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[Rift]

You buy the book, you buy a license to use the game, you don't buy the game.

thats country specific. Some of us live in countries where regardless of the Crazy contract they put in their game, once its on our computer we are legally allowed to do whatever we want with it, including moding, ripping, copying, removing drm, whatever.. [albeit not resell it, or redistribute it to the public]

Also, it should be mentioned the original purpose of EULA's were to give the users additional rights, beyond the rights to copy/modify/rip/play with the software... But only after the crazy copyright legislation in the US did they start changing them to removing rights instead.

I suppose i should say its not that EULA's have no legal standing at all in all non-US countries.. but rather that many of the things they ask for, you cant sign away, and thus, the EULA is unable to be enforced [and perhaps, illegal], In addition i think in some countries the EULA contract has no legal standing without a actual written signature [germany?]

Further, there is the case where a country has basically no copyright laws beyond copy-reselling/distributing [fewer and fewer countries]... Where if they tried to charge you with a breach of contract you would likely win your court case.... even against more expensive lawyers.. on specific matters. Like things like.. never take them to court for any reason whatsoever would be instantly thrown out of my home canadian court, as being fucking retarded... while something more reasonable might end up being accepted... If it came to court.. If Someone could find cases of EULA's being actually upheld/used successfully outside the US i would like to see them... [Also, things like changing the EULA without notifying someone.. will probably never hold up in any court, ever.] Btw, EULAs cant override laws already in place.. like fair use.. atleast not in canada.

[ductape]

I think that something like 10-20% of all posts on this forum have to do with EULAs, copyright, DRM, how game companies suck, etc. regardless of the thread topic.

i have learned more than I ever wanted to know about the subject from all the "experts" that hang out around here than I ever wanted to know. (I dont think I ever wanted to know much about it really)

(( honestly, capitalism is fucked, game companies are into making money, they are playing the game well just like any other corp ))

Buy it if ya want to, whatevs. Can we get back on topic?

Im thinking about buying this for the Morgan Freeman sounding narrator.

[umiman]

I really want people to stop talking about that stuff too.

The narrator sounds like pure sex. He's sexing your ears the whole time. If you wear good headphones, you'll be constantly sexed by a sexy sexy voice.

[Sean Mirrsen]

The whole thing reminded me of that tiny indie game-like thing called Night of the Illithids, subtitled "A terrifying experiment in narrative excess", where you'd get in-character commentary on the locations you visit, the items you pick up, how quickly or accurately you shoot, even how often you reload.

[ductape]

The whole thing reminded me of that tiny indie game-like thing called Night of the Illithids, subtitled "A terrifying experiment in narrative excess", where you'd get in-character commentary on the locations you visit, the items you pick up, how quickly or accurately you shoot, even how often you reload.

I want to find this, got a link?

[Sean Mirrsen]

Gah. Not Illithids. Cephalopods. I get the words confused for some reason.

http://www.spookysquid.com/notc/

[metime00]

Greg Kasavin is so cool. He did a 15 minute Metroid Prime video review on gamestop, he's that good. No wonder the writing is so entertaining, if he's the writer.

I like how most every level has a new setpiece/gameplay like dueling the windbag ghost guy in the second or third level or having friendly windbags help you defend the slowly rising cage over the core.

And when you feel you've done most everything, there's still more, like after I got all the cores and then found that I would be able to upgrade all the buildings I just built! The god idols to change difficulty are a great idea too, since it allows you to choose your difficulty.

I've just collected all the cores and I actually can't find anything bad to say about the game. Fun, fluid combat, awesome narrator and graphics, and the story is presented in a way that doesn't impede gameplay. It's great how through the narrator's dialogue you can piece together what the world was like before the Calamity and everyone's backstory, especially the kid's backstory during the survival mode level, it's like getting a book read to you by an olympian while you roll around and slice ghosts and turrets (even better, it's just that).

[EuchreJack]

overall, a very enjoyable experience, and i'm happy i payed 15bucks for it even it i only spent like.. 4-5hours before completion.

Sorry, I'm not sure that $15 for 5 hours of gameplay is the kind of deal I'm looking for.  Or are you somebody who plays game outrageously fast (I'm seriously asking, as some people are like that.  I'm pretty slow myself)?

[ductape]

I pay ~$15 sometimes for a movie that last 90 minutes or less.

[zakkeh]

overall, a very enjoyable experience, and i'm happy i payed 15bucks for it even it i only spent like.. 4-5hours before completion.

Sorry, I'm not sure that $15 for 5 hours of gameplay is the kind of deal I'm looking for.  Or are you somebody who plays game outrageously fast (I'm seriously asking, as some people are like that.  I'm pretty slow myself)?

It's not that big, but it has a lot of re playability in it. I'd recommend buying it because it is purely brilliant, and now my favourite game. This game is just epic

[Biag]

I beat this earlier today. Oh my god the last level/ending is AMAZING. This is totally worth $15, Euchre.

[Keiseth]

This. Game. Is. Amazing.

DAMN this game is just masterfully done.

[Silfurdreki]

I think I'll be getting this, after all the glowing recommendations here and elsewhere. Just one thing: is it worth getting the soundtrack edition or not?

[zakkeh]

I think I'll be getting this, after all the glowing recommendations here and elsewhere. Just one thing: is it worth getting the soundtrack edition or not?

Honestly, I always recommend giving the songs a download from less-than-legal sites, and if you approve of it, buy it. The Bastion soundtrack is amazing for me and I know many others who enjoy it, but everyone has different tastes.

[woose1]

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