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Article #105824Re: Space Force - Rogue Universe
From: DocScorpio
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 03:09
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 03:09
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"Peter Huebner" <no.one@this.address> wrote in message news:MPG.20ac63e048dec812989cd0@news.individual.net... > In article <1178663783.399648.324320@w5g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>, > kahuna12 > @hotmail.com says... >> >> Now this is why I always defer to the experts. I would never have >> known that JoWood games were substandard. I'll lurk in the Rogue >> Universe forums and watch to see if the complaints ever see resolution >> before buying (much the same as I did for X2 - I haven't bought X3 >> yet). >> > > X3 is worth getting, i.m.o.. I bought (for the price of a song) and > downloaded > it off Steampowered.com and I can just start the .exe file without going > through the steam launcher. Fine. Neatly sidestepped the whole Starforce > crapola issue (would never have bought the game with Starforce in it). > > I didn't like X2, or at least I should say that the demo put me off so > badly > that I never bought the game; the interface in X3 is much nicer to learn. > And > the game is going to give me a lot of bang for buck, I can tell that much. > After all, I only spent a couple of weeks with it before I got > sidetracked. > > -P. > > -- > ========================================= > firstname dot lastname at gmail fullstop com For those that buy it on DVD, patch 2.0.02 does the following among other things: "Finally, this update includes the NoCD/NoDVD patch, so you can put your disk back in its box." Does this mean no Starforce driver installation, if you patch before running the game for the first time?
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