Random Video Game Talk

[jaymo76]

I have been enjoying the FREE TRIAL of Civilization: Beyond Earth via Steam. It's a decent game but a little low with features and depth. Currently it's $29.99 until Monday. Not sure if I am going to pick it up though.

[cdj]

Anyone else getting an error/issue through Origin that their e-mail is invalid?

The only EA game I have played in last few days is NBA LIVE 15 and at start-up I kept getting message that my e-mail is invalid. I would skip through instead of entering in a new e-mail. Today when checking OD status, the website indicated I had 'bad credentials.' Heading to Origin for support help was also not letting me sign in, but after going through the Ticket Support area, the sign-in there worked. From there, my account did not look compromised, but it was indicating the e-mail was not verified. I had it resend the verification e-mail and I am hoping that addressed the issue as I can now sign into OD site again. I'll need to play LIVE or some other EA title to see if it tells me the same error message at start-up.

[gigemaggs99]

I have been enjoying the FREE TRIAL of Civilization: Beyond Earth via Steam. It's a decent game but a little low with features and depth. Currently it's $29.99 until Monday. Not sure if I am going to pick it up though.

I bought Civ V before Christmas when Steam was having a super 75% off sale. I've messed with it some, it's one of those games that really takes a lot of time but it is very in-depth and seems very good.

Have you played Civ V? Can you offer a comparison to Beyond Earth? I think the new one looks good, just not sure if there would be a huge difference?

EDIT: after reading reviews online, it seems like a similar pattern, when Civ V came out everyone liked Civ IV better, then over time as new DLC came out and Civ V became more complete people liked Civ V better. Now in reading the reviews it seems like a similar story, they all say Civ BE looks great but it's not complete yet and it's lacking in areas that Civ V has more content. Then they all seem to say when you're comparing the two and comparing what you get for the price Civ V is a no brainer. They seem to say Civ BE will be worth it later down the road when they have more DLC but as of now Civ V (complete edition) seems to be the hands down version. The Civ V complete edition which I assume includes ALL the DLC and everything extra is on sale 75% off for this weekend. You can get what seems to get really great reviews for only $12.49.

On Steam's site it seems like Civ BE gets "mixed reviews" and Civ V has "overwhelming positive", plus in a few reviews I read on Civ BE they said they were not able to fight or have war (or there was very little fighting/war), on Civ V there seems to be chance to fight and have war with other colonies quite often.

I just need to crap more time so I can put time and effort into Civ V.

[JeffHCross]

Anyone else getting an error/issue through Origin that their e-mail is invalid?

The only EA game I have played in last few days is NBA LIVE 15 and at start-up I kept getting message that my e-mail is invalid. I would skip through instead of entering in a new e-mail. Today when checking OD status, the website indicated I had 'bad credentials.' Heading to Origin for support help was also not letting me sign in, but after going through the Ticket Support area, the sign-in there worked. From there, my account did not look compromised, but it was indicating the e-mail was not verified. I had it resend the verification e-mail and I am hoping that addressed the issue as I can now sign into OD site again. I'll need to play LIVE or some other EA title to see if it tells me the same error message at start-up.

I got a similar error over the holidays when Origin was having issues.

[jaymo76]

I bought Civ V before Christmas when Steam was having a super 75% off sale. I've messed with it some, it's one of those games that really takes a lot of time but it is very in-depth and seems very good.

Have you played Civ V? Can you offer a comparison to Beyond Earth? I think the new one looks good, just not sure if there would be a huge difference?

EDIT: after reading reviews online, it seems like a similar pattern, when Civ V came out everyone liked Civ IV better, then over time as new DLC came out and Civ V became more complete people liked Civ V better. Now in reading the reviews it seems like a similar story, they all say Civ BE looks great but it's not complete yet and it's lacking in areas that Civ V has more content. Then they all seem to say when you're comparing the two and comparing what you get for the price Civ V is a no brainer. They seem to say Civ BE will be worth it later down the road when they have more DLC but as of now Civ V (complete edition) seems to be the hands down version. The Civ V complete edition which I assume includes ALL the DLC and everything extra is on sale 75% off for this weekend. You can get what seems to get really great reviews for only $12.49.

On Steam's site it seems like Civ BE gets "mixed reviews" and Civ V has "overwhelming positive", plus in a few reviews I read on Civ BE they said they were not able to fight or have war (or there was very little fighting/war), on Civ V there seems to be chance to fight and have war with other colonies quite often.

I just need to crap more time so I can put time and effort into Civ V.

Personally I love Civ V. With all the DLC I think it's the best of the series. I have sunk a lot of hours into that game. It has a lot more depth and features than Beyond Earth. However, the game though still enjoyable has begun to get a little too repetitive as essentially it has been the same game forover a decade. What is great about Beyond Earth is that it is a fresh new idea. The game is fun but at this point it has minimal depth.

PROS:
-original concept
-tech tree
-aliens
-very cool worlds/maps
-unique civilizations
-unique units and buildings

CONS:
-only like 8 civilizations to choose from
-repetitive attacks by aliens
-very questionable AI decisions
-fairly low level graphics
-maximum turn limit built into the game (you cannot play past a certain # of turns)
-very weak diplomacy options

While I like the game my concern is that it will get very dull very quick as there is so little depth. I also suspect that the game will gouge its owners with DLC as so many features from V are not in Beyond Earth. If money isn't an option, by all means I recommend it. However, I think it may be best to wait until maybe the Steam summer sale and see what type of DLC has been added by then.

[cdj]

I got a similar error over the holidays when Origin was having issues.

Did you have to do anything to rectify it? After the verification e-mail things seem to be working just fine again here.

[JBHuskers]

IGN - Resident Evil HD Remaster: 8/10

I pre-ordered this one. One of my favorites from the PS1 days.

[JeffHCross]

Did you have to do anything to rectify it? After the verification e-mail things seem to be working just fine again here.

No, in my case it was just a problem on the server side, I didn't have to fix anything.

[JBHuskers]

Playing Resident Evil's remake on PS4 reminds me of a time when you couldn't just save your progress anytime anywhere

[gigemaggs99]

Personally I love Civ V. With all the DLC I think it's the best of the series. I have sunk a lot of hours into that game. It has a lot more depth and features than Beyond Earth. However, the game though still enjoyable has begun to get a little too repetitive as essentially it has been the same game forover a decade. What is great about Beyond Earth is that it is a fresh new idea. The game is fun but at this point it has minimal depth.

PROS:
-original concept
-tech tree
-aliens
-very cool worlds/maps
-unique civilizations
-unique units and buildings

CONS:
-only like 8 civilizations to choose from
-repetitive attacks by aliens
-very questionable AI decisions
-fairly low level graphics
-maximum turn limit built into the game (you cannot play past a certain # of turns)
-very weak diplomacy options

While I like the game my concern is that it will get very dull very quick as there is so little depth. I also suspect that the game will gouge its owners with DLC as so many features from V are not in Beyond Earth. If money isn't an option, by all means I recommend it. However, I think it may be best to wait until maybe the Steam summer sale and see what type of DLC has been added by then.

I fired up Civ V last night around 9PM, it was really my first time sitting down with the game, I did the first tutorial and I was up until Midnight! The game is very very cool, if you like building things, managing things, telling your warriors or archers to beat the heck outta the barbarians, then this game is for you.

It seems like Sim City, plus Anno 1701, plus Total War. It seems like a great mixture of all those strategy games.

The only thing I couldn't figure out how to do was save my progress, I assumed this was b/c it was the tutorial. After 3 hours of playing and having worked all day I was getting tired, I didn't look all over the menus to find a save game option, but that's no big deal. This game is very fun. I will definitely keep an eye open for the Beyond Earth edition.

[JeffHCross]

I fired up Civ V last night around 9PM, it was really my first time sitting down with the game, I did the first tutorial and I was up until Midnight! The game is very very cool, if you like building things, managing things, telling your warriors or archers to beat the heck outta the barbarians, then this game is for you.

It seems like Sim City, plus Anno 1701, plus Total War. It seems like a great mixture of all those strategy games.

The only thing I couldn't figure out how to do was save my progress, I assumed this was b/c it was the tutorial. After 3 hours of playing and having worked all day I was getting tired, I didn't look all over the menus to find a save game option, but that's no big deal. This game is very fun. I will definitely keep an eye open for the Beyond Earth edition.

Keep your eye out for this too: http://www.gamespot.com/articles/fir.../1100-6424728/

[cdj]

Report: AOL shuttering Joystiq in the coming weeks http://t.co/2JqSVXBd4C pic.twitter.com/YhF5QnwENl

— Polygon (@Polygon) January 27, 2015

It looks like we're heading towards Kotaku & Polygon being the only major game media sites left standing.

[CLW]

Report: AOL shuttering Joystiq in the coming weeks http://t.co/2JqSVXBd4C pic.twitter.com/YhF5QnwENl

— Polygon (@Polygon) January 27, 2015

It looks like we're heading towards Kotaku & Polygon being the only major game media sites left standing.

IGN going under?

[cdj]

IGN going under?

Knew I forgot some, but still....I prefer Joystiq over Kotaku & Polygon, for the most part.

[CLW]

Knew I forgot some, but still....I prefer Joystiq over Kotaku & Polygon, for the most part.

Kotaku & Polygon are utter trash.

Time for TGT to step up and fill the void and make that cash money as the best gaming site on the planet. I for one will be looking for a new job here in about 5 months.

[JBHuskers]

Kotaku & Polygon are utter trash.

Time for TGT to step up and fill the void and make that cash money as the best gaming site on the planet. I for one will be looking for a new job here in about 5 months.

Have your wife buy us some traffic

[CLW]

Have your wife buy us some traffic

#1 you gotta make content to get that traffic yo.

#2 the offer is going to make her we may have enough $ to spread the wealth around a bit.

[JBHuskers]

#1 you gotta make content to get that traffic yo.

#2 the offer is going to make her we may have enough $ to spread the wealth around a bit.

http://www.thegamingtailgate.com/forums/content.php

I see 5 articles in the past week. Buy us contacts at gaming companies while you're at it too.

[CLW]

http://www.thegamingtailgate.com/forums/content.php

I see 5 articles in the past week. Buy us contacts at gaming companies while you're at it too.

I'll see what I can do.

[jaymo76]

I call dibs on Canadian correspondent to TGT!