1821

Back then, I loved those Ultima maps. I still have them all in a box somewhere. Nowadays though, to get a map scripted in some special game language, that requires translation or the learning of a new made up language would be a huge annoyance to me. I’ve become spoiled by detailed in-game maps and minimaps. Same goes for quest logs vs. taking my own notes while playing. I’m happy with the development of automated things like this.

1822

Should be on launch with all the other digital retailers.

1823

Do we know when that is?

1824

November 3rd is the release date everyone is listing and what was officially announced . . . is that hard for you to find?

Unless you want a specific time when the digital downloads will unlock. That’s still up in the air, though I gather that D2D has a countdown with that ends at about 10AM on the 3rd.

1825

No, I haven’t seen any mention of when the digitally distributed version will be available, and sometimes it comes out after the physical copies. I’m limited into where I can get that information from work.

1826

Thanks for the link. Great vid.

1827

Thank God the important questions have been answered by Bioware:

1828

Never say “surprise me” to a prostitute. That just seems like common sense.

1829

I highly recommend you choose “surprise me” until you see all possible outcomes.

1830

Derek: Do you know how big the digital download is going to be? And any idea if services like Steam will have pre-loading of data? It’s sad, but I’m debating time to download a huge game vs. getting a physical copy. (It doesn’t help that I have the CE pre-ordered from Amazon, whom I can almost guarantee won’t get it to me on release day.)

1831

I’m going to be shocked if anyone does pre-loading. How often has that been done since Half-Life 2? I can’t remember the last time I saw it as an option even on Steam.

1832

I thought a few other games had it too? I thought I remember reading this game was huge (on the order of 15+ gig), so that’s going to take a long time to download - especially on release day when the servers are hammered.

1833

In terms of pre-loading off Steam, isn’t that what all the “this game will unlock in approximately x weeks/days/hours” messages mean on coming soon games? I don’t know much about how it works, but I assumed that “unlock” refers to having the files downloaded/installed but it wouldn’t work until officially released. Is that not it?

1834

Download should be about 15.5 Gig for English, last time I looked. 16 Gig would be a safe number.

I don’t know about pre-loads for any of them at this time. I know it is something that we would like. Hopefully I can find out more next week.

1835

Have any non-Valve games been available for pre-load on Steam?

1836

Were we watching the same video? I realize that the segment they showed must have been early in the game, but it looked painfully boring to me. The mage peashooter looked like a temp effect.

It seems like those who are actually playing the game are enjoying it, but every time a new video comes out, it looks terrible.

1837

I must have been watching the same version Jazar was because i thought it looked great. The mage peashooter looked like an auto attack type ability. Mages in D&D didn’t even get an auto attack like that, they either casted a spell, used a physical weapon or did nothing. Mostly my mages would either use a stat stick and stand there or use a sling and plink away doing almost no damage.

1838

I pulled the trigger for the CE direct from EA, sweet-talked the wife into me buying it for myself for the, eeek, 45th b-day a week after its release. Kinda hoping the tin can is a full can and not a half-wrap like UT2004’s CE, though. With so many games getting delayed into 2010 I’m really looking forward to this game.

1839

Yeah, Mages get an autoattack, which never misses but can’t inflict a critical hit.

1840

The EA online store here in Sweden offer pre-load but only for the Deluxe edition.