Payback Price Reduction

[System]

Apex Designs have cut the price of the Amiga version of Payback to 24.95 GBP just in time for Christmas. The game can be bought from their on-line shop here. For those of you who have already bought the game, there are also a couple of new/updated maps available on their Extra Maps Page.

[xeron]

If you haven't bought this game yet, DO IT NOW! (and don't give me any of that "but i don't really play games..." rubbish, this is a must have  :-D )

[anarchic_teapot]

If you haven't bought this game yet, DO IT NOW! (and don't give me any of that "but i don't really play games..." rubbish, this is a must have

Not if you find that sort of game boring. I gave up playing cops'n'robbers (RL 1st person shooters) by the time I was 8. Now, Civ II (Age of Empires is glitzy graphics trying to excuse horrendously limited content) or a Baldur's Gate type of adventure, those are what I'd call "must-haves"
 :-D

PS if you do like FPS games, this is, indeed, a must-have

[xeron]

Nahh.. I hate simulation games. If I want the grey matter exercised, I do programming.. much more interesting. I play games when I want to veg out  :-D

[anarchic_teapot]

I play games when I want to veg out  

Idem. But apparently females prefer games where you create something, whereas males tend to prefer mayhem. Also, it would appear that we tend to multitask better, which is why we can remember so many things you've done wrong while simultaneously making the tea, keeping an eye on the kids and listening to the news on the radio  ;-) So strategy games are fine.

(Anyway, when I want mayhem there's always the dojo)

[Kay]

> Not if you find that sort of game boring. I gave up playing cops'n'robbers (RL 1st person
> shooters) by the time I was 8. Now, Civ II (Age of Empires is glitzy graphics trying to
> excuse horrendously limited content) or a Baldur's Gate type of adventure, those are what
> I'd call "must-haves"

Civ2 is great, but compared to Alpha Centauri, it's very limited. You're right about AOE,
though. Never understood what the big deal was about that one. The game had absolutely NO
depth at all.

As for Payback, I was originally planning to wait until I got an Amiga capable of running
it in smoothly in 3d mode, but with this price cut, I think I might order it today instead.:-)

Kay

[System]

I love RPGs! The Balders Gate series, Icewind Dale series and Neverwinter Nights are just THE best games ever! (IMO of course ;-))

There are times when I just want to run arond and shoot things, ie Doom, Quake etc. But nothing keeps me comming back like BG, IWD and NWN. They have depth, great graphics, good story lines and some fantasy thrown in (oh and the occasional mindless violence) what more could you ask for?!

[System]

My last comment was for anarchic_teapot (mind if I call you A_T? So much easier to type ;-))

[xeron]

Also, it would appear that we tend to multitask better, which is why we can remember so many things you've done wrong while simultaneously making the tea, keeping an eye on the kids and listening to the news on the radio

Not only that, but they look a damn sight nicer too. Yep, hooray for women  :-D

[Bezzen]

I would buy it. But unfortunately I don't have an Amiga to run it on at the moment.

But perhaps that isn't a good enough excuse either.  :-D

[gnarly]

Are any of the other ports out yet?

I don't think my 266mhz PC could cope with it under UAE ;-)

[redrumloa]

PS if you do like FPS games, this is, indeed, a must-have

Payback is not a FPS, not by a long shot.

[olegil]

One thing is certain:

I'm not playing with Rose any time :-)

I just ordered a copy of Payback. Satisfied? ;-)

[anarchic_teapot]

I'm not playing with Rose any time

Ha! Just because I got 142% at Emperor level in Civ1
 :-P

[Kronos]

Since I've just reactivated the A4k that sat here unused eversince
I bought it 3rd-hand this spring I might just try the demo and if
I like it.

But I'm more in a waiting mode for my copy of ToT which should be
here early next week. That sounds like a hell of a cool game.