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BanzaiCat · October 03, 2014, 08:51:28 AM

Just bought the HOI III collection and Democracy 3 with its two expansions.

At least they'll have good company with all the other Steam games I own and don't play. :-\

Shelldrake · October 03, 2014, 09:00:13 AM

Just picked up the DLC for Warlock, my new crack. :)

BanzaiCat · October 03, 2014, 09:04:37 AM

Quote from: Shelldrake on October 03, 2014, 09:00:13 AM
Just picked up the DLC for Warlock, my new crack. :)

FFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU

purchased.

sandman2575 · October 03, 2014, 10:46:42 AM

Quote from: Jarhead0331 on October 03, 2014, 08:48:53 AM
I disagree on passing on Sword of the Stars 2. Its a great game in its own right. It had a botched release, but has been significantly patched.

+1 -- SotS2 Enhanced Edition is very much worth picking up, esp. at the give-away price of $5 (which gets you both SotS2 and the original). A very underrated game, for exactly the reason JH mentions, the terrible launch, which sticks in everyone's head as a "stay away!" warning. It's a great game now.

Nefaro · October 03, 2014, 02:56:05 PM

Quote from: Banzai_Cat on October 03, 2014, 09:04:37 AM
Quote from: Shelldrake on October 03, 2014, 09:00:13 AM
Just picked up the DLC for Warlock, my new crack. :)

FFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU

purchased.

Why didn't you guys just get Warlock 2? It has all the stuff in the first collection with a few new things doesn't it?

JasonPratt · October 03, 2014, 03:18:55 PM

^^ This is a question I'd also like to see addressed.

FlickJax · October 03, 2014, 03:57:33 PM

And me

BanzaiCat · October 03, 2014, 04:27:29 PM

No reason other than I really enjoy Warlock right now. When Warlock 2 goes on super-$3 sale someday, I'll grab it. For now, I saw shinier things that got my attention.

JasonPratt · October 03, 2014, 05:28:40 PM

The impression I get from the Steam reviews and discussion threads, is that WL2 is a slightly buggier incremental upgrade to the original game which comes with locked DLC which you could once buy ingame but cannot anymore, the ingame store having been closed so that the DLC can be made available by "other means" "soon", which appears to mean by two extra larger packages of the base game.

The best advice I saw was to stick with WL1 until at least a clear Game Of The Year package has been released, and then only on sale -- the idea being that you shouldn't have to rebuy at full price what amounts to a point upgrade.

Nefaro · October 03, 2014, 07:13:00 PM

Quote from: JasonPratt on October 03, 2014, 05:28:40 PM
The impression I get from the Steam reviews and discussion threads, is that WL2 is a slightly buggier incremental upgrade to the original game which comes with locked DLC which you could once buy ingame but cannot anymore, the ingame store having been closed so that the DLC can be made available by "other means" "soon", which appears to mean by two extra larger packages of the base game.

The best advice I saw was to stick with WL1 until at least a clear Game Of The Year package has been released, and then only on sale -- the idea being that you shouldn't have to rebuy at full price what amounts to a point upgrade.

On sale at $15, Warlock 2 didn't seem to be an expensive upgrade from the original. *shrug*

Kushan · October 03, 2014, 08:47:08 PM

Piked up the republican EUIV DLC that I was missing. Already have all the CK2 stuff except Sunset Invasion.

Looked at getting HoI3 but with HoI4 on the horizon I think I'll wait. Not that I have time to play another game anyway.

Shelldrake · October 04, 2014, 06:40:18 AM

Quote from: JasonPratt on October 03, 2014, 05:28:40 PM
The impression I get from the Steam reviews and discussion threads, is that WL2 is a slightly buggier incremental upgrade to the original game which comes with locked DLC which you could once buy ingame but cannot anymore, the ingame store having been closed so that the DLC can be made available by "other means" "soon", which appears to mean by two extra larger packages of the base game.

The best advice I saw was to stick with WL1 until at least a clear Game Of The Year package has been released, and then only on sale -- the idea being that you shouldn't have to rebuy at full price what amounts to a point upgrade.

This was also my impression from the reviews I read. Plus I got WL1 free so the DLC was a minimal investment to increase my fun. :)

Nefaro · October 04, 2014, 01:35:25 PM

Quote from: Shelldrake on October 04, 2014, 06:40:18 AM
Quote from: JasonPratt on October 03, 2014, 05:28:40 PM
The impression I get from the Steam reviews and discussion threads, is that WL2 is a slightly buggier incremental upgrade to the original game which comes with locked DLC which you could once buy ingame but cannot anymore, the ingame store having been closed so that the DLC can be made available by "other means" "soon", which appears to mean by two extra larger packages of the base game.

The best advice I saw was to stick with WL1 until at least a clear Game Of The Year package has been released, and then only on sale -- the idea being that you shouldn't have to rebuy at full price what amounts to a point upgrade.

This was also my impression from the reviews I read. Plus I got WL1 free so the DLC was a minimal investment to increase my fun. :)

From what I understood, the WL2 DLC was just some little crap beyond anything contained in the first, which many people didn't bother getting. However, the base WL2 game has everything in WL1, some new units beyond those, and new game mode(s).

From the bit I've played, WL2 is just like WL1 but with some interface improvements and a few extras. Perhaps I'll play some more to see if there are any bugs left, but there had been some updates after release. ^-^ I've been pulled into some AOW3 lately, however, so it may not happen for a bit.