It's an RTS with less base building.Quote:
Originally Posted by Farmer_BOB
Not sure about Chaos rising. I still haven't beaten the main campaign yet.
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It's an RTS with less base building.Quote:
Originally Posted by Farmer_BOB
Not sure about Chaos rising. I still haven't beaten the main campaign yet.
So it's more like Age of Empires?Quote:
Originally Posted by taggart6
Yes and no. Think of Age of Empires but without any base building. You're training units and teching up from your settlement and instead of training peasants to go and gather various resources you need to capture points around the map and hold them to maintain your economy. Your units come in squads rather than individually, these squads can be upgraded from the unit itself, your units can level up and you have a hero unit that has its own level track and a selection of different wargear he can equip. The different heroes represent different roles and each one can be adapted to work differently depending on the build you decide to use.Quote:
Originally Posted by Farmer_BOB
It's an RTS that strips out all the mundanity and focuses heavily on tactics, teamwork and adaptability.
Nicely done describing it, I am working trough the campaign. It is different from any other RTS I ever played.
I enjoy the game very much!
Thank you. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Learux
I should also add that the campaign plays somewhat like an RPG with loot drops and persistant characters and whatnot. The single player campaign and multiplayer are so different it's like they're two awesome games in one package.
I shall buy this after work today. I need something for when the SC2 beta is down.
Gah...I want chaos Rising but it seems silly if I haven't even beaten the first game and I'm busy with so many games as well. If only Chaos rising with 10.
Buy it. The story is lame, there is no need to know the story. Chaos Rising is all about the extra features.Quote:
Originally Posted by taggart6
I bought it. Nice deal.
Does DoW2 have a steep learning curve for online games? Seems to just reading some comments on forums.
Gonna derail this a bit. DoW2 doesn't have any base building. Doesn't that go against the COBRA mantra? I think Destro would be a Starcraft 2 man, myself.Quote:
Originally Posted by senorgotti
I'd say there is a very large learning curve but the ranking system works nicely so it isn't a steep curve. I suggest starting off playing Space Marines for a few games as they're the easiest to handle if you're completely inexperienced... they're also completely badass. FOR THE EMPEROR!!Quote:
Originally Posted by senorgotti
I haven't played competitively since before the big re-balance patch (the one that put more of an emphasis on t1) so much of that curve is in front of me again.
EDIT: Oh, and playing the campaign will not prepare you for multiplayer in any way.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/24400
New deal King Arthur 66% off. Actually looks interesting. From what I've gathered it is like Medieval Total War but with quests and fantasy (spells and stuff).
Yeah, it looks pretty cool... I'm considering it too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Astros Fan
Reviews are luke warm on it though. It will be cheaper around christmas time IMO. Not a must play.
Yeah, that's what I'm thinking too. I've got the demo downloading for now.
http://www.psychologyofgames.com/201...steam-bundles/ interesting read.
Oh, and I think when I get home tonight I'm getting King Arthur. The more I read about the game last night and watched some vids the whole morality side of gameplay, upgradable units, time period, being able to ransom knights you dislike, selecting wives to 'buff' your knights by giving them bonuses, etc really add a different element to just a strategy game.
Then..I found this article:
http://pc.ign.com/articles/106/1062612p1.html
Now THAT is really interesting..playing Richard the Lionheart on his crusade with this game engine, so for $14, I'm going to get the game with the DLC, but no crusaders (that was their first game and apparently was not well done).
http://www.paradoxplaza.com/games/li...-kings-crusade
I guess I will give the demo a shot after reading that.
I played the demo..pretty cool. I purchased King Arthur, the artwork in game is really cool and the music is nice. Very European.
I played the demo. Seems pretty good. I don't care much for those types of games though. I doubt I will buy it.
SupCom2 for 11 bucks. Is this game worth that price?
I already own the game. I could never get into it. It seems very generic to me. The battles can get really intense though, which really does call for a lot of CPU power. I'd play a demo first before purchase if it exists.Quote:
Originally Posted by Timman_24
Is it multithreaded capable? If so, it's always fun to see how those games hit a modern quad core. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Farmer_BOB
My first thought when I saw that SupCom 2 was on sale was "they already released SupCom 2?" :D
I didn't actually like the SC2 demo but for $11 I bought it anyway. Should be fun to get a few games in assuming anyone is actually playing.
I want to say yes. I remember looking at the benchmarks before and seeing how having a quad CPU did help the framerates.Quote:
Originally Posted by James