed-up/slow-down feature would be nice. Also a "pause" feature that allows you to issue commands to your people at once, without having to try to flip between them as quickly as possible.

-It gets fairly repetitive after a few games, luckily there is an alternative shelter you can play in that helps to combat the repitition a little.

-Could definitely use more survivor options, base options, and customization of both of these things in both the regular game, as well as creating your own story.

-Could do with much more crafting possibilities and game items. Even the couch that you can sit on in some scavenging areas but can't craft for your own shelter is a good example.

-Depending on the length of the game, the construction space of your shelter can be very limited.

-Something like a craftable safe to keep select items more secure during raids would be a helpful concept.

UPDATE: -I almost forgot the most annoying con. "Alt+Tab" or basically any minimizing from full-screen mode will crash the game. The only "fix" I have found for this, is to switch to Windowed mode at the title screen, and then switch back to full-screen. For some reason, "Alt+Tab" works after that!

[h1] "I've been running into either unsufferable rubes or outright criminals. But I feel that you're different. And for a scientist with an established position like me, the company of people of comparable mental capacity is paramount. Besides.. ah, bloody hell, I can't stand faking it anymore! I'm just an old fart who knows nothing. I'm so grateful for your company. I've been out there alone for too long. Way too long." -The Survivor Anton[/h1]

[h1] The Good and Bad: [/h1]
+/-Save Intervals. It would be nice if it saved it at the start of every night, as well as every day, but it also forces you to re-do an entire day, if you decide to exit out of the game when something goes wrong at night.
+/-The rainwater collector can be placed pretty much anywhere. It doesn't make sense to place it anywhere.

[h1] "I used to be an optimist - one of those people who'd have sworn that war wouldn't come. Wars happened far away, in third-world countries. Or so I thought. Even when I was listening to the news getting scarier day by day, I did not believe all that was about to happen." -The Survivor Bruno[/h1]

[h1] RECOMMEDED? [/h1]
Without a doubt. Even if this game costed twice as much, knowing what I do from having played it, I would buy it.

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor is definitely worth it. HD Pack is free DLC. Game is huge in size, esp with the HD pack. 70+ GB
Looks great on Ultra settings.

GOTY upgrade gives you all of the DLC for 3 bucks.

Wish that's what I had payed for it, haha, but it was all worth it at full price to me.

Addicted to Terraria again. -Steam
Played a little Reus, it's interesting. -Steam
I am currently replaying Infinite Undiscovery. -360. (I never finished it the first time around, and it's been 6 years, haha)

Yeah, Beyond Earth was unable to hold my interests for more than a full game basically. I still liked it and wanted to play more, but I got bored. I've had the same problem with literally all of the other Civ games except for Civ V, for some reason. Haven't put my finger on it yet.

When it comes to a "Minecraft" style game, I prefer Terraria and Craft the World.

I had something like this happen, too. I found a workaround, but I honestly can't remember what I did and I know it took me awhile to get it figured out. So, yeah, better off reinstalling. And if it's the first two thief games, why bother? I could understand if you didn't want to re-download a 35 GB game. Just grab your saves and whatnot and go with it.

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