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Roadkill (6/28/2009)
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tones (6/27/2009)
Having nothing better to do this weekend (sad, innit?) I thought I would revisit this thread to say I have not played this s**t awful game in the intervening months. Bollox to it.
In all fairness, I must admit to downloading Crown of Glory in the meantime. This has also been a monumental disappointment - something from the eighties masquerading as a current program methinks. What a pile of dog-poo!
Seems to me there is NOTHING out there for the intelligent strategic gamer. Am I wrong? Have I missed a classic somewhere??COG or COG:EE? Hired Guns also by Matrix is good, but you'll need a strong machine. -Just face it Scipio, they all suck.  Different tastes. I personally prefer a game that makes me think to one which simply beguiles me with pretty pictures . . . although thinking _and_ beguiling ala Hired Guns is also good fun.
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tones (9/1/2009)
I was minded to compare this site to a sort-of-private Facebook, but, on reflection, that's not right . . . Nope. Here is a forum to exchange views and discuss topics and maybe have some literary fun; post some interesting pics (not Megabits of family krap); flag up some internet sites of Interest; pass on the occasional joke. To me, (struggling for analogy here) it's bit more like a quiet and cosy pub with locals you know and the occasional visitor from "outside"; thick stone walls and a cellar full of well-kept ale. Facebook, on the other hand, is some awful massive city-centre club that serves Fosters lager. And, you know what? I am not unhappy with that analogy. I prefer the pub.
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I don't want to be beguiled by pretty pictures, but neither can I put up with a clunky 20-year-old interface like COG:EE no matter how good the programming is behind it - even messing about not knowing what I was doing I found it rather easy to win battles (never finished a campaign due to boredom) OK, I'll admit I haven't given it sufficient time, but (and it's a big BUT) if a game doesn't draw me in with an enticing mix of whatever (gameplay, graphics, storyline, challenge... etc.) then it becomes a waste of HD space. I know I'm getting old and cynical and rather picky, and maybe it's about time I took up golf, but the age when I couldn't wait to rush out and buy the latest and best PC blockbuster is long gone, and it's rather sad. The world has moved on from turn-based thought-provoking games to wrist-flicking reaction shoot-em-ups where I yawn at the thought of another zombie lumbering through the magic feaking portal only to be incinerated by my nuclear powered super-flamethrower attack howitzer. GalCiv and Sins of a Solar Empire didn't do it for me. I did finish World in Conflict though- that was quite good once the pause key was pointed out to me. Ah heck, if someone here discovers a hidden gem then please let me know. CIV is boring me too, though the latest patch has improved the AI somewhat and made some welcome interface additions/changes. Back to gardening I guess
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Hired Guns has really sucked me in. Genre-busting; kinda combo of FPS, RTS, and strategy. Tac map is 3D pannable zoomable like RTS, but totally turn-based during combat. Must pay attention to ammo, position, timing, which mercs do which job. Kinda difficult to learn to use initially, camera is a bit twitchy and weird . . . but good mods already in existence, including on camera mod that involves changing some settings that make the Tac map a real treat. Campaign map is a small African country that you are hired to help a deposed dictator to carry out a coup against. Much like CoG:EE, not perfect, but an innovative game moving in a good direction pushing the envelope of gaming instead of just churning out more of the same old "super-flamethrower kills zombie" drivel. Civ 4 tried to be equally as innovative, and it was in some ways, but the innovations to me just highlighted the glaring incongruities in the basic game-dynamics, space and time issues mostly. HG reminds me of Mount & Blade: it was originally designed by a Russian group, but they seem to have broken up and Matrix bought it and has patched it up and is providing at least some support and a forum. I think it will have a large modding potential if given a sufficient following. If we don't support the innovative ones, even if they are lacking in some ways, we will eventually have nothing but Empires of Total Frustration to entertain ourselves.
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tones (9/1/2009)
I was minded to compare this site to a sort-of-private Facebook, but, on reflection, that's not right . . . Nope. Here is a forum to exchange views and discuss topics and maybe have some literary fun; post some interesting pics (not Megabits of family krap); flag up some internet sites of Interest; pass on the occasional joke. To me, (struggling for analogy here) it's bit more like a quiet and cosy pub with locals you know and the occasional visitor from "outside"; thick stone walls and a cellar full of well-kept ale. Facebook, on the other hand, is some awful massive city-centre club that serves Fosters lager. And, you know what? I am not unhappy with that analogy. I prefer the pub.
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