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> Nicolas <ni...@worldnet.fr> wrote in article
<01bc3fc2$f1087580$5611...@worldnet.fr.sct.fr>...
 
> War2 is a very popular game but and because it is very simple. War2 is
very
> much in limited in a matter of tactics and number of units you can build
on
> a map. I have played many games of War2 and they were all looking very
much
> like the other games of War2 I played before, which never happens when I
> play Red Alert.
> 
> Tell me why a game between 2 players is as much interesting than a game
> between 6 players in War2?

Although I much prefer C&C to War 2, I have to say that Westwood dropped
the ball with Red Alert. There's a severe game imbalance that tilts the
advantage towards the player who builds tanks quickly. I had hopes at one
time that Westwood would address this serious multiplayer problem, but they
seem content to count their money, which is disappointing to me. And
where's a patch for RA after all these months? I guess it was more
important to get C&C Gold and Counterstrike done rather than patch the
game. 

> Oh, by the way, you say that Blizzard makes better games than Westwood...
> Did not Blizzard make the dullest and least interesting game in the
World,
> Diablo? I am going to sell it after a very few games.

You'll find plenty of buyers. Diablo is one of the best games to be
released in the last few years. It's safe to say that your view is in the
minority.

> You say that RA runs slow on you PC. You sure have a 486. Every games
> programmed under Direct X will run poorly on your 486, including Diablo
and
> every future games from Blizzard, including Starcraft, of course.

Diablo runs very smooth on my P-120. Red Alert takes a long time to load
and save games, but beyond that runs ok. I don't think Westwood did a good
job of optimizing the code. 
 
> Now this last test: take a unit and send it from one corner to the
opposite
> one. What will happen? In C&C and RA, the unit will make its way (if not
> killed, of course) to its destination. In War2, you will find the unit
> stupidly staring at a tree in the middle of the map. So... Tell us again
> what game is superior?

Hard for me to stand up and cheer the AI in either game. Diablo, on the
other hand, has very good creature AI.

Mark Asher