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| Re: Petroglyph: IGN rates Empire at War 7.6/10 [message #190228 is a reply to message #190226] |
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NukeIt15
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Note that the IGN reviewers also factor graphics into the presentation, and commented that the graphics looked "dated." Remove that bit, and it would easily have been above 8.0.
Anyway, it's nice to see a new strategy title worth spending money on.
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| Re: Petroglyph: IGN rates Empire at War 7.6/10 [message #190245 is a reply to message #190226] |
Thu, 16 February 2006 21:02 |
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Ryan3k
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What really stinks is that the actual gameplay isn't exciting enough to support the setting. Admittedly, the developers are hampered by the two-sided nature of the fight and by the limited roster of units, but there's just no escaping the sense of repetition that starts to kick in after the first few hours. You'll still enjoy seeing the units fight it out in front of your eyes but you just won't care as much about the tactics of it all.
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| Re: Petroglyph: IGN rates Empire at War 7.6/10 [message #190254 is a reply to message #190252] |
Thu, 16 February 2006 23:26 |
icedog90
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I don't buy games based on reviews either. I think most reviews of anything out there are biased in some sort of way. Mostly game reviews are really stupid. It's a pain to do research on things such as computer parts, cameras, video cameras, and so on because of this. When I do this I just read as many reviews as I can and just level them out and get my own opinion.
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| Re: Petroglyph: IGN rates Empire at War 7.6/10 [message #190290 is a reply to message #190226] |
Fri, 17 February 2006 11:39 |
Chronojam
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Limited units? I see all the units I expect and want to control. I don't want Mega AT-AT Hambeasts and Jedi Mech Fighters. Petroglyph isn't making "Star Wars: Reborn" after all.
(note: Yeah, I know the "new Reborn" is all spiffy, so fuck off, it was a damn good example for what I wanted to convey)
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| Re: Petroglyph: IGN rates Empire at War 7.6/10 [message #191233 is a reply to message #190226] |
Sat, 25 February 2006 20:23 |
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O.K I finished the demo about three days ago and I must say that the land battle was terrible.
This game is sort of like RA1, but in a different way than you think. In RA1, infantry were nearly useless. In this game however, land vehicles are nearly useless. Infantry has so much HP, it is not even funny. It is not that hard to run them over, but not before they can do massive amounts of damage.
What I also don't like about the game is that it runs quite slow(the land battles), and I don't think there is an option to make it go faster.
Another thing that I don't like is that when you call for reinforcements in land battles and a ship lands with your troops, it takes very long time for them to exit the ship.
Overall it is not so bad, but I hope those land battles will get fixed in the full version.
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| Re: Petroglyph: IGN rates Empire at War 7.6/10 [message #191334 is a reply to message #190226] |
Sun, 26 February 2006 16:25 |
icedog90
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Yay! I got the game! It's pretty awesome. They fixed the cinematic mode a little, but it's still annoying. I'm starting to figure out that you have to use it right so you can actually see the action.
...for some reason "icedog" AND "icedog90" are both taken. What the hell is up with that?
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