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Post by Mr. Pathetic on Jun 22, 2005 12:28:49 GMT -5
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Post by Prillotashekta on Jun 23, 2005 22:42:29 GMT -5
Droooooooooool.....
must... go.... buy... latest... PCG.....
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Post by Cozmic on Jul 13, 2005 16:46:49 GMT -5
I'm not even gonna read that.. don't want drool all over my keyboard. Yes, Total Annihilation is the best RTS ever made, period..
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Post by Cozmic on Feb 14, 2007 8:44:03 GMT -5
So, has anyone tried the demo if this yet? My download of said thing just froze on 0.00kbps (happy happy joy joy...), but if I do get to try it, I might wreite up a few quick thoughts, unless someone else has something to say. I also wanna see how it runs, since it hits stores on Friday.
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Post by Prillotashekta on Feb 14, 2007 19:53:40 GMT -5
There's a demo?!?
Hits stores this Friday?!?
Waargh! Where's that flash drive!
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Post by Prillotashekta on Feb 15, 2007 3:38:04 GMT -5
Just played the demo.
Pretty cool. VERY similar to 'ye olde Total Annihilation. In fact, gameplay is practically identical, just with some new bells and whistles (not that that's a BAD thing, mind you. TA was a great game). Even resources are handled the exact same way.
It looked spiffy on my out-of-date computer, though framerates dropped in combat. You REALLY need a bleeding-edge computer to take full advantage of this game. Oh, and a big monitor helps. I mean a BIG monitor. No, a Frikin' HUGE monitor is almost a necessity. The interface takes up a lot of space (almost half the screen), which was not a very nice thing on my "little" 17-inch monitor.
BUT the interface is handy. Popup-bars on the interface tell you everything you could possibly want to know about what you have selected at-a-glance (health, resource consumption, if a construction unit or factory, what its building and percentage complete).
ETA times are given for all orders, which can be handy. The waypoint and patrol system is very easy to use (If you want to change the location of the waypoints, select the unit(s), hold shift, and simply click-n-drag the waypoints to wherever you want them. No more re-doing patrol paths umpteen-million times trying to get it just right).
Zooming is smooth from near-treetop level all the way out to view the entire map at once. Only thing is, with my small monitor, it was difficult to try and find that optimal zoom level. I ended up playing most of the game zoomed all the way out, only diving down to issue specific orders. With the spiffy 3-D units and landscape, it was a shame the view is restricted to a north-facing isometric view. I'd like to be able to at least rotate the camera.
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Post by Cozmic on Feb 15, 2007 17:59:10 GMT -5
That sounds awesome.. I finally got the demo down, and finally got the time to try it out.. and ta-daaa... my graphicsa card is out of date...  I seriously wanna almost cry now... |
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Post by Cozmic on Apr 6, 2007 15:22:39 GMT -5
Okay, so I finally got to try it, and I'm still super-excited... although my computer didn't seem to run it too well (aaawww...), and eithe rmy bombers sucked and couldn't hit the buildings or the game got bugged, because either way I dropped about a gazillion bombs on the thing and didn't seem to do any actual damage.
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Post by Prillotashekta on Apr 10, 2007 15:56:55 GMT -5
Ahem. Apparantly, you CAN rotate the camera.
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Post by Cozmic on Apr 14, 2007 15:04:31 GMT -5
we're just terrible at this game Prillo... hahaha!
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Post by Cozmic on Nov 30, 2007 11:00:13 GMT -5
..so apparently there's a stand-alone expansion pack out now.. *cries* I'll never get to play this game properly, or any of the million others!
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Post by Mr. Pathetic on Sept 25, 2008 23:24:47 GMT -5
Well the verdict is in on the Xbox 360 version.... not so good....  |
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Post by Cozmic on Sept 26, 2008 11:39:18 GMT -5
Too bad the conversion sucked..
Also, I need to play SupCom on my laptop, because.. well, i have an Aeon campaign to WTFPWN!
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I seriously wanna almost cry now...