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Article #23031Re: RA vs. Warcraft 2 [Was Re: RA update (fwd)]
From: Joost Groen
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 00:00
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 00:00
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Thomas M. Turner wrote: > > Ok, anyone out there that thinks there is *more* strategy in Red Alert than > in Warcraft 2, bring it on... 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... > > 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. > > 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. > > 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! > > - T.T. Are u stupid ???? if u are building mages and upgrading them too but the other only build grunts in the beginning or goes for the ogres u never have a chance against it becuz u have less ogres/grunts. so stop saying the bullshit about war2 more tactics, its just a rush game too... the only thing that can stop rushes is teh map its played on , dumbass. and about teh better game : RA sux, War2 sux more. C&C is the best game ever! Gizmo
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From: Joost Groen <jo.g...@pi.net> Subject: Re: RA vs. Warcraft 2 [Was Re: RA update (fwd)] Date: 1997/04/12 Message-ID: <334FE41E.51E4@pi.net> X-Deja-AN: 234380881 References: <Pine.OSF.3.96.970312140351.3953E-100000@curly.cc.utexas.edu> <01bc2f42$471c1120$679edaa5@marka> <332d3a6d.5683380@news.powerup.com.au> <5gfv2d$2tq@tofu.alt.net> <3335b898.2385628@news.inet.it> <01bc37a5$3fed9e80$936ab4cc@EricAdams> <33377A4E.4C84@tpgi.com.au> <NEWTNews.859291806.29992.kkopp@neo.lrun.com> <01bc3fc2$f1087580$561103c3@worldnet.fr.sct.fr> <33449d9f.41079824@news.snni.com> <01bc0264$6ad28d20$7736e6ce@first1.acc-net> <01bc4538$66f74ee0$9264a186@thomas.turner> Organization: Planet Internet Reply-To: jo.g...@pi.net Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic,alt.games.redalert,alt.games.command-n-conq MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit