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05/04/09

In reply to The GDC Text Adventure Gives Me Flashbacks
can the game read this?

"BORING!"
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PimpNinja24
04/07/09

In reply to X-Men Origins: Wolverine Hands-On
This game got put on my Q. Not because I REALLY think it will be great; but I can say this might be the CLOSEST thing to Wolverine in a game as he should be. My actual fear is I think the game may be good, but extremly short.
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KillerBee
04/07/09

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With this and the new Batman game, my inner comic book nerd is orgasmic with excitement.
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KillerBee
04/07/09

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Am I losing my mind or was this posted like a week ago, then it went away and now it is back?
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Brian Crecente
04/07/09

@KillerBee: Totally not losing your mind.
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KillerBee
04/07/09

@Brian Crecente: Awesome, thanks.
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bobtheduck in Korea
04/04/09

In reply to Battlestations Pacific: Lets You Win the War With Japan
If Japan had won the war, Japan would still be an technologically backward, religiously imperialistic state...

Sometimes it's actually good for a country to lose a war. Especially when they've won too often before, such as the US with Vietnam... Granted, it wasn't good for the soldiers involved, but for the nation as a whole? Yeah, I think it did some good.
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hhbx
04/03/09

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So far I just don't care for many of the character models for this game.
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GhostWhoWalks
04/03/09

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This actually sounds like it'll be my kind of strategy game. Far too many RTSs put too much of the focus on micromanagement and l33t clicking skills, causing the actual STRATEGY of the strategy game to fall on the wayside (imagine if a FPS put more of an emphasis on melee attacks than actually shooting people).
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-MasterDex-
04/03/09

@GhostWhoWalks: imagine if a FPS put more of an emphasis on melee attacks than actually shooting people

I don't need to. I've played Thief. It was great.
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-MasterDex-
04/03/09

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I'm gonna hold my final judgement till I play it though. Ubisoft and RTS aren't words you hear paired too often but the developer Eugen Systems released the great C&C:Generals styled Act of War so it could be interesting.
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TheOmnitron
04/03/09

@-MasterDex-: They also picked up World in Conflict developer Massive Entertainment. I think Ubisoft is going to be driving the next wave of RTS genres. Relic beware!
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-MasterDex-
04/03/09

@TheOmnitron: That slightly worries me. I've never been a big fan of Ubisoft as far as their PC releases go. It's as if they set the developers console game deadlines rather than PC game deadlines so the end result usually ends up with compatibility issues and conflicts and support is often slim.

They have been improving though, I'll grant them that. I just hope that if they are going to put more of their resources into the PC gaming market that they manage deadlines and support in a manner suited to PC.
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TheIrishNinja
04/03/09

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i finally read up on Brubaker's run of the new book (and got caught up to the current arc), and its all been surprisingly awesome.

see, i dont want to hear about ultimate combos or whatever, for this i want new characters. i expect Ronin, Ares etc but this was the one i really wanted, so im quite happy. now my lineup of DD, wolvy, cap, and fury (or moon knight) have another alternate, heh.
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TheOmnitron
04/03/09

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The spelling/grammatical mistakes in this article was noticeable.
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-MasterDex-
04/03/09

@TheOmnitron: The spelling/grammatical mistakes in this comment were noticeable.
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koof
04/03/09

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awesome. another gimmicky, "more about skill and strategy than clicking (THEY SAY THIS EVERY. TIME.)," RTS that people will buy only to stop playing three days later and unsupported by the developers not much longer than that

the expansion pack is no longer the staple of the business model, it's all about gimmicks,

nor is the point of the expansion pack to add content, it's to fix huge gameplay flaws (a la forged alliance)

why is it that developers treat the RTS genre like trash, even if it's their primary focus (relic)
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-MasterDex-
04/03/09

@koof: Are you for real? Relic treat the genre like trash? Is this the same relic that released the AAA titles Company of Heroes and Dawn of War?

the expansion pack is no longer the staple of the business model, it's all about gimmicks,

nor is the point of the expansion pack to add content, it's to fix huge gameplay flaws (a la forged alliance)

I haven't seen too many gimmicks in RTS games lately nor do I think the only thing that Forged Alliance added was gameplay flaws.

Honestly, I think if you're buying RTS games but aren't playing them longer than 3 days then perhaps you don't like RTS games and should stop buying them.
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somerandomgothperson
04/03/09

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I have no idea why, but I tend to like the bad graphic, fast shooters like the old UTs, Quake Live, and others.
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Archaotic
04/03/09

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That screenshot reminds me of GoldenEye. However, I still maintain that serious gaming is not worth even attempting on the iPhone; the controls and battery life are just not a good fir.
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d20Dark1
04/03/09

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After... I think 15 RTS games on my consoles- I'm not really impressed. Granted- the trailers didn't do anything to explain how it's played... but pretty much every RTS has failed to really grip me. Halo Wars is the far and away greatest success because the controls are amazing and the pace is still FUN. Aside from that- Lord of the Rings:BFME was pretty cool. The C&C games haven't impressed me a bit. And the new 'idea's for RTS's have been too arcadey and don't play right. If RUSE gets a demo out and explains why it's different than the C&C games, I'd give it a shot. For now though- just bring on some more HW levels and modes.
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-MasterDex-
04/03/09

@d20Dark1: After... I think 15 RTS games on my consoles- I'm not really impressed.

pretty much every RTS has failed to really grip me.

RTS on consoles have always been far from perfect. Don't dismiss a whole genre because you're playing the games on the wrong platform. Check out some PC RTS games, that's where they belong and that's where they work best.
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KingDavid73
04/03/09

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so why not just make it turn based? It's trying to have the strategy of a turn based strategy game... but everyone will just end up building 100 tanks and send them at the enemy base, that's what happens in all rts games.
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Ghede
04/03/09

@KingDavid73: Then you aren't playing them right.

Besides, this game makes it easier to disrupt the enemies income which is one of the major goals in any decent RTS, but since the source of income is always at the very center of the base it is kind of moot.

Smaller strike forces would be more powerful. Basic goal: Destroy supply road, run. Small squads to defend supply roads. Destroy your enemies income, while building your forces for a major assault or defense. THEN charge in with 100 tanks. If you do it right, while you have a hundred tanks, your opponent has fifty.
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KingDavid73
04/03/09

@Ghede: is it wrong if I still win? har har ... but seriously, I get your point and if done correctly it should be interesting... but knowing how causal gamers play games..... and this is geared towards them... they'll just build piles of the biggest thing and use no strategy whatsoever. Slowing the game down giving more time for strategic attacks will just widen the gap between good and bad rts players.
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-MasterDex-
04/03/09

@KingDavid73: I get what your saying. I love RTS games and I'm quite capable of thinking strategically and winning battles but going online in RTS games can be very daunting as there's often no ranking system to avoid battling guys who have spent hours learning all the stats of their units, etc.
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