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| Darksea | Apr 13 2008, 06:59 AM Post #16 |
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The problem with a massive overview is it can alienate some gamers (me for example) I like to see my units up close and raw. And when the DoW engine first came out it was possibly the best esp with things like death animations and just general unit behaviour. I didn't like supp comm but thats not to say the game isn't good just wasn't my taste. And then i agree with sneaky when he says there is a lack of Competitive RTS games out atm. Would explain why thousands of peeps still play SC1. But I personally reckon CoH is better than DoW. The graphics are better, the units and maps are far more interactive. But i still prefer DoW for the gameplay because of the arcade quick, fast paced action. I used to love games where it could take an hour to play but im not into those games since i played DoW. I reserve the long games for LANs where im talking to my allies and opponents and enjoying the game lazily. Ummm Oh and btw i don't think i said RTS games don't use proper physics. But tbh doesn't bother me in RTS as much as it would in some FPS. Artistic License right. Love from Darksea |
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| SNeaKY_BuGGeR | Apr 13 2008, 08:03 AM Post #17 |
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Which is my point about DoW. Yes it is fast paced action and can be fun with allies on teamspeak. But it is sh1te! No strategy involved in having to cap points and knowing where the enemy are going to be on the map. Knowing exactly what unit to expect being there. Knowing that the command squad is going to come ambling around to fook with your scouts an builders. Sorry but the game is rubbish and has been rubbish since this new infiltration BS was introduced. SM can drop 1 dreadnought at a time FFS! Yet IG can blast with a lisk from the other side of the map. The very worst thing that you can do against IG is to mass tacs. Yet guess what you HAVE to do now. Yup mass tacs. ASM's are just not a viable build any more. How the fook can they be so expensive when they are so fookin sh1t? The reason why I have moved on is because I was getting pressured into playng the game competitively when I really did not enjoy it any more. I have just grown out of giving a sh1t about it. I used to care. I could not care less now. Dark Eldar look like perverts strapped up from the local sex shop. SoB look to me like a blend of IG and SM. The game play is just too f'ing annoying. Also playing as SM means you always get your stuff out later than your opponent. They can always harrass the crap out of you and you have to do what, with stupid scout squads? sneeze at em and tickle their buildiers. I spose that mandrake rushing is how a game starts V dark eldar. invisible dudes killing your builders because you aint got jack sh1t to detect with for ages. Anyway I do not care because the game is too broken for me to get interested in. I have been f'ing around with the campaign and I can see that IG are the hardest race to play against as SM already. as their stronghold took be far the longest to breakdown. Gaurdsmen with plasma are just impossible to kill, Grenade launchers just ruin SM. To fookin annoying to even contemplate playing. Bassilisks, frigging assassin, baneblades etc etc. You used to have half a chance against IG with ASM's you cannot even do that now. Oh and by the way the armour type of the tactica control has changed too! It is much harder to kill. Just a sneak thing that Stefan added in for his beloved bag of crap IG. |
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| Deleted User | Apr 13 2008, 10:28 AM Post #18 |
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al in all, qualitywise coh is a better game id say. but, it is a soft counter game. with slower front line movements, and so the action doesnt seem to be as cool. /nenad |
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| {-X-}PreDaTor | Apr 13 2008, 11:36 AM Post #19 |
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DoW is ranked #24 on Xfire in terms of popularity of people actually playing it. CoH is #27 SupCom is #74 You can read anything from stats, and I am not here to defend the graphics of a game that is 5 years old and that has had all the IMBA sh1t we know of from Winter Assault through to DC and SS has its faults, however it is prolly as close to the original Vanilla DoW as one could get but given that it has 9 races, its not badly balnaced and any game with that many races is never going to be balanced - in fact the Balance team over the years have done a crap job of balance. I agree with Darksea, its easy to jump in to DoW, play some quick games (if the lamespy would not hinder us so much in geting in to games) and the kill animations and stuff that drew us to DoW are still amazing. and I agree with nenad, i hve tried supcom and CoH - I bought both and they sit gathering dust on my shelf, they werent for me. Iam looking forward to SC2 although I never played 1, so we shall see. I am looking forward to DoW2, I know nothing of the essence engine, but in the mean, time, I like many more people than CoH or SupCom, am happy to keep playing it for now in the abscence of anything that I might prefer. I am glad that you found something that you prefer Sneaky, good luck with it all. |
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| marteffyo | Apr 13 2008, 12:38 PM Post #20 |
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Sneaky we missed u ! |
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| SNeaKY_BuGGeR | Apr 13 2008, 07:35 PM Post #21 |
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Oh I dunno I loved you guys and the fun that we had on teamspeak, The shouting and the screaming when we got our ar*** handed to us too. I just wish that you could build anywhere on the map. You know "strategically place things" Instead of being only allowed to build within X distance of an lp. I may buy the frickin game just to play a few games with you bunch of reprobates and ner do wells. Just for the hell of it. I do not know..... I loved playing with Nenoob and "Farty Marty" I even chuckled at Preds inane Micro skillz. It is just that I relly like the scale of Forged alliance. Maps that are Vast. Yea it could be better than it is. But it has depth and base defences actually do a bloody good job! Tactical missile launcers, strat bombers, awesome naval units. The experimentals are awesome. But it does lack the intensirty of the micro in battle of DoW. I can not fookin believe that almost every race gets invisible units at T1 and SM cannot even invisi their frickin scouts till late T2 Total fookin BS! To me it looks like SM are the template for armies to attack and kill. SM get fooked over by annoying other races. But hey at least they got the weapon costs right the pillocks! 4 HW's now. Bionics at T1 and T2 oh I dunno the game seems a bit more playable but the speed that speeders are made is just total sh1te. Makes em unusable. and Vehicles seem to be a waste of effort unless you are using any race apart from SM. Dreadies are a joke they do NOTHING! by the time they get into CC they are dead! Game is fookin shite. Oh and I still get no fookin choice as to what type of termies I can have! Why not the choice of shooties or assault? Total rubbish Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh! |
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| marteffyo | Apr 13 2008, 08:17 PM Post #22 |
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sm is pretty good atm gotta camp alot tho |
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| {-X-}PreDaTor | Apr 13 2008, 08:58 PM Post #23 |
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I like mart's concise posts... |
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| Deleted User | Apr 14 2008, 06:48 AM Post #24 |
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every time we talk in ts about strats, u always say camp alot. jezzzz. /n3n4D |
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| SNeaKY_BuGGeR | Apr 14 2008, 11:23 AM Post #25 |
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By "Camping" He means do not do anything stupid like getting your entire army pwned in the middle of the map by being too aggressive. The game has always been about "Timing" Oh and SM squads are STILL too slow! They are meant to be super atletic uber trained dudes. so how come some stupid beer swilling green backs with stupid dungerees can out run em? Or by being a group of bum bandits that are wiggling their ar*** looking for a bum chum. "Camping it up" Mmmmmmmmmmmm Peanut butter. |
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| Deleted User | Apr 14 2008, 11:33 AM Post #26 |
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rofl, i forgot about peanut butter power. also, camping is boring. /n3n4D |
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| Nova | Apr 18 2008, 06:29 PM Post #27 |
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COH IS THE BEST DAMN RTS OUT THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thumbs |
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| Ghost | Apr 18 2008, 06:39 PM Post #28 |
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Coh campaing (excuse spelling) was ok but i didnt like the MP |
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| Pocktio/Beetles | Apr 18 2008, 06:54 PM Post #29 |
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Damn I need a dual core to be able to play DOW2 or SupComm. Bought FA and the thing was so slow I decdied to cry myself to sleep.
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| tauknight | Apr 29 2008, 01:12 AM Post #30 |
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***Reads Sneakys post*** Moral broken! I hope Dow2 is more microintensive. |
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