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On 9 Apr 1997 22:54:28 GMT, "Thomas M. Turner" <Thomas...@uni.edu>
wrote:

>Ok, anyone out there that thinks there is *more* strategy in Red Alert than
>in Warcraft 2, bring it on...  

OK, whatever u say

>Gee, let's see, I'll take the ... uh,
>Soviets and tank rush your shit - oh boy, I won, cool, that really took a
>lot of thought.
>

>A person shouldn't *have* to edit a .INI file and *change the game* to make
>it worth playing...
>

I have never edited the rules and I still enjoy RA a lot more than war
2

>Do you know how to stop someone from taking peons in Warcraft 2 that are
>made invisible and flame shielded from destroying all your shit, you paid
>10 more to build? What do you do when someone takes a pack of Mages and
>starts a blizzard on your camp, and then uses a chain of invisible spells
>so that you can't even kill the little bastard?  Oh, and when someone
>starts using guerrilla warfare with mages and the polymorph spell...fun. 
>And of course, there's the matter of having to drill for oil, which is a
>*strategic* feature that you have to think about if you plan on building a
>navy, which you don't have comparable in Red Alert.
>

It's also very annoying. The magic only comes into play if you are too
slow to finish your opponent off..

>I guess if you think Warcraft 2 is dull in multiplayer mode, you just
>haven't figured out how to play it yet...I'm sure I could kick your ass in
>a few minutes.
>

Doesn't that sort of defeat the point of your argument that war2 is
more strategic than RA if you are just gonna rush your opponent and
finish them in a few minutes?

>I would argue that multiplayer mode in Warcraft 2 is more *strategic* than
>Red Alert.  It's the single player missions that are superior for Red
>Alert.  Oh, and you can actually save a multiplayer game in Warcraft 2...
>that's 2.99 strikes against Westwood right there!
>

Let me see... the last time i played someone in multiplayer i could
save the game, just buy Counterstrike. If you are too cheap/lazy to go
out and but it just wait for the patch to be put on the web site..
Virtual Ted has said it will be put there soon...


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