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"DocScorpio" <DocScorpio@strupra-spammeros.com> wrote in message 
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> Sells at $29.99. The download is 672 megs. Installed the game and it seems 
> to run OK so far.

How is it? Went and had a look at their website and it didn't quite sell the 
game to me.

Ceo- 

"Ceowulf" <ceo@NOSPAMii.ATALLnet> wrote in message 
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> "DocScorpio" <DocScorpio@strupra-spammeros.com> wrote in message 
> news:4E81i.4674$cu1.285@trnddc01...
>> Sells at $29.99. The download is 672 megs. Installed the game and it 
>> seems to run OK so far.
>
> How is it? Went and had a look at their website and it didn't quite sell 
> the game to me.
>
> Ceo-
>
I think it's a fun game, not the greatest in the world, but probably worth 
the $30.  It runs well on my rig with all detail maxed (tho' I'm having a 
problem right now with a framerate loss when I'm in FPS mode inside my 
ship...only place it happens, very strange).

Here's a link to an Octopus Overlord thread which contain a fairly long 
review of it by me (Corvus Corax).  The review's about halfway down the 
thread:

http://www.octopusoverlords.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=50463

A movie trailer is also available for download at:

http://files.filefront.com/Parkan+II+E3+2005+Movie+Trailer/;3873498;/fileinfo.html

You know, I really fanboyed the hell out of the first Parkan back in 1999 
(google group search "DocScorpio and Parkan" to see what I mean).  Several 
peeps bought it on my recommendation and some were none too happy with it. 
For that reason, I'm trying to be a bit more restrained this time around, 
but don't know if I'm succeeding. :)

Anyway, if you have any doubts, don't buy it.  I may just have a 
psychological fixation on it or something. ;) 

"DocScorpio" <DocScorpio@strupra-spammeros.com> wrote in message 
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>
> Here's a link to an Octopus Overlord thread which contain a fairly long 
> review of it by me (Corvus Corax).  The review's about halfway down the 
> thread:
>
> http://www.octopusoverlords.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=50463

Thanks for the link, just read your mini review (well written). I'm 
currently playing X3, G3, Oblivion, Titan Quest: IT, AND Company of 
Heroes... I might wait till I've finished at least one of them before 
picking up another game, but I've added it to my list :) Two Worlds is my 
next confirmed buy, but we'll see.

> A movie trailer is also available for download at:
>
> http://files.filefront.com/Parkan+II+E3+2005+Movie+Trailer/;3873498;/fileinfo.html

Simplistic, but looks like it would be fun for those in between moments.

> You know, I really fanboyed the hell out of the first Parkan back in 1999 
> (google group search "DocScorpio and Parkan" to see what I mean).  Several 
> peeps bought it on my recommendation and some were none too happy with it. 
> For that reason, I'm trying to be a bit more restrained this time around, 
> but don't know if I'm succeeding. :)

You know, I think I actually remember :)

Ceo- 

"DocScorpio" <DocScorpio@strupra-spammeros.com> schreef in bericht 
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> ... [snipped]
> You know, I really fanboyed the hell out of the first Parkan back in 1999 
> (google group search "DocScorpio and Parkan" to see what I mean).  Several 
> peeps bought it on my recommendation and some were none too happy with it. 
> For that reason, I'm trying to be a bit more restrained this time around, 
> but don't know if I'm succeeding. :)
>
> Anyway, if you have any doubts, don't buy it.  I may just have a 
> psychological fixation on it or something. ;)

I rather liked the original Parkan myself, although the last mission left me 
puzzled. I never was quite sure what I was supposed to do there; either that 
or the ending somehow didn't make sense. 

"DocScorpio" <DocScorpio@strupra-spammeros.com> schreef in bericht 
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> Sells at $29.99. The download is 672 megs. Installed the game and it seems 
> to run OK so far.

I just got it myself. It looks very promising but I seem to have "issues" 
with the graphics. In 3D cutscenes, such as on the games title screen, with 
the camera swooping past the space ship, I see white flashes, like white 
"beams" appearing and disappearing. This also happens at several points 
during the intro.

My video card is a ATI Radeon X1650XT, BTW. I haven't had any issues with 
other games so far.

Any ideas? All suggestions are appreciated. 

"Lukas Mariman" <lukas.mariman@skynet.be> wrote in message 
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> "DocScorpio" <DocScorpio@strupra-spammeros.com> schreef in bericht 
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>> ... [snipped]
>
> I rather liked the original Parkan myself, although the last mission left 
> me puzzled. I never was quite sure what I was supposed to do there; either 
> that or the ending somehow didn't make sense.
>
Check out the backstory in the manual.  It provides some kind of explanation 
for what happened in the first game. 

"Lukas Mariman" <lukas.mariman@skynet.be> wrote in message 
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> "DocScorpio" <DocScorpio@strupra-spammeros.com> schreef in bericht 
> news:4E81i.4674$cu1.285@trnddc01...
>> Sells at $29.99. The download is 672 megs. Installed the game and it 
>> seems to run OK so far.
>
> I just got it myself. It looks very promising but I seem to have "issues" 
> with the graphics. In 3D cutscenes, such as on the games title screen, 
> with the camera swooping past the space ship, I see white flashes, like 
> white "beams" appearing and disappearing. This also happens at several 
> points during the intro.
>
> My video card is a ATI Radeon X1650XT, BTW. I haven't had any issues with 
> other games so far.
>
> Any ideas? All suggestions are appreciated.
>
I don't have that problem; my problem is a steadily increasing slowdown. 
The game is interacting with something on my system, that's for sure. 
Trying to troubleshoot it atm.

I don't know where you can get tech support.  The English tech-support forum 
is pretty much dead (are you Amon999, a Belgian who posted with the same 
problem there?).  I haven't found any tech support yet for this game from 
Paradox or Gamersgate.

Rusya, who was/is a Russian tech forum moderator, shows up on the English 
general forum fairly regularly.  He might be able to help. 

"DocScorpio" <DocScorpio@strupra-spammeros.com> schreef in bericht 
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> "Lukas Mariman" <lukas.mariman@skynet.be> wrote in message 
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>> "DocScorpio" <DocScorpio@strupra-spammeros.com> schreef in bericht 
>> news:4E81i.4674$cu1.285@trnddc01...
>>> Sells at $29.99. The download is 672 megs. Installed the game and it 
>>> seems to run OK so far.
>>
>> I just got it myself. It looks very promising but I seem to have "issues" 
>> with the graphics. In 3D cutscenes, such as on the games title screen, 
>> with the camera swooping past the space ship, I see white flashes, like 
>> white "beams" appearing and disappearing. This also happens at several 
>> points during the intro.
>>
>> My video card is a ATI Radeon X1650XT, BTW. I haven't had any issues with 
>> other games so far.
>>
>> Any ideas? All suggestions are appreciated.
>>
> I don't have that problem; my problem is a steadily increasing slowdown. 
> The game is interacting with something on my system, that's for sure. 
> Trying to troubleshoot it atm.
>
> I don't know where you can get tech support.  The English tech-support 
> forum is pretty much dead (are you Amon999, a Belgian who posted with the 
> same problem there?).  I haven't found any tech support yet for this game 
> from Paradox or Gamersgate.

Yes, I registered there as Amon999. There doesn't seem to be a lot of 
activity on that forum though, so I'm not holding my breath. :-(

> Rusya, who was/is a Russian tech forum moderator, shows up on the English 
> general forum fairly regularly.  He might be able to help.

I hope so. 

"DocScorpio" <DocScorpio@strupra-spammeros.com> schreef in bericht 
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> "Lukas Mariman" <lukas.mariman@skynet.be> wrote in message 
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>> "DocScorpio" <DocScorpio@strupra-spammeros.com> schreef in bericht 
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>>> ... [snipped]
>>
>> I rather liked the original Parkan myself, although the last mission left 
>> me puzzled. I never was quite sure what I was supposed to do there; 
>> either that or the ending somehow didn't make sense.
>>
> Check out the backstory in the manual.  It provides some kind of 
> explanation for what happened in the first game.

Thanks, I'll do that! 

"Lukas Mariman" <lukas.mariman@skynet.be> schreef in bericht 
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> "DocScorpio" <DocScorpio@strupra-spammeros.com> schreef in bericht 
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>> "Lukas Mariman" <lukas.mariman@skynet.be> wrote in message 
>> news:5b30veF2r24f6U1@mid.individual.net...
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>>> "DocScorpio" <DocScorpio@strupra-spammeros.com> schreef in bericht 
>>> news:4E81i.4674$cu1.285@trnddc01...
>>>> Sells at $29.99. The download is 672 megs. Installed the game and it 
>>>> seems to run OK so far.
>>>
>>> I just got it myself. It looks very promising but I seem to have 
>>> "issues" with the graphics. In 3D cutscenes, such as on the games title 
>>> screen, with the camera swooping past the space ship, I see white 
>>> flashes, like white "beams" appearing and disappearing. This also 
>>> happens at several points during the intro.
>>>
>>> My video card is a ATI Radeon X1650XT, BTW. I haven't had any issues 
>>> with other games so far.
>>>
>>> Any ideas? All suggestions are appreciated.
>>>
>> I don't have that problem; my problem is a steadily increasing slowdown. 
>> The game is interacting with something on my system, that's for sure. 
>> Trying to troubleshoot it atm.
>>
>> I don't know where you can get tech support.  The English tech-support 
>> forum is pretty much dead (are you Amon999, a Belgian who posted with the 
>> same problem there?).  I haven't found any tech support yet for this game 
>> from Paradox or Gamersgate.
>
> Yes, I registered there as Amon999. There doesn't seem to be a lot of 
> activity on that forum though, so I'm not holding my breath. :-(
>
>> Rusya, who was/is a Russian tech forum moderator, shows up on the English 
>> general forum fairly regularly.  He might be able to help.
>
> I hope so.

Well, I got one reply so far, from a person who seems to have the same 
problem on his/her system. Also with an ATI card. I'm starting to have this 
sneaking suspicion the game doesn't like ATI cards all too well. 

Fantastic! Some name Malfeas posted a fix for the problem!

Here goes: "If you have the gamersgate version, Go to your parkan 2 
installation directory, find the start.exe, and click it, this should start 
the launchpad program, click options and de-select PSGP (processor specific 
graphics pipeline) and that should fix it!"

Yes!!! :-) 

"Lukas Mariman" <lukas.mariman@skynet.be> schreef in bericht 
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> Fantastic! Some name Malfeas posted a fix for the problem!

My typing skills went right out the window there; I meant to type: "Someone 
name Malfeas..."