So I'm about to purchase the first Thief online right now. Will I have any trouble playing it on XP or anything?

I believe it's called "Rabbids Go Home" for the Wii. I saw a preview and it looks pretty whacky and zaney. Anyone got any info?

Edit for game name.

I don't think a game with explosions and boobs would be very fun if it were based on some 13 or 14th century poem...but that's just my opinion.

Quite possibly. I researched this a bit when I was considering purchasing the Thief Collection. There's an issue with dual core threadloading stuff, and some other problems, but solutions are out there (just use google "thief windows xp problems" or something). You'll probably have better success if your XP is 32-bit.

64 bit here. If I have any issues, I'll take a look around. Thanks.

oooo... yeah, you'll want to do some research. Right off the bat, the Thief 1 demo crashed on me big time (granted, I read that all I needed to do was fix a core threading issue =/). The official Thief forums (?) are still active, and a lot of problems and solutions are posted there, so you'll probably have success locating possible solutions.

Please do let me know how things turn out: I have Windows XP 64-bit as well, and I've been holding off on getting the Thief games because I just don't know if it will work on my OS, even if I try all the work-arounds and fixes.

I would recommend http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75031. It has many questions and answers and solved all the problems I had when I got the Thief games for XP (although I don't know about 64 bit, specifically).

Is Demon's Souls good?
I've heard it's extremely hard. As in hands-your-ass-to-you start to finish hard.
I'm not really a hardcoe rpg player, so I'm not sure if could finish the game if it's so allegedly hard. (I hate not finishing games and when I'm doing bad, I have a horrible habit of getting really angry).

Then, from what I've read and heard about Demon's Souls, you might want to rent it before committing to a purchase!

I, too, get frustrated easily when I'm doing poorly in a game. I've read that finally succeeding in Demon's Souls can be very rewarding, but I don't know if that is how I would experience the game. Whenever I'm unsure if I'll like a game, I try to rent it (effectively, the 7-day full refund policy on used games at Gamestop) to see if I'll like it.

Is there a Demo for it? You could try that (if it exists) to get a taste of what the game will be like.

What you got a problem with Ye Olde Boobse and Explosionse?

DDFix (from our very own Timeslip! ) fixes a lot of issues with running Dark Engine games on newer PCs. It has probably been mentioned on the page Rhekarid linked to, which should have the solution to most problems.

I would say it's a VERY worthwhile purchase, it doesn't really have a learning curve per-se, it's just that the quicker you try to start off, the more difficult it can be. As has been mentioned it does take a long time to get anywhere or anything decent, but for me that's what makes it all the more rewarding. I can easily see myself spending days just playing X3. Because I know how hard it is to start and how many people on the ES forums ask the same "How do you start off?" threads, I made a guide for starting off in X3 with a friend, which can be found http://www.politespider.com/x3tc/X3TC_For_Dummies.pdf. Yeah, it's blatantly advertising but quite a few people that used it have found it to be an immense help to them.

Basically what I'm trying to say is if you have the patience and perseverance for it, then go for it

Thanks, that guide looks helpful. Right now I'm a bit busy with all sorts of things so maybe it's not a very good idea to dive into this right now, but in a few months maybe...

Personally, I would say that most instances of Demon's Souls being extremely hard are exaggerations. It is challenging and strict, and urges you to take a careful and methodical approach to everything at all times, and as long as you do that, you won't get killed TOO many times. The game isn't quite as unforgiving as it's made out to be; you're sent back to the beginning with respawned enemies with all of your souls (the in-game currency) gone, but none of the levels are really all that long and souls are very commonplace, you'll never really be at a shortage of them, you'll never be permanently crippled. What the game WILL do, however, is punish you for the confidence, frustration, and/or impatience you'll inevitably feel after dying. http://stupididioticramblings.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/demons-souls-critique-1-is-it-really-all-that-difficult/ http://stupididioticramblings.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/demons-souls-critique-2-primal-fear-and-isolation/ critiques give a good overview about Demon's Souls' level of challenge.

Now if you want my opinion, I enjoyed it immensely, but I don't think it's for everyone. So I'd recommend giving it a rent as well, just to see. And if you really are the type to get angered easily, it might be best not to bother, for reasons the above critiques say. Though you did just miss your chance for a more lenient learning curve; over Valentine's Day weekend, there was a server event that made the game easier (still no walk in the park) for the first half of the week.


There is no demo.

Hmmm. For games like Scratches and/or Barrow Hill, I can't really think of any. You can look into the Dark Fall series, but I sort of hesitate to recommend those (at least the first two games--haven't played the third yet; it just came out). They suffer from some of the same problems Barrow Hill does, IMHO, and they lean more towards traditional horror/survival horror.

For adventure games...if you haven't tried any of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LucasArts_adventure_games yet, they're a must. They're mostly of a humorous and light-hearted bent, though. Grim Fandango may be their darkest, most advlt title (though don't get me wrong, the game is still hysterically funny), with roots in film noir, and might be close to what you're looking for. It has one combat sequence, IIRC, and a few truly fiendish puzzles. No Sierra-style deaths, though; LucasArts doesn't do those, except for when they're mocking Sierra.



The improved graphics and the added "epilogue" are only available in the Director's Cut. I think there might have been a free patch that brought somewhat improved graphics to the original version (though they weren't as markedly improved as in the DC), but no added gameplay.

Theif 1 and 2 are known to be quite buggy,expect to have to do a bit of trouble shooting to get it stable..totally worth it,though.

Thought I'd ask my question in this thread.
Where's a good place to buy the physical copy of PC games online? Besides Gogamer, Amazon and Ebay. I've been looking for KOTOR for the PC but it's 40 bucks everywhere I've looked. Might have to just go with that though.

TigerDirect has a decent amount of games. :shrug:

If you live in the United States, you can sign up to Switchgames and try to get a trade match with someone.

Thanks. But I'm looking for a new physical copy of KOTOR for 20 bucks and of course Gogamer is out of stock and won't restock for a while.

Should i get Medieval total war 2 if ive already played rome tw and empire? also should i rent crackdown or buy it?

I'd give it a rent first to see if you like it. It's under 20 bucks though so it depends if you're short on cash or something.

I couldnt resist. I got both Dante's Inferno and the God of War Collection today.


Dante's Inferno rules your face. I see where all the God of War similarities are, obviously, but it also has a very fast pace almost similar to Ninja Gaiden and I also get kind of a Castlevania: Curse of Darkness/Lament of Innocence vibe from it, from all the item equipping and whatnot.

So, to anybody wondering, Dante's Inferno is indeed any good.

Hate to be annoying but one of the online stores in New Zealand is having a sale on games and such, if anyone would be obliging to look through http://www.mightyape.co.nz/sale/29/End-of-Summer-Game-Sale/?nt=1 it would be much appreciated. Specifically looking for 360 and PC titles.

Dude! i was just looking at that as well
and thats why i asked about crackdown and medieval 2 total war because they're cheap