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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by DaveBegic
nah, my name is begic and my pc is too good to waste on games (ie its my music making machine), so i try to conserve it, hence playing a console
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fair point!! :)
you only dislike star wars becoz when you were a kid they always made you play princess leia ;)
| quote: | Originally posted by Tweak
ALL star wars games suck arse (ok, except x-wing/tie fighter) |
bzzzzzt.
im sorry but thats the wrong answer! thankyou for playing.
KOTOR and its sequel, dark forces, jedi knights, x-wing alliance were all good games. |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Philby
oh my god .
thats it
im flying down to tassie tomorrow morning with my fresh bunch of cheesy house vinyls from VW and mailing your remains to your mother in a series of small boxes.... |
choke on my balls philby! its not my fault lame games are apparently your bread and butter :p
now, heres my review for my latest purchase.
star wars: empire at war
have played a few hours now, mostly multiplayer galactic conquest, and so far, so good. things look good and the general strategy of the game has a few innovations here and there. its all a bit too rock-paper-scissor with the units for my liking, but that said it can take tremendous skill & planning to take out a stronger opponent.
graphics look great and run fine (even on my ty system) and the music is nicely done (1 musical score for each side in the conflict). much of the music is ripped straight outta the films, so if youre a nerd like me they bring memories of scenes to mind ;)
its gonna take longer to see how the balancing is (the ultimate difficulty in any RTS) but so far we havent found any blatant discrepancies.
the ability to wage a long-term conflict is pretty cool and offers a nice change of pace. havent touched the single-player campaigns coz thats not what i bought the game for.
if youre a fan of the SW then youll love this, if you just like decent RTS' then this could be for you, but we're definitely waiting on more MP maps coz for some reason its shipped with all.
8 lightsabers out of 10 (at the moment). |
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| ONION |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
choke on my balls philby! its not my fault lame games are apparently your bread and butter :p
now, heres my review for my latest purchase.
star wars: empire at war
have played a few hours now, mostly multiplayer galactic conquest, and so far, so good. things look good and the general strategy of the game has a few innovations here and there. its all a bit too rock-paper-scissor with the units for my liking, but that said it can take tremendous skill & planning to take out a stronger opponent.
graphics look great and run fine (even on my ty system) and the music is nicely done (1 musical score for each side in the conflict). much of the music is ripped straight outta the films, so if youre a nerd like me they bring memories of scenes to mind ;)
its gonna take longer to see how the balancing is (the ultimate difficulty in any RTS) but so far we havent found any blatant discrepancies.
the ability to wage a long-term conflict is pretty cool and offers a nice change of pace. havent touched the single-player campaigns coz thats not what i bought the game for.
if youre a fan of the SW then youll love this, if you just like decent RTS' then this could be for you, but we're definitely waiting on more MP maps coz for some reason its shipped with all.
8 lightsabers out of 10 (at the moment). |
Was considering grabbing this game... then I read a few respected reviews that shifted my view. I love my RTS games... the whole rock-paper-scissors idea has been done quite a bit... I dont mind it as it keeps things balanced, the trick is to also have resources which are also rock-paper-scissors eg. Age of Mythology |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by ONION
Was considering grabbing this game... then I read a few respected reviews that shifted my view. I love my RTS games... the whole rock-paper-scissors idea has been done quite a bit... I dont mind it as it keeps things balanced, the trick is to also have resources which are in the rock-paper-scissors mould eg. Age of Mythology |
well, if youre talking about the ign review i wouldnt pay too much attention to it, imo its off the mark in several respects. i was a bit tentative about buying it also. but im happy at the moment. sure, its not the elegant simplicity that warcraft 3 was, but the galactic conquest MP option is loads of fun to play. but no, i wouldnt recommend (yet) it to any hardcore RTS fan for its strategic or tactical significance. |
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| ONION |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
well, if youre talking about the ign review i wouldnt pay too much attention to it, imo its off the mark in several respects. i was a bit tentative about buying it also. but im happy at the moment. sure, its not the elegant simplicity that warcraft 3 was, but the galactic conquest MP option is loads of fun to play. but no, i wouldnt recommend (yet) it to any hardcore RTS fan for its strategic or tactical significance. |
Actually it was the IGN review... they have been on the money with a lot of games I play so I take a lot of what say into consideration before grabbing a game. Im guessing the Star Wars RTS game would be more for someone who loves Star Wars than say war3/generals/age of empires |
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